HOUSE OF DELEGATES
BILLS INTRODUCED
Monday, January 13, 2003
2124. By Del. Amores, Long, Michael, Trump, Craig, Hall and Beane - Relating to medical
professional liability to maintain and stabilize the health care delivery system in this state -
To Judiciary
2125. By Del. DeLong, Ennis, Manchin and Swartzmiller (By Request) - Increasing lottery profits
on video lottery terminals (FN) - To Judiciary then Finance
2126. By Del. Fleischauer and Beach - Strengthening penalties relating to violations of fire laws
and rules - To Judiciary
2127. By Del. Fleischauer, Manuel and Warner - Allowing a person to draw unemployment
compensation when they are forced to miss work due to domestic violence (FN) - To
Judiciary then Finance
2128. By Del. Fleischauer, Leach, R. M. Thompson, Warner, Poling and Boggs - Increasing the
access to medicines for needy seniors through programs to be administered by the secretary
of health and human resources (FN) - To Health and Human Resources then Finance
2129. By Del. Fleischauer, Hrutkay, Beach, Perry and Williams - Relating to the maintenance and
operation of nontraditional career development centers for displaced homemakers and single
parents (FN) - To Government Organization then Finance
2130. By Del. Fleischauer, Hatfield and Susman - Regulating the operation of all-terrain vehicles
- To Judiciary
2131. By Del. Fleischauer, Tucker, Frederick, Kominar and H. White - Establishing a new public
policy encouraging resident small businesses to bid for state contracts - To Government
Organization then Finance
2132. By Del. Williams - Providing retirement service credit to teachers at private colleges and
universities (FN) - To Pensions and Retirement then Finance
2133. By Del. Hall - Prohibiting the department of health and human resources from collecting
from an estate certain amounts expended for assistance - To Health and Human Resources
then Finance
2134. By Del. Hall and Carmichael - Relating to personal income taxes and exemptions (FN) - To Finance
2135. By Del. Hall, Amores, Anderson and Paxton - Relating to the criminal offense of breaking
and entering - To Judiciary
2136. By Del. Hall, Manuel and Doyle - Election of magistrates in certain counties - To Judiciary
2137. By Del. Hatfield - Requiring nurse representation on hospital boards of directors - To Health
and Human Resources then Government Organization
2138. By Del. Hatfield - Reestablishing the site index valuation method for valuation of managed
timberland (FN) - To Finance
2139. By Del. Hatfield, Hrutkay, Caputo and Manuel - Prohibiting mandatory overtime in hospitals
and nursing homes - To Industry and Labor, Economic Development and Small Business
then Judiciary
2140. By Del. Hatfield, Fleischauer, Perdue, Mahan, Coleman and Faircloth - Prohibiting certain
nursing homes from using state funds for activities unrelated to the provision of health care
services - To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary
2141. By Del. Kominar, H. White, Browning, Mahan and Faircloth - Providing that members and
staff of the Legislature shall automatically receive one-fourth of the required continuing legal
education for each regular session worked or served - To Judiciary
2142. By Del. Kuhn - Prohibiting insurers from requiring persons covered under a contract to
obtain prescription drugs from a mail-order pharmacy under certain circumstances - To
Banking and Insurance then Finance
2143. By Del. Kuhn, H. White, Varner and Caputo - Including the Legislature and the former
departments of corrections and health within coverage of OSHA (FN) - To Industry and
Labor, Economic Development and Small Business then Finance
2144. By Del. Kuhn, Tucker, Butcher, Stalnaker, Hrutkay, Perry and Perdue - Requiring
alternatively flashing headlights on the front of school buses that are stopped (FN) - To
Roads and Transportation then Finance
2145. By Del. Leggett - Reducing insurance premium charges for school bus operators and drivers'
education instructors - To Banking and Insurance then Education
2146. By Del. Williams - Relating to service credit for unused personal leave days for teachers
(FN) - To Pensions and Retirement then Finance
2147. By Del. Manchin - Exempting West Virginians seventy-five years of age or older from state
income tax (FN) - To Finance
2148. By Del. Manchin - Making armed assault or conspiracy to commit armed assault upon school
property, personnel or students who are on school property a felony offense - To Judiciary
2149. By Del. Manchin - Increasing benefits for retired state personnel and teachers (FN) - To
Pensions and Retirement then Finance
2150. By Del. Mezzatesta - Regulation of homeowner associations - To Political Subdivisions
then Judiciary
2151. By Del. Mezzatesta - Providing speech-language pathologists and audiologists in public
schools (FN) - To Education then Finance
2152. By Del. Mezzatesta - Limiting absences of school principals from school duties to attend
principals academy - To Education
2153. By Del. Mezzatesta - Creating the Senior Citizens Prescription Drug Subsidy Program (FN)
- To Health and Human Resources then Finance
2154. By Del. Mezzatesta and Williams - Relating to the school calendar generally - To Education
2155. By Del. Mezzatesta and Williams - Providing a method for setting a cap on tuition and fees
for higher education (FN) - To Education then Finance
2156. By Del. Michael - Allowing the mental hygiene commissioners to carry concealed weapons
- To Judiciary
2157. By Del. Overington - Amending provisions of the Self-Service Storage Lien Act - To
Judiciary
2158. By Del. Paxton - Relating to the rate of pay for substitute teachers (FN) - To Education then
Finance
2159. By Del. Pino and Yeager - Equalizing the number and alternating the selection of juror
strikes in a felony trial - To Judiciary
2160. By Del. Smirl - Requiring assessors to notify new owners of real property of the property tax
liability (FN) - To Judiciary then Finance
2161. By Del. Spencer - State income tax exemption for first year businesses making less than
$50,000 (FN) - To Finance
2162. By Del. Spencer, Webster and Amores - Allowing candidates for countywide office the
option of filing with the county clerk or the secretary of state - To Judiciary
2163. By Del. Stalnaker - Authorizing municipal law-enforcement officers to transport and present
mentally incompetent persons to mental health care facilities - To Judiciary
2164. By Del. Stalnaker - Requiring that a criminal defendant's right to a jury trial in misdemeanor
cases is forever waived unless requested within twenty days of initial appearance - To
Judiciary
2165. By Del. Webb - Excluding mandatory union dues and pension withholding from the
definition of gross income for child support purposes - To Judiciary
2166. By Del. Webb - Relating to the penalty for abuse of an incapacitated adult - To Judiciary
2167. By Del. Webb - Creating a separate crime for the death of a viable fetus caused by the
criminal slaying of the mother - To Judiciary
2168. By Del. Webb - Discovery in a case of child neglect or abuse, sexual abuse, exploitation or
murder - To Judiciary
2169. By Del. Webb - Providing for the felony offense of destruction of property when the cost of
property damage exceeds one thousand dollars - To Judiciary
2170. By Del. Webb - Allowing county commissions to restrict increases on taxation of real
property (FN) - To Judiciary then Finance
2171. By Del. Webb - Requiring the court to allocate the full tax benefit for the payment of child
support to one party parent when an allocation would be of no benefit to the other (FN) - To
Judiciary
2172. By Del. Webb - Jobs Creation Zones Act of 2003 (FN) - To Industry and Labor, Economic
Development and Small Business then Finance
2173. By Del. Webb (By Request) - Exempting sales of personal computers for in-home and small
business use from sales tax for one week in August each year (FN) - To Finance
2174. By Del. G. White, Overington, Stalnaker and Evans - Limiting state court venue for certain
nonresident plaintiffs - To Judiciary