Member's Press Release
Release Date: 02/16/2017
Contact: Jacque Bland at (304) 590-4678
Senate
Senate Calendar and Committee Schedule for Friday, February 17, 2017
Friday, February 17, 2017
The Senate will convene at 11 a.m. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
SCR 16: Urging WV congressional delegation require DHHR renegotiate state Medicaid expansion contracts THIRD READING
Com. Sub. for SB 127: Authorizing Department of Revenue to promulgate legislative rules (original similar to HB 2230)Eng. SB 174: Exempting transportation of household goods from PSC jurisdiction Com. Sub. for SB 230: Relating to WV officials carrying concealed firearm nationwide Com. Sub. for SB 233: Excluding from protection oral communications uttered in child care center under Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance Act (original similar to HB 2505)SECOND READING
Com. Sub. for SB 116: Governor's Committee on Crime, Delinquency and Correction rule relating to law-enforcement training and certification standards (original similar to HB 2252) SB 172: Eliminating salary for Water Development Authority board members SB 215: Allowing county commissions authority to amend proposed rates, fees and charges proposed by public service districts Com. Sub. for SB 247: Authorizing prosecuting attorney designate and deliver grand jury records for investigative purposes Com. Sub. for SB 248: Clarifying composition and chairmanship of Commission on Special Investigations FIRST READING
Com. Sub. for SB 134: Authorizing Bureau of Commerce to promulgate legislative rules (original similar to HB 2231) Com. Sub. for SB 202: Relating to pawnbrokers generally (original similar to HB 2452) Com. Sub. for SB 249: Relating to information required in abstract of judgment Scheduled Committee Meetings
9:00 a.m.: Judiciary (208W) SB 236: Relating to damages for medical monitoring SB 240: Creating crime of distribution of sexual images SB 320: Creating Appropriation Supremacy Act of 2017 9:30 a.m.: Confirmations (451M)
Interviews
For Member, West Virginia Board of Education Barbara Whitecotton, for the term ending November 4, 2024. For Member, West Virginia Board of Education, Miller Hall, for the term ending November 4, 2019. For Member, West Virginia Board of Education, David G. Perry, for the term ending November 4, 2020. For Member, West Virginia Board of Education, Harold L. Hatfield, Jr., for the term ending November 4, 2025. For Secretary, Department of Education and the Arts, Gayle C. Manchin, to serve at the will and pleasure of the Governor. For Member, West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine Board of Governors, Cheryl Schreiber, for the term ending June 30, 2020. For Member, West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine Board of Governors, David Rader, for the term ending June 30, 2019.
1 p.m.: Select Committee on Tax Reform (451M)
Presentation: Ted Boettner, Executive Director of the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy Presentation: John Deskins, Ph.D., Director of the Bureau of Business and Economic Research and Associate Professor at the West Virginia University College of Business and Economics. Senate Bills to be Introduced Friday, February 17, 2017
SB 340: Creating offer of settlement SB 341: Establishing WV business growth in low-income communities tax credit SB 342: Providing compensation to victims of abusive lawsuits SB 343: Prohibiting transportation network company drivers from soliciting rides or occupying designated cab stands SB 344: Relating to application of payments on consumer credit sale and loans SB 345: Allowing hunting and trapping on Sundays SB 346: Relating generally to jurisdiction of PSC over motor carriers SB 347: Relating to modernization of Physician Assistant Practice Act SB 348: Relating to parking along state highways SB 349: Repealing outdated code related to Department of Corrections SCR 17: John Hancock Hall Memorial Bridge Committee Action on Bills from Thursday, February 16, 2017
Health and Human Resources
SB 40: Requiring inclusion of protocols for response to after-school emergencies in school crisis response plans Passed; to Finance
SB 187: Providing for confidentiality of patients' medical records Passed; to Judiciary
SB 188: Correcting definition of "telehealth" in medication-assisted treatment programs Passed; to be reported to the floor
SB 37: Raising legal age for purchase of tobacco, alternative nicotine and vapor products to 21 Passed; to Finance
Energy, Industry and Mining
SB 106: DEP rule relating to various permits Passed; to Judiciary
SB 110: DEP rule relating to emission standards for hazardous air pollutants Passed; to Judiciary
SB 111: DEP rule relating to ambient air quality standards Passed; to Judiciary
SB 112: DEP rule relating to voluntary remediation and redevelopment Passed; to Judiciary
SB 113: DEP rule relating to awarding of matching grants for local litter control Passed; to Judiciary
Education
SB 200: Increasing high-quality educational opportunities within public school system Passed; to be reported to the floor
SB 18: Requiring ACT and ACT Aspire to be used as comprehensive statewide student assessmentGovernment Organization
SB 182: Providing procedures that prevent disqualifying low bids for government construction contracts due to document technicalities Passed; to be reported to the floor
SB 48: Including rebuttable presumptions in certain cases for firefighters with regard to workers' compensation Referred to Gov Org Public Safety Subcommittee (Chairman Boso, R-Nicholas; Senator Sypolt, R-Preston; Senator Jeffries, D-Putnam)
SB 74: Allowing fire departments to charge fees for service calls Referred to Gov Org Public Safety Subcommittee
SB 228: Relating to workers compensation disability and death benefits Referred to Gov Org Public Safety Subcommittee
SB 241: Creating WV Volunteer Fire and Rescue Act of 2017 Referred to Gov Org Public Safety Subcommittee
SB 328: Allowing surcharge for certain fire-related cleanup and demolition Referred to Gov Org Public Safety Subcommittee Judiciary
SB 222: Relating to disqualification for unemployment benefits Passed; to be reported to the floor
SB 330: Relating to the WV Workplace Freedom Act Passed; to be reported to the floor
** Committee times and agendas are subject to change
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