HOUSE ABSTRACT
2019 Regular Session
CONTAINING
Active House Bills as of January 14, 2019
*Denotes Committee Substitutes
ACTIVE HOUSE BILLS
*2028. By Del. Fast - Limiting supervision of laying of lines on state rights-of-way - Introduced 1/9/2019 - To Government Organization - On 1st reading, Special Calendar 1/15/2019
*2038. By Del. Howell and Pack - Relating to the procedure to determine if an occupation or profession should be regulated - Introduced 1/9/2019 - To Government Organization - On 1st reading, Special Calendar 1/15/2019
*2128. By Del. Caputo - Allowing state employees to take paid leave to attend parent-teacher conference for their children - Introduced 1/9/2019 - To Government Organization then Finance - 2nd reference dispensed - On 1st reading, Special Calendar 1/15/2019
2164. By Del. Shott, Capito, Canestraro, Fleischauer and Wilson - Clarifying that appeals to the Supreme Court are a matter of right - Introduced 1/9/2019 - To Judiciary - On 2nd reading, Special Calendar 1/15/2019
*2183. By Del. Shott, Steele, Harshbarger and Wilson - Clarifying where a charge of DUI may be brought against an individual - Introduced 1/9/2019 - To Judiciary - On 1st reading, Special Calendar 1/15/2019
2184. By Del. Westfall - Removing restrictions on where certain traditional lottery games may be played - Introduced 1/9/2019 - To Judiciary then Finance - To House Finance 1/14/2019
2351. By Del. Ellington, Hill, Rohrbach, Rowan, Summers, Thompson, C., Walker, Staggers, Atkinson and Angelucci (Originating in House Health and Human Resources) - Relating to regulating prior authorizations - Introduced 1/11/2019 - On 2nd reading, Special Calendar 1/15/2019
BILLS INTRODUCED AND REFERRED
Monday, January 14, 2019
2003. By Del. Shott, Kessinger, Wilson, Fast, Waxman, Kump, Kelly, D., Espinosa, Toney, Westfall and Higginbotham - Extending expungement of certain criminal convictions - Introduced 1/14/2019 - To Judiciary
2004. By Del. Espinosa, Graves, Harshbarger, Foster, Worrell, Hanna, Dean, Sypolt, Hamrick and Howell - Providing for a program of instruction in workforce preparedness - Introduced 1/14/2019 - To Education
2005. By Del. Linville, Hanna, Anderson, Hollen, Jeffries, D., Sypolt, Hardy, Fast, Maynard, Phillips and Rowan - Wireless Technology Business Property Valuation Act - Introduced 1/14/2019 - To Technology and Infrastructure then Judiciary
2352. By Del. Shott, Cadle, Higginbotham, Espinosa, Waxman and Porterfield - Clarifying that appeals to the Supreme Court are a matter of right (original similar to HB2164) - Introduced 1/14/2019 - To Judiciary
2353. By Del. Howell, Hanna, Hott, Steele, Linville, Pack, Phillips, Cadle, Worrell, Hill and Wilson - Allowing purchase of hardware items and equipment for state-wide road system from a local seller rather than the holder of a state contract - Introduced 1/14/2019 - To Government Organization then Judiciary
2354. By Del. Howell, Hanna, Hott, Steele, Linville, Pack, Phillips, Cadle, Worrell, Hill and Wilson - Creating a provisional license to practice in this state by an applicant with an expired license from another state - Introduced 1/14/2019 - To Government Organization
2355. By Del. Howell, Hanna, Hott, Steele, Linville, Pack, Phillips, Cadle, Worrell, Hill and Wilson - Limiting the continuous operation of a vehicle in the left lane - Introduced 1/14/2019 - To Technology and Infrastructure then Judiciary
2356. By Del. Howell, Hanna, Hott, Steele, Linville, Pack, Phillips, Cadle, Worrell, Hill and Wilson - Requiring each executive branch agency to maintain a website that contains certain information - Introduced 1/14/2019 - To Government Organization
2357. By Del. Howell, Hanna, Hott, Steele, Linville, Pack, Phillips, Cadle, Worrell, Hill and Wilson - Right to Repair Act - Introduced 1/14/2019 - To Technology and Infrastructure then Judiciary
2358. By Del. Howell, Hanna, Hott, Steele, Linville, Pack, Phillips, Cadle, Worrell, Hill and Wilson - Intrastate Coal and Use Act - Introduced 1/14/2019 - To Energy then Judiciary
2359. By Del. Howell, Hanna, Hott, Steele, Linville, Pack, Phillips, Cadle, Worrell, Hill and Wilson - Relating to exemptions to the commercial driver's license requirements - Introduced 1/14/2019 - To Technology and Infrastructure then Government Organization
2360. By Del. Howell, Hanna, Hott, Steele, Linville, Pack, Phillips, Cadle, Worrell, Hill and Wilson - Placing the Athletic Commission under the Lottery Commission - Introduced 1/14/2019 - To Government Organization
2361. By Del. Skaff, Canestraro, Robinson, Byrd, Miley, Hartman, Westfall and Ellington - Establishing certain requirements for dental insurance (original similar to SB262) - Introduced 1/14/2019 - To Banking and Insurance then Judiciary
2362. By Del. Miller, Shott, Campbell, Lovejoy, Canestraro, Maynard, Hornbuckle, Summers and Robinson - Relating to procedures for voting an emergency absentee ballot by qualified voters - Introduced 1/14/2019 - To Judiciary
2363. By Del. Staggers, Angelucci, Kessinger, Fast, Skaff and Robinson - Relating to the Upper Kanawha Valley Resiliency and Revitalization Program (original similar to SB151) - Introduced 1/14/2019 - To Government Organization then Education
2364. By Del. Pack, Hill, Kessinger, Graves, Steele, Higginbotham, Linville, Maynard, Sypolt, Cadle and Foster - Relating to the underbilling of customers by public utilities - Introduced 1/14/2019 - To Judiciary
2365. By Del. Foster, Higginbotham, Fast, Linville, Pack, Steele, Phillips, Shott, Summers, Kessinger and Cadle - Clarifying the definition of an employee for the purposes of unemployment compensation and workers’ compensation - Introduced 1/14/2019 - To Industry and Labor then Judiciary
2366. By Mr. Speaker, Mr. Hanshaw [By Request of the Executive] - West Virginia Appellate Review Reorganization Act of 2019 (original similar to SB266) - Introduced 1/14/2019 - To Judiciary then Finance
2367. By Del. Miley and Caputo - Creating a state program allowing high school students advance to getting a college degree or technical training while in high school - Introduced 1/14/2019 - To Education then Finance
2368. By Del. Pushkin - Relating to education to children and adults housed in correctional facilities and regional jails - Introduced 1/14/2019 - To Education then Finance
2369. By Del. Howell - Creating a special motor vehicle collector license plate - Introduced 1/14/2019 - To Technology and Infrastructure then Finance
2370. By Del. McGeehan and Kump - Exempting personal income earned by individuals working as teachers at primary and secondary schools from personal income tax - Introduced 1/14/2019 - To Education then Finance
2371. By Del. McGeehan - Abolishing the Personal Income Tax - Introduced 1/14/2019 - To Finance
2372. By Del. McGeehan - Continuing personal income tax adjustment to gross income of certain retirees receiving pensions from defined pension plans - Introduced 1/14/2019 - To Pensions and Retirement then Finance
2373. By Del. McGeehan - Streamlining the process of abandoned mineral interests - Introduced 1/14/2019 - To Energy then Judiciary
2374. By Del. McGeehan, Kelly, J. and Kump - Discontinuing the use of common core standards and assessments in the state - Introduced 1/14/2019 - To Education
2375. By Del. McGeehan and Kump - Save the Hospitals Act - Introduced 1/14/2019 - To Health and Human Resources then Finance
2376. By Del. Hornbuckle - Relating to the legalization of marijuana - Introduced 1/14/2019 - To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary
2377. By Del. Cooper and Nelson - Making Promise scholarships available for students pursuing certificates or degrees through an accredited community and technical college - Introduced 1/14/2019 - To Education then Finance
2378. By Del. Espinosa - Relating generally to grounds for revocation of a teaching certificate - Introduced 1/14/2019 - To Education then Judiciary
2379. By Del. Espinosa and Higginbotham - Relating to limitations on the use of wages and agency shop fees by employers and labor organization for political activities - Introduced 1/14/2019 - To Industry and Labor then Judiciary
2380. By Del. Fleischauer - Protecting consumers from surprise bills by health care providers - Introduced 1/14/2019 - To Banking and Insurance then Health and Human Resources
2381. By Del. Hornbuckle and Rohrbach - Exempting certain contracts between the Department of Health and Human Resources and West Virginia University, Marshall University or the School for Osteopathic Medicine from state purchasing requirements - Introduced 1/14/2019 - To Education then Government Organization
2382. By Del. Hornbuckle, Miller and Canestraro - Making it a misdemeanor for a person to knowingly allow a felony drug offense to be committed on his or her property - Introduced 1/14/2019 - To Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse then Judiciary
2383. By Del. Hornbuckle, Rohrbach and Thompson, R. - Creating a pilot program for expansion of school-based mental health and school-based diversion - Introduced 1/14/2019 - To Health and Human Resources then Education
2384. By Del. Paynter - Establishing the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources Police Officer Retirement System - Introduced 1/14/2019 - To Pensions and Retirement then Finance
2385. By Del. Atkinson and Jennings - Providing limited prescriptive authority to a licensed psychologist who meets certain criteria - Introduced 1/14/2019 - To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary
2386. By Del. Fleischauer - School Consolidation Task Force - Introduced 1/14/2019 - To Government Organization then Education
2387. By Del. Boggs, Caputo and Miley - Requiring the Commissioner of Highways to verify legal employment status of contractors and vendor’s employees for certain road and bridge contracts - Introduced 1/14/2019 - To Technology and Infrastructure then Judiciary
2388. By Del. Maynard and Jennings - Relating to property exempt from taxation for military and veterans who have been honorably discharged - Introduced 1/14/2019 - To Veterans' Affairs and Homeland Security then Finance
2389. By Del. Storch and Pyles - Model Veterans Treatment Court Act - Introduced 1/14/2019 - To Veterans' Affairs and Homeland Security then Judiciary
2390. By Del. Cowles - Exempting from certain contract and common carrier laws motor vehicles used exclusively in the transportation of railroad personnel - Introduced 1/14/2019 - To Technology and Infrastructure then Judiciary
2391. By Del. Dean and Thompson, R. - Requiring school counselors in public schools to spend 100 percent of their time on comprehensive school counseling programs - Introduced 1/14/2019 - To Education
2392. By Del. Hartman and Caputo - Allowing the Alcohol Beverage Control Commissioner to issue special one-day licenses for charitable events - Introduced 1/14/2019 - To Government Organization
2393. By Del. Dean, Rowan and Thompson, R. - Fixing the premium cost sharing at no less than 80 percent for the employer and no more than 20 percent for the employee - Introduced 1/14/2019 - To Banking and Insurance then Judiciary
2394. By Del. Fleischauer and Fast - Requiring licensees authorized to serve alcoholic liquors or nonintoxicating beer to have certain liability insurance coverage - Introduced 1/14/2019 - To Banking and Insurance then Judiciary
2395. By Del. Rowe - Providing school days to register and transport students to vote - Introduced 1/14/2019 - To Education then Finance
2396. By Del. Thompson, R. - West Virginia Fresh Food Act - Introduced 1/14/2019 - To Agriculture and Natural Resources then Finance
2397. By Del. Atkinson, Kelly, J., Miller and Cooper - Requiring county school boards to provide adequate mental health and counseling services - Introduced 1/14/2019 - To Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse then Education
2398. By Del. Harshbarger, Cooper and Thompson, R. - Exempting all-terrain vehicles and utility terrain vehicles used as farm equipment from the sales tax - Introduced 1/14/2019 - To Agriculture and Natural Resources then Finance
2399. By Del. Rohrbach and Summers - Relating to regulating prior authorizations - Introduced 1/14/2019 - To Banking and Insurance then Judiciary
2400. By Del. Westfall - Eliminating taxation on annuity considerations collected and received by a life insurer - Introduced 1/14/2019 - To Banking and Insurance then Finance
2401. By Del. Criss, Pyles and Higginbotham - Licensing the practice of athletic training - Introduced 1/14/2019 - To Government Organization then Judiciary
2402. By Del. McGeehan, Shott and Kump - Exempting social security benefits from personal income tax - Introduced 1/14/2019 - To Finance
2403. By Del. McGeehan - Exempting firefighters and volunteer firefighters from payment of income and real and personal property taxes - Introduced 1/14/2019 - To Fire Departments and Emergency Medical Services then Finance
ALL HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTIONS OFFERED
1. By Del. McGeehan - Super-Majority Required for Passage of Tax Bill Amendment - Introduced 1/9/2019 - To Finance then Judiciary
2. By Del. Caputo - Homestead Exemption Increase Amendment - Introduced 1/9/2019 - To Finance then Judiciary
3. By Del. Bates - Term Limits for Senators and Delegates in the West Virginia Legislature - Introduced 1/9/2019 - To Judiciary
4. By Del. Wilson and Rowan - Life Begins at Conception Amendment - Introduced 1/9/2019 - To Judiciary
5. By Del. Wilson - Senators and Delegates Service Limit Amendment - Introduced 1/9/2019 - To Judiciary
6. By Del. Bates - State Apportionment Commission - Introduced 1/9/2019 - To Judiciary
7. By Del. Sponaugle - Volunteer Emergency Service Personnel Property Tax Exemption Amendment - Introduced 1/11/2019 - To Finance then Judiciary
8. By Del. Sponaugle - Right to Hunt and Fish in West Virginia Amendment - Introduced 1/11/2019 - To Agriculture and Natural Resources then Judiciary
9. By Del. Sponaugle and Rowan - Disabled Veteran's Property Tax Exemption Amendment - Introduced 1/11/2019 - To Finance then Judiciary
10. By Del. Sponaugle - Veteran's Property Tax Exemption Amendment - Introduced 1/11/2019 - To Finance then Judiciary
11. By Del. Howell - Senior Citizen Homestead Valuation Amendment - Introduced 1/11/2019 - To Finance then Judiciary
12. By Del. Foster - Manufacturing Inventory and Equipment Tax Exemption Amendment - Introduced 1/14/2019 - To Finance
ALL HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS OFFERED
1. By Mr. Speaker, Mr. Hanshaw - Extending an invitation to His Excellency, the Governor, to deliver an address to the Legislature and raising a Joint Assembly - Introduced 1/9/2019 - Reference dispensed - Adopted by House 1/9/2019 - To Senate 1/9/2019 - Committee reference dispensed - Adopted by Senate 1/9/2019
2. By Del. Kelly, J., Anderson, Azinger, Cooper, Hollen, Criss, Shott, Ellington, Summers, Mr. Speaker, Mr. Hanshaw and Del. McGeehan - Senator J. Frank Deem Memorial Bridge - Introduced 1/9/2019 - To Rules
3. By Del. Pack, Steele, Foster, Campbell, Jeffries, J., Phillips, Worrell, Mandt, Toney, Linville and Higginbotham - Urging Congress to call a convention of states to limit terms of office for elected members of the United States Senate - Introduced 1/11/2019 - To Judiciary
ALL HOUSE RESOLUTIONS OFFERED
1. By Mr. Speaker, Mr. Hanshaw - Adopting Rules of the House of Delegates - Introduced 1/9/2019 - Reference dispensed - Adopted by House 1/9/2019
2. By Mr. Speaker, Mr. Hanshaw - Authorizing publication of the Legislative Manual and authorizing payment of travel and other expenses of the House - Introduced 1/9/2019 - Reference dispensed - Adopted by House 1/9/2019
3. By Mr. Speaker, Mr. Hanshaw - Authorizing printing and distribution of Acts of the Legislature and Journals of the House of Delegates - Introduced 1/9/2019 - Reference dispensed - Adopted by House 1/9/2019
4. By Mr. Speaker, Mr. Hanshaw - Authorizing the appointment of employees for this, the First Regular Session of the Eighty-fourth Legislature, two thousand nineteen - Introduced 1/9/2019 - Reference dispensed - Adopted by House 1/9/2019
5. By Del. Staggers, Evans, Kessinger, Hamrick, Brown, N., Angelucci, Atkinson, Azinger, Barrett, Bates, Boggs, Brown, S., Butler, Caputo, Diserio, Doyle, Ellington, Fast, Graves, Hanna, Hansen, Hartman, Hornbuckle, Howell, Jeffries, D., Jennings, Kelly, D., Kelly, J., Kump, Lavender-Bowe, Linville, Longstreth, Malcolm, Martin, C., McGeehan, Miley, Nelson, Pack, Pethtel, Phillips, Pushkin, Pyles, Rodighiero, Rowan, Rowe, Skaff, Sponaugle, Steele, Swartzmiller, Sypolt, Thompson, C., Toney, Walker, Waxman, Westfall, Wilson and Zukoff - Honoring U. S. Army SPC4 Carmel Harvey Jr., Medal of Honor recipient - Introduced 1/14/2019 - To Rules
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY SENATE AND COMMUNICATED TO HOUSE
1. By Sen. Carmichael (Mr. President), Takubo and Prezioso - Adopting joint rules of Senate and House of Delegates - Introduced 1/9/2019 - Committee reference dispensed - Adopted by Senate 1/9/2019 - To House 1/9/2019 - Reference dispensed - Adopted by House 1/9/2019
2. By Sen. Carmichael (Mr. President), Blair and Prezioso - Relating to payment of expenses of 84th Legislature - Introduced 1/9/2019 - Committee reference dispensed - Adopted by Senate 1/9/2019 - To House 1/9/2019 - Reference dispensed - Adopted by House 1/9/2019
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY BOTH HOUSES
1. By Mr. Speaker, Mr. Hanshaw - Extending an invitation to His Excellency, the Governor, to deliver an address to the Legislature and raising a Joint Assembly - Adopted 1/9/2019
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY BOTH HOUSES
1. By Sen. Carmichael (Mr. President), Takubo and Prezioso - Adopting joint rules of Senate and House of Delegates - Adopted 1/9/2019
2. By Sen. Carmichael (Mr. President), Blair and Prezioso - Relating to payment of expenses of 84th Legislature - Adopted 1/9/2019
HOUSE BILLS VETOED BY GOVERNOR
SENATE BILLS VETOED BY GOVERNOR