HOUSE ABSTRACT
2009 REGULAR SESSION
CONTAINING
Active House Bills as of February 19, 2009
AND
BILLS INTRODUCED AND REFERRED
*Denotes Committee Substitutes
ACTIVE HOUSE BILLS
2152.By Del. Brown, Poling, D., Talbott, Miley, Overington and Sobonya - Agriculture,
Schedule of Charges for Inspection Services - Introduced 02/12/09 - To Agriculture
then Judiciary - To House Judiciary 02/19/09
2168.By Del. Brown, Poling, D., Talbott, Miley, Overington and Sobonya - Labor,
Packaging and Labeling - Introduced 02/12/09 - To Energy, Industry and Labor,
Economic Development and Small Business then Judiciary - To House Judiciary
02/19/09
2169.By Del. Brown, Poling, D., Talbott, Miley, Overington and Sobonya - Labor, Method
of Sale of Commodities - Introduced 02/12/09 - To Energy, Industry and Labor,
Economic Development and Small Business then Judiciary - To House Judiciary
02/19/09
2170.By Del. Brown, Poling, D., Talbott, Miley, Overington and Sobonya - Labor,
Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Board - Introduced
02/12/09 - To Energy, Industry and Labor, Economic Development and Small Business
then Judiciary - To House Judiciary 02/19/09
2171.By Del. Brown, Poling, D., Talbott, Miley, Overington and Sobonya - Labor, Weights
and Measures Calibration Fees - Introduced 02/12/09 - To Energy, Industry and
Labor, Economic Development and Small Business then Judiciary - To House Judiciary
02/19/09
2172.By Del. Brown, Poling, D., Talbott, Miley, Overington and Sobonya - Natural
Resources, Boating Rules - Introduced 02/12/09 - To Natural Resources then Judiciary
- To House Judiciary 02/19/09
2173.By Del. Brown, Poling, D., Talbott, Miley, Overington and Sobonya - Natural
Resources, Deer Hunting Rules - Introduced 02/12/09 - To Natural Resources then
Judiciary - To House Judiciary 02/19/09
2174.By Del. Brown, Poling, D., Talbott, Miley, Overington and Sobonya - Natural
Resources, Lifetime Hunting, Trapping and Fishing Licenses - Introduced 02/12/09
- To Natural Resources then Judiciary - To House Judiciary 02/19/09
2183.By Del. Brown, Poling, D., Talbott, Miley, Overington and Sobonya - Agriculture,
Animal Disease Control - Introduced 02/12/09 - To Agriculture then Judiciary - To
House Judiciary 02/19/09
2184.By Del. Brown, Poling, D., Talbott, Miley, Overington and Sobonya - Agriculture,
Disposal of Dead Poultry - Introduced 02/12/09 - To Agriculture then Judiciary - To
House Judiciary 02/19/09
2185.By Del. Brown, Poling, D., Talbott, Miley, Overington and Sobonya - Agriculture,
Commercial Feed - Introduced 02/12/09 - To Agriculture then Judiciary - To House
Judiciary 02/19/09
2191.By Del. Brown, Poling, D., Talbott, Miley, Overington and Sobonya - Dental
Examiners, Rules for the Board - Introduced 02/12/09 - To Health and Human
Resources then Judiciary - To House Judiciary 02/19/09
2209.By Del. Brown, Poling, D., Talbott, Miley, Overington and Sobonya - Insurance
Commission, Continuing Education for Individual Insurance Producers -
Introduced 02/12/09 - To Banking and Insurance then Judiciary - To House Judiciary
02/19/09
2210.By Del. Brown, Poling, D., Talbott, Miley, Overington and Sobonya - Insurance
Commission, Preneed Life Insurance Minimum Standards - Introduced 02/12/09 -
To Banking and Insurance then Judiciary - To House Judiciary 02/19/09
2211.By Del. Brown, Poling, D., Talbott, Miley, Overington and Sobonya - Labor,
Standards for Weights and Measures Inspectors - Introduced 02/12/09 - To Energy,
Industry and Labor, Economic Development and Small Business then Judiciary - To
House Judiciary 02/19/09
2212.By Del. Brown, Poling, D., Talbott, Miley, Overington and Sobonya - Labor,
Amusement Rides and Attractions Safety Act - Introduced 02/12/09 - To Energy,
Industry and Labor, Economic Development and Small Business then Judiciary - To
House Judiciary 02/19/09
2213.By Del. Brown, Poling, D., Talbott, Miley, Overington and Sobonya - Labor, Elevator
Safety Act - Introduced 02/12/09 - To Energy, Industry and Labor, Economic
Development and Small Business then Judiciary - To House Energy, Industry and
Labor, Economic Development and Small Business 02/12/09 - To House Judiciary
02/19/09
2217.By Del. Brown, Poling, D., Talbott, Miley, Overington and Sobonya - Motor Vehicles,
Denial, Suspension, Revocation, Restriction or Nonrenewal of Driving Privileges
- Introduced 02/12/09 - To Roads and Transportation then Judiciary - To House
Judiciary 02/19/09
2225.By Del. Brown, Poling, D., Talbott, Miley, Overington and Sobonya - Rehabilitation
Services, Low Vision Driver Training Program - Introduced 02/12/09 - To Roads and
Transportation then Judiciary - To House Judiciary 02/19/09
2227.By Del. Brown, Poling, D., Talbott, Miley, Overington and Sobonya - Secretary of
State, Administration of the Address Confidentiality Program - Introduced 02/12/09
- To Political Subdivisions then Judiciary - To House Judiciary 02/19/09
*2305.By Del. Webster, Wells, Ferro, Miley, Frazier, Schoen, Lane, Wooton, Hunt and Barker
- Revising appointment and compensation provisions of the Supreme Court Clerk
and his or her staff - Introduced 02/12/09 - To Judiciary - Passed House 02/18/09 - To
Senate 02/19/09 - To Judiciary then Finance
*2306.By Del. Webster, Michael, Mahan and Kominar - Relating to impersonation of a
public official or employee - Introduced 02/12/09 - To Judiciary - Passed House
02/18/09 - To Senate 02/19/09 - To Judiciary
*2309.By Del. Morgan, Martin, Argento, Beach, Eldridge, Andes and Miller, C. - Updating
the law governing the practice of occupational therapy - Introduced 02/12/09 - To
Government Organization then Judiciary - 2nd reference dispensed - On 2nd reading,
House Calendar 02/20/09
*2419.By Del. Perry, Boggs, Morgan, Ellem and Webster - Providing inmates a reduction
in sentence for completion of education and rehabilitation programs - Introduced
02/16/09 - To Judiciary - (Original same as SB 254) - On 2nd reading, House Calendar
02/20/09
2504.By Del. Williams, Boggs, Argento, Poling, D., Pethtel, Marshall, Butcher, Ennis,
Rowan and Manypenny - Establishing the Silver Alert Plan, an alert system for
missing cognitively impaired persons - Introduced 02/17/09 - To Senior Citizen Issues
then Judiciary - To House Judiciary 02/19/09
BILLS INTRODUCED AND REFERRED
February 19, 2009
2655.By Del. Rodighiero and Reynolds - Providing crime watch members coverage under
the West Virginia Public Employees Insurance health coverage plan - Introduced
02/19/09 - To Banking and Insurance then Finance
2656.By Del. Shook - Relating to appraisement of estates of deceased persons - Introduced
02/19/09 - To Judiciary
2657.By Del. Shaver, Mahan, Varner, Pethtel, Argento, Perry, Martin, Williams and Talbott
- Requiring write-in candidates for public office to pay a filing fee - Introduced
02/19/09 - To Judiciary then Finance
2658.By Del. Boggs, Butcher, Manypenny, Martin, Poling, D., Rowan, Skaff and
Swartzmiller - Requiring state offices, agencies, boards and commissions to submit
annual reports electronically - Introduced 02/19/09 - To Government Organization
2659.By Del. Shaver, Mahan, Varner, Perry, Martin and Argento - Broadcast Employees
Freedom to Work Act - Introduced 02/19/09 - To Energy, Industry and Labor,
Economic Development and Small Business then Judiciary
2660.By Del. Perry, Shook, Moore and Reynolds - Expanding the definition of limited
health care service - Introduced 02/19/09 - To Banking and Insurance then Health and
Human Resources
2661.By Del. Pethtel, Williams, Ennis, Perry, Kominar, Evans, Azinger, Stephens and Varner
- Including roads that serve more than one family in the state road system -
Introduced 02/19/09 - To Roads and Transportation then Finance
2662.By Del. Reynolds - Requiring election officials, poll clerks and poll workers to vote
in the precincts where they are registered to vote - Introduced 02/19/09 - To
Judiciary
2663.By Del. Shook - Expanding the power of municipal parking authority officers -
Introduced 02/19/09 - To Political Subdivisions then Judiciary
2664.By Del. Shook - Reducing recidivism of offenders convicted of driving under the
influence of alcohol - Introduced 02/19/09 - To Judiciary
2665.By Del. Eldridge - Authorizing mixed martial arts competitions - Introduced 02/19/09 - To Government Organization then Judiciary
2666.By Del. Eldridge - Changing some processes and orders when determining child
custody disputes - Introduced 02/19/09 - To Judiciary
2667.By Del. Butcher, Eldridge, Stowers, Barker and Walker - Permitting motor vehicle
dealers to sell certain motor vehicles on an "as is" basis without a warranty -
Introduced 02/19/09 - To Roads and Transportation then Judiciary
2668.By Del. Butcher, Eldridge, Stowers, Barker, Argento and Moore - Establishing a
lottery scratch-off game for the benefit of West Virginia firefighters - Introduced
02/19/09 - To Judiciary then Finance
2669.By Del. Butcher, Barker, Stowers, Walker, Eldridge, Rodighiero, Louisos, Argento and
Moore - Providing an exemption from gross income for certain members of
volunteer fire departments - Introduced 02/19/09 - To Finance
2670.By Del. Rodighiero, Eldridge, Reynolds, Stephens, Wells, Guthrie and Hatfield - Giving
all school personnel, including teachers and service personnel and retired teachers
a raise - Introduced 02/19/09 - To Education then Finance
2671.By Del. Hamilton, Argento, Canterbury, Azinger and Evans - Establishing criminal
penalties of not less than two years nor more than ten years for the manufacture,
delivery or possession of methamphetamine precursors - Introduced 02/19/09 - To
Judiciary
2672.By Del. Hamilton and Canterbury - Expanding the powers of the magistrate to
prosecute for worthless checks beyond the strict limitations of NSF - Introduced
02/19/09 - To Banking and Insurance then Judiciary
2673.By Del. Reynolds, Stephens, Morgan, Rodighiero, Miley, Eldridge, Boggs and Perdue
- Relating to leaving children unattended or supervised in motor vehicles -
Introduced 02/19/09 - To Roads and Transportation then Judiciary
2674.By Del. Reynolds, Rodighiero and Stephens - Allowing the Supreme Court of
Appeals to establish a uniform bail schedule - Introduced 02/19/09 - To Government
Organization then Judiciary
2675.By Del. Sobonya, Rowan and Reynolds - Sexually Oriented Businesses Regulation
Act - Introduced 02/19/09 - To Judiciary
2676.By Del. Sobonya, Sumner, Rowan, Miller, C., Lane and Miller, J. - Prohibiting elected
or appointed officials from using public funds to purchase, distribute or disseminate certain items and publications - Introduced 02/19/09 - To Judiciary
2677.By Del. Doyle and Tabb - Increasing the number of magistrates in Jefferson County
by one - Introduced 02/19/09 - To Judiciary then Finance
2678.By Del. Fleischauer, Guthrie, Doyle, Moore, Brown, Hatfield and Varner - Providing
for payment of unemployment compensation when a person misses work due to
domestic violence - Introduced 02/19/09 - To Judiciary then Finance
2679.By Del. Carmichael, Walters and Schoen - Providing a tax credit to medical
providers in an amount equal to their investment in electronic medical record
technology - Introduced 02/19/09 - To Health and Human Resources then Finance
2680.By Del. Beach and Canterbury - Relating to increasing the environmental protection
advisory council membership to nine members - Introduced 02/19/09 - To
Government Organization
2681.By Del. Carmichael, Ellem, Doyle, Canterbury and Blair - Eliminating the food tax,
increasing the tax on nonintoxicating beer, increasing the cigarette tax, increasing
the noncigarette tobacco products tax..etc... - Introduced 02/19/09 - To Finance
2682.By Mr. Speaker (Mr. Thompson) and Del. Armstead [By Request of the Executive] -
Alternative and Renewable Energy Portfolio Act - Introduced 02/19/09 - To Energy,
Industry and Labor, Economic Development and Small Business then Finance
2683.By Del. Boggs, Campbell, Craig, Swartzmiller and Walters - Increasing the amount
allocated from the wireless enhanced 911 fee to be deposited into the enhanced 911
wireless tower access assistance fund - Introduced 02/19/09 - To Government
Organization then Finance
2684.By Del. Moore, Webster, Brown, Overington and Schadler - West Virginia Drug
Offender Accountability and Treatment Act - Introduced 02/19/09 - To Judiciary
then Finance
2685.By Del. Blair, Guthrie and Walters - Amending the Uniform Principal and Income
Act - Introduced 02/19/09 - To Judiciary then Finance
2686.By Del. Walker, Poling, D., Caputo, Boggs, Klempa, Ferro, Butcher, Stephens and
Hutchins - Requiring twenty consecutive minutes for meal breaks and fifteen
minute rest periods for employees during each four hours of work - Introduced
02/19/09 - To Energy, Industry and Labor, Economic Development and Small Business
then Judiciary
2687.By Del. Boggs, Campbell, Craig, Swartzmiller and Walters - Relating to
infrastructure projects funded by the West Virginia Infrastructure Fund -
Introduced 02/19/09 - To Energy, Industry and Labor, Economic Development and
Small Business then Finance
ALL HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTIONS OFFERED
1.By Del. Ennis, Hamilton, Romine, Azinger and White - Increase of Terms of
Members of the Legislature Amendment - Introduced 02/11/09 - To Constitutional
Revision then Judiciary
2.By Del. Doyle - Veto Session Amendment - Introduced 02/11/09 - To Constitutional
Revision then Judiciary - (Original same as SJR2)
3.By Del. Longstreth - Homestead Exemption Increase Amendment - Introduced
02/11/09 - To Constitutional Revision then Judiciary - (Original similar to SJR 8, SJR
9 and SJR4)
4.By Del. Blair, Miller, J., Duke, Border, Canterbury, Ellem, Azinger, Evans, Romine,
Anderson and Rowan - Property Tax Assessment Homestead Limitation
Amendment - Introduced 02/11/09 - To Constitutional Revision then Finance
5.By Del. Michael, Moye, Boggs, Overington, Armstead and Sumner - The Marriage
Protection Amendment - Introduced 02/11/09 - To Constitutional Revision then
Judiciary - (Original same as SJR7)
6.By Del. Carmichael - Dedication of Funding to Natural Resources Amendment -
Introduced 02/11/09 - To Constitutional Revision then Finance - (Original same as
SJR5)
7.By Del. Armstead, Rowan, Overington and Azinger - Warrantless Searches of Homes
by Electronic Surveillance Home Searched Amendment - Introduced 02/16/09 - To
Constitutional Revision then Finance
8.By Del. Caputo, Manchin and Longstreth - Homestead Exemption Increase
Amendment - Introduced 02/16/09 - To Constitutional Revision then Judiciary -
(Original similar to SJR 4, SJR 8 and SJR 9)
9.By Del. Carmichael - Term Limitations Amendment - Introduced 02/16/09 - To
Constitutional Revision then Judiciary
10.By Del. Sumner and Sobonya - Clarifying that nothing in the Constitution secures or protects a right to abortion or requires the funding of an abortion - Introduced
02/17/09 - To Constitutional Revision then Judiciary
11.By Del. Doyle, Rodighiero, Eldridge and Moye - Legislator Replacement Amendment
- Introduced 02/17/09 - To Constitutional Revision then Judiciary
12.By Del. Armstead, Andes, Duke, Ireland, Miller, C., Miller, J., Porter, Romine, Rowan
and Sumner - Homestead Exemption Increase Amendment - Introduced 02/17/09 -
To Constitutional Revision then Finance
13.By Del. Doyle, Perdue, White, Michael, Blair and Boggs - Budget Committee to
Introduced the Budget Bill Amendment - Introduced 02/17/09 - To Constitutional
Revision then Finance
14.By Del. Rodighiero, Eldridge and Reynolds - Homestead Exemption Increase
Amendment - Introduced 02/18/09 - To Constitutional Revision then Finance
15.By Del. Miller, J., Overington, Lane, Sobonya, Blair, Porter, Schadler and Andes -
Taxpayer's Bill of Rights Amendment - Introduced 02/18/09 - To Constitutional
Revision then Finance
ALL HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS OFFERED
1.By Mr. Speaker (Mr. Thompson) - Raising a Joint Assembly to open and publish
election returns - Introduced 01/14/09 - Reference dispensed - Adopted by House
01/14/09 - To Senate 01/14/09 - Committee reference dispensed - Adopted by Senate
01/14/09
2.By Mr. Speaker (Mr. Thompson) - Providing for an adjournment of the Legislature
until February 11, 2009 - Introduced 01/14/09 - Reference dispensed - Adopted by
House 01/14/09 - To Senate 01/14/09 - Committee reference dispensed - Adopted by
Senate 01/14/09
3.By Mr. Speaker (Mr. Thompson) - Extending an invitation to His Excellency, the
Governor, to deliver an address to the Legislature and raising a Joint Assembly
therefor - Introduced 02/11/09 - Reference dispensed - Adopted by House 02/11/09 -
To Senate 02/11/09 - Committee reference dispensed - Adopted by Senate 02/11/09
4.By Del. White and Kominar - CBM Howard W. Bannister Memorial Bridge -
Introduced 02/17/09 - To Rules
5.By Del. Mahan, Fleischauer, Brown, Eldridge, Ennis, Ashley, Rowan and Schadler - Requesting the Joint Committee on Government and Finance to study the safety
issues of those who provide home visits to families in West Virginia - Introduced
02/17/09 - To Rules
6.By Del. Mahan, Fleischauer, Brown, Eldridge, Ennis, Ashley, Rowan and Schadler -
Requesting the Joint Committee on Government and Finance reconstitute Select
Committee A on Children, Juveniles and Other Matters - Introduced 02/17/09 - To
Rules
7.By Del. Fleischauer, Iaquinta, Longstreth, Stephens and Azinger - Requesting the Joint
Committee on Government and Finance to continue studying the needs, challenges
and issues facing veterans - Introduced 02/19/09 - To Rules
8.By Del. Fleischauer, Iaquinta, Longstreth, Stephens and Azinger - Requesting that
public and private colleges and university submit plans to the Joint Committee on
Government and Finance on how their campuses can be made more military or
veteran friendly - Introduced 02/19/09 - To Rules
ALL HOUSE RESOLUTIONS OFFERED
1.By Mr. Speaker (Mr. Thompson) - Adopting Rules of the House of Delegates -
Introduced 01/14/09 - Reference dispensed - Adopted by House 01/14/09
2.By Mr. Speaker (Mr. Thompson) - Authorizing the publication of a Legislative
Manual and providing for the mailing lists for House Journals - Introduced
01/14/09 - Reference dispensed - Adopted by House 01/14/09
3.By Mr. Speaker (Mr. Thompson) - Authorizing the printing and distribution of Acts
of the Legislature and Journals of the House - Introduced 01/14/09 - Reference
dispensed - Adopted by House 01/14/09
4.By Mr. Speaker (Mr. Thompson) - Authorizing the Committee on Rules to arrange
a Special Calendar - Introduced 01/14/09 - Reference dispensed - Adopted by House
01/14/09
5.By Mr. Speaker (Mr. Thompson) - Authorizing the appointment of employees for
this, the First Regular Session of the Seventy-Ninth Legislature, two thousand nine
- Introduced 01/14/09 - Reference dispensed - Adopted by House 01/14/09
6.By Del. Poling, M. and Paxton - Recognizing the West Virginia Civics Literacy
Council and Civic Literacy Day - Introduced 02/12/09 - Reference dispensed -
Adopted by House 02/12/09
7.By Del. Schadler, Evans and Rowan - Recognizing the considerable contributions of
Nancy Hanks, mother of Abraham Lincoln and native of West Virginia -
Introduced 02/12/09 - Reference dispensed - Adopted by House 02/12/09
8.By Mr. Speaker (Mr. Thompson) - Creating a Select Committee on Federal Stimulus
Utilization - Introduced 02/13/09 - To Rules - To House Rules 02/13/09 - Adopted by
House 02/17/09
9.By Del. Iaquinta, Longstreth, Swartzmiller, Moye, Boggs, Azinger, Porter, Ireland and
Ashley - Encouraging West Virginia educators to participate in future "Take a
Veteran to School" initiatives - Introduced 02/16/09 - Reference dispensed - Adopted
by House 02/16/09
10.By Mr. Speaker (Mr. Thompson), Del. Morgan, Craig, Miller, C., Reynolds, Sobonya,
Stephens and Perdue - Designating February 18, 2009, as "Marshall University
Day" - Introduced 02/18/09 - Reference dispensed - Adopted by House 02/18/09
HOUSE BILLS PASSED HOUSE AND COMMUNICATED TO SENATE
*2305.By Del. Webster, Wells, Ferro, Miley, Frazier, Schoen, Lane, Wooton, Hunt and Barker
- Revising appointment and compensation provisions of the Supreme Court Clerk
and his or her staff - Introduced 02/12/09 - To Judiciary - Passed House 02/18/09 - To
Senate 02/19/09 - To Judiciary then Finance
*2306.By Del. Webster, Michael, Mahan and Kominar - Relating to impersonation of a
public official or employee - Introduced 02/12/09 - To Judiciary - Passed House
02/18/09 - To Senate 02/19/09 - To Judiciary
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY BOTH HOUSES
1.By Mr. Speaker (Mr. Thompson) - Raising a Joint Assembly to open and publish
election returns - Adopted 01/14/09
2.By Mr. Speaker (Mr. Thompson) - Providing for an adjournment of the Legislature
until February 11, 2009 - Adopted 01/14/09
3.By Mr. Speaker (Mr. Thompson) - Extending an invitation to His Excellency, the
Governor, to deliver an address to the Legislature and raising a Joint Assembly
therefor - Adopted 02/11/09
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY BOTH HOUSES
1.By Sen. Tomblin (Mr. President), Chafin and Caruth - Adopting joint rules of Senate
and House of Delegates - Adopted 01/14/09
2.By Sen. Tomblin (Mr. President), Helmick and Caruth - Relating to payment of
supplies, services, printing and other expenses - Adopted 01/14/09