Member's Press Release
Release Date: 01/17/2018
Contact: Jacque Bland at (304) 357-7999
State Senate
Senate Calendar and Committee Schedule for Thursday, January 18, 2018
Thursday, January 18, 2018 – 9th Day of Session
The Senate will convene at 11 a.m.
RESOLUTIONS
- SR 10: Designating January 18, 2018, as Tucker County Day
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
- SCR 6: Supporting construction of Gold Star Families Memorial Monument
SECOND READING (Amendments Stage)
- Sub. for SB 73: Modifying crime of fleeing from scene of accident
- Sub. for SB 154: Department of Administration rule relating to parking (original similar to HB 4086)
- SB 296: Relating to sale or transfer of surplus property (original similar to SB 283)
- SB 297: Eliminating taxation on annuity considerations collected by life insurer
- SB 298: Authorizing county assessors make separate entries in landbooks when real property is partly used for exempt and partly for nonexempt purposes
- SB 299: Relating to mandatory insurance coverage for medical foods for amino acid-based formulas (original similar to HB 2051, HB 2072, HB 3021)
- SB 300: Creating five-year tax credits for businesses locating on post-coal mine sites (original similar to SB 12)
- SB 301: Removing limitation on amount collected by county via hotel occupancy tax used for medical or emergency services (original similar to SB 137)
FIRST READING
- Sub. for SB 53: Correcting code reference in regard to certain persons exempted from prohibitions against carrying concealed deadly weapons
- SB 62: Adjusting requirements for hiring school attendance directors
- Sub. for SB 98: Creating incentives to consolidate local governments
- Sub. for SB 110: Requiring certain licensees notify law enforcement or EMS of life-threatening emergency on premises
- Sub. for SB 133: Exempting renewal of certain contracts entered into during declared state of emergency (original similar to HB 4034)
- SB 263: Eliminating film tax credits (original similar to HB 4144)
Scheduled Committee Meetings
9:30 a.m.: Finance (451M)
- Sub. for SB 134: Authorizing Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management to engage individuals for emergency response and recovery
- SB 235: Lottery Commission rule relating to state lottery rules
- SB 236: Racing Commission rule relating to thoroughbred racing
- SB 237: Tax Department rule relating to farm to food bank tax credit
- SB 238: Tax Department rule relating to payment of taxes by electronic funds transfer
- SB 240: Tax Department rule relating to municipal sales and service and use tax administration
1 p.m.: Energy, Industry and Mining (208W)
- SB 161: DEP rule relating to surface mining reclamation
- SB 228: Office of Miners’ Health, Safety and Training rule relating to operating diesel equipment in underground mines
- SB 290: Relating to DEP standards of water quality and effluent limitations
1 p.m.: Health and Human Resources (451M)
- SB 172: Health Care Authority rule relating to financial disclosure
- SB 173: DHHR rule relating to child care centers licensing
- SB 174: DHHR rule relating to family child care facility licensing
- SB 175: DHHR rule relating to family child care home registration requirements
- SB 177: DHHR rule relating to informal and relative family child care home registration
- SB 178: DHHR rule relating to out-of-school-time child care center licensing
- SB 179: DHHR rule relating to drug screening of applicants for cash assistance
2 p.m.: Government Organization (208W)
- SB 267: Increasing salaries of certain state employees
- SB 10: Relating generally to PSC jurisdiction
2 p.m.: Education (451M)
- SB 284: Increasing access to career education and workforce training
- SB 83: Relating to higher education student success
3 p.m.: Judiciary (208W)
- SB 292: Relating to Commission on Special Investigations (bring back before the committee)
- SB 37: Equalizing penalty for entering without breaking regardless of time of day
- SB 116: Providing court costs collected under Second Chance Driver's License Program are not subject to 5 percent offset
- SB 39: Creating Sexual Assault Victims' Bill of Rights
- SB 75: Relating to sale or transfer of video lottery locations
3 p.m.: Finance (451M)
- Budget Hearing: West Virginia Department of Education
- Budget Hearing: West Virginia School Building Authority
Senate Bills to be Introduced Thursday, January 18, 2018
- SB 310: Transferring Division of Forestry to Department of Agriculture (FN) (Gaunch, Drennan, Karnes, Rucker; Agriculture and Rural Development then Finance)
- SB 311: Specifying consumers sales and service tax exemption for purchase of certain services and tangible personal property related to aircraft (FN) (Romano, Facemire, Gaunch; Finance)
- SB 312: Exempting certain employers from discriminating against tobacco users (Ferns; Judiciary)
- SB 313: Waiving occupational fees and licensing requirements for certain low-income individuals, military families, and young workers (FN) (Gaunch, Azinger, Boso, Karnes, Maynard, Ojeda, Palumbo, Romano, Rucker; Government Organization then Finance)
- SB 314: Modifying procedure certain public agencies use to contract for architectural and engineering services (FN) (Romano, Baldwin, Clements, Facemire, Karnes, Ojeda, Swope, Trump, Woelfel; Government Organization then Finance)
- SB 315: Increasing penalty for impersonating law-enforcement officer or official (Jeffries, Baldwin, Beach, Ojeda, Prezioso, Romano, Smith; Judiciary)
- SB 316: Creating refundable personal income tax credit to encourage persons receiving public assistance to get married (FN) (Jeffries, Baldwin, Beach, Ojeda, Prezioso, Romano, Smith; Health and Human Resources then Finance)
- SB 317: Transferring milk rules and regulations from DHHR to Department of Agriculture (IB) (Sypolt, Blair, Boso, Gaunch, Maroney, Rucker, Smith; Agriculture and Rural Development then Judiciary)
- SB 318: Requiring influenza immunizations for health care workers (FN) (Jeffries, Beach, Prezioso, Romano, Smith; Health and Human Resources then Finance)
- SB 319: Allowing individuals who completed home schooling be eligible for PROMISE scholarship without equivalent diploma (Rucker, Azinger, Drennan, Gaunch, Karnes, Smith, Sypolt, Trump, Unger; Education then Finance)
- SB 320: Permitting law-enforcement or humane officer remove animal from motor vehicle under certain circumstances (Ferns; Judiciary)
- SB 321: Relating to powers and duties of Public Land Corporation (Blair; Government Organization)
- SJR 9: Just Cut Taxes and Win or JCTAW Amendment [By Request of the Executive] (Judiciary then Finance)
* (FN) indicates the bill has a Fiscal Note
* (IB) indicates the bill is an Interim Bill
Committee Action on Bills from Wednesday, January 17, 2018
2 p.m.: Pensions (451M)
- SB 67: Exempting DNR Police Officers' pensions from state income tax
- Passed; to Finance
3 p.m.: Judiciary (208W)
- SB 292: Relating to Commission on Special Investigations
- Passed; to floor (NOTE: Bill has been recalled; will be in Judiciary Committee on 1/18)
- SB 146: Correcting technical error within Solid Waste Management Act
- Passed; to floor
- SB 7: Requiring employee to provide written notice to employer of nonpayment of wages
- Amendments adopted; bill is laid over to a future meeting
** Committee times and agendas are subject to change **
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