Member's Press Release
Release Date: 02/21/2020
Contact: Jared Hunt at (304) 340-3323
House of Delegates
On the Agenda: Friday in the House of Delegates
Here’s what’s scheduled Friday in the House of Delegates:
SPECIAL CALENDAR
Friday, February 21, 2020
45th Day of the Legislative Session
House to convene at 11 a.m. On the agenda:
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
- H. C. R. 102 - Requiring the development of funding formulas for West Virginia’s public institutions of higher education
THIRD READING – For Passage
- S. B. 573 - Supplementing, amending, and increasing appropriations of public moneys for claims against state
- Com. Sub. for S. B. 623 - Allowing noncitizen of US be eligible for teaching certificate
- Com. Sub. for H. B. 2321 - Allowing workers’ compensation benefits for first responders diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder [Right to Amend]
- Com. Sub. for H. B. 3098 - Allowing the same business owner to brew and sell beer to also distill and sell liquor
- Com. Sub. for H. B. 4001 - Creating West Virginia Impact Fund (Amendment Pending By Delegates Householder and Bates) [Right to Amend]
- Com. Sub. for H. B. 4155 - Relating generally to the regulation of plumbers
- Com. Sub. for H. B. 4363 - Establishing the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources Police Officer Retirement System
- Com. Sub. for H. B. 4408 - Requiring the State Board of Education to develop and implement an online database for the employment of school principals
- Com. Sub. for H. B. 4452 - Modifying the notice requirements for the redemption of delinquent properties
- Com. Sub. for H. B. 4474 - Relating to peer-to-peer car sharing programs
- Com. Sub. for H. B. 4522 - Allowing division to accept documents compliant with Real ID Act for proof of identity
- H. B. 4523 - Removing the limitation of number of apprentice hunting and trapping licenses a person may purchase
- Com. Sub. for H. B. 4557 - Relating to centers and institutions that provide the care and treatment of mentally ill or intellectually disabled individuals
- Com. Sub. for H. B. 4634 - Southern West Virginia Lake Development Study Commission Act
- Com. Sub. for H. B. 4645 - Establishing the Office of Regulatory and Fiscal Affairs under the Joint Committee on Government and Finance
- H. B. 4737 - Clarifying student eligibility for state-sponsored financial aid
- Com. Sub. for H. B. 4820 - Relating to inventory of firearms owned by state agencies
SECOND READING – Amendment Stage
- Com. Sub. for S. B. 657 - Allowing designation of tourism development districts (Finance Committee Amendment Pending)
- Com. Sub. for H. B. 3127 - Relating to the Secondary School Activities Commission and participation by home schooled students
- Com. Sub. for H. B. 4009 - Relating to the process for involuntary hospitalization
- Com. Sub. for H. B. 4252 - Authorizing miscellaneous agencies and boards to promulgate legislative rules
- Com. Sub. for H. B. 4388 - Limiting the Alcohol Beverage Control Commissioner's authority to restrict advertising
- Com. Sub. for H. B. 4530 - Authorizing daily passenger rental car companies to charge reasonable administrative fees
- Com. Sub. for H. B. 4613 - Allowing the Division of Highways use money in the Gas Field Highway Repair and Horizontal Drilling Waste Study Fund
- Com. Sub. for H. B. 4626 - West Virginia Development Achievements Transparency Act
- Com. Sub. for H. B. 4668 - Creating the misdemeanor crime of trespass for entering a structure that has been condemned
- Com. Sub. for H. B. 4748 - Relating to the increase of fees that private nongovernment notary publics may charge for notarial acts
FIRST READING
- Com. Sub. for H. B. 2088 - Relating to admissibility of certain evidence in a civil action for damages
- Com. Sub. for H. B. 2149 - Relating to the Farm-To-Food Bank Tax Credit
- Com. Sub. for H. B. 2646 - Providing a safe harbor for employers to correct underpayment or nonpayment of wages and benefits due to separated employees
- Com. Sub. for H. B. 4019 - Downstream Natural Gas Manufacturing Investment Tax Credit Act of 2020
- H. B. 4354 - Adding nabiximols to the permitted list of distributed and prescribed drugs
- Com. Sub. for H. B. 4360 - Exempting certain persons from heating, ventilating, and cooling system licensing requirements
- Com. Sub. for H. B. 4377 - The Protection of Vulnerable Adults from Financial Exploitation Act
- H. B. 4396 - Relating to reporting suspected governmental fraud
- H. B. 4409 - Relating to transferring remaining funds from the Volunteer Fire Department Workers' Compensation Premium Subsidy Fund
- Com. Sub. for H. B. 4421 - Natural Gas Liquids Economic Development Act
- Com. Sub. for H. B. 4433 - Relating to deeds of trust
- H. B. 4447 - Creating the shared table initiative for senior citizens who suffer from food insecurity
- Com. Sub. for H. B. 4464 - Relating to driving privileges and requirements for persons under the age of 18
- Com. Sub. for H. B. 4485 - Reorganizing and redesignating the Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety as the Department of Homeland Security
- Com. Sub. for H. B. 4558 - Creating a personal income tax credit for volunteer firefighters in West Virginia
- H. B. 4606 - Listing contractor classifications on a contractor license
- H. B. 4715 - Authorizing municipalities to take action to grant certain fire department employees limited power of arrest
- H. B. 4760 - Modifying video lottery retailer licensing eligibility requirements
- Com. Sub. for H. B. 4780 - Permitting a school-based decision-making council to offer elective courses of instruction on the Bible
- H. B. 4797 - Authorizing municipalities to enact ordinances that allow the municipal court to place a structure, dwelling or building into receivership
- Com. Sub. for H. B. 4803 - Relating to certification of electrical inspectors
- Com. Sub. for H. B. 4823 - Developing a plan for periodic audits of the expenditure of the fees from the emergency 911 telephone system and wireless enhanced 911
- Com. Sub. for H. B. 4853 - Relating to a customer constructing a connection or other infrastructure necessary for the customer to connect to the public utility
- H. B. 4859 - Accounting for state funds distributed to volunteer and part-volunteer fire companies and departments
- H. B. 4872 - Modifying the criminal penalties imposed on a parent, guardian or custodian for child abuse
- H. B. 4882 - Authorizing limited sampling and limited sale of wine for off-premises consumption to wineries not licensed in the state
- H. B. 4884 - Relating to a charitable or public service organization must submit a certifying statement attesting to its status
- Com. Sub. for H. B. 4886 - Requiring the PSC and the DOH to submit reports concerning activity on the Coal Resource Transportation Road System
- H. B. 4887 - Relating to revocation, cancellation, or suspension of business registration certificates
- H. B. 4959 - Relating to clarifying the ability of the Economic Development Authority Board of Directors to enter into any contracts necessary to carry out its duties
- H. B. 4960 - Relating to exempting from licensure as an electrician
Committee Meetings Scheduled:
Committee on Finance
9:00 a.m. - Room 460 M
- H. B. 4439, Clarifying the method for calculating the amount of severance tax attributable to the increase in coal production.
- H. B. 4497, Requiring an external defibrillator device at any secondary school athlete event.
- Originating Bill (H. B. Blank): Dealing with charitable vehicles
Committee on the Judiciary
9:00 a.m. - Room 410 M
(***Agenda to be posted.***)
Committee on Education
9:30 a.m. - Room 434 M
- H. B. 4925, Requiring the Secondary Schools Athletic Commission to recognize private, parochial, or church schools.
- H. B. 4535, Relating to student aide class titles.
Committee on Government Organization
9:00 a.m. - Room 215 E
- Originating Bill: HB Blank, Relating to certain exemptions from the Certificate of Need for hospital closures.
- HB 4746, Establishing a registry of persons with a communication disability.
- HB 4574, Establishing Just Transition Support for Coal-Related Jobs.
- HB 4693, Expanding the scope of the Veterans to Agriculture Program.
- SB 552, Requiring contracts of $25,000 or more be competitively bid.
- Engrossed SB 202, Allowing one member of PSD board to be county commissioner.
- Com Sub for SB 225, Empowering municipalities to enact Adopt-A-Street programs.
- SB 307, Correcting code citation relating to certain tax liens.
Committee on Rules
10:45 a.m. - Behind Chamber
(***Additional committee meetings will be announced at the conclusion of the 11 a.m. floor session.***)
Citation Presentations Scheduled in House Chamber:
- 9:30 a.m. – West Virginia State University Citation, Delegate Rowe
- 9:45 a.m. – Bluefield State College Citation, Delegate Shott
- 10:00 a.m. – AKA Sorority Citation, Delegate Hornbuckle
- 10:15 a.m. – Herbert Hoover High School Lady Wrestling Citation, Delegate D. Jeffries
From the Activity Calendar:
West Virginia State University Day
Upper House and Upper Senate Rotundas
Bluefield State College Day
Lower Rotunda (10 Tables)
*** Agendas and meeting times subject to change. ***
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