Member's Press Release
Release Date: 01/22/2019
Contact: Jacque Bland at (304) 357-7999
Senate
Senate Calendar and Committee Schedule for Tuesday, January 22, 2019
Tuesday, January 22, 2019 – 14th Day of Session
The Senate will convene at 11 a.m.
RESOLUTIONS
- SR 14: Celebrating achievements and contributions of Monongalia County
- SR 15: Designating January 22, 2019 as Preston County Day
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
- SCR 12: US Army CPL Lee Roy Young Memorial Bridge
- SCR 13: US Marine SGT Stephen E. Drummond Memorial Bridge
- SCR 14: William "Bill" Thurman King Memorial Bridge
- SR 12: Congratulating Ripley High School girls' track team for winning 2018 Class AAA state championship
THIRD READING
- Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 3: Establishing WV Small Wireless Facilities Deployment Act
- Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 62: Requiring participation in drug court program before discharge of certain first-time drug offenses
- Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 152: Relating generally to criminal offense expungement
- Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 240: Repealing certain legislative rules no longer authorized or are obsolete
SECOND READING
- Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for SB 1: Increasing access to career education and workforce training
- Com. Sub. for SB 18: Relating to crimes committed on State Capitol Complex (original similar to HB 2092)
- Com. Sub. for SB 255: Relating to Emergency Medical Services Advisory Committee
- SB 354: Expiring funds to balance of Auditor's Office - Chief Inspector's Fund
FIRST READING
- Com. Sub. for SB 223: Authorizing Department of Commerce promulgate legislative rules (original similar to HB 2246)
- Com. Sub. for SB 253: Protecting consumers from automatic purchase renewal and continuous service offers
Scheduled Committee Meetings
10 a.m.: Transportation and Infrastructure (451M)
- SB 238: Increasing fines for passing stopped school bus
- SB 333: Exempting automobiles 25 years or older from personal property taxes
- Senate Concurrent Resolutions
o SCR 4: US Marine Corps Lt. Col. Dennis Ray Blankenship Memorial Road
o SCR 7: Urging Congress provide exceptions to weight limits on trucks on interstate
o SCR 9: US Army PFC Winten L. Wayts Memorial Bridge
- Presentation: Jilly Newman, Deputy Secretary/Deputy Commissioner – Division of Highways
1 p.m.: Energy, Industry and Mining (208W)
- SB 52: Entitling natural resource producers to economic opportunity tax credit
1 p.m.: Health and Human Resources (451M)
- SB 173: DHHR rule relating to medication-assisted treatment office-based medication-assisted treatment
- SB 86: Requiring county boards provide free feminine hygiene products in grades six to twelve
- SB 94: Adding certain legal procedures for individuals participating in Safety and Treatment Program
- SB 359: Creating Youth Mental Health Protection Act
2 p.m.: Government Organization (208W)
- SB 291: Relating generally to survivor benefits for emergency response providers
- SB 241: Permitting county court clerks scan certain documents in electronic form
- SB 233: Relating to age requirements for deputy sheriff
- SB 330: Requiring contact information be listed on agency's online directory and website
2 p.m.: Education (451M)
- Presentation: Areas of critical need/certification shortage issue – Michele Blatt, Assistant Superintendent, West Virginia Department of Education
- Presentation: Underwood-Smith Teacher Scholarship Program – Brian Weingart, Senior Director for Financial Aid, West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission
3 p.m.: Judiciary (208W)
- SB 55: Relating to driving privileges and requirements for persons under 18
- SB 101: Equalizing penalties for intimidating and retaliating against certain public officers and other persons
- SB 103: Relating generally to Public Defender Services
- SB 124: Creating felony offense for actions of cruelty to animals which causes serious injury or death of animal
3 p.m.: Finance (451M)
- SB 268: Updating meaning of federal taxable income in WV Corporation Net Income Tax Act
- SB 269: Updating terms used in WV Personal Income Tax Act
- Budget Hearing: West Virginia Department of Revenue
- Budget Hearing: West Virginia Lottery Commission
- SB 178: Lottery Commission rule relating to WV Lottery sports wagering rule
Senate Bills to be Introduced Tuesday, January 22, 2019
- SB 386: Funding of Public Employees Health Insurance Program (FN) (Carmichael, Prezioso; Finance) [By Request of the Executive]
- SB 387: Authorizing Governor seek return of fugitives found in other states or District of Columbia (Weld; Judiciary)
- SB 388: Equalizing penalties for intimidating and retaliating against public officers, employees, jurors, and witnesses (Jeffries; Judiciary)
- SB 389: Allowing developmentally disabled person purchase base hunting license (Maynard; Natural Resources)
- SB 390: Requiring electric utilities submit feasibility studies of constructing and operating middle-mile broadband internet projects (Maynard; Economic Development)
- SB 391: Relating to unlawful discriminatory practices in categories covered by Human Rights Act and Fair Housing Act (Takubo, Baldwin, Beach, Clements, Hamilton, Lindsay, Palumbo, Weld; Judiciary)
- SB 392: Relating to payment of invoices received by Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation for contract work (Weld, Clements; Government Organization)
- SB 393: Protecting right to farm (Sypolt, Azinger, Baldwin, Blair, Boso, Clements, Hamilton, Jeffries, Maynard, Hardesty, Rucker, Smith, Takubo, Tarr; Judiciary)
- SCR 15: Studying feasibility of requiring all state agencies that collect fees and fines to depose those funds in General Revenue Fund (Tarr)
* (FN) indicates the bill has a Fiscal Note
* (IB) indicates the bill is an Interim Bill
Committee Action on Bills from Monday, January 21, 2019
1 p.m.: Natural Resources
- SB 317: Authorizing three or more adjacent counties form multicounty trail network authority
- Amended committee substitute adopted. Bill reported to full Senate with recommendation it do pass; second reference to Judiciary
2 p.m.: Banking and Insurance
- SB 30: Eliminating tax on annuity considerations collected by life insurer
- Committee adjourned with no action taken on bill
3 p.m.: Judiciary
- SB 258: Establishing common law "veil piercing" claims not be used to impose personal liability
- Committee Substitute reported to full Senate with recommendation it do pass
- SB 264: Requiring courts to order restitution to crime victims
- Committee Substitute reported to full Senate with recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance
Bills that Have Passed the Senate as of Monday, January 21, 2019 (12)
- SB 10: Relating to Second Chance Driver's License Program (House Technology and Infrastructure)
- SB 17: Relating to probation eligibility (Pending House introduction)
- SB 24: Relating generally to local boards of health (House Political Subdivisions)
- SB 27: Removing restrictions on where certain traditional lottery games may be played (House Finance)
- SB 28: Removing hotel occupancy tax limit collects for medical care and emergency services (House Finance)
- SB 36: Allowing adjustment of gross income for calculating personal income liability for certain retirees (House Pensions and Retirement)
- SB 61: Adding certain crimes for which prosecutor may apply for wiretap (Pending House introduction)
- SB 106: Alleviating double taxation on foreign income at state level (House Small Business, Entrepreneurship and Economic Development)
- SB 119: Specifying documents not subject to discovery in certain proceedings (Pending House introduction)
- SB 177: Fire Commission rule relating to State Building Code (House Judiciary)
- SB 190: DOH rule relating to employment procedures (House Technology and Infrastructure)
- SB 272: Updating code relating to Commission on Special Investigations (House Judiciary)
Resolutions that have Passed the Senate as of Monday, January 21, 2019 (1)
- SCR 11: Urging Congress pass fully funded long-term surface transportation and infrastructure measures (House Technology and Infrastructure)
Committee times and agendas are subject to change. Follow @WVSenClerk on Twitter for updates.
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