HOUSE OF DELEGATES


BILLS INTRODUCED


Tuesday, January 16, 2007


2151.By Del. Cann, Stalnaker, Pino, Fragale, Kominar, Ennis, Pethtel, Craig, Perry, Beach and Iaquinta - Relating to parental notification requirements for abortions performed on unemancipated minors - To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary


2152.By Del. Lane - Eliminating mercury in childhood vaccines - To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary


2153.By Del. Lane - Relating to public school campus police officers (FN) - To Education then Finance


2154.By Del. Pino - Creating the "Supplement to West Virginia Veterans Education Benefits Program Fund" - To Government Organization then Finance


2155.By Del. Pino - Authorizing county commissions to create a special fund for the purposes of posting bond for certain individuals - To Political Subdivisions then Finance


2156.By Del. Pino - Equalizing the number and alternating the selection of juror strikes in a felony trial - To Judiciary


2157.By Del. Talbott - Prohibiting discrimination in rates by insurance companies because of having filed claims under the uninsured and under insured coverage of an automobile policy - To Banking and Insurance then Judiciary


2158.By Del. Pino - Providing a base starting pay and retention salary increases for Division of Protective Services law-enforcement officers, excluding the Director and Deputy Director (FN) - To Finance


2159.By Del. Overington, Stemple, Long, Pino and Armstead - Encouraging state and local government entities to display the national motto, "In God We Trust" - To Judiciary


2160.By Del. Overington and Sumner - Requiring a public hearing and county commission approval prior to the issuance of an initial or transfer license for a private club - To Judiciary


2161.By Del. Azinger and Evans - Imposing an excise tax on the sale or rental of obscene materials - To Finance


2162.By Del. Marshall and Long - Assigning benefits directly to providers based on the patients assignment of benefit form - To Government Organization


2163.By Del. Barker and White - Increasing the required minimum liability insurance required on a motor vehicle - To Banking and Insurance then Judiciary


2164.By Del. Argento and Stemple - Relating to requiring lien holders to notify the sheriff's office via written instrument and to record a release in the county clerk's office within sixty days after the lien has been satisfied - To Judiciary


2165.By Del. Barker and Argento - Permitting employee organizations to obtain state employees' home addresses in certain circumstances - To Judiciary


2166.By Del. Overington, Rowan, Evans and Blair - Justifying the use of deadly force by a pregnant woman when she reasonably believes that her unborn child's life is threatened - To Judiciary


2167.By Del. Eldridge, Marshall, Miley, Caputo and Perdue - Prohibiting the use of a person's credit history in insurance transactions - To Banking and Insurance then Judiciary


2168.By Del. Eldridge, Marshall, Miley and Caputo - Relating to credit card solicitation on college campuses - To Judiciary


2169.By Del. Morgan and Craig - Creating sales and use tax exemptions for purchases of design and engineering services and materials and equipment directly used in construction of new or replacement amusement rides (FN) - To Finance


2170.By Del. Longstreth, Poling, M., Caputo and Martin - Providing that alleged victims of domestic violence or abuse have the right to have a person of their choosing present when they are interviewed by law-enforcement officers or the prosecuting attorney - To Judiciary


2171.By Del. Boggs - Creating the criminal offense of harassment of a participant of a neighborhood crime watch - To Judiciary


2172.By Del. Morgan and Caputo - Providing that candidates for statewide political office belonging to the party with the most registered voters in the state be placed in a preeminent position on the election ballot - To Judiciary


2173.By Del. Eldridge, Barker, Hrutkay and Pino - Multiple Prescriptions Abuse Prevention Act - To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary


2174.By Del. Boggs and Campbell - Creating the joint commission on technology and advanced communications - To Government Organization then Finance


2175.By Del. Marshall, Eldridge, Miley, Caputo and Brown - Relating to the unauthorized acquisition of data that compromises the security, confidentiality, or integrity of personal information maintained by the data collector - To Judiciary


2176.By Del. Ellem, Hamilton and Proudfoot - Authorizing law-enforcement officials to deputize law-enforcement personnel employed by out-of-state jurisdictions (FN) - To Judiciary


2177.By Del. Carmichael, Armstead, Long, Tansill, Walters and Schoen - Providing a tax credit to medical providers in an amount equal to their investment in electronic medical record technology (FN) - To Finance


2178.By Del. Brown, Hatfield, Long, Poling, M. and Mahan - Providing criminal penalties for persons convicted of human trafficking and involuntary servitude offenses - To Judiciary


2179.By Del. Argento, Stemple, Martin, Talbott and Fragale - Including persons who participate in or who contribute to taking a person's identity with fraudulent intent - To Judiciary


2180.By Del. Barker and Hrutkay - Requiring that of the two judges allotted for the twenty-fifth circuit, one must be a resident of Boone County and one a resident of Lincoln County - To Judiciary


2181.By Del. Boggs and Hamilton - Requiring that annual reports be recorded on CD-Rom for distribution - To Government Organization


2182.By Del. Brown, Spencer, Marshall and Longstreth - Providing that rehabilitation counselors employed by the Division of Rehabilitative Services shall be paid at an equivalent rate to public school counselors (FN) - To Education then Finance


2183.By Del. Wysong, Tabb, Stemple, Hrutkay, Eldridge, Williams, Poling, M., Perry and Beach - Relating to authorizing reciprocity weapons licensing for nonresidents - To Judiciary


2184.By Del. Schoen and Martin - Prohibiting solid waste authorities from duplicating or competing with private recycling businesses - To Judiciary


2185.By Del. Iaquinta and Hrutkay - Providing a criminal penalty for transmitting bulk electronic mail messages which are unsolicited - To Judiciary


2186.By Del. Caputo and Tucker - Providing that personnel carriers used to transport miners must be maintained at the working section - To Judiciary


2187.By Del. Frederick, Stalnaker, Walters and Rowan - Allowing HEAPS funds to be used for the costs of taking a GED exam - To Education then Finance


2188.By Del. Hamilton, Duke and Sumner - Providing for the continuance of medical coverage for the spouse of a deceased retired public employee for any period previously purchased with accumulated leave - To Pensions and Retirement then Finance


2189.By Del. Caputo, Paxton, Perry, Fragale and Poling, M. - Relating to substitute service personnel seniority - To Education then Finance


2190.By Del. Fragale and Martin - Providing that applications for farm use valuation must be filed with the county assessor between dates specified - To Judiciary then Finance


2191.By Del. Pino and Cann - Exempting certain start-up businesses founded by West Virginia college or university graduates from various state, county and municipal taxes (FN) - To Finance


2192.By Del. Swartzmiller, Stemple and Craig - Authorizing jailors and correctional officers to carry firearms while performing their duties - To Judiciary


2193.By Del. Wysong, Tabb, Doyle, Marshall, Moore and Longstreth - Increasing the penalties for child abuse - To Judiciary


2194.By Del. Yost and Tucker - Authorizing issuance of warrants to extract blood analysis of persons charged with driving under the influence - To Judiciary


2195.By Del. Fragale, Iaquinta, Eldridge, Stalnaker and Miley - Requiring that the State School Board ensure that no class size for grades seven through twelve be greater than twenty-five students to every one teacher - To Education then Finance


2196.By Del. Stemple, White, Doyle and Paxton - Providing that United States flags fly at half-mast for three days whenever a state resident soldier is killed by hostile fire or when an in-state law-enforcement officer is killed in the line of duty - To Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security then Judiciary


2197.By Del. Schoen and Martin - Creating new felony offenses of malicious wounding with the use of a firearm and unlawful wounding with the use of a firearm of a law enforcement officer and providing for mandatory jail sentences - To Judiciary


2198.By Del. Perry, Campbell, Argento, Boggs, Williams, Mahan, Sumner and Browning - Exempting county school boards of education school buses from paying tolls for transit over the West Virginia Turnpike or any parkways authority project (FN) - To Finance


2199.By Del. Varner, Williams, Mahan, Craig, Boggs, Proudfoot, Perdue and Barker - Allowing a nonresident, licensed to carry concealed weapons in another state, to carry a concealed weapon in this state without a reciprocal agreement between the nonresident's state and this state - To Judiciary


2200.By Del. Campbell and Canterbury - Clarifying the penalty provisions regarding battery on a police officer - To Judiciary


2201.By Del. Perry and Stemple - Providing a statutory good faith exception to the exclusionary rule when evidence has been obtained during an execution of a search warrant, arrest warrant or capias - To Judiciary


2202.By Del. Perry, Wells, Hrutkay and Tabb - Relating to granting campus police officers law enforcement powers at private institutions of higher education in this state - To Education then Judiciary


2203.By Del. Perry and Stemple - Altering the criminal penalties for driving while license is suspended or revoked - To Judiciary


2204.By Del. Perry, Stemple and Cann - Providing that retiring municipal police officers may keep their service revolver (FN) - To Political Subdivisions then Judiciary


2205.By Del. Iaquinta, Miley, White, Campbell and Evans - Relating to the denial of course credits for unexcused absences in school - To Education


2206.By Del. Talbott, Stemple, Eldridge, Hamilton, Poling, M. and Argento - Prohibiting a person not the owner of a dog from removing tags, collars or apparel from a dog without the permission of the owner - To Agriculture and Natural Resources then Judiciary


2207.By Del. Cann - Business and occupation tax credit to electric power generators for the use of West Virginia coal (FN) - To Finance


2208.By Del. Frederick - Relating generally to mine inspectors - To Industry and Labor, Economic Development and Small Business then Judiciary


2209.By Del. Stalnaker - Penalty for failing to make a reasonable, good-faith attempt to return a minor child in a timely manner at the expiration of lawful custody or visitation - To Judiciary


2210.By Del. Porter - Prohibiting employees of higher education from assisting students in securing abortions (FN) - To Judiciary


2211.By Del. Pino - Increasing supplemental benefits to certain teacher retirement annuitants (FN) - To Education then Finance


2212.By Del. Frederick and Stalnaker - Requiring the secretary of the department of environmental protection to adopt the federal regulations governing surface coal mining activities - To Judiciary


2213.By Del. Cann - Relating to assessments of real property (FN) - To Judiciary then Finance


2214.By Del. Caputo and Longstreth - Providing that a legally unlicensed personal care home may house up to four unrelated residents if there is at least one full-time employee working at the home - To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary


2215.By Del. Frederick, Stalnaker, Walters, Rowan and Cann - Creating incentives for encouraging West Virginia workers to obtain the GED (FN) - To Education then Finance


2216.By Del. Craig and Morgan - Expanding the counties covered by West Virginia Route 2 and Interstate 68 Authority to include Cabell, Mason and Jackson counties; and increasing the number of members - To Political Subdivisions then Judiciary


2217.By Del. Hrutkay and Martin - Prohibiting the reclassification of Class II real property for a period of two years if the estate has not been settled (FN) - To Judiciary then Finance


2218.By Del. Talbott, Perdue and Perry - Providing that accident report forms are conclusive as to the issue of the accident's cause, unless a court rules otherwise - To Judiciary


2219.By Del. Blair and Sumner - Requiring a physician to receive written consent from at least one parent or legal guardian before an abortion is performed on an unemancipated minor - To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary


2220.By Del. DeLong, Tucker, Hrutkay, Barker, Caputo, Marshall, Fragale, Eldridge, Miley and Moore - Raising the "years of service" supplemental salary increase for public employees (FN) - To Finance


2221.By Del. Kominar - Providing for a pilot project intended to divert low-income residents from early institutionalization (FN) - To Health and Human Resources then Finance


2222.By Del. Caputo, Tucker, Mahan, Boggs, Longstreth, Fragale, Barker and Hrutkay - Authorizing the Governor to appoint an additional member to the Surface Mine Board that represents the interest of labor - To Industry and Labor, Economic Development and Small Business then Government Organization


2223.By Del. Hamilton, Hrutkay, Talbott and Romine - Restricting public access to concealed weapons permit records - To Judiciary


2224.By Del. Wysong, Tabb, Williams, Overington, Duke, Doyle, Caputo and Blair - Increasing the minimum annual disability benefits amount for a state police officer injured in performance of his or her duties (FN) - To Pensions and Retirement then Finance

2225.By Del. Swartzmiller - Allowing counties to increase the occupancy tax on hotel use and stay to six percent of consideration - To Political Subdivisions then Finance


2226.By Del. Perry, Campbell, Beach, Duke, Tansill and Williams - Authorizing county boards of education to lease school buses for transportation associated with fairs, festivals and other educational and cultural events (FN) - To Education then Finance


2227.By Del. Hrutkay, Poling, M., Eldridge, Proudfoot, Hamilton, Boggs, Browning and Talbott - Creating a criminal offense for picketing or disrupting funerals or memorial services - To Judiciary


2228.By Del. Lane, Walters, Armstead, Sumner and Porter - Prohibiting subsidies to entities that perform abortions - To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary


2229.By Del. Craig and Morgan - Providing a cost-of-living provision for certain persons retired under the teachers retirement system (FN) - To Pensions and Retirement then Finance


2230.By Del. Caputo, Tucker and Martin - Providing an employee the right to decline to work more than forty hours in a workweek - To Industry and Labor, Economic Development and Small Business then Judiciary


2231.By Del. Caputo and Argento - Requiring employers to pay nurses at their regular rate of pay for all the time they are on-call on the employer's premises - To Health and Human Resources then Finance


2232.By Del. Frederick, Stalnaker, Walters and Rowan - Creating the West Virginia Literacy Council - To Government Organization then Finance


2233.By Del. Browning and Miley - Providing that the foundation allowance for regional education service agencies is established by the Legislature (FN) - To Education then Finance


2234.By Del. Hamilton, Hrutkay and Hatfield - Establishing the hospitals infection disclosure act requiring hospitals to disclose hospital-infection rates for the public - To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary


2235.By Del. Hamilton, Poling, M., Stalnaker and White - Prohibiting the willful obstruction or impediment of a funeral or interment service - To Judiciary


2236.By Del. Craig and Morgan - Establishing the western West Virginia Highway Authority to include representatives from Cabell, Mason, Jackson, Putnam and Wayne counties (FN) - To Government Organization then Finance


2237.By Del. Hrutkay, Mahan and Ellem - Relating to the use of checks, bank account debit authorizations, or share drafts as security for loans or cash advances - To Banking and Insurance then Judiciary


2238.By Del. Hrutkay and Iaquinta - Providing service credits for service in the West Virginia national guard and reserve for public employees retirement system and civil service examinations - To Pensions and Retirement then Finance


2239.By Del. Frederick and Carmichael - Requiring the Attorney General to comply with certain requirements when entering into contracts for legal services - To Finance


2240.By Del. Frederick and Long - Providing that the reduction in the tax rate provided in this section applies to mines operating before the effective date of the applicable provision (FN) - To Finance


2241.By Del. Perry, Pino and Beach - Providing Good Friday as a state legal holiday - To Government Organization then Finance


2242.By Del. Perry, Beach and Pino - Limiting the eligibility of parole if the person has violated the terms and conditions of probation or home incarceration - To Judiciary


2243.By Del. Perry, Williams, Cann and Poling, M. - Allowing comparable credit at trade or vocational schools approved by the State Board to count towards service personnel pay rates - To Education then Finance


2244.By Del. Perdue, Brown, Doyle, Palumbo, Ellem, Long, Eldridge and Marshall - Promoting and facilitating the breastfeeding of infants - To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary


2245.By Del. Porter, Sumner and Lane - Requiring the Department of Health and Human Resources to maintain information for public dissemination relative to judicial bypasses to the requirement of parental notification relative to abortions performed on minors (FN) - To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary


2246.By Del. Border - Eliminating fees charged by the Criminal Identification Bureau to the State Police for providing certain information to volunteer fire departments (FN) - To Finance


2247.By Del. Azinger - Relating to minimum grab bar standards for hotel and motel rooms that are specifically designated or intended for use by handicapped or disabled guests - To Judiciary


2248.By Del. Brown, Long, Palumbo, Ellem and Doyle - Relating to a child's right to nurse - To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary


2249.By Del. Brown and Hatfield - Making it a misdemeanor to fail to provide a woman with information regarding all available reproductive alternatives - To Judiciary


2250.By Del. Perry, Proudfoot, Varner, Hrutkay and Longstreth - Providing retention salary increases for Division of Corrections and the Division of Juvenile Services employees (FN) - To Finance


2251.By Del. Campbell - Establishing certain requirements regarding direct shipment, delivery and receipt of alcoholic beverages - To Judiciary


2252.By Del. Caputo and Longstreth - Giving local authorities the authority to decrease the speed limit on streets and highways where school buses travel in its jurisdiction - To Roads and Transportation then Education


2253.By Del. Caputo, Perdue, Tucker and Stalnaker - Providing certain correctional officers be transferred into the civil service system as covered employees - To Judiciary then Finance


2254.By Del. Lane, Overington, Walters, Blair, Sumner, Armstead and Carmichael - Requiring the Joint Committee on Government and Finance approve any proposed settlement involving the Office of the Attorney General - To Judiciary then Finance


2255.By Del. Martin, Argento, Tucker, Blair and Rowan - Requiring bids under state contract to disclose the location of work to be performed or risk state termination of the contract - To Government Organization


2256.By Del. Perry, Argento, Long and Canterbury - Giving reserve deputy sheriffs the authority to carry firearms and to arrest, if properly certified - To Judiciary


2257.By Del. Schoen and Martin - Adding a magistrate to those serving Putnam County - To Judiciary then Finance


2258.By Del. Frederick, Porter and Long - Prohibiting the Division of Natural Resources from approving or rejecting any certification issued under the provisions of 33 U. S. C. section 1344 - To Judiciary


2259.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


2260.By Del. Frederick and Long - Creating the "West Virginia Joint Coal Owners Trust and Conservation Act" - To Judiciary


2261.By Del. DeLong - Relating to the requirements and certifications to be held by graduates of foreign veterinary colleges as a condition of application - To Government Organization


2262.By Del. DeLong - Relating to qualifications of the Commissioner of Agriculture - To Government Organization


2263.By Del. Brown, Caputo, Marshall, Rowan and Mahan - Ensuring clean credit information and identity theft protection (FN) - To Judiciary


2264.By Del. Stemple, Stalnaker, Mahan, Varner, Hrutkay, Cann, Williams, Perry and Browning - Relating to the justifiable use of force, including deadly force, in the protection of persons and property - To Judiciary


2265.By Del. Perry, Beach, Long, Williams, Sumner, Paxton, Campbell and Duke - Extending the expiration date of provisions permitting retired teachers to accept employment as substitutes in areas of critical need and shortage for an unlimited number of days without affecting retirement benefits (FN) - To Education then Finance