HOUSE ABSTRACT

 

2019 Regular Session

 

CONTAINING

 

Active House Bills as of January 16, 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 - Amended - On 3rd reading, Special Calendar 1/17/2019

 

*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 3rd reading, Special Calendar 1/17/2019

 

 2077.  By Del. Pushkin and Rohrbach - Prohibiting smoking in an enclosed motor vehicle when a child under the age of eight is present - Introduced 1/9/2019 - To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary - To House Judiciary 1/16/2019

 

*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 3rd reading, Special Calendar 1/17/2019

 

 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 - Passed House 1/16/2019

 

*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 3rd reading, Special Calendar 1/17/2019

 

 2185.  By Del. Westfall, Harshbarger, Byrd, Lovejoy, Capito, Zukoff, Fluharty, Pushkin, Fleischauer and Rohrbach - Relating to the removal of animals left unattended in motor vehicles - Introduced 1/9/2019 - To Judiciary then Finance - 2nd reference dispensed - On 2nd reading, Special Calendar 1/17/2019

 

*2190.  By Del. Shott, Fleischauer, Kelly, D., Wilson, Pushkin and Fluharty - Modifying bail requirements - Introduced 1/9/2019 - To Judiciary - On 1st reading, Special Calendar 1/17/2019

 

*2307.  By Del. Howell, Hanna, Hott, Steele, Linville, Pack, Phillips, Cadle, Worrell, Hill and Wilson - Relating to creating a provisional license for practicing barbering and cosmetology - Introduced 1/11/2019 - To Government Organization - On 2nd reading, Special Calendar 1/17/2019

 

 2311.  By Del. Howell - Exempting short-term license holders to submit information to the State Tax Commission once the term of the permit has expired - Introduced 1/11/2019 - To Government Organization - On 1st reading, Special Calendar 1/17/2019

 

 2319.  By Del. Bates and Longstreth - Creating a state-administered wholesale drug importation program - Introduced 1/11/2019 - To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary - To House Judiciary 1/16/2019

 

 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 - Passed House 1/16/2019

 

 

BILLS INTRODUCED AND REFERRED

Wednesday, January 16, 2019

 

 2445.  By Del. Pushkin and Kump - Creating the Independent Redistricting Commission of the Joint Committee on Government and Finance - Introduced 1/16/2019 - To Judiciary then Finance

 

 2446.  By Del. Hollen - Blue Alert Plan - Introduced 1/16/2019 - To Judiciary

 

 2447.  By Del. Kump, Householder, McGeehan and Cooper - Exempting certain kindergartens, preschools and school education programs that are operated by a private school from state licensure requirements - Introduced 1/16/2019 - To Education then Finance

 

 2448.  By Del. Robinson, Dean, Martin, P., Rohrbach, Campbell, Cooper, Pack, Atkinson, Miller, Canestraro and Lovejoy - Middle School Technical Education Program Act - Introduced 1/16/2019 - To Education then Finance

 

 2449.  By Del. Hanshaw (Mr. Speaker) and Miley [By Request of the Executive] - WV Invests Grant Program (original similar to SB313) - Introduced 1/16/2019 - To Education then Finance

 

 2450.  By Del. Rowe - Increasing access to career education and workforce training (original similar to SB265) - Introduced 1/16/2019 - To Education then Finance

 

 2451.  By Del. Rowe - Katherine Johnson Hope Scholarship Act - Introduced 1/16/2019 - To Education then Finance

 

 2452.  By Del. Hanshaw (Mr. Speaker) and Miley [By Request of the Executive] - Creating the West Virginia Cybersecurity Office (original similar to SB314) - Introduced 1/16/2019 - To Technology and Infrastructure then Government Organization

 

 2453.  By Del. Rowe - Relating to eligibility for parole - Introduced 1/16/2019 - To Judiciary

 

 2454.  By Del. Rowe, Estep-Burton and Robinson - Allowing low income senior citizens to receive certain tax credits without filing a state income tax return - Introduced 1/16/2019 - To Senior, Children, and Family Issues then Finance

 

 2455.  By Del. Paynter, Dean, Maynard, Cooper, Martin, C., McGeehan, Linville, Campbell, Storch, Thompson, R. and Cadle - Redirecting excise tax revenue on bottled soft drinks from West Virginia University schools to the Public Employees Insurance Agency - Introduced 1/16/2019 - To Banking and Insurance then Finance

 

 2456.  By Del. Kump and McGeehan - Relating to the definition of a political party for all state and local elections - Introduced 1/16/2019 - To Judiciary

 

 2457.  By Del. Kump, Householder, McGeehan and Cooper - Educational Equality Act - Introduced 1/16/2019 - To Education then Finance

 

 2458.  By Del. Kump, Householder, McGeehan, Cooper and Malcolm - Providing that West Virginia will not participate in the REAL ID Act of 2005 - Introduced 1/16/2019 - To Technology and Infrastructure then Judiciary

 

 2459.  By Del. Shott - Exercising authority to exempt individuals domiciled within the state from certain restrictions contained in federal law - Introduced 1/16/2019 - To Judiciary

 

 2460.  By Del. Williams - Creating a statutory right to petition circuit and family courts for sibling visitation - Introduced 1/16/2019 - To Senior, Children, and Family Issues then Judiciary

 

 2461.  By Del. Williams - Relating to cruelty to animals - Introduced 1/16/2019 - To Agriculture and Natural Resources then Judiciary

 

 2462.  By Del. Hollen - Issuing a certificate to correctional employees to carry firearms - Introduced 1/16/2019 - To Judiciary

 

 2463.  By Del. Williams - Increasing the minimum wage based upon increases in the consumer price index - Introduced 1/16/2019 - To Industry and Labor then Finance

 

 2464.  By Del. Williams - Requiring free feminine hygiene products in grades 6 through 12 - Introduced 1/16/2019 - To Education then Finance

 

 2465.  By Del. Fast - Providing an exemption from regulation by the Public Service Commission for motor vehicles used exclusively in the transportation of roll-off solid waste containers - Introduced 1/16/2019 - To Technology and Infrastructure then Judiciary

 

 2466.  By Del. Pack, Steele, Graves, Worrell, Howell, Paynter, Caputo and Martin, C. - Providing for state employees to drive veterans to and from certain appointments - Introduced 1/16/2019 - To Veterans' Affairs and Homeland Security then Finance

 

 2467.  By Del. Howell, Hanna, Hott, Steele, Linville, Pack, Phillips, Cadle, Worrell, Hill and Wilson - Relating to permitting nonresidents to obtain state licenses to carry a concealed deadly weapon - Introduced 1/16/2019 - To Judiciary

 

 2468.  By Del. Cooper, Hartman and Thompson, R. - Department of Agriculture Capital Improvements Fund - Introduced 1/16/2019 - To Agriculture and Natural Resources 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 and Kump - 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

 

 13.      By Del. Caputo, Longstreth, Pyles, Angelucci, Boggs, Miller, Fluharty, Campbell, Sponaugle, Hartman and Miley - Veteran's Additional Property Tax Exemption Amendment (original similar to HJR10) - Introduced 1/15/2019 - To Veterans' Affairs and Homeland Security then Finance

 

 

ALL HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS OFFERED

 

 1.        By Del. Hanshaw (Mr. Speaker) - 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, Hanshaw (Mr. Speaker) and 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

 

 4.        By Del. Cooper, Rowan and Pack - Gold Star Families Highway - Introduced 1/15/2019 - To Technology and Infrastructure then Rules

 

 5.        By Del. Cooper, Pack and Paynter - U. S. Army T/5 Maurice V. Mann Memorial Bridge - Introduced 1/15/2019 - To Technology and Infrastructure then Rules

 

 6.        By Del. Rowe, Robinson and Estep-Burton - U. S. Army PFC Earl Russell Cobb, SPC4 Carl Bradford Goodson, and SSGT George T. Saunders Jr. Memorial Bridge - Introduced 1/16/2019 - To Technology and Infrastructure then Rules

 

 7.        By Del. Rowe, Robinson and Estep-Burton - Kidd Brothers Bridge - Introduced 1/16/2019 - To Technology and Infrastructure then Rules

 

 

ALL HOUSE RESOLUTIONS OFFERED

 

 1.        By Del. Hanshaw (Mr. Speaker) - Adopting Rules of the House of Delegates - Introduced 1/9/2019 - Reference dispensed - Adopted by House 1/9/2019

 

 2.        By Del. Hanshaw (Mr. Speaker) - 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 Del. Hanshaw (Mr. Speaker) - 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 Del. Hanshaw (Mr. Speaker) - 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

 

 

HOUSE BILLS PASSED HOUSE AND COMMUNICATED TO SENATE

 

 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 - Passed House 1/16/2019

 

 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 - Passed House 1/16/2019

 

 

ALL SENATE BILLS PASSED BY SENATE AND COMMUNICATED TO HOUSE

 

 10.      By Sen. Blair, Boso and Swope - Relating to Second Chance Driver's License Program - Introduced 1/9/2019 - To Finance - Passed Senate 1/16/2019

 

 24.      By Sen. Blair, Baldwin, Takubo and Sypolt - Relating generally to local boards of health - Introduced 1/9/2019 - To Finance - Passed Senate 1/16/2019

 

 27.      By Sen. Blair - Removing restrictions on where certain traditional lottery games may be played - Introduced 1/9/2019 - To Finance - Passed Senate 1/16/2019

 

 28.      By Sen. Blair, Boso and Clements - Removing hotel occupancy tax limit collects for medical care and emergency services - Introduced 1/9/2019 - To Finance - Passed Senate 1/16/2019

 

 36.      By Sen. Weld and Boso - Allowing adjustment of gross income for calculating personal income liability for certain retirees - Introduced 1/9/2019 - To Finance - Passed Senate 1/16/2019 - Effective July 1, 2019

 

*106.    By Sen. Facemire - Alleviating double taxation on foreign income at state level - Introduced 1/9/2019 - To Finance - Com. sub. reported 1/11/2019 - Passed Senate 1/16/2019 - Effective July 1, 2019

 

 177.    By Sen. Maynard - Fire Commission rule relating to State Building Code - Introduced 1/10/2019 - To Judiciary - Passed Senate 1/16/2019 - Effective from passage

 

 190.    By Sen. Maynard - DOH rule relating to employment procedures - Introduced 1/10/2019 - To Judiciary - Amended - Passed Senate 1/16/2019 - Effective from passage

 

 

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 Del. Hanshaw (Mr. Speaker) - 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