Member's Press Release
Release Date: 02/19/2018
Contact: Jacque Bland at (304) 357-7999
State Senate
Senate Calendar and Committee Schedule for Monday, February 19, 2018
Monday, February 19, 2018 – 41st Day of Session
The Senate will convene at 11 a.m.
RESOLUTIONS
- SR 45: Congratulating Glen Chestnut as WV Outstanding Tree Farmer of 2018
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
· SCR 28: Requesting study to consider removing solid waste facilities from jurisdiction of PSC
· SR 44: Urging House of Delegates investigate impeachment of Chief Justice Allen Loughry
THIRD READING (For Passage)
- SB 47: Requiring Defense Department advocacy groups be notified in abuse or neglect of military person's child - (Com. amend. pending)
- Com. Sub. for SB 87: Allowing purchase of Class XS resident senior hunting, fishing and trapping licenses at age 65
- SB 339: Relating to WV Retirement Health Benefit Trust Fund within PEIA (original similar to HB 4272)
- SB 398: Relating to requirements for making consumer loans
- SB 444: Repealing antiquated code sections regarding safety glass and lighting in motor vehicles
SECOND READING (Amendments Stage)
- Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for SB 319: Allowing individuals who completed home schooling be eligible for PROMISE scholarship without equivalent diploma
- SB 406: Clarifying that ground emergency medical transportation is eligible for Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement
- Com. Sub. for SB 415: Permitting wagering on certain professional or collegiate sports events authorized as WV Lottery Sports Wagering activities (original similar to HB 4396)
- Com. Sub. for SB 450: Collecting and analyzing statistical information pertaining to terminating pregnancies under Medicaid Program
- Com. Sub. for SB 451: Relating generally to hunting and fishing
- Com. Sub. for SB 475: Industrial Hemp Development Act (original similar to HB 4500)
- SB 479: Establishing local government monitoring by Auditor
- SB 494: Considering members of State Teachers Retirement System absent while serving as officer with statewide professional association
- Com. Sub. for SB 512: Authorizing certain WV courthouse security officers carry concealed weapons
- Eng. HB 4380: Making a supplementary appropriation to the Department of Agriculture
- Eng. HB 4381: Making a supplementary appropriation to the Department of Education
- Eng. HB 4384: Making a supplementary appropriation to the Department of Transportation
- Eng. HB 4386: Making a supplementary appropriation to the Department of Health and Human Resources, Division of Health - Community Mental Health Services
FIRST READING
- Com. Sub. for SB 477: Relating to five-year sunset on tax credits and incentives
Scheduled Committee Meetings
9 a.m.: Government Organization (208W)
- Originating Bill 3: West Virginia Volunteer Fire and Rescue Act of 2018
1 p.m.: Natural Resources (208W)
- HB 2662: Prohibiting the waste of game animals, game birds or game fish
- SB 112: Clarifying that natural resources police officers' subsistence allowance is pensionable
- SB 148: Permitting surface owners purchase mineral interests when they become subject to tax lien
- SB 429: Relating to forest fires
2 p.m.: Banking and Insurance (451M)
- SB 493: Relating to WV Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association Act
3 p.m.: Judiciary (208W)
3:30 p.m.: Finance (451M)
- Com. Sub. for HB 4024: Relating generally to direct cremation or direct burial expenses for indigent persons
- SB 264: Eliminating refundable exemption for road construction contractors
- Com. Sub. for SB 359: Authorizing Supreme Court establish curricula for mental hygiene commissioners and certain magistrates
- Com Sub. for SB 467: Relating generally to Public Defender Services
- Com Sub. for SB 490: Relating to Revised Uniform Athlete Agents Act of 2015
- Com Sub. for SB 501: Relating to accrued benefit of retirees in Deputy Sheriff Retirement System
Senate Bills to be Introduced Monday, February 19, 2018
- SB 584: Finding certain claims against state to be moral obligations of state (Blair, Boso, Sypolt, Facemire; Finance)
- SB 585: Altering boundary line between Doddridge and Harrison counties (Romano, Facemire, Trump, Weld; Government Organization)
- SB 586: Requiring certain probationers participate in work release program and spend six months in work release center (Smith, Azinger, Baldwin, Beach, Boley, Boso, Clements, Cline, Drennan, Gaunch, Jeffries, Maroney, Maynard, Ojeda, Rucker, Swope, Sypolt; Judiciary)
- SB 587: Providing counties having less than 1,400 net enrollment be considered as having 1,400 net enrollment for basic foundation program (Mann, Clements, Azinger, Boley, Maroney, Smith, Sypolt; Education then Government Organization)
- SB 588: Prohibiting use of anabolic steroids and certain Class I drugs on racing dogs (Sypolt; Judiciary)
- SB 589: Relating to issuance of personalized plates for antique motor vehicles (FN) (Rucker, Arvon, Clements, Cline, Drennan, Gaunch, Maynard, Smith, Sypolt; Transportation and Infrastructure then Finance)
- SB 590: Providing special license plate for curing childhood cancer (FN) (Jeffries, Baldwin, Beach, Clements, Cline, Facemire, Ojeda, Palumbo, Plymale, Prezioso, Romano, Smith, Stollings, Swope, Sypolt, Trump, Unger, Weld, Woelfel; Transportation and Infrastructure then Finance)
- SB 591: Increasing reimbursement rate for certain Medicaid services (FN) (Drennan; Health and Human Resources then Finance)
- SB 592: Adding examination of advanced care technician for firefighter paramedic (Sypolt; Government Organization)
- SB 593: Reducing criminal penalties and criminalization of marijuana (Ojeda; Judiciary)
- SB 594: Directing DNR to file rule relating to WV wildlife management areas (FN) (Ojeda; Natural Resources then Finance)
- SB 595: Creating Protect Our Right to Unite Act (Azinger; Judiciary)
- SB 596: Establishing WV Community Investment Tax Credit Program (Gaunch; Economic Development then Finance)
- SB 597: Prohibiting individuals convicted of domestic violence misdemeanor from conducting private investigation business (Gaunch; Government Organization then Judiciary)
- SB 598: Relating to civil actions against county commissions and municipalities for injuries (Trump, Ferns, Weld; Government Organization then Judiciary)
- SB 599: Relating to county boards of education providing free feminine hygiene products (Beach, Baldwin, Mann, Ojeda, Romano, Stollings, Woelfel; Education)
- SB 600: Relating to powers and duties of PSC (Smith, Ferns, Weld, Jeffries, Prezioso; Energy, Industry and Mining then Government Organization)
- SB 601: Relating to personal income tax (FN) (Facemire; Finance)
- SB 602: Providing immunity from civil liability to facilities and employees providing crisis stabilization (Drennan, Blair, Gaunch, Maroney, Maynard, Plymale, Trump; Judiciary)
- SB 603: Relating to proceedings for involuntary custody for examination (Drennan, Blair, Gaunch, Maroney, Maynard, Plymale, Trump; Judiciary)
- SB 604: Relating to temporary permits to perform social work functions within community health centers (Drennan; Health and Human Resources then Government Organization)
- SB 605: Relating to vocational and technical education programs (FN) (Mann; Education then Finance)
- SB 606: Relating to admissibility of certain evidence in civil action (Swope, Rucker, Smith; Judiciary)
- SB 607: Prohibiting certain misleading lawsuit advertising practices (Swope, Rucker, Smith; Judiciary)
- SB 608: Creating misdemeanor offense of impersonating military (Ojeda, Baldwin, Beach, Facemire, Palumbo, Plymale, Romano, Stollings, Swope, Unger, Woelfel; Military then Judiciary)
- SB 609: Relating generally to valuation of natural resources property (FN) (Facemire, Baldwin, Beach, Jeffries, Romano; Natural Resources then Finance)
- SB 610: Providing penalty for possession of marijuana (Romano, Beach, Drennan, Facemire, Gaunch, Jeffries, Mann, Palumbo, Prezioso, Rucker, Smith, Stollings, Swope, Sypolt; Judiciary)
- SB 611: Relating to licensing of mental health facilities (Drennan, Boso, Cline, Takubo, Woelfel; Health and Human Resources then Government Organization)
- SB 612: Relating to sale of municipal property (Boley, Boso, Maynard; Government Organization)
- SB 613: Relating to Youth Mental Health Protection Act (Takubo, Baldwin, Beach, Clements, Facemire, Jeffries, Maroney, Ojeda, Palumbo, Romano, Stollings, Swope, Weld; Health and Human Resources)
- SB 614: Relating to crime of impeding investigation involving acts of violence (Drennan, Boso; Judiciary)
- SB 615: Relating to licensing and registering opioid treatment programs (Drennan, Woelfel; Health and Human Resources then Government Organization)
- SB 616: Establishing maximum gross weight for certain wood-bearing trucks (Boso; Transportation and Infrastructure then Judiciary)
- SB 617: Allowing municipal fire chiefs appoint deputy fire chief (Boso; Government Organization)
- SB 618: Relating to sale of tax liens (Weld; Finance)
- SB 619: Creating Prosecuting Attorney Directives Act (FN) (Ferns; Judiciary then Finance)
- SB 620: Creating opioid crisis recovery fine program (Baldwin; Health and Human Resources then Judiciary)
- SB 621: Prohibiting consumer-reporting agency from charging fee to consumer (Trump; Judiciary)
- SB 622: Imposing additional court costs on violations of seat belt usage (FN) (Boso; Judiciary then Finance)
- SB 623: Relating to Medicaid subrogation liens of DHHR (Takubo, Maroney, Gaunch, Boso; Health and Human Resources)
- SB 624: Relating to racetrack video lottery (Unger; Government Organization then Judiciary)
- SCR 29: US Army SGT Benny Fleming Memorial Bridge (Maynard)
- SCR 30: Requesting study of legal procedures and fiscal means for state to acquire idle railway property (Maynard)
- SCR 31: Requesting study of eliminating "dead spots" in wireless coverage in WV (Maynard)
* (FN) indicates the bill has a Fiscal Note
Committee Action on Bills from Friday, February 16, 2018
9 a.m.: Workforce (208W)
- SB 504: Excluding seasonal amusement park workers from definition of "employee"
- Passed; to be reported to the floor
- SB 506: Deregulating persons who perform work on heating, ventilating, and cooling systems
- Referred to subcommittee
- SB 558: Relating to certification requirements for crane operators
- Referred to subcommittee
9:30 a.m.: Government Organization (208W)
- SB 500: Authorizing City of White Sulphur Springs to expend principal and interest from special interest-bearing fund
- Passed; to Finance
- SB 432: Relating to municipal home rule
- Passed; to Judiciary
- SB 474: Requiring that certain documents filed pursuant to WV Jobs Act which include records of wages be considered confidential
- Passed; to be reported to the floor
- Originating Bill 3: West Virginia Volunteer Fire and Rescue Act of 2018
- Bill is laid over to Monday
3 p.m.: Judiciary (208W)
- SB 543: Relating to confidentiality of medical records
- Passed; to be reported to the floor
- SB 522: Relating generally to Administrative Procedures Act
- Passed; to be reported to the floor
- SB 412: Relating to authority of county litter control officers
- Passed; to be reported to the floor
- SB 275: Relating to tax on purchases of intoxicating liquors
- Passed; to be reported to the floor
- SB 491: Establishing fee for expungement of certain criminal convictions
- Passed; to be reported to the floor
- SB 307: Declaring fundraising on state highway or roadway by volunteer fire department is not obstruction or nuisance
- Passed; to be reported to the floor
- SB 549: Creating felony offense of intimidation or harassment of certain persons that causes injury or loss to person or property
- Passed; to be reported to the floor
- SB 426: Modernizing certain alcohol laws
- Passed; to be reported to the floor
3 p.m.: Finance (451M)
- HB 4142: Providing certain employees of the Division of Corrections, Division of Juvenile Services, and West Virginia Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Authority a salary adjustment
- Passed; to be reported to the floor
- SB 523: Relating to tax treatment of pollution control facilities and wind power projects
- Passed; to be reported to the floor
Bills that Have Passed the Senate as of Friday, February 16, 2018 (112)
Senate Bills Passed the Senate Bills Awaiting Action by the Governor (16)
- SB 62: Adjusting requirements for hiring school attendance directors (Completed legislation)
- SB 154: Department of Administration rule relating to parking (original similar to HB 4086) (Completed legislation)
- SB 163: Authorizing DEP promulgate legislative rules (original similar to HB 4093) (Completed legislation)
- SB 184: Authorizing DOT promulgate legislative rules (original similar to HB 4099) (Completed legislation)
- SB 379: Supplemental appropriation from State Excess Lottery Revenue Fund to DHHR (original similar to HB 4377) (Completed legislation)
- SB 382: Supplemental appropriation of Lottery Net Profits to Bureau of Senior Services, Lottery Senior Citizens Fund (original similar to HB 4378) (Completed legislation)
- SB 384: Decreasing and increasing appropriations from State Fund, General Revenue to DHHR(original similar to HB 4383) (with right to amend) (Completed legislation)
- SB 386: Decreasing and increasing appropriations from Treasury to Higher Education Policy Commission (original similar to HB 4388) (Completed legislation)
- SB 388: Decreasing, increasing and adding appropriations out of Treasury to DHHR and Department of Administration (Completed legislation)
- HB 2546: Allowing replacement costs of employer provided property to be deducted from an employee’s final paycheck if the property is not returned (Completed legislation)
- HB 2612: Repealing section relating to unattended motor vehicles and penalties (Completed legislation)
- HB 4020: Making technical corrections in the code when referencing Chapter 49 (Completed legislation)
- HB 4135: Updating the meaning of federal taxable income and certain other terms used in the West Virginia Corporation Net Income Tax Act (Completed legislation)
- HB 4146: Updating meaning of federal adjusted gross income and certain other terms used in West Virginia Personal Income Tax Act (Completed legislation)
- HB 4162: Granting authority to the State Conservation Committee to contract for flood response (Completed legislation)
- HB 4242: Clarifying the jurisdictional amount for removal of a civil action from magistrate court to circuit court (Completed legislation)
Bills Signed by the Governor (1)
- SB 263: Eliminating film tax credits (original similar to HB 4144) (Signed 1/29)
** Committee times and agendas are subject to change. Visit www.wvlegislature.gov or follow @WVSenClerk on Twitter for the most current information. **
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