Member's Press Release
Release Date: 03/01/2018
Contact: Jacque Bland at (304) 357-7999
State Senate
Senate Calendar and Committee Schedule for Thursday, March 1, 2018
Thursday, March 1, 2018 – 51st Day of Session
The Senate will convene at 11 a.m.
RESOLUTIONS
- SCR 42: US Navy Veteran Samuel H. Slack, Jr., Memorial Bridge
- SCR 43: US Army T-4 CE Caesar Bango Memorial Bridge
- SCR 44: Bluefield Police LT Aaron L. Crook Memorial Bridge
- SR 57: Designating March 1, 2018, as Innovation and Entrepreneurship Day
- SR 58: Recognizing guiding principles and partnership of WV Forward's initiatives
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
- SR 53: Recognizing Glenville State College for its efforts in making education more affordable
THIRD READING (For Passage)
There are no bills on Third Reading on Thursday, March 1, 2018.
SECOND READING (Amendments Stage)
- Com. Sub. for SJR 8: County Economic Development Amendment
- Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2483: Requiring the Division of Juvenile Services to transfer to a correctional facility or regional jail any juvenile in its custody that has been transferred to adult jurisdiction of the circuit court and who reaches his or her eighteenth birthday - (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
- Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2694: Relating to the development and implementation of a program to facilitate commercial sponsorship of rest areas
- Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2696: Relating to crossbow hunting - (Com. amend. pending)
- Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2843: Permitting Class III municipalities to be included in the West Virginia Tax Increment Act
- Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2890: Establishing a Library Facilities Improvement Fund that will serve to support library facilities construction, maintenance and improvement projects
- Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2916: Authorizing certain first responders to carry firearms - (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
- Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 3104: Transfer of the West Virginia Traumatic Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation Fund
- Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4022: Exempting the consumer sales and service tax and use tax for services for the repair, remodeling and maintenance of certain aircraft (original similar to SB 131, SB 311)
- Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4024: Relating generally to direct cremation or direct burial expenses for indigent persons - (Com. amend. pending)
- Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4079: Promulgating administrative rules by various executive or administrative agencies of the state - (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
- Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4138: Requiring certain public or private schools and daycare centers to install carbon monoxide detectors - (Com. amends. pending)
- Eng. Com. Sub. for 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
- Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4169: Requiring certain establishments and facilities to post human trafficking assistance notices - (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
- Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4175: Preventing requirement that an advanced practice registered nurse participate in a collaborative relationship to obtain payment
- Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4199: Permitting a nursing home to use trained individuals to administer medication - (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
- Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4207: Authorizing an online application to receive a commission to act as a notary public, and eliminating the bond requirement - (Com. amends. pending)
- Eng. HB 4285: Relating to the West Virginia Safe Mortgage Licensing Act
- Eng. HB 4332: Relating to home peritoneal renal dialysis - (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
- Eng. HB 4385: Making a supplementary appropriation to the Department of Health and Human Resources, Division of Human Services
- Eng. HB 4433: Declaring certain claims against an agency of the state to be moral obligations of the state
- Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4619: Relating to supporting implementation of comprehensive systems for teacher and leader induction and professional growth
FIRST READING
- Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2607: Extending the maximum period of confinement a judge may impose for certain, first-time probationary violations - (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
- Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2654: Expanding county commissions’ ability to dispose of county or district property
- Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2693: Relating to state ownership of wildlife - (Com. amend. pending)
- Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2983: Granting priority to roadway construction, reconstruction and maintenance for roadways prone to recurring floods that hinder ingress and egress
- Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 3005: Relating to regulation of unmanned aircraft systems - (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
- Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4180: Relating to wildlife resources (original similar to SB345)
- Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4186: Relating generally to guaranteed asset protection waivers - (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
- Eng. HB 4219: Permitting employees of educational services cooperatives to participate in the State Teachers Retirement System
- Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4230: Relating to credit for reinsurance
- Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4236: Requiring agencies to provide an annual inventory of real property holdings to the Real Estate Division (original similar to SB342)
- Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4268: Co-tenancy Modernization and Majority Protection Act - (Com. title amend. pending)
- Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4289: Relating to disability pensions of municipal employees
- Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4343: Relating to the delivery of financial statements to bank shareholders
- Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4347: Relating to voluntary contributions to the West Virginia State Police Forensic Laboratory Fund.
- Eng. HB 4402: Relating to the prevention of sexual abuse of children - (Com. amend. pending)
- Eng. HB 4410: Removing the requirement that the State Auditor receive copies of the Limited Video Lottery bids - (Com. amends. pending)
- Eng. HB 4422: Permitting permanent endowment funds of cemeteries to invest their principal in certain government bonds, and corporate bonds
- Eng. HB 4436: Clarifying when a minor between the ages of 16 and 18 may be employed by or elected as a member of a volunteer fire department - (Com. amends. pending)
- Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4444: Clarifying the authority of the State Fire Commission in adopting a State Building Code - (Com. title amend. pending)
- Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4473: Relating to use of state funds for advertising to promote a public official or government office - (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
- Eng. HB 4539: Providing an annual annuity adjustment of 1 percent for eligible deputy sheriff retirants and surviving spouses
- Eng. HB 4621: Relating to removing reference to certain entities with respect to work
- Eng. HB 4624: Relating to West Virginia coordinate systems - (Com. amends. and title amend. pending)
Scheduled Committee Meetings
9 a.m.: Government Organization (208W)
- HB 2841: Requiring board members to have attended a board meeting to be compensated for the meeting
- HB 2889: Allowing military veterans with certain military ratings to qualify for examinations required of probationary police officer
- HB 4238: Authorizing counties and municipalities to establish a joint airport hazard comprehensive plan
- HB 4542: Allowing public service districts to accept payment by credit card
- HB 4550: Providing the Board of Barbers and Cosmetologists the authority to establish an apprenticeship program for cosmetologists
9 a.m.: Education (451M)
- HB 4622: Relating to authorizing legislative rules regarding higher education
- HB 4478: Authorizing public schools to distribute excess food to students
- HB 3061: Encouraging mastery-based education through the Innovation In Schools program
- Originating Resolution: Study relating to county boards of education providing free feminine hygiene products
1 p.m.: Health and Human Resources (451M)
- HB 4304: Creating the Board of Nursing.
3 p.m.: Judiciary (208W)
- HB 4546: Relating to where an application for a marriage license may be made
- HB 4511: Modifying bail requirements
- HB 4502: Adding the crimes of murder and armed robbery to the list of offenses for which a prosecutor may apply for an order authorizing interception
- HB 4462: Allowing off duty members and officers of the department of public safety to guard private property
- HB 4275: Relating to the law-enforcement authority of the director and officers of the division of protective services
- HB 4617: Clarifying where a charge of DUI may be brought against an individual
- HB 4002: Providing that all delegates shall be elected from one hundred single districts following the United States Census in 2020
- HB 4005: Clarifying that appeals to the Supreme Court are a matter of right
- HB 4434: Clarifying provisions relating to candidates unaffiliated with a political party as it relates to certificates of announcement
- HB 4368: Relating to voluntary assignments of wages by state employees who have been overpaid
- HB 2464: Relating to disclaimers and exclusions of warranties in consumer transactions for goods
Committee Action on Bills from Wednesday, February 28, 2018
2 p.m.: Government Organization (208W)
- HB 4401: Relating to the registration of business
- Passed, to be reported to the floor
- HB 4180: Relating to wildlife resources
- Passed, to be reported to the floor
- HB 4015: Relating to the management and continuous inventory of vehicles owned, leased, operated, or acquired by the state and its agencies
- Passed, to be reported to the floor
- HB 2654: Expanding county commissions’ ability to dispose of county or district property
- Passed, to be reported to the floor
- HB 2995: Permitting certain animal euthanasia technicians who have been certified by other states be certified animal euthanasia technicians in West Virginia
- Passed, to be reported to the floor
- HB 4236: Requiring agencies to provide an annual inventory of real property holdings to the Real Estate Division
- Passed, to be reported to the floor
- HB 4444: Clarifying the authority of the State Fire Commission in adopting a State Building Code
- Passed, to be reported to the floor
- SCR 28: Requesting study to consider removing solid waste facilities from jurisdiction of PSC
- Adopted, to be reported to the floor
- HB 4624: Relating to West Virginia coordinate systems
- Passed, to be reported to the floor
3 p.m.: Judiciary (208W)
- Originating Bill No. 6: Allowing retired judicial officers recalled to service avoid normal cap on temporary employment payments
- Passed, to be reported to the floor
- HB 4230: Relating to credit for reinsurance
- Passed, to be reported to the floor
- HB 2607: Extending the maximum period of confinement a judge may impose for certain, first-time probationary violations
- Passed, to be reported to the floor
- HB 4343: Relating to the delivery of financial statements to bank shareholders
- Passed, to be reported to the floor
- HB 4402: Relating to the prevention of sexual abuse of children
- Passed, to be reported to the floor
- HB 4410: Removing the requirement that the State Auditor receive copies of the Limited Video Lottery bids.
- Passed, to be reported to the floor
- HB 4436: Clarifying when a minor between the ages of 16 and 18 may be employed by or elected as a member of a volunteer fire department
- Passed, to be reported to the floor
3:30 p.m.: Finance (451M)
- Com. Sub. for HB 2983: Granting priority to roadway construction, reconstruction and maintenance for roadways prone to recurring floods that hinder ingress and egress
- Passed, to be reported to the floor
- HB 4219: Permitting employees of educational services cooperatives to participate in the State Teachers Retirement System
- Com. Sub. for HB 4289: Relating to disability pensions of municipal employees
- Passed, to be reported to the floor
- Com. Sub. for HB 4347: Relating to voluntary contributions to the West Virginia State Police Forensic Laboratory Fund
- Passed, to be reported to the floor
- HB 4422: Permitting permanent endowment funds of cemeteries to invest their principal in certain government bonds, and corporate bonds
- Passed, to be reported to the floor
- HB 4539: Providing an annual annuity adjustment of 1 percent for eligible deputy sheriff retirants and surviving spouses
- Passed, to be reported to the floor
- HB 4621: Relating to removing reference to certain entities with respect to work
- Passed, to be reported to the floor
- Com. Sub. for HB 4522: Allowing certain tax information to be shared with the Director of Purchasing Division, Department of Administration, and State Auditor
- Passed, to be reported to the floor
- Originating Senate Concurrent Resolution: County Economic Development Amendment
- Passed, to be reported to the floor
Bills that Have Passed the Senate as of Wednesday, February 28, 2018 (223)
Senate Bills Passed the Senate
Joint Resolutions that Have Passed the Senate (2)
- SJR3: Judicial Budget Oversight Amendment (original similar to HJR 101, HJR 104, HJR 109) (House Judiciary)
- SJR 12: No Constitutional right to abortion Amendment (House Judiciary)
House Bills that Have Passed the Senate (14)
- HB 2546: Allowing replacement costs of employer provided property to be deducted from an employee’s final paycheck if the property is not returned (Signed, 02-26)
- HB 2612: Repealing section relating to unattended motor vehicles and penalties (Signed, 02-21)
- HB 2831: Relating to the reconstitution of the Driver’s Licensing Advisory Board (Signed, 02-28)
- HB 3004: Relating to filling vacancies in offices of state officials, United States Senators, Justices, judges, and magistrates (Senate requests concurrence)
- HB 4013: Clarifying venue in West Virginia state courts as it applies to nonresidents of the state (Senate requests concurrence)
- HB 4020: Making technical corrections in the code when referencing Chapter 49 (Signed, 02-21)
- HB 4135: Updating the meaning of federal taxable income and certain other terms used in the West Virginia Corporation Net Income Tax Act (Signed, 02-21)
- HB 4146: Updating meaning of federal adjusted gross income and certain other terms used in West Virginia Personal Income Tax Act (Signed, 02-21)
- HB 4162: Granting authority to the State Conservation Committee to contract for flood response (Signed, 02-28)
- HB 4242: Clarifying the jurisdictional amount for removal of a civil action from magistrate court to circuit court (Signed, 02-28)
- HB 4380: Making a supplementary appropriation to the Department of Agriculture (Completed legislation)
- HB 4381: Making a supplementary appropriation to the Department of Education (Completed legislation)
- HB 4384: Making a supplementary appropriation to the Department of Transportation (Completed legislation)
- HB 4386: Making a supplementary appropriation to the Department of Health and Human Resources, Division of Health: Community Mental Health Services (Completed legislation)
Bills Awaiting Action by the Governor (6)
- SB 71: Defining "veteran" as it pertains to veteran-owned business (Completed legislation)
- SB 237: Authorizing Department of Revenue promulgate legislative rules (original similar to HB 4102) (Completed legislation)
- HB 4380: Making a supplementary appropriation to the Department of Agriculture (Completed legislation)
- HB 4381: Making a supplementary appropriation to the Department of Education (Completed legislation)
- HB 4384: Making a supplementary appropriation to the Department of Transportation (Completed legislation)
- HB 4386: Making a supplementary appropriation to the Department of Health and Human Resources, Division of Health: Community Mental Health Services (Completed legislation)
Bills Signed by the Governor (20)
- SB 62: Adjusting requirements for hiring school attendance directors (Signed, 02-21)
- SB 154: Department of Administration rule relating to parking (original similar to HB 4086) (Signed, 02-27)
- SB 163: Authorizing DEP promulgate legislative rules (original similar to HB 4093) (Signed, 02-27)
- SB 165: Authorizing DHHR promulgate legislative rules (original similar to HB 4129) (Signed, 02-27)
- SB 184: Authorizing DOT promulgate legislative rules (original similar to HB 4099) (Signed, 02-27)
- SB 263: Eliminating film tax credits (original similar to HB 4144) (Signed, 01-29)
- SB 267: Increasing salaries of certain state employees (original similar to HB 4145) (Signed, 02-21)
- SB 379: Supplemental appropriation from State Excess Lottery Revenue Fund to DHHR (original similar to HB 4377) (Signed, 02-27)
- SB 382: Supplemental appropriation of Lottery Net Profits to Bureau of Senior Services, Lottery Senior Citizens Fund (original similar to HB 4378) (Signed, 02-27)
- SB 384: Decreasing and increasing appropriations from State Fund, General Revenue to DHHR(original similar to HB 4383) (with right to amend) (Signed, 02-27)
- SB 386: Decreasing and increasing appropriations from Treasury to Higher Education Policy Commission (original similar to HB 4388) (Signed, 02-27)
- SB 388: Decreasing, increasing and adding appropriations out of Treasury to DHHR and Department of Administration (Signed, 02-27)
- HB 2546: Allowing replacement costs of employer provided property to be deducted from an employee’s final paycheck if the property is not returned (Signed, 02-26)
- HB 2612: Repealing section relating to unattended motor vehicles and penalties (Signed, 02-21)
- HB 2831: Relating to the reconstitution of the Driver’s Licensing Advisory Board (Signed, 02-28)
- HB 4020: Making technical corrections in the code when referencing Chapter 49 (Signed, 02-21)
- HB 4135: Updating the meaning of federal taxable income and certain other terms used in the West Virginia Corporation Net Income Tax Act (Signed, 02-21)
- HB 4146: Updating meaning of federal adjusted gross income and certain other terms used in West Virginia Personal Income Tax Act (Signed, 02-21)
- HB 4162: Granting authority to the State Conservation Committee to contract for flood response (Signed, 02-28)
- HB 4242: Clarifying the jurisdictional amount for removal of a civil action from magistrate court to circuit court (Signed, 02-28)
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