Member's Press Release
Release Date: 04/04/2017
Contact: Jacque Bland at (304) 590-4678
Senate Calendar and Committee Schedule for Tuesday, April 4, 2017
Tuesday, April 4, 2017 – 56th Day of Session
The Senate will convene at 11 a.m.
RESOLUTIONS
SCR 54: Requesting study of allowing teachers to post online schedule of calendar of activities
SCR 55: Requesting study on ways and methods of generating revenue to complete I-73 and I-74
SCR 56: Requesting study of creation and role of WV Motorsports Commission
SCR 57: Requesting study of feasibility of repurposing, renovating or disposing of vacated school buildings
SCR 58: Requesting study on benefits of using nonemployees to improve state parks or forests
SCR 59: Requesting study of allowing WV Disaster Recovery Board restore access to private property following natural disaster
SR 67: Declaring January 26 of each year Danny Heater Day
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
SCR 53: US Army SGT Benny Fleming Memorial Bridge
THIRD READING
Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 304: Appropriating expiring funds from State Fund, General Revenue to DHHR (original similar to HB 3103)
Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 476: Expiring funds from Revenue Shortfall Reserve Fund to General Revenue (original similar to HB 2801)
Eng. SB 694: Expiring funds to unappropriated surplus balance in General Revenue fund to Department of Administration
Eng. HB 2188: Extending the length of time for the special Community-Based Pilot Demonstration Project to Improve Outcomes for At-Risk Youth
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2364: Prohibiting electioneering within or near early voting locations during early voting periods (Com. title amend. pending)
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2404: Barring persons who are convicted of certain criminal offenses from acquiring property from their victims
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2479: Uniform Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act (Com. title amend. pending)
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2509: Relating to the practice of telemedicine (Com. title amend. pending)
Eng. HB 2518: Creating a legislative rule to permit a pharmacist or pharmacy intern to administer certain immunizations
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2519: Medicaid program compact (Com. title amend. pending)
Eng. HB 2522: Nurse licensure compact
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2526: Classifying additional drugs to Schedules I, II, IV and V of controlled substances
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2586: Relating to required minimum distribution of retirement benefits of plans administered by the Consolidated Public Retirement Board (original similar to SB 355)
Eng. HB 2653: Extending the Multi State Real-Time Tracking System
Eng. HB 2706: Authorizing legislative rules regarding higher education
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2731: Clarifying civil actions heard in circuit court (Com. title amend. pending) (original similar to SB 454)
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2739: Relating to supplemental Medicaid provider reimbursement
Eng. HB 2796: Relating to the West Virginia National Guard entering into contracts and subcontracts for specialized technical services (original similar to SB 502)
Eng. HB 2856: Declaring public policy and legislative intent for improving the marketing, quality and frequency of passenger rail service of the Cardinal Passenger Train (Com. title amend. pending)
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2948: Establishing timelines for taking final action on certain permits
SECOND READING
Com. Sub. for SB 199: Budget Bill
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2006: Increasing the penalties for violating the Whistle-blower Law
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2083: Increasing the felony criminal penalties for exposing children to methamphetamine manufacturing: (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
Eng. HB 2119: Repealing West Virginia Health Benefit Exchange Act
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2219: Authorizing miscellaneous boards and agencies to promulgate legislative rules: (Com. amend. pending) (original similar to SB 84)
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2303: Increasing criminal penalties for littering: (Com. amend. pending)
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2319: Relating to candidates or candidate committees for legislative office disclosing contributions: (Com. title amend. pending) (original similar to SB 8)
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2367: Establishing a criminal offense of organized retail crime: (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2373: Authorizing school bus drivers trained in administration of epinephrine auto-injectors to administer auto-injectors: (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
Eng. HB 2427: Requiring agencies listed in the online state phone directory to update certain employee information (original similar to SB 267)
Eng. HB 2446: Relating to the requirement that all executive branch agencies maintain a website that contains specific information (Com. amend. pending) (original similar to SB 269)
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2453: Expanding the list of persons the Commissioner of Agriculture may license to grow or cultivate industrial hemp
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 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
Eng. HB 2548: Relating to the use of outside speakers by persons licensed to manufacture, sell, possess for sale, transport or distribute nonintoxicating beer (original similar to HB 2888)
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2555: Relating to tax credits for apprenticeship training in construction trades (Com. amends. and title amend. pending) (original similar to SB 191)
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2619: Risk Management and Own Risk and Solvency Assessment Act (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2676: Transferring the Security office under the Division of Culture and History to the Division of Protective Services
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2683: Relating to West Virginia Insurance Guaranty Association Act (original similar to SB 434)
Eng. Com. Sub. for 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
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2734: Authorizing a method for the collection and remittance of property taxes related to dealers’ heavy equipment inventory (Com. amends. pending) (original similar to SB 603)
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2767: Authorizing the Secretary of State to transmit electronic versions of undeliverable mail to the circuit clerks (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2898: Authorizing the Joint Committee on Government and Finance to request and obtain criminal background checks of employees of the Legislature
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2939: Relating to the sale of items in the State Police Academy post exchange to the public (original similar to SB 570, SB 665)
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2949: Exempting specified Division of Natural Resources’ contracts for some replacement, repair or design for repairs to facilities from review and approval requirements
Eng. HB 2963: Eliminating tax lien waiver requirement for estates of nonresidents (original similar to SB 594)
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2980: Relating to civil lawsuit filing fees for multiple defendant civil action (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
FIRST READING
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2129: Relating to the powers and authority of state and local law enforcement to enforce underage drinking laws at private clubs (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2195: Relating to requiring comprehensive drug awareness and prevention program in all public schools
Eng. HB 2348: Eliminating any requirement that class hours of students be consecutive
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2402: Relating to abandoned antique vehicles (Com. amends. pending) (original similar to HB 2445, SB 382)
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2494: Providing that statewide school report cards are only to be made available to custodial parents and guardians of students upon request (Com. title amend. pending)
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2503: Relating to the rulemaking authority for Board of Osteopathic Medicine
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2546: Allowing replacement costs of employer provided property to be deducted from an employee’s final paycheck if the property is not returned (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2579: Increasing the penalties for transporting controlled substances (Com. amend. and title amend. pending) (original similar to HB 2448, HB 2602)
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2585: Creating felony crime of conducting financial transactions involving proceeds of criminal activity (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2589: Permitting students who are homeschooled or attend private schools to enroll and take classes at the county’s vocational school (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2603: Relating to municipal policemen’s or firemen’s pension and relief funds that are funded at one hundred and twenty-five percent or more
Eng. HB 2628: Relating generally to the powers and duties of the Board of Medicine and the Board of Osteopathic Medicine (Com. amend. and title amend. pending) (original similar to HB 2423, HB 2630)
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2631: Relating to time standards for disposition of complaint proceedings
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2646: Terminating the Women’s Commission and discontinue its functions (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
Eng. HB 2691: Allowing a person who is qualified by training to be a barber and a cosmetologist to elect to practice solely as a barber
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2702: Relating to excused absences for personal illness from school (Com. amends. and title amend. pending)
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2709: Authorizing the City of South Charleston to levy a special district excise tax (original similar to SB 565)
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2771: Relating to temporary teaching certificates for Armed Forces spouses (Com. amend. pending)
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2792: Requiring the Library Commission to survey the libraries of the state
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2797: Codifying statutory immunity for government agencies and officials from actions of third-parties using documents or records
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2805: Finding and declaring certain claims against the state and its agencies to be moral obligations of the state (Com. amends. pending)
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2815: Relating to higher education governance: (Com. amends. and title amend. pending)
Eng. HB 2833: Specifying the contents and categories of information for inclusion in annual reports
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2839: Updating the procedures for legislative review of departments and licensing boards
Eng. HB 2869: Providing for paid leave for certain state officers and employees during a declared state of emergency (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2897: Raising the amount required for competitive bidding of construction contracts by the state and its subdivisions (Com. amends. pending)
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2941: Requiring the Commissioner of the Division of Highways to utilize the Attorney General for all legal assistance and services
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2961: Relating generally to charitable bingo games and charitable raffles (Com. title amend. pending) (original similar to SB625)
Eng. HB 2962: Enlarging the authority of the Tax Commissioner to perform background investigations of employees and contractors (Com. amend. pending) (original similar to SB 598)
Eng. HB 2967: Relating generally to administration of estates and trusts (Com. amends. pending)
Eng. HB 3022: Relating to the reporting of fraud, misappropriation of moneys, and other violations of law to the commission on special investigations
Eng. HB 3037: Removing the Division of Energy as an independent agency (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 3048: Relating to collection of Tier II fees for chemical inventories (Com. title amend. pending) (original similar to SB 629)
Eng. HB 3053: Relating to motor vehicle lighting
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 3080: Requiring instruction in the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution (Com. amend. pending)
Scheduled Committee Meetings
9:30 a.m.: Finance (451M)
Committee Substitute for HB 2552: Increasing the pet food registration fee and directing that the additional money be deposited into the West Virginia Spay Neuter Assistance Fund
Committee Substitute for HB 2720: Allowing the School Building Authority to transfer funds allocated into the School Construction Fund
10 a.m.: Transportation and Infrastructure (451M)
Concurrent Resolutions
SCR 33: US Army Ranger SGT Richard E. Arden Memorial Bridge
SCR 42: Five Champ Brothers Bridge
SCR 49: Erecting signs in Kanawha County declaring Home of Ralph Maddox 1980 NHPA Hall of Fame
HCR 13: U.S. Army SSG Brian Curtis Rogers Bridge
HCR 20: U.S. Army PVT James Earl Pelfrey Memorial Bridge
HCR 22: U.S. Air Force MSgt Johnny Baxter Clark and U.S. Air Force MSgt Carl Richard (Dick) Clark Memorial Bridge
HCR 25: U.S. Army PVT Charles E. Ellis and U.S. Army PVT Ira V. Ellis Memorial Bridge
HCR 36: U.S. Army PFC John Ira Pinkerman Memorial Bridge
HCR 49: U.S. Army PFC Donald Ray Cochran Memorial Bridge
HCR 51: “Toby" Runyon Memorial Bridge
HCR 54: U.S. Army PVT Preston D. Vanscoy Memorial Bridge
HCR 60: William "Bill" R. VanGilder Memorial Bridge
HCR 82: U.S. Marine Sergeant David Paul McCord Memorial Bridge
HCR 5: U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Frederick Burdett Warder Memorial Bridge
HCR 8: Dr. Roy and Marian Eshenaur Bridge
HCR 10: John Cameron Brown Bridge
HCR 24: SGT. Eugene Arbogast Memorial Bridge
HCR 27: U.S. Army 1LT Patricia Simon Bridge
HB2694: Relating to the development and implementation of a program to facilitate commercial sponsorship of rest areas
HB3064: Allowing vehicles of a size and weight exceeding certain specification to operate over specified routes
2 p.m.: Government Organization (208W)
HB 2004: Creating and maintaining a centralized state vehicle inventory system
HB 3093: Establishing Broadband Enhancement and Expansion Policies
HB 2724: Relating to creating a pilot program under the Herbert Henderson Office of Minority Affairs
HB 2554: West Virginia Contractor Licensing Act
2 p.m.: Education (451M)
HB 2711: Abolishing regional educational service agencies and providing for the transfer of property and records
HB 2637: Relating to employment of retired teachers and prospective employable professional personnel in areas of critical need and shortage
HB 2651: Relating generally to standardized testing requirements for nonpublic schools
HB 2799: Prohibiting the superintendent of schools from requiring a physical examination to be included to the application for a minor’s work permit
HB 2887: Relating to retirement and separation incentives
HB 3095: Allowing retired teachers to be employed by a higher education institution
HB 3061: Encouraging mastery-based education through the Innovation In Schools program
HB 2571: Developing a resource for use by parents to monitor and track deaf and hard-of-hearing children’s expressive and receptive language acquisition
SCR 66: Sustainability of the state’s current system of higher education
3 p.m.: Judiciary (208W)
HB 2857: West Virginia Safer Workplaces Act
HB 2930: Allowing powerball, hot lotto, and mega millions winners to remain anonymous
HB 2916: Authorizing certain first responders to carry firearms
HB 3018: Adding definition of correctional employee to the list of persons against whom an assault is a felony
HB 2850: Relating to product liability actions
HB 2359: Relating to offenses and penalties for practicing osteopathic medicine without a license
HB 2620: West Virginia Drug Overdose Monitoring Act
HB 2781: Requiring a person desiring to vote to present documentation identifying the voter to one of the poll clerks
HB 2675: Relating to primary elections and nominating procedures
Committee Action on Bills from Monday, April 3, 2017
9 a.m.: Government Organization Subcommittee for HB 2109
HB 2109: Relating to the West Virginia Land Reuse Agency Authorization Act
9:30 a.m.: Judiciary
HB 2797: Codifying statutory immunity for government agencies and officials from actions of third-parties using documents or records
Passed; to be reported to the floor
HB 2579: Increasing the penalties for transporting controlled substances
Passed; to be reported to the floor
HB 2129: Relating to the powers and authority of state and local law enforcement to enforce underage drinking laws at private clubs
Passed; to be reported to the floor
HB 3022: Relating to the reporting of fraud, misappropriation of moneys, and other violations of law to the commission on special investigations
Passed; to be reported to the floor
9:30 a.m.: Finance
Committee Substitute for HB 2603: Relating to municipal policemen or firemen pension and relief funds that are funded at one hundred and twenty-five percent or more
Passed; to be reported to the floor
Committee Substitute for HB 2805: Finding and declaring certain claims against the state and its agencies to be moral obligations of the state
Passed; to be reported to the floor
Committee Substitute for HB 2961: Relating generally to charitable bingo games and charitable raffles
Passed; to be reported to the floor
Committee Substitute HB 3048: Relating to collection of Tier II fees for chemical inventories
Passed; to be reported to the floor
1 p.m.: Government Organization
HB 2691: Allowing a person who is qualified by training to be a barber and a cosmetologist to elect to practice solely as a barber
Passed; to be reported to the floor
HB 2725: Restricting the authority of the Board of Barbers and Cosmetologists to regulate the use of commonly available, retail beauty products
Bill is rejected; will not be reported to the floor
HB 2348: Eliminating any requirement that class hours of students be consecutive
Passed; to be reported to the floor
HB 2631: Relating to time standards for disposition of complaint proceedings
Passed; to be reported to the floor
HB 2833: Specifying the contents and categories of information for inclusion in annual reports
Passed; to be reported to the floor
HB 2515: West Virginia Monument and Memorial Protection Act of 2017
Bill has been assigned to subcommittee for further action
2 p.m.: Finance
Committee Substitute for HB 2709: Authorizing the City of South Charleston to levy a special district excise tax
Passed; to be reported to the floor
Committee Substitute for HB 2601: Relating to municipal policemens or municipal firemens pension and relief funds
Passed; to be reported to the floor
Committee Substitute for SB 199: Budget Bill
Passed; to be reported to the floor
2:30 p.m.: Judiciary
HB 2585: Creating felony crime of conducting financial transactions involving proceeds of criminal activity
Passed; to be reported to the floor
HB 2675: Relating to primary elections and nominating procedures
No action taken; bill is laid over to 4/4
HB 3030: Relating to appeals as a matter of right in the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Passed; to be reported to the floor
HB 2546: Allowing replacement costs of employer provided property to be deducted from an employee’s final paycheck if the property is not returned
Passed; to be reported to the floor
HB 2857: West Virginia Safer Workplaces Act
No action taken; bill is laid over to 4/4
HB 2930: Allowing powerball, hot lotto, and mega millions winners to remain anonymous
No action taken
Bills that Have Passed the Senate as of Monday, April 3 2017
Bills Passed the Senate
Completed Legislation (54 – 19 House, 35 Senate)
Completed Legislation
Signed Bills (17)
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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