HOUSE OF DELEGATES
BILLS INTRODUCED
Wednesday, February 9, 2005
2001.By Del. Amores - Establishing a use and file rate regulatory system for personal lines of
insurance - To Banking and Insurance then Judiciary
2002.By Del. Beane - Creating a uniform system of bail bond forfeiture procedures for all courts
of record in the state - To Judiciary
2003.By Del. Blair - Reducing and restricting compensation expense claims for legislative
members - To Finance
2004.By Del. Caputo - Requiring that permanent and temporary battery charging stations in mines
be ventilated directly to the return on a separate split of air - To Industry and Labor,
Economic Development and Small Business then Judiciary
2006.By Del. Caputo - Increasing benefits of retired state personnel and retired teachers - To
Pensions and Retirement then Finance
2007.By Del. Caputo - Requiring that an authorized representative of the miners be allowed to
accompany the inspector when an inspection of a surface-mining operation is undertaken -
To Judiciary
2008.By Del. Carmichael - Increasing the rate of the tax on cigarettes and reducing the consumer
sales tax on food sold for home consumption (FN) - To Health and Human Resources then
Finance
2009.By Del. Carmichael - Relating to a tax exemption on certain sales of clothing (FN) - To
Finance
2010.By Del. Kominar - Providing for a pilot project intended to divert low-income residents from
early institutionalization - To Health and Human Resources then Finance
2011.By Del. Long - Relieving health care providers of liability where an injury has resulted from
a prescribed drug or medical device - To Judiciary
2012.By Del. Williams - Providing a salary supplement for providers of medicaid eligible services
in the public schools (FN) - To Education then Finance
2013.By Del. Pino (By Request) - Raising the age at which a person may request to be excused from jury duty from sixty-five to seventy - To Judiciary
2014.By Del. Williams, Beach, DeLong, Perry, Martin and Cann - Increasing the number of
buglers qualified to play taps at military honors funerals - To Veterans Affairs and
Homeland Security then Education
2015.By Del. Amores, Michael, Craig, Morgan, Leach, Howard and Sobonya - Providing employer
immunity from civil liability for job related information disclosed regarding former
employees - To Judiciary
2016.By Del. Stalnaker, Williams, Varner, Beane, Ennis, Campbell and Michael - Increasing the
maximum number of magistrate court deputy clerks that may be appointed from sixty-two
to seventy-two (FN) - To Judiciary then Finance
2017.By Del. Pino and R. M. Thompson - Increasing supplemental benefits to certain teacher
retirement annuitants (FN) - To Education then Finance
2018.By Del. Caputo - Making armed assault or conspiracy to commit armed assault upon school
property or school personnel or students a felony - To Education then Judiciary
2019.By Del. Ennis - Allowing spouses who are employed by the same county board of education
to transfer unlimited accumulated sick leave to each other - To Education then Finance
2020.By Del. Amores - Requiring state agencies to provide information for verifying eligibility for
public housing programs - To Government Organization
2021.By Del. Paxton - Increasing school service personnel employees by one pay grade after ten
years of employment (FN) - To Education then Finance
2022.By Del. Caputo - Promoting contributions to the maintenance and improvement of state
parks - To Finance
2023.By Del. Caputo - Providing for the use of neck braces by football players - To Education then
Finance
2024.By Del. Cann (By Request) - Providing for administration costs associated with the court
security fund and to eliminate obsolete language - To Judiciary
2025.By Del. Ennis (By Request) - Allowing members that participate in the teachers' defined
contribution retirement system to borrow only against the total amount that the member has
contributed - To Pensions and Retirement then Finance
2026.By Del. Leggett - Reducing insurance premium charges for school bus operators and drivers' education instructors - To Banking and Insurance then Judiciary
2027.By Del. Frederick - Creating the West Virginia transportation oversight committee - To
Government Organization then Finance
2028.By Del. Fragale - Requiring schools to post and make available to the public the schedules
of teachers and staff - To Education then Finance
2029.By Del. Azinger - Relating to variable premium adjustable life insurance policies - To
Banking and Insurance then Judiciary
2030.By Del. Butcher - Permitting motor vehicle dealers to sell certain motor vehicles on an "as
is" basis without a warranty - To Judiciary
2031.By Del. Caputo - Mandating guidelines for full-day and half-day cooks at schools - To
Education then Finance
2032.By Del. Blair - Implementing a pilot project in Berkeley, Jefferson and Morgan counties to
install flashing traffic signals between the hours of eleven o'clock p.m. and six o'clock a.m.
at certain intersections (FN) - To Roads and Transportation then Finance
2033.By Del. Schoen (By Request) - Requiring that parents whose parental rights are terminated
continue to be responsible for support of the child until the child is adopted, reaches age of
majority or is otherwise emancipated - To Judiciary
2034.By Del. Doyle - Limiting the purchase of handguns to one gun per month - To Judiciary
2035.By Del. Louisos - Requiring banks to immediately post deposits - To Banking and Insurance
then Judiciary
2036.By Del. Carmichael - Eliminating the food sales tax on food not consumed on the premises
(FN) - To Finance
2037.By Del. Paxton - Relating to the rate of pay for substitute teachers - To Education then
Finance
2038.By Del. Morgan - Prohibiting children under the age of eight years old from being passengers
on motorcycles on public roads - To Judiciary
2039.By Del. Talbott (By Request) - Exempting the retrieval of a dog turned loose on Sunday from
offense of hunting on Sunday - To Agriculture and Natural Resources then Judiciary
2040.By Del. Talbott (By Request) - Prohibiting a person not the owner of a dog from removing tags, collars or apparel from a dog without the permission of the owner - To Judiciary
2041.By Del. Overington, Blair, Roberts, Evans and Schadler - Extending to workers the freedom
of prosecuting his or her employment without the interference of labor organizations - To
Industry and Labor, Economic Development and Small Business then Judiciary
2042.By Del. Schoen - Allowing pharmacists and other individuals involved in dispensing
medicines to refuse to fill prescriptions or dispense any substance that can be used as part of
an abortion-related procedure - To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary
2043.By Del. Hrutkay - Requiring a seller or a seller's agent at closing to disclose the names,
addresses and telephone numbers of all utilities providing service to the real estate involved
in the transaction - To Judiciary
2044.By Del. Schadler - Allowing municipalities to regulate the hours of operation of private
liquor clubs by ordinance - To Political Subdivisions then Judiciary
2045.By Del. Stemple, Beach, Swartzmiller and Anderson - Modifying and updating auctioneer
licensing requirements, fees and continuing education - To Agriculture and Natural
Resources then Government Organization
2046.By Del. Staton - Exempting from requirements of the medicaid preferred drug list certain
patients who have a high risk of hospitalization or institutionalization without appropriate
medication - To Health and Human Resources then Finance
2047.By Del. Butcher - Prohibiting automobile insurance rate increases or surcharges for reason
of nonserious traffic convictions - To Banking and Insurance then Judiciary
2048.By Del. Beane - Investigating and interviewing alleged adult victims of abuse or neglect - To
Judiciary
2049.By Del. Boggs - Allowing awards under the crime victims compensation program to be made
to victims of identity theft (FN) - To Judiciary then Finance
2050.By Del. Fragale - Repealing the section involving the vesting of title to vocational education
property in the state department of education - To Judiciary
2051.By Del. Fragale - Increasing the multiplier for a retirement annuity in the public employees
retirement system - To Pensions and Retirement then Finance
2052.By Del. Blair - Prohibiting a business or organization from performing abortions in a public
facility - To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary
2053.By Del. Blair - Providing West Virginia students with a partial PROMISE scholarship for
schooling outside this state for the reason that no in-state institution offers a course for a
major or a degree in the student's desired field - To Education then Finance
2054.By Del. Beane - Allowing members of the design-build board to be reimbursed travel and
other necessary expenses actually incurred while engaged in attending board meetings - To
Government Organization then Finance
2055.By Del. R. Thompson - Giving certain annuitants of the public employees and teachers
retirement systems a one-time supplement - To Pensions and Retirement then Finance
2056.By Del. Michael - Allowing mental hygiene commissioners to carry concealed weapons - To
Judiciary
2057.By Del. Frederick - Creating the criminal offense of failing to supervise a child - To Judiciary
2058.By Del. Fragale - Providing that at the filing deadline for candidacy of mayor, recorder or
city council, a candidate is unopposed, the municipality will allow an extended period
beyond the filing deadline for write-in candidates to be submitted - To Judiciary
2059.By Del. Fragale - Classification of Class II property for levy purposes - To Judiciary then
Finance
2060.By Del. Overington - Exempting public works projects receiving federal assistance and
subject to federal labor standards from the state prevailing wage laws - To Judiciary then
Finance
2061.By Del. Paxton - Directing the West Virginia secondary school activities commission to
promulgate rules to provide oversight of secondary school athletic directors - To Education
then Judiciary
2062.By Del. Staton - Relating to giving the priority to teacher's aide applicants with college
credits - To Education then Finance
2063.By Del. Amores - Phasing in increased assessments on certain property (FN) - To Judiciary
then Finance
2064.By Del. Campbell - Allowing municipal police and fire pension plans to use the actuarial
examination by the State in lieu of obtaining its own actuary (FN) - To Pensions and
Retirement then Finance
2065.By Del. Cann - Providing for the regulation of insurance company surcharging and
multitiering practices and requiring companies to provide their insureds with notice and explanation as to intended surcharging - To Banking and Insurance then Judiciary
2066.By Del. Frederick - Reducing the corporation net income tax (FN) - To Finance
2067.By Del. Iaquinta - Establishing a program for reprogramming cellular telephones and
distributing to seniors for making emergency calls - To Government Organization then
Finance
2068.By Del. Sumner - Requiring that any person seeking an abortion provide two forms of
identification - To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary
2069.By Del. Yost - Providing that a school levy election may be held during the primary election
- To Education then Judiciary
2070.By Del. Talbott - Requiring color coded certificates of insurance to be placed on the
windshield of the insured motor vehicle - To Roads and Transportation then Judiciary
2071.By Del. Talbott (By Request) - Clarifying the procedure for tagging bear, bobcats, deer and
wild turkey taken while hunting - To Agriculture and Natural Resources then Judiciary
2072.By Del. Yost - Allowing for the continuation of misdemeanor prosecutions in cases where
a defendant is charged by complaint with both a felony and misdemeanor - To Judiciary
2073.By Del. Amores - Requiring the state election commission and the secretary of state to study
a method of conducting elections by means of computer internet systems - To Judiciary
2074.By Del. Beane - Transferring remaining bonding functions of public energy authority to the
state treasurer - To Government Organization then Finance
2075.By Del. Blair - Prohibiting law-enforcement officers from asking crime victims if they have
insurance coverage to cover losses occasioned by criminal activity - To Judiciary
2076.By Del. Caputo - Providing salary parity for conservation officers relative to members of the
West Virginia state police - To Agriculture and Natural Resources then Finance
2077.By Del. Caputo - Prohibiting the use of a credit score in casualty insurance rate filings - To
Banking and Insurance then Judiciary
2078.By Del. Caputo - Requiring the spaying or neutering of certain dogs and cats - To Judiciary
2079.By Del. Frederick - Permitting miners fined for noncompliance with mining statutes to pay
the penalty or complete a training course in lieu thereof - To Industry and Labor, Economic
Development and Small Business then Judiciary
2080.By Del. Caputo - Permitting the head of an at-risk family to accept school loans, grants and
scholarships without losing assistance while in school - To Education then Finance
2081.By Del. Frederick - Providing that student residents of this state who commute to school in
another state are eligible for the PROMISE scholarship program - To Education then Finance
2082.By Del. Louisos - Amending PSC rules, accelerated rate procedures for gas, water and
electric utilities - To Judiciary
2083.By Del. Pino - Clarifying that the sheriff is the appointing officer with respect to deputy
sheriffs who have resigned and thereafter seek appointment by reinstatement - To Political
Subdivisions then Judiciary
2084.By Del. Spencer - Reinstatement without loss of rights of state employees following
extended leave of absence - To Judiciary then Finance
2085.By Del. Caputo - Requiring the state personnel board to consider levels of seniority when
awarding or withdrawing benefits - To Judiciary then Finance
2086.By Del. Azinger - Gradually eliminating the sales tax on food and increasing the sales tax
on other items to six and one-half percent (FN) - To Finance
2087.By Del. R. M. Thompson - Increasing salaries of principals and assistant principals and
providing salary reduction procedures - To Education then Finance
2088.By Del. Howard - Increasing the resident vendor's bid ratio from two and one-half percent
to five percent - To Government Organization then Finance
2089.By Del. Ellem - Making records in criminal juvenile proceedings involving crimes of
violence open to the public - To Judiciary
2090.By Del. Ellem - Clarifying that a "victim" includes that person damaged by acts of juveniles
and increasing liability of parents for criminal acts of their children - To Judiciary
2091.By Del. Ellem - Prohibiting the distribution of RU-486 by any administrator, employee or
other official of the college or university - To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary
2092.By Del. Amores - Requirements for PROMISE scholarship - To Education then Finance
2093.By Del. Spencer - Allowing counties adopting a floodplain ordinance to designate a
floodplain enforcement agency - To Political Subdivisions then Government Organization
2094.By Del. Pino - Creating the "Supplement to West Virginia Veterans Education Benefits Program Fund" - To Government Organization then Finance
2095.By Del. Pino - Equalizing the number and alternating the selection of juror strikes in a felony
trial - To Judiciary
2096.By Del. Louisos - Creating a New River and Gauley River citizen's board to help resolve
access issues to those rivers - To Government Organization then Finance
2097.By Del. R. M. Thompson - Providing that a person sixty-five years of age or older may
redeem real estate owned by him or her by paying the delinquent taxes without other costs
or liens (FN) - To Judiciary then Finance
2098.By Del. Stemple - Relating to deferral of court costs and fees when collecting delinquent
emergency ambulance bills - To Judiciary
2099.By Del. R. M. Thompson - Providing a salary increase for civilian employees of the state
police (FN) - To Finance
2100.By Del. Louisos - Providing that certain discriminatory pricing practices prohibited under the
federal Robinson-Patman Act are also unlawful under West Virginia law - To Judiciary
2101.By Del. Evans - Exempting antique motor vehicles, motorcycles, classic motor vehicles and
motorcycles from registration fees - To Roads and Transportation then Finance
2102.By Del. Staton - Making tongue splitting a crime unless performed by a licensed physician
- To Judiciary
2103.By Del. Beach - Requiring that persons who operate or maintain steam boilers and equipment
be tested and licensed by the commissioner of labor - To Government Organization then
Finance
2104.By Del. Perry, Stemple and Cann - Providing that retiring municipal police officers may keep
their service revolver (FN) - To Political Subdivisions then Judiciary
2105.By Del. Fragale and Martin - Providing that applications for farm use valuation must be filed
with the county assessor between dates specified - To Judiciary then Finance
2106.By Del. DeLong, Amores, Varner, Caputo, Stemple and Perry - Imposing a lien and recovery
for unpaid child support on the proceeds due a child support debtor from a settlement,
judgment or award - To Judiciary
2107.By Del. Boggs, Campbell, Michael and Staton - Creating the joint commission on technology
and advanced communications - To Government Organization then Finance
2108.By Del. Boggs and Stalnaker - Prohibiting state purchases of information technology
equipment constructed of flammable materials - To Judiciary
2109.By Del. Boggs and Stemple - Exempting bee hives from personal property assessment and
taxation (FN) - To Judiciary then Finance
2110.By Del. Hamilton, Azinger, Evans and Stalnaker - Allowing a retail markup on the sale of
beer, wine and intoxicating liquors (FN) - To Judiciary
2111.By Del. Beane and Michael - Allowing emergency medical personnel the right to practice
according to their practice act in any setting - To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary
2112.By Del. Blair and Sumner - Requiring a physician to receive written consent from at least one
parent or legal guardian before an abortion is performed on an unemancipated minor - To
Health and Human Resources then Judiciary
2113.By Del. Boggs, R. M. Thompson and R. Thompson - Requiring a certified railroad
locomotive engineer to be in direct control of a train or locomotive movement - To Roads
and Transportation then Judiciary
2114.By Del. Stalnaker - Imposing misdemeanor penalties for obstructing or giving false
statements to a law-enforcement officer - To Judiciary
2115.By Del. Brown and Hatfield - Authorizing counties and municipalities to apply to the
department of transportation to require train locomotives to reduce noise at railroad crossings
- To Roads and Transportation then Judiciary
2116.By Del. Wakim - Creating a joint legislative committee on technology and security - To
Government Organization then Finance
2117.By Del. Schadler - Increasing the title examination costs charged by the clerk of the county
commission to redeem real estate - To Judiciary
2118.By Del. Azinger - Providing for reimbursement to the bail bondsman for the amount of a
forfeited bond under certain circumstances - To Judiciary
2119.By Del. Azinger - Income tax exemption for veterans who locate in West Virginia following
separation from service (FN) - To Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security then Finance
2120.By Del. Stemple - Providing a special method of appraising charitable property - To
Judiciary then Finance
2121.By Del. Louisos - Permitting the use of cash or a certificate of deposit in lieu of the posting of any bond requirement under state law - To Judiciary
2122.By Del. Frederick - Relating generally to mine inspectors (FN) - To Industry and Labor,
Economic Development and Small Business then Judiciary
2123.By Del. Paxton - Authorizing an exemption from standardized testing for children receiving
an exemption from compulsory school attendance and who attend church school - To
Education then Finance
2124.By Del. Hall - Requiring establishments serving prepared food to the public for consumption
to allow people with special dietary restrictions to bring certain foods with them - To
Judiciary
2125.By Del. Azinger - Requiring abortion facilities to have certain written policies and
procedures - To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary
2126.By Del. Azinger - Income tax deduction for gifts to West Virginia charities - To Finance
2127.By Del. Louisos - Relating to the sales price of gasoline and prohibiting wholesalers of
cigarettes from offering discounts to retailers or consumers - To Judiciary
2128.By Del. Perry, Pino, Leach and Michael - Authorizing the Executive Director of the Regional
Jail and Correctional Facility Authority to establish an inmate furlough program - To
Judiciary
2129.By Del. Amores, Craig, Pethtel and Armstead - Creating misdemeanor offense of motion
picture piracy - To Judiciary