State Senate

*The Senate floor session will begin one hour earlier on Wednesday – 10 a.m.*

Wednesday, February 28, 2018 – 50th Day of Session

The Senate will convene at 10 a.m.

RESOLUTIONS

• SR 56: Recognizing Michael Todd Paynter for public service to state and country

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

• SCR 41: Home of Coach Bob Bolen Mountain State University 2004 NAIA Champions road marker
• SR 53: Recognizing Glenville State College for its efforts in making education more affordable

THIRD READING (For Passage)

• Com. Sub. for SB 261: Transferring certain powers and programs of WV Affordable Housing Trust Fund to WV Housing Development Fund - (With right to amend) (original similar to HB 4140)
• Eng. SB 282: Exempting State Conservation Committee from Purchasing Division requirements for contracts related to flood recovery (original similar to HB 4161)
• Eng. SB 295: Relating to Local Powers Act
• Com. Sub. for SB 360: Clarifying oil and gas permits not be on flat well royalty leases - (Com. title amend. pending) - (With right to amend) (original similar to HB 4490)
• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 401: Requiring specified coverage in health benefit plans for treatment of substance abuse disorders
• Eng. Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for SB 402: Creating exemption from certain contract and common carrier laws for motor vehicles
• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 403: Licensing advance deposit wagering (original similar to HB 4406)
• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 419: Establishing classification and base salaries of certain civilian employees of WV State Police Forensic Laboratory
• Com. Sub. for SB 421: Relating to crossbow hunting (original similar to HB 2696)
• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 432: Relating to municipal home rule - (Com. title amend. pending)
• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 442: Establishing universal forms and deadlines when submitting prior authorization electronically
• Com. Sub. for SB 445: Allowing DOH acquire real or personal property for utility accommodation - (With right to amend)
• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 448: Relating generally to professional associations
• Eng. SB 452: Exempting hunting license information from public disclosure (original similar to HB 2632, HB 2699)
• Eng. Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for SB 472: Providing funds to DHHR for local boards of health employee pay raises
• Eng. SB 485: Terminating Workers Compensation Debt Reduction Fund assessment on self-insured employers
• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 504: Excluding seasonal amusement park workers from definition of "employee"
• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 508: Establishing State Trail Authority
• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 510: Designating hospitals for stroke treatment - (Com. title amend. pending)
• Eng. SB 530: Requiring Secretary of State provide database for registered corporations and sole proprietorship
• Eng. SB 531: Eliminating required waiting period for municipal court notifications to DMV
• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 534: Increasing penalty for tobacco-related offenses on public school property
• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 548: Authorizing county commissions to pay election officials
• Eng. SB 551: Relating to failure of employers to make contributions on behalf of employees to retirement plan administered by CPRB - (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 556: Creating small business and minority populations economic and workforce development taskforce to assist Economic Development Authority
• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 565: Clarifying authority of State Fire Commission
• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 567: Including treason, murder, armed robbery, and organized crimes for which communications can be intercepted
• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 568: Deferring further proceedings for certain first offenses upon completion of Motor Vehicle Alcohol Test and Lock Program within 12 months
• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 582: Allowing candidate for political party executive committee serve as election official
• Eng. SB 584: Finding certain claims against state to be moral obligations of state
• Eng. SB 585: Altering boundary line between Doddridge and Harrison counties
• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 589: Relating to issuance of personalized plates for antique motor vehicles
• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 590: Providing special license plate for curing childhood cancer
• Eng. SB 592: Adding examination of advanced care technician for firefighter paramedic
• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 595: Creating Protect Our Right to Unite Act - (With right to amend)
• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 598: Relating to civil actions against county commissions and municipalities for injuries - (Com. title amend. pending)
• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 600: Relating to powers and duties of PSC
• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 601: Relating to personal income tax
• Eng. SB 612: Relating to sale of municipal property
• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 616: Establishing maximum gross weight for certain wood-bearing trucks
• Eng. SB 629: Expanding conditions of permanent disability required for Class Q permit
• Eng. SB 630: Relating to changes in distribution of certain racetrack video lottery net terminal income and excess lottery fund
• Eng. SB 631: Relating generally to one-call system
• Eng. Com. Sub. for SJR 7: Supervision of Free Schools Modification Amendment

SECOND READING (Amendments Stage)

• 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 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. HB 4385: Making a supplementary appropriation to the Department of Health and Human Resources, Division of Human Services

FIRST READING

• 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 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 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 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

Scheduled Committee Meetings

9 a.m.: Government Organization (208W)

• HB 4401: Relating to the registration of business
• HB 4180: Relating to wildlife resources
• HB 4015: Relating to the management and continuous inventory of vehicles owned, leased, operated, or acquired by the state and its agencies
• HB 2654: Expanding county commissions’ ability to dispose of county or district property
• HB 2995: Permitting certain animal euthanasia technicians who have been certified by other states be certified animal euthanasia technicians in West Virginia
• HB 4236: Requiring agencies to provide an annual inventory of real property holdings to the Real Estate Division
• HB 4444: Clarifying the authority of the State Fire Commission in adopting a State Building Code
• SCR 28: Requesting study to consider removing solid waste facilities from jurisdiction of PSC
• HB 4624: Relating to West Virginia coordinate systems

3 p.m.: Judiciary (208W)

• Agenda TBA

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
• 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
• Com. Sub. for HB 4347: Relating to voluntary contributions to the West Virginia State Police Forensic Laboratory Fund
• HB 4422: Permitting permanent endowment funds of cemeteries to invest their principal in certain government bonds, and corporate bonds
• HB 4539: Providing an annual annuity adjustment of 1 percent for eligible deputy sheriff retirants and surviving spouses
• HB 4621: Relating to removing reference to certain entities with respect to work
• Com. Sub. for HB 4522: Allowing certain tax information to be shared with the Director of Purchasing Division, Department of Administration, and State Auditor
• Originating Senate Concurrent Resolution: County Economic Development Amendment

Committee Action on Bills from Tuesday, February 27, 2018

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

• HB 4199: Permitting a nursing home to use trained individuals to administer medication
• Passed; to be reported to the floor

3 p.m.: Judiciary (208W)

• Originating SCR 3 (SB 60): Requesting the study of providing compensation to victims of abusive lawsuits
• Adopted; to be reported to the floor

• Originating SCR 4 (SB 449): Requesting the study of using criminal conviction records to disqualify person from license or authorization to practice occupation
• Adopted; to be reported to the floor

• SB 432: Relating to municipal home rule
• Passed; to be reported to the floor

• HB 3005: Relating to regulation of unmanned aircraft systems
• Passed; to be reported to the floor

• HB 4473: Relating to use of state funds for advertising to promote a public official or government office
• Passed; to be reported to the floor

• HB 2693: Relating to state ownership of wildlife
• Passed; to be reported to the floor

• HB 4186: Relating generally to guaranteed asset protection waivers
• Passed; to be reported to the floor

• HB 4268: Co-tenancy Modernization and Majority Protection Act
• Passed; to be reported to the floor

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

• Com. Sub. for SB 419: Establishing classification and base salaries of certain civilian employees of WV State Police Forensic Laboratory
• Passed; to be reported to the floor

• Com. Sub. for HB 2843: Permitting Class III municipalities to be included in the West Virginia Tax Increment Act
• Passed; to be reported to the floor

• HB 4285: Relating to the West Virginia Safe Mortgage Licensing Act
• Passed; to be reported to the floor

• Com. Sub. for HB 4619: Relating to supporting implementation of comprehensive systems for teacher and leader induction and professional growth
• Passed; to be reported to the floor

• Com. Sub. for HB 3104: Transfer of the West Virginia Traumatic Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation Fund
• Passed; to be reported to the floor

• SB 438: Relating to debt service on bonds secured by State Excess Lottery Revenue Fund
• Passed; to be reported to the floor

• Com. Sub. for SJR 7: Supervision of Free Schools Modification Amendment
• Passed; to be reported to the floor

Bills that Have Passed the Senate as of Tuesday, February 27, 2018 (180)

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 (Completed legislation)
• 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 (Completed legislation)
• HB 4242: Clarifying the jurisdictional amount for removal of a civil action from magistrate court to circuit court (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 Awaiting Action by the Governor (9)

• 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 2831: Relating to the reconstitution of the Driver’s Licensing Advisory Board (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)
• 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 (17)

• 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 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)

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