State Senate

Monday, January 29, 2018 – 20th Day of Session

The Senate will convene at 11 a.m.

RESOLUTIONS

• SR 19: Designating January 29, 2018, as Jefferson County Day

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

• SCR 9: Urging Congress call convention of states under Article V limited to proposing amendments to Constitution of United States
• SCR 10: Proposing amendment to US Constitution restoring free and fair elections

THIRD READING (For Passage)

• Com. Sub. for SB 7: Relating to claims under Wage Payment and Collection Act
• Com. Sub. for SB 51: Relating to domestic relations
• Com. Sub. for SB 163: Authorizing DEP promulgate legislative rules (original similar to HB 4093)
• SB 280: Allowing airports' emergency management and operations vehicles to use red flashing warning lights

SECOND READING (Amendments Stage)

• Com. Sub. for SB 165: Authorizing DHHR promulgate legislative rules (original similar to HB4129)
• Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for SB 284: Increasing access to career education and workforce training (original similar to HB 4267)
• Com. Sub. for SB 285: Establishing regional recreation authorities and areas (original similar to SB 67)
• SB 338: Changing date for employers to file annual reconciliation and withholding statements (original similar to HB 4265)
• SB 393: Relating to compensation and composition of WV Racing Commission

FIRST READING

• Com. Sub. for SB 10: Relating generally to PSC jurisdiction
• Com. Sub. for SB 46: Permitting pharmacists to inform customers of lower-cost alternative drugs
• Com. Sub. for SB 71: Defining "veteran" as it pertains to veteran-owned business
• Com. Sub. for SB 184: Authorizing DOT promulgate legislative rules (original similar to HB 4099)
• Com. Sub. for SB 237: Authorizing Department of Revenue promulgate legislative rules (original similar to HB 4102)
• SB 242: Requiring health insurance providers provide coverage for certain Lyme disease treatment (original similar to HB 4328)
• Com. Sub. for SB 267: Increasing salaries of certain state employees (original similar to HB 4145)
• Com. Sub. for SB 327: Providing extortion of anything of value, including sexual contact, subjects person to criminal penalty
• SB 384: Decreasing and increasing appropriations from State Fund, General Revenue to DHHR
• SB 385: Decreasing and adding appropriations out of Treasury to DHHR and MAPS
• SB 388: Decreasing, increasing and adding appropriations out of Treasury to DHHR and Department of Administration

Scheduled Committee Meetings

1 p.m.: Natural Resources (208W)

• SB 345: Authorizing DNR establish procedures and fee schedule for limited permit hunts
• SB 346: Permitting full-time nonresident students purchase lifetime resident hunting, trapping and fishing licenses
• SB 347: Relating to operation of motorboats
• SB 348: Allowing for disposal of service weapons of special DNR police officers

3 p.m.: Judiciary (208W)

• SB 258: Exempting honorably discharged veterans from fees for license to carry deadly weapons
• SB 350: Eliminating obsolete requirement that Lottery Commission file racetrack video lottery game rules with Secretary of State
• HB 4020: Making technical corrections in the code when referencing Chapter 49
• SB 341: Creating new court of WV Intermediate Court of Appeals

3 p.m.: Finance (451M)

• Budget Hearing: West Virginia Bureau of Senior Services
• Budget Hearing: Department of Education and the Arts
• SB 386: Decreasing, increasing and adding appropriations out of Treasury to DHHR and Department of Administration
• SB 324: Removing restrictions where certain traditional lottery games may be played
• SB 331: Relating to retirement and pension benefits of certain members of PERS and Teachers Retirement system
• SB 357: Relating generally to limited video lottery
• Com. Sub. for SB 268: Eliminating requirement that certain agencies purchase commodities produced on institutional farms

Senate Bills to be Introduced Monday, January 29, 2018

• SB 407: Licensing and approval of child care programs (Takubo, Maroney; Health and Human Resources then Government Organization)
• SB 408: Licensing of nursing homes and assisted living residences (Takubo, Maroney; Health and Human Resources then Government Organization)
• SB 409: Requiring training course in telephonic cardiopulmonary resuscitation for county emergency call dispatchers (Takubo, Maroney; Health and Human Resources)
• SB 410: Appointing industry advocate within DEP (Smith, Azinger, Clements, Sypolt; Energy, Industry and Mining then Government Organization)
• SB 411: Removing Commissioner of Bureau for Public Health from State Board of Sanitarians (Takubo, Maroney; Health and Human Resources then Government Organization)
• SB 412: Relating to authority of county litter control officers (Trump; Government Organization then Judiciary)
• SB 413: Levying 0.5 percent severance tax on deep sand gas and future cracker plants (FN) (Sypolt, Smith; Energy, Industry and Mining then Finance)
• SB 414: Requiring purchasers of roundwood collect and maintain certain information (Maynard, Boso, Cline, Plymale, Sypolt; Natural Resources)
• SB 415: Permitting wagering on certain professional or collegiate sports events authorized as WV Lottery Sports Wagering activities (FN) (Ferns, Blair, Maroney, Trump, Weld, Woelfel; Judiciary then Finance)

* (FN) indicates the bill has a Fiscal Note

* (IB) indicates the bill is an Interim Bill

Committee Action on Bills from Friday, January 26, 2018

There were no committee meetings on Friday, January 26, 2018.

Bills that Have Passed the Senate as of Friday, January 26, 2018 (25)

• Com. Sub. for SB 73: Modifying crime of fleeing from scene of accident (House Judiciary)
• Com. Sub. for SB 154: Department of Administration rule relating to parking (original similar to HB 4086) (House Judiciary)
• SB 296: Relating to sale or transfer of surplus property (original similar to SB 283) (House Finance)
• SB 297: Eliminating taxation on annuity considerations collected by life insurer (House Banking and Insurance)
• SB 298: Authorizing county assessors make separate entries in landbooks when real property is partly used for exempt and partly for nonexempt purposes (House Finance)
• SB 299: Relating to mandatory insurance coverage for medical foods for amino acid-based formulas (original similar to HB 2051, HB 2072, HB 3021) (House Finance)
• SB 301: Removing limitation on amount collected by county via hotel occupancy tax used for medical or emergency services (original similar to SB 137) (House Political Subdivisions)
• Com. Sub. for SB 53: Correcting code reference in regard to certain persons exempted from prohibitions against carrying concealed deadly weapons (House Judiciary)
• SB 62: Adjusting requirements for hiring school attendance directors (House Education)
• Com. Sub. for SB 98: Creating incentives to consolidate local governments (House Political Subdivisions)
• Com. Sub. for SB 110: Requiring certain licensees notify law enforcement or EMS of life-threatening emergency on premises (House Judiciary)
• Com. Sub. for SB 133: Exempting renewal of certain contracts entered into during declared state of emergency (original similar to HB 4034) (House Gov Org)
• SB 263: Eliminating film tax credits (original similar to HB 4144) (Passed; Pending concurrence)
• SB 300: Creating five-year tax credits for businesses locating on post-coal mine sites (original similar to SB 12) (House Energy)
• Com. Sub. for SB 146: Correcting technical error within Solid Waste Management Act (House Judiciary)
• Com. Sub. for SB 37: Equalizing penalty for entering without breaking regardless of time of day (House Judiciary)
• Com. Sub. for SB 39: Creating Sexual Assault Victims' Bill of Rights (House Judiciary)
• Com. Sub. for SB 75: Relating to sale or transfer of video lottery locations (House Judiciary)
• Com. Sub. for SB 134: Authorizing Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management to engage individuals for emergency response and recovery (original similar to HB 4033) (House Gov Org)
• Com. Sub. for SB 292: Relating to Commission on Special Investigations (House Judiciary)

• SB 67: Exempting DNR police officers' pensions from state income tax (Pending House introduction)
• Com. Sub. for SB 116: Providing court costs collected under Second Chance Driver's License Program are not subject to 5 percent offset (Pending House introduction)
• SB 143: Permitting DNR identification tag be used to identify trap (Pending House introduction)
• SB 311: Specifying consumers sales and service tax exemption for purchase of certain services and tangible personal property related to aircraft (Pending House introduction)
• SB 351: Permitting ballot commissioners serve while candidates for certain offices (Pending House introduction)

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