House of Delegates

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

SPECIAL CALENDAR

Thursday, February 20, 2020

44^th Day of the Legislative Session

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

THIRD READING – For Passage

• Sub. for S. B. 209 - Relating to annexation by minor boundary adjustment
• Sub. for S. B. 339 - Authorizing DHHR promulgate legislative rules (Judiciary Committee Title Amendment Pending)
• Sub. for H. B. 2663 - Exempting buildings or structures utilized exclusively for agricultural purposes from the provisions of the State Building Code
• Sub. for H. B. 4015 - Relating to Broadband Enhancement and Expansion
• H.B. 4039 - Providing limitations on nuisance actions against fire department and emergency medical services
• Sub. for H. B. 4422 - The Patient Brokering Act
• H.B. 4514 - Permitting the use of leashed dogs to track mortally wounded deer or bear
• H.B. 4529 - Relating to the collection of assessments and the priority of liens on property within a resort area
• H.B. 4589 - Conducting study for an appropriate memorial for West Virginians killed in the War on Terror
• Sub. for H. B. 4593 - Authorizing the assignment of poll workers to serve more than one precinct under certain circumstances
• Sub. for H. B. 4594 - Allowing poll workers to be appointed to work in precincts outside their county
• H.B. 4697 - Removing the restriction that a mini-distillery use raw agricultural products originating on the same premises
• Sub. for H. B. 4747 - Extending electronic submission of various applications and forms for nonprofit and charitable organizations, professionals and licensees
• H.B. 4749 - Providing more efficient application processes for private investigators, security guards, and firms
• H.B. 4777 - Relating to the right of disposition of remains
• H.B. 4864 - Relating to performance reviews of state agencies and regulatory boards
• H.B. 4865 - Requiring certain boards that seek to increase a fee or seek to impose a new fee to also submit cost saving measures
• H.B. 4956 - Relating generally to the partition of real property

SECOND READING – Amendment Stage

• S.B. 573 - Supplementing, amending, and increasing appropriations of public moneys for claims against state
• Sub. for S. B. 623 - Allowing noncitizen of US be eligible for teaching certificate
• Sub. for H. B. 2321 - Allowing workers’ compensation benefits for first responders diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder
• Sub. for H. B. 3098 - Allowing the same business owner to brew and sell beer to also distill and sell liquor
• Sub. for H. B. 4363 - Establishing the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources Police Officer Retirement System
• Sub. for H. B. 4408 - Requiring the State Board of Education to develop and implement an online database for the employment of school principals
• Sub. for H. B. 4452 - Modifying the notice requirements for the redemption of delinquent properties
• Sub. for H. B. 4474 - Relating to peer-to-peer car sharing programs
• Sub. for H. B. 4522 - Allowing division to accept documents compliant with Real ID Act for proof of identity
• H.B. 4523 - Removing the limitation of number of apprentice hunting and trapping licenses a person may purchase
• Sub. for H. B. 4557 - Relating to centers and institutions that provide the care and treatment of mentally ill or intellectually disabled individuals
• Sub. for H. B. 4634 - Southern West Virginia Lake Development Study Commission Act
• Sub. for H. B. 4645 - Establishing the Office of Regulatory and Fiscal Affairs under the Joint Committee on Government and Finance
• H.B. 4737 - Clarifying student eligibility for state-sponsored financial aid
• Sub. for H. B. 4820 - Relating to inventory of firearms owned by state agencies
• Sub. for H. B. 4852 - Relating to the penalties for the manufacture, delivery, possession, or possession with intent to manufacture or deliver methamphetamine

FIRST READING

• Sub. for S. B. 657 - Allowing designation of tourism development districts (Finance Committee Amendment Pending)
• Sub. for H. B. 3127 - Relating to the Secondary School Activities Commission and participation by home schooled students
• Sub. for H. B. 4009 - Relating to the process for involuntary hospitalization
• Sub. for H. B. 4252 - Board of Accountancy, board rules and rules of professional conduct
• Sub. for H. B. 4530 - Authorizing daily passenger rental car companies to charge reasonable administrative fees
• Sub. for H. B. 4613 - Allowing the Division of Highways use money in the Gas Field Highway Repair and Horizontal Drilling Waste Study Fund
• Sub. for H. B. 4626 - West Virginia Development Achievements Transparency Act
• Sub. for H. B. 4651 - Clarifying the powers and duties of the Division of Highways in acquiring property for state road purposes
• Sub. for H. B. 4668 - Creating the misdemeanor crime of trespass for entering a structure that has been condemned
• Sub. for H. B. 4748 - Relating to the increase of fees that private nongovernment notary publics may charge for notarial acts

Public Hearing:

Committee on the Judiciary

8:30 a.m. - House Chamber

1. H.B. 4176, West Virginia Intelligence/Fusion Center Act

Committee Meetings Scheduled:

Committee on Energy

9:00 a.m.  - Room 410 M

1. S.B. 554, Relating to termination, expiration, or cancellation of oil or natural gas leases

Committee on Rules

10:45 a.m. - Behind Chamber

(***Additional committee meetings will be announced at the conclusion of the 11 a.m. floor session.***)

Citation Presentations Scheduled in House Chamber:

• 10:00 a.m. – Clay County High School Citation, Speaker Hanshaw
• 10:15 a.m. – Sherman High School Softball Citation, Delegate Miller

From the Activity Calendar:

History Day

Upper House and Upper Senate Rotundas

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