House of Delegates

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

SPECIAL CALENDAR

Monday, February 17, 2020

41^st Day of the Legislative Session

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

THIRD READING – For Passage

• 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
• 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. 4155 - Relating generally to the regulation of plumbers
• 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. 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
• 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

SECOND READING – Amendment Stage

• S. B. 620 - Authorizing Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation approve home plans for inmates (Judiciary Committee Amendment Pending)
• Com. Sub. for H. B. 2775 - Requiring each high school student to complete a full credit course of study in personal finance
• Com. Sub. for H. B. 4092 - Relating to foster care
• Com. Sub. for H. B. 4165 - West Virginia Remembers Program
• H. B. 4519 - Establishing a summer youth intern pilot program within Department of Commerce
• Com. Sub. for H. B. 4620 - Redefining definition of "recovery residence"
• Com. Sub. for H. B. 4621 - West Virginia FinTech Regulatory Sandbox Act
• Com. Sub. for H. B. 4633 - Expanding county commissions' ability to dispose of county or district property
• Com. Sub. for H. B. 4690 - Relating to solid waste facilities
• Com. Sub. for H. B. 4729 - Requiring higher education institutions to use previous versions or editions of instructional materials

FIRST READING

• Com. Sub. for H. B. 2028 - Limiting supervision of laying of lines on state rights-of-way
• Com. Sub. for H. B. 2663 - Exempting buildings or structures utilized exclusively for agricultural purposes from the provisions of the State Building Code
• Com. Sub. for H. B. 4099 - Eliminating the permit for shampoo assistants
• H. B. 4450 - Relating to instruction permits issued by the Division of Motor Vehicles
• H. B. 4499 - Relating to multicounty trail network authorities
• H. B. 4504 - Relating to renewal application requirements for individuals with permanent disabilities
• Com. Sub. for H. B. 4537 - Establishing a study conducted by the Division of Natural Resources on the Upper Mud River Lake
• Com. Sub. for H. B. 4543 - Relating to insurance coverage for diabetics
• H. B. 4714 - Increasing the monetary threshold for requiring nonprofit organizations to register as a charitable organization
• Com. Sub. for H. B. 4734 - Rewriting the article on registered professional nurses
• Com. Sub. for H. B. 4773 - Creating a workgroup to investigate and recommend screening protocols for adverse childhood trauma in this state

Committee Meetings Scheduled:

Agriculture and Natural Resources

8:30 a.m. - Room 215 E

• H. C. R. 75, Naming the highest peak on Wolf Creek Mountain in Monroe County, Boone’s Peak. (2^nd reference to Rules)
• H. B. 4800, Transferring the Division of Forestry from the Department of Commerce to the Department of Agriculture. (2^nd reference to Government Organization)

Committee on Education

9:30 a.m. - Room 434 M

• Our Children Our Future Presentation

Committee on the Judiciary

9:30 a.m.- Room 410 M

• H. B. 4837, Eliminating the ability of a person's driver's license to be suspended for the failure to pay court fines and costs,
• H. B. 4377, The Protection of Vulnerable Adults from Financial Exploitation Act.
• H. B. 2321, Allowing workers’ compensation benefits for first responders diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder.
• H. B. 2588, Relating to occupational pneumoconiosis claims.
• H. B. 4522, Allowing division to accept documents compliant with Real ID Act for proof of identity 
• H. B. 4953, Providing the PSC with authority to order the acquisition of failing utilities and a variety of tools to assist distressed and failing utilities.
• H. B. 4557, Relating to centers and institutions that provide the care and treatment of mentally ill or intellectually disabled individuals.
• H. B. 2732, Defend the Guard Act 

Committee on Rules

10:45 a.m. - Behind Chamber

Committee on Government Organization

4:00 p.m. - Room 215 E

• Com Sub for SB 175, Requiring certain agencies maintain website which contains specific information. (2^nd reference to Finance)
• Com Sub for SB 551, Relating to Water and Wastewater Investment and Infrastructure Improvement Act. (2^nd reference to Finance)
• HB 4645, Establishing the Office of Regulatory and Fiscal Affairs under the Joint Committee on Government and Finance.
• HB 4820, Relating to inventory of firearms owned by state agencies.
• HB 3098, Allowing the same business owner to brew and sell beer to also distill and sell liquor.

Citation Presentations Scheduled in House Chamber:

• 10:00 a.m. – FFA Citation, Delegate Westfall
• 10:15 a.m. – Pancreatic Cancer Citation, Delegate Mandt  

From the Activity Calendar:

FFA Day at the Legislature

WV Women’s Commission Celebration of the Ratification of the 19^th Amendment

Upper House and Upper Senate Rotundas

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