HOUSE ABSTRACT

 

2020 Regular Session

 

CONTAINING

 

Active House Bills as of January 20, 2020

 

*Denotes Committee Substitutes

 

 

ACTIVE HOUSE BILLS

 

*2086.  By Del. Storch - Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act - Introduced 1/8/2020 - To Judiciary - On 2nd reading, Special Calendar 1/21/2020

 

 2185.  By Del. Westfall, Byrd, Lovejoy, Zukoff, Fluharty, Pushkin, Fleischauer and Rohrbach - Relating to the removal of animals left unattended in motor vehicles - Introduced 1/8/2020 - To Judiciary then Finance - To House Finance 1/20/2020

 

*2602.  By Del. Miller, Canestraro, Brown, N., Kelly, D., Foster and Steele - Including possession of known stolen property in the offense of receiving or transferring stolen property - Introduced 1/8/2020 - To Judiciary - Passed House 1/17/2020 - To Senate 1/20/2020 - To Judiciary

 

*2679.  By Del. Phillips, Foster, McGeehan, Hansen, Shott and Hott - Relating to state issued identification cards - Introduced 1/8/2020 - To Government Organization - Passed House 1/17/2020 - To Senate 1/20/2020 - To Transportation and Infrastructure

 

*2696.  By Del. Howell, Bibby, Phillips, Sypolt, Cadle, Azinger, Jeffries, D. and Hott - Creating an additional index system for state-owned lands - Introduced 1/8/2020 - To Government Organization - Passed House 1/17/2020 - To Senate 1/20/2020 - To Government Organization

 

 2922.  By Del. Barrett and Brown, S. - Relating to requirements to obtain a final order of discharge and dismissal for possession of opiates or opioids - Introduced 1/8/2020 - To Judiciary - Passed House 1/17/2020 - To Senate 1/20/2020 - To Judiciary

 

*2924.  By Del. Howell, Pack, Martin, C. and Hamrick - Permitting the West Virginia Tourism Office to decide to contract with the Division of Highways to sell advertising space on the WV511 website - Introduced 1/8/2020 - To Government Organization - Passed House 1/17/2020 - To Senate 1/20/2020 - To Government Organization

 

 4010.  By Del. Howell, Little, Higginbotham and Cowles - Changing the licensing requirement for certain casino employees - Introduced 1/8/2020 - To Government Organization - Amended - Passed House 1/20/2020

 

*4017.  By Del. Summers, Jeffries, D., Sypolt, Kelly, D., Toney, Hardy, Mandt, Maynard, Linville, Phillips and Criss - Establishing country roads accountability and transparency - Introduced 1/9/2020 - To Government Organization - On 3rd reading, Special Calendar 1/21/2020

 

*4020.  By Del. Foster, Phillips, Jennings, Atkinson, Bibby, Steele, Butler, Waxman, Espinosa, Porterfield and Mandt - Removing authority of municipalities to require occupational licensure if licensure for the occupation is required by the state - Introduced 1/13/2020 - To Government Organization - Amended - On 3rd reading, Special Calendar 1/21/2020

 

*4042.  By Del. Howell, Bibby, Jeffries, J., Waxman, Kelly, J. and Cadle - Requiring agencies exempt from some or all of state purchasing requirements to adopt procedural rules - Introduced 1/8/2020 - To Government Organization - Amended - Passed House 1/17/2020 - To Senate 1/20/2020 - To Government Organization

 

*4058.  By Del. Hill, Pack and Fleischauer - Relating to pharmacy benefit managers - Introduced 1/8/2020 - To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary - To House Judiciary 1/10/2020 - On 1st reading, Special Calendar 1/21/2020

 

 4062.  By Del. Pack, Hill, Bates, Fleischauer and Thompson, C. - Reducing the cost of prescription drugs - Introduced 1/8/2020 - To Health and Human Resources - On 3rd reading, Special Calendar 1/21/2020

 

*4077.  By Del. Higginbotham and Ellington - Increasing the amount of the bond required to be posted by proprietary schools - Introduced 1/9/2020 - To Education - On 2nd reading, Special Calendar 1/21/2020

 

*4091.  By Del. Anderson, Kelly, J., Porterfield, Hartman, Pethtel, Boggs, Evans, Tomblin, Phillips, Azinger and Hott - Allowing for expedited oil and gas well permitting upon payment of applicable expedited fees - Introduced 1/10/2020 - To Energy - Passed House 1/20/2020 - Title amended

 

*4094.  By Del. Hill, Pack, Summers, Espinosa, Mandt, Rowan, Worrell, Fleischauer, Pushkin, Thompson, C. and Walker - Continuing the Foster Care Ombudsman (original similar to SB301) - Introduced 1/10/2020 - To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary - To House Judiciary 1/15/2020 - On 1st reading, Special Calendar 1/21/2020

 

*4096.  By Del. Kump, Householder, Kelly, D., Summers, Sypolt, Mandt, Jeffries, J., Bibby, Steele, Hardy and Fast - Requiring candidates to live in the state or local election district for the office for which they are seeking - Introduced 1/10/2020 - To Judiciary - On 3rd reading, House Calendar 1/21/2020

 

*4108.  By Del. Summers, Waxman, Porterfield, Fast, Householder, Jennings and Ellington - Relating generally to certificates of need for health care services - Introduced 1/13/2020 - To Health and Human Resources - On 3rd reading, Special Calendar 1/21/2020

 

*4119.  By Del. Steele, Graves, Pack, Byrd, Miller and Kelly, D. - Establishing the crime of torture - Introduced 1/13/2020 - To Judiciary - On 2nd reading, Special Calendar 1/21/2020

 

 4130.  By Del. Jeffries, D. and Hanna - Relating to competitive bidding for government construction contracts arising out of declared states of emergency (original similar to SB309) - Introduced 1/13/2020 - To Judiciary - Amended - On 3rd reading, Special Calendar 1/21/2020

 

 4141.  By Del. Butler, Fast, Kessinger, Jeffries, D., Bibby, Pack, McGeehan, Martin, P., Jeffries, J., Graves and Bates - Requiring the Department of Administration to publish its comprehensive annual financial report by the end of December - Introduced 1/13/2020 - To Government Organization - On 3rd reading, Special Calendar 1/21/2020

 

 4207.  By Del. Foster - Department of Administration, exemptions from management services provided by the fleet management division (original similar to SB326) - Introduced 1/14/2020 - To Government Organization then Judiciary - To House Judiciary 1/20/2020

 

*4275.  By Del. Foster - Fire Commission, state fire code (original similar to SB355) - Introduced 1/14/2020 - To Judiciary - On 2nd reading, Special Calendar 1/21/2020

 

 4417.  By Del. Rohrbach, Kessinger, Robinson, Walker, Bartlett, Ellington, Hanna, Hornbuckle, Kelly, D., Mandt and Pushkin (Originating in House Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse) - Relating to permitting professional boards - Introduced 1/17/2020 - On 2nd reading, Special Calendar 1/21/2020

 

 4419.  By Del. Rohrbach, Kessinger, Robinson, Walker, Bartlett, Ellington, Hanna, Hornbuckle, Kelly, D., Mandt and Pushkin (Originating in House Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse) - Relating to the Controlled Substance Monitoring Database - Introduced 1/17/2020 - On 2nd reading, Special Calendar 1/21/2020

 

 

BILLS INTRODUCED AND REFERRED

Monday, January 20, 2020

 

 4414.  By Del. Rowan, Campbell, Rohrbach, Estep-Burton, Pyles, Martin, C., Boggs, Toney, Mandt and Lovejoy (Originating in House Senior, Children, and Family Issues) - Relating to the selection of language and development milestones for the deaf and hard-of-hearing children - Introduced 1/20/2020 - To House Health and Human Resources 1/20/2020

 

 4415.  By Del. Rowan, Rohrbach, Estep-Burton, Pyles, Martin, C., Boggs, Toney, Mandt, Lovejoy, Sypolt and Hanna (Originating in House Senior, Children, and Family Issues) - Relating to missing and endangered children - Introduced 1/20/2020 - To House Health and Human Resources 1/20/2020

 

 4420.  By Del. Steele, Kessinger, Pack, Dean, Hill, Ellington, Shott, Maynard, Paynter, Hanna and Mandt - Creating the Opioid Litigation Fund - Introduced 1/20/2020 - To Health and Human Resources then Finance

 

 4421.  By Del. Householder, Kelly, J., Criss, Westfall, Anderson, Storch, Graves, Rowan, Pack, Linville and Maynard - Natural Gas Liquids Economic Development Act (original similar to SB520) - Introduced 1/20/2020 - To Energy then Finance

 

 4422.  By Del. Boggs, Rohrbach, Ellington, Staggers, Westfall, Lovejoy, Brown, N., Hartman, Shott and Evans - The Patient Brokering Act - Introduced 1/20/2020 - To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary

 

 4423.  By Del. Hill, Pack, Kessinger, Cowles, Worrell, Angelucci, Barrett, Diserio and Swartzmiller - Permitting a nursing home to use trained individuals to administer medication - Introduced 1/20/2020 - To Health and Human Resources

 

 4424.  By Del. Staggers and Boggs - Combining the presently existing five regional command centers of the office of Emergency Medical Services into a single state-wide center - Introduced 1/20/2020 - To Veterans' Affairs and Homeland Security then Finance

 

 4425.  By Del. Linville, Howell, Rohrbach, Wilson, Maynard and Summers - Relating generally to the issuance of driver licenses - Introduced 1/20/2020 - To Health and Human Resources then Finance

 

 4426.  By Del. Doyle, Barrett, Householder and Brown, S. - Relating to permits issued by the Board of Barbers and Cosmetologists - Introduced 1/20/2020 - To Government Organization

 

 4427.  By Del. Hill, Pack, Atkinson, Criss, Summers and Estep-Burton - Relating to the Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact - Introduced 1/20/2020 - To Health and Human Resources

 

 4428.  By Del. Fleischauer, Hornbuckle, Walker, Lavender-Bowe, Estep-Burton, Brown, S., Pyles, Storch, Sypolt, Caputo and Zukoff - Katherine Johnson and Dorothy Vaughan Fair Pay Act of 2020 - Introduced 1/20/2020 - To Industry and Labor then Judiciary

 

 4429.  By Del. Graves, Anderson, Evans, McGeehan, Nelson, Pack and Pethtel - Relating to the distribution of the assets remaining in a municipal policemen's or firemen's pension (original similar to SB532) - Introduced 1/20/2020 - To Fire Departments and Emergency Medical Services then Finance

 

 4430.  By Del. Fast, Martin, C., Dean, Bibby, Hardy, Martin, P., Rowan, Hott, Howell and Toney - Creating the misdemeanor offense of falsely filing a complaint against a law-enforcement office - Introduced 1/20/2020 - To Judiciary

 

 4431.  By Del. Fast, Martin, C., Howell, Bibby, Hardy and Martin, P. - Relating to notice of discontinuance of service by a utility - Introduced 1/20/2020 - To Judiciary

 

 4432.  By Del. Pushkin, Shott and Kessinger - Removing the one-time limit on the expungement of certain criminal convictions - Introduced 1/20/2020 - To Judiciary

 

 4433.  By Del. Nelson and Criss - Relating to deeds of trust - Introduced 1/20/2020 - To Judiciary

 

 4434.  By Del. Summers, Hill, Pack, Cowles, Foster, Rowan, Worrell, Barrett, Diserio, Swartzmiller and Angelucci - West Virginia health care workforce sustainability study - Introduced 1/20/2020 - To Health and Human Resources then Finance

 

 

ALL HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTIONS OFFERED

 

 1.        By Del. McGeehan - Super-Majority Required for Passage of Tax Bill Amendment - Introduced 1/8/2020 - To Finance then Judiciary

 

 2.        By Del. Caputo - Homestead Exemption Increase Amendment - Introduced 1/8/2020 - To Finance then Judiciary

 

 3.        By Del. Bates - Term Limits for Senators and Delegates in the West Virginia Legislature - Introduced 1/8/2020 - To Judiciary

 

 4.        By Del. Wilson and Rowan - Life Begins at Conception Amendment - Introduced 1/8/2020 - To Judiciary

 

 5.        By Del. Wilson and Kump - Senators and Delegates Service Limit Amendment - Introduced 1/8/2020 - To Judiciary

 

 6.        By Del. Bates - State Apportionment Commission - Introduced 1/8/2020 - To Judiciary

 

 7.        By Del. Sponaugle - Volunteer Emergency Service Personnel Property Tax Exemption Amendment - Introduced 1/8/2020 - To Finance then Judiciary

 

 8.        By Del. Sponaugle - Right to Hunt and Fish in West Virginia Amendment - Introduced 1/8/2020 - To Agriculture and Natural Resources then Judiciary

 

 9.        By Del. Sponaugle and Rowan - Disabled Veteran's Property Tax Exemption Amendment - Introduced 1/8/2020 - To Finance then Judiciary

 

 10.      By Del. Sponaugle - Veteran's Property Tax Exemption Amendment - Introduced 1/8/2020 - To Finance then Judiciary

 

 11.      By Del. Howell - Senior Citizen Homestead Valuation Amendment - Introduced 1/8/2020 - To Finance then Judiciary

 

 12.      By Del. Foster - Manufacturing Inventory and Equipment Tax Exemption Amendment - Introduced 1/8/2020 - To Finance

 

 13.      By Del. Caputo, Longstreth, Pyles, Angelucci, Boggs, Miller, Fluharty, Campbell, Sponaugle, Hartman and Miley - Veteran's Additional Property Tax Exemption Amendment - Introduced 1/8/2020 - To Veterans' Affairs and Homeland Security then Finance

 

 15.      By Del. Kump, Paynter, Wilson and McGeehan - Legislator Term Limit Amendment - Introduced 1/8/2020 - To Judiciary

 

 16.      By Del. Pack and Cooper - Senators and Delegate Service Limit Amendment - Introduced 1/8/2020 - To Judiciary

 

 17.      By Del. Householder, Anderson, Jennings, Nelson , Steele, Jeffries, D., Foster, Criss, Wilson and Fast - Business Inventory, Machinery and Equipment Tax Exemption Amendment - Introduced 1/8/2020 - To Finance then Judiciary

 

 20.      By Del. McGeehan, Paynter, Jeffries, J., Wilson, Kessinger, Martin, C., Storch, Hill, Hanna, Fast and Martin, P. - Taxpayer Bill of Rights - Introduced 1/8/2020 - To Finance then Judiciary

 

 22.      By Del. Doyle, Thompson, R., Hornbuckle, Brown, S., Evans, Lavender-Bowe, Campbell and Pyles - State Redistricting Commission - Introduced 1/8/2020 - To Political Subdivisions then Government Organization then Judiciary

 

 24.      By Del. Steele, Pack, Butler, McGeehan, Maynard, Howell, Harshbarger and Higginbotham - Disabled Veteran's Property Tax Exemption Amendment - Introduced 1/8/2020 - To Finance then Judiciary

 

 25.      By Del. Hansen, Miley, Walker, Zukoff, Fleischauer, Thompson, C., Doyle, Estep-Burton, Brown, S., Pyles and Diserio - Natural Resources and the Public Estate Amendment - Introduced 1/8/2020 - To Agriculture and Natural Resources then Judiciary

 

 26.      By Del. Howell, Martin, C. and Fleischauer - Giving the Legislature more control over the manufacture and sale of alcohol amendment - Introduced 1/8/2020 - To Government Organization then Judiciary - To House Judiciary 1/14/2020

 

 27.      By Del. Wilson, Martin, C., Porterfield, Bibby, Martin, P., McGeehan, Thompson, R. and Paynter - Initiative, Referendum, and Recall Amendment - Introduced 1/8/2020 - To Judiciary

 

 28.      By Del. Doyle, Hornbuckle, Thompson, R., Evans, Pyles, Williams, Zukoff, Pushkin, Longstreth, Fluharty and Diserio - Requiring two-thirds vote of the Legislature to override a veto by the Governor amendment - Introduced 1/8/2020 - To Judiciary

 

 29.      By Del. Nelson and Mandt - Limiting the terms of members of the House of Delegates amendment - Introduced 1/8/2020 - To Judiciary

 

 101.    By Del. Cowles, Foster, Criss, Porterfield, Waxman, Espinosa, Hamrick and Householder - Amendment to the West Virginia Constitution providing the West Virginia Legislature rule-making oversight of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals and circuit courts - Introduced 1/8/2020 - To Judiciary

 

 102.    By Del. Espinosa, Bibby, Criss, Waxman, Porterfield, Cowles, Hamrick, Foster, Householder and Ellington - Providing the West Virginia Legislature rulemaking oversight of the board of education - Introduced 1/8/2020 - To Judiciary - On 1st reading, Special Calendar 1/21/2020

 

 103.    By Del. Kump - Relating to permitting increase in homestead exemption - Introduced 1/9/2020 - To Finance then Judiciary

 

 104.    By Del. Kump - Relating to the length of legislative sessions - Introduced 1/9/2020 - To Judiciary

 

 105.    By Del. Jeffries, J., Cadle, Kump, Worrell, Phillips, Maynard, Hardy and Howell - Requiring a two-thirds vote in each house of the Legislature to increase any tax or fee - Introduced 1/14/2020 - To Finance then Judiciary

 

 106.    By Del. Higginbotham, Ellington and Hanna - Relating to creating split legislative regular sessions - Introduced 1/16/2020 - To Government Organization then Judiciary

 

 107.    By Del. Linville, Rohrbach, Waxman, Little and Maynard - Giving the Legislature discretion in appropriating revenue generated from motor vehicle registrations and nongame wildlife motor vehicle registration plates - Introduced 1/20/2020 - To Technology and Infrastructure then Judiciary

 

 

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 1/8/2020 - Reference dispensed - Adopted by House 1/8/2020 - To Senate 1/8/2020 - Committee reference dispensed - Adopted by Senate 1/8/2020

 

 2.        By Del. Cooper and Pack - Requesting the Division of Highways name a portion of WV 3 Vietnam Veterans Memorial Highway - Introduced 1/8/2020 - To Technology and Infrastructure then Rules

 

 3.        By Del. Cooper - Researching and making recommendations regarding construction of a veterans' nursing home facility in Summers County - Introduced 1/8/2020 - To Veterans' Affairs and Homeland Security then Rules

 

 4.        By Del. Rowe, Estep-Burton, Robinson, Nelson, Skaff and Lavender-Bowe - U. S. Marine Corps LCpl Michael Linn Cooper Memorial Bridge - Introduced 1/10/2020 - To Technology and Infrastructure then Rules

 

 5.        By Del. Steele - Urging Congress to repeal the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986  - Introduced 1/10/2020 - To Health and Human Resources then Rules

 

 6.        By Del. Pack, Toney, Bates and Cooper - Clarence Watson Meadows Memorial Boulevard - Introduced 1/10/2020 - To Technology and Infrastructure then Rules

 

 7.        By Del. Miller, Maynard and Tomblin - U. S. Navy MM2 Carl E. Keeney, U. S. Navy SN1 Frank Keeney and U. S. Army PFC Carl M. Nicholas Memorial Bridge - Introduced 1/14/2020 - To Technology and Infrastructure then Rules

 

*8.        By Del. Howell, Summers, Shott, Householder, Martin, C., Hott, Graves, Cadle, Barnhart, Jeffries, J., Maynard, Phillips, Foster, Hamrick, Steele, Jeffries, D., Wilson, Waxman, Bartlett, Paynter, Linville, Sypolt, Bibby, Hill, Ellington, Higginbotham, Kelly, J., Mandt, Dean, Martin, P., Toney, Worrell, Little, Lovejoy, Miller, Kump, Jennings, Porterfield, Butler and McGeehan - Admitting certain counties and independent cities of the Commonwealth of Virginia to be admitted to the State of West Virginia as constituent counties - Introduced 1/14/2020 - To Government Organization then Rules - To House Rules 1/16/2020

 

 9.        By Del. Howell, Phillips, Jeffries, D., Martin, C., Dean, Martin, P., Graves, McGeehan, Hamrick and Linville - Considering repealing the Jones Act  - Introduced 1/14/2020 - To Government Organization then Rules

 

 10.      By Del. Hartman, Brown, N., Boggs, Thompson, C. and Sponaugle - Robert 'Glen' Schoonover Memorial Bridge - Introduced 1/15/2020 - To Technology and Infrastructure then Rules

 

 11.      By Del. Hartman, Brown, N., Boggs, Thompson, C., Sponaugle and Summers - U. S. Army SGT Robert R. "Bob" Defibaugh Memorial Bridge - Introduced 1/14/2020 - To Technology and Infrastructure then Rules

 

 12.      By Del. Higginbotham, Ellington, Atkinson, Dean, Hamrick, Hanna, Jeffries, J., Phillips, Rohrbach, Steele, Toney and Waxman - Feasibility study of extracting rare earth elements from coal ash - Introduced 1/15/2020 - To Energy then Rules

 

 13.      By Del. Hott, Howell, Rowan, Mandt, Kelly, D., Toney, Jeffries, J., Fast, Phillips, Sypolt and Jeffries, D. - Watts Brothers Memorial Road - Introduced 1/16/2020 - To Technology and Infrastructure then Rules

 

 14.      By Del. Westfall, Atkinson, Higginbotham, Azinger and Cadle - U. S. Army, Staff Sargent Wendell Otho Casto Memorial Bridge - Introduced 1/16/2020 - To Technology and Infrastructure then Rules

 

 15.      By Del. Longstreth, Angelucci, Caputo and Summers - Rose Agnes Rolls Cousins Bridge - Introduced 1/16/2020 - To Technology and Infrastructure then Rules

 

 16.      By Del. Tomblin, Maynard, Rodighiero, Miller, Hicks and Dean - U. S. Army Pvt George H. Hooker Memorial Bridge - Introduced 1/17/2020 - To Technology and Infrastructure then Rules

 

 17.      By Del. Martin, P. - U. S. Army PFC William E. "Ed" Smith and W. Va. Army Nat. Guard SSG Edward L. "Eddie" Smith Memorial Bridge - Introduced 1/17/2020 - To Technology and Infrastructure then Rules

 

 18.      By Del. Linville - Declaring the West Virginia Marching Band Invitational to be the states' official Marching Band Championship event - Introduced 1/17/2020 - To Education then Rules

 

 19.      By Del. Cooper, Pack, Bibby, Rowan, Hott and Cadle - Gold Star Families Highway - Introduced 1/20/2020 - To Technology and Infrastructure then Rules

 

 20.      By Del. Westfall and Atkinson - U. S. Army PFC James Ray Miller Memorial Bridge - Introduced 1/20/2020 - To Technology and Infrastructure then Rules

 

 

ALL HOUSE RESOLUTIONS OFFERED

 

 1.        By Del. Hanshaw (Mr. Speaker) - Authorizing the appointment of employees for this, the Second Regular Session of the Eighty-fourth Legislature, 2020. - Introduced 1/8/2020 - Reference dispensed - Adopted by House 1/8/2020

 

 2.        By Del. Hanshaw (Mr. Speaker) - Authorizing printing and distribution of Acts of the Legislature and Journals of the House - Introduced 1/8/2020 - Reference dispensed - Adopted by House 1/8/2020

 

 3.        By Del. Hanshaw (Mr. Speaker) - Amending the Rules of the House of Delegates, relating to remarks by members - Introduced 1/8/2020 - To Rules - Unfinished Business, House Calendar 1/21/2020

 

 4.        By Del. Swartzmiller, Diserio, Anderson, Angelucci, Atkinson, Azinger, Barnhart, Barrett, Bartlett, Bates, Bibby, Boggs, Brown, N., Brown, S., Butler, Byrd, Cadle, Campbell, Canestraro, Capito, Caputo, Cooper, Cowles, Criss, Dean, Doyle, Ellington, Espinosa, Estep-Burton, Evans, Fast, Fleischauer, Fluharty, Foster, Graves, Hamrick, Hanna, Hansen, Hanshaw (Mr. Speaker), Hardy, Hartman, Hicks, Higginbotham, Hill, Hornbuckle, Hott, Householder, Howell, Jeffries, D., Jeffries, J., Jennings, Kelly, D., Kelly, J., Kessinger, Kump, Lavender-Bowe, Linville, Little, Longstreth, Lovejoy, Mandt, Martin, C., Martin, P., Maynard, McGeehan, Miley, Miller, Nelson, Pack, Paynter, Pethtel, Phillips, Porterfield, Pushkin, Pyles, Queen, Robinson, Rodighiero, Rohrbach, Rowan, Rowe, Shott, Skaff, Sponaugle, Staggers, Steele, Storch, Summers, Sypolt, Thompson, C., Thompson, R., Tomblin, Toney, Walker, Waxman, Westfall, Williams, Wilson, Worrell and Zukoff - Memorializing the life of the Honorable Roy Givens - Introduced 1/14/2020 - Reference dispensed - Adopted by House 1/14/2020

 

 5.        By Del. Higginbotham, Ellington, Summers, Linville, Hamrick, Atkinson, Barnhart, Dean, Jeffries, J., Phillips, Rohrbach, Steele, Toney and Waxman - Urging support of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement - Introduced 1/15/2020 - To Small Business, Entrepreneurship and Economic Development then Rules

 

 6.        By Del. Higginbotham, Ellington, Jennings, Hanna, Bibby, Waxman, Bartlett, Cooper, Kelly, J., Barnhart, Dean, Jeffries, J., Hamrick, Rohrbach, Steele and Toney - Condemning the United States House of Representatives for impeaching the President of the United States - Introduced 1/15/2020 - To Rules

 

 

HOUSE BILLS PASSED HOUSE AND COMMUNICATED TO SENATE

 

*2602.  By Del. Miller, Canestraro, Brown, N., Kelly, D., Foster and Steele - Including possession of known stolen property in the offense of receiving or transferring stolen property - Introduced 1/8/2020 - To Judiciary - Passed House 1/17/2020 - To Senate 1/20/2020 - To Judiciary

 

*2679.  By Del. Phillips, Foster, McGeehan, Hansen, Shott and Hott - Relating to state issued identification cards - Introduced 1/8/2020 - To Government Organization - Passed House 1/17/2020 - To Senate 1/20/2020 - To Transportation and Infrastructure

 

*2696.  By Del. Howell, Bibby, Phillips, Sypolt, Cadle, Azinger, Jeffries, D. and Hott - Creating an additional index system for state-owned lands - Introduced 1/8/2020 - To Government Organization - Passed House 1/17/2020 - To Senate 1/20/2020 - To Government Organization

 

 2922.  By Del. Barrett and Brown, S. - Relating to requirements to obtain a final order of discharge and dismissal for possession of opiates or opioids - Introduced 1/8/2020 - To Judiciary - Passed House 1/17/2020 - To Senate 1/20/2020 - To Judiciary

 

*2924.  By Del. Howell, Pack, Martin, C. and Hamrick - Permitting the West Virginia Tourism Office to decide to contract with the Division of Highways to sell advertising space on the WV511 website - Introduced 1/8/2020 - To Government Organization - Passed House 1/17/2020 - To Senate 1/20/2020 - To Government Organization

 

 3039.  By Del. Foster, Phillips, Jeffries, D., Mandt, Wilson and Williams - Relating to a court's consideration of the expression of a preference by a child in certain child custody matters - Introduced 1/8/2020 - To Judiciary - Passed House 1/15/2020 - To Senate 1/16/2020 - To Judiciary

 

*4004.  By Del. Kelly, D., Waxman, Hanna, Mandt, Robinson, Miller and Canestraro - Creating the West Virginia Sentencing Commission - Introduced 1/8/2020 - To Judiciary - Amended - Passed House 1/15/2020 - To Senate 1/16/2020 - To Judiciary

 

 4007.  By Del. Rowan, Jeffries, D., Pack, Maynard, Porterfield, Foster, Waxman, Bibby, Hanna, Barnhart and Kump - Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act (original similar to SB231) - Introduced 1/8/2020 - To Health and Human Resources - Passed House 1/15/2020 - To Senate 1/16/2020 - To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary - To Health and Human Resources 1/16/2020

 

 4010.  By Del. Howell, Little, Higginbotham and Cowles - Changing the licensing requirement for certain casino employees - Introduced 1/8/2020 - To Government Organization - Amended - Passed House 1/20/2020

 

 4022.  By Del. Ellington, Hanna, Hamrick, Higginbotham and Espinosa - Clarifying the qualifications of the Chancellor of the Higher Education Policy Commission - Introduced 1/8/2020 - To Education - Passed House 1/15/2020 - To Senate 1/16/2020 - To Education

 

*4042.  By Del. Howell, Bibby, Jeffries, J., Waxman, Kelly, J. and Cadle - Requiring agencies exempt from some or all of state purchasing requirements to adopt procedural rules - Introduced 1/8/2020 - To Government Organization - Amended - Passed House 1/17/2020 - To Senate 1/20/2020 - To Government Organization

 

*4091.  By Del. Anderson, Kelly, J., Porterfield, Hartman, Pethtel, Boggs, Evans, Tomblin, Phillips, Azinger and Hott - Allowing for expedited oil and gas well permitting upon payment of applicable expedited fees - Introduced 1/10/2020 - To Energy - Passed House 1/20/2020 - Title amended

 

 4103.  By Del. Rohrbach, Kessinger, Robinson, Walker, Bartlett, Ellington, Hanna, Hornbuckle, Kelly, D., Mandt and Pushkin (Originating in House Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse) - Relating to office of drug control policy - Introduced 1/10/2020 - Passed House 1/15/2020 - To Senate 1/16/2020 - To Health and Human Resources

 

 

ALL SENATE BILLS PASSED BY SENATE AND COMMUNICATED TO HOUSE

 

*16.      By Sen. Azinger, Maynard and Rucker - Creating Protect Our Right to Unite Act - Introduced 1/8/2020 - To Judiciary - Com. sub. reported 1/15/2020 - Passed Senate 1/20/2020

 

*35.      By Sen. Clements - Limiting civil penalty for littering conviction to $2,000 - Introduced 1/8/2020 - To Judiciary - Com. sub. reported 1/14/2020 - Passed Senate 1/17/2020 - To House 1/20/2020 - To Judiciary

 

 42.      By Sen. Maynard and Cline - Permitting faith-based electives in classroom drug prevention programs - Introduced 1/8/2020 - To Education - Passed Senate 1/20/2020

 

*46.      By Sen. Rucker - Defining "pepper spray" and exempting from definition of "deadly weapons" - Introduced 1/8/2020 - To Judiciary - Com. sub. reported 1/14/2020 - Passed Senate 1/17/2020 - To House 1/20/2020 - To Judiciary

 

*94.      By Sen. Trump, Weld, Azinger, Baldwin, Beach, Clements, Cline, Hardesty, Jeffries, Lindsay, Maynard, Pitsenbarger, Romano, Rucker, Smith, Takubo, Woelfel, Hamilton, Stollings, Ihlenfeld and Sypolt (Originating in Senate ) - Providing persons with physical disabilities ability to vote by electronic absentee ballot - Introduced 1/8/2020 - To Judiciary - Com. sub. reported 1/10/2020 - Amended - Passed Senate 1/15/2020 - Effective from passage - To House 1/16/2020 - To Judiciary

 

 140.    By Sen. Blair and Hamilton - Changing rate at which certain judges are paid for mileage when traveling within state - Introduced 1/8/2020 - To Finance - Passed Senate 1/17/2020 - To House 1/20/2020 - To Finance

 

 170.    By Sen. Blair - Alleviating double taxation on foreign income at state level - Introduced 1/9/2020 - To Finance - Passed Senate 1/17/2020 - To House 1/20/2020 - To Finance

 

*207.    By Sen. Weld and Cline - Creating Prosecuting Attorney's Detectives Act - Introduced 1/9/2020 - To Judiciary - Com. sub. reported 1/14/2020 - Passed Senate 1/17/2020 - To House 1/20/2020 - To Judiciary

 

*225.    By Sen. Maynard and Cline - Empowering municipalities to enact Adopt-A-Street programs - Introduced 1/9/2020 - To Government Organization - Com. sub. reported 1/15/2020 - Passed Senate 1/20/2020

 

 310.    By Sen. Carmichael (Mr. President) and Prezioso [By Request of the Executive] - Updating certain terms used in WV Personal Income Tax Act - Introduced 1/10/2020 - To Finance - Passed Senate 1/17/2020 - Effective July 1, 2020 - To House 1/20/2020 - To Finance

 

 

SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY SENATE AND COMMUNICATED TO HOUSE

 

 1.        By Sen. Weld and Baldwin - Designating dogs adopted from animal shelters and rescues as WV official state dog - Introduced 1/10/2020 - Committee reference dispensed - Adopted by Senate 1/14/2020 - To House 1/15/2020 - To Agriculture and Natural Resources then Rules - To House Agriculture and Natural Resources 1/15/2020

 

 2.        By Sen. Trump and Cline - Requesting Frederick County, Virginia, consider becoming part of State of West Virginia - Introduced 1/10/2020 - Committee reference dispensed - Adopted by Senate 1/13/2020 - To House 1/14/2020 - To Government Organization then Rules - To House Rules 1/16/2020

 

 

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 1/8/2020

 

 

HOUSE BILLS VETOED BY GOVERNOR

 

 

SENATE BILLS VETOED BY GOVERNOR