Release Date: 03/05/2019
Contact: Jacque Bland at (304) 357-7999

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Senate

Tuesday, March 5, 2019 – 56th Day of Session

 

The Senate will convene at 11 a.m.

 

RESOLUTIONS

 

• SR 68: Memorializing life of Honorable John Franklin Deem

 

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

• SCR 48: Requesting study of eliminating use of minimum wage for people with intellectual, developmental or other disabilities

THIRD READING

• Com. Sub. for SB 150: Budget Bill - (With right to amend)
• Eng. HB 2311: Exempting short-term license holders to submit information to the State Tax Commission once the term of the permit has expired
• Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2362: Ardala Miller Memorial Act - (Com. title amend. pending)
• Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2405: Imposing a healthcare related provider tax on certain health care organizations
• Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2439: Relating to fire service equipment and training funds for volunteer and part-volunteer fire companies
• Eng. HB 2509: Clarifying that theft of a controlled substance is a felony - (Com. title amend. pending)
• Eng. HB 2525: Tobacco Cessation Therapy Access Act
• Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2538: Providing banking services for medical cannabis
• Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2600: Relating to publication of sample ballots - (Com. title amend. pending)
• Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2734: Relating to reduced rates for low-income residential customers of privately owned sewer and combined water and sewer utilities
• Eng. HB 2872: Authorizing law-enforcement officers to assist the State Fire Marshal - (Com. title amend. pending)
• Eng. HB 2958: Authorizing the State Auditor to conduct regular financial examinations or audits of all volunteer fire companies
• Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 3021: Relating to the disposition of permit fees, registration fees and civil penalties imposed against thoroughbred horse racing licensees
• Eng. HB 3045: Exempting certain complimentary hotel rooms from hotel occupancy tax
• Eng. HB 3095: Establishing a minimum monthly retirement annuity for certain retirants

SECOND READING

• Eng. HB 2009: Creating a new category of Innovation in Education grant program - (Com. amends. pending)
• Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2020: Budget Bill, making appropriations of public money out of the treasury in accordance with section fifty-one, article six of the Constitution
• Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2083: Providing an identification card for released inmates who do not have a West Virginia identification card or driver’s license - (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
• Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2420: Establishing the Mountaineer Trail Network Recreation Authority - (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
• Eng. HB 2515: Exempting the sale and installation of mobility enhancing equipment from the sales and use tax
• Eng. HB 2530: Creating a voluntary certification for recovery residences - (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
• Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2550: Creating a matching program for the Small Business Innovation and Research Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer Program - (Com. amends. pending) (original similar to SB 602)
• Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2617: Relating to the form for making offer of optional uninsured and underinsured coverage by insurers - (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
• Eng. HB 2647: Self Storage Limited License Act - (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)

FIRST READING

• Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2001: Relating to exempting social security benefits from personal income tax - (Com. amends. and title amend. pending)
• Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2452: Creating the West Virginia Cybersecurity Office
• Eng. HB 2480: Relating to the regulation of an internationally active insurance group - (Com. title amend. pending)
• Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2579: Relating to the collection of tax and the priority of distribution of an estate or property in receivership (original similar to SB 406)
• Eng. HB 2667: Supplemental appropriation to the Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety, Division of Corrections
• Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2703: Relating to refunds of excise taxes collected from dealers of petroleum products - (Com. amend. pending)
• Eng. HB 2954: Defining certain terms used in insurance - (Com. amend. and title amend. pending) (original similar to SB 591)
• Eng. HB 2992: Relating to governmental websites - (Com. amend. pending)
• Eng. HB 3135: Expiring funds to the balance of the Department of Commerce, Development Office - (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
• Eng. HB 3144: North Central Appalachian Coal Severance Tax Rebate Act - (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)

 

Scheduled Committee Meetings

 

9 a.m.: Natural Resources (208W)

• Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2540: Prohibiting the waste of game animals, game birds or game fish
• Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2715: Relating to Class Q special hunting permit for disabled persons
• HB 2716: Relating to vessel lighting and equipment requirements

 

10 a.m.: Military (208W)

• Eng. HB 2209: Allowing military veterans who meet certain qualifications to qualify for examination for license as an emergency medical technician
• Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2330: Allowing honorably discharged veterans who possess certain military ratings to qualify to take an examination for licensing as a plumber, electrician, and sprinkler fitter
• Eng. HB 2926: Requiring the Secretary of the Department of Veterans' Affairs to study the housing needs of veterans

 

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

• HB 2846: Designating a "Back the Blue" plate in support of law enforcement personnel
• HB 2850: Relating to qualifications for commercial driver's license
• HB 3044: Requiring the Commissioner of Highways to develop a formula for allocating road funds
• SCR 26: Thompson-Lambert Memorial Bridge
• SCR 45: Army Corporal T-5 Albert John "Engine" Arco Memorial Bridge
• Com. Sub. for HCR 11: U.S. Army Command Sergeant Major Timothy Allen Bolyard Memorial Bridge.
• HCR 44: U.S. Marine Corps PFC Randall Carl Phelps Memorial Bridge
• Com. Sub. for HCR 32: Requesting the Secretary of the Department of Transportation to authorize raising highway speed limits, where appropriate, to 75 miles per hour on Interstate highways in West Virginia and to 70 miles per hour on West Virginia's Appalachian Corridor highways

 

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

• HB 2661: Relating to natural gas utilities
• HB 2802: Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act
• HB 2834: Updating and modernizing the minimum spacing provisions for the drilling of horizontal deep wells

 

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

• HCR 48: Urging the Commissioner of the Bureau for Public Health to designate Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias as a public health issue
• SCR 41: Requesting study creating paid family and medical leave insurance program
• HB 3132: Relating to exempting providers that serve no more than 30 patients with office-based medication-assisted treatment
• HB 2768: Reducing the use of certain prescription drugs
• HB 2524: Permitting a pharmacist to convert prescriptions authorizing refills under certain circumstances
• HB 2770: Fairness in Cost-sharing Calculation Act
• HB 2849: Establishing different classes of pharmacy technicians

 

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

• HB 3024: West Virginia Business Ready Sites Program
• HB 2739: Relating to contributions on behalf of employees to a retirement plan administered by the Consolidated Public Retirement Board
• HB 2363: Relating to the Upper Kanawha Valley Resiliency and Revitalization Program
• HB 3141: Requiring capitol building commission authorization for certain renovations
• HB 3016: Relating to the State Aeronautics Commission
• HB 2601: Relating to the review and approval of state property leases
• HB 2982: Amending and updating the laws relating to auctioneers
• HB 3020: Relating to sole source contracts for goods and services with nonprofit corporations affiliated with the respective education institutions
• HB 2856: Relating to the administration of the operating fund of the securities division of the Auditor’s office
• HB 2974: Exempting businesses relating to transporting certain used tires to storage, disposal, or recycling locations from provisions of chapter

 

2 p.m.: Education (451M)

• HB 2378: Relating generally to grounds for revocation of a teaching certificate
• HB 2662: Relating to certificates or employment of school personnel
• HB 2422: Relating to the time for the observation of Celebrate Freedom Week
• HB 2541: Requiring certain safety measures be taken at public schools
• HB 2004: Providing for a program of instruction in workforce preparedness
• Originating Resolution 1: Higher education study resolution
• Originating Resolution 2: New model of free schools study resolution
• Originating Resolution 3: Study requiring provision of adequate mental health/counseling services to students

 

3 p.m.: Judiciary (208W)

• Agenda TBA

 

3 p.m.: Finance (451M)

• HB 2828: Relating to Qualified Opportunity Zones
• Com. Sub. for HB 2831: Finding and declaring certain claims against the state and its agencies to be moral obligations of the state
• HB 2853: Establishing the West Virginia Program for Open Education Resources
• Com. Sub. for HB 2010: Relating to foster care

Committee Action on Bills from March 4, 2019

2 p.m.: Banking and Insurance (451M)

• HB 2480: Relating to the regulation of an internationally active insurance group
• Bill reported to full Senate with recommendation it do pass, with title amendment

• Com. Sub. for HB 2807: Creating an additional modification to the West Virginia adjusted gross income of shareholders of S Corporations engaged in banking
• Bill reported as amended to full Senate with recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

• HB 2954: Defining certain terms used in insurance
• Bill reported to full Senate with recommendation it do pass, with title amendment

• HB 2968: Adding remote service unit to the definition of customer bank communications terminal
• Bill reported to full Senate with recommendation it do pass; second reference to Judiciary

• Originating Resolution 1: Study Resolution concerning BRIM
• Resolution reported as amended to full Senate with recommendation it be adopted

3 p.m.: Judiciary (208W)

• HB 2014: West Virginia Intellectual Property and Trade Secrets Act
• Bill is laid over

• HB 2190: Modifying bail requirements
• Committee substitute reported as amended to full Senate with recommendation it do pass, with title amendment

• HB 2412: Relating to criminal acts concerning government procurement of commodities and services
• Committee substitute reported as amended to full Senate with recommendation it do pass, with title amendment

• HB 2809: Relating to prohibited acts and penalties in the Hatfield-McCoy Recreation Area
• Bill reported to full Senate with recommendation it do pass

 

3 p.m.: Finance (451M)

• HB 2667: Supplemental appropriation to the Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety, Division of Corrections
• Bill reported to full Senate with recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for HB 2001: Relating to exempting social security benefits from personal income tax
• Committee substitute reported as amended to full Senate with recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for HB 2452: Creating the West Virginia Cybersecurity Office
• Bill reported to full Senate with recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for HB 2550: Creating a matching program for the Small Business Innovation and Research Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer Program
• Committee substitute reported as amended to full Senate with recommendation it do pass

• HB 3135: Expiring funds to the balance of the Department of Commerce, Development Office
• Bill reported as amended to full Senate with recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for HB 2579: Relating to the collection of tax and the priority of distribution of an estate or property in receivership
• Bill reported to full Senate with recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for HB 2831: Finding and declaring certain claims against the state and its agencies to be moral obligations of the state
• Bill is laid over

• HB 2992: Relating to governmental websites
• Bill reported as amended to full Senate with recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for HB 3144: North Central Appalachian Coal Severance Tax Rebate Act
• Bill reported as amended to full Senate with recommendation it do pass

Senate Bills that Have Passed the Senate as of Monday, March 4, 2019 (224)

Passed Senate

Bills Rejected by the Senate as of Monday, March 4, 2019 (2)

• SB 464: Modifying licensing requirements for telemedicine and surgery or podiatry
• SB 618: Relating to effect on levy rate when appraisal results in tax increase

Resolutions that Have Been Adopted by the Senate as of Monday, March 4, 2019 (22 S; 1 H)

• SCR 4: US Marine Corps Lt. Col. Dennis Ray Blankenship Memorial Road (House Technology and Infrastructure)
• SCR 5: Home of Coach Bob Bolen Mountain State University 2004 NAIA Champions sign (House Technology and Infrastructure)
• SCR 6: US Army SP4 Darrell Gregory Triplett Memorial Bridge (House Transportation and Infrastructure)
• SCR 7: Urging Congress provide exceptions to weight limits on interstate (House Technology and Infrastructure)
• SCR 9: US Army PFC Winten L. Wayts Memorial Bridge (House Technology and Infrastructure)
• SCR 11: Urging Congress pass fully funded long-term surface transportation and infrastructure measures (House Technology and Infrastructure)
• SCR 12: US Army CPL Lee Roy Young Memorial Bridge (House Rules Committee)
• SCR 16: US Army SP4 Wilbur Allen Smith Memorial Bridge (House Technology and Infrastructure)
• SCR 17: Sardis District Veterans Memorial Bridge (House Technology and Infrastructure)
• SCR 20: US Air Force SSGT Ryan David Hammond Memorial Bridge (House Technology and Infrastructure)
• SCR 23: Jeffrey Alan Clovis Memorial Bridge (House Technology and Infrastructure)
• SCR 24: Hazel Dickens Memorial Bridge (House Technology and Infrastructure)
• SCR 25: US Army PFC Andrew "Bo" Martin Harper Memorial Bridge (House Technology and Infrastructure)
• SCR 27: Requesting study supply or shortage of drivers with CDLs (House Technology and Infrastructure)
• SCR 28: US Army SP5 James Henry Caruthers Memorial Road (House Technology and Infrastructure)
• SCR 34: US Army SPC Julian Lee Berisford Memorial Bridge (House Technology and Infrastructure)
• SCR 35: Designating days for displaying Honor and Remember Flag at WV Veterans Memorial (Adopted 03-01-19)
• SCR 36: US Army CPL Cory M. Hewitt Memorial Bridge (House Technology and Infrastructure)
• SCR 38: Urging CSX support New River Train (House Rules Committee)
• SCR 39: Requesting creation of Joint Select Committee on Requirements Governing Water Quality Standards (House Judiciary)

• SCR 40: US Army CPL Roy E. Clark Memorial Bridge (House Technology and Infrastructure)
• SJR 5: Clarification of the Judiciary's Role in Impeachment Proceedings Amendment (House Finance)

• HCR 19: U. S. Marine Sgt. Stephen E. Drummond Memorial Bridge(Adopted 02-28-19)

 

Bills and Resolutions that Completed Legislation as of Monday, March 4, 2019 (74 – 39 S; 35 H)

Completed Legislation

Senate and House Resolutions Adopted as of Monday, March 4, 2019 (1 S; 1 H)

• HCR 19: U.S. Marine Sgt. Stephen E. Drummond Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 02-28-19)
• SCR 35: Designating days for displaying Honor and Remember Flag at WV Veterans Memorial (Adopted 03-01-19)

 

Bills that Have Been Signed by the Governor as of Monday, March 4, 2019 (29)

Signed

Bills that Have Been Vetoed by the Governor as on Monday, March 4, 2019 (1)

 

• SB 61: Adding certain crimes for which prosecutor may apply for wiretap (Vetoed 03-01-19)

 

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