HOUSE OF DELEGATES
BILLS INTRODUCED
Tuesday, February 16, 2016
4541. By Del. Phillips, Folk, Stansbury, J. Nelson, Eldridge, Rodighiero, Sobonya, Householder, Upson and Zatezalo - Limiting the authority of municipalities to regulate the purchasing, possessing, transferring, owning, carrying, transporting, selling and storing of knives - To Political Subdivisions then the Judiciary
4542. By Del. Canterbury and Ambler - Allowing persons with property within rural fire protection districts to opt out of fire protection coverage - To Political Subdivisions then the Judiciary
4543. By Del. McCuskey and Westfall - Relating to willful misrepresentation to gain benefits or payment under the Public Employees Insurance Act (FN) - To Banking and Insurance then Finance
4544. By Del. Howell - Discontinuing the West Virginia Board of Landscape Architects and transferring its duties and authority to the Board of Registration for Professional Engineers - To Government Organization
4545. By Del. Howell - Relating to regulation of pharmacy benefits managers - To Health and Human Resources then Finance
4546. By Del. Howell, Arvon, Hill, Stansbury, Cadle, Ihle, Blair, Hamrick, Moffatt, Faircloth and R. Smith - Requiring all higher education institutions to use statewide contracts issued by the Purchasing Division (FN) - To Education then Finance
4547. By Del. Walters, McCuskey, Westfall, Phillips, Zatezalo, Moore, P. White, Gearheart, Canterbury, Hanshaw and Howell - Providing for the merger of the purposes and provisions of the Volunteer Fire Departments Workers' Compensation Subsidy Program and the Volunteer Fire Department Workers' Compensation Premium Subsidy Fund - To Finance
4548. By Del. Canterbury and Ambler - Disallowing municipalities not admitted to the Municipal Home Rule Pilot Program from participating in the Municipal Home Rule Pilot Program under certain circumstances - To Political Subdivisions then Government Organization
4549. By Del. Kessinger, Perry, Arvon, Hill, Foster and Stansbury - Requiring that four members of the State Board of Education be elected on a nonpartisan basis - To Education then the Judiciary
4550. By Del. Ireland - Relating to the disposition of funds due to unknown or unlocatable interest owners (FN) - To Energy then Finance
4551. By Del. McCuskey and Westfall - Clarifying that the plans established and administered by the Public Employees Insurance Agency are exempt from regulation by the Insurance Commissioner, unless specifically stated otherwise - To Banking and Insurance then Finance
4552. By Del. Statler, Flanigan, Rohrbach and Kurcaba - Relating to purchasing requirements for the Division of Highways - To Finance
4553. By Del. Miller, Sobonya, Rohrbach, Hicks, Morgan, Perdue, Reynolds and Hornbuckle - Relating to the West Virginia Health Care Authority - To Health and Human Resources
4554. By Del. Ambler, Gearheart, Trecost, Hamrick, P. Smith, Ireland, Cooper and D. Evans - Allowing an increase of gross weight limitations on certain roads in Greenbrier County - To Roads and Transportation then Government Organization
4555. By Del. Rowan, Border, Moye, Duke, Shaffer, Hamilton, Ferro, Pethtel, Romine, Campbell and Overington - Establishing a cause of action against a person who commits an act of financial exploitation against an elderly person (FN) - To Senior Citizen Issues then the Judiciary
4556. By Del. Skinner, Perdue, Fleischauer, Manchin, Sponaugle, Caputo, Longstreth, Hornbuckle and P. White - Relating to the PROMISE scholarship program - To Education then Finance
4557. By Del. A. Evans, Romine, Rowan, Hamilton, Lynch, Ambler, Miller and Cooper - Removing the requirement that the West Virginia Rural Rehabilitation Loan Committee outsource the servicing of its loans - To Banking and Insurance then Finance
4558. By Del. Frich, Shott, Arvon, P. Smith, Rowan, Sobonya, Miller, Border, Upson, Kessinger and Summers - Relating to victim notification and designation of additional individuals to receive notice of an offender's release - To the Judiciary
4559. By Del. Kurcaba, Statler, Householder, McGeehan, Azinger, Overington, Ellington and Fast - Requiring the Commissioner of Highways to develop a statewide communications plan known as the Comprehensive Public Involvement Plan (FN) - To Roads and Transportation then Government Organization
4560. By Del. Kurcaba, Gearheart, Cowles, Flanigan, Statler, Upson, Householder, McGeehan, Azinger, Overington and Ellington - Requiring the Commissioner of Highways to develop a formula for allocating road funds among districts (FN) - To Roads and Transportation then Finance
4561. By Del. Kurcaba, Statler, Upson, Householder, McGeehan, Azinger, Overington, Ellington, Fast, Foster and Gearheart - Creating a special hiring process for West Virginia Division of Highways employees - To Roads and Transportation then Government Organization
4562. By Del. Kurcaba, Statler, Upson, Householder, McGeehan, Azinger, Ellington, Fast, Overington, Foster and Gearheart - Relating to performance metrics for the West Virginia Division of Highways (FN) - To Roads and Transportation then Government Organization
4563. By Del. Storch, Anderson, Boggs, Campbell, Ferro, Frich, Miller, R. Smith, Upson, Wagner and Waxman - Reauthorizing the Neighborhood Investment Program Act (FN) - To Government Organization then Finance
4564. By Del. Miley, Guthrie, Bates, Rowe, Moye, Perdue, Fleischauer, Campbell, Blackwell, Perry and Skinner - Relating to the taxing certain tobacco products (FN) - To Health and Human Resources then Finance
4565. By Del. McCuskey and Skinner - Allowing Class A Licensees to begin selling alcohol at ten o’clock a.m. on Sundays - To Roads and Transportation then the Judiciary
4566. By Del. Espinosa, Duke, Statler and D. Evans - Relating to school personnel - To Education then Finance
4567. By Del. Fleischauer, Perdue, Pushkin, Rowe, Morgan, Guthrie, Hornbuckle and Moore - Establishing an industrial water extraction fee (FN) - To the Judiciary then Finance
4568. By Del. Skinner - Permitting the assessor to mail a notice advising the owner of a vehicle believed not to be properly registered in the state (FN) - To Political Subdivisions then the Judiciary
4569. By Del. Hamrick, Waxman, Statler, Ellington and Stansbury - Relating to appointment of, conduct of and training of poll watchers - To the Judiciary
4570. By Del. Bates, Miley, Fluharty, Morgan, Shaffer, Guthrie, Manchin, Fleischauer, Hornbuckle, Perdue and Moore - Continuing certain severance taxes that are dedicated to the Workers' Compensation Debt Reduction Fund towards the State Road Fund upon satisfaction of debt (FN) - To Finance
4571. By Del. Espinosa, Gearheart, Upson, Storch, Shott and E. Nelson - Creating a one-day special license for charitable events to sell nonintoxicating beer - To the Judiciary then Finance
4572. By Del. Espinosa, Statler, Blackwell, D. Evans, Romine, Westfall, Stansbury and R. Smith - Excepting specialized contract instructors from the definition of teacher (FN) - To Education
4573. By Del. A. Evans, Hamilton, Kelly, Rowan, Zatezalo and Romine - Exempting the Department of Environmental Protection’s construction or reclamation contracts from the review and approval requirements of the Division of Purchasing - To Government Organization then the Judiciary
4574. By Del. Faircloth, Flanigan, Blair and Hill - Terminating the West Virginia Board of Accountancy - To Government Organization