Bill Status - 1997 Regular Session

All House Bills

Bill	Title	Status	Committee	Step	Last Action
HB 2001	Unlawful use or possession of a firearm in drug trafficking offenses	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/12/97
HB 2002	Filing of a corporate license tax return to engage in business in West Virginia	Pending	House Finance	Committee	02/12/97
HB 2003	Prohibiting persons who feloniously kill another person from obtaining certain property by joint survivorship provisions	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/12/97
HB 2004	Liability for power surges caused by electric utilities	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/12/97
HB 2005	Declaring that a national day of mourning after a president's death be a state holiday	Pending	House Government Organization	Committee	02/12/97
HB 2006	Relating to itemized statements of medicaid assistance or services	Pending	House Health and Human Resources	Committee	02/12/97
HB 2007	Changing property tax reappraisals from a three-year cycle to a five-year cycle	Pending	House Finance	Committee	03/28/97
HB 2008	Requiring the signature of the fiduciary commissioner on any waiver of final settlement in estates subject to administration	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/12/97
HB 2009	Eliminating the blood test and three-day waiting period required for the issuance of a marriage license	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/12/97
HB 2010	Establishing a driver point reduction program for certain traffic offenses	Pending	House Roads and Transportation	Committee	02/12/97
HB 2011	Providing that certain reports by compliance review committees of banking institutions are discoverable but not admissible as evidence	Pending	House Banking and Insurance	Committee	02/12/97
HB 2012	Prohibiting price discrimination based on gender	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/12/97
HB 2013	Providing for reporting of disciplinary action taken against aides under the auspices of home health care agencies	Pending	House Government Organization	Committee	02/12/97
HB 2014	Requiring the Division of Personnel to reinstate equity pay increases	Pending	House Finance	Committee	02/12/97
HB 2015	Requiring that chapter one teachers receive the same amount of faculty senate money as other teachers	Pending	House Education	Committee	02/12/97
HB 2016	Removing liability of schools and employees for dispensing medications to students	Pending	House Education	Committee	02/12/97
HB 2017	Relating to the formula by which the fire casualty insurance premium tax is allocated to municipalities	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	04/04/97
HB 2018	Preventing reduction of annuities of certain persons who retire from public employment under disability retirement	Pending	Senate Pensions	Committee	04/07/97
HB 2019	State personal income tax credits for certain retired persons	Pending	House Finance	Committee	02/12/97
HB 2020	Allowing the carry forward of the deferred credit until the total amount of credits are utilized	Pending	House Finance	Committee	02/12/97
HB 2021	Establishing a parks and recreation maintenance fund	Pending	House Finance	Committee	02/12/97
HB 2022	Reforming the procedures for obtaining administrative and judicial review of property tax assessments	Pending	House Finance	Committee	02/12/97
HB 2023	Restoring certain language to the section relating to classification and criteria for workers' compensation disability benefits	Pending	House Finance	Committee	02/12/97
HB 2024	Collection of workers' compensation premium taxes from defaulting employers	Pending	House Finance	Committee	02/12/97
HB 2025	Relating to delinquent payment of workers' compensation premium taxes	Pending	House Finance	Committee	02/12/97
HB 2026	Restoring certain workers' compensation death benefits	Pending	House Finance	Committee	02/12/97
HB 2027	Two-year statute of limitations of certain applications for workers' compensation benefits	Pending	House Finance	Committee	02/12/97
HB 2028	Providing regulations and safety standards for body piercing	Pending	Senate Health and Human Resources	Committee	04/04/97
HB 2029	Amending trial proceedings involving crimes of murder and sexual assault	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/12/97
HB 2030	Residential Property Condition Disclosure Act	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/12/97
HB 2031	Creating a state police review board	Pending	House Government Organization	Committee	02/12/97
HB 2032	Prohibiting the tinting of rear windows in motor vehicles	Pending	House Roads and Transportation	Committee	02/12/97
HB 2033	Imposing a fine upon a railroad company for violation of public service commission rules	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/12/97
HB 2034	Full teacher retirement benefits when a member's age plus years of service equals eighty	Pending	House Pensions and Retirement	Committee	02/12/97
HB 2035	Discounts for West Virginia residents at state parks and forests	Pending	House A&N	Committee	02/12/97
HB 2036	Requiring school attendance and maintenance of satisfactory progress for privilege of operation of a motor vehicle	Pending	House Education	Committee	02/12/97
HB 2037	Requiring insurance coverage of reconstructive and cosmetic surgery for injuries received from acts of domestic violence	Pending	House Banking and Insurance	Committee	02/12/97
HB 2038	Distribution of awards for damages in wrongful death actions	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/12/97
HB 2039	Eliminating the seventy-five percent participation requirement currently required for group insurance policies when the policy premium is partly or wholly paid by the employee	Pending	House Banking and Insurance	Committee	02/12/97
HB 2040	Providing for certain student teachers to serve as substitute teachers	Pending	House Education	Committee	02/12/97
HB 2041	Exempting small hospitals from certificate of need requirements	Pending	House Health and Human Resources	Committee	02/12/97
HB 2042	Requiring parental consent before an unemancipated minor may obtain an abortion except in certain instances	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/12/97
HB 2043	Requiring the DMV to conduct an outstanding warrant check on an applicant for a driver's license and requiring applicants to provide proof of residency	Pending	House Roads and Transportation	Committee	02/12/97
HB 2044	General revision of the West Virginia Medical Practice Act	Pending	House Government Organization	Committee	02/12/97
HB 2045	Reporting delinquent child support obligors to consumer reporting agencies	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	02/18/97
HB 2046	Defining the term "support order" as used in the enforcement of family obligations	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	02/18/97
HB 2047	Requiring a deceased person's social security number to be placed on certain death records	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	02/18/97
HB 2048	Requiring boards of examination or registration to include an applicant's social security number on application for licenses or certificates of registration	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	02/20/97
HB 2049	Abolishing the position of Vice Chancellor for Instructional Technology and transferring the duties thereof	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2050	Budget Bill, making appropriations of public money out of the Treasury in accordance with Article VI, Section 51 of the Constitution	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2051	Relating generally to the guardianship conservator appointment process	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/13/97
HB 2052	Election of attorney general and secretary of state in nonpresidential election years	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/13/97
HB 2053	Deduction of contributions for the restoration of the C&O canal and the towpath from adjusted gross income	Pending	House Finance	Committee	02/13/97
HB 2054	Tuition and fee waivers for persons enrolled at state institutions of higher education who wish to audit courses or classes	Pending	House Education	Committee	02/13/97
HB 2055	Prohibiting the sale of perishable products at full retail price after the packer's expiration date	Pending	House A&N	Committee	02/13/97
HB 2056	Composition of institutional boards of advisors acting as a presidential search committee	Pending	House Education	Committee	02/13/97
HB 2057	Removing the family purpose doctrine provision from motor vehicle liability policies	Pending	House Banking and Insurance	Committee	02/13/97
HB 2058	Requiring businesses which use scanners at the checkout counter to post prices on the shelf	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/13/97
HB 2059	Restricting certain retesting for drivers licenses	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	04/10/97
HB 2060	Prohibiting a debt collector from compiling and maintaining files on creditors who have instructed the debt collector not to do so	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/13/97
HB 2061	State Board of Risk and Insurance Management authorized to establish and provide group insurance plans for small businesses	Pending	House Banking and Insurance	Committee	02/13/97
HB 2062	Prohibiting sale at full retail price of any damaged container or canned goods	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/13/97
HB 2063	Requiring labeling of dairy products	Pending	House A&N	Committee	02/13/97
HB 2064	Establishing a secure residential school for juvenile status offenders	Pending	House Education	Committee	02/13/97
HB 2065	Increasing the additional county excise tax on the transfer of real property	Pending		3rd Reading	05/20/97
HB 2066	Licensure of home health care agencies	Pending	House Health and Human Resources	Committee	02/13/97
HB 2067	Training and state-administered testing of home health care aides	Pending	House Health and Human Resources	Committee	02/13/97
HB 2068	Minimum standards for instruction of food service safety and sanitation	Pending	House Health and Human Resources	Committee	02/13/97
HB 2069	Civil service for county sheriff's process servers	Pending	House Political Subdivisions	Committee	02/13/97
HB 2070	Individualized braille literacy assessment and appropriate educational services resulting therefrom	Pending	House Finance	Committee	03/21/97
HB 2071	Misdemeanor offense of ticket scalping	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/13/97
HB 2072	Authorized expenditure by qualified nonprofit tax exempt organizations of certain net proceeds of bingo and raffle operations	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/13/97
HB 2073	Authorizing the state conservation committee to develop a program of stream maintenance	Pending	House Government Organization	Committee	02/13/97
HB 2074	Establishing a division of forms management	Pending	House Government Organization	Committee	02/13/97
HB 2075	West Virginia Regulatory Flexibility Act	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/13/97
HB 2076	Permitting courts to award attorney fees and expenses against the state in civil actions brought by the state and in proceedings for judicial review of administrative orders	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/13/97
HB 2077	Granting prior service credit to certain county employees for retirement purposes	Pending	House Pensions and Retirement	Committee	02/13/97
HB 2078	Requiring the equipment of cranes with certain safety devices to reduce chance of injury caused by overhead power lines	Pending	House I&L	Committee	02/13/97
HB 2079	Exempting hunting clubs from paying a franchise tax when the hunting club does not produce a net income or pay dividends	Pending		3rd Reading	04/11/97
HB 2080	Admission into evidence in judicial proceedings held to determine custody of minor children of any criminal convictions for acts of violence or abuse toward children or family members	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/13/97
HB 2081	Expanding the definition of child abuse and neglect and admitting heresay evidence	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/13/97
HB 2082	Second or subsequent offense of cruelty to animals a felony and providing for mandatory incarceration	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/13/97
HB 2083	Providing that both creation science and evolution science be taught in public schools on an equal basis	Pending	House Education	Committee	02/13/97
HB 2084	Creating the felony offense of abuse of vulnerable adults	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2085	Continuation of coverage under automobile liability policy provisions after termination of a marriage	Pending	House Banking and Insurance	Committee	02/13/97
HB 2086	Prohibiting political contributions by corporations and providing certain exceptions	Pending		3rd Reading	05/20/97
HB 2087	Access by property owners of information in assessor's records used to appraise and assess property for tax purposes	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/13/97
HB 2088	Licensing requirements for carrying concealed handguns	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/13/97
HB 2089	Requiring alcohol server permits	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/14/97
HB 2090	Requiring public employee insurance coverage of inpatient care for mothers and newly born infants	Pending	Senate Banking and Insurance	Committee	03/20/97
HB 2091	Prohibiting insurance companies from denying coverage to abuse victims	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2092	Reducing the blood alcohol content for DUI convictions	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/14/97
HB 2093	Missing Children Information Act	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2094	Tuition and fee waivers for children and spouses of full-time faculty and staff members at state institutions of higher education	Pending	House Education	Committee	02/14/97
HB 2095	Increasing salaries of court of claims judges and increasing maximum awards from the crime victims compensation fund	Pending	House Finance	Committee	02/14/97
HB 2096	Allowing persons to defend their property with deadly force without being exposed to liability	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/14/97
HB 2097	Requiring voter approval before taxes or fees can be enacted by a county for county development	Pending	House Political Subdivisions	Committee	02/14/97
HB 2098	Prohibiting legislation that imposes unfunded mandates on counties	Pending	House Political Subdivisions	Committee	02/14/97
HB 2099	Permitting the sale of certain motor vehicles on an "as is" basis	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/14/97
HB 2100	Prohibiting state officials from employing their spouses, parents or children at public expense	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/14/97
HB 2101	Prohibiting county offices from spending more than approved by the county commission in the budget	Pending	House Political Subdivisions	Committee	02/14/97
HB 2102	Exempting certain retirement benefits from state personal income taxes	Pending	House Finance	Committee	02/14/97
HB 2103	Exempting certain military pensions from state income tax	Pending	House Pensions and Retirement	Committee	02/14/97
HB 2104	Requiring felons to make restitution for the full amount of stolen property	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/14/97
HB 2105	Granting prior service credit in the West Virginia State Police to members of the teachers retirement system	Pending	Senate Pensions	Committee	04/03/97
HB 2106	Crediting a deceased teacher's surviving spouse with accumulated sick leave	Pending	House Pensions and Retirement	Committee	02/14/97
HB 2107	Charges for setting United States Veterans' Affairs grave markers	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	04/11/97
HB 2108	Awarding a deputy his or her service revolver upon retirement	Pending	House Political Subdivisions	Committee	02/14/97
HB 2109	Creating a reinsurance pool for persons unable to qualify for insurance because of illnesses or physical conditions	Pending	House Banking and Insurance	Committee	02/14/97
HB 2110	Ten percent across the board tax reduction for all personal and corporate taxpayers	Pending	House Finance	Committee	02/14/97
HB 2111	Providing a reduction in campground rental fees for certain disabled veterans	Pending		3rd Reading	04/11/97
HB 2112	Magistrate bail deposits	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	02/20/97
HB 2113	Resolving motions in magistrate criminal cases for change of venue	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	02/20/97
HB 2114	Emergency closing of courts	Pending		3rd Reading	04/11/97
HB 2115	Amending the definition of "net enrollment" to exclude certain children under the age of five	Pending	House Education	Committee	02/17/97
HB 2116	Requiring insurance coverage of reconstructive surgery following mastectomy surgery	Pending	House Banking and Insurance	Committee	02/17/97
HB 2117	Providing for meetings and conference rights for members of municipal police and fire departments	Pending	House Political Subdivisions	Committee	02/17/97
HB 2118	Removing the requirement that venue properly lies in Kanawha County in relation to certain controversies involving the state	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/17/97
HB 2119	Allowing nonresidents owning land in this state to obtain hunting and fishing licenses at the same rates as residents	Pending	House A&N	Committee	02/17/97
HB 2120	Allowing public employees to retire with full benefits when their age is at least fifty years and the sum of their age and years of service equals eighty	Pending	House Pensions and Retirement	Committee	02/17/97
HB 2121	Increasing retirement annuities of public employees	Pending	House Pensions and Retirement	Committee	02/17/97
HB 2122	Permitting the deduction of home mortgage interest for the purpose of calculating state income tax	Pending	House Finance	Committee	02/17/97
HB 2123	Eliminating the interlocutory appeal following transfer of proceedings from juvenile to criminal jurisdiction	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2124	Permitting the deduction of home mortgage interest paid for purposes of personal income tax	Pending	House Finance	Committee	02/17/97
HB 2125	Extending the open firearms hunting season to seven days a week	Pending	House A&N	Committee	02/17/97
HB 2126	Commercial driver license qualification standards	Pending	House Roads and Transportation	Committee	02/17/97
HB 2127	Procedure for committing persons to state institutions for tuberculosis when that person is an alcoholic or drug user	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2128	Allowing the Legislature to oversee the inmate classification system	Pending	Senate GOVO	Committee	03/13/97
HB 2129	Assessment of fees, costs and damages for filing frivolous lawsuits, pleadings and motions	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/17/97
HB 2130	Increasing the speed limit to seventy on certain interstate highways	Pending	House Roads and Transportation	Committee	02/17/97
HB 2131	Requiring advised consent for induced abortions	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/17/97
HB 2132	Eliminating the acquisition of property rights in real estate by adverse possession	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/17/97
HB 2133	Making it a misdemeanor to shoot deer, turkey or bear from a vehicle	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/06/97
HB 2134	Requiring state agencies to provide information for verifying eligibility for public housing programs	Pending	House Government Organization	Committee	02/18/97
HB 2135	Confidentiality of juvenile records and removing the prohibition against publishing the names of certain juvenile offenders	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/18/97
HB 2136	Preapproval of site location of a private club	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/18/97
HB 2137	Amending the Health Care Surrogate Act	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/07/97
HB 2138	Primary elections and nominating procedures of third party candidates	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/18/97
HB 2139	Adoption law reform	Tabled		3rd Reading	04/02/97
HB 2140	Homestead exemption from debts caused by catastrophic illness	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/18/97
HB 2141	Providing safeguards for the documentation and investigation procedures of child abuse cases	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/18/97
HB 2142	Allowing duly registered voters who sign petitions to place the name of a candidate for office on the ballot to vote in primary elections	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/18/97
HB 2143	Requiring that every child removed from a home must have a medical examination prior to placement in foster care or into an institution	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/18/97
HB 2144	Declaring void any judicial actions taken against members of the Legislature while in session and applying this exemption to clients of attorney members of the Legislature	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/18/97
HB 2145	Requiring landlords to place security deposits into interest bearing accounts	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/18/97
HB 2146	Preventing the recordation of fraudulent deeds and notification by the clerk of the county commission	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/18/97
HB 2147	Allowing the court of claims to convene in any location in the state and increasing compensation of judges	Pending		Concurrence	04/12/97
HB 2148	Relating generally to compensation awards to victims of crimes	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2149	Permitting deputy sheriffs and professional firefighters to participate in certain political activities	Pending	House Political Subdivisions	Committee	02/18/97
HB 2150	Removing the twenty-year limitation in determining incremental salary increases for state employees	Pending	House Finance	Committee	02/18/97
HB 2151	Requiring a mandatory ten thousand dollars in medical pay coverage for certain motor vehicle insurance policies	Pending	House Banking and Insurance	Committee	02/18/97
HB 2152	State Payment for State Mandates Act	Pending	House Government Organization	Committee	02/18/97
HB 2153	Filling magistrate vacancies	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	02/24/97
HB 2154	Establishing an environmental audit privilege for certain businesses to assess environmental law compliance	Pending		Concurrence	04/17/97
HB 2155	Removing the requirement that certain motorcycle operators and passengers wear helmets	Rejected			04/12/97
HB 2156	Prohibiting unsupervised furlough or other release for violent or repeat offenders	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/19/97
HB 2157	Implementing a program requiring certain inmates to work toward their upkeep and offset the cost of their incarceration	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/19/97
HB 2158	Merging graduate programs of Marshall University and the West Virginia Graduate College	Pending	House Education	Committee	02/19/97
HB 2159	Higher Education Tuition Trust Act	Tabled		3rd Reading	04/10/97
HB 2160	Repealing section in code relating to the appraisal control and review commission and related subcommittees	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2161	Repealing code sections relating to health-related boards, councils, committees and programs	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2162	Repealing code sections relating to certain economic development programs	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2163	Prohibiting passing in a center turn lane	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2164	Allowing out-of-state insurance agents to use class hours and test scores from another state to obtain their West Virginia license	Pending	House Banking and Insurance	Committee	02/19/97
HB 2165	Providing employer immunity from civil liability for information disclosed regarding former law-enforcement employees	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	04/07/97
HB 2166	Authorizing municipalities to impose a business and occupation or privilege tax on only the net income of contractors	Pending	House Political Subdivisions	Committee	02/20/97
HB 2167	Uniform Interstate Family Support Act	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2168	Adding butorphanol to schedule IV controlled substance	Pending		3rd Reading	04/11/97
HB 2169	Relating to salvaged motorcycles	Pending	House Roads and Transportation	Committee	02/20/97
HB 2170	Relating to physician assistants and licensing requirements	Pending		3rd Reading	04/11/97
HB 2171	Abolishing the Parkways, Economic Development and Tourism Authority and transferring duties	Pending	House Government Organization	Committee	02/20/97
HB 2172	Raising the resident vendor's preference percentage and adding "services" to purchasing requirements	Pending	House Government Organization	Committee	02/20/97
HB 2173	Repealing certain code sections relating to the Jobs Through Education Act of 1996	Pending	House Education	Committee	02/20/97
HB 2174	Phasing out the sales tax on food over a five-year period	Pending	House Finance	Committee	02/20/97
HB 2175	Prohibiting bank return charges for federal WIC vouchers	Pending	House Banking and Insurance	Committee	02/20/97
HB 2176	Requiring sellers of alcoholic liquors, nonintoxicating beer and tobacco products to require proof of age from all purchasers and prohibiting the sale of tobacco products by vending machines	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/20/97
HB 2177	Deleting power dumbwaiters from the coverage of the elevator safety law	Pending	House Government Organization	Committee	02/20/97
HB 2178	Phasing out all health provider taxes	Pending	House Finance	Committee	02/20/97
HB 2179	Validation of foreign marriages	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/20/97
HB 2180	Prohibiting smoking in taxicabs	Pending	House Health and Human Resources	Committee	02/20/97
HB 2181	Making the use of permanent replacements for striking workers an unfair labor practice by certain employers	Pending	House I&L	Committee	02/20/97
HB 2182	Allowing magistrates to collect bank service charges for the holder or payee	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/20/97
HB 2183	Relating generally to employees of nursing, personal and residential care homes	Pending	House I&L	Committee	02/20/97
HB 2184	Exempting children from the payment of personal income tax	Pending	House Finance	Committee	02/20/97
HB 2185	Requiring persons who have judgments against them and their wages to notify the clerk of the court of any change of job status or employer	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/20/97
HB 2186	Tax credit for employers who provide child day care services for their employees	Pending	House Finance	Committee	02/21/97
HB 2187	Removing the special application fee for special registration plates for certain disabled veterans	Pending	House Roads and Transportation	Committee	02/21/97
HB 2188	Providing certain retired veterans free passes to high school, college or university sporting events	Pending	House Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security	Committee	02/21/97
HB 2189	Clarifying legislative intent as to qualification and certification of managed timberland	Vetoed		Governor	05/08/97
HB 2190	Requiring state agencies to develop land management plans	Pending	Senate GOVO	Committee	03/13/97
HB 2191	Requiring nonresident persons or companies entering into contracts to sever West Virginia timber to post a bond to secure payment of severance tax	Pending		3rd Reading	04/11/97
HB 2192	Requiring the tax commissioner to develop a simple or short form for the payment of timber severance taxes	Pending		3rd Reading	04/11/97
HB 2193	Relating to enforcement of magistrate judgment in a criminal case for certain costs and fees	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	03/03/97
HB 2194	Procedures in magistrate court against a person in active military service	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2195	Nonliability of financial institutions for child support	Pending		Concurrence	04/11/97
HB 2196	Requirements for the motor vehicle alcohol test and lock program	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/24/97
HB 2197	Providing for a limited privilege for news media professionals and organizations to protect information and sources from disclosure	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/24/97
HB 2198	Providing state-chartered banks certain parity with national banks	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2199	Jobs Impact Statement Act	Pending		3rd Reading	04/12/97
HB 2200	Relicensure of salvage yards	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2201	Establishing the West Virginia recreation therapy board	Pending	House Government Organization	Committee	02/24/97
HB 2202	Eliminating the sales tax on food and increasing the tax on sales of cigarettes, beer, wine and liquor	Pending	House Finance	Committee	02/24/97
HB 2203	Providing special penalty provisions for children under the age of eighteen and over the age of fifteen for certain crimes	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/24/97
HB 2204	Duties and responsibilities of a county director of school attendance	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2205	Penalties for intentional injury or death to animals used in law enforcement, fire prevention and investigation	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2206	Creation of a pilot program for environmental audits and self-evaluations	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/24/97
HB 2207	Entitling nurse practitioners to receive medicaid payments	Pending	House Government Organization	Committee	02/25/97
HB 2208	Requiring the reduction of rates of special levies by the levying body in certain instances	Pending	House Finance	Committee	02/25/97
HB 2209	Allowing landowners to enter small streams and ditches to remove debris to prevent flooding	Pending	House A&N	Committee	02/25/97
HB 2210	Adding managing state parks in a business-like manner to the purposes of the parks and recreation section	Pending	House A&N	Committee	02/25/97
HB 2211	Improving the economic condition of women and prohibiting gender discrimination	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	04/10/97
HB 2212	Issuance of special license plates to members of the Silver Haired Legislature	Pending	House Roads and Transportation	Committee	02/25/97
HB 2213	Creating the prepaid postsecondary education expense program	Pending	House Education	Committee	02/25/97
HB 2214	Clarifying that certain special mobile equipment is not subject to registration and certificate of title provisions	Pending	House Roads and Transportation	Committee	02/25/97
HB 2215	Electronic records retention under the Consumer Credit and Protection Act	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/25/97
HB 2216	Requiring students to maintain a 1.0 minimum grade point average to avoid a driver's license suspension	Pending	House Education	Committee	02/25/97
HB 2217	Tax relief for homeowners and renters under sixty-five years of age	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/26/97
HB 2218	Patient Protection Act	Pending	House Government Organization	Committee	02/26/97
HB 2219	Providing a ten percent discount on insurance policies for homes with sprinkler systems	Pending	House Banking and Insurance	Committee	02/26/97
HB 2220	Crediting a deceased state employee's sick leave toward continued insurance coverage for a surviving spouse or other dependents	Pending	House Finance	Committee	02/26/97
HB 2221	Amending the law concerning obstructing and fleeing from a law-enforcement officer	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2222	Extending grandparent visitation rights	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/26/97
HB 2223	Teacher retirement eligibility when age plus years of service equals or exceeds eighty	Pending	House Pensions and Retirement	Committee	02/26/97
HB 2224	Creating the felony crime of disseminating indecent material to minors	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/26/97
HB 2225	Establishing three degrees of negligent vehicular homicide	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/26/97
HB 2226	Providing that parks and recreation shall permit reservations by credit card for recreational vehicles	Pending	House A&N	Committee	02/26/97
HB 2227	Allowing class four municipalities to employ radar devices for enforcing speeding laws	Pending	House Roads and Transportation	Committee	02/26/97
HB 2228	Prior service credit of two years for teachers with employment in another state	Pending	House Pensions and Retirement	Committee	02/26/97
HB 2229	Personal property tax exemption on one vehicle in proportion to the amount of miles traveled for volunteer fire department members	Pending	House Finance	Committee	02/26/97
HB 2230	Requiring electric and gas utilities to maintain telephone lines dedicated solely to emergencies	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/26/97
HB 2231	Requiring local boards of health to monitor the sanitation of school restrooms	Pending	Senate Health and Human Resources	Committee	04/02/97
HB 2232	Requiring an expiration date on prescription drugs	Pending	Senate Health and Human Resources	Committee	03/14/97
HB 2233	Revising the open governmental meetings law	Pending	Senate GOVO	Committee	04/07/97
HB 2234	Reducing all personal income tax rates by five percent	Pending	House Finance	Committee	02/26/97
HB 2235	Authorizing county boards of education to sell advertisements to be placed on school bus shelters with certain restrictions	Pending	House Education	Committee	02/26/97
HB 2236	Removing the legislative oversight commission on education accountability from sunset review	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2237	Removing the forest management review commission from sunset review	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2238	Continuing the state building commission	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2239	Increasing the period allowed to perfect a mechanic's lien for subcontractors	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/27/97
HB 2240	Removing from a period of parole any credit for good conduct	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/27/97
HB 2241	Requiring that the drawing of blood be done only by a phlebotomist	Pending	House Health and Human Resources	Committee	02/27/97
HB 2242	Uniform Unclaimed Property Act	Tabled		3rd Reading	03/24/97
HB 2243	Uniform Anatomical Gift Act	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/27/97
HB 2244	Uniform Premarital Agreement Act	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/27/97
HB 2245	Uniform Common Interest Ownership Act	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/27/97
HB 2246	Authorizing county clerks to issue marriage licenses during all office hours	Pending	House Political Subdivisions	Committee	02/27/97
HB 2247	Eliminating violent offenders from that group of criminal defendants and inmates eligible for work release	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	04/07/97
HB 2248	Providing for notification of parole hearing dates and an opportunity for victims to address the parole board	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/27/97
HB 2249	Promulgation of legislative rules allowing for facility-wide and multiunit alternate emission control strategies	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/27/97
HB 2250	Requiring drug and alcohol testing of drivers involved in accidents that result in death	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/27/97
HB 2251	Creating a state building safety commission	Pending	House Government Organization	Committee	02/27/97
HB 2252	Requiring executive agencies to report notices of disallowances or potential disallowances of federal funds within sixty days of receipt	Pending		3rd Reading	04/11/97
HB 2253	Relating to workers' compensation schedule of maximum disbursements	Pending	House Finance	Committee	02/27/97
HB 2254	Making owners and lessees of coal liable for workers' compensation taxes when a contract miner defaults on obligations	Pending	House Finance	Committee	02/27/97
HB 2255	Allowing professional firefighters to run for office except in the municipality where they work	Pending	House Political Subdivisions	Committee	02/27/97
HB 2256	Providing a tax credit for parents or guardians who provide their children with home or private schooling	Pending	House Education	Committee	02/27/97
HB 2257	Requiring utilities to charge the lowest rates available to emergency service providers	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/27/97
HB 2258	Providing an early retirement incentive for eligible public employees	Pending	House Pensions and Retirement	Committee	02/27/97
HB 2259	Procedures to be followed when disqualification of magistrate asserted	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2260	Criminal procedures to be followed upon discovery of a criminal violation	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	03/06/97
HB 2261	Taxation of docket fee upon judgment for recovery of a fine	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	03/06/97
HB 2262	Criminal penalties for failure to cause a child to attend school	Pending	House Education	Committee	02/27/97
HB 2263	Disposition of court costs collected in magistrate courts	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	04/09/97
HB 2264	Requirements for pleas of not guilty, guilty or nolo contendere in magistrate cases	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	03/06/97
HB 2265	Providing that persons under the age of eighteen cannot be compelled to join a labor union	Pending	House I&L	Committee	02/27/97
HB 2266	Creating a panel to review proposed legislation and existing law regarding mandated health benefits	Pending	House Government Organization	Committee	03/27/97
HB 2267	Identification card for certain persons who derive their income from service of process	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/27/97
HB 2268	Time within which sentences are to be imposed in magistrate court	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	03/05/97
HB 2269	Collection of magistrate court fines and court assessments	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	03/05/97
HB 2270	Allowing municipalities to self-insure together and promulgation of rules by the Commissioner of Insurance	Pending	House Political Subdivisions	Committee	02/28/97
HB 2271	Making the state convict road force mandatory	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/28/97
HB 2272	Allowing physicians to prescribe dosages of pain relieving drugs in excess of their recommended dosages in certain cases	Pending	House Health and Human Resources	Committee	02/28/97
HB 2273	Relating to testimony of a child witness by use of live, closed-circuit television	Pending		2nd Reading	04/12/97
HB 2274	Exempting recycled tires from the prohibition on the sale of prison-made goods	Pending		2nd Reading	04/11/97
HB 2275	Increasing the allowable service charge for a worthless check	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/28/97
HB 2276	Separating the department of highways and the parkways, economic development and tourism authority from the department of transportation	Pending		3rd Reading	05/20/97
HB 2277	Including employees of enhanced emergency telephone systems in the civil service system	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	04/09/97
HB 2278	Providing disincentives to frivolous or malicious inmate litigation	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/28/97
HB 2279	Requiring the division of corrections and the parole board to comply with the state administrative procedures act with regard to rule-making activities	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/28/97
HB 2280	Payment of per diem costs for incarceration of inmates at regional jails	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/28/97
HB 2281	Relating to payments made into the regional jail and correctional facility development fund	Pending	House Political Subdivisions	Committee	02/28/97
HB 2282	Relating to penalties and costs imposed in certain municipal cases	Pending	House Political Subdivisions	Committee	02/28/97
HB 2283	Abolishing the requirement of filing certain plans with municipalities or county commissions by the commissioner of highways	Pending	House Roads and Transportation	Committee	02/28/97
HB 2284	Equalizing the number and alternating the selection of juror strikes between the prosecuting attorney and the accused in felony trials	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/28/97
HB 2285	Providing recovery of bank service charges after a warrant is filed in magistrate court	Pending		2nd Reading	04/11/97
HB 2286	Continuing the West Virginia State Police	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2287	Continuing the Division of Environmental Protection	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2288	Continuing the Office of Water Resources	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2289	Continuing the position of Environmental Advocate within the Division of Environmental Protection	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2290	Supplemental appropriation of federal funds to the Department of Transportation, Western West Virginia Regional Airport/Transpark	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2291	Supplemental appropriation of federal funds to the Governor's Cabinet on Children and Families, Supportive Housing Program	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2292	Supplemental appropriation of federal funds to the Division of Criminal Justice and Highway Safety, Rural Domestic Violence and Child Abuse Enforcement Assistance	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2293	Supplemental appropriation of federal funds to the Governor's Cabinet on Children and Families	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2294	Supplemental appropriation of federal funds to the West Virginia State Police, DNA testing program	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2295	Supplemental appropriation of federal funds to the Division of Motor Vehicles, International Fuel Tax Agreement	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2296	Supplemental appropriation of federal funds to the Solid Waste Management Board, EPA grant	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2297	Supplemental appropriation of federal funds to the West Virginia Development Office, Small Cities Block Grant Program	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2298	Limiting the maximum class size for integrated classrooms	Pending	House Education	Committee	03/03/97
HB 2299	Public retirees permitted to authorize monthly deductions to pay retiree association dues	Pending	House Pensions and Retirement	Committee	03/03/97
HB 2300	Prohibiting health maintenance organizations from placing restrictions on communications between health care providers and patients	Pending	House Banking and Insurance	Committee	03/03/97
HB 2301	Misdemeanor offense for the manufacture, possession, use or distribution of jackrocks	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/03/97
HB 2302	Redefining the requirements for the content of an order for election to increase levies	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/03/97
HB 2303	State Mandates Relief Act	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/03/97
HB 2304	Creating presumption that grandparent visitation is in the best interest of the child unless the same be shown to be unsafe for the child	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/03/97
HB 2305	Creating an independent Board of Tax and Revenue Appeals	Pending	House Finance	Committee	03/03/97
HB 2306	Granting homestead exemption benefits to disabled veterans under the age of sixty-five	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/03/97
HB 2307	West Virginia Jobs Act	Pending	House Finance	Committee	04/03/97
HB 2308	Authorizing the establishment of police lines, perimeters and barricades in emergency situations	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/03/97
HB 2309	Providing the death penalty for first degree murder	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/03/97
HB 2310	Prohibiting auto insurers from developing premium rates by territories and requiring the same to be developed statewide	Pending	House Banking and Insurance	Committee	03/03/97
HB 2311	Providing specialized license plates for all qualified veterans' organizations	Pending	House Finance	Committee	03/19/97
HB 2312	DEP, Hazardous Waste Management	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/03/97
HB 2313	DEP, performance standards, new stationary sources	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/03/97
HB 2314	DEP, hazardous air pollutants	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/03/97
HB 2315	Secretary of State, registration services	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/03/97
HB 2316	Board of Accountancy, rules of professional conduct	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/07/97
HB 2317	Authorization for Department of Administration to promulgate legislative rules	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2318	Agriculture, animal disease control	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/03/97
HB 2319	Auditor's Office, standards for requisitions for payment	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/14/97
HB 2320	Banking, consumer credit and protection act	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/06/97
HB 2321	Banking, state chartered financial institutions	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/06/97
HB 2322	Banking, consumer lenders	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/06/97
HB 2323	Banking, reverse mortgage loans	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/06/97
HB 2324	Barbers and cosmetologists, fee schedule	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/07/97
HB 2325	Barbers and cosmetologists, examination and licensure	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/07/97
HB 2326	Cable television, regulations	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/03/97
HB 2327	Deaf and hard of hearing, fees for qualified interpreters	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/07/97
HB 2328	Dental examiners, administrative regulations	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/13/97
HB 2329	EDA, administration of capital company act	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/14/97
HB 2330	DEP, underground storage tank insurance trust fund	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/03/97
HB 2331	DEP, WV/NPDES regulations, coal mining facilities	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/03/97
HB 2332	DEP, surface mining reclamation regulations	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/03/97
HB 2333	Authorization for Bureau of Environment to promulgate legislative rules	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2334	DEP, prevent/control air pollution from hazardous waste treatment	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/03/97
HB 2335	DEP, voluntary remediation and redevelopment rule	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/03/97
HB 2336	Family protection, operation of services board, licensure and funding domestic violence programs	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/03/97
HB 2337	Authorization for the Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety to promulgate legislative rules	Signed		Governor	05/20/97
HB 2338	Crime, delinquency and correction, response to domestic violence	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/03/97
HB 2339	Crime, delinquency and correction, basic training academy	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/03/97
HB 2340	Health, nursing home licensure rule	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/13/97
HB 2341	Health, child care centers	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/13/97
HB 2342	Health, emergency medical services	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/12/97
HB 2343	Health, clinical laboratory technician and technologist licensure	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/13/97
HB 2344	Health, residential board and care homes	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/13/97
HB 2345	Authorization for the Department of Health and Human Resources to promulgate legislative rules	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2346	Insurance, medicare supplement	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/06/97
HB 2347	Insurance, individual medical savings accounts	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/06/97
HB 2348	Insurance, life and health reinsurance agreements	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/06/97
HB 2349	Insurance, valuation of life insurance policies	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/06/97
HB 2350	Insurance, diabetes regulations	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/06/97
HB 2351	Insurance, emergency medical services	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/06/97
HB 2352	Insurance, utilization management	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/06/97
HB 2353	Insurance, replacement of life insurance	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/06/97
HB 2354	Authorization for the Department of Education and the Arts to promulgate legislative rules	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2355	Standards of practice for licensed practical nurses	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/12/97
HB 2356	Manufactured housing construction and safety standards	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/12/97
HB 2357	Board of Medicine, limited liability companies	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/03/97
HB 2358	Division of Motor Vehicles, inspection manual	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/06/97
HB 2359	Division of Motor Vehicles, compulsory insurance	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/06/97
HB 2360	DNR, fertility control of wildlife	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/13/97
HB 2361	DNR, hunting and trapping prohibitions	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/13/97
HB 2362	DNR, falconry	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/13/97
HB 2363	Rules of the nursing home administrators licensing board	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/12/97
HB 2364	Registration of pharmacy technicians	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/07/97
HB 2365	Board of Pharmacy, controlled substances monitoring	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/07/97
HB 2366	Qualifications for licensure as a psychologist	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/12/97
HB 2367	PSC, rules for the use of "911"	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/03/97
HB 2368	Real estate appraiser licensing and certification	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/07/97
HB 2369	Real estate appraiser licensing renewal	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/07/97
HB 2370	Respiratory care, licensure	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/11/97
HB 2371	Respiratory care, fees	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/11/97
HB 2372	Respiratory care, continuing education	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/11/97
HB 2373	Secretary of State, procedures for recounts	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/03/97
HB 2374	Secretary of State, trademarks and service marks	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/03/97
HB 2375	Support Enforcement Commission, support from tax refunds	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/14/97
HB 2376	Support Enforcement Commission, interstate income withholding	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/14/97
HB 2377	Tax Division, credit for agricultural equipment	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/14/97
HB 2378	Tax Division, low income exclusions	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/14/97
HB 2379	Tax Division, charitable raffles	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/14/97
HB 2380	Board of Examiners of Psychologists, fees	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/14/97
HB 2381	Cable television, collection of late fees	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/11/97
HB 2382	Equalizing the pay scales of magistrates	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/04/97
HB 2383	Procedures for special levy elections conducted by local levying bodies	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/04/97
HB 2384	Benefits for certain substitute teachers	Pending	House Education	Committee	03/04/97
HB 2385	Eviction proceedings of persons who commit illegal activities on rented property	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/04/97
HB 2386	Clarifying eligibility of legislative employees for retirement benefits	Pending	House Pensions and Retirement	Committee	03/04/97
HB 2387	Permitting the recording of ballots on a computer disc	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/04/97
HB 2388	Requiring that newborn infants be tested for hearing impairments	Pending	House Government Organization	Committee	03/20/97
HB 2389	Waiver of the motor vehicle privilege tax on vehicles purchased out-of-state and for which a tax has been paid in another state	Pending	House Roads and Transportation	Committee	03/04/97
HB 2390	Providing reduced utility rates for certain senior citizens	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/04/97
HB 2391	Prosecution of persons who pass a parked, loading school bus	Pending	House Roads and Transportation	Committee	03/04/97
HB 2392	Standardizing and regulating the screening, training and driver testing for visually challenged persons	Pending	House Roads and Transportation	Committee	03/04/97
HB 2393	Safety requirements for the sale and storage of fireworks	Pending	House I&L	Committee	03/04/97
HB 2394	Requiring certain establishments to post signs warning of the danger of alcohol consumption during pregnancy	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	04/11/97
HB 2395	Increasing the penalties for the sale or gifts of tobacco products to minors	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/27/97
HB 2396	Requiring mandatory training for police judges	Pending	House Political Subdivisions	Committee	03/04/97
HB 2397	Creating the Robert C. Byrd Corridor H Highway Authority	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2398	Compensation of county board of health members	Pending	Senate GOVO	Committee	03/25/97
HB 2399	Requiring restaurants to place paper place mats under a customers plate and silverware	Pending	House Health and Human Resources	Committee	03/04/97
HB 2400	Relieving residents from the six month occupancy requirement for homestead exemption purposes	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/04/97
HB 2401	Requirements for budgeting additional tax on severance, extraction and production of coal	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	04/07/97
HB 2402	County-wide vote on municipal annexation of public property	Pending	House Political Subdivisions	Committee	03/04/97
HB 2403	Definition of "exclusivity" under the article relating to certificate of need	Pending	House Health and Human Resources	Committee	03/04/97
HB 2404	Authorizing state residents disabled in the lower extremities to hunt, trap and fish under the Class Q permit	Pending	House A&N	Committee	03/04/97
HB 2405	Reopening the public employees retirement system for one year to permit current employees of qualified public employers to obtain service credit retroactively for periods of uncovered employment	Pending		RECD	04/12/97
HB 2406	Continuing the Child Support Enforcement Division	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2407	Continuing the Division of Personnel	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2408	Compliance with environmental quality laws and creating a consolidated permit agency	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/05/97
HB 2409	Faculty status for professional librarians	Pending	House Education	Committee	03/05/97
HB 2410	Granting four hours of paid leave for the purpose of attending conferences for each child of a school employee	Pending	House Education	Committee	03/05/97
HB 2411	Making it unlawful to create certain loud noises	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/05/97
HB 2412	Changing the pay period for state employees from twice a month to every two weeks	Pending	House Government Organization	Committee	03/05/97
HB 2413	Permitting retiring public employees to apply a percentage of their annual and sick leave to insurance coverage and a percentage toward service credit	Pending	House Pensions and Retirement	Committee	03/05/97
HB 2414	Supplemental annuities for certain retired teachers	Pending	House Pensions and Retirement	Committee	03/05/97
HB 2415	Creating the deputy sheriff's retirement system	Pending	Senate Pensions	Committee	04/07/97
HB 2416	Reduction of insurance premiums for school bus operators and drivers' education instructors	Pending	House Banking and Insurance	Committee	03/05/97
HB 2417	Responsibility for subrogation for repayment to workers' compensation or a self-insured employer with regard to medical benefits	Pending	House Finance	Committee	03/05/97
HB 2418	Removing the prohibition against publishing the names of certain juvenile offenders	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/05/97
HB 2419	Directing the Parkways Authority to build entrance and exit ramps on the West Virginia Turnpike at mile marker fifty-two	Pending	House Roads and Transportation	Committee	03/05/97
HB 2420	Pay increases for school service personnel	Pending	House Education	Committee	03/05/97
HB 2421	Providing a credit for ad valorem property taxes for inventory	Pending	House Finance	Committee	03/05/97
HB 2422	Requiring railroads to provide sanitary toilet facilities in all occupied engines and cabooses	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/20/97
HB 2423	Increasing benefits for certain retired state troopers	Pending	House Finance	Committee	03/26/97
HB 2424	Increasing fees for court transcripts	Pending	House Finance	Committee	03/26/97
HB 2425	Reimbursing appointed counsel for transcript fees charged by court reporters	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/05/97
HB 2426	Furnishing court transcripts to indigent persons in juvenile delinquency and juvenile abuse and neglect proceedings	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/05/97
HB 2427	Increasing the state minimum wage to the federal standard	Pending	House Finance	Committee	03/20/97
HB 2428	Including the Legislature and the former departments of corrections and health within coverage of the Occupational Safety and Health Act	Pending	House Finance	Committee	04/02/97
HB 2429	Allowing campsite reservations in state parks without an advance notice period when secured with a credit card	Pending	House A&N	Committee	03/06/97
HB 2430	Permitting plan selection by teachers who are retired because of disabilities	Pending	Senate Pensions	Committee	03/27/97
HB 2431	Women's Access to Health Care Act	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	04/07/97
HB 2432	Requiring school buses to have a trained monitor on board to maintain discipline and requiring a monitor's seat and ceiling handrails to be installed	Pending	House Education	Committee	03/06/97
HB 2433	Giving teachers credit toward retirement for maternity leave	Pending	House Pensions and Retirement	Committee	03/06/97
HB 2434	Authorizing county boards of education to employ school crossing guards	Pending	House Education	Committee	03/06/97
HB 2435	License plates for conservation officers	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2436	Relating to the law regarding the illegal possession or killing of wildlife	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2437	Increasing the penalty for first offenders making bomb threats from a misdemeanor to a felony	Pending		3rd Reading	04/11/97
HB 2438	Procedures concerning debarment of vendors who contract to supply goods or services to the state	Pending	House Finance	Committee	03/06/97
HB 2439	Raising the minimum sentence of a person convicted of a second or subsequent offense of felony	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	03/26/97
HB 2440	Payment of unused vacation time, personal leave and sick leave for certain adult probation officers	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/06/97
HB 2441	Inspection of meat, poultry or any other agricultural commodity sold to a state institution	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2442	Requiring campaign material and political advertising to contain the party affiliation of the candidate authorizing the printing	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/06/97
HB 2443	Providing restitution to crime victims by juvenile offenders or the parents of the offenders	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/07/97
HB 2444	Establishing a special volunteer medical license	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	04/01/97
HB 2445	Cost-of-living increase for certain retired teachers	Pending	House Pensions and Retirement	Committee	03/07/97
HB 2446	Permitting school employees eligibility for retirement without penalty when age plus years of service equals eighty	Pending	House Pensions and Retirement	Committee	03/07/97
HB 2447	Supplemental annuities for teachers who retired between July 1, 1986, and July 1, 1987	Pending	House Pensions and Retirement	Committee	03/07/97
HB 2448	Creating the misdemeanor offense of "scalping" noncollectible toys	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/07/97
HB 2449	Requiring inmates convicted of a felony involving violence to serve at least eighty percent of his or her maximum sentence	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/07/97
HB 2450	Enhanced penalties for crimes against the elderly	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/07/97
HB 2451	Changing the probationary period from six months to one year for paid fire departments	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2452	Civil and criminal immunity from liability in matters relating to noise pollution to persons who operate or use sport shooting ranges	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/07/97
HB 2453	Establishing civil service for the county sheriff's tax staff	Pending	House Political Subdivisions	Committee	03/07/97
HB 2454	Repealing the code section relating to the monthly free dump day at solid waste facilities	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/07/97
HB 2455	Increasing the salary of the secretary-clerk of a family law master	Tabled		3rd Reading	04/09/97
HB 2456	Freedom of Choice Health Care Act	Pending	House Government Organization	Committee	03/10/97
HB 2457	Changing the way public service district members are paid	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/10/97
HB 2458	Eliminating the public service district deposit requirement when new service connections are made	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/10/97
HB 2459	Allowing county boards of education, county commissions and municipalities to pay bills by electronic or wire transfers	Pending		3rd Reading	04/11/97
HB 2460	Personal Assistance Services Act	Pending	House Government Organization	Committee	03/10/97
HB 2461	Prohibiting the state from paying magistrates to attend law school	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/10/97
HB 2462	Authorizing payment of expenses for members of the state library commission	Pending	House Finance	Committee	03/21/97
HB 2463	Providing emergency medical service personnel with immunizations against blood borne pathogens	Pending	House Government Organization	Committee	03/10/97
HB 2464	Updating terms used in the personal income tax act	Tabled		3rd Reading	03/24/97
HB 2465	Updating terms used in the corporation net income tax act	Tabled		3rd Reading	03/24/97
HB 2466	Requiring that a medicaid lien be recorded in the office of the clerk of the county commission to be perfected	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	04/07/97
HB 2467	Creating a wireless enhanced 911 fee	Pending	House Finance	Committee	03/20/97
HB 2468	Creation of provider sponsored health networks	Pending	House Government Organization	Committee	03/10/97
HB 2469	Relating to prohibiting conservation officers from hiring out to private persons or government entities	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/19/97
HB 2470	Authorizing the retirement of certain teachers with terminal or psychological illnesses	Pending	House Pensions and Retirement	Committee	03/10/97
HB 2471	Claims for noneconomic loss to victims of crime	Pending	House Finance	Committee	03/10/97
HB 2472	Allowing governmental agencies and nonprofit organizations to be eligible for licensure to fit and dispense hearing aids	Pending	Senate Health and Human Resources	Committee	04/04/97
HB 2473	Relating generally to the crime of arson	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2474	Creating a division of permit assistance within the economic development authority	Pending	House Government Organization	Committee	03/11/97
HB 2475	Prohibiting the manufacture, distribution or possession of certain controlled or counterfeit substances near a park or housing project	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	04/04/97
HB 2476	Establishing a market-based air emission banking and trading program	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/11/97
HB 2477	Establishing a new licensure category for residential care communities	Tabled		3rd Reading	04/09/97
HB 2478	Seniority rights for multicounty vocational center employees	Pending		3rd Reading	04/11/97
HB 2479	Providing that private office practice of medicine is not exempt from certificate of need when the practice receives support from a hospital	Pending	House Health and Human Resources	Committee	03/11/97
HB 2480	Tanning Facility Act	Pending	House Government Organization	Committee	03/11/97
HB 2481	Prohibiting violations of civil rights because of disability or sexual orientation	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/11/97
HB 2482	Protecting free gas rights from the requirements of plugging abandoned wells with certain exceptions	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/11/97
HB 2483	Limiting increase of taxation on Class II real property	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/11/97
HB 2484	Civil service coverage for certain employees of the regional jail and correctional facility authority	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/11/97
HB 2485	Relating to title searches on real estate purchased at sheriff's sale for delinquent taxes	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/11/97
HB 2486	Establishing commuter passes for the West Virginia Turnpike	Pending	House Roads and Transportation	Committee	03/11/97
HB 2487	Requiring school bus drivers to present complaints to county transportation supervisors rather than magistrates	Pending	House Roads and Transportation	Committee	03/11/97
HB 2488	Implementing a religious education program in the public schools	Pending	House Education	Committee	03/11/97
HB 2489	Establishing tort reform measures	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/11/97
HB 2490	Providing payment to certain claimants for providing commodities or services to the state	Pending	House Finance	Committee	03/11/97
HB 2491	Allowing public employees to pay back retirement benefits in one lump sum after returning to employment with the state	Pending	House Pensions and Retirement	Committee	03/11/97
HB 2492	Criminal penalty for willful violation of school employee rights	Pending		3rd Reading	05/20/97
HB 2493	Provisions for appeal by the state in criminal proceedings	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	04/04/97
HB 2494	Increasing the amount paid into the special county fund from magistrate court costs for class one counties	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/11/97
HB 2495	Requiring a divorced member to prove there is no qualified domestic relations order in effect as a condition to elect certain retirement annuity options	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	04/10/97
HB 2496	Expanding ad valorem taxation for public service businesses to include certain commercial motor vehicles	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2497	Exempting certain special mobile equipment from registration and certificate of title provisions	Pending	House Roads and Transportation	Committee	03/11/97
HB 2498	Continuing the governor's cabinet on children and families	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2499	Continuing the school building authority	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2500	Supplemental appropriation of federal funds to division of corrections, Anthony Center bootcamp and criminal alien assistance program	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2501	Supplemental appropriation to the tax division, office of chief inspector	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2502	Relating to duties of the fire marshal	Pending		3rd Reading	04/11/97
HB 2503	Providing additional relief for a taxpayer from an erroneous assessment	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/12/97
HB 2504	Relating to emergency medical services coverage	Pending	House Banking and Insurance	Committee	03/17/97
HB 2505	Adding "sexual orientation" to the categories covered by the Human Rights Act and the Fair Housing Act	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/12/97
HB 2506	Establishing a procedure for collective bargaining by public school employees	Pending	House Education	Committee	03/12/97
HB 2507	Abolishing the commission on aging and creating the bureau of senior services	Pending	House Government Organization	Committee	03/12/97
HB 2508	Providing a means for the sale of road bonds	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2509	Providing for a deputy conservation officer	Pending	House Finance	Committee	03/26/97
HB 2510	Relating to carryover of funds for county professional staff development councils	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2511	Reorganizing duties of the state auditor and the state treasurer	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	04/07/97
HB 2512	Providing funding for the costs of certain bus operator salaries and fringe benefits	Pending	House Education	Committee	03/12/97
HB 2513	Exempting from property taxation certain subdivision streets	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	04/07/97
HB 2514	Eliminating the requirement that assessors note liens on landbooks	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/12/97
HB 2515	Requiring businesses to present a paid personal property tax receipt upon application or renewal of a business franchise license	Pending	House I&L	Committee	03/12/97
HB 2516	Eliminating sales tax on materials and services sold by certain county government agencies	Pending	House Finance	Committee	03/27/97
HB 2517	Seniority rights for autism mentors, paraprofessionals and sign language specialists	Pending	House Education	Committee	03/12/97
HB 2518	Establishing mandatory remedial summer school programs	Pending	House Education	Committee	03/12/97
HB 2519	Continuing the department of health and human resources and the division of human services	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2520	Permitting a physical therapist holding a temporary permit to practice under the supervision of a licensed physical therapist	Pending	House Government Organization	Committee	03/20/97
HB 2521	Providing an incentive for nurse aides to report to work as scheduled	Pending	House I&L	Committee	03/13/97
HB 2522	Exempting senior citizens from the requirement that operators of bingo games or concessions be active members of the organization for two years	Pending	House Finance	Committee	03/13/97
HB 2523	Making the crime of impersonating a state policeman or deputy sheriff a felony	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/13/97
HB 2524	Expanding the definition of "practice of podiatry"	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2525	Alternating requests or dispatches of tow truck services among all available towing services	Pending	Senate TRAN	Committee	03/26/97
HB 2526	Restricting the manner in which the division of motor vehicles can request a reexamination of a licensed operator or chauffeur	Pending		Concurrence	04/12/97
HB 2527	Limiting the abuse of strategic lawsuits against public participation by giving the defendant a cause of action to recover damages	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/13/97
HB 2528	Increasing salaries of certain employees of the office of miners' health, safety and training	Pending	House Finance	Committee	03/13/97
HB 2529	Requiring medical providers to test for drugs certain females who give birth to stillborns	Pending	House Health and Human Resources	Committee	03/13/97
HB 2530	Allowing property owners to use a bulldozer to clear the owners' stream beds	Pending	House A&N	Committee	03/13/97
HB 2531	Distributing a certain amount of racetrack video lottery income to each municipality in which the terminals are located	Pending	House Finance	Committee	03/13/97
HB 2532	Allowing the practice of falconry as a legal means of hunting	Pending	House A&N	Committee	03/13/97
HB 2533	Allowing the solid waste authority to assess user fees	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/13/97
HB 2534	Requiring restaurant food handlers to wear protective gloves	Pending	House Health and Human Resources	Committee	03/13/97
HB 2535	Claims against the state and its agencies	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2536	Requiring poll workers who work outside their voting precinct to vote by absentee ballot	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	04/04/97
HB 2537	Prohibiting posting of notification of sobriety checkpoints	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/13/97
HB 2538	Allowing former members of the state police to receive service credit under the public employees retirement system	Pending		Concurrence	04/13/97
HB 2539	Establishing the West Virginia Route 2 and Interstate 68 Authority	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2540	Proposing rules adopting the national association of insurance commissioners' model proposal of annuity evaluation mortality tables	Pending		3rd Reading	04/11/97
HB 2541	Transferring operation of the Kanawha Home for Children to the department of health and human resources	Pending	House Government Organization	Committee	03/13/97
HB 2542	Relating to the color of salvage certificates issued by the division of motor vehicles	Pending	House Roads and Transportation	Committee	03/13/97
HB 2543	Supplemental appropriation to the Division of Corrections, juvenile detention facility in McDowell County	Pending	House Finance	Committee	03/13/97
HB 2544	Supplemental appropriation to the Division of Natural Resources, Anawalt Lake Recreation Area	Pending	House Finance	Committee	03/13/97
HB 2545	Authorizing municipalities and counties to increase the hotel occupancy tax	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	04/07/97
HB 2546	Relating to the West Virginia Steel Advisory Commission and the West Virginia Steel Futures Program	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2547	Requiring a completed background check of an applicant before a license to carry a deadly weapon may be issued	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/14/97
HB 2548	Exempting sales of the magazine "Wonderful West Virginia" from the consumers sales tax	Pending	House Finance	Committee	03/14/97
HB 2549	Providing for jury sentencing of a person convicted of certain criminal offenses following a jury trial	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/14/97
HB 2550	Permitting automobile insurance companies to include the amount due and the due date in cancellation notices without rendering such notices void	Pending		RECD	04/12/97
HB 2551	Redefining the scope and function of the New River parkway authority	Pending	House Roads and Transportation	Committee	03/14/97
HB 2552	Establishing a pilot school bus project which will provide volunteer school bus monitors	Pending	House Education	Committee	03/14/97
HB 2553	Exempting intangible personal property from assessment and taxation for ad valorem property taxes	Pending	House Finance	Committee	04/01/97
HB 2554	Establishing a process for verifying the accuracy of a canvass or recount	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/14/97
HB 2555	Requiring the secretary of state to make available by computer on-line service and computer disc the code of state rules and portions of the state register	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	04/08/97
HB 2556	Allowing school service personnel to donate unused leave days to other employees due to an emergency situation	Pending	House Education	Committee	03/14/97
HB 2557	Permitting unclaimed moneys held by the general receiver to be kept within each respective county's general fund	Pending	House Political Subdivisions	Committee	03/14/97
HB 2558	Providing that an insured individual's motor vehicle coverage is primary when a claim arises from the operation of a vehicle owned by a certain person, firm or corporation	Pending	House Banking and Insurance	Committee	03/14/97
HB 2559	Adding psychologists to professions defined for the purpose of coverage under the uniform limited liability act	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/14/97
HB 2560	Including persons convicted under state criminal statutes under the section which authorizes putting offenders to work in community service programs	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/14/97
HB 2561	Providing that magistrates be elected on a nonpartisan ballot and providing that terms of magistrates be staggered	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/14/97
HB 2562	Increasing salaries of principals and assistant principals and providing salary reduction procedures	Pending	House Education	Committee	03/14/97
HB 2563	Supplemental appropriation to the Division of Human Services, Social Services	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2564	Supplemental appropriation to the Department of Administration, Public Defender Services	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2565	Public service commission jurisdiction over certain sewer systems and creating the small public utility customer act	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/17/97
HB 2566	Revising the grandfather clause for respiratory care licensure	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2567	Requiring boards of education to give preference to resident vendors and vendors employing state residents	Pending	House Political Subdivisions	Committee	03/17/97
HB 2568	Requiring certain health insurance policy language	Pending	House Banking and Insurance	Committee	03/17/97
HB 2569	Allowing real estate brokers to hire unlicensed persons to perform certain routine office procedures	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	04/07/97
HB 2570	Removing the privilege tax on vehicles sold to automobile rental businesses and to impose in lieu thereof a daily tax	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	04/07/97
HB 2571	Allowing assessors to grant the freeport exemption to companies based on previous year's sales	Pending	House Finance	Committee	03/17/97
HB 2572	Increasing the salary of the tax commissioner and eliminating the requirement that the commissioner's office be located in the capitol building	Tabled		3rd Reading	04/03/97
HB 2573	Expanding the scope of practice for optometrists	Pending	House Health and Human Resources	Committee	03/17/97
HB 2574	Increasing the superintendent's authority to transfer members within the state police	Pending	House Government Organization	Committee	03/17/97
HB 2575	Reallocation of resources for education development	Pending		CONF	04/11/97
HB 2576	Service credit toward retirement for employees under the CETA program	Pending	House Pensions and Retirement	Committee	03/17/97
HB 2577	Extending the time for the city of Nutter Fort to meet as a levying body for the purpose of submitting to voters consideration of an excess levy for the fire department	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2578	Establishing an alternative homestead exemption for persons under the age of sixty-five	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/17/97
HB 2579	Supplemental appropriation to the Division of Natural Resources, Panther State Forest	Pending	House Finance	Committee	03/17/97
HB 2580	Supplemental appropriation to the Division of Natural Resources, Berwind Lake	Pending	House Finance	Committee	03/17/97
HB 2581	Supplemental appropriation to the Division of Human Services, Welch Emergency Hospital and E. C. Moore Wellness Center	Pending	House Finance	Committee	03/17/97
HB 2582	Supplemental appropriation to the Division of Human Services, Tug River Health Association	Pending	House Finance	Committee	03/17/97
HB 2583	Classification and salaries of school service personnel	Pending	House Education	Committee	03/17/97
HB 2584	Licensing of tobacco dealers and enforcement of tobacco usage restrictions	Pending	House Government Organization	Committee	03/18/97
HB 2585	Requiring law masters to follow certain time requirements when giving notice extending temporary emergency protective orders	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/18/97
HB 2586	Increasing the pay for bus operators with fifteen or more years of service	Pending	House Education	Committee	03/18/97
HB 2587	Providing a business franchise tax credit for expenditures to upgrade county or state roads	Pending	House Finance	Committee	03/27/97
HB 2588	Supplemental appropriation to the Tax Division, Property Tax Electronic Data Processing System Network	Pending	House Finance	Committee	03/18/97
HB 2589	Supplemental appropriation to the Tax Division, Business and Income Tax Automation	Pending	House Finance	Committee	03/18/97
HB 2590	Defining certain residential real property for assessment purposes	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2591	Making the twenty thousand dollar homestead exemption applicable to every property owner regardless of age or disability	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/18/97
HB 2592	Requiring mines who employ more than fifty miners to maintain a separate mine rescue team and limiting the number of mines that a mine rescue team is responsible for serving	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/20/97
HB 2593	Removing the project certification fee from the neighborhood investment program	Pending	House Finance	Committee	03/18/97
HB 2594	Expanding the payment options for video lottery winnings and increasing the maximum wager per game	Pending		3rd Reading	05/20/97
HB 2595	Relating generally to simulcasting of horse and dog races and pari-mutuel wagering on simulcast races	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2596	Creating a fireworks dealers registration fee and redefining fireworks considered to be "consumer fireworks"	Pending	House Finance	Committee	03/18/97
HB 2597	Relating to trespassing on railroad property and facilities	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/18/97
HB 2598	Providing specialized license plates for certain military organizations and providing a special nongame wildlife license plate	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2599	Providing limited protection to health care providers declining to order certain diagnostic procedures and treatment options	Pending	House Government Organization	Committee	03/18/97
HB 2600	Prohibiting frames from blocking the lettering or registration information on vehicle license plates	Pending	House Roads and Transportation	Committee	03/18/97
HB 2601	Penalties for the maintenance or use of devices to acquire unauthorized cable services	Pending		2nd Reading	04/12/97
HB 2602	Providing special registration plates for nongame wildlife and military organizations	Pending	House Roads and Transportation	Committee	03/18/97
HB 2603	Supplemental appropriation to the Secretary of State	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2604	Telemarketing Regulation and Fraud Prevention Act	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/19/97
HB 2605	Good Samaritan Food Donation Act	Pending		2nd Reading	04/11/97
HB 2606	Providing a tax credit for new mining operations	Pending	House Finance	Committee	03/19/97
HB 2607	Eliminating the requirement that students practice optometry in this state to avoid repaying financial aid	Pending	House Government Organization	Committee	03/19/97
HB 2608	Distribution of revenues of video lottery net terminal income to the thoroughbred development fund	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	04/04/97
HB 2609	Creating a massage therapy licensing board	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2610	Allowing child custody and child abuse and neglect proceedings to be open to the public	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/19/97
HB 2611	Relating to seniority and posting of higher education classified job vacancies	Pending	House Education	Committee	03/19/97
HB 2612	Allowing a court to order convicts to pay the cost of their imprisonment and food	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/19/97
HB 2613	Making the state convict road force mandatory	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/19/97
HB 2614	Providing for the nonpartisan election of supreme court justices	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/19/97
HB 2615	Making changes in unemployment compensation law to conform to federal legislation	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/19/97
HB 2616	Making the penalty for all thefts of services the same as the larceny penalty would be for the same value of goods	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/19/97
HB 2617	Tobacco Products Excise Tax Act	Pending	House Finance	Committee	03/19/97
HB 2618	Relating to insurance demolition proceeds	Pending	House Banking and Insurance	Committee	03/19/97
HB 2619	Clarification of application of the freeport warehouse exemption against ad valorem property tax	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2620	Reducing the number of tax credits authorized under the Capital Company Act	Pending		2nd Reading	04/11/97
HB 2621	Changing the electioneering prohibition during absentee voting from within three hundred feet of the clerk's office to within a three hundred foot radius	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	04/04/97
HB 2622	Making the larceny of equipment from a fire department a felony	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/19/97
HB 2623	Reconstituting the board of directors of the Kanawha County Public Library	Pending	House Political Subdivisions	Committee	03/19/97
HB 2624	Allowing teachers to make contributions to the retirement fund for periods in which they were off work and receiving temporary total disability benefits	Pending	House Pensions and Retirement	Committee	03/19/97
HB 2625	Prohibiting parking in front of wheelchair ramps	Pending		3rd Reading	04/11/97
HB 2626	Enabling indigent persons to obtain free copies of certain medical records to support social security claims	Pending	House Health and Human Resources	Committee	03/20/97
HB 2627	Allowing a tax credit for new mining operations	Pending	House Finance	Committee	03/20/97
HB 2628	Prohibiting stopping, standing or parking along highway right-of-ways	Pending	House Roads and Transportation	Committee	03/20/97
HB 2629	Allowing employees to choose whether to have time lost as a volunteer fireman subtracted from regular pay or vacation days	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2630	Penalties for driving a motor vehicle when the privilege to do so has been lawfully suspended or revoked	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/20/97
HB 2631	Relating to taxes on income, receipts or expenditures for goods or services of horse or dog racing owners, trainers or jockeys	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	04/07/97
HB 2632	Providing for the sale or donation of unclaimed stolen property	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	03/27/97
HB 2633	Consideration of an excess levy for park and recreational facilities in Philippi	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2634	Incremental salary increase for higher education employees and additional pay for working a shift other than day shift	Pending	House Education	Committee	03/20/97
HB 2635	Renaming the state teachers retirement system and the teachers retirement board	Pending		2nd Reading	04/02/97
HB 2636	Reduction of payments to health maintenance organizations by PEIA and relating to enrollment periods, shopper's guides and surveys	Pending	House Banking and Insurance	Committee	03/20/97
HB 2637	Insurance benefits for county board of education employees who job-share	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2638	Providing funds to transport school children to promote educational and cultural enrichment	Pending	House Education	Committee	03/20/97
HB 2639	Requiring notice of tax delinquency by certified mail	Pending	House Finance	Committee	03/20/97
HB 2640	Reducing payment of damages in civil actions by that amount owed for delinquent or current child support	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/20/97
HB 2641	Relating generally to powers, duties and services of the division of natural resources	Pending	House A&N	Committee	03/20/97
HB 2642	Prohibiting an increase or decrease in real property assessments when a plan or plat for an industrial development is recorded	Pending	House Finance	Committee	03/20/97
HB 2643	Amending the Medical Practice Act	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	04/07/97
HB 2644	Imposing a fee on prison and jail inmates for medical services	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/20/97
HB 2645	Prohibiting the appointment by county commissioners of family members to boards, commissions or other government offices	Pending	House Political Subdivisions	Committee	03/20/97
HB 2646	Prohibiting certain elected officials from being situated within fifteen feet of the counting of votes in an election	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	04/04/97
HB 2647	Prohibiting county commissioners who are candidates in an election from serving on the board of canvassers or participating in the canvassing of returns	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	04/04/97
HB 2648	Equalizing hunting bag limits and fishing creel limits statewide	Pending	House A&N	Committee	03/20/97
HB 2649	Increasing the maximum number of years to which an additional levy applies and providing that levy elections take place during general elections	Pending	House Education	Committee	03/20/97
HB 2650	Limiting the power of counties and municipalities from passing ordinances relating to weapons and ammunition	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/20/97
HB 2651	Allowing probation officers to carry firearms	Pending		RECD	04/12/97
HB 2652	Eliminating the fifty percent threshold for permanent total disability, restoring 104 weeks of death benefits to surviving spouses and continuing workers' compensation benefits for the life of the claimant	Pending	House Finance	Committee	03/20/97
HB 2653	Distribution of oil, gas and coal severance taxes to counties and municipalities	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2654	Clarifying that certain insurers are not subject to the premium tax on gross direct premiums received from the board of risk and insurance management	Pending		2nd Reading	04/11/97
HB 2655	Clarifying whether all applicants for a driver's license have to first secure an instruction permit	Pending	House Roads and Transportation	Committee	03/20/97
HB 2656	Creating the position of certified animal euthanasia technician	Pending		2nd Reading	04/12/97
HB 2657	Clarifying the meaning of language that applies to telecommunications service with respect to the municipal utilities tax	Pending	House Finance	Committee	03/27/97
HB 2658	Requiring an adjudicatory hearing or jury trial in certain juvenile proceedings	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/21/97
HB 2659	Raising the speed limit on controlled access corridor highways to sixty-five miles per hour	Pending	House Roads and Transportation	Committee	03/21/97
HB 2660	Creating a home medical equipment service licensing board	Pending	House Government Organization	Committee	03/21/97
HB 2661	Requiring secondary notice of nonpayment of insurance premiums before termination	Pending	House Banking and Insurance	Committee	03/21/97
HB 2662	Removing the exemption from planning and zoning restrictions for mining and manufacturing activities and uses	Pending	House Political Subdivisions	Committee	03/21/97
HB 2663	Relating generally to the public employees retirement system and the teachers retirement system	Pending	House Pensions and Retirement	Committee	03/21/97
HB 2664	Authorizing the parkways, economic development and tourism authority to construct industrial sites along its corridor	Pending	House Roads and Transportation	Committee	03/21/97
HB 2665	Creating a misdemeanor offense for persons who walk in the street when a sidewalk is available	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/21/97
HB 2666	Permitting the transfer of service credit and retirement account to the public employees retirement system from the teachers' defined contribution retirement system	Pending	House Pensions and Retirement	Committee	03/21/97
HB 2667	Broadening the availability and continuity of health insurance coverage and implementing certain federal requirements	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2668	Increasing lottery sales agent commissions	Tabled		3rd Reading	04/02/97
HB 2669	Relating to claims against counties and clarifying that claims for payment need not be presented to the county commission while sitting as a corporate body	Pending	House Political Subdivisions	Committee	03/21/97
HB 2670	Imposing a five percent tax on legal fees paid to lawyers to be used to fund public defender services	Pending	House Finance	Committee	03/21/97
HB 2671	Relating generally to the secretary of state	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2672	Changing purchasing requirements and procedures for the state railroad authority	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	04/03/97
HB 2673	Allowing mental hygiene commissioners to carry concealed weapons	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/21/97
HB 2674	Relating to licensing of alcohol and drug counselors	Pending	House Government Organization	Committee	03/21/97
HB 2675	Reimbursement to counties for costs incurred for incarceration in county or regional jails	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/21/97
HB 2676	Procedures for boards of health in promulgating rules restricting or prohibiting the smoking or possession of tobacco	Pending	House Health and Human Resources	Committee	03/21/97
HB 2677	Provisions relating to reducing the access to tobacco products for persons under the age of eighteen years	Pending	House Health and Human Resources	Committee	03/21/97
HB 2678	Terminating the public employees insurance agency advisory board	Pending		1st Reading	04/09/97
HB 2679	Clarification of increased enrollment funding and granting boards of education authority to select accounting firms to perform annual audits	Pending		1st Reading	04/09/97
HB 2680	Creation of committees to oversee matters related to juvenile law, placement, housing, detention and facilities	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2681	Terminating the oil and gas conservation commission and transferring duties	Vetoed		Governor	05/08/97
HB 2682	Exempting magistrates from obtaining a concealed weapons permit	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/24/97
HB 2683	Authorizing farm tractors to drive on public highways during periods of darkness	Pending	House Roads and Transportation	Committee	03/24/97
HB 2684	Prohibiting interfering with or verbally abusing a school employee engaged in the discharge of his or her duties	Pending	House Education	Committee	03/24/97
HB 2685	Supplemental retirement annuities for teachers who retired after July 1, 1986, but before July 1, 1987	Pending	House Pensions and Retirement	Committee	03/24/97
HB 2686	Authorizing circuit clerks to affix their signatures on absentee ballots by facsimile	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2687	Relating generally to the Center for Professional Development	Tabled		3rd Reading	04/09/97
HB 2688	Creating a chief technology officer within the office of the governor	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2689	Amending the West Virginia Works Act	Pending	House Government Organization	Committee	03/24/97
HB 2690	Creating a felony for committing a violent crime while wearing body armor	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/24/97
HB 2691	Providing for jury trials in certain administrative proceedings involving contested cases	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/24/97
HB 2692	Reflecting salary increases already granted in the minimum base pay scale for conservation officers	Tabled		3rd Reading	04/09/97
HB 2693	Providing a fifteen percent discount to automobile insureds who have not filed a claim for five years or longer	Pending	House Banking and Insurance	Committee	03/24/97
HB 2694	Providing for the collection of taxes on real estate sold at a sheriff's sale	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/24/97
HB 2695	Providing a pay increase for classified employees for two consecutive years of one thousand five hundred dollars each year	Pending	House Finance	Committee	03/24/97
HB 2696	Expiration of certain administrative bodies created by order of the governor	Pending	House Government Organization	Committee	03/24/97
HB 2697	Prohibiting discrimination against students and graduates of private institutions of higher education participating in job training and employment opportunities	Vetoed		Governor	05/08/97
HB 2698	Removing the former Spencer State Hospital as a potential site for a private prison facility	Pending		3rd Reading	04/11/97
HB 2699	Creating a tax exemption for voluntary fire, rescue or emergency medical services personnel	Pending	House Finance	Committee	03/24/97
HB 2700	Prohibiting employers from charging accumulated sick or annual leave against an employee who has missed work due to being on call as a firefighter, EMT or paramedic	Pending	House Political Subdivisions	Committee	03/24/97
HB 2701	Increasing the number of years subject to salary increments for teachers	Pending	House Education	Committee	03/24/97
HB 2702	Repealing the exemption from taxation on pensions received by municipal police, firefighters and state police	Pending	House Political Subdivisions	Committee	03/24/97
HB 2703	Allowing certain owners of animals to use the services of persons who are not commercial or custom slaughterers	Pending	House A&N	Committee	03/24/97
HB 2704	Providing one-half day teachers with one half of a class period for planning	Pending	House Education	Committee	03/24/97
HB 2705	Prohibiting vehicles transporting hazardous materials from parking within one thousand feet of educational or health care facilities	Pending	House Roads and Transportation	Committee	03/24/97
HB 2706	Directing to the State Fire Commission revenues collected from percentages of insurances taxes	Pending	House Finance	Committee	03/24/97
HB 2707	Making uniform the season in which dogs can be trained for hunting and tracking wild animals	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2708	Changing the time at which primary elections are held from May to April	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/24/97
HB 2709	Making driver education in secondary schools discretionary	Pending	House Education	Committee	03/25/97
HB 2710	Repealing the population density requirement for annexation by election or without election	Pending	House Political Subdivisions	Committee	03/25/97
HB 2711	Authorizing authority to assess penalties for violating the safe drinking water act	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/25/97
HB 2712	Creating a drinking water state revolving fund program	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2713	Changing the name and responsibilities of the Health Care Cost Review Authority	Pending	House Finance	Committee	03/31/97
HB 2714	Relating generally to the Health Care Cost Review Authority and certificates of need	Pending		2nd Reading	04/04/97
HB 2715	Removing from the PSC economic regulation jurisdiction over motor vehicles preempted by federal statute	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2716	Giving the board of directors of the state college system additional authority over private institutions of higher education, correspondence, business, occupational and trade schools	Pending	House Education	Committee	03/25/97
HB 2717	Allowing local citizens to vote on the location of a commercial infectious medical waste facility	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/25/97
HB 2718	Authorizing county boards of education to perform annual independent audits	Pending	House Education	Committee	03/25/97
HB 2719	Defining proper methods and rights relative to posting land and providing criminal penalties	Pending	House A&N	Committee	03/25/97
HB 2720	Requiring the county commission of the county in which an indigent individual resides to pay the expenses of a commitment hearing	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/25/97
HB 2721	Legislative review and approval to modify ambient air quality standards	Pending		2nd Reading	04/11/97
HB 2722	Prohibiting emergency medical personnel who are convicted sex offenders from serving on an ambulance crew	Pending		CONF	04/12/97
HB 2723	Exempting certain counties and medical facilities from certificate of need requirements and mandatory rate setting	Pending	House Finance	Committee	03/25/97
HB 2724	Requiring businesses selling alcoholic liquor, beer or tobacco products to post signs warning of the penalty for use of false identification	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/25/97
HB 2725	Establishing a minimum speed of fifty-five miles per hour for driving in the left hand or passing lane on interstate highways	Pending	House Roads and Transportation	Committee	03/25/97
HB 2726	Establishing the misdemeanor offense of unauthorized use of a dumpster or solid waste container and services	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/25/97
HB 2727	Establishing the Mercer County Governmental Council	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2728	Definitions of barbering, beauty culture, beautician, cosmetology and manicuring	Pending	House Government Organization	Committee	03/25/97
HB 2729	Revising the school aid formula	Pending	House Education	Committee	03/25/97
HB 2730	Changing procedures in the education and state employees grievance board hearing process	Pending	House Education	Committee	03/25/97
HB 2731	Allowing all counties to become eligible for infrastructure fund grants	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	04/04/97
HB 2732	Designating English as the official state language	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/25/97
HB 2733	Providing immunity from civil damages to employers who disclose information about employees or former employees	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/25/97
HB 2734	Establishing the academic enhancement and tutorial program	Pending	Senate Education	Committee	04/07/97
HB 2735	Clarifying that the division of environmental protection's in-house counsel are exempt from classified service coverage	Pending		3rd Reading	04/11/97
HB 2736	Providing that an enforcement agency may apply for and receive title and registration for an abandoned automobile	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/26/97
HB 2737	Providing for a mandatory five percent resident vendors' preference in bidding for state contracts	Pending	House Government Organization	Committee	03/26/97
HB 2738	Providing for licensing of persons engaged in lead abatement projects	Pending	House Government Organization	Committee	03/26/97
HB 2739	Salary and increment increases for professional school personnel	Pending	House Education	Committee	03/26/97
HB 2740	Allowing the secretary of the department of health and human resources to designate by rule diseases which are sexually transmitted	Pending		3rd Reading	04/11/97
HB 2741	Relating to restricted administration of medications by unlicensed personnel in certain facilities	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2742	Allowing senior citizens to use telescopic sights on muzzle-loading firearms	Pending	House A&N	Committee	03/26/97
HB 2743	Requiring drug testing of county school board employees who work in safety sensitive jobs	Pending	House Education	Committee	03/26/97
HB 2744	Promulgation of administrative rules by executive and administrative agencies and making technical corrections to legislative rules	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2745	Establishing the Birth Score Program to detect children at high risk for postneonatal mortality, debilitating conditions and developmental delays	Pending		3rd Reading	04/11/97
HB 2746	Exempting private school and home-schooled students from jobs through education criteria and prohibiting discrimination in college admissions and scholarships or aid	Pending	House Education	Committee	03/26/97
HB 2747	Relating to pupil rights in research, experimental programs and testing	Pending	House Education	Committee	03/26/97
HB 2748	Reducing the gasoline tax by five cents per gallon	Pending	House Finance	Committee	03/26/97
HB 2749	Reducing the sales tax on food from six percent to five percent	Pending	House Finance	Committee	03/26/97
HB 2750	Determining the amount of employee and employer contributions to retirement plans selected by the governing boards of higher education	Pending	House Pensions and Retirement	Committee	03/26/97
HB 2751	Extending throughout the year state park campsite discounts for disabled persons	Pending	House A&N	Committee	03/26/97
HB 2752	Providing additional funding for certain assessors' offices	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	04/07/97
HB 2753	Discretion of the attorney general to attend to the criminal business of the state in any court thereof	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/26/97
HB 2754	Penalties for passing worthless checks	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/26/97
HB 2755	Retirement system service credit for certain teachers on educational leave of absence	Pending	House Pensions and Retirement	Committee	03/26/97
HB 2756	Updating the state's sex offender registry	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2757	Providing that certain advanced nurse practitioners may serve in lieu of an HMO subscriber's primary care physician	Pending	House Banking and Insurance	Committee	03/26/97
HB 2758	Providing attorney fees and court costs for persons who successfully challenge and have an agency rule invalidated and creating a cause of action against the agency	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/26/97
HB 2759	Addressing the problem of poor indoor air quality in West Virginia schools	Pending	House Education	Committee	03/26/97
HB 2760	Creating an office of actuarial services	Pending	House Finance	Committee	04/01/97
HB 2761	Removing the requirement that reclamation related liabilities have to exceed the accrued amount in the reclamation fund before the fund tax is collected and removal of the five thousand dollar per acre limit for bonding	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/26/97
HB 2762	Relating generally to surface coal mining and reclamation	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/26/97
HB 2763	Prohibiting insurance companies from discriminating on rates charged for drivers under the age of eighteen years	Pending	House Banking and Insurance	Committee	03/26/97
HB 2764	Relating to school nurses and school service personnel job descriptions, evaluations and pay increases	Pending	House Education	Committee	03/26/97
HB 2765	Authorizing one gaming facility to be located in an historic resort hotel upon approval of county voters	Pending		3rd Reading	05/20/97
HB 2766	Placing the board of respiratory practitioners under sunset review	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2767	Continuing the tourism commission	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2768	Requiring insurers to insure for bodily and personal injury resulting from discrimination or harassment	Pending	House Banking and Insurance	Committee	03/27/97
HB 2769	Providing that elected magistrates shall be considered as having met education and training requirements imposed for investigative or security licensure	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	04/07/97
HB 2770	Relating to insurance notice requirements and cancellation of automobile liability insurance policies	Pending	House Banking and Insurance	Committee	03/27/97
HB 2771	Creating a criminal offense for the death of a child caused by neglect	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/27/97
HB 2772	Requiring probation for persons between the ages of eighteen and twenty-one who commit felony property crimes	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/27/97
HB 2773	Prohibiting partial-birth abortions unless the mother's life is in jeopardy	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/27/97
HB 2774	Prohibiting the drawing of disability retirement incomes from more than one state	Pending	House Pensions and Retirement	Committee	03/27/97
HB 2775	Reducing the privilege tax on certification of certain motor vehicles	Pending	House Finance	Committee	03/27/97
HB 2776	Licensure for hospitals, nursing homes, personal care homes and residential board and care homes	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2777	Eliminating the compensation programs performance council and the position of commissioner of the bureau of employment programs and reinstating the position of commissioner of employment security	Pending	House Government Organization	Committee	03/27/97
HB 2778	Making the jobs through education curriculum voluntary	Pending	House Education	Committee	03/27/97
HB 2779	Creating a fifty dollar tax credit for each dependent child of a taxpayer	Pending	House Finance	Committee	03/27/97
HB 2780	Allowing landowners to paint blaze orange bands around trees to designate their land as posted land on which hunting is prohibited	Pending	House A&N	Committee	03/27/97
HB 2781	Changing the crime of obstructing emergency medical service personnel from a misdemeanor to a felony	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/27/97
HB 2782	Local option election for extending the open firearms hunting season to seven days a week	Pending	House A&N	Committee	03/27/97
HB 2783	Providing a doubled fine for shoplifting liquor, beer, wine, tobacco products or nonprescription drugs	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/27/97
HB 2784	Relating generally to noncoal mineral extraction	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/27/97
HB 2785	Relating to lighting equipment used by funeral hearses	Pending		2nd Reading	04/02/97
HB 2786	Providing a fee waiver for students in health science and technology academy programs	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2787	Regulating sales and services of energy and nonenergy related products and equipment	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/27/97
HB 2788	Including school-based health care providers in the definition of primary care physician for children subscribers of HMO's	Pending	House Government Organization	Committee	03/27/97
HB 2789	Relating to distribution, labeling and sales of wine in West Virginia	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/27/97
HB 2790	Providing a uniform filing deadline for all lists, returns and applications filed with county assessors	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/27/97
HB 2791	Transferring jurisdiction of the cable television advisory board to the public service commission	Pending	House Government Organization	Committee	03/27/97
HB 2792	Preventing counties from assessing a fire service fee when a municipality has already enacted such a fee	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	04/07/97
HB 2793	Changing to five years the statute of limitation of any lien on the conveyance of real estate, trust deeds or mortgages on real estate	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2794	Clarifying that certain estate tax liens are divested	Pending		3rd Reading	04/11/97
HB 2795	Procedural rights of police officers and firemen subject to investigation, interrogation and discipline	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2796	Exempting certain yard waste from landfill prohibition	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/27/97
HB 2797	Requiring the left lane of certain highways be used for passing only	Pending		2nd Reading	04/02/97
HB 2798	Adding the suspension of driver's license as a penalty for vandalism of public property	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/27/97
HB 2799	Providing for a law enforcement and sports education stamp	Pending	Senate Natural Resources	Committee	04/04/97
HB 2800	Enactment of the southern dairy compact	Pending	Senate Agriculture	Committee	04/02/97
HB 2801	Job Opportunity Program and Personal Assistance Services Act	Pending	House Government Organization	Committee	03/28/97
HB 2802	Requiring local governments to levy a nonresident reciprocal income tax	Pending	House Finance	Committee	03/28/97
HB 2803	Promulgating a legislative rule relating to the prevention and control of particulate air pollution from manufacturing process operations	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/28/97
HB 2804	Prohibiting public funds from being expended to any association which lobbies	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/28/97
HB 2805	Increasing the civil jurisdiction of magistrate court from five thousand to ten thousand dollars	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/28/97
HB 2806	Requiring a nonresident reciprocal income tax	Pending	House Finance	Committee	03/28/97
HB 2807	Providing that possession of deadly weapons is a basis for placement of a student with a disability in an alternative education setting	Pending	House Education	Committee	03/28/97
HB 2808	Requiring that insurance demolition proceeds be placed in escrow	Pending	House Banking and Insurance	Committee	03/28/97
HB 2809	Limiting the liability of forest firefighters	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/28/97
HB 2810	Increasing compensation of school service personnel	Pending	House Education	Committee	03/28/97
HB 2811	Authorizing corporal punishment in grades kindergarten through ninth	Pending	House Education	Committee	03/28/97
HB 2812	Providing fire departments first priority for distribution of surplus property	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	04/04/97
HB 2813	Relating to ballots in counties electing more than three county commissioners	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	04/04/97
HB 2814	Voluntary Small Employer Purchasing Pool Act	Pending	House Government Organization	Committee	03/28/97
HB 2815	Relating to school cooks, custodians and secretaries	Pending	House Education	Committee	03/28/97
HB 2816	Specifying circumstances under which the county commission must revoke the authority of an appointed fiduciary	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/28/97
HB 2817	Relating generally to the prevention and treatment of domestic and family violence	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/28/97
HB 2818	Increasing fees for inspection of amusement rides and attractions	Pending	House I&L	Committee	03/28/97
HB 2819	Removing standardized testing for grades K, one and two	Pending	House Education	Committee	03/28/97
HB 2820	Special method for valuation of certain computer property	Pending	House Finance	Committee	03/28/97
HB 2821	Clarifying purposes of the Underwood-Smith Teacher Scholarship Program	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2822	Civil Justice Reform Act of 1997	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/28/97
HB 2823	Special reporting requirements for agencies of state government to disclose anticipated or future expenditures or obligations within thirty days of the end of each fiscal year	Pending	House Finance	Committee	03/28/97
HB 2824	Primary offense of operating a motor vehicle without wearing a safety belt	Pending	House Roads and Transportation	Committee	03/28/97
HB 2825	Access to services of commercial solid waste facilities and setting forth considerations in granting a certificate of need	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	04/04/97
HB 2826	Requiring WVU to construct and maintain a state fire training facility on its property located at Jackson's Mill, Lewis County	Pending	House Education	Committee	03/28/97
HB 2827	Golden Rule Financing and Tax Incentives Disclosure Act	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/28/97
HB 2828	Marshall University authorization to sell certain property and use of net proceeds	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2829	Required reporting of employment for construction projects financed in whole or in part by public funds	Pending	House I&L	Committee	03/28/97
HB 2830	Including in the definitions of perjury, subornation of perjury and false swearing the offense of false allegations in divorce or child custody proceedings	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	04/04/97
HB 2831	Legal services to be provided and available to noncustodial parent	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/28/97
HB 2832	Personal income tax credit for persons earning low incomes for payment of insurance premiums for liability insurance	Pending	House Finance	Committee	03/28/97
HB 2833	Making it a felony for the wrongful taking of timber valued at one thousand dollars or more	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/28/97
HB 2834	Requiring state board of education procedures provide for adequate security at program facilities	Pending	House Education	Committee	03/28/97
HB 2835	Taxation of for-profit subsidiaries or affiliates of a not-for-profit hospital	Pending	House Finance	Committee	03/28/97
HB 2836	Licensing of privately accessed streams as commercial fishing preserves	Pending	House A&N	Committee	03/28/97
HB 2837	Prevention of certain rates on residential, commercial and industrial consumers of solid waste services	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/28/97
HB 2838	County board of education hiring practices and qualifications	Pending	House Education	Committee	03/28/97
HB 2839	Requiring motor vehicle drivers to yield the right-of-way to funeral processions at intersections	Pending	House Roads and Transportation	Committee	03/28/97
HB 2840	Authorizing an action for the late return of a rented video cassette	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/28/97
HB 2841	Eliminating landlord liability for delinquent water services accounts of tenants	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/28/97
HB 2842	Updating securities statutes	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2843	Allowing home schooled students to participate in public school activities	Pending	House Education	Committee	03/28/97
HB 2844	Reformation of inspection requirements by the office of miners' health, safety and training	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/28/97
HB 2845	Permitting persons charged with driving a motor vehicle with defective equipment to have five days to correct the defective equipment	Pending	House Roads and Transportation	Committee	03/28/97
HB 2846	Requirements and procedures needed to receive telecommunications devices for the deaf, hearing impaired or speech impaired	Pending	House Government Organization	Committee	03/28/97
HB 2847	Changing a second offense of battery upon a police officer from a misdemeanor to a felony	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2848	Requiring that family law masters serve in the geographic areas where they are assigned	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	04/04/97
HB 2849	Authorizing a preneed cremation agreement	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	04/07/97
HB 2850	Requiring one percent of racetrack video lottery income be distributed to any municipality in which a terminal is located	Pending	House Finance	Committee	03/28/97
HB 2851	Expanding automobile parking fraud provisions and increasing fines	Pending	Senate TRAN	Committee	04/04/97
HB 2852	Extending the exemption from registration fees for certain vehicles	Pending	House Finance	Committee	03/28/97
HB 2853	Adding an additional magistrate in Boone County	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/28/97
HB 2854	Establishing the Little Kanawha River Parkway Authority	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2855	Regulation of quarry mining and reclamation of minerals other than coal	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/28/97
HB 2856	Prohibiting certain business licensees from selling or serving for consumption on the premises any beer bottled in a glass container	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/28/97
HB 2857	Requiring background checks on jobs through education mentors	Pending	House Education	Committee	03/28/97
HB 2858	Creating the felony offense of murder by abuse or neglect of a child	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/28/97
HB 2859	Relating to the Technology-Related Assistance Loan Fund for Individuals with Disabilities Act	Tabled		3rd Reading	04/09/97
HB 2860	Requiring students to attend school and maintain a minimum grade point average to avoid a driver's license suspension	Pending	House Education	Committee	03/28/97
HB 2861	Providing protection for education classified employees transferred to nonclassified status	Pending	House Education	Committee	03/28/97
HB 2862	Requiring a local police agency to pay a percentage of the cost of training a state police academy recruit	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/28/97
HB 2863	Permitting resident insurance agents to authorize the insurer to imprint a facsimile countersignature	Pending	House Banking and Insurance	Committee	03/28/97
HB 2864	Procedures to prevent the filing and prosecution of frivolous lawsuits	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/28/97
HB 2865	Recodification of the laws of the state pertaining to marriage	Pending		RECD	04/12/97
HB 2866	Procedures relating to faculty senate recommendations and duties of teachers and personnel on days of faculty senate meetings	Vetoed		Governor	05/08/97
HB 2867	Continuing the parks section and functions of the division of natural resources	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2868	Supplemental appropriation to the Division of Culture and History, fairs and festivals	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2869	Supplemental appropriation of federal funds to the Division of Health, Preventive Health Block Grant	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2870	Tax credit for new wood manufacturing operations	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2871	Tax credit for new poultry farming or processing operations	Pending	House Finance	Committee	03/28/97
HB 2872	Clarifying that certain pest control operators are not subject to contractor licensure	Pending		3rd Reading	04/11/97
HB 2873	Decriminalizing status offenses for juveniles	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2874	Recruitment and retention efforts for health care providers by the rural health advisory panel and the vice chancellor of health sciences	Pending		3rd Reading	04/11/97
HB 2875	Continuing public defender services	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2876	Continuing the state rail authority	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2877	Continuing the educational broadcasting authority	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2878	Requiring the department of health and human resources to conduct detailed performance audits	Pending	House Finance	Committee	04/02/97
HB 2879	Disciplinary actions against licensed contractors	Pending	Senate GOVO	Committee	04/04/97
HB 2880	Modifying the definition of direct advertising	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	04/04/97
HB 2881	Changing termination dates for agencies and relating to changes in the sunset law	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2882	Relating generally to gasoline and special fuel excise taxes and exemptions	Pending		2nd Reading	04/11/97
HB 2883	Appraisal of coal reserves	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	04/07/97
HB 2884	Updating the child support formula	Pending		Concurrence	04/12/97
HB 2885	Early intervention services for children with developmental delays	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2886	Relating to the natural resources commission	Vetoed		Governor	05/08/97
HB 2887	Creating a natural gas contract refund fund	Pending		3rd Reading	04/11/97
HB 2888	Salary of state superintendent of schools	Pending	Senate Education	Committee	04/07/97
HB 2889	Overlap of units required by the board of examiners for registered nurses to maintain their licenses and continuing education units required by the state board of education for a nurse to maintain certification as a school nurse	Pending	Senate Education	Committee	04/07/97
HB 2890	Creating a diesel equipment commission	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2891	Increasing the amount of borrowing authorized from the consolidated fund by the state building commission for regional jail construction	Pending		Concurrence	04/12/97
HB 2892	Andrew D. Drugan Braille Literacy Rights and Education Act	Pending		1st Reading	04/11/97
HB 2893	Relating to priority of legislative business for members and designated employees of the Legislature	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2894	Requiring mandatory training for police judges	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	04/07/97
HB 2895	Authorizing the commissioner of corrections to establish policies for the operation of mental health units at correctional facilities	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	04/07/97
HB 2896	Establishing the water quality management fund	Pending		1st Reading	04/04/97
HB 2897	Supplemental appropriation to the Solid Waste Management Board, landfill assistance	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	04/10/97
HB 2898	Supplemental appropriation to the Human Rights Commission, automated management information system	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2899	Supplemental appropriation to the Division of Health, central office, computer equipment	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2900	Supplemental appropriation to the Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety, Mountaineer Challenge Academy	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2901	Supplemental appropriation of federal funds to the Fire Commission, energy conservation code seminars	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2902	Supplemental appropriation to the Division of Natural Resources, law enforcement	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	04/10/97
HB 2903	Supplemental appropriation to the Division of Criminal Justice and Highway Safety	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	04/10/97
HB 2904	Supplemental appropriation of federal funds to the Division of Criminal Justice and Highway Safety	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2905	Supplemental appropriation to the Department of Agriculture, Moorefield field office furnishings	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	04/10/97
HB 2906	Supplemental appropriation to the Auditor's Office, encoding system and printer replacement	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	04/10/97
HB 2907	Supplemental appropriation to the Division of General Services, capitol complex capital outlay	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2908	Supplemental appropriation to the Educational Broadcasting Authority	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	04/10/97
HB 2909	Supplemental appropriation to the Schools for the Deaf and the Blind, fire and smoke alarm system	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	04/10/97
HB 2910	Supplemental appropriation to the Division of Rehabilitation Services, Technology-Related Assistance Revolving Loan Fund for Individuals with Disabilities	Signed		Governor	05/19/97
HB 2911	Supplemental appropriation to the court of claims	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	04/11/97
HB 2912	Providing that the salary of the director of the railroad maintenance authority may be set by the authority and increasing the salary of the insurance commissioner	Pending	Senate Introduction		04/12/97
HB 2913	Regulation of traditional cheese products	Pending	Senate Introduction		04/11/97