Member's Press Release

Release Date: 02/09/2020
Contact: Jacque Bland at (304) 357-7999

Senate

Senate Calendar and Committee Schedule for Monday, February 10, 2020

Monday, February 10, 2020 – 34th Day of Session

The Senate will convene at 11 a.m.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

SCR 27: Requesting study on ways to make State Capitol building more handicap accessible
SCR 28: Curtis "Pap" and Millie "Mammie" Asbury Bridge
SCR 29: Requesting DEA and USDA promulgate rule allowing state to take custody of certain cannabis plants for testing on lowering THC levels in processed hemp

THIRD READING

Eng. Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for SB 96: Prohibiting municipalities from limiting persons' rights to possess certain weapons
Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 195: Updating powers of personal representatives of deceased person's estate
Eng. SB 266: Clarifying and updating language regarding Fairmont State alumni license plates
Eng. Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for SB 275: Creating Intermediate Court of Appeals
Eng. SB 573: Supplementing, amending, and increasing appropriations of public moneys for claims against state
Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 576: Relating to management of public records
Eng. SB 600: Creating special revenue account designated Military Authority Fund
Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 665: Requiring persons convicted of certain crimes on or after March 8, 1995, provide DNA samples
Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 670: Amending service of process on nonresident persons or corporate entities
Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 676: Permitting fees from Child Abuse Registry be used for information technology support costs
Eng. 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
Eng. HB 4007: Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act - (Com. title amend. pending)
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4058: Relating to pharmacy benefit managers

SECOND READING

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
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
Com. Sub. for SB 517: Creating State Parks and Recreation Endowment Fund
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 607: Reporting motor vehicle crashes to owners
SB 618: Conforming WV law to federal distance requirements for locations of salvage yards
SB 654: Allowing certain sheriffs transfer from PERS to Deputy Sheriff Retirement System
Com. Sub. for SB 657: Allowing designation of tourism development districts
Eng. HB 2922: Relating to requirements to obtain a final order of discharge and dismissal for possession of opiates or opioids - (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
Eng. HB 3039: Relating to a court's consideration of the expression of a preference by a child in certain child custody matters - (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
Eng. HB 4030: Increasing limit for application for original appointment as a firefighter to 40 years of age for honorably discharged veterans - (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4275: Authorizing Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety promulgate legislative rules relating to the Fire Commission - (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)

FIRST READING

Com. Sub. for SB 163: Relating to municipal or county taxation of hotel rooms booked through marketplace facilitator
SB 180: Relating to Second Chance Driver's License Program
Com. Sub. for SB 230: Requiring State Board of Education provide routine education in suicide prevention
Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for SB 490: Relating to protection of animal and crop facilities
SB 545: Authorizing transfer of moneys from Insurance Commission Fund to Workers' Compensation Old Fund
Com. Sub. for SB 571: Expiring funds from State Excess Lottery Revenue Fund to various accounts
Com. Sub. for SB 583: Creating program to further development of renewable energy resources
SB 641: Allowing WVCHIP flexibility in rate setting
SB 647: Permitting physician assistants and advanced practice registered nurses issue do-not-resuscitate orders
Com. Sub. for SB 662: Removing restrictions on fiduciary commissioners
SB 664: Adding physician's assistant to list of medical professionals capable of determining if individual lacks capacity
Com. Sub. for SB 674: Permitting DOH purchase hardware items and equipment from local seller
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2602: Including possession of known stolen property in the offense of receiving or transferring stolen property - (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
Eng. Com. Sub. for 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
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4129: Relating to adoption
Eng. HB 4141: Requiring the Department of Administration to publish its comprehensive annual financial report by the end of December - (Com. amend. pending)
Eng. HB 4179: Recognition of Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact (original similar to SB 492)

Scheduled Committee Meetings

1 p.m.: Natural Resources

Eng. HB 4381: Relating to lifetime hunting, fishing and trapping licenses for adopted children

2 p.m.: Banking and Insurance (451M)

SB 598: Creating WV Mutual to Mutual Insurance Holding Company Act
SB 599: Clarifying when claimant may file cause of action without screening certificate of merit
SB 651: Relating to definition of "mortgage loan originator"
HB 4149: Relating to Insurance

3 p.m.: Judiciary (208W)

SB 130: Relating to procedure for driver's license suspension and revocation for DUI
SB 554: Relating to termination, expiration, or cancellation of oil or natural gas leases
SB 732: Authorizing fee payment and expense reimbursement for attorneys who participate on court teams established by Supreme Court of Appeals
HB 4476: Providing for the timely and efficient collection, submission, testing, retention, and disposition of forensic evidence in sexual assault cases
SB 528: Creating Uniform Worker Classification Act

3 p.m.: Finance (451M)

SB 285: Eliminating WV Greyhound Breeding Development Fund

5 p.m.: Select Committee on Children and Families (208W)

SB 606: Relating to relative placement for foster care and guardianship
SB 639: Relating to duties of prosecuting attorney in child abuse and neglect matters

Senate Bills introduced on February 10th, 2020

Committee Action on Bills from Friday, February 7, 2020

1 p.m.: Judiciary

SB 232: Removing outdated prohibitions against electronic or mechanical ticket dispensers and readers
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass

SB 638: Creating new private club licenses and requirements
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass

Bills that Have Passed the Senate as of Friday, February 7, 2020 (70 Senate: 7 House)

Resolutions Adopted by the Senate as of Friday, February 7, 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 Friday, February 7, 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 Friday, February 7, 2020 (89)

HB 2086: Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act (S Third Reading, 02-10)
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 (S First Reading, 02-10)
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 (S Second Reading, 02-10)
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 (S First Reading, 02-10)
HB 2967: Permitting a county to retain the excise taxes for the privilege of transferring title of real estate (Government Organization then Finance)
HB 3039: Relating to a court’s consideration of the expression of a preference by a child in certain child custody matters (S Second Reading, 02-10)
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 Third Reading, 02-10)
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 (S Second Reading, 02-10)
HB 4042: Requiring agencies exempt from some or all of state purchasing requirements to adopt procedural rules (Completed; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 4058: Relating to pharmacy benefit managers (S Third Reading, 02-10)
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 4083: Requiring the West Virginia Parkways Authority to accept the use of credit and debit cards for paying tolls (Pending Senate introduction)
HB 4089: Requiring cursive writing to be taught (Education)
HB 4090: Creating the Oil and Gas Abandoned Well Plugging Fund (Finance)
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 (S First Reading, 02-10)
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 (S First Reading, 02-10)
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 (Health and Human Resources)
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 (S First Reading, 02-10)
HB 4275: Authorizing Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety promulgate legislative rules relating to the Fire Commission (S Second Reading, 02-10)
HB 4352: Removing the use of post-criminal conduct in professional and occupational initial licensure or certification in decision making (Government Organization)
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 (Health and Human Resources)
HB 4359: Increasing the filing fees for insurers (Banking and Insurance)
HB 4361: Relating to insurance law violations (Pending Senate introduction)
HB 4365: Granting of college credit hours for learning English as a second language (Education)
HB 4375: Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists Compact (Interstate Cooperation then Health and Human Resources)
HB 4378: Relating to disciplining teachers (Education)
HB 4380: Updating the regulatory board review schedule (Government Organization)
HB 4381: Relating to lifetime hunting, fishing and trapping licenses for adopted children (Natural Resources)
HB 4393: Relating to making suffocation and asphyxiation crimes (Completed; awaiting action by Governor)
HB 4395: Removing the requirement that a veterinarian access and report to the controlled substance monitoring database (Health and Human Resources)
HB 4410: Permitting directors and executive officers of a banking institution to borrow from a banking institution with which he or she is connected (Banking and Insurance)
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 (Education)
HB 4415: Relating to missing and endangered children (Select Committee on Children and Families)
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 (Finance)

HB 4444: Establishing Medals of Valor and Medals for Bravery for emergency medical services, firefighters, and law-enforcement officers (Pending Senate introduction)
HB 4453: Expanding the eligibility requirements for private investigator and security guard licensure (Pending Senate introduction)
HB 4466: Certificates of Insurance Act (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 4477: West Virginia Mutual to Mutual Insurance Holding Company Act (Pending Senate introduction)
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 4502: Relating to insurance adjusters (Pending Senate introduction)
HB 4509: Transferring the Parole Board to the Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation for purposes of administrative and other support (Judiciary)

HB 4510: Prohibiting bodily intrusion by an inmate upon any person at any correctional facility (Judiciary)
HB 4515: Relating to wildlife resources, eligibility for license or permit application (Pending Senate introduction)
HB 4559: Modifying the limitations on civil actions against the perpetrator of sexual assault or sexual abuse upon a minor (Judiciary)
HB 4585: Providing immunity from civil or criminal liability for making good faith reports of suspected or known instances of child abuse or neglect (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)
HB 4607: Authorizing the operation of mobile shops for hair, nail, cosmetology, and aesthetics services (Pending Senate introduction)
HB 4664: Clarifying the offense of driving under the influence of alcohol, controlled substances, or drugs (Pending Senate introduction)

Bills that Have Completed Legislation as of Friday, February 7, 2020 (11 – 4 Senate; 7 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 4042: Requiring agencies exempt from some or all of state purchasing requirements to adopt procedural rules (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 4393: Relating to making suffocation and asphyxiation crimes (Completed; awaiting action by Governor)
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 Friday, February 7, 2020 (2 – 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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