Release Date: 02/22/2019
Contact: Jacque Bland at (304) 357-7999

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Senate

Friday, February 22, 2019 – 45th Day of Session

 

The Senate will convene at 11 a.m.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

• SCR 6: US Army SP4 Darrell Gregory Triplett Memorial Bridge
• SCR 42: Tom and Cindy Mae Marcum Memorial Bridge

THIRD READING

• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 613: Requiring DNR include election of organ donation on hunting licenses

SECOND READING

• SB 11: Relating to retirement and pension benefits of certain PERS and Teachers Retirement System members who serve in Legislature
• Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for SB 86: Requiring county boards provide free feminine hygiene products in grades six to 12 (original similar to HB 2464)
• Com. Sub. for SB 330: Requiring contact information be listed on agency's online directory and website
• Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for SB 383: Creating WV Healthy Food Crop Block Grant Program
• Com. Sub. for SB 404: Relating generally to sediment control during commercial timber harvesting operations (original similar to HB 2714)
• Com. Sub. for SB 415: Creating Timber Cotenancy Modernization and Majority Protection Act and Unknown and Unlocatable Timber Interest Owners Act
• Com. Sub. for SB 485: Clarifying notification requirements for property insurance purposes (original similar to HB 2909, HB 2993)
• SB 493: Correcting terminology referring to racing vehicles illegally on street
• Com. Sub. for SB 506: Relating to guaranty associations
• Com. Sub. for SB 529: Clarifying provisions of Nonintoxicating Beer Act (original similar to HB3100)
• SB 531: Relating generally to workers' compensation claims - (Com. amend. pending)
• Com. Sub. for SB 546: Relating to health care provider taxes
• Com. Sub. for SB 585: Relating to criminal offenses of stalking and harassment generally
• SB 593: Permitting critical access hospital become community outpatient medical center
• SB 596: Adjusting voluntary contribution amounts on certain DMV forms
• Com. Sub. for SB 624: Allowing county boards of education use alternative assessment provided in Every Student Succeeds Act
• Com. Sub. for SB 641: Relating to Primary Care Support Program
• SB 664: Authorizing certain members of federal judiciary perform marriages
• Eng. HB 2036: Permitting vehicles displaying disabled veterans' special registration plates to park in places where persons with mobility impairments may park
• Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2612: Proposing rules related to the completion or updating of source water protection plans (original similar to SB 430)
• Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2740: Barring a parent from inheriting from a child in certain instances (original similar to SB 482)
• Eng. HB 2746: Relating to administration of estates (original similar to SB 480)
• Eng. HB 2759: Providing for the ancillary administration of West Virginia real estate owned by nonresidents by affidavit and without administration - (Com. amend. pending) (original similar to SB 483)
• Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2821: Updating provisions for command, clerical and other pay

FIRST READING

• Sub. for SB 238: Increasing certain penalties for passing stopped school bus
• Sub. for SB 316: Preserving previously approved state Municipal Policemen's or Firemen's pensions
• Sub. for SB 400: Allowing Board of Dentistry create specialty licenses
• SB 421: Relating to annual legislative review of economic development tax credit
• SB 432: Enacting Recognition of Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact (original similar to HB 2729)
• Sub. for SB 441: Relating to higher education campus police officers
• Sub. for SB 511: Creating alternating wine proprietorships
• SB 535: Allowing City of Buckhannon begin collecting sales and service and use tax on July 1, 2019.
• Sub. for SB 538: Relating to WV Highway Design-Build Pilot Program (original similar to HB 3027)
• Sub. for SB 539: Relating to accrued benefit of retirees in WV State Police Retirement System Plan B (original similar to HB 3070)
• SB 544: Increasing salaries for members of WV State Police over three-year period
• Sub. for SB 547: Limiting landowner liability for recreational use of lands
• SB 554: Removing salary caps for director of State Rail Authority (original similar to HB 3014)
• SB 592: Providing for collection of hotel occupancy tax by marketplace facilitators
• Sub. for SB 597: Conforming state law to federal law for registration of appraisal management companies
• Sub. for SB 603: Exempting certain activities from licensing requirements for engaging in business of currency exchange
• SB 627: Relating generally to Rural Rehabilitation Loan Program
• Sub. for SB 654: Amending definition of "mortgage loan originator"
• SB 656: Relating to electronic filing of tax returns
• SB 665: Allowing for expedited oil and gas well permitting
• SB 666: Creating WV Motorsports Entertainment Complex Investment Act
• SB 667: Creating WV Motorsport Committee
• SB 668: Relating to physician assistants collaborating with physicians in hospitals

 

Scheduled Committee Meetings

9 a.m.: Health and Human Resources (451M)

• SB 574: Permitting authorized physician order involuntary hospitalization of individual if physician believes addicted or mentally ill

9:30 a.m.: Judiciary (208W)

• SB 249: Relating to administration of estates and trusts
• SB 248: Creating Prosecuting Attorney's Detectives Act
• SB 273: Clarifying information request by Commission on Special Investigations be provided promptly

9:30 a.m.: Finance (451M)

• SB 472: Exempting retirement income of certain uniformed services members from state income tax
• Com. Sub. for SB 522: Creating Special Road Repair Fund
• Com. Sub. for SB 543: Relating generally to automobile warranties and inspections

30 minutes after Floor Session: Natural Resources (208W)

• SB 572: Prohibiting county assessor from reclassifying managed timberland property
• Com. Sub. for SB 651: Relating to DNR ability to enter into certain contracts
• Originating Bill 2: Establishing adopt a stream program
• SB 586: Prohibiting Natural Resources Commission from establishing bag limit for antlered deer

 

Committee Action on Bills from Thursday, February 21, 2019

9 a.m.: Transportation and Infrastructure

• SB 543: Relating generally to automobile warranties and inspections
• Bill reported as amended to full Senate with recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

• SB 538: Relating to WV Highway Design-Build Pilot Program
• Committee substitute reported to full Senate with recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for SCR 6: US Army SP4 Darrell Gregory Triplett Memorial Bridge
• Committee substitute reported to full Senate with recommendation it be adopted

1 p.m.: Energy, Industry and Mining

• Com. Sub. for SB 541: Establishing priorities for expenditures for plugging abandoned gas or oil wells
• Committee substitute reported to full Senate with recommendation it do pass; second reference to Judiciary

1 p.m.: Health and Human Resources

• Originating Bill 1: Relating to Physician Assistants Practice Act
• Bill reported to full Senate with recommendation it do pass

• SB 520: Requiring entities report drug overdoses
• Committee substitute reported to full Senate with recommendation it do pass

• SB 640: Regulating sudden cardiac arrest prevention
• Bill reported to full Senate with recommendation it do pass

• SB 653: Relating generally to practice of medical corporations
• Committee substitute reported to full Senate with recommendation it do pass

• SB 574: Permitting authorized physician order involuntary hospitalization of individual if physician believes addicted or mentally ill
• Bill is laid over

2 p.m.: Government Organization

• SB 467: Clarifying PSC jurisdiction over water and sewer utilities
• Motion to report bill to full Senate reconsidered; motion to report withdrawn; bill is laid over

• SB 554: Removing salary caps for director of State Rail Authority
• Bill reported to full Senate with recommendation it do pass

• SB 597: Conforming state law to federal law for registration of appraisal management companies
• Committee substitute reported to full Senate with recommendation it do pass

• SB 615: Providing ongoing mechanism for county commissioners to allow compensation increases for elected officials every two years
• Committee substitute reported to full Senate with recommendation it do pass

• SB 566: Relating to compensation for State Athletic Commission members
• Bill reported to full Senate with recommendation it do pass

• SB 565: Relating to residency requirements for deputy assessors
• Bill reported to full Senate with recommendation it do pass

• SCR 21: Urging US Congress open public lands in WV
• Motion to report resolution to the full Senate failed

• SB 655: Relating to conservation districts generally
• Bill reported to full Senate with recommendation it be adopted

2 p.m.: Education

• Originating Bill: Expanding applicability of educational facilities for the WV College Prepaid Tuition and Savings Program
• Originating bill reported to full Senate with recommendation it do pass

• SB 632: Requiring video cameras in certain public education classrooms
• Committee substitute reported as amended to full Senate with recommendation it do pass; second reference to Judiciary

3 p.m.: Judiciary

• Originating Bill 2: Regarding commission of notaries public to make acknowledgements beyond the borders of West Virginia
• Originating bill reported to full Senate with recommendation it do pass

• SB 622: Relating generally to regulation and control of financing elections
• Committee substitute reported to full Senate with recommendation it do pass

3 p.m.: Finance

• SB 592: Providing for collection of hotel occupancy tax by marketplace facilitator
• Bill reported to full Senate with recommendation it do pass

• SB 456: Authorizing railroads and commercial watercraft claim refundable exemption from motor fuel excise tax
• Motion to postpone indefinitely SB 456 carries.

• SB 316: Preserving previously approved state Municipal Policemen's or Firemen's pensions
• Committee substitute reported to full Senate with recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for SB 522: Creating Special Road Repair Fund
• Bill is laid over to Friday morning meeting

• SB 535: Allowing City of Buckhannon begin collecting sales and service and use tax on July 1, 2019
• Bill reported to full Senate with recommendation it do pass

• SB 421: Relating to annual legislative review of economic development tax credit
• The committee reported the bill to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass.

Bills that Have Passed the Senate as of Thursday, February 21, 2019 (137 Senate; 13 House)

Passed Senate

Bills and Resolutions that Completed Legislation as of Thursday, February 21, 2019 (34 – 21 S; 13 H)

• SB 17: Relating to probation eligibility (Signed 02-11-19)
• SB 18: Relating to crimes committed on State Capitol Complex (Completed; Awaiting action by Governor)
• SB 27: Removing restrictions on where certain traditional lottery games may be played (Completed; Awaiting action by Governor)
• SB 61: Adding certain crimes for which prosecutor may apply for wiretap (Completed; Awaiting action by Governor)
• SB 119: Specifying documents not subject to discovery in certain proceedings (Signed 02-08-19)
• SB 177: Fire Commission rule relating to State Building Code (Signed 02-14-19)
• SB 240: Repealing certain legislative rules no longer authorized or are obsolete (Signed 02-19-19)
• SB 255: Relating to Emergency Medical Services Advisory Committee (Signed 02-14-19)
• SB 267: Requiring State Board of Education adopt policy detailing level of computer science instruction (Signed 02-19-19)
• SB 268: Updating meaning of federal taxable income in WV Corporation Net Income Tax Act (Completed; Awaiting action by Governor)
• SB 269: Updating terms used in WV Personal Income Tax Act (Completed; Awaiting action by Governor)
• SB 270: Streamlining process for utilities access to DOH rights-of-way (Completed; Awaiting action by Governor)
• SB 272: Updating code relating to Commission on Special Investigations (Completed; Veto Override in House on 02-21-19)
• SB 323: Establishing revenue fund and source to support Department of Agriculture's improvement to facilities (Completed; Awaiting action by Governor)
• SB 324: Relating to Commissioner of Agriculture employees (Signed 02-19-19)
• SB 354: Expiring funds to balance of Auditor's Office: Chief Inspector's Fund (Signed 02-19-19)
• SB 356: Requiring MAPS provide state and federal prosecutors information (Completed; Awaiting action by Governor)
• SB 358: Exempting Purchasing Division purchases for equipment to maintain security at state facilities (Completed; Awaiting action by Governor)
• SB 377: Relating to minimum wage and maximum hour standards (Completed; Awaiting action by the Governor)
• SB 387: Relating generally to extradition (Completed; Awaiting action by Governor)
• SB 452: Supplemental appropriation to Second Chance Driver's License Program (Completed; Awaiting Action by Governor)
• HB 2191: Relating generally to limited video lottery (Completed; Awaiting action by the Governor)
• HB 2307: Relating to creating a provisional license for practicing barbering and cosmetology (Signed 02-19-19)

• HB 2324: Authorizing the acupuncture board to issue certificates to perform auricular acudetox therapy (Completed; Awaiting action by Governor)
• HB 2351: Relating to regulating prior authorizations (Completed; Awaiting action by Governor)
• HB 2446: Blue Alert Plan (Completed; Pending action by Governor)
• HB 2459: Exercising authority to exempt individuals domiciled within the state from certain restrictions contained in federal law (Completed; Awaiting action by Governor)
• HB 2462: Issuing a certificate to correctional employees to carry firearms (Signed 02-19-19)
• HB 2481: Permitting retail sale of alcoholic beverages on Sundays after 1 p.m. (Completed; Awaiting action by Governor)
• HB 2492: Relating to mandatory reporting procedures of abuse and neglect of adults and children (Completed; Awaiting action by Governor)
• HB 2521: Relating to permitting fur-bearer parts (Completed; Awaiting action by Governor)
• HB 2607: Relating to the licensure of nursing homes (Completed; Awaiting action by Governor)
• HB 2666: Supplemental appropriation to the Department of Veterans’ Assistance (Completed; Awaiting action by Governor)
• HB 2668: Supplemental appropriation to the Department of Administration, Public Defender Services (Completed; Awaiting action by Governor)

 

Bills that Have Been Signed by the Governor as of Thursday, February 21, 2019 (10)

 

Signed

 

Bills that Have Been Vetoed by the Governor as of Thursday, February 21, 2019 (1)

 

• SB 272: Updating code relating to Commission on Special Investigations (Completed; Veto Override in House on 02-21-19)

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