Member's Press Release

Release Date: 02/21/2019
Contact: Jared Hunt at (304) 340-3323

House of Delegates

On the Agenda: Thursday in the House of Delegates

Here’s what’s scheduled for Thursday in the House of Delegates:

SPECIAL CALENDAR

Thursday, February 21, 2019

44^th Day of the Legislative Session

House to convene at 11 a.m. On the agenda:

THIRD READING – For Passage

Sub. for S. B. 270 - Streamlining process for utilities access to DOH rights-of-way
Sub. for S. B. 356 - Requiring MAPS provide state and federal prosecutors information
S.B. 358 - Exempting Purchasing Division purchases for equipment to maintain security at state facilities
Sub. for S. B. 387 - Relating generally to extradition
S.B. 452 - Supplemental appropriation to Second Chance Driver's License Program
H.B. 2515 - Exempting the sale and installation of mobility enhancing equipment from the sales and use tax (Finance Committee Title Amendment Pending)
H.B. 2667 - Supplemental appropriation to the Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety, Division of Corrections
Sub. for H. B. 2854 - Exempting sales from the consumers sales and service tax and use tax by not for profit volunteer school support groups raising funds for schools
Sub. for H. B. 2855 - Allowing rebate moneys to be used for the operation and maintenance of accounting and transparency systems of the State Auditor
H.B. 2856 - Relating to the administration of the operating fund of the securities division of the Auditor’s office (Finance Committee Title Amendment Pending)
Sub. for H. B. 2886 - Establishing requirements for a Division Motor Vehicles office or Division of Motor Vehicles Now kiosk to be present in a county
Sub. for H. B. 2907 - Requiring a form of a certified commitment order to the Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation
H.B. 2924 - Permitting the West Virginia Tourism Office to decide to contract with the Division of Highways to sell advertising space on the WV511 website
Sub. for H. B. 2929 - Authorizing the West Virginia Tourism Office to enter into an agreement with the Division of Highways to provide staff at the welcome centers
Sub. for H. B. 2933 - Modifying the criminal penalties imposed on a parent, guardian or custodian for child abuse resulting in injury
B. 2954 - Defining certain terms used in insurance
Sub. for H. B. 2982 - Amending and updating the laws relating to auctioneers
Sub. for H. B. 3007 - Authorizing the Commissioner of Agriculture to require background checks
H.B. 3039 - Relating to a court’s consideration of the expression of a preference by a child in certain child custody matters
H.B. 3083 - Adding temporary work during the legislative session as exclusion to the term employment for purposes of unemployment compensation
H.B. 3093 - Relating to standards for factory-built homes

SECOND READING – Amendment Stage

Sub. for S. B. 13 - Relating to distributions from State Excess Lottery Fund (Finance Committee Amendment Pending)
S.B. 442 - Supplementing, amending, and decreasing appropriation to Insurance Commission
S.B. 443 - Supplemental appropriation of federal moneys to DHHR divisions
S.B. 444 - Supplemental appropriation to DHHR divisions (Finance Committee Amendment Pending)
Sub. for H. B. 2540 - Prohibiting the waste of game animals, game birds or game fish
Sub. for H. B. 2541 - Requiring certain safety measures be taken at public schools
H.B. 2730 - Increasing the compensation of the membership of the State Police and the salaries for public school teachers and school service personnel (Finance Committee Title Amendment Pending)
Sub. for H. B. 2807 - Creating an additional modification to the West Virginia adjusted gross income of shareholders of S corporations engaged in banking
H.B. 2829 - Relating to the termination of severance taxes on limestone and sandstone
H.B. 2837 - Relating to the licensing of advance deposit wagering
Sub. for H. B. 2901 - Allowing for the establishment of a secondary location for racetrack video lottery terminals
H.B. 2934 - Permitting interactive wagering authorized as West Virginia Lottery interactive wagering activities (Judiciary Committee Amendment Pending)
H.B. 2968 - Adding remote service unit to the definition of customer bank communications terminals
H.B. 3134 - Establishing criminal penalties for negligent homicide, and increasing criminal penalties for reckless driving

FIRST READING

Sub. for S. B. 26 - Permitting certain employees of educational service cooperatives participate in state's teacher retirement systems
Sub. for H. B. 2229 - Adding violations of law upon which a public servant’s retirement plan may be forfeited
H.B. 2519 - The Campus Self Defense Act
Sub. for H. B. 2550 - Creating a matching program for the Small Business Innovation and Research Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer Program
H.B. 2598 - Relating to submitting a certifying statement attesting to status as a charitable or public service organization
Sub. for H. B. 2617 - Relating to the form for making offer of optional uninsured and underinsured coverage by insurers
Sub. for H. B. 2690 - Relating to guaranty associations
Sub. for H. B. 2694 - Relating to the state’s ability to regulate hemp
Sub. for H. B. 2718 - Requiring purchasers of roundwood to collect and maintain certain information
Sub. for H. B. 2770 - Fairness in Cost-Sharing Calculation Act
Sub. for H. B. 2802 - Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act
H.B. 2816 - Removing the terms “hearing impaired,” “hearing impairment,” and “deaf mute” from the West Virginia Code and substituting terms
H.B. 2827 - Removing the residency requirements for hiring deputy assessors
H.B. 2828 - Relating to Qualified Opportunity Zones
Sub. for H. B. 2830 - Establishing Next Generation 911 services in this state
H.B. 2926 - Requiring the Secretary of the Department of Veterans’ Affairs to study the housing needs of veterans
Sub. for H. B. 2991 - Relating to the Ryan Brown Addiction Prevention and Recovery Fund
Sub. for H. B. 3024 - West Virginia Business Ready Sites Program
H.B. 3045 - Exempting certain complimentary hotel rooms from hotel occupancy tax
H.B. 3132 - Relating to exempting providers that serve no more than 30 patients with office-based medication-assisted treatment
Sub. for H. B. 3133 - Relating to requiring a parolee or probationer found to have suffered with addiction to participate in a support service
H.B. 3135 - Expiring the funds to the balance of the Department of Commerce, Development Office

Committee Meetings Scheduled:

Committee on Finance

9:00 a.m. - Room 460M

H.B. 2519, The Campus Self Defense Act.
H.B. (originating), Cannabis Block Chain Technology
H.B. 2976, Economic Diversification Act of 2019.
H.B. 3021, Relating to the disposition of permit fees, registration fees and civil penalties imposed against thoroughbred horse racing licensees.
H.B. 2945, Relating to vendors paying a single annual fee for a permit issued by a local health department.
H.B. 3095, Establishing a minimum monthly retirement annuity for certain retirants.
H.B. 2595, Establishing the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources Police Officer Retirement System.
H.B. 3070, Relating to the accrued benefit of retirees in the West Virginia State Police Retirement System.

Committee on the Judiciary

9:00 a.m. - Room 418M

H.B. 2378, Relating generally to grounds for revocation of a teaching certificate,
H.B. 2662, Relating to certificates or employment of school personnel,
H.B. 2179, Allowing nonmembers of a political party to request that party’s partisan ballot at a primary election,
Originating bill, Relating to increasing the salary of constitutional officers
H.B. 2670, Relating to damages for medical monitoring,
H.B. 2943, Relating to deliveries by wine specialty shop,
H.B. 2014, West Virginia Intellectual Property and Trade Secrets Act,
H.B. 2866, Relating to the termination, expiration, or cancellation of oil or natural gas leases,
H.B. 2049, Relating to a prime contractor’s responsibility for wages and benefits,
H.B. 3073, Authorizing a court administrator to make determinations of financial eligibility for public defender services

Committee on Education

9:00 a.m. - Room 432M

H.B. 2433, Modifying the school calendar to begin not earlier than Labor Day and end prior to Memorial Day.
H.B. Originating, relating to executive sessions.
S.B. 1, Increasing access to career education and workforce training

Committee on Rules

10:45 a.m. - Behind Chamber

Committee on Health & Human Resources

2:00 p.m. - Room 215E

SB 489 - Relating to Pharmacy Audit Integrity Act
SB 518 - Restricting sale and trade of dextromethorphan
HB 2953 - Permitting a critical access hospital to become a community outpatient medical center
HB 3019 - Health Care Transparency Act (2^nd reference to Judiciary)
SB 545 - Relating to HIV testing

Citation Presentations Scheduled in House Chamber:

10:00 a.m. – Taiwan Citation, Delegate Higginbotham
10:10 a.m. – Hundred High School, Delegate Pethtel

From the Activity Calendar:

History Day

Upper House and Upper Senate Rotundas

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