Release Date: 02/12/2020
Contact: Jared Hunt at (304) 340-3323

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House of Delegates

Here’s what’s scheduled Thursday in the House of Delegates:

 

 

SPECIAL CALENDAR

Thursday, February 13, 2020

37^th Day of the Legislative Session

 

House to convene at 11 a.m. On the agenda: 

THIRD READING – For Passage

• Com. Sub. for S. B. 16 - Creating Protect Our Right to Unite Act 
• Com. Sub. for S. B. 560 - Permitting nursing home use trained individuals administer medication 
• Com. Sub. for S. B. 676 - Permitting fees from Child Abuse Registry be used for information technology support costs 
• Com. Sub. for H. B. 4088 - Disposition of funds from certain oil and natural gas wells due to unknown or unlocatable interest owners 
• H. B. 4113 - Relating to motor fuel excise taxes (Finance Committee Title Amendment Pending) 
• Com. Sub. for H. B. 4158 - Allowing a person to manufacture a stated amount of alcoholic liquor for personal consumption 
• Com. Sub. for H. B. 4398 - Relating to required courses of instruction 
• H. B. 4437 - Relating to the West Virginia Pay Card program 
• H. B. 4551 - Relating to subsidized adoption 
• Com. Sub. for H. B. 4615 - West Virginia Critical Infrastructure Protection Act 
• H. B. 4655 - Permitting military personnel in areas where on-the-job emergency medicine is part of the training to be granted automatic EMS or EMT certification 
• Com. Sub. for H. B. 4706 - Relating to reports concerning funds due to unknown or unlocatable interest owners 
• H. B. 4790 - Relating to Career Technical Education for middle school students 

SECOND READING – Amendment Stage

• S. B. 170 - Alleviating double taxation on foreign income at state level (Finance Committee Amendment Pending) 
• S. B. 300 - Updating certain terms in WV Corporation Net Income Tax Act 
• S. B. 310 - Updating certain terms used in WV Personal Income Tax Act 
• Com. Sub. for H. B. 4155 - Relating generally to the regulation of plumbers 
• Com. Sub. for H. B. 4217 - Authorizing the Department of Environmental Protection to promulgate legislative rules 
• H. B. 4406 - Relating to the reproduction of checks and other records (Banking and Insurance Committee Amendment Pending) 
• Com. Sub. for H. B. 4513 - Increasing the replacement costs required of a person causing injury or death of game or protected species 

FIRST READING

• Com. Sub. for S. B. 534 - Removing workers' compensation exclusion for temporary legislative employees 
• Com. Sub. for S. B. 544 - Authorizing pharmacists and pharmacy interns administer vaccines (Health and Human Resources Committee Amendment Pending) 
• S. B. 642 - Correcting incorrect code citation in WV Consumer Credit and Protection Act 
• Com. Sub. for H. B. 2961 - Permitting the commissioner to require a water supply system be equipped with a backflow prevention assembly 
• Com. Sub. for H. B. 4067 - Relating to crimes against property 
• Com. Sub. for H. B. 4101 - Relating to requiring a court to verify certain conditions are met before a child who has been removed from a home 
• Com. Sub. for H. B. 4123 - Clarifying that 911 telecommunication workers are included in the definition of those individuals who perform "emergency services" during a disaster 
• Com. Sub. for H. B. 4387 - Donated Drug Repository Program 
• Com. Sub. for H. B. 4546 - Relating to tuberculosis testing for school superintendents 
• Com. Sub. for H. B. 4581 - Relating to West Virginia Clearance for Access: Registry and Employment Screening 
• Com. Sub. for H. B. 4620 - Redefining definition of "recovery residence" 
• Com. Sub. for H. B. 4666 - Relating to competitive bids for intergovernmental relations and urban mass transportation 
• Com. Sub. for H. B. 4670 - Relating to the juvenile restorative justice programs 
• Com. Sub. for H. B. 4690 - Relating to solid waste facilities 
• H. B. 4955 - Relating to reducing the cost of fees for state licenses to carry concealed deadly weapons and provisional state licenses to carry concealed deadly weapons

 

 

Committee Meetings Scheduled: 

Committee on Education

9:00 a.m. - Room 434 M

• H. B. 4804, Relating to comprehensive systems of support for teacher and leader induction and professional growth.
• H. B. 4649, Relating to implementation of trauma-informed practices in schools.

 

Committee on the Judiciary

9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.- Room 410 M

(*** Agenda to be posted.***)

 

Committee on Government Organization

9:30 a.m. - Room 215 E

• HB 2028, Limiting supervision of laying of lines on state rights-of-way.
• HB 2663, Exempting buildings or structures utilized exclusively for agricultural purposes from the provisions of the State Building Code.
• HB 4099, Eliminating the permit for shampoo assistants.
• HB 4537, Establishing a study conducted by the Division of Natural Resources on the Upper Mud River Lake.
• HB 4714, Increasing the monetary threshold for requiring nonprofit organizations to register as a charitable organization.
• HB 4748, Relating to the increase of fees that private nongovernment notary publics may charge for notarial acts. (2^nd reference to Judiciary)

 

Committee on Rules

10:45 a.m. - Behind Chamber

 

Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse

1:00 p.m. - Room 215 E

• Presentation: Alfgeir L. Kristjansson, PhD, MSc, Associate Professor, WV Prevention Research Center, School of Public Health - Icelandic Model in Fayette and Wyoming counties with funding to the WV Prevention Research Center from the CDC
• Presentation: Greg Puckett, Community Corrections of Mercer County
• Presentation: Jim Rorr, Kim Eastman, Brenda Shelvon, Impact Employment

 

Political Subdivisions

1:00 p.m. - Room 410 M

• House Bill 4070, Compensating counties for state-owned lands through payments in lieu of taxes
• Com. Sub. For Senate Bill 209, Relating to annexation by minor boundary adjustment
• House Bill 4396, Relating to reporting suspected governmental fraud
• House Bill 4638, Modifying the authority of medical examiners regarding the disposition of bodies
• House Bill 4402, Relating to designation of early voting locations
• House Bill 4715, Authorizing municipalities to take action to grant certain fire department employees limited power of arrest
• House Bill 4797, Authorizing municipalities to enact ordinances that allow the municipal court to place a structure, dwelling or building into receivership
• House Bill 4946, Eliminating the requirement that municipal police civil service commissions certify a list of three individuals for every position vacancy

 

Committee on Energy

3:00 p.m. - Room 410 M

• H. B. 4816, Removing the provisions for self-bonding

 

Health and Human Resources

3:00 p.m. - Room 215 E

• H. B. 4605, Transferring state facilities to comprehensive regional mental health centers.
• H. B. 4734, Rewriting the article on registered professional nurses. (JUD)
• H. B. 4784, Relating to disposal of unused, unwanted or expired medications. (JUD)
• H. B. 4822, Relating to the licensure of hospitals.
• H.B. Blank (Originating), Relating to organ donation registry.
• H. B. 4773, Creating a workgroup to investigate and recommend screening protocols for adverse childhood trauma in this state.

 

 

Citation Presentations Scheduled in House Chamber: 

• 10:00 a.m. – Athletic Trainer Citation, Delegate Barnhart 

 

From the Activity Calendar: 

WV Hospital Association

Upper House and Senate Rotundas

 

WV Chapter American Academy of Pediatrics

“Tiny Hearts Day”

 

WV Athletic Trainers Association 

 

Education Suspension/Expulsion Rally

Attorney General Rotunda (8:30 a.m. -12:00 Noon)

 

Fairness Act Rally

South Steps

 

Moms Demand Action

Lower Rotunda (1 Table) 

 

 

*** Agendas and meeting times subject to change. ***

 

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