Member's Press Release
Release Date: 01/15/2020
Contact: Jacque Bland at (304) 357-7999
Senate
Senate Calendar and Committee Schedule for Thursday, January 16, 2020
Thursday, January 16, 2020 – 9th Day of Session
The Senate will convene at 11 a.m.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
- SCR 5: Requesting Joint Committee on Government and Finance study ways to achieve higher levels of effectiveness and fairness in public school system
- SCR 6: Walter E. Swiger, Jr., Memorial Bridge
- SR 8: Designating January 16, 2020, as Aviation Day
THIRD READING
- There are no bills on Third Reading for Thursday, January 16, 2020.
SECOND READING
- Com. Sub. for SB 35: Limiting civil penalty for littering conviction to $2,000
- Com. Sub. for SB 46: Defining "pepper spray" and exempting from definition of "deadly weapons"
- SB 140: Changing rate at which certain judges are paid for mileage when traveling within state
- SB 170: Alleviating double taxation on foreign income at state level
- Com. Sub. for SB 207: Creating Prosecuting Attorney's Detectives Act
- SB 310: Updating certain terms used in WV Personal Income Tax Act
FIRST READING
- Com. Sub. for SB 16: Creating Protect Our Right to Unite Act
- SB 42: Permitting faith-based electives in classroom drug prevention programs
- Com. Sub. for SB 225: Empowering municipalities to enact Adopt-A-Street programs
Scheduled Committee Meetings
2 p.m.: Government Organization (208W)
- SB 96: Prohibiting municipalities from limiting persons' rights to possess certain weapons
- SB 256: Requiring notice be sent to owners of record before real property can be sold due to nonpayment of taxes
- SB 307: Correcting code citation relating to certain tax liens
- SB 316: Relating to oil and gas conservation commission membership
- SB 322: Relating to prequalifications for state contract vendors
2 p.m.: Education (451M)
- SB 192: Relating to WV Secondary School Activities Commission audits
- SB 297: Requiring Board of Education create home economics course
- SB 187: Relating generally to in-state tuition rates for certain persons
3 p.m.: Judiciary (208W)
- SB 144: Creating misdemeanor penalty for making materially false statement in course of misdemeanor investigation
- SB 311: Relating to court-ordered community service
- SB 321: Relating to collection of tax and priority of distribution of estate or property in receivership
3 p.m.: Finance (451M)
- Budget Presentation: West Virginia Conservation Agency
- Budget Presentation: West Virginia Department of Agriculture
Senate Bills to be Introduced Thursday, January 16, 2020
- SB 506: Creating Office of Outdoor Recreation (FN) (Maynard; Economic Development then Finance)
- SB 507: Requiring certain persons who commit criminal offense while in juvenile custody not be held within sight or sound of adult inmates (Clements, Hardesty, Jeffries, Lindsay, Pitsenbarger, Romano, Rucker; Judiciary)
- SB 508: Removing mandate Board of Risk and Insurance Management purchase liability insurance for Division of Corrections (Clements, Hardesty, Jeffries, Lindsay, Pitsenbarger, Rucker; Banking and Insurance)
- SB 509: Relating to custodial allocation actions independent of divorce (Trump; Judiciary)
- SB 510: Making permanent land reuse agency or municipal land bank's right of first refusal on certain tax sale properties (Palumbo, Beach, Jeffries, Lindsay, Plymale, Prezioso, Takubo, Weld, Woelfel; Economic Development)
- SB 511: Regulating pawnbrokers (FN) (Jeffries; Judiciary)
- SB 512: Increasing misdemeanor penalty for impersonation of law-enforcement officer (Jeffries; Judiciary)
- SB 513: Protecting consumers against businesses using automatic renewals without consent (Jeffries; Judiciary)
- SB 514: Creating WV FinTech Regulatory Sandbox Act (Tarr; Economic Development)
- SB 515: Creating Education Savings Account Act (FN) (Rucker, Azinger, Cline, Maynard, Roberts, Swope, Sypolt; Education then Finance)
- SB 516: Allowing DNR procure architect-engineer services (FN) (Roberts, Hamilton, Prezioso; Natural Resources then Government Organization)
- SB 517: Creating State Parks and Recreation Endowment Fund (Hamilton, Prezioso; Natural Resources then Finance)
- SB 518: Requiring one-year residency within district or county to fill vacancy in Legislature (Hamilton; Judiciary)
- SB 519: Prohibiting bodily intrusion by inmate upon person at correctional facility (Clements, Hardesty, Jeffries, Lindsay, Pitsenbarger, Romano, Rucker; Judiciary)
- SB 520: Creating Natural Gas Liquids Economic Development Act of 2020 (FN) (Swope; Economic Development then Finance)
- SB 521: Creating Tax and Economic Incentives Review Committee (FN) (Tarr, Swope, Sypolt; Economic Development then Government Organization)
- SB 522: Relating to compensation awards to crime victims (Trump, Weld; Judiciary then Finance)
- SCR 7: US Army PFC Clifford O. Eckard Memorial Bridge (Carmichael)
* (FN) indicates the bill has a Fiscal Note
* (IB) indicates the bill is an Interim Bill
Committee Action on Bills from Wednesday, January 15, 2020
10 a.m.: Workforce (208W)
- SB 217: Requiring DHHR collaborate with Workforce Development Board and WV Division of Personnel for job placement
- Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass; second reference to Finance
10 a.m.: Interstate Cooperation (451M)
- SB 197: Enacting Recognition of Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact
- Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass; second reference to Judiciary
1 p.m.: Economic Development (208W)
- SB 265: Authorizing DEP to develop Reclamation of Abandoned and Dilapidated Properties Program
- Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass; second reference to Finance
2 p.m.: Pensions (451M)
- SB 31: Providing 11-month window for PERS members to purchase certain credited service
- Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass; second reference to Finance
3 p.m.: Judiciary (208W)
- SB 125: Prohibiting victim from being subjected to certain physical examinations for sexual offenses
- Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass
- SB 323: Authorizing Department of Administration promulgate legislative rules
- Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass
- SB 364: Authorizing Department of Transportation promulgate legislative rules
- Bill is laid over to a future committee meeting
Bills that Have Passed the Senate as of Wednesday, January 15, 2020 (1)
- SB 94: Providing persons with physical disabilities ability to vote by electronic absentee ballot (Pending House introduction)
Resolutions Adopted by the Senate as of Wednesday, January 15, 2020 (2)
- SCR 1: Designating dogs adopted from animal shelters and rescues as WV official state dog (House Agriculture and Natural Resources)
· SCR 2: Requesting Frederick County, Virginia, consider becoming part of State of West Virginia (House Government Organization)
Committee times and agendas are subject to change. Follow @WVSenClerk on Twitter for updates.
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