Member's Press Release
Release Date: 02/05/2020
Contact: Jacque Bland at (304) 357-7999
Senate
Senate Calendar and Committee Schedule for Thursday, February 6, 2020
Thursday, February 6, 2020 – 30th Day of Session
The Senate will convene at 11 a.m.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
- SCR 20: US Senator Joseph Rosier Memorial Highway
- SCR 21: US Army SSG James "Junior" Spurrier Memorial Bridge
- SCR 22: George M. Hall Memorial Bridge
- SR 32: Designating February 6, 2020, as Veterans Visibility Day
- SR 33: Reaffirming sister-state relationship between WV and Taiwan
THIRD READING
- Eng. SB 482: Eliminating permit requirement for storing concealed handgun in vehicle on school property for persons over 21
- Eng. SB 620: Authorizing Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation approve home plans for inmates
- Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 625: Creating one-day annual license to permit charitable auction of sealed rare, antique, or vintage liquor bottles
- Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 629: Clarifying alcohol by volume percentage for certain wines
- Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4042: Requiring agencies exempt from some or all of state purchasing requirements to adopt procedural rules
SECOND READING
- Com. Sub. for SB 136: Prohibiting certain misleading lawsuit advertising practices
- Com. Sub. for SB 138: Incentives for consolidating local governments
- Com. Sub. for SB 142: Expanding Coyote Control Program through voluntary assessment on breeding cows
- SB 203: Allowing certain deductions from personal income tax refunds
- Com. Sub. for SB 522: Relating to compensation awards to crime victims
- Com. Sub. for SB 615: Declaring certain claims against state as moral obligations of state
- Com. Sub. for SB 623: Allowing noncitizen of US be eligible for teaching certificate
FIRST READING
- Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for SB 96: Prohibiting municipalities from limiting persons' rights to possess certain weapons
- Com. Sub. for SB 97: Allowing senior judge to continue receiving per diem compensation beyond annual salary of sitting judge due to delay by Governor in filling vacancy
- Com. Sub. for SB 131: Creating Tim Tebow Act
- Com. Sub. for SB 195: Updating powers of personal representatives of deceased person's estate
- SB 202: Allowing one member of PSD board to be county commissioner
- Com. Sub. for SB 208: Protecting consumers from unfair pricing practices during state of emergency
- SB 266: Clarifying and updating language regarding Fairmont State alumni license plates
- Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for SB 275: Creating Intermediate Court of Appeals
- Com. Sub. for SB 517: Creating State Parks and Recreation Endowment Fund
- SB 573: Supplementing, amending, and increasing appropriations of public moneys for claims against state
- Com. Sub. for SB 575: Designating local fire department as safe-surrender site to accept physical custody of certain children from lawful custodian
- Com. Sub. for SB 576: Relating to management of public records
- SB 600: Creating special revenue account designated Military Authority Fund
- Com. Sub. for SB 607: Reporting motor vehicle crashes to owners
- SB 618: Conforming WV law to federal distance requirements for locations of salvage yards
- Com. Sub. for SB 665: Requiring persons convicted of certain crimes on or after March 8, 1995, provide DNA samples
- Com. Sub. for SB 670: Amending service of process on nonresident persons or corporate entities
- Com. Sub. for SB 676: Permitting fees from Child Abuse Registry be used for information technology support costs
- Com. Sub. for SB 678: Waiving fines and fees for completing Getting Over Addicted Lifestyles Successfully Program
- Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2086: Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act - (Com. amend. pending)
- Eng. HB 4007: Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act - (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
- Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4058: Relating to pharmacy benefit managers - (Com. amend. pending)
Scheduled Committee Meetings
9:30 a.m.: Select Committee on Children and Families (208W)
- Com. Sub. for SB 288: Relating to family planning and child spacing
- Com. Sub. for SB 312: Relating to child protective caseworkers
- SB 639: Relating to duties of prosecuting attorney in child abuse and neglect matters
- Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4129: Relating to adoption
1 p.m.: Energy, Industry and Mining (208W)
- Com. Sub. for SB 583: Creating program to further development of renewable energy resources
- SB 655: Relating to valuation of natural resources land property
1 p.m.: Health and Human Resources (451M)
- SB 656: Facilitating interstate practice of audiology and speech-language pathology
- SB 664: Adding physician's assistant to list of medical professionals capable of determining if individual lacks capacity
- SB 671: Relating to temporary food service
- SB 641: Allowing WVCHIP flexibility in rate setting
- SB 647: Permitting physician assistants and advanced practice registered nurses issue do-not-resuscitate orders
2 p.m.: Government Organization (208W)
- SB 163: Relating to municipal or county taxation of hotel rooms booked through marketplace facilitator
- HB 2924: Permitting the West Virginia Tourism Office to decide to contract with the Division of Highways to sell advertising space on the WV511 website
- HB 4141: Requiring the Department of Administration to publish its comprehensive annual financial report by the end of December
- HB 4011: Reorganizing various boards and authorities for the licensing and oversight of trades, occupations, and professions
- SB 674: Permitting DOH purchase hardware items and equipment from local seller
2 p.m.: Education (451M)
- SB 38: Requiring schools provide elective course on Hebrew Scriptures or Bible
- SB 702: Designating specific grade levels in which nutrition and physical fitness programs are taught
- SB 652: Authorizing School Building Authority promulgate legislative rules
- SB 230: Requiring State Board of Education provide routine education in suicide prevention
- Presentation: Joanna Burt-Kinderman, First2 Network
3 p.m.: Judiciary (208W)
- SB 490: Relating to protection of animal and crop facilities
- SB 653: Increasing number of magistrates in Putnam County
- SB 662: Removing restrictions on fiduciary commissioners
- HB 2602: Including possession of known stolen property in the offense of receiving or transferring stolen property
- HB 4179: Recognition of Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact
3 p.m.: Finance (451M)
- SB 180: Relating to Second Chance Driver's License Program
- SB 545: Authorizing transfer of moneys from Insurance Commission Fund to Workers' Compensation Old Fund
- SB 571: Expiring funds from State Excess Lottery Revenue Fund to various accounts
Senate Bills to be Introduced Thursday, February 6, 2020
- SB 716: Requiring DHHR pay for tubal ligation without 30-day wait between consent and sterilization (FN) (Takubo; Health and Human Resources then Finance)
- SB 717: Relating generally to adult protective services (Maroney, Cline, Hamilton, Prezioso, Rucker, Swope, Sypolt, Takubo, Trump, Weld; Judiciary)
- SB 718: Providing immunity from civil or criminal liability for individuals who provide assistance on report of child abuse or neglect (FN) (Maroney, Cline, Hamilton, Prezioso, Rucker, Swope, Sypolt, Takubo, Trump; Health and Human Resources)
- SB 719: Imposing health care-related provider tax on certain health care organizations (FN) (Maroney, Cline, Prezioso, Rucker, Sypolt, Takubo, Trump; Health and Human Resources then Finance)
- SB 720: Including DHHR employees in WV Clearance for Access: Registry and Employment Screening process (Maroney, Cline, Prezioso, Rucker, Swope, Sypolt, Takubo, Trump; Health and Human Resources)
- SB 721: Relating to certain institutions that provide care and treatment of mentally ill or intellectually disabled individuals (Maroney, Cline, Hamilton, Prezioso, Rucker, Takubo, Trump, Weld; Health and Human Resources)
- SB 722: Relating to special license plates for public and private nonprofit transit providers (Boley, Azinger, Baldwin, Clements, Cline, Facemire, Hamilton, Ihlenfeld, Jeffries, Lindsay, Palumbo, Pitsenbarger, Plymale, Romano, Smith, Swope, Tarr, Unger; Transportation and Infrastructure)
- SB 723: Requiring Department of Education develop plan based on analyzed data on school discipline (Rucker; Education)
- SB 724: Including ulcerative colitis as serious medical condition (FN) (Weld; Health and Human Resources)
- SB 725: Supplemental appropriation to various Department of Education accounts (Carmichael, Prezioso; Education) [By Request of the Executive]
- SCR 23: Requesting study of State Police's increased duties and responsibilities (Beach, Romano)
- SCR 24: Fire Chief Lee Thomas Memorial Bridge (Carmichael)
- SCR 25: Requesting study on impact of future electromagnetic pulse catastrophe (Azinger)
- SCR 26: Urging US Congress reopen public lands (Maynard)
- SR 34: Designating February 7, 2020, as Dental Hygienists Day
* (FN) indicates the bill has a Fiscal Note
* (IB) indicates the bill is an Interim Bill
Committee Action on Bills from Wednesday, February 5, 2020
9:30 a.m.: Workforce
- SB 76: Limiting liability of employers in cases where certain crime convictions are expunged
- Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass; second reference to Judiciary
1 p.m.: Economic Development
- SB 478: Creating WV Motorsports Entertainment Complex Investment Act
- Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass; second reference to Finance
2 p.m.: Pensions
- SB 654: Allowing certain sheriffs transfer from PERS to Deputy Sheriff Retirement System
- Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass; second reference to Finance
3 p.m.: Judiciary (208W)
- SB 484: Requiring free feminine hygiene products be provided to female prisoners
- Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass; second reference to Finance
- SB 653: Increasing number of magistrates in Putnam County
- Bill is laid over to a future committee meeting
- HB 2922: Relating to requirements to obtain a final order of discharge and dismissal for possession of opiates or opioids
- House bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass
- HB 3039: Relating to a court's consideration of the expression of a preference by a child in certain child custody matters
- House bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass
- HB 4275: Authorizing Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety promulgate legislative rules relating to the Fire Commission
- House bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass
Bills that Have Passed the Senate as of Wednesday, February 5, 2020 (59 Senate: 6 House)
Resolutions Adopted by the Senate as of Wednesday, February 5, 2020 (5)
- 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 Rules)
- SCR 3: US Army MSG Richard A. "Dick" Smoot Memorial Bridge (House Transportation and Infrastructure)
- SCR 4: Urging Congress call convention to propose amendment on congressional term limits (House Judiciary)
- SCR 10: Requesting study of current WV laws relating to anti-bullying measures in schools (House Education)
Bills and Resolutions Rejected by the Senate as of Wednesday, February 5, 2020 (2)
- SB 192: Relating to WV Secondary School Activities Commission audits (Roll Call: 16-17-1; 01-23)
- SJR 7: Preserving the Separation of Powers Amendment (Roll Call: 20-13-1; 02-05) *
* Two-thirds (or 23 votes) needed for passage or adoption
House Bills Pending in Senate as of Wednesday, February 5, 2020 (75)
- HB 2086: Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act (S First Reading, 02-06)
- HB 2164: Clarifying that appeals to the Supreme Court are a matter of right (Judiciary)
- HB 2338: Allowing the owner of an antique military vehicle to display alternate registration insignia (Transportation and Infrastructure)
- HB 2419: Relating to the authorization to release a defendant or a person arrested upon his or her own recognizance (Judiciary)
- HB 2497: Relating to the whistle-blower law (Judiciary)
- HB 2602: Including possession of known stolen property in the offense of receiving or transferring stolen property (Judiciary)
- HB 2679: Relating to state issued identification cards (Transportation and Infrastructure)
- HB 2696: Creating an additional index system for state-owned lands (Completed; awaiting action by the Governor)
- HB 2877: Relating to charging a fee for parking in an accessible parking space bearing the international symbol of access (Transportation and Infrastructure then Finance)
- HB 2892: Including digital and virtual information in the definition of property that can be searched and seized by a warrant (Judiciary)
- HB 2922: Relating to requirements to obtain a final order of discharge and dismissal for possession of opiates or opioids (Judiciary)
- HB 2924: Permitting the West Virginia Tourism Office to decide to contract with the Division of Highways to sell advertising space on the WV511 website (Government Organization)
- HB 2967: Permitting a county to retain the excise taxes for the privilege of transferring title of real estate (Pending Senate introduction)
- HB 3039: Relating to a court’s consideration of the expression of a preference by a child in certain child custody matters (Judiciary)
- HB 3049: Improving dissemination of boiled water advisories to affected communities (Health and Human Resources)
- HB 4002: Creating a felony crime relating to drug delivery resulting in death (Judiciary)
- HB 4004: Creating the West Virginia Sentencing Commission (Judiciary)
- HB 4007: Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act (S First Reading, 02-06)
- HB 4010: Changing the licensing requirement for certain casino employees (Finance)
- HB 4011: Reorganizing various boards and authorities for the licensing and oversight of trades, occupations, and professions (Government Organization then Judiciary)
- HB 4017: Establishing country roads accountability and transparency (Transportation and Infrastructure)
- HB 4020: Removing authority of municipalities to require occupational licensure if licensure for the occupation is required by the state (Judiciary)
- HB 4022: Clarifying the qualifications of the Chancellor of the Higher Education Policy Commission (Education)
- HB 4026: Exempting businesses transporting scrap tires, waste tires, or other used tires, from certain statutory provisions (Government Organization)
- HB 4030: Increasing limit for application for original appointment as a firefighter to 40 years of age for honorably discharged veterans (Military)
- HB 4042: Requiring agencies exempt from some or all of state purchasing requirements to adopt procedural rules (S Third Reading, 02-06)
- HB 4058: Relating to pharmacy benefit managers (S First Reading, 02-06)
- HB 4062: Reducing the cost of prescription drugs (Health and Human Resources then Finance)
- HB 4077: Increasing the amount of the bond required to be posted by proprietary schools (Education then Finance)
- HB 4089: Requiring cursive writing to be taught (Education)
- HB 4090: Creating the Oil and Gas Abandoned Well Plugging Fund (Pending Senate introduction)
- HB 4091: Allowing for expedited oil and gas well permitting upon payment of applicable expedited fees (Completed; awaiting action by the Governor)
- HB 4094: Continuing the Foster Care Ombudsman (Select Committee on Children and Families then Finance)
- HB 4102: Relating to opioid antagonists (Health and Human Resources)
- HB 4103: Relating to office of drug control policy (Completed; awaiting action by the Governor)
- HB 4108: Relating generally to certificates of need for health care services (Health and Human Resources)
- HB 4119: Establishing the crime of torture (Judiciary)
- HB 4129: Relating to adoption (Children and Families)
- HB 4130: Relating to competitive bidding for government construction contracts arising out of declared states of emergency (Signed, 02-05)
- HB 4137: Allowing counties to store and maintain voter registration records in a digital format (Government Organization)
- HB 4141: Requiring the Department of Administration to publish its comprehensive annual financial report by the end of December (Government Organization)
- HB 4146: Relating to credit for reinsurance (Banking and Insurance)
- HB 4149: Relating to insurance (Banking and Insurance)
- HB 4161: Making it illegal to scleral tattoo a person (Pending Senate introduction)
- HB 4166: Prohibiting certain sex offenders from being in a supervisory position over children (Judiciary)
- HB 4179: Recognition of Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact (Judiciary)
- HB 4275: Authorizing Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety promulgate legislative rules relating to the Fire Commission (Judiciary)
- HB 4353: Creating a rational nexus requirement between prior criminal conduct and initial licensure decision making (Government Organization)
- HB 4356: Relating to the administration of anesthetics (Pending Senate introduction)
- HB 4359: Increasing the filing fees for insurers (Banking and Insurance)
- HB 4365: Granting of college credit hours for learning English as a second language (Education)
- HB 4375: Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists Compact (Pending Senate introduction)
- HB 4378: Relating to disciplining teachers (Pending Senate introduction)
- HB 4381: Relating to lifetime hunting, fishing and trapping licenses for adopted children (Natural Resources)
- HB 4393: Relating to making suffocation and asphyxiation crimes (Passed; pending House concurrence)
- HB 4395: Removing the requirement that a veterinarian access and report to the controlled substance monitoring database (Pending Senate introduction)
- HB 4410: Permitting directors and executive officers of a banking institution to borrow from a banking institution with which he or she is connected (Pending Senate introduction)
- HB 4411: Relating to the West Virginia Residential Mortgage Lender, Broker and Servicer Act (Banking and Insurance)
- HB 4412: Relating to education benefits to members of the West Virginia Army National Guard and West Virginia Air National Guard (Military then Education)
- HB 4414: Relating to the selection of language and development milestones for the deaf and hard-of-hearing children (Pending Senate introduction)
- HB 4415: Relating to missing and endangered children (Pending Senate introduction)
- HB 4417: Relating to permitting professional boards (Government Organization)
- HB 4419: Relating to the Controlled Substance Monitoring Database (Health and Human Resources)
- HB 4434: West Virginia health care workforce sustainability study (Health and Human Resources)
- HB 4438: Relating to the licensing of advance deposit wagering (Pending Senate introduction)
- HB 4470: Relating to persons 18 years of age or older in the custody of the Bureau of Juvenile Services (Judiciary)
- HB 4476: Providing for the timely and efficient collection, submission, testing, retention, and disposition of forensic evidence in sexual assault cases (Judiciary)
- HB 4480: Relating to legislative rules for the Higher Education Policy Commission (Education)
- HB 4484: Relating to the Hazardous Waste Management Fund (Energy, Industry and Mining)
- SB 4496: Removing the specific mandate of the Board of Risk and Insurance Management to purchase liability insurance for the Division of Corrections (Completed; awaiting action by the Governor)
- HB 4501: Relating to the ability to refuse offenders for commitment to a jail (Judiciary)
- HB 4510: Prohibiting bodily intrusion by an inmate upon any person at any correctional facility (Judiciary)
- HB 4559: Modifying the limitations on civil actions against the perpetrator of sexual assault or sexual abuse upon a minor (Pending Senate introduction)
- HB 4600: Relating to the definition of the term member regarding distributing premium tax proceeds (Pensions)
- HB 4601: Relating to distribution of premium tax proceeds to municipal policemen's and firemen's pension and relief funds (Pensions)
Bills that Have Completed Legislation as of Wednesday, February 5, 2020 (9 – 4 Senate; 5 House)
- SB 94: Providing persons with physical disabilities ability to vote by electronic absentee ballot (Signed, 02-03)
- SB 311: Relating to court-ordered community service (Completed; awaiting action by the Governor)
- SB 323: Authorizing Department of Administration promulgate legislative rules (Completed; awaiting action by the Governor)
- SB 357: Authorizing Department of Revenue promulgate legislative rules (Completed; awaiting action by the Governor)
- HB 2696: Creating an additional index system for state-owned lands (Completed; awaiting action by the Governor)
- HB 4091: Allowing for expedited oil and gas well permitting upon payment of applicable expedited fees (Completed; awaiting action by the Governor)
- HB 4103: Relating to office of drug control policy (Completed; awaiting action by the Governor)
- HB 4130: Relating to competitive bidding for government construction contracts arising out of declared states of emergency (Signed, 02-05)
- HB 4496: Removing the specific mandate of the Board of Risk and Insurance Management to purchase liability insurance for the Division of Corrections (Completed; awaiting action by the Governor)
Bills Signed by the Governor as of Wednesday, February 5, 2020 (1 – 1 Senate; 1 House)
- SB 94: Providing persons with physical disabilities ability to vote by electronic absentee ballot (Signed, 02-03)
- HB 4130: Relating to competitive bidding for government construction contracts arising out of declared states of emergency (Signed, 02-05)
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