WEST virginia legislature

2025 regular session

Committee Substitute

for

House Bill 3152

By Delegates Criss and Riley

[Originating in the Committee on Finance, March 24, 2025]

A BILL finding and declaring certain claims against the state and its agencies to be moral obligations of the state; and directing the Auditor to issue warrants for the payment thereof.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

§1. Finding and declaring certain claims against the Department of Health, Bureau for Public Health; Department of Administration; Department of Health and Human Resources; Department of Military Affairs & Public Safety, Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation; Department of Transportation, Division of Highways; Department of Health, Office of the Chief Medical Examiner; Department of Administration, Office of Technology; and the West Virginia Developmental Disabilities Council, to be moral obligations of the state and directing payment thereof.

The Legislature has considered the findings of fact and recommendations reported to it by the Legislative Claims Commission concerning various claims against the state and agencies thereof and, in respect to each of the following claims, the Legislature adopts those findings of fact as its own and in respect of the claims herein, the Legislature has independently made findings of fact and determinations of award and hereby declares it to be the moral obligation of the state to pay each such claim in the amount specified below and directs the Auditor to issue warrants for the payment thereof out of any fund appropriated and available for the purpose.

(a) Claim against the Department of Health, Bureau for Public Health:

(TO BE PAID FROM General REVENUE FUND)

1. West Virginia Association of Rehabilitation Facilities……………………$14,497.79
2. West Virginia Association of Rehabilitation Facilities…………………………$41.54

2. Claims against the Department of Administration:

(TO BE PAID FROM GENERAL REVENUE FUND)

(1) Eastern Electric LLC……………………………………………………….$362,572.39

3. Claims against the Department of Health and Human Resources:

(TO BE PAID FROM GENERAL REVENUE FUND)

1. West Virginia Association of Rehabilitation Facilities $69.25
2. West Virginia Association of Rehabilitation Facilities $168.72
3. West Virginia Association of Rehabilitation Facilities $327.50
4. West Virginia Association of Rehabilitation Facilities $305.88
5. West Virginia Electric Supply Company $3,448.00

4. Claims against the Department of Military Affairs & Public Safety, Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation:

(TO BE PAID FROM GENERAL REVENUE FUND)

1. Shawn Thomas Lester $122.94
2. Nathan A. Sites $3,174.97
3. Donald B. Surber, Jr. $105.00

5. Claims against Department of Transportation, Division of Highways:

(TO BE PAID FROM STATE ROAD FUND)

1.   Brenda Abbott-Fowler $500.00
2. Jason Adams and Emilee N. Adams $208.40
3. John Mark Adkins $338.98
4. Karma Adkins $200.00
5. Sundus Ahmed $190.26
6. Ala Eddin Al-Astal and Amro Al-Astal $303.32
7. Abigail Allen $565.94
8. Abigail Allen $845.00
9. Cary Allen $192.00
10. Michael J. Allen $250.00
11. Monica Allen $250.00
12. Karen Altman $197.31
13. John H. Alvis $456.26
14. John H. Alvis $186.25
15. Jessica Anderson and Andrew Feltner $392.00
16. Jessie Anderson $226.37
17. Sheila D. Anderson $139.91
18. Tonya M. Anderson $151.22
19. Arlens Enterprise, LLC. $1,000.00
20. Amy Arnett $148.71
21. Christopher Audia $1,000.00
22. John Auville $359.55
23. Patricia Danielle Bailey and Alexis Danielle Bailey $536.52
24. Barbara Baker $1,000.00
25. Paul W. Baker and Linda L. Baker $438.75
26. Curtis L. Ball, Jr. $500.00
27. Patricia L. Balla and Ronald A. Balla $500.00
28. Christopher A. Barnum $500.00
29. Kathy Lynn Barr $107.00
30. Cecil Shane Bartram $15,000.00
31. Frank Beck $430.24
32. Amelia Bell and Stacey Bell $209.17
33. Kendale Berry $118.76
34. Karen Bewley $372.98
35. Kyler D. Bird $349.87
36. Brandi Blackburn $197.80
37. Daniel Blake $1,187.20
38. Emily Blake and Mark Blake $246.66
39. Loretta Blake, next friend of Sara Queen, a mentally incompetent adult………
40. $25,000.00
41. Lyndsey Blanco $500.00
42. Gary Blankenship and April Blankenship $636.16
43. Bridget Blanton $500.00
44. Larry A. Blount $500.00
45. Kelly C. Blunden $118.79
46. Robert Boggs II $340.49
47. William F. Bolinger II. $250.00
48. Carol L. Bolyard $419.00
49. Philip M. Bordinat $250.00
50. Ryan Boso and Martha Boso $275.43
51. Keenen Bowers $272.86
52. Wendy Bowman and Paul Bowman $166.35
53. Richard M. Boyd $241.66
54. Rhonda June Brant $320.45
55. Rhonda June Brant $320.72
56. Rhonda June Brant $403.96
57. Rhonda June Brant $393.04
58. Randall S. Brewer $1,426.37
59. Joshua H. Britton and James Britton $201.88
60. James Keith Brock and Ashley Brock $119.65
61. John W. Brooks $293.00
62. Donald J. Brown $416.59
63. Janet Brown $100.00
64. Kelly Buckley $660.87
65. Oather Burdette $186.45
66. Stephen R. Burdette $250.00
67. Brooklyn Burford and Zachary Horrocks $126.90
68. Misty D. Burger and Stacey L. Smith $664.83
69. Lori J. Burgess $250.00
70. David R. Burgey and Teresa Burgey $385.48
71. Brent M. Burns and Heather L. Burns $411.60
72. Jonathan Byrd and Amy Byrd $12,000.00
73. Keith Cameron $1,000.00
74. Jessica M. Campbell $509.44
75. Kenneth Campbell $466.54
76. Tammy Campbell and Arlie Campbell $151.57
77. Tammy Campbell and Arlie Campbell $186.99
78. Mariah Carr $326.35
79. Andy Carte $181.54
80. Megan Casner $286.74
81. Ralph Caudill and Kimberly Caudill $263.95
82. Grace Chaffins. $500.00
83. Teresa Chidester $500.00
84. Kodi Cochran and Carley Cochran $749.89
85. Michael Coen $219.19
86. Courtney Coleman. $138.00
87. Shane Coleman and Beth Coleman $105.00
88. Christina Colombo and Colin Colombo $250.00
89. John B. Conrad $500.00
90. Melissa Cooper $500.00
91. Karen L. Coria $280.96
92. Jeff Corra $5,000.00
93. Marisa Correa $500.00
94. Lynn D. Corrie $493.25
95. Robert Cousins $180.07
96. Allen Cox $364.51
97. Katherine Crowe and Phyllis J. Tomblin $635.55
98. Terry G. Crowl $229.00
99. Donn Cyrus $103.79
100. Robert Dahl and Donna Dahl $500.00
101. Jesse Daniel and Michelle Daniel $500.00
102. Lora L. Daniel and Charles Richard Daniel, Jr. $201.11
103. Kathryn Daniels $227.93
104. Maureen David $120,450.00
105. David B. Davis $145.00
106. Paul Davis, Jr. $235.27
107. Paul Davis, Jr. $203.63
108. Tamara E. Davis and Robert Davis $4,130.00
109. Rodney DeBerry $300.00
110. Joshua M. Delaney and Cassie Delaney $260.01
111. Stacia DeMoss $1,000.00
112. Kiran Devaraj $1,000.00
113. Jennings Dingess II $219.37
114. Denise Dix and David Dix $164.24
115. Daniel Doss $500.00
116. Kyle Draper $500.00
117. Elizabeth K. Dutchess $271.29
118. East Wood Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. $426.24
119. Teena Edmonds $77.38
120. William R. Ellis and Carol S. Ellis $345.34
121. Lawrence Eshenaur and Joyce Eshenaur $225.00
122. James E. Farley $242.40
123. Stacy L. Feather and Jordan L. Feather $500.00
124. David Fillingham $228.96
125. John Finland and Colleen Finland $1,473.75
126. Joseph Finley $2,180.86
127. Kelly J. Fitzsimmons $1,143.04
128. Amy Fleming and Christopher Fleming $500.00
129. Robert Fluharty and Janet Fluharty $186.55
130. Shelia Marie Forbes and Roy Thomas Forbes $500.00
131. Catrina Forrest $2,120.00
132. Gary D. Foster $990.43
133. Joshua C. Fowler $500.00
134. Thomas William Fox II $314.97
135. Michael F. Fragmin $238.73
136. Peter Gant $199.21
137. Donald G. Gibson $500.00
138. Kendra S. Gibson $591.31
139. Tommie Goff $269.64
140. Edward M. Goldcamp and Jennifer C. Goldcamp $182.44
141. Timothy Good and Wendy Good $241.45
142. Skip A. Gosper $500.00
143. Albert L. Graham $500.00
144. Gary Graley $335.00
145. Roy D. Grimm $400.00
146. Lakeisha Guerrant $475.74
147. Thomas N. Gwinn $500.00
148. Seth Hansen $239.10
149. Phyllis J. Hardesty $262.16
150. Alyssa Hardin and Mike Hardin $354.45
151. Beau Harman and Courtney Harman. $190.47
152. Katrina Harmon $751.55
153. Vanessa Harper $210.21
154. Franklin D. Hayes, Jr. and Sherri Lynn Hayes $352.42
155. Jason Andrew Helper and Kimberly Helper $284.21
156. Charles Hendershot $246.50
157. Trevor Hennig and Stephen Brown $383.06
158. Larry D. Hensley $278.78
159. Charles Brian Higbee $500.00
160. Douglas Himes $279.78
161. Benjamin M. Hingst and Heather N. Hingst $199.02
162. Christopher L. Hinton $3,500.00
163. Linda L. Hoff $500.00
164. Candice Holbrook $692.40
165. Timothy Holcomb and Diana Holcomb $500.00
166. David L. Holman and Vandy A. Holman $1,600.00
167. William D. Holstein and John Holstein $500.00
168. Brittany Honaker $266.50
169. Glenna Howell $970.10
170. Whitney Huddleston $296.94
171. Ethne Hudson $234.77
172. Emily Ann Hutson $349.75
173. Joan Marie Ingersoll $500.00
174. Ana Jackson and Charles Jackson $198.11
175. Connie L. Jarrett $454.84
176. Zachary J. Jeffreys and Joel L. Jeffreys $269.11
177. Briseis L. Jenkins $535.55
178. Shannon Johnson $405.51
179. Megan Joseph and Gavin Joseph. $500.00
180. Reshma Joy and Biju George $198.29
181. Reshma Joy and Biju George. $397.59
182. Jonathan Kanoskie $220.52
183. Sara Karsten $500.00
184. James W. Kelley, Jr. and Letitia Kelly $496.52
185. Robert W. Kelly $2,500.00
186. Cecila Kennedy $94.19
187. Michael L. Kidd $1,000.00
188. Joseph Kimble $201.99
189. Josephine Kincaid and Jimmy Kincaid $485.41
190. Richard King and Celena King $569.00
191. Ricky E. King and Valerie D. King $192.60
192. Tiffany King $210.00
193. Tammy Koontz $314.51
194. Michael Kroll $500.00
195. Helen Louise Krynicki and George Krynicki $267.41
196. Joseph Cain Kurczak $236.50
197. Rebecca Labelle $281.65
198. Beverly Lafferty and Randall Lafferty $716.03
199. Franklin Lambert $714.89
200. Jeffrey Lapkowicz $500.00
201. Joyce Larch $132.50
202. Anna J. Latz $1,000.00
203. Tiffani Legros $282.48
204. Ryan Lenhart $550.01
205. Virgil T. Leques and Virginia B. Leques $51.50
206. Lorrie Ann Lewis $615.92
207. Cynthia C. Lewis and Robert L. Lewis II $519.68
208. Jessica Liller and Aaron Liller $239.80
209. Scott Link and Kelly Link $691.80
210. Timothy A. Liptrap and Jarod R. Liptrap $207.52
211. LMS Construction, Inc. $6,093.25
212. Jennifer Long $259.30
213. Rebecca Lucas $500.00
214. Tina Lucas and Basil Lucas $72.01
215. Travis Luther $8,000.00
216. Farrah Machado $473.25
217. Kaleb Mackey $180.00
218. Erianna Macklin $500.00
219. Wendy MacLeery $500.00
220. John MacLeod $423.91
221. Jordan Malone $132.99
222. Olivia Mandich $204.36
223. Philip R. Marchun $418.36
224. Vincent Marino $500.00
225. Makenzie Melko Marshall $1,000.00
226. Gregory A. Martin $500.00
227. June C. Martin $600.00
228. Peri Martin and Leanna Martin $500.00
229. William Martin $1,000.00
230. Christopher Mason and Kim R. Mason $215.45
231. Kenneth James Mason, Jr. $500.00
232. Rachel Maxson $500.00
233. Cindy May $302.00
234. Dayton May $100.00
235. Kevyn McBride and Lisa McBride $916.60
236. Tanus McClanahan and Sheila McClanahan $250.00
237. Michael McClaskey and McClaskey Trucking, Inc. $1,000.00
238. Brian C. McClung $994.95
239. Jillya McCown and Robert McCown $811.79
240. James McCracken and Amy McCracken $451.32
241. John McCutcheon and Dola McCutcheon $266.07
242. Carolyn A. McDaniel and Joe R. McDaniel $100.00
243. Erin McGhee $500.00
244. Adam B. McKinney $500.00
245. Josh McMillion $500.00
246. Shenna Meadows and Michael Townsend $835.98
247. Teresa Medley and Gary Medley $333.90
248. Patrick Meighen $382.12
249. Jason Merritt $500.00
250. Beverly A. Michael $500.00
251. Ryan J. Michael $233.21
252. Christina Mikels $855.21
253. Tabitha L. Miller $1,112.57
254. Khaja Mohammed and Nazia Mohammed $500.00
255. Rebecca Mohler and Harold R. Mohler $152.76
256. Lorrie Moles $91.72
257. Rebecca Morgan and James A. Morgan II $107.25
258. Travis Robert Morgan $926.42
259. Mindi Morrow $159.00
260. Carolyn L. Mullins $453.43
261. Nina Mullins $181.89
262. Seth Nardo $569.21
263. Jeffrey Naylor and Michelle L. Naylor $5,293.81
264. Neier Inc. and Stephanie Wilson $1,250.00
265. John L. Nelson and Winona M. Nelson $500.00
266. Jamie Niday $500.00
267. Roger E. Null $333.58
268. Leah Oney $655.54
269. Shannon Orso $295.95
270. Debra Osborne and Dennis Osborne $263.37
271. Max Alexander Ostrow $500.00
272. Julia Ozie $379.85
273. Natalie Pagan $392.57
274. Donna L. Palmer $218.79
275. Teresa Lewis Parrish $161.60
276. Jordan Lee Pascoe $562.61
277. Zacharias Pauley $500.00
278. Carol Pavlik-Buck $241.77
279. Ming Pei and Xiulian Hang $500.00
280. Richard A. Penn and Phyllis E. Penn. $100.00
281. Chad Pennington $750.00
282. Willis Perrine and Crystal Ann Perrine $917.50
283. Annadean Y. Petry $99.14
284. Donna Peyatt $148.73
285. Phillip J. Poling and Misty J. Bosnick $250.00
286. Teresa M. Pittman and Donna S. Cooper $500.00
287. Christina Poli. $500.00
288. William D. Potter, Jr. $818.02
289. Jill Powell and Eric Powell $243.68
290. Carrie Pratt and Shawn Pratt $32.75
291. Keith A. Pratt $250.00
292. Stacy Price $485.19
293. Edward R. Prichard and Pamela Prichard $500.00
294. Sydney Pringle $616.38
295. Keri A. Prunty and John C. Prunty $500.00
296. James Robert Quesenberry II $463.25
297. Shanelle Rainer $500.00
298. Jeremiah Raines $382.98
299. Laura Randolph-Kennedy $1,000.00
300. Robert W. Reed and Linda L. Reed $278.58
301. Dencil E. Reynolds $1,882.62
302. Barry Rickert $704.00
303. Derek Robertson $500.00
304. Craig Robinson and Heather DiMarzio $237.56
305. David Rodavich $250.00
306. Michael J. Rogier and Wanda J. Rogier $444.03
307. Nathan T. Rohrbough $543.49
308. Robert L. Rohrbough $139.05
309. Angela Roop $154.07
310. Jeff Roth and Lori Roth $500.00
311. Aaron P. Rucker $737.31
312. Chase A Russell $790.98
313. David A. Russell, Jr. $300.38
314. Melissa Russell $500.00
315. Sylvia Sager $500.00
316. Zachary Sallade and Rachel Sallade $500.00
317. Melissa Sampson $327.61
318. Brenden Sarber and Hailey Sarber $197.09
319. Brennan Sarver and Molly Brumfield $372.87
320. Glen Micka Satterfield $269.41
321. Samantha Scarneo-Miller $291.00
322. George L. Schaefer, Jr. and Kim Schaefer $1,000.00
323. Samuel Schultz $1,386.94
324. Sharon Scott and Donovan Cutlip $500.00
325. Daniel E. Seckman and Tamara L. Seckman $181.90
326. Lauren Seggie and Maxx Biddle. $500.00
327. Kimberly Self and Todd Minkos $151.85
328. Philip Demitrius Serevicz $478.10
329. Stephanie Sheline $100.00
330. Sally Shepherd and Walton Shepherd $1,000.00
331. Troy Shepherd $1,000.00
332. Andrew S. Shiflett and Edward S. Shiflett $500.00
333. Anthony Shillingburg and Sarah Shillingburg $1,000.00
334. Patsy A. Shinault $225.92
335. Jerry Shoemaker and Joanna Shoemaker $180.83
336. Jo Ann Shorac $250.00
337. Robert Shrader $301.74
338. Subodh Solar Shrestha $350.00
339. William Shuff III and Theresa Shuff $1,000.00
340. Rachael Siders $100.00
341. Mary Carolyn Sisler $183.23
342. Terry W. Sizemore $138.07
343. Edward W. Sloan $500.00
344. Andrew Smallridge $1,564.42
345. Alec T. Smith $356.44
346. Braxton Smith and Clarence Smith, Jr. $379.69
347. Douglas A. Smith $250.00
348. Michael P. Smith $674.69
349. Ray A. Smith and V. Christine Smith $5,000.00
350. Sinjin Smith and Paul Smith $118.87
351. William M. Smith, Jr. $1,000.00
352. Mark E. Snapp $250.00
353. Julio Solares $685.25
354. Source Contractors, LLC $220,791.27
355. Bethany Sowards and Joshua Sowards $711.81
356. Shafic Sraj $270.30
357. Robert E. Stahl $411.15
358. Jonathan C. Stalnaker and April D. Stalnaker $240.75
359. Sean Stanley $352.77
360. Sean M. Stanley $336.34
361. Sherry Smith Stanley $296.01
362. Miranda Stark $1,041.75
363. Deborah Starks $108.06
364. Taylor Stephenson $137.46
365. Jeremy Stewart $500.00
366. Ted Stilgenbauer and Johnna Stilgenbauer $224.60
367. Ted Stilgenbauer and Johnna Stilgenbauer $170.13
368. Gina Stoffer and Timothy Stoffer $169.60
369. Edward A. Stone and Alice Stone $1,000.00
370. Bill J. Stout $258.13
371. Jared Stout $500.00
372. Tanya M. Stricklin $500.00
373. John J. Sullivan $1,128.88
374. James Drew Summers $500.00
375. Kandus H. Sumpter $194.20
376. Jessica L. Suriano $500.00
377. Rachel Sviantek $899.99
378. Bruce L. Swanson and Linda S. Swanson $383.66
379. Thomas Sykes and Caitlin Sykes $328.59
380. Erdinc Tanriverdiler $503.13
381. Jordan Terry $156.00
382. Mia Terry and Shellie Terry $1,000.00
383. Jerrid Thomas $342.12
384. Sara D. Thomas $211.95
385. Zachariah Thomas $500.00
386. Jeanessa Thompson $500.00
387. Kerry S. Thompson $668.39
388. Clara L. Thorne $115.56
389. Rachel Tolley and Jamie Tolley $250.00
390. Robin Tomaselli $250.00
391. Marilyn S. Tompa $416.10
392. Amy Beth Toothman and Ryan Allen Toothman $500.00
393. Union Oil and Gas, Inc. $7,647.36
394. Michael R. Urban $415.16
395. James W. Vance, Jr. $500.00
396. Stephanie VanDerheyden $2,640.00
397. Laura Via $176.12
398. Kalee Vincent $369.00
399. Glenna Elaine Wagner $98.98
400. Ernst J. Wahl $764.20
401. Jason Walker $120.84
402. Peggy Watson $217.88
403. Lesley R. Weiss $1,933.43
404. Adam T. West $214.51
405. Dustin L. Whitt $170.89
406. Joseph Whittington and Nikki Whittington $500.00
407. Jonathan Wileman $500.00
408. Kylie A. Williams $243.36
409. April Williamson $250.00
410. Cathy E. Wilson $99.14
411. Amy Wirts $289.24
412. Leslie L. Wolfe and William J. Wolfe $447.86
413. Brenda Kay Wooten $418.34
414. David G. Yeater $140.00
415. Howard F. Yost, Jr. $462.30
416. Eric Young and Elijah Young $500.00
417. Eric J. Young $500.00
418. John H. Zickefoose $259.49

6. Claim against the Department of Health, Office of the Chief Medical Examiner:

(TO BE PAID FROM GENERAL REVENUE FUND)

1. West Virginia Association of Rehabilitation Facilities $13,876.80

(g) Claims against Department of Administration, Office of Technology:

           (TO BE PAID FROM SPECIAL REVENUE FUND)

(1) Ricoh USA, Inc. $121,010.48

(2) Ricoh USA, Inc. $78,642.30

7. Claims against the West Virginia Developmental Disabilities Council

(TO BE PAID FROM THE GENERAL REVENUE FUND)

(1) West Virginia Association of Rehabilitation Facilities ……………………$4,467.35

The Legislature finds that the above moral obligations and the appropriations made in satisfaction thereof shall be the full compensation for all claimants and that prior to the payments to any claimant provided in this bill, the Legislative Claims Commission shall receive a release from said claimant releasing any and all claims for moral obligations arising from the matters considered by the Legislature in the finding of the moral obligations and the making of the appropriations for said claimant. The Legislative Claims Commission shall deliver all releases obtained from claimants to the department against which the claim was allowed.