Member's Press Release
Release Date: 01/24/2018
Contact: Jacque Bland at (304) 357-7999
State Senate
Senate Calendar and Committee Schedule for Wednesday, January 24, 2018
* Reminder: Medal of Honor recipient Woody Williams will be in the Senate Chamber at 10 a.m. to speak to members of the Legislature. The media is invited to attend. *
Wednesday, January 24, 2018 – 15th Day of Session
The Senate will convene at 11 a.m.
RESOLUTIONS
- SR 15: Designating January 24, 2018, as School Counselors Day
- SR 16: Designating January 24, 2018, as Marshall University Day
- SR 17: Recognizing Marshall University football team
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
- SCR 7: Requesting federal government grant waiver for required waiting period for tubal ligation procedures
THIRD READING (For Passage)
- Sub. for SB 37: Equalizing penalty for entering without breaking regardless of time of day
- Sub. for SB 39: Creating Sexual Assault Victims' Bill of Rights
- Sub. for SB 75: Relating to sale or transfer of video lottery locations
- 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)
- Sub. for SB 292: Relating to Commission on Special Investigations
SECOND READING (Amendments Stage)
There are no bills on Second Reading on Wednesday, January 24, 2018.
FIRST READING
- SB 67: Exempting DNR police officers' pensions from state income tax
- Sub. for SB 116: Providing court costs collected under Second Chance Driver's License Program are not subject to 5 percent offset
- SB 143: Permitting DNR identification tag be used to identify trap
- Sub. for SB 163: Authorizing DEP promulgate legislative rules (original similar to HB4093)
- SB 311: Specifying consumers sales and service tax exemption for purchase of certain services and tangible personal property related to aircraft
- SB 351: Permitting ballot commissioners serve while candidates for certain offices
Scheduled Committee Meetings
1 p.m.: Economic Development (208W)
- SB 119: Establishing WV business growth in low-income communities tax credit.
2 p.m.: Agriculture (208W)
- Presentation: Agriculture being required as a science class in high school. (Elizabeth Ours, Junior at Petersburg High School)
- SB 268: Eliminating requirement that certain agencies purchase commodities produced on institutional farms
- SB 322: Relating to employees of Department of Agriculture
- SB 317: Transferring milk rules and regulations from DHHR to Department of Agriculture
- SB 141: Expanding county assessment and collection of head tax on breeding cows
2 p.m.: Pensions (451M)
- SB 76: Relating to legislative members' retirement benefits
- SB 331: Relating to retirement and pension benefits of certain members of PERS and Teachers Retirement system
3 p.m.: Judiciary (208W)
- Sub. for SB 165: Authorizing the Department of Health and Human Resources to promulgate legislative rules (Bundle 5)
- SB 165: DHHR rule relating to hospital licensure
- SB 166: DHHR rule relating to food establishments
- SB 167: DHHR rule relating to public water systems
- SB 168: DHHR rule relating to emergency medical services
- SB 169: DHHR rule relating to WV clearance for access
- SB 170: DHHR rule relating to development of methodologies to examine needs for substance use and disorder treatment facilities
- SB 171: DHHR rule relating to collection and exchange of data related to overdoses
- 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
- SB 327: Providing extortion of anything of value, including sexual contact, subjects person to criminal penalty
- SB 326: Protecting certain individuals from civil liability for damages when removing domesticated animal from locked or unattended vehicle
3 p.m.: Finance (451M)
- Originating Bill: Increasing number of members on West Virginia Racing Commission
- SB 267: Increasing salaries of certain state employees
- SB 338: Changing date for employers to file annual reconciliation and withholding statements
- Sub. for SB 284: Increasing access to career education and workforce training
- Budget Presentation: Department of Health & Human Resources
Senate Bills to be Introduced Wednesday, January 24, 2018
- SB 352: Creating emergency text number system for children (Cline; Government Organization then Judiciary)
- SB 353: Relating generally to certain permits and floor plans of nonintoxicating beer licensees (FN) (Trump, Weld; Judiciary)
- SB 354: Creating one-day special license for charitable events to purchase and sell beer and craft beer (Trump, Weld; Judiciary)
- SB 355: Dissolving IS&C Division under Office of Technology (FN) (Gaunch, Blair; Government Organization then Finance)
- SB 356: Making technical corrections to code when referencing chapter 49 of code (Trump; Judiciary)
- SB 357: Relating generally to limited video lottery (FN) (Blair; Finance)
- SB 358: Relating to magistrate court costs for criminal proceedings (Trump; Judiciary)
- SB 359: Authorizing Supreme Court establish curricula for mental hygiene commissioners and certain magistrates (FN) (Trump; Judiciary then Finance)
- SB 360: Clarifying royalty owed in oil and gas lease (Clements; Energy, Industry and Mining then Judiciary)
- SB 361: Relating to treatment supervision under Drug Offender Accountability and Treatment Act (Trump; Judiciary)
- SB 362: Relating to definitions of "child abuse" and "neglect" (Trump; Judiciary)
- SB 363: Removing requirement of finding of professional negligence concerning involuntary hospitalizations (Trump; Judiciary)
- SB 364: Allowing parent or legal guardian of homeschooled child provide signed statement for obtaining permit or license to operate motor vehicle (Mann, Karnes, Rucker, Gaunch, Azinger, Swope; Education)
- SB 365: Relating to Young Entrepreneur Reinvestment Act (Weld; Economic Development)
- SB 366: Prohibiting State Board of Education from accepting federal education plans without approval of Legislature (FN) (Rucker; Education then Government Organization)
- SB 367: Allowing retired judicial officers recalled to service avoid normal cap on temporary employment payments (Trump; Pensions then Finance)
- SB 368: Protecting consumers against business using automatic purchase renewals without consent (Jeffries; Judiciary)
- SB 369: Relating to powers and authority of newly created divisions of Administrative Services and Corrections and Rehabilitation within MAPS (Clements, Boso, Maroney; Government Organization)
- SCR 8: Requesting study of creation and role of WV Motorsports Commission (Maynard)
* (FN) indicates the bill has a Fiscal Note
* (IB) indicates the bill is an Interim Bill
Committee Action on Bills from Tuesday, January 23, 2018
10 a.m.: Military (208W)
- SB 47: Requiring Defense Department advocacy groups be notified in abuse or neglect of military person's child
- Passed; to Health and Human Resources
- SB 55: Providing continued eligibility for developmental disability services to dependents of military personnel
- Removed from agenda
- SB 66: Relating to in-state tuition rates for members of National Guard, military and reserve units
- Passed; to Education then Finance
- SB 71: Defining "veteran" as it pertains to veteran-owned business
- Passed; to Gov Org
- SB 258: Exempting honorably discharged veterans from fees for license to carry deadly weapons
- Passed; to Judiciary
- SB 336: Providing certain DMV applicants ability to contribute to WV Department of Veterans Assistance
- Passed; to Finance
10 a.m.: Transportation and Infrastructure (451M)
- SB 295: Relating to Local Powers Act
- Passed; to Finance
- SB 307: Declaring "boot drive" on state highway or roadway by volunteer fire department is not obstruction or nuisance
- Passed; to Judiciary
- SCR 3: Michael Angiulli Memorial Bridge
- Resolution is laid over to a future meeting
- SCR 4: Glenn Franklin Lough, P.E., Memorial Bridge
- Adopted; to be reported to the floor
2 p.m.: Government Organization (208W)
- SB 10: Relating generally to PSC jurisdiction
- Removed from agenda
- SB 280: Allowing airports' emergency management and operations vehicles to use red flashing warning lights
- Passed; to be reported to the floor
- SB 271: Creating centralized Share Services Section of Department of Administration
- Passed; to Finance
2 p.m.: Education (451M)
- SB 284: Increasing access to career education and workforce training
- Passed; to Finance
- SB 83: Relating to higher education student success
- Bill is laid over to a future meeting
3 p.m.: Judiciary (208W)
- SB 7: Requiring employee to provide written notice to employer of nonpayment of wages
- Passed; to be reported to the floor
- SB 51: Modifying law governing spousal support and child custody
- Passed; to be reported to the floor
- SB 312: Exempting certain employers from discriminating against tobacco users
- Removed from agenda
- SB 326: Protecting certain individuals from civil liability for damages when removing domesticated animal from locked or unattended vehicle
- Bill is laid over to a future meeting
Bills that Have Passed the Senate as of Tuesday, January 23, 2018 (15)
- Sub. for SB 73: Modifying crime of fleeing from scene of accident (House Judiciary)
- 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 (House Banking and Insurance)
- SB 298: Authorizing county assessors make separate entries in landbooks when real property is partly used for exempt and partly for nonexempt purposes (House Finance)
- 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)
- Sub. for SB 53: Correcting code reference in regard to certain persons exempted from prohibitions against carrying concealed deadly weapons (House Judiciary)
- SB 62: Adjusting requirements for hiring school attendance directors (House Education)
- Sub. for SB 98: Creating incentives to consolidate local governments (House Political Subdivisions)
- Sub. for SB 110: Requiring certain licensees notify law enforcement or EMS of life-threatening emergency on premises (House Judiciary)
- Sub. for SB 133: Exempting renewal of certain contracts entered into during declared state of emergency (original similar to HB 4034) (House Gov Org)
- SB 263: Eliminating film tax credits (original similar to HB 4144) (2nd Reading, 01-24)
- SB 300: Creating five-year tax credits for businesses locating on post-coal mine sites (original similar to SB 12) (House Energy)
- Sub. for SB 146: Correcting technical error within Solid Waste Management Act (Pending House introduction)
** Committee times and agendas are subject to change **
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