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Friday, Jan. 18, 2019
10th Day of the Legislative Session
Rotunda and social activities:
From the Activity Calendar: Jefferson County Day, Upper House and Upper Senate Rotundas.
Senate to convene at 11 a.m.
On The Agenda:
THIRD READING
- Eng. SB 272: Updating code relating to Commission on Special Investigations (original similar to HB 2434, SB 71)
SECOND READING
- Com. Sub. for SB 3: Establishing WV Small Wireless Facilities Deployment Act
- Com. Sub. for SB 17: Relating to probation eligibility
- Com. Sub. for SB 61: Adding certain crimes for which prosecutor may apply for wiretap
- SB 119: Specifying documents not subject to discovery in certain proceedings
- Com. Sub. for SB 152: Relating generally to criminal offense expungement
FIRST READING
- Com. Sub. for SB 62: Requiring participation in drug court program before discharge of certain first-time drug offenses
- Com. Sub. for SB 240: Repealing certain legislative rules no longer authorized or are obsolete
Scheduled Committee Meetings
12:30 p.m.: Agriculture and Rural Development
- SB 193: Agriculture Commissioner rule relating to rural rehabilitation loan program
- SB 194: Agriculture Commissioner rule relating to captive cervid farming
- SB 195: Agriculture Commissioner rule relating to farm-to-food bank tax credit
- SB 196: Agriculture Commissioner rule relating to agritourism
- SB 197: Agriculture Commissioner rule relating to farmers markets
- SB 198: Agriculture Commissioner rule relating to seed certification program
- SB 259: Expanding Coyote Control Program
- SB 19: Relating to Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program
- SB 285: Relating to modification of cottage food laws
Senate Bills to be Introduced Friday, January 18, 2019
- SB 343: Relating to review and approval of state property leases (IB) (Carmichael, Prezioso; Government Organization)
- SB 344: Relating to operation of state-owned farms (FN) (IB) (Carmichael, Prezioso; Agriculture and Rural Development)
- SB 345: Adding definition of “grantee” to include state spending units and local governments (IB) (Carmichael, Prezioso; Government Organization)
- SB 346: Changing rate which certain judges are paid for mileage when traveling within state (FN) (IB) (Carmichael, Prezioso; Finance)
- SB 347: Limiting civil penalty for persons convicted of littering (FN) (Clements, Boso, Maroney, Smith, Trump; Judiciary)
- SB 348: Relating to tobacco usage restrictions (Takubo, Maroney, Prezioso, Stollings; Health and Human Resources then Judiciary)
- SB 349: Allowing individuals to petition for expungement of misdemeanor offenses (Carmichael, Prezioso; Judiciary) [By Request of the Executive]
- SB 350: Defining terms to assure correctional officers are considered law-enforcement officers (FN) (Unger; Government Organization then Finance)
- SB 351: Relating to lobbying by state boards and commissions (Maynard; Judiciary)
- SB 352: Relating to Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation acquiring and disposing of goods and commodities (FN) (Weld; Government Organization then Finance)
- SB 353: Increasing salaries of magistrates, supreme court justices, circuit court judges and family court judges (FN) (Woelfel, Trump; Judiciary then Finance)
- SCR 11: Urging Congress pass fully funded long-term surface transportation and infrastructure measures (Clements)
* (FN) indicates the bill has a Fiscal Note
* (IB) indicates the bill is an Interim Bill
Committee Action on Bills from Thursday, January 17, 2019
9:30 a.m.: Finance (451M)
- Originating Bill: Supplemental appropriation to the West Virginia State Auditor’s Office
- Bill reported to full Senate with recommendation it do pass
1 p.m.: Energy, Industry, and Mining (208W)
- SB 275: Relating to sale of delinquent surface and mineral properties
- Bill referred to subcommittee – Senator Facemire (D-Braxton), Senator Hamilton (R-Upshur), Senator Clements (R-Wetzel), Senator Lindsay (D-Kanawha)
- SB 52: Entitling natural resource producers to economic opportunity tax credit
- Discussion of this bill will continue at next meeting
1 p.m.: Health and Human Resources (451M)
- SB 169: DHHR rule relating to assisted living residences
- Bill reported as amended to full Senate with recommendation it do pass; second reference to Judiciary
- SB 136: Relating to tobacco usage and e-cigarette restrictions
- Bill reported to full Senate with recommendation it do pass; second reference to Judiciary
- SB 63: Relating to partial filling of prescriptions
- Bill reported as amended to full Senate with recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance
- SB 310: Establishing certain requirements for dental insurance
- Committee Substitute reported to full Senate with recommendation it do pass
- SB 300: Relating to adoption records
- Removed from agenda
2 p.m.: Government Organization (208W)
- SB 255: Relating to Emergency Medical Services Advisory Committee
- Committee Substitute reported to full Senate with recommendation it do pass
- SB 4: Relating generally to Municipal Home Rule Program
- Removed from agenda
- SB 271: Concerning government procurement of commodities and services
- Bill reported to full Senate with recommendation it do pass; second reference to Judiciary
- SB 292: Relating to fire service equipment and training funds for volunteer VFDs
- Bill reported to full Senate with recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance
3 p.m.: Judiciary (208W)
- SB 18: Relating to crimes committed on State Capitol Complex
- Committee Substitute reported to full Senate with recommendation it do pass
- SB 92: Providing special license plate supporting adoption
- Committee postponed further consideration of bill
3 p.m.: Finance (451M)
- Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for SB 1: Increasing access to career education and workforce training
- Committee Substitute for the Committee Substitute reported to full Senate with recommendation it do pass
Bills that Have Passed the Senate as of Thursday, January 17, 2019 (8)
- SB 10: Relating to Second Chance Driver’s License Program (House Technology and Infrastructure)
- SB 24: Relating generally to local boards of health (House Political Subdivisions)
- SB 27: Removing restrictions on where certain traditional lottery games may be played (House Finance)
- SB 28: Removing hotel occupancy tax limit collects for medical care and emergency services (House Finance)
- SB 36: Allowing adjustment of gross income for calculating personal income liability for certain retirees (House Pensions and Retirement)
- SB 106: Alleviating double taxation on foreign income at state level (House Small Business, Entrepreneurship and Economic Development)
- SB 177: Fire Commission rule relating to State Building Code (House Judiciary)
- SB 190: DOH rule relating to employment procedures (House Technology and Infrastructure)
Committee times and agendas are subject to change. Follow @WVSenClerk on Twitter for updates.
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House to convene at 11 a.m.
SPECIAL CALENDAR **
On the agenda:
THIRD READING – For Passage
- H. B. 2185 – Relating to the removal of animals left unattended in motor vehicles (Judiciary Committee Title Amendment Pending)
- Com. Sub. for H. B. 2307 – Relating to creating a provisional license for practicing barbering and cosmetology
SECOND READING – Amendment Stage
- Com. Sub. for H. B. 2190 – Modifying bail requirements
- H. B. 2311 – Exempting short-term license holders to submit information to the State Tax Commission once the term of the permit has expired
FIRST READING
- Com. Sub. for H. B. 2008 – Relating to nonpartisan election of justices of the Supreme Court of Appeals
- Com. Sub. for H. B. 2193 – Providing a specific escheat of US savings bonds
- Com. Sub. for H. B. 2362 – Relating to procedures for voting an emergency absentee ballot by qualified voters
Committee on Finance
9:00 a.m. – Room 464M
- Budget Hearing for the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia
Committee on the Judiciary
9:00 a.m. – Room 418M
- H. B. 2005 – Broadband Expansion Act of 2019,
- H. B. 2459 – Exercising authority to exempt individuals domiciled within the state from certain restrictions contained in federal law,
- H. B. 2462 – Issuing a certificate to correctional employees to carry firearms,
- H. B. 2446 – Blue Alert Plan,
- H. B. 2412 – Relating to criminal acts concerning government procurement of commodities and services,
- H. B. 2435 – Authorizing Attorney General to prosecute violations of state criminal law recommended by the Commission on Special Investigations
Committee on Education
9:00 a.m. – Room 432M
- H. B. 2415, Requiring the State Board of Education to adopt a policy detailing the appropriate level of computer science instruction.
- H. B. 2422, Relating to the time for the observation of “Celebrate Freedom Week”.
Committee on Government Organization
9:00 a.m. – Room 215E
- HB 2203, West Virginia Contractor Licensing Act. (JUD)
- HB 2346, Changing the licensing requirement for certain casino employees.
- HB 2360, Placing the Athletic Commission under the Lottery Commission.
- Originating HCR, Requesting the Joint Committee on Government and Finance study the impact of business regulations and economic incentives on business locating and remaining in West Virginia.
*** Agendas and times subject to change. ***
From the Activity Calendar:
BILLS INTRODUCED: Thursday, January 17, 2019
- By Del. Kessinger, Ellington, Hill, Summers, Pack, Storch, Rowan, Sypolt, Harshbarger, Phillips and Capito – Relating to foster care – To Senior, Children, and Family Issues then Health and Human Resources
- By Del. Foster, Kessinger, Waxman, Storch, Dean, Fast, Miller, Hamrick, Hanna, Hornbuckle and Higginbotham – Allowing public school education or employer-sponsored training programs to count towards occupational certification and/or licensure (FN) – To Industry and Labor then Education
- By Del. Steele, Pack, Harshbarger, Mandt, J. Jeffries, Graves, Howell, Wilson, Foster and Kessinger – Increasing criminal penalties for impersonation of law-enforcement officers or officials – To the Judiciary
- By Del. Linville, Householder, Lovejoy, Graves, Higginbotham, Summers, Skaff, Maynard, J. Jeffries, Hornbuckle and Jennings – Providing a special license plate for pollinators (FN) – To Technology and Infrastructure then Finance
- By Del. Pushkin and Hornbuckle – Prohibiting the private ownership or operation of a prison – To the Judiciary
- By Del. Westfall, Azinger, Criss, D. Jeffries, Hamrick, Mandt and Nelson – Relating to a reserving methodology for health insurance and annuity contracts (FN) – To Banking and Insurance then the Judiciary
- By Del. Westfall, Queen, D. Jeffries, Hott, Graves, Nelson, Malcolm, Atkinson, Cooper, Higginbotham and Sypolt – Department of Agriculture Capital Improvements Fund – To Agriculture and Natural Resources then Finance
- By Del. Westfall, Azinger, Hott, D. Jeffries, Graves, Jennings, Criss, Mandt and Nelson – Relating to the valuation of a motor vehicle involved in an insurance claim (FN) – To Banking and Insurance then the Judiciary
- By Del. Steele, Pack, Shott, D. Kelly and Householder – Establishing different rates of taxation for tobacco products for certain border counties (FN) – To Health and Human Resources then the Judiciary then Finance
- By Del. Steele and Pack – Modifying the Fair Trade Practices Act – To Small Business, Entrepreneurship and Economic Development then the Judiciary
- By Del. D. Jeffries, Westfall, Hott, Azinger, Graves, Sypolt, Criss, Mandt and Nelson [By Request of the Insurance Commission] – Corporate Governance Annual Disclosure Act – To Banking and Insurance then the Judiciary
- By Del. Hott, Westfall, Azinger, D. Jeffries, Graves, Jennings, Criss, Mandt and Nelson [By Request of the Insurance Commission] – Relating to the regulation of an internationally active insurance group (FN) – To Banking and Insurance then the Judiciary
- By Del. Steele, Foster and Kessinger – Permitting retail liquor licensees to sell alcoholic beverages from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Sundays (FN) – To the Judiciary
- By Del. Mr. Hanshaw Mr. Speaker and Miley [By Request of the Executive] – Relating to the reorganization of state agencies involved in emergency and disaster planning (FN) – To Veterans’ Affairs and Homeland Security then Government Organization
- By Del. Mr. Hanshaw Mr. Speaker and Miley [By Request of the Executive] – Relating to incentives for mathematics teachers (FN) – To Education then Finance
- By Del. Fleischauer, Pethtel, Williams, Pyles, Hansen, Walker, Jennings, Sypolt, Phillips, Miley and Hamrick – Mountaineer Trail Network Recreation Authority – To Political Subdivisions then Government Organization
- By Del. Pushkin, Miller, Kump, Rowe, Caputo, Byrd, McGeehan, Queen, Canestraro, Paynter and Wilson – Relating to expungement of criminal convictions (FN) – To the Judiciary
- By Del. Shott – Using records of criminal conviction to disqualify a person from receiving a license for a profession or occupation – To the Judiciary
- By Del. Williams – Pothole app and map – To Technology and Infrastructure then Government Organization
- By Del. Williams – Relating to the theft of consumer identity protections – To the Judiciary
- By Del. Anderson, Higginbotham, J. Kelly, Miley, Cadle, Evans, Azinger, Harshbarger, Pethtel, Boggs and Nelson – Relating to the removal of the severance tax on oil and gas produced from low producing oil and natural gas wells (FN) – To Energy then Finance
- By Del. Howell, Pack, Hott, Rowan, Hamrick, Dean, Graves, Ellington, Staggers, Steele and Higginbotham – Preventing proposing or enforcing rules that prevent recreational water facilities from making necessary upgrades – To Health and Human Resources
- By Del. Fleischauer, Pyles, Walker, Hansen, Pethtel, Williams, Caputo, Sypolt, Jennings, Angelucci and Miley – Providing certain employees of the Highways increases in annual pay (FN) – To Finance
- By Del. Ellington, Hill, Summers, Pack, Atkinson, Wilson, Worrell, D. Jeffries, Hollen and Butler – Relating to mandatory reporting procedures of abuse and neglect of adults and children – To Health and Human Resources
- By Del. Rowan, Lovejoy, Fast, Kessinger, Pack, Sypolt and Butler – Nondiscrimination in Involuntary Denial of Treatment Act (FN) – To Health and Human Resources then the Judiciary
- By Del. Steele, Kessinger, Pack and Howell – Relating to the ineligibility for home incarceration for offenders under certain circumstances (FN) – To the Judiciary
- By Del. Kump, Bibby and Wilson – Authorizing certain West Virginia courthouse security officers to carry concealed firearms – To the Judiciary
- By Del. Kump – Shifting funding from the Landfill Closure Assistance Fund to local solid waste authorities (FN) – To Political Subdivisions then Finance
- By Del. Kump – Relating to the whistle-blower law – To the Judiciary
- By Del. Pack, Hollen, Graves, Householder, Byrd, Kessinger, Steele and Summers – Allowing municipalities to prepay their annual contributions to the policemen’s or firemen’s pension and relief fund – To Pensions and Retirement then Finance
- By Del. Capito – Relating to the publication of sample ballots for electronic voting machines – To Political Subdivisions then the Judiciary
- By Del. Byrd, Lavender-Bowe, S. Brown, Longstreth, Estep-Burton, Walker and Fleischauer – Exempting certain hygiene products from sales tax (FN) – To Finance
- By Del. Byrd, Skaff and Caputo – Authorizing municipal fire departments specialized license plates – To Fire Departments and Emergency Medical Services then Government Organization
- By Del. Steele, Pack, Harshbarger, Mandt, Graves, Wilson, Foster and Kessinger – Prohibiting registered sex offenders from participating in Halloween activities (FN) – To the Judiciary
- By Del. Steele, Pack, Harshbarger, Mandt, J. Jeffries, Graves, Wilson, Foster and Kessinger – Relating to court actions – To the Judiciary
- By Del. Atkinson, Westfall, Anderson, Hill, Criss, C. Martin, J. Kelly, Higginbotham, P. Martin, Nelson and Harshbarger – Relating to complimentary samples of nonintoxicating beer or nonintoxicating craft beer – To Senior, Children, and Family Issues then the Judiciary
- By Del. Steele – Relating to the ineligibility for probation of certain defendants – To the Judiciary
- By Del. Steele – Providing that attorneys-at-law may not be involuntarily appointed as counsel in any judicial matter – To the Judiciary
- By Del. Steele, Pack, Harshbarger, Mandt, J. Jeffries, Graves, Howell, Wilson, Foster and Kessinger – Eliminating good time credit for inmates who have been convicted on a prior occasion of another felony offense in an unrelated matter (FN) – To the Judiciary
- By Del. Steele, Paynter, Harshbarger, Mandt, J. Jeffries, Graves, Howell, Wilson, Foster and Kessinger – Relating to certain defendants ineligible for probation (FN) – To the Judiciary
- By Del. Pack, Dean, Wilson and Rohrbach – Clarifying that theft of a controlled substance is a felony – To the Judiciary
