HOUSE ABSTRACT
2020 Regular Session
CONTAINING
Active House Bills as of January 15, 2020
*Denotes Committee Substitutes
ACTIVE HOUSE BILLS
2142. By Del. Howell and Pushkin - Issuing identification documents to homeless individuals residing at homeless shelters - Introduced 1/8/2020 - To Judiciary then Finance - To House Finance 1/15/2020
2471. By Del. Steele, Mandt, Howell, Foster and Kessinger - Increasing criminal penalties for impersonation of law-enforcement officers or officials - Introduced 1/8/2020 - To Judiciary - To House Finance 1/15/2020
*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 - On 2nd reading, Special Calendar 1/16/2020
*2679. By Del. Phillips, Foster, McGeehan, Hansen, Shott and Hott - Relating to state issued identification cards - Introduced 1/8/2020 - To Government Organization - On 2nd reading, Special Calendar 1/16/2020
*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 - On 2nd reading, Special Calendar 1/16/2020
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 - On 2nd reading, Special Calendar 1/16/2020
*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 - On 2nd reading, Special Calendar 1/16/2020
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
3134. By Del. Shott, Canestraro, Steele and Byrd - Establishing criminal penalties for negligent homicide, and increasing criminal penalties for reckless driving - Introduced 1/8/2020 - To Judiciary - To House Finance 1/15/2020
*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
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
4009. By Del. Westfall, Higginbotham, Mandt, Atkinson, Toney, Pack, Linville and Rohrbach - Relating to the process for involuntary hospitalization - Introduced 1/8/2020 - To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary - To House Judiciary 1/15/2020
4010. By Del. Howell, Little, Higginbotham and Cowles - Changing the licensing requirement for certain casino employees - Introduced 1/8/2020 - To Government Organization - On 2nd reading, Special Calendar 1/16/2020
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
*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 - On 2nd reading, Special Calendar 1/16/2020
4061. By Del. Hill, Pack, Bates and Fleischauer - Health Benefit Plan Network Access and Adequacy Act - Introduced 1/8/2020 - To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary - To House Judiciary 1/15/2020
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 1st reading, Special Calendar 1/16/2020
4090. By Del. Anderson, Kelly, J., Graves, Boggs, Pethtel, Hartman, Evans, Porterfield, Hott, Nelson and Cadle - Creating the Oil and Gas Abandoned Well Plugging Fund (original similar to SB198) - Introduced 1/10/2020 - To Energy then Finance - To House Finance 1/15/2020
*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 - On 1st reading, Special Calendar 1/16/2020
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
*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 1st reading, Special Calendar 1/16/2020
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
BILLS INTRODUCED AND REFERRED
Wednesday, January 15, 2020
4349. By Del. Howell, Martin, C., Householder, Foster, Criss, Kessinger, Jeffries, D., Jeffries, J., Higginbotham and Graves - Exempting sales of small arms and small arms ammunition from state sales and use taxes - Introduced 1/15/2020 - To Finance
4350. By Del. Miller, Higginbotham, Kelly, D., Lovejoy, Lavender-Bowe, Tomblin, Maynard, Pack, Evans and Graves - Relating to the Deputy Sheriff Retirement System Act (original similar to HB4136) - Introduced 1/15/2020 - To Pensions and Retirement then Finance
4351. By Del. Kump and Butler - Requiring the random drug testing of legislators - Introduced 1/15/2020 - To Judiciary
4352. By Del. Jennings, Maynard, Bibby, Lovejoy, Miller, Pack, Sypolt, Worrell, Waxman, Hardy and Summers - Removing the use of post-criminal conduct in professional and occupational initial licensure or certification in decision making - Introduced 1/15/2020 - To Government Organization
4353. By Del. Howell - Creating a rational nexus requirement between prior criminal conduct and initial licensure decision making - Introduced 1/15/2020 - To Government Organization
4354. By Del. Worrell - Adding nabiximols to the permitted list of distributed and prescribed drugs - Introduced 1/15/2020 - To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary
4355. By Del. Porterfield, Foster, Bibby, Steele, Butler, Waxman, Jeffries, J., Jennings, Mandt, Kessinger and Hill - Allowing municipalities and counties to post their annual financial statements on the Internet - Introduced 1/15/2020 - To Political Subdivisions then Government Organization
4356. By Del. Hill and Rohrbach - Relating to the administration of anesthetics - Introduced 1/15/2020 - To Health and Human Resources
4357. By Del. Higginbotham, Ellington, Atkinson, Hamrick, Barnhart, Toney and Hanna - Relating to governmental websites - Introduced 1/15/2020 - To Government Organization
4358. By Del. Porterfield and Foster - Relating to the licensing of electricians - Introduced 1/15/2020 - To Industry and Labor then Government Organization
4359. By Del. Westfall - Increasing the filing fees for insurers - Introduced 1/15/2020 - To Banking and Insurance
4360. By Del. Foster, Waxman, Householder, Barnhart, Jennings, Porterfield, Ellington, Phillips, Jeffries, D., Martin, C. and Wilson - Exempting certain persons from heating, ventilating, and cooling system licensing requirements - Introduced 1/15/2020 - To Industry and Labor then Government Organization
4361. By Del. Westfall, Azinger, Nelson, Hott and Jeffries, D. - Relating to insurance law violations - Introduced 1/15/2020 - To Banking and Insurance then Judiciary
4362. By Del. Bibby, Hardy, Kump, Waxman, Espinosa, Householder, Barrett, Wilson, Barnhart, Brown, S. and Hanna - Relating to penalties for neglect, emotional abuse or death caused by a caregiver - Introduced 1/15/2020 - To Senior, Children, and Family Issues then Judiciary
4363. By Del. Graves, Pack, Steele, Ellington, Kessinger, Jennings, Summers, Waxman, Maynard, Sypolt and Rowan - Establishing the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources Police Officer Retirement System (original similar to SB233) - Introduced 1/15/2020 - To Pensions and Retirement 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
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
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 and Pack - 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
9. By Del. Howell, Phillips, Jeffries, D., Martin, C., Dean, Martin, P., Graves, McGeehan, Butler, 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
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 1/16/2020
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
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
*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
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
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
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
ALL SENATE BILLS PASSED BY SENATE AND COMMUNICATED TO HOUSE
*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
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 Government Organization 1/14/2020
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