HOUSE OF DELEGATES
BILLS INTRODUCED
Monday, February 21, 2005
2506.By Del. DeLong, Iaquinta, Crosier, Stemple, Fragale, Doyle and Martin - Creating the West
Virginia Military Family Relief Fund - To Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security then
Finance
2507.By Del. Frederick, Stalnaker, Walters, Rowan and Cann - Creating incentives for
encouraging West Virginia workers to obtain the GED - To Education then Finance
2508.By Del. Frederick, Stalnaker, Walters, Rowan and Cann - Creating the Self-Employment
Assistance Act - To Industry and Labor, Economic Development and Small Business then
Finance
2509.By Del. Frederick, Stalnaker, Walters, Rowan and Cann - Creating the West Virginia
Literacy Council - To Government Organization then Finance
2510.By Del. Frederick, Stalnaker, Walters, Rowan and Cann - Allowing public sector moneys to
be used to satisfy the matching requirements of the workforce initiative in certain
circumstances - To Industry and Labor, Economic Development and Small Business then
Finance
2511.By Del. Frederick, Stalnaker, Walters, Rowan and Cann - Allowing HEAPS funds to be used
for the costs of taking a GED exam - To Education then Finance
2512.By Del. Frederick, Stalnaker, Walters, Rowan and Cann - Relating to membership of the
West Virginia workforce investment council - To Industry and Labor, Economic
Development and Small Business then Government Organization
2513.By Del. Williams - Increasing a surviving spouse's death benefit under a municipal police
officer's or firefighter's pension (FN) - To Pensions and Retirement then Finance
2514.By Del. Walters - Eliminating the seventy-five percent participation requirement for certain
group insurance policies - To Banking and Insurance then Judiciary
2515.By Del. Walters - Requiring all executive agencies to report to the governor, Speaker of the
House of Delegates and President of the Senate notices of allowances or potential
disallowances of federal funds - To Government Organization then Finance
2516.By Del. Walters - Pay incentives for teachers who teach in their core field degree - To Education then Finance
2517.By Del. Stalnaker - Providing that the health care authority may not set rates for certain
hospitals - To Health and Human Resources then Government Organization
2518.By Del. Amores - Tax credit for employers who provide child day care services for their
employees (FN) - To Finance
2519.By Del. Hall - Providing intent to commit "a crime" as an element of the offense of breaking
and entering in place of "commit a felony or any larceny" - To Judiciary
2520.By Del. Williams - Providing that county school boards may spend authority moneys on any
school that has been included in an approved comprehensive education facilities plan - To
Education then Finance
2521.By Del. Boggs, Pino, Stemple, Perry and Talbott - Increasing by one the number of allowable
magistrate court deputy clerks and designating an additional deputy clerk for Braxton County
- To Judiciary
2522.By Del. Argento, DeLong, Manchin, Stemple, Pino, Amores and Webster - Relating to
creating and licensing mini-distilleries - To Judiciary
2523.By Del. Perry, Pino, Long, Tabb, Hrutkay and Armstead - Making it a crime for released
inmates to contact correctional employees and requiring that inmates be advised of such
prohibition upon release - To Judiciary
2524.By Del. Boggs and Varner - Creating the criminal offense of harassment of a participant of
a neighborhood crime watch - To Judiciary
2525.By Del. Campbell, Williams, Perry and Beach - Removing the requirement to contract for
independent evaluation and report to Legislative Oversight Commission every two years on
character education program in public schools - To Education
2526.By Del. Williams - Providing that medical monitoring may not be awarded against
participants in the tobacco master settlement agreement - To Judiciary
2527.By Del. Campbell, Williams, Perry and Beach - Authorizing employees of the multicounty
vocational schools to administer the performance tests of service personnel in the counties
served by the school - To Education then Finance
2528.By Del. Campbell, Williams, Perry and Beach - Relating to alternative programs for the
education of teachers - To Education then Finance
2529.By Del. R. M. Thompson - Establishing the deferred deposit loan act - To Banking and
Insurance then Judiciary
2530.By Del. Romine and Schoen - Prohibiting the performance of any abortion when the woman
seeking it is doing so solely on account of the gender of the fetus - To Health and Human
Resources then Judiciary
2531.By Del. R. M. Thompson - Requiring physicians and medical institutions to report instances
where abortions have been performed due to perceived congenital defects of fetuses - To
Health and Human Resources then Judiciary
2532.By Del. Carmichael, Frich and Hall - Requiring medical practitioners who perform abortions
to estimate the gestational age of the fetus - To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary
2533.By Del. Sumner, Howard and Sobonya - Providing a separate offense when a person causes
death or serious bodily injury to an unborn child while attempting to cause death or serious
bodily injury to the mother - To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary
2535.By Del. Walters - Verifiable Science Act - To Education then Judiciary
2536.By Del. Walters - Providing county boards of education may study the economic feasibility
of exercising an option of engaging in cooperative agreements with local public or regional
transit authorities to transport students - To Education then Finance
2537.By Del. Stalnaker - Raising the allowable earnings limit of higher education personnel who
retired under the severance plan - To Pensions and Retirement then Finance
2538.By Del. Williams - West Virginia Wild Game Breeder's and Dealer's Licensing Act - To
Agriculture and Natural Resources then Judiciary
2539.By Del. Frich, Tansill, Swartzmiller, Wakim, Roberts, DeLong and Trump - Exempting all
monetary benefits derived from military retirement from personal income tax obligations for
persons who are sixty-two years of age or older (FN) - To Finance
2540.By Del. Amores, Frederick and R. M. Thompson - Providing a tax credit for new high
technology products and manufacturing - To Finance
2541.By Del. Amores and Mahan - Creating the West Virginia Legislative Criminal Justice
Resource Center (FN) - To Government Organization then Finance
2542.By Del. Louisos - Providing a process for public funding of elections for the governor,
attorney general, auditor, commissioner of agriculture, secretary of state, treasurer and
members of the Legislature (FN) - To Judiciary then Finance
2543.By Del. Louisos - Authorizing the issuance of a free vehicle "Military Retired" license plate
to military retirees - To Roads and Transportation then Finance
2544.By Del. H. White, Kominar, R. M. Thompson and Frederick - Economic Development
Enterprise Zone Act of 2005 (FN) - To Industry and Labor, Economic Development and
Small Business then Finance
2545.By Del. Ennis, Stemple, R. Thompson and Varner - Waiving the requirement that a training
course in handling and firing handguns must be completed prior to the issuance of a
concealed weapons permit for veterans who served during a period of armed conflict - To
Judiciary
2546.By Del. Long, Spencer, Talbott, Barker, Hunt and Rowan - Relating to underage possession
of nonintoxicating beer and alcoholic liquor - To Judiciary
2547.By Del. Caputo - Changing the amount a person can earn while receiving unemployment
benefits - To Judiciary then Finance
2548.By Del. Tucker, Perdue, Leach, Long, Marshall, Trump and Canterbury - The Diabetes Care
Plan Act - To Health and Human Resources then Education
2549.By Del. Walters - Authorizing colleges and universities to charge county boards of education
for remedial education courses attended by West Virginia high school graduates - To
Education then Finance
2550.By Del. Doyle - Creating the institute for increased postsecondary education participation
(FN) - To Education then Finance
2551.By Del. Perdue - Prohibiting out-of-state lenders from making loans over the internet or by
other means unless they are licensed in West Virginia - To Banking and Insurance then
Judiciary
2552.By Del. Caputo, Frederick and Romine - Enacting the Uniform Trust Code - To Judiciary
2553.By Del. Walters - Requiring the higher education policy commission to ensure that no person
employed by any state institution of higher education performs or participates in or instructs
students in how to perform any abortion or abortion procedure - To Health and Human
Resources then Judiciary
2554.By Del. Walters - Small Business Development Incentive Program for Internal Growth Act
(FN) - To Industry and Labor, Economic Development and Small Business then Finance
2555.By Del. Hatfield, Brown and Amores - Providing limitations and requirements relative to when crisis pregnancy organizations may render services to women with unplanned or
unwanted pregnancies - To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary
2556.By Del. Walters and Armstead - Permitting the deduction of home mortgage interest paid for
personal income tax (FN) - To Finance
2557.By Del. Walters and Armstead - State Payment for State Mandates Act - To Government
Organization then Finance
2558.By Del. DeLong, Ennis, Swartzmiller and Fragale - Relating to the limitation of the number
and location of video lottery terminals - To Judiciary then Finance
2559.By Del. Ashley and Stevens - Providing that unborn children are eligible for the children's
health insurance program - To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary
2560.By Del. Sumner, Evans, Leggett and Lane - Relating to requiring that dogs and cats be
vaccinated every three years with rabies vaccines that last three years - To Agriculture and
Natural Resources then Judiciary
2561.By Del. Sumner (By Request) - Relating to providing seniority rights are preserved for
teachers and other professional employees that transfer to employment in another county
(FN) - To Education then Finance
2562.By Del. Walters, Frich, Carmichael, Trump, Armstead, Lane and Wakim - Subtracting social
security benefits from federal adjusted gross income to determine West Virginia adjusted
gross income for purposes of personal income tax (FN) - To Finance
2563.By Del. Perdue, Hall and Long - Exempting physicians from obtaining medicaid
preauthorization for certain patients who are medicaid recipients - To Health and Human
Resources then Judiciary
2564.By Del. Stalnaker, Amores, Craig, Fragale and Hall - Enacting a retirement system for
Emergency Services Personnel - To Pensions and Retirement then Finance
2565.By Del. Sobonya, Hamilton, Howard, Brown and Sumner - Exempting certain recipients of
military medals of valor from special registration plate fees - To Roads and Transportation
then Finance
2566.By Del. Schoen and Martin - Adding a magistrate to those serving Putnam County - To
Judiciary then Finance
2567.By Del. Perry, Pino and Hrutkay - Providing for the continuation of misdemeanor
prosecutions in cases where a defendant is charged by complaint with felonies and misdemeanors - To Judiciary
2568.By Del. Perry, Martin and Hrutkay - Increasing the retirement pensions for police and
firefighters - To Pensions and Retirement then Finance
2569.By Del. Williams, Stemple and Varner - Revocation of driving privileges of nonresidents
who issue a worthless check in this state and fail to appear to a summons for the same - To
Judiciary then Finance
2570.By Del. R. M. Thompson, Perry and H. White - Requiring banking institutions to post bond
or other security for the deposit of county, municipal or county board of education funds -
To Banking and Insurance then Judiciary
2571.By Del. Stemple, Swartzmiller, Campbell and Varner - Changing the final average salary
calculation in determining the benefit of a deputy sheriff retirement system member - To
Pensions and Retirement then Finance
2572.By Del. Schoen and Boggs - Prohibiting abortions at state college or university medical
facilities except when necessary to save the life of the mother - To Health and Human
Resources then Judiciary
2573.By Del. Louisos - Prohibiting utilities from utilizing minimum billing of customers and to
bill customers based on actual usage only - To Judiciary
2574.By Del. Yost, Ennis, Tucker, DeLong, Pethtel and Swartzmiller - Authorizing issuance of
warrants to extract blood analysis of persons charged with driving under the influence - To
Judiciary
2575.By Del. Williams, Kominar and Frederick - Providing a reduction in campground rental fees
for certain disabled veterans - To Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security then Finance
2576.By Del. Kominar, H. White, Browning and Mahan - 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
2577.By Del. Williams and Amores - Setting forth certain standards for petit juror service (FN)
- To Judiciary
2578.By Del. Williams, Crosier and Sumner - Increasing the ratios of professional and service
personnel to students in net enrollment (FN) - To Education then Finance
2579.By Del. Walters and Schadler - Reimbursement for costs of first five days of incarceration
- To Judiciary then Finance
2580.By Del. Susman and Hatfield - Phasing out the sales tax on food (FN) - To Finance
2581.By Del. Susman and Leach - Prohibiting persons fourteen years of age or younger from
riding in the open bed of a truck or trailer except when in a parade or for farm work - To
Roads and Transportation then Judiciary
2582.By Del. Stalnaker, Kominar, H. White, Michael and Amores - Making it a felony offense for
stealing lottery tickets - To Judiciary
2583.By Del. Stalnaker, Browning and R. M. Thompson - Providing flexibility to organizations
receiving less than one hundred thousand dollars of state funds in obtaining audits and
reviews - To Government Organization then Finance
2584.By Del. Spencer and Michael - Providing for reimbursement to institutions of higher
education of qualifying noncapital expenditures incurred in providing services to students
with physical, learning or severe sensory disabilities (FN) - To Education then Finance
2585.By Del. DeLong - Relating to water treatment plant sludge generally - To Judiciary
2586.By Del. Walters and Armstead - Gradually eliminating the consumer sales tax on food (FN)
- To Finance
2587.By Del. Spencer, Walters, Palumbo, Hatfield and Brown - Granting various county agencies
authority to enter into intergovernmental agreements with other county levying bodies - To
Pensions and Retirement then Judiciary