Member's Press Release

Release Date: 03/06/2018
Contact: Jacque Bland at (304) 357-7999

State Senate

Senate Calendar and Committee Schedule for March 6, 2018

Tuesday, March 6, 2018 – 56th Day of Session

The Senate will convene at 11 a.m.

RESOLUTIONS

SCR 52: Deputy Sheriff John Janey Memorial Bridge
SR 63: Honoring Dennis Frye for his dedicated public service
SR 64: Reaffirming sister-state relationship between WV and Taiwan

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

HCR 27: Making Grafton's Annual Memorial Day Parade the Official State Memorial Day Parade

THIRD READING (For Passage)

Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2464: Relating to disclaimers and exclusions of warranties in consumer transactions for goods - (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4015: Relating to the management and continuous inventory of vehicles owned, leased, operated, or acquired by the state and its agencies - (Com. amend. pending)
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4023: Relating to the regulation of dialysis technicians
Eng. HB 4025: Permitting reciprocity for licensure as a pharmacy technician
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4027: Creating an education permit for allopathic physician resident
Eng. HB 4178: Permitting certain portions of certified nurse aide training to be provided through distance learning technologies
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4197: Requiring persons employed to dispatch emergency calls complete a course in cardiovascular care for telephonic resuscitation - (Com. amend. pending) (original similar to SB 409)
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4279: Relating to adult protective services system
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4368: Relating to voluntary assignments of wages by state employees who have been overpaid - (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
Eng. HB 4434: Clarifying provisions relating to candidates unaffiliated with a political party as it relates to certificates of announcement - (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
Eng. HB 4462: Allowing off duty members and officers of the department of public safety to guard private property - (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4478: Authorizing public schools to distribute excess food to students - (Com. amend. pending)
Eng. Com. Sub. for 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 - (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4509: Relating to the establishment of substance abuse treatment facilities - (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4522: Allowing certain tax information to be shared with the Director of Purchasing Division, Department of Administration, and State Auditor – (With Right to Amend) (Com. amend. pending)
Eng. HB 4622: Relating to authorizing legislative rules regarding higher education

SECOND READING (Amendments Stage)

Eng. Com. Sub. for HB. 4016: Relating to combatting waste, fraud, and misuse of public funds through investigations, accountability and transparency - (Com. amend. pending)
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB. 4035: Creating a legislative coalition to study and report to the Legislature on palliative care - (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB. 4042: Redefining school zone to facilitate placement of school zone signs - (Com. amend. pending)
Eng. HB 4183: Relating generally to standardized testing requirements for nonpublic schools - (Com. amends. and title amend. pending)
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4275: Relating to the law-enforcement authority of the director and officers of the division of protective services
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4400: Relating to the West Virginia Physicians Mutual Insurance Company
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4546: Relating to where an application for a marriage license may be made

FIRST READING

SB 633: Expiring funds from Insurance Commission Fund and appropriating funds to Consolidated Medical Services Fund
SB 634: Adding, increasing, and decreasing appropriations from General Revenue to DHHR
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2028: Relating to the venue for suits and other actions against the state
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4214: Increasing penalties for unlawfully possessing or digging ginseng - (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4276: Allowing magistrates to grant work release privileges
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4336: Updating the schedule of controlled substances - (Com. title amend. pending)
Eng. HB 4376: Expiring funds to the balance of the Department of Health and Human Resources
Eng. HB 4379: Supplementing, amending, decreasing, and increasing items of the existing appropriations to the Department of Transportation
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4401: Relating to the registration of business - (Com. amend. and title amend. pending) (original similar to SB 497)
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4453: Relating to judicial review of contested cases under the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources Board of Review
Eng. HB 4529: Relating to oath by municipal official certifying list of delinquent business and occupation taxes
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4571: Relating to the final day of filing announcements of candidates for a political office - (Com. title amend. pending)
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4618: Relating to the authority of the Division of Protective Services - (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
Eng. HB 4627: relating to providing a limitation on the eminent domain authority of a municipal park board - (Com. amend. pending)

Scheduled Committee Meetings

9 a.m.: Conference Committee on HB 4145 (451M)

9:30 a.m.: Judiciary (208W)

Continuation of Monday’s Agenda

HB 4394: Relating to forest fires
HB 4324: Relating to the employment of individuals by municipal paid fire departments under civil service
HB 4603: Providing immunity from civil liability to facilities and employees providing crisis stabilization

10 a.m.: Transportation and Infrastructure (451M)

Naming Resolutions

SCR 17: John Hancock Hall Memorial Bridge
SCR 22: US Army Colonel Larkin Bilton Vance Memorial Highway
SCR 21: US Army PFC Charles Thurman "Buddy" Ellis Memorial Bridge
SCR 25: US Army PFC O. T. (Teaberry) Mullins Memorial Bridge
SCR 26: US Army PFC Thomas Mayford Martin Memorial Bridge
SCR 27: US Army CPL F. Lee Noel Memorial Bridge
SCR 29: US Army SGT Benny Fleming Memorial Bridge
SCR 37: Sheriff John E. White Memorial Road
SCR 43: US Army T-4 CE Caesar Bango Memorial Bridge

House Concurrent Resolutions

HCR 3: US Army Cpl David Michael Hopkins and U.S. Army Cpl Romey Earl Hughart, Jr. Memorial Bridge
HCR 4: US Army SPC4 Gary Wayne Morgan Memorial Bridge
HCR 5: US Army PFC Jessie Franklin Crow Memorial Bridge
HCR 16: Frenchburg Bridge
HCR 26: US Army PFC Tracy Victor Rohrbaugh Memorial Bridge
HCR 33: US Army 2LT Clarence Dragoo Memorial Bridge
HCR 87: Constable Joseph H. Davidson Memorial Bridge
HCR 91: US Navy Capt Homer Leroy Smith Memorial Bridge

1 p.m.: Energy, Industry and Mining (208W)

HCR 8: Funding for feasibility study of Coal-to-Chemicals Project

1 p.m.: Health and Human Resources (451M)

Com. Sub. for HB 4304: Creating the Board of Nursing
Com. Sub. for HB 4524: Establishing guidelines for the substitution of certain biological pharmaceuticals
Com. Sub. for HB 4217: Permitting an attending physician to obtain a patient’s autopsy report

2 p.m.: Government Organization (208W)

HB 4357: West Virginia Small Wireless Facilities Deployment Act
HB 2869: Providing for paid leave for certain state officers and employees during a declared state of emergency
HB 4447: Providing for a uniform and efficient system of broadband conduit installation
HB 4465: Authorizing the acupuncture board to issue certificates to perform auricular acudetox therapy
HB 4350: Eliminating the regulation of upholstery
HB 4338: Relating to the powers and authority of the Divisions of Administrative Services, and Corrections and Rehabilitation of the Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety

2 p.m.: Education (451M)

Continuation of Monday’s Agenda

HB 4006: Revising the processes through which professional development is delivered for those who provide public education
HB 2799: Prohibiting the superintendent of schools from requiring a physical examination to be included to the application for a minor’s work permit
HB 3089: Relating to the adoption of instructional resources for use in the public schools
HB 4428: Allowing training hours earned through public school education or apprenticeship to count towards an applicant’s occupational certification

* 3 p.m.: Judiciary (208W)

Agenda TBA

* 3 p.m.: Finance (451M)

Agenda TBA

(*meeting to be announced from the floor if scheduled)

Committee Action on Bills from Monday, March 5, 2018

Immediately After Floor: Rear of the Senate Chamber

HCR 27: Making Grafton’s Annual Memorial Day Parade the Official State Memorial Day Parade
Passed; to be reported to the floor

2 p.m.: Education (451M)

HB 4006: Revising the processes through which professional development is delivered for those who provide public education
Bill was discussed, no action taken on the bill

HB 2799: Prohibiting the superintendent of schools from requiring a physical examination to be included to the application for a minor’s work permit
Bill laid over to Tuesday’s meeting

HB 3089: Relating to the adoption of instructional resources for use in the public schools
Bill laid over to Tuesday’s meeting

HB 4428: Allowing training hours earned through public school education or apprenticeship to count towards an applicant’s occupational certification
Bill laid over to Tuesday’s meeting

3 p.m.: Judiciary (208W)

HB 4336: Updating the schedule of controlled substances
Passed; to be reported to the floor

HB 4618: Relating to the authority of the Division of Protective Services
Passed; to be reported to the floor

HB 4309: Restricting the sale and trade of dextromethorphan
Removed from agenda

HB 4431: Establishing the Mountaineer Trail Network Recreation Authority
Passed; to be reported to the floor

HB 4453: Relating to judicial review of contested cases under the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources Board of Review
Passed; to be reported to the floor

HB 4394: Relating to forest fires
Bill laid over to Tuesday’s meeting

HB 4324: Relating to the employment of individuals by municipal paid fire departments under civil service
Bill laid over to Tuesday’s meeting

HB 4603: Providing immunity from civil liability to facilities and employees providing crisis stabilization
Bill laid over to Tuesday’s meeting

HB 4270: Providing for the timely payment of moneys owed from oil and natural gas production
Removed from agenda

HB 2028: Relating to the venue for suits and other actions against the state
Passed; to be reported to the floor

3:30 p.m.: Finance (451M)

SB 152: Budget Bill
Reported to the floor to be read a first time and recommitted to Finance

4 p.m.: Conference Committee on HB 4145 (451M)

Committee reconvenes at 9 a.m. Tuesday

Bills that Have Passed the Senate as of Monday, March 5 (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 (Completed legislation)

House Bills that Have Passed the Senate (59)

HB 2607: Extending the maximum period of confinement a judge may impose for certain, first-time probationary violations (House requests Senate to recede)
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 (Completed legislative action)
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 2654: Expanding county commissions’ ability to dispose of county or district property (Completed legislation)
HB 2693: Relating to state ownership of wildlife (Completed legislation)
HB 2694: Relating to the development and implementation of a program to facilitate commercial sponsorship of rest areas (Completed legislation)
HB 2696: Relating to crossbow hunting (Completed legislation)
HB 2831: Relating to the reconstitution of the Driver’s Licensing Advisory Board (Signed, 02-28)
HB 2843: Permitting Class III municipalities to be included in the West Virginia Tax Increment Act (Completed legislation)
HB 2889: Allowing military veterans with certain military ratings to qualify for examinations required of probationary police officer (Completed legislation)
HB 2890: Establishing a Library Facilities Improvement Fund that will serve to support library facilities construction, maintenance and improvement projects (Completed legislation)
HB 2916: Authorizing certain first responders to carry firearms (Senate requests House to concur)
HB 2983: Granting priority to roadway construction, reconstruction and maintenance for roadways prone to recurring floods that hinder ingress and egress (Completed legislation)
HB 2995: Permitting certain animal euthanasia technicians who have been certified by other states be certified animal euthanasia technicians in West Virginia - (Com. amend. and title amend. pending) (House requests Senate to recede)
HB 3004: Relating to filling vacancies in offices of state officials, United States Senators, Justices, judges, and magistrates (Completed legislation)
HB 3005: Relating to regulation of unmanned aircraft systems (Senate requests House to concur)
HB 3104: Transfer of the West Virginia Traumatic Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation Fund (Completed legislation)
HB 4013: Clarifying venue in West Virginia state courts as it applies to nonresidents of the state (Conference committee appointed)
HB 4020: Making technical corrections in the code when referencing Chapter 49 (Signed, 02-21)
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) (Completed legislation)
HB 4024: Relating generally to direct cremation or direct burial expenses for indigent persons (House requests Senate to recede)
HB 4079: Promulgating administrative rules by various executive or administrative agencies of the state (Senate requests House to concur)
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 4138: Requiring certain public or private schools and daycare centers to install carbon monoxide detectors (Completed legislation)
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 (Senate requests House to concur)
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 4169: Requiring certain establishments and facilities to post human trafficking assistance notices (Completed legislation)
HB 4175: Preventing requirement that an advanced practice registered nurse participate in a collaborative relationship to obtain payment (Completed legislation)
HB 4180: Relating to wildlife resources (original similar to SB345) (Completed legislation)
HB 4186: Relating generally to guaranteed asset protection waivers (House requests Senate to recede)
HB 4199: Permitting a nursing home to use trained individuals to administer medication (Completed legislation)
HB 4207: Authorizing an online application to receive a commission to act as a notary public, and eliminating the bond requirement (Completed legislation)
HB 4230: Relating to credit for reinsurance (Completed legislation)
HB 4236: Requiring agencies to provide an annual inventory of real property holdings to the Real Estate Division (original similar to SB 342) (Completed legislation)
HB 4238: Authorizing counties and municipalities to establish a joint airport hazard comprehensive plan (Completed legislative action)
HB 4242: Clarifying the jurisdictional amount for removal of a civil action from magistrate court to circuit court (Signed, 02-28)
HB 4285: Relating to the West Virginia Safe Mortgage Licensing Act (Completed legislation)
HB 4268: Co-tenancy Modernization and Majority Protection Act (Completed legislation)
HB 4289: Relating to disability pensions of municipal employees (Completed legislation)
HB 4332: Relating to home peritoneal renal dialysis (Completed legislation)
HB 4343: Relating to the delivery of financial statements to bank shareholders (Completed legislation)
HB 4347: Relating to voluntary contributions to the West Virginia State Police Forensic Laboratory Fund (Completed legislation)
HB 4380: Making a supplementary appropriation to the Department of Agriculture (Signed, 03-03)
HB 4381: Making a supplementary appropriation to the Department of Education (Signed, 03-03)
HB 4384: Making a supplementary appropriation to the Department of Transportation (Signed, 03-03)
HB 4385: Making a supplementary appropriation to the Department of Health and Human Resources, Division of Human Services (Completed legislation)
HB 4386: Making a supplementary appropriation to the Department of Health and Human Resources, Division of Health: Community Mental Health Services (Signed, 03-03)
HB 4402: Relating to the prevention of sexual abuse of children (Completed legislation)
HB 4410: Removing the requirement that the State Auditor receive copies of the Limited Video Lottery bids (Completed legislation)
HB 4422: Permitting permanent endowment funds of cemeteries to invest their principal in certain government bonds, and corporate bonds (Completed legislation)
HB 4433: Declaring certain claims against an agency of the state to be moral obligations of the state (Completed legislation)
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 (Completed legislation)
HB 4444: Clarifying the authority of the State Fire Commission in adopting a State Building Code (Completed legislation)
HB 4473: Relating to use of state funds for advertising to promote a public official or government office (Senate requests House to concur)

HB 4619: Relating to supporting implementation of comprehensive systems for teacher and leader induction and professional growth (Completed legislation)
HB 4621: Relating to removing reference to certain entities with respect to work (Completed legislation)

HB 4624: Relating to West Virginia coordinate systems (Completed legislation)

Bills Awaiting Action by the Governor (59)

Actions by Governor

Bills Signed by the Governor (24)

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)
HB 4380: Making a supplementary appropriation to the Department of Agriculture (Signed, 03-03)
HB 4381: Making a supplementary appropriation to the Department of Education (Signed, 03-03)
HB 4384: Making a supplementary appropriation to the Department of Transportation (Signed, 03-03)
HB 4386: Making a supplementary appropriation to the Department of Health and Human Resources, Division of Health: Community Mental Health Services (Signed, 03-03)

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