Member's Press Release
Release Date: 01/24/2019
Contact: Jacque Bland at (304) 357-7999
Senate
Senate Calendar and Committee Schedule for Thursday, January 24, 2019
Thursday, January 24, 2019 – 16th Day of Session
The Senate will convene at 11 a.m.
RESOLUTIONS
- SR 20: Designating January 24, 2019, as WVU and WVU Extension Service Day at Legislature
- SR 21: Designating January 24, 2019, as Human Resources Day at Capitol
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
- Com. Sub. for SCR 4: US Marine Corps Lt. Col. Dennis Ray Blankenship Memorial Road
- SCR 9: US Army PFC Winten L. Wayts Memorial Bridge
THIRD 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
SECOND READING
- Com. Sub. for SB 258: Establishing common law "veil piercing" claims not be used to impose personal liability
FIRST READING
- Com. Sub. for SB 55: Relating to driving privileges and requirements for persons under 18
- Com. Sub. for SB 101: Equalizing penalties for intimidating and retaliating against certain public officers and other persons
- Com. Sub. for SB 124: Creating felony offense for actions of cruelty to animals which causes serious injury or death of animal
- SB 233: Relating to age requirements for deputy sheriff
- Com. Sub. for SB 241: Permitting county court clerks scan certain documents in electronic form
- SB 268: Updating meaning of federal taxable income in WV Corporation Net Income Tax Act (original similar to HB 2414)
- SB 269: Updating terms used in WV Personal Income Tax Act (original similar to HB 2413)
Scheduled Committee Meetings
9:30 a.m.: Finance (451M)
- Budget Hearing: West Virginia Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety
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)
- HB 2351: Relating to regulating prior authorizations
2 p.m.: Government Organization (208W)
- SB 4: Relating generally to Municipal Home Rule Program
- SB 270: Streamlining process for utilities access to DOH rights-of-way
- SB 83: Funding for veterans' programs and volunteer fire departments
- SB 90: Transferring Safety and Treatment Program from DHHR to DMV
- SB 323: Establishing revenue fund and source to support Department of Agriculture's improvement to facilities
- SB 324: Relating to Commissioner of Agriculture employees
2 p.m.: Education (451M)
3 p.m.: Judiciary (208W)
- SB 199: Athletic Commission rule relating to administrative rules of State Athletic Commission (Bundle 9)
o SB 191: Agriculture Commissioner rule relating to animal disease control
o SB 192: Agriculture Commissioner rule relating to industrial hemp
o SB 193: Agriculture Commissioner rule relating to rural rehabilitation loan program
o SB 194: Agriculture Commissioner rule relating to captive cervid farming
o SB 195: Agriculture Commissioner rule relating to farm-to-food bank tax credit
o SB 196: Agriculture Commissioner rule relating to agritourism
o SB 197: Agriculture Commissioner rule relating to farmers markets
o SB 198: Agriculture Commissioner rule relating to seed certification program
o SB 199: Athletic Commission rule relating to administrative rules of State Athletic Commission
o SB 200: Board of Licensed Dietitians rule relating to licensure and renewal requirements
o SB 201: Board of Medicine rule relating to licensing and disciplinary procedures: physicians; podiatric physicians; and surgeons
o SB 202: Board of Medicine rule relating to permitting and disciplinary procedures: educational permits for graduate medical interns, residents, and fellows
o SB 203: Board of Osteopathic Medicine rule relating to licensing procedures for osteopathic physicians
o SB 204: Board of Pharmacy rule relating to licensure and practice of pharmacy
o SB 205: Board of Pharmacy rule relating to board rules for registration of pharmacy technicians
o SB 206: Board of Pharmacy rule relating to regulations governing pharmacy permits
o SB 207: Board of Pharmacy rule relating to regulations governing pharmacists
o SB 208: Board of Pharmacy rules relating to substitution of biological pharmaceuticals
o SB 209: Real Estate Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board rule relating to requirements for licensure and certification
o SB 210: Registered Professional Nurses rule relating to criteria for evaluation and accreditation of colleges, departments, or schools of nursing
o SB 211: Board of Examiners for Registered Professional Nurses rule relating to registration and licensure, and conduct constituting professional misconduct
o SB 212: Board of Registered Professional Nurses rule relating to advanced practice registered nurse
o SB 213: Board of Examiners for Registered Professional Nurses rule relating to standards for scope of professional nursing practice
o SB 214: Board of Registered Professional Nurses rule relating to fees for services rendered by board and supplemental renewal fee for center for nursing
o SB 215: Board of Examiners for Registered Professional Nurses rule relating to dialysis technicians
o SB 216: Secretary of State rule relating to filing and formatting rules and related documents for publication in State Register
o SB 217: Secretary of State rule relating to loan and grant programs under Help America Vote Act
o SB 218: Secretary of State rule relating to early voting in-person satellite precincts
o SB 219: Secretary of State rule relating to notaries public
o SB 220: Board of Social Work rule relating to qualifications for profession of social work
o SB 221: Board of Social Work rule relating to code of ethics
o SB 222: Treasurer's Office rule relating to reporting and claiming unknown and unlocatable interest owners reserved interest
- SB 40: Establishing Mental Health and Military Service Member Court program
- SB 72: Creating Sexual Assault Victims' Bill of Rights
- SB 102: Relating generally to powers and authority of courthouse security officers
- SB 248: Creating Prosecuting Attorney's Detectives Act
3 p.m.: Finance (451M)
- Budget Hearing: West Virginia Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
- SB 121: Providing continued eligibility for developmental disability services to military members' dependents
- SB 149: Exempting certain veterans from concealed weapons license fees
- Com. Sub. for SB 243: Requiring racetrack participate in WV Thoroughbred Development Fund
- Com. Sub. for SB 263: Limiting number of days legislators may be compensated during extended and extraordinary sessions if budget bill not enacted
- SB 256: Allowing certain deductions from individual personal income tax refunds
- SB 297: Extending expiration of military members' spouses' driver's license
Senate Bills to be Introduced Thursday, January 24, 2019
- SB 410: Creating WV Monument and Memorial Protection Act of 2019 (Maynard; Judiciary)
- SB 411: Relating to disposition of vacated school buildings or other state-owned buildings (FN) (Maynard; Government Organization then Finance)
- SB 412: Establishing Katherine Johnson Fair Pay Act of 2019 (FN) (Beach; Judiciary)
- SB 413: Creating Adopt-A-Stream program (Maynard; Government Organization)
- SB 414: Creating Protect Our Right to Unite Act (Azinger, Cline, Maynard, Tarr; Judiciary)
- SB 415: Creating Timber Cotenancy Modernization and Majority Protection Act and Unknown and Unlocatable Timber Interest Owners Act (Azinger, Cline, Maynard, Tarr; Judiciary)
- SB 416: Permitting resident landowner hunt and kill bears located on landowners' property through use of bait (Sypolt, Smith; Natural Resources)
- SB 417: Requiring minors in possession of marijuana and their parents attend classes teaching dangers of marijuana (Tarr, Azinger, Clements, Cline, Maynard, Roberts, Smith, Sypolt; Judiciary)
- SB 418: Establishing WV Division of Natural Resources Police Officer Retirement System (Mann, Hamilton, Jeffries, Weld; Pensions then Finance)
- SB 419: Requiring PAC disclose names and addresses of all contributors to Secretary of State (Hamilton, Ihlenfeld, Jeffries, Mann, Romano, Smith, Sypolt, Unger; Judiciary)
- SB 420: Allowing county commissions impose amusement tax (FN) (Smith, Sypolt; Finance)
- SB 421: Relating to annual legislative review of economic development tax credit (Smith, Sypolt; Finance)
- SB 422: Increasing supplemental appropriation to Public Defender Services (Carmichael, Prezioso; Finance) [By Request of the Executive]
- SB 423: Adding new item of appropriation to PEIA Rainy Day Fund (Carmichael, Prezioso; Finance) [By Request of the Executive]
- SB 424: Supplemental appropriation to Civil Contingent Fund (Carmichael, Prezioso; Finance) [By Request of the Executive]
- SB 425: Supplemental appropriation to Division of Corrections (Carmichael, Prezioso; Finance) [By Request of the Executive]
- SJR 9: Protection of the Right to Bear Arms Amendment (Tarr, Carmichael, Azinger, Blair, Boso, Cline, Hamilton, Mann, Maroney, Maynard, Roberts, Rucker, Smith, Swope, Sypolt; Judiciary then Finance)
* (FN) indicates the bill has a Fiscal Note
* (IB) indicates the bill is an Interim Bill
Committee Action on Bills from Wednesday, January 23, 2019
1 p.m.: Economic Development
- SB 390: Requiring electric utilities submit feasibility studies of constructing and operating middle-mile broadband internet projects
- Committee Substitute reported to full Senate with recommendation it do pass
2 p.m.: Agriculture and Rural Development
- SB 285: Relating to modification of cottage food laws
- Bill reported as amended to full Senate with recommendation it do pass; second reference to Government Organization
- SB 259: Expanding Coyote Control Program
- Bill reported to full Senate with recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance
- SB 19: Relating to Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program
- Bill reported to full Senate with recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance
- SB 14: Creating WV Farm-to-School Grant Program
- Committee Substitute reported to full Senate with recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance
3 p.m. Judiciary
- SB 63: Relating to partial filling of prescriptions
- Bill reported to full Senate with recommendation it do pass
- SB 199: Athletic Commission rule relating to administrative rules of State Athletic Commission (Bundle 9) – Includes SB 191: Agriculture Commissioner rule relating to animal disease control; SB 192: Agriculture Commissioner rule relating to industrial hemp; SB 193: Agriculture Commissioner rule relating to rural rehabilitation loan program; SB 194: Agriculture Commissioner rule relating to captive cervid farming; SB 195: Agriculture Commissioner rule relating to farm-to-food bank tax credit; SB 196: Agriculture Commissioner rule relating to agritourism; SB 197: Agriculture Commissioner rule relating to farmers markets; SB 198: Agriculture Commissioner rule relating to seed certification program; SB 199: Athletic Commission rule relating to administrative rules of State Athletic Commission; SB 200: Board of Licensed Dietitians rule relating to licensure and renewal requirements; SB 201: Board of Medicine rule relating to licensing and disciplinary procedures: physicians; podiatric physicians; and surgeons; SB 202: Board of Medicine rule relating to permitting and disciplinary procedures: educational permits for graduate medical interns, residents, and fellows; SB 203: Board of Osteopathic Medicine rule relating to licensing procedures for osteopathic physicians; SB 204: Board of Pharmacy rule relating to licensure and practice of pharmacy; SB 205: Board of Pharmacy rule relating to board rules for registration of pharmacy technicians; SB 206: Board of Pharmacy rule relating to regulations governing pharmacy permits; SB 207: Board of Pharmacy rule relating to regulations governing pharmacists; SB 208: Board of Pharmacy rules relating to substitution of biological pharmaceuticals; SB 209: Real Estate Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board rule relating to requirements for licensure and certification; SB 210: Registered Professional Nurses rule relating to criteria for evaluation and accreditation of colleges, departments, or schools of nursing; SB 211: Board of Examiners for Registered Professional Nurses rule relating to registration and licensure, and conduct constituting professional misconduct; SB 212: Board of Registered Professional Nurses rule relating to advanced practice registered nurse; SB 213: Board of Examiners for Registered Professional Nurses rule relating to standards for scope of professional nursing practice; SB 214: Board of Registered Professional Nurses rule relating to fees for services rendered by board and supplemental renewal fee for center for nursing; SB 215: Board of Examiners for Registered Professional Nurses rule relating to dialysis technicians; SB 216: Secretary of State rule relating to filing and formatting rules and related documents for publication in State Register; SB 217: Secretary of State rule relating to loan and grant programs under Help America Vote Act; SB 218: Secretary of State rule relating to early voting in-person satellite precincts; SB 219: Secretary of State rule relating to notaries public; SB 220: Board of Social Work rule relating to qualifications for profession of social work; SB 221: Board of Social Work rule relating to code of ethics; SB 222: Treasurer's Office rule relating to reporting and claiming unknown and unlocatable interest owners reserved interest
- Bill has been laid over
- SB 236: Providing notice of eligibility to persons to vote after completion of punishment or pardon
- Committee Substitute reported to full Senate with recommendation it do pass
Bills that Have Passed the Senate as of Wednesday, January 23, 2019 (20)
- SB 1: Increasing access to career education and workforce training (Pending House introduction)
- SB 3: Establishing WV Small Wireless Facilities Deployment Act (House Technology and Infrastructure)
- SB 10: Relating to Second Chance Driver's License Program (House Technology and Infrastructure)
- SB 17: Relating to probation eligibility (House Judiciary)
- SB 18: Relating to crimes committed on State Capitol Complex (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 (House Judiciary)
- SB 62: Requiring participation in drug court program before discharge of certain first-time drug offenses (House Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse)
- 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 (House Judiciary)
- SB 152: Relating generally to criminal offense expungement (House Judiciary)
- 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 240: Repealing certain legislative rules no longer authorized or are obsolete (House Judiciary)
- SB 255: Relating to Emergency Medical Services Advisory Committee (Pending House introduction)
- SB 272: Updating code relating to Commission on Special Investigations (House Judiciary)
- SB 354: Expiring funds to balance of Auditor's Office - Chief Inspector's Fund (Pending House introduction)
Resolutions that have Passed the Senate as of Wednesday, January 23, 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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