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