Member's Press Release
Release Date: 01/22/2018
Contact: Jacque Bland at (304) 357-7999
State Senate
Senate Calendar and Committee Schedule for Tuesday, January 23, 2018
Tuesday, January 23, 2018 – 14th Day of Session
The Senate will convene at 11 a.m.
RESOLUTIONS
- SR 14: Designating January 23, 2018, as Higher Education Day
THIRD READING (For Passage)
- Com. Sub. for SB 146: Correcting technical error within Solid Waste Management Act
SECOND READING (Amendments Stage)
- Com. Sub. for SB 37: Equalizing penalty for entering without breaking regardless of time of day
- Com. Sub. for SB 39: Creating Sexual Assault Victims' Bill of Rights
- Com. Sub. for SB 75: Relating to sale or transfer of video lottery locations
- Com. Sub. for SB 134: Authorizing Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management to engage individuals for emergency response and recovery (original similar to HB 4033)
- Com. Sub. for SB 292: Relating to Commission on Special Investigations
FIRST READING
There are no bills on First Reading on Tuesday, January 23, 2018.
Scheduled Committee Meetings
10 a.m.: Military (208W)
- SB 47: Requiring Defense Department advocacy groups be notified in abuse or neglect of military person's child
- SB 55: Providing continued eligibility for developmental disability services to dependents of military personnel
- SB 66: Relating to in-state tuition rates for members of National Guard, military and reserve units
- SB 71: Defining "veteran" as it pertains to veteran-owned business
- SB 258: Exempting honorably discharged veterans from fees for license to carry deadly weapons
- SB 336: Providing certain DMV applicants ability to contribute to WV Department of Veterans Assistance
10 a.m.: Transportation and Infrastructure (451M)
- SB 295: Relating to Local Powers Act
- SB 307: Declaring "boot drive" on state highway or roadway by volunteer fire department is not obstruction or nuisance
- SCR 3: Michael Angiulli Memorial Bridge
- SCR 4: Glenn Franklin Lough, P.E., Memorial Bridge
1 p.m.: Health and Human Resources (451M)
2 p.m.: Government Organization (208W)
- SB 10: Relating generally to PSC jurisdiction
- SB 280: Allowing airports' emergency management and operations vehicles to use red flashing warning lights
- SB 271: Creating centralized Share Services Section of Department of Administration
2 p.m.: Education (451M)
- Presentation: Agriculture being required as a science class in high school. (Elizabeth Ours, Junior at Petersburg High School)
- SB 284: Increasing access to career education and workforce training
- SB 83: Relating to higher education student success
3 p.m.: Judiciary (208W)
· SB 7: Requiring employee to provide written notice to employer of nonpayment of wages
· SB 51: Modifying law governing spousal support and child custody
· SB 312: Exempting certain employers from discriminating against tobacco users
· SB 326: Protecting certain individuals from civil liability for damages when removing domesticated animal from locked or unattended vehicle
3 p.m.: Finance (451M)
- Budget Hearing: Department of Revenue (Tax-ABCA-Banking-Insurance-Municipal Bond-Racing-Athletic Commission-Budget-Tax Appeals)
- Budget Hearing: West Virginia Lottery Commission
Senate Bills to be Introduced Tuesday, January 23, 2018
· SB 339: Relating to WV Retirement Health Benefit Trust Fund within PEIA (FN) (Gaunch, Blair; Pensions then Finance)
· SB 340: Relating to employer-employee cost-sharing ratio of premiums for PEIA active members (Gaunch, Blair; Government Organization then Finance)
· SB 341: Creating new court of WV Intermediate Court of Appeals (FN) (Ferns; Judiciary then Finance)
· SB 342: Requiring agencies provide annual inventory of real property holdings to Real Estate Division (Blair; Government Organization)
· SB 343: Limiting expenses in preparing list for notice to redeem (Sypolt; Government Organization)
· SB 344: Requiring DOH implement program to recycle surplus metal supplies, materials and equipment (FN) (Sypolt; Transportation and Infrastructure then Finance)
· SB 345: Authorizing DNR establish procedures and fee schedule for limited permit hunts (Maynard; Natural Resources)
· SB 346: Permitting full-time nonresident students purchase lifetime resident hunting, trapping and fishing licenses (Maynard; Natural Resources then Finance)
· SB 347: Relating to operation of motorboats (Maynard; Natural Resources then Judiciary)
· SB 348: Allowing for disposal of service weapons of special DNR police officers (Maynard; Natural Resources then Judiciary)
· SB 349: Providing teachers with a three percent pay raise (FN) (Maynard; Education then Finance)
· SB 350: Eliminating obsolete requirement that Lottery Commission file racetrack video lottery game rules with Secretary of State (Ferns, Trump, Maynard, Jeffries, Baldwin; Judiciary)
· SCR 7: Requesting federal government grant waiver for required waiting period for tubal ligation procedures (Takubo)
* (FN) indicates the bill has a Fiscal Note
* (IB) indicates the bill is an Interim Bill
Committee Action on Bills from Monday, January 22, 2018
1 p.m.: Natural Resources (208W)
- SB 14: Permitting guided bear hunting
- Bill is laid over to a future meeting
- SB 30: Relating generally to hunting with dogs
- Passed; to Judiciary
- SB 234: DNR rule relating to wildlife disease management
- Passed; to Judiciary
- SB 143: Permitting DNR identification tag be used to identify trap
- Passed; to Judiciary
- SB 285: Establishing regional recreation authorities and areas
- Passed; to Finance
3 p.m.: Judiciary (208W)
- SB 7: Requiring employee to provide written notice to employer of nonpayment of wages
- Amendments adopted; bill to be presented at next meeting
- Originating Bill 1: Permitting ballot commissioners to serve while candidates for certain offices
- Passed; to be reported to the floor
- SB 326: Protecting certain individuals from civil liability for damages when removing domesticated animal from locked or unattended vehicle
- Removed from agenda
- Com Sub for SB 163: Authorizing the DEP to promulgate legislative rules (Bundle 3) – Includes SB 155: DEP rule relating to standards of performance for new stationary sources; SB 156: DEP rule relating to control of air pollution from combustion of solid waste; SB 157: DEP rule relating to control of air pollution from municipal solid waste; SB 158: DEP rule relating to control of air pollution from hazardous waste treatment, storage and disposal facilities; SB 159: DEP rule relating to emission standards for hazardous air pollutants; SB 160: DEP rule relating to ambient air quality standards; SB 161: DEP rule relating to surface mining reclamation; SB 162: DEP rule relating to voluntary remediation and redevelopment; SB 163: DEP rule relating to hazardous waste management system; SB 164: DEP rule relating to underground storage tanks
- Passed; to be reported to the floor
3 p.m.: Finance (451M)
- Originating Bill: Increasing number of members on the West Virginia Racing Commission
- Bill is laid over to a future meeting
- SB 130: Creating Tim Tebow Act
- Removed from agenda
- Com. Sub. for SB 264: Eliminating refundable exemption for road construction contractors
- Removed from agenda
- SB 311: Specifying consumers sales and service tax exemption for purchase of certain services and tangible personal property related to aircraft
- Passed; to be reported to the floor
- SB 67: Exempting DNR police officers' pensions from state income tax
- Passed; to be reported to the floor
- SB 139: Changing qualifier for low income for homestead tax credit
- Removed from agenda
- SB 116: Providing court costs collected under Second Chance Driver's License Program are not subject to 5 percent offset
- Passed; to be reported to the floor
Bills that Have Passed the Senate as of Monday, January 22, 2018 (14)
- Com. Sub. for SB 73: Modifying crime of fleeing from scene of accident (House Judiciary)
- Com. Sub. for SB 154: Department of Administration rule relating to parking (original similar to HB 4086) (House Judiciary)
- SB 296: Relating to sale or transfer of surplus property (original similar to SB 283) (House Finance)
- SB 297: Eliminating taxation on annuity considerations collected by life insurer (Pending House introduction)
- SB 298: Authorizing county assessors make separate entries in landbooks when real property is partly used for exempt and partly for nonexempt purposes (House Banking and Insurance)
- SB 299: Relating to mandatory insurance coverage for medical foods for amino acid-based formulas (original similar to HB 2051, HB 2072, HB 3021) (House Health and Human Resources)
- SB 301: Removing limitation on amount collected by county via hotel occupancy tax used for medical or emergency services (original similar to SB 137) (House Political Subdivisions)
- Com. Sub. for SB 53: Correcting code reference in regard to certain persons exempted from prohibitions against carrying concealed deadly weapons (Pending House introduction)
- SB 62: Adjusting requirements for hiring school attendance directors (Pending House introduction)
- Com. Sub. for SB 98: Creating incentives to consolidate local governments (Pending House introduction)
- Com. Sub. for SB 110: Requiring certain licensees notify law enforcement or EMS of life-threatening emergency on premises (Pending House introduction)
- Com. Sub. for SB 133: Exempting renewal of certain contracts entered into during declared state of emergency (original similar to HB 4034) (Pending House introduction)
- SB 263: Eliminating film tax credits (original similar to HB 4144) (Pending House introduction)
- SB 300: Creating five-year tax credits for businesses locating on post-coal mine sites (original similar to SB 12) (Pending House introduction)
** Committee times and agendas are subject to change **
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