Member's Press Release
Release Date: 01/16/2020
Contact: Jacque Bland at (304) 357-7999
Senate
Senate Calendar and Committee Schedule for Friday, January 17, 2020
Friday, January 17, 2020 – 10th Day of Session
The Senate will convene at 11 a.m.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
- SCR 7: US Army PFC Clifford O. Eckard Memorial Bridge
THIRD READING
- Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 35: Limiting civil penalty for littering conviction to $2,000
- Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 46: Defining "pepper spray" and exempting from definition of "deadly weapons"
- Eng. SB 140: Changing rate at which certain judges are paid for mileage when traveling within state
- Eng. SB 170: Alleviating double taxation on foreign income at state level
- Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 207: Creating Prosecuting Attorney's Detectives Act
- Eng. SB 310: Updating certain terms used in WV Personal Income Tax Act
SECOND READING
- Com. Sub. for SB 16: Creating Protect Our Right to Unite Act
- SB 42: Permitting faith-based electives in classroom drug prevention programs
- Com. Sub. for SB 225: Empowering municipalities to enact Adopt-A-Street programs
FIRST READING
- Com. Sub. for SB 125: Prohibiting victim from being subjected to certain physical examinations for sexual offenses
- Com. Sub. for SB 217: Requiring DHHR collaborate with Workforce Development Board and WV Division of Personnel for job placement
- Com. Sub. for SB 323: Authorizing Department of Administration promulgate legislative rules
Scheduled Committee Meetings
There are no committee meetings scheduled for Friday, January 17, 2020.
Senate Bills to be Introduced Friday, January 17, 2020
- SB 523: Extending deadline for municipalities to offer Social Security coverage to certain municipal retirement system members (Plymale; Pensions)
- SB 524: Prohibiting Natural Resources Commission from establishing bag limit for antlered deer (Jeffries; Natural Resources)
- SB 525: Requiring Secretary of Commerce present certain information to Joint Committee on Government and Finance (Tarr, Swope; Economic Development then Government Organization)
- SB 526: Requiring DHHR seek waiver within SNAP seeking exclusion of sweetened beverages and energy drinks from program (Takubo; Health and Human Resources then Finance)
- SB 527: Creating small business and minority populations economic and workforce development taskforce (FN) (Jeffries; Workforce then Finance)
- SB 528: Creating Uniform Worker Classification Act (Swope, Azinger, Rucker, Trump; Judiciary)
- SB 529: Establishing limitations on claims and benefits against state (Trump; Judiciary)
- SB 530: Relating to taxation of aircraft (FN) (Blair; Finance)
- SB 531: Shifting funding from Landfill Closure Assistance Fund to local solid waste authorities (FN) (Blair; Government Organization then Finance)
- SB 532: Distributing assets remaining in municipal policemen's or firemen's pension and relief fund on death of last retiree or beneficiary (IB) (Azinger, Hamilton, Ihlenfeld, Plymale, Tarr; Pensions)
- SB 533: Relating to lifetime hunting, fishing, and trapping licenses for certain foster or adoptive children (Jeffries; Natural Resources)
- SB 534: Removing workers' compensation exclusion for temporary legislative employees (Trump, Blair; Judiciary)
* (FN) indicates the bill has a Fiscal Note
* (IB) indicates the bill is an Interim Bill
Committee Action on Bills from Thursday, January 16, 2020
2 p.m.: Government Organization (208W)
- SB 96: Prohibiting municipalities from limiting persons' rights to possess certain weapons
- Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass; second reference to Judiciary
- SB 307: Correcting code citation relating to certain tax liens
- Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass
- SB 322: Relating to prequalifications for state contract vendors
- Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass
2 p.m.: Education (451M)
- SB 192: Relating to WV Secondary School Activities Commission audits
- Amended committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass
- SB 297: Requiring Board of Education create home economics course
- Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass; second reference to Finance
- SB 187: Relating generally to in-state tuition rates for certain persons
- Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass; second reference to Finance
3 p.m.: Judiciary (208W)
- SB 144: Creating misdemeanor penalty for making materially false statement in course of misdemeanor investigation
- Bill as amended reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass
- SB 311: Relating to court-ordered community service
- Bill referred to subcommittee; Senators Clements (R-Wetzel), Weld (R-Brooke), Romano (D-Harrison), Woelfel (D-Cabell), and Pitsenbarger (R-Nicholas) appointed to subcommittee
- SB 321: Relating to collection of tax and priority of distribution of estate or property in receivership
- Bill is laid over to a future committee meeting
Bills that Have Passed the Senate as of Thursday, January 16, 2020 (1)
- SB 94: Providing persons with physical disabilities ability to vote by electronic absentee ballot (House Judiciary)
Resolutions Adopted by the Senate as of Thursday, January 16, 2020 (2)
- SCR 1: Designating dogs adopted from animal shelters and rescues as WV official state dog (House Agriculture and Natural Resources)
- SCR 2: Requesting Frederick County, Virginia, consider becoming part of State of West Virginia (House Rules)
Committee times and agendas are subject to change. Follow @WVSenClerk on Twitter for updates.
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