Member's Press Release
Release Date: 03/02/2018
Contact: Jacque Bland at (304) 357-7999
State Senate
Senate Calendar and Committee Schedule for Friday, March 2, 2018
Friday, March 2, 2018 – 52nd Day of Session
The Senate will convene at 11 a.m.
RESOLUTIONS
- SR 59: Recognizing dedicated and honorable public service of Linda Gibson
- SR 60: Designating March 2, 2018, as Suicide Prevention and Awareness Day
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
- SCR 42: US Navy Veteran Samuel H. Slack, Jr., Memorial Bridge
- SCR 43: US Army T-4 CE Caesar Bango Memorial Bridge
- SCR 44: Bluefield Police LT Aaron L. Crook Memorial Bridge
THIRD READING (For Passage)
- Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2483: Requiring the Division of Juvenile Services to transfer to a correctional facility or regional jail any juvenile in its custody that has been transferred to adult jurisdiction of the circuit court and who reaches his or her eighteenth birthday - (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
- Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2694: Relating to the development and implementation of a program to facilitate commercial sponsorship of rest areas
- Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2696: Relating to crossbow hunting - (Com. amend. pending)
- Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2843: Permitting Class III municipalities to be included in the West Virginia Tax Increment Act
- Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2890: Establishing a Library Facilities Improvement Fund that will serve to support library facilities construction, maintenance and improvement projects
- Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2916: Authorizing certain first responders to carry firearms - (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
- Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 3104: Transfer of the West Virginia Traumatic Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation Fund
- Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4022: Exempting the consumer sales and service tax and use tax for services for the repair, remodeling and maintenance of certain aircraft (original similar to SB 131, SB 311)
- 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 4079: Promulgating administrative rules by various executive or administrative agencies of the state - (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
- Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4138: Requiring certain public or private schools and daycare centers to install carbon monoxide detectors - (Com. amends. pending)
- 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
- Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4169: Requiring certain establishments and facilities to post human trafficking assistance notices - (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
- Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4175: Preventing requirement that an advanced practice registered nurse participate in a collaborative relationship to obtain payment
- Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4199: Permitting a nursing home to use trained individuals to administer medication - (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
- Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4207: Authorizing an online application to receive a commission to act as a notary public, and eliminating the bond requirement - (Com. amends. pending)
- Eng. HB 4285: Relating to the West Virginia Safe Mortgage Licensing Act
- Eng. HB 4332: Relating to home peritoneal renal dialysis - (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
- Eng. HB 4385: Making a supplementary appropriation to the Department of Health and Human Resources, Division of Human Services
- Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4619: Relating to supporting implementation of comprehensive systems for teacher and leader induction and professional growth
SECOND READING (Amendments Stage)
- Com. Sub. for SJR 8: County Economic Development Amendment
- Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2607: Extending the maximum period of confinement a judge may impose for certain, first-time probationary violations - (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
- Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2654: Expanding county commissions’ ability to dispose of county or district property
- Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2693: Relating to state ownership of wildlife - (Com. amend. pending)
- Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2983: Granting priority to roadway construction, reconstruction and maintenance for roadways prone to recurring floods that hinder ingress and egress
- Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 3005: Relating to regulation of unmanned aircraft systems - (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
- Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4180: Relating to wildlife resources (original similar to SB345)
- Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4186: Relating generally to guaranteed asset protection waivers - (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
- Eng. HB 4219: Permitting employees of educational services cooperatives to participate in the State Teachers Retirement System
- Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4230: Relating to credit for reinsurance
- Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4236: Requiring agencies to provide an annual inventory of real property holdings to the Real Estate Division (original similar to SB342)
- Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4268: Co-tenancy Modernization and Majority Protection Act - (Com. title amend. pending)
- Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4289: Relating to disability pensions of municipal employees
- Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4343: Relating to the delivery of financial statements to bank shareholders
- Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4347: Relating to voluntary contributions to the West Virginia State Police Forensic Laboratory Fund
- Eng. HB 4402: Relating to the prevention of sexual abuse of children - (Com. amend. pending)
- Eng. HB 4410: Removing the requirement that the State Auditor receive copies of the Limited Video Lottery bids - (Com. amends. pending)
- Eng. HB 4422: Permitting permanent endowment funds of cemeteries to invest their principal in certain government bonds, and corporate bonds
- Eng. HB 4433: Declaring certain claims against an agency of the state to be moral obligations of the state
- Eng. HB 4436: Clarifying when a minor between the ages of 16 and 18 may be employed by or elected as a member of a volunteer fire department - (Com. amends. pending)
- Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4444: Clarifying the authority of the State Fire Commission in adopting a State Building Code - (Com. title amend. pending)
- Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4473: Relating to use of state funds for advertising to promote a public official or government office - (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
- Eng. HB 4539: Providing an annual annuity adjustment of 1 percent for eligible deputy sheriff retirants and surviving spouses
- Eng. HB 4621: Relating to removing reference to certain entities with respect to work
- Eng. HB 4624: Relating to West Virginia coordinate systems - (Com. amends. and title amend. pending)
FIRST READING
- Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2889: Allowing military veterans with certain military ratings to qualify for examinations required of probationary police officer
- Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2995: Permitting certain animal euthanasia technicians who have been certified by other states be certified animal euthanasia technicians in West Virginia - (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
- Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4238: Authorizing counties and municipalities to establish a joint airport hazard comprehensive plan
Scheduled Committee Meetings
9:30 a.m.: Education (451M)
- HB 3061: Encouraging mastery-based education through the Innovation In Schools program
- HB 4183: Relating generally to standardized testing requirements for nonpublic schools
- Originating Resolution: Study relating to county boards of education providing free feminine hygiene products
3 p.m.: Judiciary (208W)
- HB 4010: Providing no requirement to perform or host a marriage ceremony that does not conform to sincerely held religious beliefs
- HB 4016: Relating to combatting waste, fraud, and misuse of public funds through investigations, accountability and transparency
- HB 4042: Redefining school zone to facilitate placement of school zone signs
- HB 4035: Creating a legislative coalition to study and report to the Legislature on palliative care
- HB 4400: Relating to the West Virginia Physicians Mutual Insurance Company
- HB 4546: Relating to where an application for a marriage license may be made
- HB 4511: Modifying bail requirements
- HB 4617: Clarifying where a charge of DUI may be brought against an individual
- HB 4618: Relating to the authority of the Division of Protective Services
- HB 4275: Relating to the law-enforcement authority of the director and officers of the division of protective services
3:30 p.m.: Finance (451M)
- Com. Sub. for HB 4401: Relating to the Registration of Business
- SB 152: The Budget Bill
Committee Action on Bills from Wednesday, February 28, 2018
9 a.m.: Government Organization (208W)
- HB 2889: Allowing military veterans with certain military ratings to qualify for examinations required of probationary police officer
- Passed; to be reported to the floor
- HB 4238: Authorizing counties and municipalities to establish a joint airport hazard comprehensive plan
- Passed; to be reported to the floor
- HB 4550: Providing the Board of Barbers and Cosmetologists the authority to establish an apprenticeship program for cosmetologists
- Bill is laid over to a future meeting
9 a.m.: Education (451M)
- HB 4622: Relating to authorizing legislative rules regarding higher education
- Passed; to be reported to the floor
- HB 4478: Authorizing public schools to distribute excess food to students
- Passed; to be reported to the floor
- HB 3061: Encouraging mastery-based education through the Innovation In Schools program
- Bill is laid over to Friday’s meeting
- Originating Resolution: Study relating to county boards of education providing free feminine hygiene products
- Resolution is laid over to Friday’s meeting
3:30 p.m.: Health and Human Resources (451M)
- HB 4178: Permitting certain portions of certified nurse aide training to be provided through distance learning technologies
- Passed; to be reported to the floor
- HB 4023: Relating to the regulation of dialysis technicians
- Passed; to be reported to the floor
- HB 4025: Permitting reciprocity for licensure as a pharmacy technician
- Passed; to be reported to the floor
- HB 4027: Creating an education permit for allopathic physician resident
- Passed; to be reported to the floor
- HB 4197: Requiring persons employed to dispatch emergency calls complete a course in cardiovascular care for telephonic resuscitation
- Passed; to be reported to the floor
- HB 4279: Relating to adult protective services system
- Passed; to be reported to the floor
- HB 4509: Relating to the establishment of substance abuse treatment facilities
- Passed; to be reported to the floor
4 p.m.: Judiciary (208W)
- HB 4502: Adding the crimes of murder and armed robbery to the list of offenses for which a prosecutor may apply for an order authorizing interception
- Passed; to be reported to the floor
- HB 4462: Allowing off duty members and officers of the department of public safety to guard private property
- Passed; to be reported to the floor
- HB 4002: Providing that all delegates shall be elected from one hundred single districts following the United States Census in 2020
- Bill discussed and laid over to a future meeting
- HB 4434: Clarifying provisions relating to candidates unaffiliated with a political party as it relates to certificates of announcement
- Passed; to be reported to the floor
- HB 4368: Relating to voluntary assignments of wages by state employees who have been overpaid
- Passed; to be reported to the floor
- HB 2464: Relating to disclaimers and exclusions of warranties in consumer transactions for goods
- Passed; to be reported to the floor
Bills that Have Passed the Senate as of Thursday, March 1, 2018 (223)
Senate Bills Passed the Senate
Joint Resolutions that Have Passed the Senate (2)
- SJR3: Judicial Budget Oversight Amendment (original similar to HJR 101, HJR 104, HJR 109) (House Judiciary)
- SJR 12: No Constitutional right to abortion Amendment (1st Reading, 03-02)
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 (Signed, 02-26)
- HB 2612: Repealing section relating to unattended motor vehicles and penalties (Signed, 02-21)
- HB 2831: Relating to the reconstitution of the Driver’s Licensing Advisory Board (Signed, 02-28)
- HB 3004: Relating to filling vacancies in offices of state officials, United States Senators, Justices, judges, and magistrates (Completed legislation)
- HB 4013: Clarifying venue in West Virginia state courts as it applies to nonresidents of the state (Senate requests concurrence)
- HB 4020: Making technical corrections in the code when referencing Chapter 49 (Signed, 02-21)
- HB 4135: Updating the meaning of federal taxable income and certain other terms used in the West Virginia Corporation Net Income Tax Act (Signed, 02-21)
- HB 4146: Updating meaning of federal adjusted gross income and certain other terms used in West Virginia Personal Income Tax Act (Signed, 02-21)
- HB 4162: Granting authority to the State Conservation Committee to contract for flood response (Signed, 02-28)
- HB 4242: Clarifying the jurisdictional amount for removal of a civil action from magistrate court to circuit court (Signed, 02-28)
- HB 4380: Making a supplementary appropriation to the Department of Agriculture (Completed legislation)
- HB 4381: Making a supplementary appropriation to the Department of Education (Completed legislation)
- HB 4384: Making a supplementary appropriation to the Department of Transportation (Completed legislation)
- 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 (7)
- SB 71: Defining "veteran" as it pertains to veteran-owned business (Completed legislation)
- SB 237: Authorizing Department of Revenue promulgate legislative rules (original similar to HB 4102) (Completed legislation)
- HB 3004: Relating to filling vacancies in offices of state officials, United States Senators, Justices, judges, and magistrates (Completed legislation)
- HB 4380: Making a supplementary appropriation to the Department of Agriculture (Completed legislation)
- HB 4381: Making a supplementary appropriation to the Department of Education (Completed legislation)
- HB 4384: Making a supplementary appropriation to the Department of Transportation (Completed legislation)
- 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 (20)
- SB 62: Adjusting requirements for hiring school attendance directors (Signed, 02-21)
- SB 154: Department of Administration rule relating to parking (original similar to HB 4086) (Signed, 02-27)
- SB 163: Authorizing DEP promulgate legislative rules (original similar to HB 4093) (Signed, 02-27)
- SB 165: Authorizing DHHR promulgate legislative rules (original similar to HB 4129) (Signed, 02-27)
- SB 184: Authorizing DOT promulgate legislative rules (original similar to HB 4099) (Signed, 02-27)
- SB 263: Eliminating film tax credits (original similar to HB 4144) (Signed, 01-29)
- SB 267: Increasing salaries of certain state employees (original similar to HB 4145) (Signed, 02-21)
- SB 379: Supplemental appropriation from State Excess Lottery Revenue Fund to DHHR (original similar to HB 4377) (Signed, 02-27)
- SB 382: Supplemental appropriation of Lottery Net Profits to Bureau of Senior Services, Lottery Senior Citizens Fund (original similar to HB 4378) (Signed, 02-27)
- SB 384: Decreasing and increasing appropriations from State Fund, General Revenue to DHHR(original similar to HB 4383) (with right to amend) (Signed, 02-27)
- SB 386: Decreasing and increasing appropriations from Treasury to Higher Education Policy Commission (original similar to HB 4388) (Signed, 02-27)
- SB 388: Decreasing, increasing and adding appropriations out of Treasury to DHHR and Department of Administration (Signed, 02-27)
- HB 2546: Allowing replacement costs of employer provided property to be deducted from an employee’s final paycheck if the property is not returned (Signed, 02-26)
- HB 2612: Repealing section relating to unattended motor vehicles and penalties (Signed, 02-21)
- HB 2831: Relating to the reconstitution of the Driver’s Licensing Advisory Board (Signed, 02-28)
- HB 4020: Making technical corrections in the code when referencing Chapter 49 (Signed, 02-21)
- HB 4135: Updating the meaning of federal taxable income and certain other terms used in the West Virginia Corporation Net Income Tax Act (Signed, 02-21)
- HB 4146: Updating meaning of federal adjusted gross income and certain other terms used in West Virginia Personal Income Tax Act (Signed, 02-21)
- HB 4162: Granting authority to the State Conservation Committee to contract for flood response (Signed, 02-28)
- HB 4242: Clarifying the jurisdictional amount for removal of a civil action from magistrate court to circuit court (Signed, 02-28)
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