Here’s what’s on the schedule for Wednesday in the House of Delegates:
**Note new section for citation schedule.**
SPECIAL CALENDAR
Wednesday, February 6, 2019
29th Day of the Legislative Session
House to convene at 11 a.m. On the agenda:
THIRD READING – For Passage
· Com. Sub. for H. B. 2363 - Relating to the Upper Kanawha Valley Resiliency and Revitalization Program
· Com. Sub. for H. B. 2490 - Preventing proposing or enforcing rules that prevent recreational water facilities from making necessary upgrades
· H. B. 2691 - Providing that a license to carry a concealed deadly weapon expires on the holder’s birthday
· Com. Sub. for H. B. 2779 - Providing that proceeds from certain oil and gas wells to persons whose name or address are unknown are to be kept in a special fund
SECOND READING – Amendment Stage
· Com. Sub. for S. B. 240 - Repealing certain legislative rules no longer authorized or are obsolete (Judiciary Committee Amendment Pending)
· S. B. 324 - Relating to Commissioner of Agriculture employees
· Com. Sub. for H. B. 2204 - Prohibiting state licensing boards from hiring lobbyists
· Com. Sub. for H. B. 2479 - Corporate Governance Annual Disclosure Act
· Com. Sub. for H. B. 2481 - Permitting retail sale of alcoholic beverages on Sundays after 1 p.m.
· H. B. 2608 - Repealing the requirement of printing the date a consumer deposit account was opened on paper checks
· Com. Sub. for H. B. 2686 - Relating to permitting the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia to create a family drug court pilot program
FIRST READING
· S. B. 354 - Expiring funds to balance of Auditor's Office - Chief Inspector's Fund
· Com. Sub. for H. B. 2365 - Clarifying the definition of an employee for the purposes of unemployment compensation and workers’ compensation
· Com. Sub. for H. B. 2392 - Allowing the Alcohol Beverage Control Commissioner to issue special one-day licenses for charitable events
· H. B. 2528 - Relating to employees of the Commissioner of Agriculture
· Com. Sub. for H. B. 2545 - Exempting recipients of the distinguished Purple Heart medal from payment of the vehicle registration fee
· H. B. 2546 - Excluding from tax equipment installed in a motor vehicle for use of a person with a medical necessity
· Com. Sub. for H. B. 2554 - Relating to transfers and enrollment policies for students in public schools
· Com. Sub. for H. B. 2601 - Relating to the review and approval of state property leases
· H. B. 2696 - Creating an additional index system for state-owned lands
· Com. Sub. for H. B. 2737 - Relating to training of State Tax Division employees
· Com. Sub. for H. B. 2740 - Barring a parent from inheriting from a child in certain instances
· H. B. 2746 - Relating to administration of estates
· H. B. 2759 - Providing for the ancillary administration of West Virginia real estate owned by nonresidents by affidavit and without administration
· H. B. 2815 - Raising the value of goods or chattels that are taken in a larceny to constitute grand larceny
Committee Meetings Scheduled:
Committee on Finance
9:00 a.m. - Room 460M
· H. B. 2405, Imposing a healthcare related provider tax on certain health care organizations.
· H. B. 2674, Creating a student loan repayment program for a mental health provider.
· H. B. 2673, Creating the Oil and Gas Abandoned Well Plugging Fund.
· H. B. 2734, Relating to reduced rates for low-income residential customers of privately owned sewer and combined water and sewer utilities.
· H. B. 2415, Requiring the State Board of Education to adopt a policy detailing the appropriate level of computer science instruction.
· H. B. 2813, Relating generally to collection of use tax
Committee on the Judiciary
9:00 a.m. - Room 418M
· H. B. 2609, Relating to presumptions of abandonment and indication of ownership in property,
· Com. Sub. for S. B. 18, Relating to crimes committed on State Capitol Complex,
· Com. Sub. for S. B. 61, Adding certain crimes for which prosecutor may apply for wiretap,
· H. B. 2109, Extending the maximum period of confinement a judge may impose for certain, first-time probationary violations,
· H. B. 2618, Including undue influence as a factor in the definition of financial exploitation of an elderly person or protected person,
· H. B. 2199, Requiring pawnbrokers to providing certain information to law-enforcement agencies,
· H. B. 2720, Authorizing certain investigators and first responders to carry firearms
Committee on Education
9:00 a.m. - Room 432M
· Com. Sub. for S. B. 451, Comprehensive education reform
Committee on Government Organization
9:00 a.m. - Room 215E
· HB 2699, Relating to municipal annexation by minor boundary adjustment. (2nd reference to Judiciary.)
· HB 2708, Local Government Labor and Consumer Marketing Regulatory Limitation Act. (2nd reference to Judiciary.)
· 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.
Committee on Rules
10:45 a.m. - Behind the Chamber
Veterans Affairs & Homeland Security
1:00 p.m. - Room 432M
· HB 2664, The West Virginia Refugee Absorptive Capacity Act
*** Agendas and times subject to change. ***
Citation Presentations Scheduled in House Chamber:
From the Activity Calendar:
Disability Advocacy Day
Upper House and Upper Senate Rotundas
WV Beer and Wine Association of Distributors Legislative Reception
6 - 8 p.m.
Embassy Suites