Bill Status - 2012 Regular Session
Committee Activity
136 Bills Pending in Committee — House Industry and Labor, Economic Development and Small Business
| Bill | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| HB 2020 | West Virginia Innovative Mine Safety Technology Tax Credit Act | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2020 | West Virginia Innovative Mine Safety Technology Tax Credit Act | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2030 | Relating to a severance tax imposed on surface mining activities | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2030 | Relating to a severance tax imposed on surface mining activities | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2045 | Prohibiting discrimination based upon age and sexual orientation | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2045 | Prohibiting discrimination based upon age and sexual orientation | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2050 | West Virginia Right to Work Law | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2050 | West Virginia Right to Work Law | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2056 | West Virginia Renewable Energy Act | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2056 | West Virginia Renewable Energy Act | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2069 | Relating to the creation and implementation of drug-free workplaces in coal mines | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2069 | Relating to the creation and implementation of drug-free workplaces in coal mines | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2077 | Providing a criminal penalty for transmitting bulk electronic mail messages which are unsolicited | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2077 | Providing a criminal penalty for transmitting bulk electronic mail messages which are unsolicited | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2092 | Changing the definition of "construction" to only include projects whose total costs are more than $200,000 in the prevailing wage law | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2092 | Changing the definition of "construction" to only include projects whose total costs are more than $200,000 in the prevailing wage law | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2114 | Providing an employee the right to decline to work more than forty hours in a workweek | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2114 | Providing an employee the right to decline to work more than forty hours in a workweek | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2120 | Providing overtime pay for all employees who are required to work holidays regardless if the holiday hours are in excess of a forty hour workweek | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2120 | Providing overtime pay for all employees who are required to work holidays regardless if the holiday hours are in excess of a forty hour workweek | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2145 | Providing workers' compensation coverage for certain employees who perform duties attendant to racing activities | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2145 | Providing workers' compensation coverage for certain employees who perform duties attendant to racing activities | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2151 | Requiring mine operators to provide notice of hazardous chemical substances and lead exposure to its employees | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2151 | Requiring mine operators to provide notice of hazardous chemical substances and lead exposure to its employees | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2160 | Authorizing incentives for energy conservation by electric utilities | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2160 | Authorizing incentives for energy conservation by electric utilities | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2194 | Establishing seniority rights for public employees | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2194 | Establishing seniority rights for public employees | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2201 | Relating to drug and alcohol free mines | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2201 | Relating to drug and alcohol free mines | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2210 | Small Business Development Incentive Program for Internal Growth Act | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2210 | Small Business Development Incentive Program for Internal Growth Act | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2232 | Removing the exemption from planning and zoning restrictions for mining and manufacturing activities and uses | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2232 | Removing the exemption from planning and zoning restrictions for mining and manufacturing activities and uses | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2238 | Relating to towing companies notifying the DMV of abandoned vehicles | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2238 | Relating to towing companies notifying the DMV of abandoned vehicles | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2263 | Requiring the Office of Miners Health and Safety to employ qualified diesel inspectors | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2263 | Requiring the Office of Miners Health and Safety to employ qualified diesel inspectors | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2267 | Requiring the superintendent or owner of a mine to sign the fire boss record book daily | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2267 | Requiring the superintendent or owner of a mine to sign the fire boss record book daily | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2271 | Business and occupation tax credit to electric power generators for the use of West Virginia coal | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2271 | Business and occupation tax credit to electric power generators for the use of West Virginia coal | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2273 | Requiring paramedics to be on site at coal mines | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2273 | Requiring paramedics to be on site at coal mines | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2318 | Requiring that permanent and temporary battery charging stations in mines be ventilated directly to the return on a separate split of air | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2318 | Requiring that permanent and temporary battery charging stations in mines be ventilated directly to the return on a separate split of air | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2371 | Relating to the West Virginia Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2371 | Relating to the West Virginia Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2373 | Prohibiting fractional pricing in the retail sale of gasoline | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2373 | Prohibiting fractional pricing in the retail sale of gasoline | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2401 | Renewable Portfolio Standards Sustainable Energy Act | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2401 | Renewable Portfolio Standards Sustainable Energy Act | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2404 | Relating to air pollution control | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2404 | Relating to air pollution control | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2413 | Relating to the "Telephone Record Confidentiality Act" | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2413 | Relating to the "Telephone Record Confidentiality Act" | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2422 | Creative Communities Development Act | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2422 | Creative Communities Development Act | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2514 | Requiring reclaimed strip mines to be populated by plants that are beneficial to the local bee population | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2514 | Requiring reclaimed strip mines to be populated by plants that are beneficial to the local bee population | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2545 | Requiring onsite employees at certain public works construction projects to complete an Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) approved 10-hour construction safety program | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2545 | Requiring onsite employees at certain public works construction projects to complete an Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) approved 10-hour construction safety program | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2554 | Intrastate Coal and Use Act | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2554 | Intrastate Coal and Use Act | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2662 | Exempting existing churches from paying tax on propane and other forms of heating oil | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2662 | Exempting existing churches from paying tax on propane and other forms of heating oil | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2664 | Verifying legal employment status of workers | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2664 | Verifying legal employment status of workers | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2688 | Authorizing the Governor to appoint an additional member to the Surface Mine Board that represents the interest of labor | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2688 | Authorizing the Governor to appoint an additional member to the Surface Mine Board that represents the interest of labor | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2717 | The Economic Fairness Act of 2009 | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2717 | The Economic Fairness Act of 2009 | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2734 | Establishing prevailing hourly rates to be used in connection with the construction of public improvements | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2734 | Establishing prevailing hourly rates to be used in connection with the construction of public improvements | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2736 | Exempting construction performed on behalf of educational authorities from prevailing wage requirements | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2736 | Exempting construction performed on behalf of educational authorities from prevailing wage requirements | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2786 | Allowing a credit against state personal income tax for the purchase of a new wood or pellet stove | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2786 | Allowing a credit against state personal income tax for the purchase of a new wood or pellet stove | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2788 | Specifying that infrastructure projects providing broadband services facilities be included in infrastructure projects eligible for funding | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2788 | Specifying that infrastructure projects providing broadband services facilities be included in infrastructure projects eligible for funding | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2795 | Jobs Impact Statement Act | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2795 | Jobs Impact Statement Act | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2807 | Relating to determining the appropriate penalty to impose against operators who fail to provide immediate notice upon the occurrence of a mining accident | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2807 | Relating to determining the appropriate penalty to impose against operators who fail to provide immediate notice upon the occurrence of a mining accident | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2809 | Stopping accelerated rate recovery because of adverse effects of constructing transmission facilities and revising the definition of need | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2809 | Stopping accelerated rate recovery because of adverse effects of constructing transmission facilities and revising the definition of need | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2851 | Permitting surface owners to purchase the mineral interests that lay below the property when the mineral interest becomes subject to a tax lien | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2851 | Permitting surface owners to purchase the mineral interests that lay below the property when the mineral interest becomes subject to a tax lien | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2915 | Repealing certain sections of the Alternative and Renewable Energy Portfolio Act | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2915 | Repealing certain sections of the Alternative and Renewable Energy Portfolio Act | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2940 | Requiring liners in all new surface coal-waste impoundments and requiring regulations relating to the planning, constructing and maintenance of the liners | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2940 | Requiring liners in all new surface coal-waste impoundments and requiring regulations relating to the planning, constructing and maintenance of the liners | 01/11/12 |
| HB 3015 | The Healthy and Safe Workplace Act | 02/02/12 |
| HB 3015 | The Healthy and Safe Workplace Act | 02/02/12 |
| HB 3040 | Twenty-First Century Business Technologies Property Valuation Act | 01/11/12 |
| HB 3040 | Twenty-First Century Business Technologies Property Valuation Act | 01/11/12 |
| HB 3108 | Providing permanent total disability recipients annual cost-of-living allowances | 01/11/12 |
| HB 3108 | Providing permanent total disability recipients annual cost-of-living allowances | 01/11/12 |
| HB 3131 | Imposing a ten-year moratorium on severance taxes on the extracting and recovering material from refuse, slurry, gob piles or other sources of waste coal | 01/11/12 |
| HB 3131 | Imposing a ten-year moratorium on severance taxes on the extracting and recovering material from refuse, slurry, gob piles or other sources of waste coal | 01/11/12 |
| HB 3210 | Creating the Consumer and Employee Arbitration Fairness Act | 01/11/12 |
| HB 3210 | Creating the Consumer and Employee Arbitration Fairness Act | 01/11/12 |
| HB 4040 | Prohibiting employers and labor unions from requiring employees to become or remain members of labor unions as a condition of employment | 01/12/12 |
| HB 4040 | Prohibiting employers and labor unions from requiring employees to become or remain members of labor unions as a condition of employment | 01/12/12 |
| HB 4116 | Relating to liquefied petroleum gas-consuming equipment and appliances | 01/18/12 |
| HB 4116 | Relating to liquefied petroleum gas-consuming equipment and appliances | 01/18/12 |
| HB 4129 | Reallocating and dedicating three percent of oil and gas severance tax revenues to the oil and gas producing counties of origin | 01/19/12 |
| HB 4129 | Reallocating and dedicating three percent of oil and gas severance tax revenues to the oil and gas producing counties of origin | 01/19/12 |
| HB 4316 | Prohibiting underground injection of coal slurry in new permits or modifications and renewals | 01/26/12 |
| HB 4316 | Prohibiting underground injection of coal slurry in new permits or modifications and renewals | 01/26/12 |
| HB 4347 | Requiring persons who are not members of the American Association of Professional Landmen to have two years or more of experience in contracting for oil and gas leases | 01/30/12 |
| HB 4347 | Requiring persons who are not members of the American Association of Professional Landmen to have two years or more of experience in contracting for oil and gas leases | 01/30/12 |
| HB 4373 | Save West Virginia Call Center Jobs Act | 02/01/12 |
| HB 4373 | Save West Virginia Call Center Jobs Act | 02/01/12 |
| HB 4383 | Allowing an affected water intake owner to waive the one-half mile zone requirement contained in water quality standards | 02/01/12 |
| HB 4383 | Allowing an affected water intake owner to waive the one-half mile zone requirement contained in water quality standards | 02/01/12 |
| HB 4479 | Relating to disbursement where injury is self-inflicted or intentionally caused by the employer | 02/09/12 |
| HB 4479 | Relating to disbursement where injury is self-inflicted or intentionally caused by the employer | 02/09/12 |
| HB 4492 | Requiring certain licensees to take continuing education in green building | 02/10/12 |
| HB 4492 | Requiring certain licensees to take continuing education in green building | 02/10/12 |
| HB 4525 | Increasing the tax credits for apprenticeship training in construction trades | 02/14/12 |
| HB 4525 | Increasing the tax credits for apprenticeship training in construction trades | 02/14/12 |
| HB 4552 | Requiring employer verification of the legal status of workers using an electronic verification program, the "E-Verify program" | 02/16/12 |
| HB 4552 | Requiring employer verification of the legal status of workers using an electronic verification program, the "E-Verify program" | 02/16/12 |
| HB 4561 | Employing best available control technology to control air pollution | 02/16/12 |
| HB 4561 | Employing best available control technology to control air pollution | 02/16/12 |
| HB 4584 | Requiring the Mine Foreman Examiner review the employment history and certify that the applicant for the position of underground assistant mine foreman has met the requirements | 02/17/12 |
| HB 4584 | Requiring the Mine Foreman Examiner review the employment history and certify that the applicant for the position of underground assistant mine foreman has met the requirements | 02/17/12 |
| HB 4609 | Clarifying that the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection does not assume a mine operator's obligations or liabilities under the Water Pollution Control Act | 02/17/12 |
| HB 4609 | Clarifying that the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection does not assume a mine operator's obligations or liabilities under the Water Pollution Control Act | 02/17/12 |
| HB 4619 | Relating to alternative fuel initiatives | 02/20/12 |
| HB 4619 | Relating to alternative fuel initiatives | 02/20/12 |
| HB 4623 | Relating to the time final wages are required to be paid to discharged employees | 02/20/12 |
| HB 4623 | Relating to the time final wages are required to be paid to discharged employees | 02/20/12 |
| HB 4641 | Awarding credits for use of alternative and renewable energy resources | 02/20/12 |
| HB 4641 | Awarding credits for use of alternative and renewable energy resources | 02/20/12 |