Release Date: 03/05/2020
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House of Delegates

Here’s what’s scheduled Thursday in the House of Delegates (note earlier 9 a.m. start time):

SPECIAL CALENDAR

Thursday, March 5, 2020

58^th Day of the Legislative Session

House to convene at 9 a.m. On the agenda:

THIRD READING – For Passage

• S. B. 42 - Permitting faith-based electives in classroom drug prevention programs
• Com. Sub. for S. B. 130 - Relating to procedure for driver's license suspension and revocation for DUI
• Com. Sub. for S. B. 175 - Requiring certain agencies maintain website which contains specific information
• Com. Sub. for S. B. 230 - Requiring State Board of Education provide routine education in suicide prevention
• Com. Sub. for S. B. 261 - Creating criminal penalties for introducing ransomware into computer with intent to extort
• Com. Sub. for S. B. 269 - Establishing advisory council on rare diseases
• Com. Sub. for S. B. 288 - Relating to family planning and child spacing
• Com. Sub. for S. B. 303 - Enacting Students' Right to Know Act
• Com. Sub. for S. B. 308 - Creating criminal penalties for violation of orders issued for protection of victims of financial exploitation
• Com. Sub. for S. B. 312 - Relating to provisional licensure of social workers
• Com. Sub. for S. B. 491 - Relating to Seed Certification Program
• S. B. 510 - Making permanent land reuse agency or municipal land bank's right of first refusal on certain tax sale properties
• Com. Sub. for S. B. 530 - Relating to taxation of aircraft (Finance Committee Title Amendment Pending)
• Com. Sub. for S. B. 575 - Designating local fire department as safe-surrender site to accept physical custody of certain children from lawful custodian
• S. B. 641 - Allowing WVCHIP flexibility in rate setting
• S. B. 647 - Permitting physician's assistants and advanced practice registered nurses issue do-not-resuscitate orders
• S. B. 654 - Allowing certain sheriffs transfer from PERS to Deputy Sheriff Retirement System
• Com. Sub. for S. B. 689 - Enacting Requiring Accountable Pharmaceutical Transparency, Oversight, and Reporting Act
• S. B. 691 - Limiting programs adopted by State Board of Education
• Com. Sub. for S. B. 692 - Clarifying persons indicted or charged jointly for felony offense can move to have separate trial
• Com. Sub. for S. B. 707 - Relating to nursing career pathways
• Com. Sub. for S. B. 729 - Relating to awards and disability under Deputy Sheriff Retirement Act
• Com. Sub. for S. B. 746 - Providing contracted managed care companies access to uniform maternal screening tool
• Com. Sub. for S. B. 749 - Requiring Fatality and Mortality Review Team share data with CDC
• Com. Sub. for S. B. 760 - Allowing state college or university apply to HEPC for designation as administratively exempt school
• S. B. 767 - Relating to licensure of hospitals
• Com. Sub. for S. B. 770 - Revising requirements for post-doctoral training
• Com. Sub. for S. B. 793 - Relating to B&O taxes imposed on certain coal-fired electric generating units
• S. B. 830 - Eliminating special merit-based employment system for health care professionals
• S. B. 838 - Directing state police establish referral program for substance abuse treatment
• S. B. 839 - Creating State Advisory Council on Postsecondary Attainment Goals
• S. B. 846 - Requiring hospital publish notification prior to facility closure regarding patient medical records
• S. B. 848 - Clarifying persons charged with DUI may not participate in Military Service Members Court
• S. B. 851 - Requiring Governor's Committee on Crime, Delinquency, and Correction propose rule in coordination with law enforcement and certain medical boards

SECOND READING – Amendment Stage

• S. B. 51 - Specifying forms of grandparent visitation
• Com. Sub. for S. B. 120 - Establishing priorities for expenditures for plugging abandoned gas or oil wells
• S. B. 180 - Relating to Second Chance Driver's License Program (Judiciary Committee Amendment Pending)
• Com. Sub. for S. B. 193 - Setting forth timeframes for continuing purchases of commodities and services over $1 million (Finance Committee Amendment Pending)
• Com. Sub. for S. B. 195 - Updating powers of personal representatives of deceased person's estate
• Com. Sub. for S. B. 213 - Relating to administration of trusts
• Com. Sub. for S. B. 253 - Providing for fair pay and maximized employment of disabled persons
• Com. Sub. for S. B. 275 - Creating Intermediate Court of Appeals (Finance Committee Amendment Pending)
• S. B. 278 - Providing various methods to deal with defendant who becomes incompetent during trial
• Com. Sub. for S. B. 291 - Requiring PEIA and health insurance providers provide mental health parity (Finance Committee Amendment Pending)
• S. B. 322 - Relating to prequalifications for state contract vendors
• Com. Sub. for S. B. 472 - Providing alternative sentencing program for work release
• Com. Sub. for S. B. 517 - Creating State Parks and Recreation Endowment Fund
• Com. Sub. for S. B. 522 - Relating to compensation awards to crime victims
• Com. Sub. for S. B. 547 - Relating to employer testing, notice, termination, and forfeiture of unemployment compensation
• Com. Sub. for S. B. 551 - Relating to Water and Wastewater Investment and Infrastructure Improvement Act (Finance Committee Amendment Pending)
• Com. Sub. for S. B. 579 - Changing and adding fees to wireless enhanced 911 fee
• Com. Sub. for S. B. 589 - Creating Critical Needs/Failing Systems Sub Account (Finance Committee Amendment Pending)
• Com. Sub. for S. B. 597 - Relating to judicial branch members' salaries and pensions (Finance Committee Amendment Pending)
• Com. Sub. for S. B. 615 - Declaring certain claims against state as moral obligations of state (Finance Committee Amendment Pending)
• Com. Sub. for S. B. 648 - Providing dental coverage for adult Medicaid recipients (Finance Committee Amendment Pending)
• Com. Sub. for S. B. 660 - Regulating electric bicycles
• S. B. 664 - Adding physician's assistant to list of medical professionals capable of determining if individual lacks capacity
• Com. Sub. for S. B. 670 - Amending service of process on nonresident persons or corporate entities
• Com. Sub. for S. B. 690 - Permitting street-legal special purpose vehicles on highways (Government Organization Committee Amendment Pending)
• Com. Sub. for S. B. 710 - Establishing pilot program to evaluate telemedicine health services
• Com. Sub. for S. B. 711 - Relating to juvenile jurisdiction of circuit courts
• Com. Sub. for S. B. 716 - Requiring DHHR pay for tubal ligation without 30-day wait between consent and sterilization (Finance Committee Title Amendment Pending)
• Com. Sub. for S. B. 717 - Relating generally to adult protective services
• Com. Sub. for S. B. 719 - Imposing health care-related provider tax on certain health care organizations
• Com. Sub. for S. B. 722 - Relating to special license plates for public and private nonprofit transit providers (Government Organization Committee Amendment Pending)
• Com. Sub. for S. B. 738 - Creating Flatwater Trail Commission
• S. B. 740 - Clarifying authorized users of Ron Yost Personal Assistance Services Fund
• S. B. 747 - Requiring Bureau for Public Health develop Diabetes Action Plan (Health and Human Resources Committee Amendment Pending)
• S. B. 765 - Modifying "Habitual Offender" statute (Judiciary Committee Amendment Pending)
• Com. Sub. for S. B. 787 - Providing benefits to pharmacists for rendered care (Finance Committee Amendment Pending)
• Com. Sub. for S. B. 797 - Authorizing governing boards of public and private hospitals employ hospital police officers (Finance Committee Amendment Pending)
• S. B. 843 - Supplemental appropriation of funds from Treasury to DHHR Energy Assistance Fund
• S. B. 844 - Supplemental appropriation from Treasury to DHHR Birth-to-Three Fund
• Com. Sub. for S. B. 845 - Supplemental appropriation from Treasury to DHHR, Division of Human Services
• S. B. 852 - Supplemental appropriation of public moneys from Treasury to Department of Education, School Building Fund
• S. B. 853 - Supplemental appropriation of public moneys from Treasury to Department of Education, School Building Authority

Committee Meetings Scheduled:

Committee on Rules

8:45 a.m. - Behind Chamber

Citation Presentations Scheduled in front of House Chamber:

• 9:45 a.m. – American Red Cross Citation, Delegate Skaff
• 10:00 a.m. – Angela Liu Citation, Delegate Walker

From the Activity Calendar:

West Virginia National Hemophilia Foundation

Upper House Rotunda (2-3 Tables)

American Red Cross Day

Upper Senate Rotunda (3 Tables)

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

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