Member's Press Release
Release Date: 03/30/2017
Contact: Jacque Bland at (304) 590-4678
Senate
Senate Calendar and Committee Schedule for Thursday, March 30, 2017
Thursday, March 30, 2017 – 51st Day of Session
The Senate will convene at 11 a.m.
RESOLUTIONS
SR 62: Designating March 30, 2017, as Marshall University Day
SR 63: Congratulating Wyoming East High School golf team for winning 2016 Class AA state championship
SR 64: Congratulating Herbert High School boys' basketball team for outstanding athletic achievement
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
SCR 49: Erecting signs in Kanawha County declaring Home of Ralph Maddox 1980 NHPA Hall of Fame
THIRD READING
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2459: Relating to regulation of health care and the certificate of need process
SECOND READING
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2679: Relating to the possession of firearms in parks and park facilities (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2721: Removing the cost limitation on projects completed by the Division of Highways
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2722: Eliminating the financial limitations on utilizing the design-build program for highway construction
Eng. HB 3106: Relating to increasing the number of limited video lottery terminals
FIRST READING
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2329: Prohibiting the production, manufacture or possession of fentanyl (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
Eng. HB 2878: Increasing amount of authorized Federal Grant Anticipation Notes for which Division of Highways may apply
Scheduled Committee Meetings
8:30: Banking and Insurance (451M)
HB 2471: Relating to insurance coverage for breast cancer screening
9 a.m.: Judiciary (208W)
HB 2509: Relating to the practice of telemedicine
HB 2219: Authorizing miscellaneous boards and agencies to promulgate legislative rules
HB 2526: Classifying additional drugs to Schedules I, II, IV and V of controlled substances
HB 2303: Increasing criminal penalties for littering
HB 2404: Barring persons who are convicted of certain criminal offenses from acquiring property from their victims
HB 2364: Prohibiting electioneering within or near early voting locations during early voting periods
HB 3030: Relating to appeals as a matter of right in the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
HB 2546: Allowing replacement costs of employer provided property to be deducted from an employee’s final paycheck if the property is not returned
HB 2479: Uniform Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act
9:30 a.m.: Finance (451M)
Committee Substitute for House Bill 2475: Authorizing the Tax Commissioner to collect tax, interest and penalties due and owing from payments to vendors and contractors from the Auditor and other state, county, district or municipal officers and agents
Committee Substitute for House Bill 2555: Relating to tax credits for apprenticeship training in construction trades
House Bill 2856: Declaring public policy and legislative intent for improving the marketing, quality and frequency of passenger rail service of the Cardinal Passenger Train
Committee Substitute for House Bill 2586: Relating to required minimum distribution of retirement benefits of plans administered by the Consolidated Public Retirement Board
Committee Substitute for House Bill 2709: Authorizing the City of South Charleston to levy a special district excise tax
1 p.m.: Energy, Industry and Mining (208W)
Agenda TBA
1 p.m.: Health and Human Resources (451M)
HB 2522: Nurse licensure compact
HB 2724: Relating to creating a pilot program under the Herbert Henderson Office of Minority Affairs
HB 2002: Relating to parental notification of abortions performed on unemancipated minors
HB 2518: Creating a legislative rule to permit a pharmacist or pharmacy intern to administer certain immunizations
HB 2653: Extending the Multi State Real-Time Tracking System
HB 2739: Relating to supplemental Medicaid provider reimbursement
HB 2519: Medicaid program compact
HB 2119: Repealing West Virginia Health Benefit Exchange Act
HB 2188: Extending the length of time for the special Community-Based Pilot Demonstration Project to Improve Outcomes for At-Risk Youth
2 p.m.: Government Organization (208W)
HB 2796: Relating to the West Virginia National Guard entering into contracts and subcontracts for specialized technical services
HB 2767: Authorizing the Secretary of State to transmit electronic versions of undeliverable mail to the circuit clerks
HB 2427: Requiring agencies listed in the online state phone directory to update certain employee information
HB 2446: Relating to the requirement that all executive branch agencies maintain a website that contains specific information
HB 2676: Transferring the Security office under the Division of Culture and History to the Division of Protective Services
HB 2939: Relating to the sale of items in the State Police Academy post exchange to the public
HB 2208: Authorizing counties and municipalities to establish a joint airport hazard comprehensive plan
HB 2949: Exempting specified Division of Natural Resources’ contracts for some replacement, repair or design for repairs to facilities from review and approval requirements
HB 2948: Establishing timelines for taking final action on certain permits
2 p.m. Education (451M)
Agenda TBA
3 p.m.: Judiciary (208W)
HB 2675: Relating to primary elections and nominating procedures
HB 2683: Relating to West Virginia Insurance Guaranty Association Act
HB 2619: Risk Management and Own Risk and Solvency Assessment Act
HB 2731: Clarifying civil actions heard in circuit court
HB 2319: Relating to candidates or candidate committees for legislative office disclosing contributions
HB 2373: Authorizing school bus drivers trained in administration of epinephrine auto-injectors to administer auto-injectors
HB 2726: Authorizing home incarceration officers to arrest participants for violating the terms and conditions of his or her supervision with or without a court order
HB 2083: Increasing the felony criminal penalties for exposing children to methamphetamine manufacturing
HB 2585: Creating felony crime of conducting financial transactions involving proceeds of criminal activity
HB 2367: Establishing a criminal offense of organized retail crime
HB 2548: Relating to the use of outside speakers by persons licensed to manufacture, sell, possess for sale, transport or distribute nonintoxicating beer
3 p.m. Finance (451M)
• Agenda TBA
Committee Action on Bills from Wednesday, March 29, 2017
8:30 a.m.: Transportation & Infrastructure
Senate Concurrent Resolutions
SCR 13: US Army CPL James Russell Carter Memorial Road
SCR 24: US Army PFC Joe Messe, Sr., Memorial Bridge
SCR 31: US Navy BT2 Mark Edward Hutchison Memorial Bridge
SCR 32: US Army SGT Denver E. Short Memorial Road
SCR 39: US Army PFC Kelva H. Justice Memorial Road
SCR 41: US Army PV2 Mandvial S. "Bunker" Bias Memorial Bridge
SCR 43: Eugene Lee "Gene" Burner Memorial Bridge
SCR 44: Tug Valley Students Memorial Bridge
SCR 45: Home of Anna Lindquist, 1996 NHSPA Hall of Fame Inductee highway sign
HCR 83: U.S. Army SPC John R. Tennant Memorial Bridge
SCR 23: Johnny O'Dell Linville Memorial Bridge
SCR 26: US Marine Corps SSG Beecher J. Rhoades Memorial Bridge
SCR 46: Requesting study on consumer complaints regarding safety of aftermarket crash parts
All resolutions passed; to be reported to the floor
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2180: Authorizing the issuance of special "In God We Trust" motor vehicle registration plates
Passed; to be reported to the floor
Bills that Have Passed the Senate as of Wednesday, March 29, 2017 (267)
Bills Passed the Senate
Completed Legislation (23 – 15 House, 8 Senate)
Completed Legislation
Signed Bills (12)
Signed Bills
Vetoed (1)
SB 330: Relating to WV Workplace Freedom Act (Vetoed 3/28)
** Committee times and agendas are subject to change **
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