House of Delegates

Here’s what’s scheduled for Monday in the House of Delegates:

SPECIAL CALENDAR

Monday, February 25, 2019

48^th Day of the Legislative Session

House to convene at 11 a.m. On the agenda:

THIRD READING – For Passage

• Sub. for S. B. 26 - Permitting certain employees of educational service cooperatives participate in state's teacher retirement systems
• Sub. for S. B. 489 - Relating to Pharmacy Audit Integrity Act
• Sub. for H. B. 2229 - Adding violations of law upon which a public servant’s retirement plan may be forfeited
• Sub. for H. B. 2452 - Creating the West Virginia Cybersecurity Office
• Sub. for H. B. 2550 - Creating a matching program for the Small Business Innovation and Research Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer Program
• H.B. 2598 - Relating to submitting a certifying statement attesting to status as a charitable or public service organization
• Sub. for H. B. 2690 - Relating to guaranty associations
• Sub. for H. B. 2694 - Relating to the state’s ability to regulate hemp
• Sub. for H. B. 2718 - Requiring purchasers of roundwood to collect and maintain certain information
• Sub. for H. B. 2770 - Fairness in Cost-Sharing Calculation Act
• H.B. 2816 - Removing the terms “hearing impaired,” “hearing impairment,” and “deaf mute” from the West Virginia Code and substituting terms
• H.B. 2827 - Removing the residency requirements for hiring deputy assessors
• H.B. 2828 - Relating to Qualified Opportunity Zones
• Sub. for H. B. 2830 - Establishing Next Generation 911 services in this state
• H.B. 2837 - Relating to the licensing of advance deposit wagering
• H.B. 2926 - Requiring the Secretary of the Department of Veterans’ Affairs to study the housing needs of veterans
• Sub. for H. B. 3024 - West Virginia Business Ready Sites Program
• H.B. 3045 - Exempting certain complimentary hotel rooms from hotel occupancy tax
• H.B. 3132 - Relating to exempting providers that serve no more than 30 patients with office-based medication-assisted treatment
• Sub. for H. B. 3133 - Relating to requiring a parolee or probationer found to have suffered with addiction to participate in a support service
• H.B. 3134 - Establishing criminal penalties for negligent homicide, and increasing criminal penalties for reckless driving
• H.B. 3135 - Expiring funds to the balance of the Department of Commerce, Development Office

SECOND READING – Amendment Stage

• Sub. for S. B. 408 - Determining indigency for public defender services
• Sub. for S. B. 518 - Restricting sale and trade of dextromethorphan (Health and Human Resources Committee Amendment Pending)
• S.B. 545 - Relating to HIV testing (Health and Human Resources Committee Amendment Pending)
• Sub. for H. B. 2011 - Road Maintenance Program
• Sub. for H. B. 2014 - West Virginia Intellectual Property and Trade Secrets Act
• Sub. for H. B. 2049 - Relating to a prime contractor’s responsibility for wages and benefits
• Sub. for H. B. 2079 - Removing certain limitations on medical cannabis grower, processor and dispensary licenses
• Sub. for H. B. 2378 - Relating generally to grounds for revocation of a teaching certificate
• Sub. for H. B. 2396 - West Virginia Fresh Food Act
• Sub. for H. B. 2397 - Requiring county school boards to provide adequate mental health and counseling services
• Sub. for H. B. 2433 - Modifying the school calendar to begin not earlier than Labor Day and end prior to Memorial Day
• Sub. for H. B. 2441 - Removing certain requirements related to wages for construction of public improvements
• H.B. 2497 - Relating to the whistle-blower law
• H.B. 2535 - Relating to purchasing exemptions and procedures
• Sub. for H. B. 2595 - Establishing the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources Police Officer Retirement System
• Sub. for H. B. 2617 - Relating to the form for making offer of optional uninsured and underinsured coverage by insurers
• Sub. for H. B. 2662 - Relating to certificates or employment of school personnel
• H.B. 2665 - Supplemental appropriation for PEIA Rainy Day Fee
• Sub. for H. B. 2670 - Relating to damages for medical monitoring
• Sub. for H. B. 2703 - Relating to refunds of excise taxes collected from dealers of petroleum products
• H.B. 2729 - Recognition of Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact
• H.B. 2760 - Relating to performance reviews of state agencies and regulatory boards
• Sub. for H. B. 2802 - Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act
• Sub. for H. B. 2831 - Finding and declaring certain claims against the state and its agencies to be moral obligations of the state
• Sub. for H. B. 2843 - Creating an Office for Federal Surplus Property
• H.B. 2850 - Relating to qualifications for commercial driver’s license
• H.B. 2853 - Establishing the West Virginia Program for Open Education Resources
• Sub. for H. B. 2866 - Relating to the termination, expiration, or cancellation of oil or natural gas leases
• Sub. for H. B. 2895 - Allowing victims of certain crimes to get a restraining order
• Sub. for H. B. 2931 - Clarifying that the State Lottery Commission has no authority over nonlottery games
• Sub. for H. B. 2941 - Reinstating the film investment tax credit
• Sub. for H. B. 2943 - Relating to deliveries by wine specialty shop
• Sub. for H. B. 2945 - Relating to vendors paying a single annual fee for a permit issued by a local health department
• Sub. for H. B. 2951 - Placing the regulation of non-medical professions and occupations in a new chapter of the code
• H.B. 2953 - Permitting a critical access hospital to become a community outpatient medical center
• Sub. for H. B. 2974 - Exempting businesses relating to transporting certain used tires to storage, disposal, or recycling locations from provisions of chapter
• Sub. for H. B. 2976 - Economic Diversification Act of 2019
• Sub. for H. B. 2991 - Relating to the Ryan Brown Addiction Prevention and Recovery Fund
• Sub. for H. B. 3016 - Relating to the State Aeronautics Commission
• H.B. 3020 - Relating to sole source contracts for goods and services with nonprofit corporations affiliated with the respective education institutions
• Sub. for H. B. 3021 - Relating to the disposition of permit fees, registration fees and civil penalties imposed against thoroughbred horse racing licensees
• H.B. 3044 - Requiring the Commissioner of Highways to develop a formula for allocating road funds
• H.B. 3054 - Relating to the state agency for surplus property
• Sub. for H. B. 3057 - Relating to the Adult Drug Court Participation Fund
• H.B. 3095 - Establishing a minimum monthly retirement annuity for certain retirants
• Sub. for H. B. 3100 - Clarifying certain provisions of the Nonintoxicating Beer Act
• H.B. 3102 - Creating alternating wine proprietorships for wineries and farm wineries
• Sub. for H. B. 3103 - Authorizing operators of a distillery or mini-distillery to offer for purchase and consumption liquor on the premises
• Sub. for H. B. 3105 - Permitting the Alcohol Beverage Control Administration to request the assistance of law enforcement
• Sub. for H. B. 3116 - Removing current limitations on sales of nonintoxicating beer and nonintoxicating craft beer growlers
• Sub. for H. B. 3131 - Relating to providing salary adjustments to employees of the Department of Health and Human Resources
• H.B. 3136 - Relating to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
• H.B. 3137 - Relating to the personal income tax fund
• H.B. 3139 - Relating to funding of the Public Employees Health Insurance Program
• H.B. 3140 - Relating to the Division of Natural Resources Infrastructure
• H.B. 3141 - Relating to expanding areas of the Capitol Complex
• H.B. 3143 - Relating to requirements for consumer loans in West Virginia
• H.B. 3145 - Relating to student financial aid resources
• H.B. 3146 - Relating to retail licensees
• H.B. 3147 - Requiring the Board of Insurance and Risk Management purchase life insurance products from state resident agents

FIRST READING

• Sub. for H. B. 2179 - Allowing nonmembers of a political party to request that party’s partisan ballot at a primary election
• Sub. for H. B. 2519 - The Campus Self Defense Act
• H.B. 3142 - Relating to thermal tax reduction on thermal or steam coal
• H.B. 3144 - North Central Appalachian Coal Severance Tax Rebate Act

Committee Meetings Scheduled:

Committee on Finance

9:00 a.m. - Room 460M

• H.B. (Originating), Medicaid Supplemental
• H.B. 2882, Creating a health professionals’ student loan programs
• H.B. (Originating), Hard cider manufacturing
• H.B. 2967, Permitting a county to retain the excise taxes for the privilege of transferring title of real estate
• H.B. 2523, Increasing the amount of time a taxpayer has to seek relief from a county commission from an erroneous assessment
• H.B. 2887, Establishing a West Virginia business growth in low-income communities tax credit
• H.B. 2950, Relating to employees of local boards of health
• H.B. 2966, County Budget Flexibility Act
• H.B. 3022, Requiring the Governor to fix the salaries of certain state appointed officers after the office is vacated

Committee on the Judiciary

9:00 a.m. - Room 418M

• S.B. 453, Relating to background checks of certain financial institutions,
• S.B. 310, Establishing certain requirements for dental insurance,
• S.B. 440, Relating to Antihazing Law,
• S.B. 510, Relating to medical professional liability,
• Sub. for S. B. 295, Relating to crimes against public justice,
• Sub. for S. B. 157, Authorizing Department of Administration promulgate legislative rules,
  • 148 CSR 1
  • 148 CSR 3
  • 148 CSR 19
• Sub. for S. B. 563, Prohibiting sexual assault victim be subjected to certain physical examinations

Committee on Government Organization

9:00 a.m. - Room 215E

• HJR 26, Giving the Legislature more control over the manufacture and sale of alcohol amendment. (2^nd reference to Judiciary)
• Sub for SB 117, Relating to incentives for consolidating local governments. (2^nd reference to Finance)
• Sub. for SB 352, Relating to Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation acquiring and disposing of services, goods, and commodities (2^nd reference to Finance)

Committee on Rules

10:45 a.m. - Behind Chamber

Technology & Infrastructure

1:00 p.m. & 5:00 p.m. - Room 215E

• Consideration of a report from Sub-Committee A on Naming Resolutions
• Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 3, Establishing WV Small Wireless Facilities Deployment Act
• Senate Bill 10, Relating to Second Chance Driver's License Program
• Senate Bill 153, Providing greater flexibility for making infrastructure project grants
• Senate Bill 190, DOH rule relating to employment procedures
• Senate Bill 297, Extending expiration of military members' spouses' driver's license
• Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 390, Requiring electric utilities submit feasibility studies of constructing and operating middle-mile broadband internet projects
• Senate Bill 541, Relating to registration fees for military-related special registration plates

Committee on Education

3:00 p.m. - Room 432M

• Project Staff and First Generation STEM Students Presentation on WV First2 Alliance Team

*** Agendas and times subject to change. ***

Citation Presentations Scheduled in House Chamber:

• 10:20 a.m. – Leadership Jefferson, Delegate Espinosa
• 10:30 a.m. – Civil Air Patrol

From the Activity Calendar:

Morgan County Day

Upper House Rotunda

Civil Air Patrol Day

Upper Senate Rotunda