State Senate

Wednesday, February 21, 2018 – 43rd Day of Session

The Senate will convene at 11 a.m.

RESOLUTIONS

• SCR 32: Recognizing importance of industrial hemp (Beach, Baldwin, Clements, Facemire, Jeffries, Ojeda, Palumbo, Romano, Rucker, Smith, Stollings)
• SCR 33: William 'Bill' Thurman King Memorial Bridge (Smith, Sypolt)
• SR 47: Designating February 21, 2018, as WV Aviation Day
• SR 48: Celebrating 150th anniversary of Winfield
• SR 49: Designating March 11-17, 2018, as Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week
• SR 50: Designating February 21, 2018, as WV Local Foods Day

THIRD READING (For Passage)

• Com. Sub. for SB 477: Relating to five-year sunset on tax credits and incentives

SECOND READING (Amendments Stage)

• Com. Sub. for SB 412: Relating to authority of county litter control officers
• Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for SB 474: Requiring that certain documents filed pursuant to WV Jobs Act which include records of wages be considered confidential
• Com. Sub. for SB 522: Relating generally to Administrative Procedures Act
• SB 523: Relating to tax treatment of pollution control facilities and wind power projects (original similar to HB 4286, HB 4517, SB 150)
• Com. Sub. for SB 543: Relating to confidentiality of medical records
• SB 626: Relating generally to coal mining (original similar to HB 4340)
• Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4142: Providing certain employees of the Division of Corrections, Division of Juvenile Services, and West Virginia Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Authority a salary adjustment

FIRST READING

• Com. Sub. for SB 30: Relating generally to hunting with dogs
• SB 112: Clarifying that natural resources police officers' subsistence allowance is pensionable
• Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for SB 307: Declaring fundraising on state highway or roadway by volunteer fire department is not obstruction or nuisance
• Com. Sub. for SB 359: Authorizing Supreme Court establish curricula for mental hygiene commissioners and certain magistrates
• Com. Sub. for SB 467: Relating generally to Public Defender Services
• Com. Sub. for SB 490: Relating to Revised Uniform Athlete Agents Act of 2015
• Com. Sub. for SB 491: Establishing fee for expungement of certain criminal convictions
• Com. Sub. for SB 493: Relating to guaranty associations
• Com. Sub. for SB 501: Relating to accrued benefit of retirees in Deputy Sheriff Retirement System (original similar to HB 4516)
• Com. Sub. for SB 521: Requiring chief executive of municipal law-enforcement agency be certified law-enforcement officer (original similar to HB 4526)
• Com. Sub. for SB 535: Dedicating increased court fees in criminal cases to fund training programs for law-enforcement officers
• Com. Sub. for SB 549: Creating felony offense of intimidation or harassment of certain persons that causes injury or loss to person or property (original similar to SB 533)
• SB 576: Relating to Patient Injury Compensation Fund
• Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4024: Relating generally to direct cremation or direct burial expenses for indigent persons - (Com. amend. pending)
• Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4169: Requiring certain establishments and facilities to post human trafficking assistance notices - (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)

Scheduled Committee Meetings

9 a.m.: Energy, Industry and Mining (208W)

• HB 4268: Co-tenancy Modernization and Majority Protection Act
• SB 600: Relating to powers and duties of PSC

9 a.m.: Health and Human Resources (451M)

• SB 442: Establishing universal forms and deadlines when submitting prior authorization electronically
• SB 316: Creating refundable personal income tax credit to encourage persons receiving public assistance to get married
• SB 499: Requiring one year of certain approved postgraduate clinical training for persons with foreign medical degrees
• SB 443: Terminating parental rights when certain conditions are met

10 a.m.: Government Organization (208W)

• SB 313: Waiving occupational fees and licensing requirements for certain low-income individuals, military families, and young workers
• SB 449: Using criminal conviction records to disqualify person from license or authorization to practice occupation
• SB 82: Including rebuttable presumptions in certain cases for firefighters with regard to workers' compensation
• SB 402: Creating exemption from certain contract and common carrier laws for motor vehicles
• SB 419: Establishing classification and base salaries of certain civilian employees of WV State Police Forensic Laboratory
• SB 445: Allowing DOH acquire real or personal property for utility accommodation
• SB 472: Providing funds to DHHR for local boards of health employee pay raises
• SB 514: Enacting Recognition of Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact
• SB 456: Physical Therapy Licensure Compact Act

10 a.m.: Education (451M)

• SB 573: Relating generally to school calendars
• SB 507: Establishing Katherine Johnson Academy as magnet school programs at WV colleges and universities
• SB 542: Creating four-year middle high school pilot program as part of Upper Kanawha Valley Resiliency and Revitalization Program
• SB 561: Increasing minimum contract price requiring execution of bond with respect to building or repairing school property

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

· Originating Bill: Dedicating portion of county excise tax to local economic development corporation or authority

· Senate Bill 577: Allowing commercial rental car providers to rent vehicles online

· Senate Bill 596: Establishing the West Virginia Community Investment Tax Credit Program

2 p.m.: Agriculture (208W)

• SB 557: Relating to Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program
• SB 572: Creating Farm-to-School Grant Program

2 p.m.: Pensions (451M)

• Agenda TBA

3 p.m.: Judiciary (208W)

• Agenda TBA

3:30 p.m.: Finance (451M)

• HB 4376: Expiring funds to the balance of the Department of Health and Human Resources
• HB 4385: Making a supplementary appropriation to the Department of Health and Human Resources, Division of Human Services
• HB 4389: Expiring funds to the Enterprise Resource Planning System fund
• Com. Sub. for SB 500: Authorizing City of White Sulphur Springs to expend principal and interest from special interest-bearing fund
• Com. Sub. for SB 331: Relating to retirement and pension benefits of certain members of PERS and Teachers Retirement system
• SB 625: Creating WV Volunteer Fire and Rescue Act of 2018
• Com. Sub. for SB 418: Relating to WV Monument and Memorial Protection Act of 2018
• SB 485: Terminating Workers Compensation Debt Reduction Fund assessment on self-insured employers
• SB 566: Relating to disability pensions of municipal employees

Committee Action on Bills from Tuesday, February 20, 2018

10 a.m.: Transportation and Infrastructure (208W)

• SB 309: Relating to outdoor advertising regulated by DOH
• Bill is laid over to a future meeting

• SB 520: Increasing weight limits for vehicles on certain highways
• Committee substitute rejected; original version voted down; will not be reported

• SB 344: Requiring DOH implement program to recycle surplus metal supplies, materials and equipment
• Passed; to Finance

• SCR 2: Walter E. Swiger, Jr., Memorial Bridge; SCR 12: US Army SP4 Darrell Gregory Triplett Memorial Bridge; SCR 14: US Army SPC 4 William L. Amos Memorial Bridge; SCR 15: US Marine SGT Stephen E. Drummond Memorial Bridge; SCR 16: Sardis District Veterans Memorial Bridge
• All resolutions were adopted and will be reported to the floor

Bills that Have Passed the Senate as of Tuesday, February 20, 2018 (126)

Senate Bills Passed the Senate

House Bills that Have Passed the Senate (14)

• HB 2546: Allowing replacement costs of employer provided property to be deducted from an employee’s final paycheck if the property is not returned (Completed legislation)
• HB 2612: Repealing section relating to unattended motor vehicles and penalties (Completed legislation)
• HB 2831: Relating to the reconstitution of the Driver’s Licensing Advisory Board (Completed legislation)
• HB 3004: Relating to filling vacancies in offices of state officials, United States Senators, Justices, judges, and magistrates (Senate requests concurrence)
• HB 4013: Clarifying venue in West Virginia state courts as it applies to nonresidents of the state (Pending House concurrence)
• HB 4020: Making technical corrections in the code when referencing Chapter 49 (Completed legislation)
• HB 4135: Updating the meaning of federal taxable income and certain other terms used in the West Virginia Corporation Net Income Tax Act (Completed legislation)
• HB 4146: Updating meaning of federal adjusted gross income and certain other terms used in West Virginia Personal Income Tax Act (Completed legislation)
• HB 4162: Granting authority to the State Conservation Committee to contract for flood response (Completed legislation)
• HB 4242: Clarifying the jurisdictional amount for removal of a civil action from magistrate court to circuit court (Completed legislation)
• Eng. HB 4380: Making a supplementary appropriation to the Department of Agriculture (Completed legislation)
• Eng. HB 4381: Making a supplementary appropriation to the Department of Education (Completed legislation)
• Eng. HB 4384: Making a supplementary appropriation to the Department of Transportation (Completed legislation)
• Eng. HB 4386: Making a supplementary appropriation to the Department of Health and Human Resources, Division of Health - Community Mental Health Services (Completed legislation)

Bills Awaiting Action by the Governor (23)

• SB 62: Adjusting requirements for hiring school attendance directors (Completed legislation)
• SB 154: Department of Administration rule relating to parking (original similar to HB 4086) (Completed legislation)
• SB 163: Authorizing DEP promulgate legislative rules (original similar to HB 4093) (Completed legislation)
• SB 165: Authorizing DHHR promulgate legislative rules (original similar to HB 4129) (Completed legislation)
• SB 184: Authorizing DOT promulgate legislative rules (original similar to HB 4099) (Completed legislation)
• SB 267: Increasing salaries of certain state employees (original similar to HB 4145) (Completed legislation)
• SB 379: Supplemental appropriation from State Excess Lottery Revenue Fund to DHHR (original similar to HB 4377) (Completed legislation)
• SB 382: Supplemental appropriation of Lottery Net Profits to Bureau of Senior Services, Lottery Senior Citizens Fund (original similar to HB 4378) (Completed legislation)
• SB 384: Decreasing and increasing appropriations from State Fund, General Revenue to DHHR(original similar to HB 4383) (with right to amend) (Completed legislation)
• SB 386: Decreasing and increasing appropriations from Treasury to Higher Education Policy Commission (original similar to HB 4388) (Completed legislation)
• SB 388: Decreasing, increasing and adding appropriations out of Treasury to DHHR and Department of Administration (Completed legislation)
• HB 2546: Allowing replacement costs of employer provided property to be deducted from an employee’s final paycheck if the property is not returned (Completed legislation)
• HB 2612: Repealing section relating to unattended motor vehicles and penalties (Completed legislation)
• HB 2831: Relating to the reconstitution of the Driver’s Licensing Advisory Board (Completed legislation)
• HB 4020: Making technical corrections in the code when referencing Chapter 49 (Completed legislation)
• HB 4135: Updating the meaning of federal taxable income and certain other terms used in the West Virginia Corporation Net Income Tax Act (Completed legislation)
• HB 4146: Updating meaning of federal adjusted gross income and certain other terms used in West Virginia Personal Income Tax Act (Completed legislation)
• HB 4162: Granting authority to the State Conservation Committee to contract for flood response (Completed legislation)
• HB 4242: Clarifying the jurisdictional amount for removal of a civil action from magistrate court to circuit court (Completed legislation)
• Eng. HB 4380: Making a supplementary appropriation to the Department of Agriculture (Completed legislation)
• Eng. HB 4381: Making a supplementary appropriation to the Department of Education (Completed legislation)
• Eng. HB 4384: Making a supplementary appropriation to the Department of Transportation (Completed legislation)
• Eng. HB 4386: Making a supplementary appropriation to the Department of Health and Human Resources, Division of Health - Community Mental Health Services (Completed legislation)

Bills Signed by the Governor (1)

• SB 263: Eliminating film tax credits (original similar to HB 4144) (Signed 1/29)

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