State Senate

Wednesday, January 10, 2018 – 1st Day of Session

The Senate will convene at noon. The State of the State address begins at 7 p.m. in the House Chamber. The Senate will reassemble 15 minutes prior to the State of the State to proceed to the House Chamber. Upon conclusion of the State of the State, the Senate will reconvene to receive the Governor’s Budget Bill.

Scheduled Committee Meetings

9 a.m.: Joint Finance Committee (House Chamber)

• WVU Economic Outlook

1 p.m.: Economic Development (208W)

• Organizational Meeting

2 p.m.: Agriculture and Rural Development (208W)

• Organizational Meeting

2 p.m.: Pensions (451M)

• Organizational Meeting

3 p.m.: Judiciary (208W)

• Organizational Meeting

3 p.m.: Finance (208W)

• Organizational Meeting

Senate Bills to be Introduced Wednesday, January 10, 2018

• SB 1: Relating to partial filling of prescriptions (Weld; Health and Human Resources then Judiciary)
• SB 2: Reducing use of opiates (Trump; Health & Human Resources then Judiciary)
• SB 3: Relating to venue for certain claims against state (FN) (Trump; Judiciary)
• SB 4: Establishing Mental Health and Military Service Member Court program (FN) (Weld; Judiciary then Finance)
• SB 5: Relating to Medicaid fraud and abuse (Trump; Health & Human Resources then Judiciary)
• SB 6: Establishing education savings accounts for WV students (FN) (Maynard; Education then Finance)
• SB 7: Requiring employee to provide written notice to employer of nonpayment of wages (Trump; Judiciary)
• SB 8: Permitting county boards of education to base certain workforce decisions on individual's qualifications (Gaunch; Education)
• SB 9: Directing certain school funding to assist county boards with exceptional students with special needs (FN) (Trump; Education then Finance)
• SB 10: Relating generally to PSC jurisdiction (Sypolt, Clements, Rucker, Smith; Government Organization)
• SB 11: Relating generally to traumatic brain injury (Stollings; Health & Human Resources then Education)
• SB 12: Creating 5-year tax credits for businesses on post-coal mine sites (FN) (Stollings; Economic Development then Finance)
• SB 13: Raising age to purchase tobacco and related products to 21 (FN) (Stollings; Judiciary then Finance)
• SB 14: Permitting guided bear hunting (Maynard; Natural Resources then Judiciary)
• SB 15: Including nurses employed by nursing homes in WV Nurse Overtime and Patient Safety Act (Ojeda; Health & Human Resources then Finance)
• SB 16: Increasing penalties for shoplifting (Ojeda; Judiciary)
• SB 17: Permitting certain ABCC appointees or employees to carry firearms (FN) (Ojeda; Government Organization then Judiciary)
• SB 18: Relating generally to hiring of DOC and RJCFA correctional officers (FN) (Ojeda; Government Organization then Finance)
• SB 19: Requiring teachers to post online calendar of class activities (Maynard; Education)
• SB 20: Requiring election of State BOE members (Maynard; Education then Government Organization)
• SB 21: Requiring DMV create special registration plates for full-size special purpose off-road vehicles (FN) (Maynard; Transportation & Infrastructure then Finance)
• SB 22: Adjusting tax on electric-generating capacity of wind turbines (FN) (Maynard; Tax Reform then Finance)
• SB 23: Relating generally to towing services and PSC jurisdiction (Maynard; Transportation & Infrastructure then Government Organization)
• SB 24: Requiring DNR study use of nonemployee workforce to perform improvements (Maynard; Natural Resources then Government Organization)
• SB 25: Prohibiting doctors and lawyers from filing fraudulent disability claims (Maynard; Health & Human Resources then Judiciary)
• SB 26: Authorizing WV Disaster Recovery Board to restore access to property affected by natural or manmade disaster (Maynard; Government Organization then Finance)
• SB 27: Relating generally to School Building Authority's disbursement of funds (Maynard; Education then Finance)
• SB 28: Relating to hiring of school personnel (FN) (Maynard; Education then Finance)
• SB 29: Requiring school counselors to advise graduating students on availability of student aid (Maynard; Education)
• SB 30: Relating generally to hunting with dogs (Maynard; Natural Resources then Judiciary)
• SB 31: Providing special obligation notes to finance completion of I-73 and I-74 in WV (Maynard; Transportation & Infrastructure then Finance)
• SB 32: Creating grant fund to encourage film and entertainment production in WV (FN) (Maynard; Economic Development then Finance)
• SB 33: Creating WV Race Relations Committee (Maynard; Government Organization)
• SB 34: Removing requirement that reconstructed vehicle be inspected prior to titling in certain cases (Maynard; Transportation & Infrastructure then Judiciary)
• SB 35: Requiring presuit mediation for certain civil actions (FN) (Woelfel; Judiciary)
• SB 36: Relating generally to DNA testing (FN) (Woelfel; Health & Human Resources then Judiciary)
• SB 37: Equalizing penalty for entering without breaking regardless of time of day (FN) (Woelfel; Judiciary)
• SB 38: Allowing county commissions to set standards for certain county road projects (Maynard; Transportation & Infrastructure then Government Organization)
• SB 39: Creating Sexual Assault Victims' Bill of Rights (FN) (Woelfel; Judiciary)
• SB 40: Requiring certain election expenditure disclosures (Romano; Government Organization then Judiciary)
• SB 41: Increasing time school counselors spend on direct counseling (Woelfel; Education)
• SB 42: Restoring one-percent surcharge on fire and casualty insurance policies to fund volunteer fire departments (Romano; Government Organization then Finance)
• SB 43: Authorizing DOH or local authorities establish minimum speed limits in certain areas (Cline; Transportation & Infrastructure then Judiciary)
• SB 44: Increasing criminal penalties for certain crimes against law-enforcement officers (Cline; Judiciary)
• SB 45: Providing special license plates for realtors (Cline; Transportation & Infrastructure)
• SB 46: Permitting pharmacists to inform customers of lower-cost alternative drugs (Cline; Health & Human Resources)
• SB 47: Requiring Defense Department advocacy groups be notified in abuse or neglect of military person's child (FN) (Romano; Military then Health & Human Resources)
• SB 48: Specifying forms of grandparent visitation (Cline; Judiciary)
• SB 49: Relating to funding sources for fire departments (Boso; Government Organization)
• SB 50: Reporting by Supreme Court Administrator (FN) (Boso; Judiciary then Finance)
• SB 51: Modifying law governing spousal support and child custody (Gaunch; Judiciary)
• SB 52: Setting maximum licensed school psychologist-pupil ratio at 1,500 pupils for each psychologist (Gaunch; Education)
• SB 53: Correcting code reference in regard to certain handgun safety and training requirements (Palumbo; Judiciary)
• SB 54: Creating Independent Redistricting Commission (FN) (Palumbo; Government Organization then Judiciary)
• SB 55: Providing continued eligibility for developmental disability services to dependents of military personnel (FN) (Romano; Military then Health & Human Resources then Finance)
• SB 56: Increasing state employees' pay over 2-year period (FN) (Romano; Government Organization then Finance)
• SB 57: Requiring attorney source payment be disclosed in certain hearings (FN) (Romano; Judiciary then Finance)
• SB 58: Providing cost-of-living adjustment to certain state retirees (FN) (Romano; Pensions then Finance)
• SB 59: Creating fund to relieve municipalities and counties of certain fire-related cleanup and demolition (Romano; Government Organization then Finance)
• SB 60: Providing compensation to victims of abusive lawsuits (Rucker; Judiciary then Finance)
• SB 61: Prohibiting smoking in motor vehicle when minor 16 years old or less is present (Takubo; Health & Human Resources then Judiciary)
• SB 62: Adjusting requirements for hiring school attendance directors (Prezioso; Education)
• SB 63: Limiting number of days legislators may be paid in extended and extraordinary sessions in certain cases (FN) (Prezioso; Government Organization then Finance)
• SB 64: Requiring minimum standards of universal design for disabled persons in certain newly constructed buildings (Prezioso; Government Organization)
• SB 65: Accessing controlled substance monitoring information (Weld; Health & Human Resources then Judiciary)
• SB 66: Relating to in-state tuition rates for members of National Guard, military and reserve units (FN) (Weld; Military then Education then Finance)
• SB 67: Exempting DNR police officers' pensions from state income tax (FN) (Weld; Pensions then Finance)
• SB 68: Creating Returning Veterans and Displaced Miners Jobs Act (Ojeda; Workforce then Finance)
• SB 69: Exempting certain persons from hunting, fishing and trapping licenses and permit fees (FN) (Weld; Natural Resources then Finance)
• SB 70: Creating felony offense of aggravated animal cruelty (Weld; Judiciary)
• SB 71: Defining “veteran” as it pertains to veteran-owned business (Weld; Military then Government Organization)
• SB 72: Allowing adjustment of gross income for calculating personal income tax liability of certain retirees (FN) (Weld; Pensions then Finance)
• SB 73: Modifying crime of fleeing from scene of accident (Weld; Judiciary)
• SB 74: Creating WV Volunteer Fire and Rescue Act of 2018 (FN) (Trump; Government Organization then Finance)
• SB 75: Relating to sale or transfer of video lottery locations (Ferns; Judiciary)
• SB 76: Relating to legislative members' retirement benefits (FN) (Ferns; Pensions then Finance)
• SB 77: Providing rebuttable presumptions for certain injuries and diseases for workers' compensation coverage for police and firefighters (FN) (Ferns; Government Organization then Judiciary)
• SB 78: Continuing personal income tax adjustment for certain retirees (FN) (Ferns; Pensions then Finance)
• SB 79: Relating to access to adoption records (FN) (Ferns; Judiciary)
• SB 80: Powers and duties of local boards of health (FN) (Ferns; Health & Human Resources then Government Organization)
• SB 81: Determining assessed value of shares of natural resources property (FN) (Ferns; Natural Resources then Finance)
• SB 82: Including rebuttable presumptions in certain cases for firefighters with regard to workers' compensation (FN) (Ferns; Government Organization then Judiciary)
• SB 83: Relating to higher education student success (FN) (Karnes; Education then Finance)
• SB 84: Prohibiting abortion coverage in certain qualified health care plans (Karnes; Health & Human Resources then Judiciary)
• SB 85: Allowing local governments to offset personal property tax rates with local sales tax (Karnes; Government Organization then Finance)
• SB 86: Permitting sale of home-based, micro-processed foods at farmers markets (FN) (Karnes; Agriculture & Rural Development then Health & Human Resources then Finance)
• SB 87: Allowing purchase of Class XS resident senior hunting, fishing and trapping licenses at age 65 (Karnes; Natural Resources then Government Organization)
• SB 88: Providing resident farm vendor's bidding preference (Karnes; Agriculture & Rural Development then Government Organization)
• SB 89: Creating educational expense tax credits (FN) (Karnes; Education then Finance)
• SB 90: Repealing mandatory motor vehicle state inspections (FN) (Karnes; Judiciary then Finance)
• SB 91: Relating to care of aborted fetuses (Karnes; Health & Human Resources then Judiciary)
• SB 92: Limiting health insurance coverage for elective abortions to supplemental policies (Karnes; Banking & Insurance then Finance)
• SB 93: Establishing WV Freedom of Conscience Protection Act (Karnes; Government Organization then Judiciary)
• SB 94: Prohibiting counties from regulating fireworks (Karnes; Government Organization)
• SB 95: Providing procedure for WV to select delegates to Article V convention (Karnes; Judiciary)
• SB 96: Establishing 80-miles per hour speed limit on certain roads (FN) (Karnes; Transportation & Infrastructure then Judiciary then Finance)
• SB 97: Creating fixed-income tax credit for low income seniors (FN) (Karnes; Tax Reform then Finance)
• SB 98: Creating incentives to consolidate local governments (FN) (Palumbo; Government Organization)
• SB 99: Prohibiting discrimination based on age or sexual orientation in certain circumstances (Palumbo; Judiciary)
• SB 100: Taxing digital goods, products and services (FN) (Romano; Tax Reform then Finance)
• SB 101: Creating one-day special license for charitable events to see nonintoxicating beer (Trump; Judiciary)
• SB 102: Creating WV Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act (Trump; Judiciary)
• SB 103: Establishing tax credits for certain physicians who locate in WV to practice (FN) (Takubo; Health & Human Resources then Finance)
• SB 104: Drug testing of legislators (Baldwin; Judiciary then Finance)
• SB 105: Establishing tax credit for certain college graduates who remain in state (FN) (Baldwin; Education then Finance)
• SB 106: Legalizing certain sport pool betting (FN) (Baldwin; Judiciary then Finance)
• SB 107: Establishing Mental Health, Veteran and Service Members Court (FN) (Ferns; Judiciary then Finance)
• SB 108: Creating Volunteer Firefighter Appreciation Act of 2018 (FN) (Ojeda; Government Organization then Finance)
• SB 109: Limiting funds deducted from Unclaimed Property Fund during fiscal year (FN) (Trump; Finance)
• SB 110: Requiring certain licensees notify law enforcement or EMS of life-threatening emergency on premises (Trump; Judiciary)
• SB 111: Enacting Forming Open and Robust University Minds Act (FN) (Trump; Education then Judiciary)
• SB 112: Clarifying that natural resources police officers' subsistence allowance is pensionable (Trump; Natural Resources then Pensions)
• SB 113: Improper use or representation of service animals (FN) (Trump; Judiciary)
• SB 114: Posting of National Human Trafficking Resource Center hotline number (FN) (Trump; Judiciary)
• SB 115: Requiring Agriculture Commissioner sell all department-owned farms by certain date (FN) (Trump; Agriculture & Rural Development then Finance)
• SB 116: Providing court costs collected under Second Chance Driver's License Program are not subject to 5 percent offset (FN) (Trump; Judiciary then Finance)
• SB 117: Requiring vacancies in certain elected offices be filled by person of same political party as previous officeholder (Palumbo; Judiciary)
• SB 118: Revising law regulating election financing (Ferns; Judiciary)
• SB 119: Establishing WV business growth in low-income communities tax credit (FN) (Ferns; Economic Development then Finance)
• SB 120: Restoring exception for florists from general sourcing rules for sales and use taxes (FN) (Plymale; Finance)
• SB 121: Licensing practice of athletic training (Plymale; Government Organization then Judiciary)
• SB 122: Limiting liability of Parks and Recreation section of DNR (Plymale; Natural Resources then Judiciary)
• SB 123: Funding veterans' programs and volunteer fire departments (FN) (Baldwin; Military then Finance)
• SB 124: Providing authorization and oversight of public charter schools (FN) (Karnes; Education then Finance)
• SB 125: 2018 Tax Reform Act (FN) (Karnes; Tax Reform then Finance)
• SB 126: Creating earned income tax credit for low income workers (FN) (Karnes; Tax Reform then Finance)
• SB 127: Relating to personal representatives of estates (Trump; Judiciary)
• SB 128: Establishing education expenses tax credit (FN) (Karnes; Education then Finance)
• SB 129: Limiting time prescriptions may be issued for certain controlled substances (Baldwin; Health & Human Resources then Judiciary)
• SB 130: Creating Tim Tebow Act (FN) (Trump; Education then Finance)
• SB 131: Exempting certain services and personal property sold for repair, remodeling and maintenance of aircraft (FN) (IB) (Boso, Swope, Beach, Gaunch, Maynard, Plymale, Rucker; Economic Development then Finance)
• SB 132: Supplemental appropriation from surplus balance to DHHR Division of Tobacco Education Program (Stollings; Finance)
• SB 133: Exempting renewal of certain contracts entered into during declared state of emergency (FN) (IB) (Gaunch, Blair, Swope, Baldwin, Jeffries; Government Organization)
• SB 134: Authorizing Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management to engage individuals for emergency response and recovery (FN) (IB) (Gaunch, Blair, Swope, Baldwin, Jeffries; Government Organization then Finance)
• SB 135: Relating to safety of tow trucks, wreckers and tilt-bed vehicles (Beach; Transportation & Infrastructure then Judiciary)
• SB 136: Providing addition of mini-distillery does not change nature of agricultural property for building code and property tax classification purposes (Trump; Judiciary)
• SB 137: Removing limitation on amount collected by county via hotel occupancy tax that may be used for medical care and emergency services (FN) (Sypolt; Government Organization then Finance)
• SB 138: Exempting heating oil for residential use from motor fuel excise tax (FN) (Sypolt; Finance)
• SB 139: Changing qualifier for low income for homestead tax credit (FN) (Sypolt; Finance)
• SB 140: Requiring photo identification on voter registration cards (Sypolt; Judiciary)
• SB 141: Expanding county assessment and collection of head tax on breeding cows (Sypolt; Agriculture & Rural Development then Government Organization)
• SB 142: Reducing number of strikes defendant has in criminal proceedings from six to four (Sypolt; Judiciary)
• SB 143: Permitting DNR identification tag be used to identify trap (Sypolt; Natural Resources)
• SB 144: Providing for nonpartisan election of county surveyors (Sypolt; Government Organization then Judiciary)
• SB 145: Relating to inspection of meat and poultry (FN) (Sypolt; Agriculture & Rural Development then Finance)
• SB 146: Correcting technical error within Solid Waste Management Act (Trump; Judiciary)
• SB 147: Exempting farm winery from certain taxes (FN) (Sypolt; Agriculture & Rural Development then Finance)
• SB 148: Permitting surface owners purchase mineral interests when they become subject to tax lien (FN) (Sypolt; Natural Resources then Finance)
• SB 149: Establishing safeguards for treatment of acute pain and opioid medications (Trump; Health & Human Resources)
• SB 150: Relating to wind power projects (FN) (Smith; Energy, Industry & Mining then Finance)
• SB 151: Creating Appropriation Supremacy Act of 2018 (Trump; Judiciary then Finance)
• SJR 1: Right to Farm and Ranch Amendment (Karnes; Agriculture & Rural Development then Judiciary)
• SJR 2: Fair and Simple Tax Reform or FASTR Amendment (Tax Reform then Finance)
• SJR 3: Judicial Budget Oversight Amendment (Boso; Judiciary then Finance)
• SJR 4: Protection of Electronic Communication and Data Amendment (Sypolt; Judiciary then Finance)
• SJR 5: Homestead Exemption Increase Amendment (Sypolt; Judiciary then Finance)
• SCR 1: US Army SGT Denver E. Short Memorial Road (Ojeda)
• SCR 2: Walter E. Swiger, Jr., Memorial Bridge (Romano, Facemire)
• SCR 3: Michael Angiulli Memorial Bridge (Romano, Facemire)
• SCR 4: Glenn Franklin Lough, P.E., Memorial Bridge (Boso)

* (FN) indicates the bill has a Fiscal Note

* (IB) indicates the bill is an Interim Bill

** Committee times and agendas are subject to change **