HOUSE OF DELEGATES
BILLS INTRODUCED
Friday, February 11, 2005
2196.By Del. Susman - Requiring commercial trucks to have the corporate name prominently
displayed on the truck - To Roads and Transportation then Judiciary
2197.By Del. Walters - Exempting undergraduate students attending state colleges or universities
and graduates of undergraduate programs of such state institutions for the first two tax years
postgraduation from the payment of state income tax - To Education then Finance
2198.By Del. Frederick, Long and Kominar - Providing that the reduction in the tax rate provided
in this section applies to mines operating before the effective date of the applicable provision
- To Finance
2199.By Del. Walters - Prohibiting the department of health and human resources from being
involved in aiding or assisting any person to obtain an abortion to a greater extent than is
required by law - To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary
2200.By Del. Walters - Prohibiting family planning centers in West Virginia that receive state
funding from discussing abortion or abortion referrals - To Health and Human Resources
then Judiciary
2201.By Del. Hrutkay - Requiring county boards of education to establish the daily observance of
a minute of silence in all county schools - To Education then Judiciary
2202.By Del. R. M. Thompson - Personal income tax exemption for members of volunteer fire
departments (FN) - To Finance
2203.By Del. Brown and Hatfield - Providing rape victims with reliable emergency information
regarding pregnancy and abortion, and providing those victims with emergency contraception
if they desire - To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary
2204.By Del. H. White, Frich and Hrutkay - Relating to rate and form filing for group accident and
sickness policies - To Banking and Insurance then Judiciary
2205.By Del. Evans and Louisos - Excluding federal interest income when applying the income
exclusion available to those sixty-five years of age or older and to persons permanently and
totally disabled (FN) - To Finance
2206.By Del. R. M. Thompson, Perry and Hrutkay - Requiring a license for entities that only take assignment of regulated consumer loans or for entities that only service regulated consumer
loans - To Judiciary
2207.By Del. Caputo, Tucker, Butcher and Stemple - Establishing the consumer's right to know
regarding telemarketers and requiring certain vendors to use only persons authorized to work
in the United States - To Industry and Labor, Economic Development and Small Business
then Judiciary
2208.By Del. Perry and Stalnaker - Making available to retired participants in PEIA the optional
dental, vision, and audiology and hearing-aid services insurance plans that are available to
current participants (FN) - To Finance
2209.By Del. Ennis, Swartzmiller, Perry, Boggs, Amores and Yost - Creating an affirmative
defense for certain civil and criminal actions arising from the sale of certain alcoholic drinks
and nonintoxicating beer by licensed private clubs to persons under the age of twenty-one
whose age is verified by use of scanner technology - To Judiciary
2210.By Del. R. M. Thompson - Exempting sales of propane gas for any church, religious sect,
society or denomination consumption from the imposition of the excise tax on gasoline or
special fuel - To Finance
2211.By Del. R. M. Thompson - Granting wider authority of local fire departments to request
materials and equipment to prevent further danger when dealing with an accident - To
Political Subdivisions then Judiciary
2212.By Del. R. M. Thompson - Providing for a felony offense under the shoplifting statute - To
Judiciary
2213.By Del. Doyle - Removing the exemption from planning and zoning restrictions for mining
and manufacturing activities and uses - To Political Subdivisions then Judiciary
2214.By Del. Perdue - Requiring the county school boards to train all school personnel in
cardiopulmonary resuscitation and blood precaution - To Education then Finance
2215.By Del. Spencer - Banning the use and possession of tobacco products by minors on school
property and restricting the use of tobacco by all persons on school property - To Education
then Finance
2216.By Del. Susman - Exempting certain physicians from obtaining preauthorization before being
able to dispense psychotrophic medications to mentally ill medicaid recipient patients - To
Health and Human Resources then Judiciary
2217.By Del. Louisos - Providing that a woman who obtains an abortion has a cause of action against any physician who causes injury to the woman or the unborn child - To Health and
Human Resources then Judiciary
2218.By Del. Louisos - Creating a three person rate review board within the public service
commission - To Judiciary then Finance
2219.By Del. Howard - Requiring all motor vehicle mufflers to conform to the original
manufacturers specifications - To Roads and Transportation then Judiciary
2220.By Del. Doyle - Prohibiting sale at full retail price of any damaged container or canned goods
- To Judiciary
2221.By Del. H. White - Removing the maximum aggregate penalties limit in regard to violations
of the unfair trade practices act - To Judiciary
2222.By Del. Williams - Providing retirement service credit to teachers at private colleges and
universities - To Pensions and Retirement then Finance
2223.By Del. Caputo, Mahan and Staton - Requiring mine operators to provide notice of
hazardous chemical substances and lead exposure to its employees - To Judiciary
2224.By Del. Cann, Kominar, H. White and Stalnaker - Creating a health care providers lien - To
Judiciary
2225.By Del. Amores and Doyle - Expanding the comprehensiveness of the section concerning
what causes civil rights violations for purposes of criminal responsibility - To Judiciary
2226.By Del. Brown, Amores, Hrutkay and Doyle - Removing the confidentiality privilege in
communications to clergy when the communication involves sexual abuse of a minor child,
unless the communication was made as a recognized, privileged confession - To Judiciary
2227.By Del. Boggs, Swartzmiller and Hrutkay - Prescribing minimum standards for municipal
judges and requiring criminal background checks of persons applying for municipal
judgeships - To Judiciary
2228.By Del. R. M. Thompson, Perry, Iaquinta and Hrutkay - Allowing state-chartered banks to
organize as limited liability companies if the FDIC determines they are eligible for deposit
insurance - To Banking and Insurance then Judiciary
2229.By Del. Hamilton, Wakim, Hrutkay and Yost - Providing for the temporary detention of
juvenile perpetrators of domestic violence - To Judiciary
2230.By Del. Border and Azinger - Establishing the crime of partial birth infanticide - To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary
2231.By Del. Doyle - Establishing a secure residential school for juvenile status offenders (FN)
- To Education then Finance
2232.By Del. R. M. Thompson - Authorizing service credit under public employees retirement for
federal employment service (FN) - To Pensions and Retirement then Finance
2233.By Del. R. M. Thompson - Small Business Tax Credit Act (FN) - To Industry and Labor,
Economic Development and Small Business then Finance
2234.By Del. Walters - Providing a five percent personal income tax reduction (FN) - To Finance
2235.By Del. H. White - Increasing salaries for magistrate clerks, magistrate assistants and
magistrate deputy clerks (FN) - To Judiciary then Finance
2236.By Del. Stalnaker - Relating to the compensation paid to temporary senior magistrates (FN)
- To Judiciary then Finance
2237.By Del. Hall - Relating to personal income taxes and exemptions - To Finance
2238.By Del. Iaquinta and Hrutkay - Providing a criminal penalty for transmitting bulk electronic
mail messages which are unsolicited - To Judiciary
2239.By Del. Fragale and Evans - Creating a presumption of compensability for cardiovascular
injury or disease of firefighters - To Judiciary then Finance
2240.By Del. Caputo and R. M. Thompson - Salary increase for sanitarian employees of the
division of health (FN) - To Finance
2241.By Del. Talbott and Pino - Providing telephone subscribers with a highly effective means of
preventing the receipt of telemarketing phone solicitations - To Judiciary
2242.By Del. Howard, Hamilton and Louisos - Establishing the child internet protection act - To
Education then Judiciary
2243.By Del. Stemple, Spencer, Boggs and Pethtel - Removing the seasonal restriction concerning
when cultivated ginseng may be harvested - To Agriculture and Natural Resources then
Judiciary
2244.By Del. Stemple and Amores - Making the state's criminal and penalty laws applying to the
use and display of beer and alcoholic beverages in motor vehicles conform to federal law -
To Judiciary
2245.By Del. Perry, Stemple and Crosier - Altering the criminal penalties for driving while license
is suspended or revoked - To Judiciary
2246.By Del. Susman, Hrutkay and Spencer - Securing the right of blind and visually impaired
people to vote under the same conditions of privacy and independence as sighted people (FN)
- To Judiciary
2247.By Del. Leach and Morgan - Providing for the issuance of a special Lions International
membership license plate (FN) - To Roads and Transportation then Finance
2248.By Del. Doyle and Overington - Salary increases for public employees based upon residential
housing costs (FN) - To Finance
2249.By Del. Leach and Craig - Increasing the penalty for the unauthorized practice of medicine
and surgery or as a physician assistant - To Judiciary
2250.By Del. Hrutkay and Brown - Relating to the titling and ownership of property for area
vocational education programs - To Judiciary
2251.By Del. Williams - Reducing the burdens of jury service and increasing participation in the
jury system - To Judiciary
2252.By Del. Iaquinta - Requiring the use of helmets by skateboarders - To Judiciary
2253.By Del. Romine - Increasing salary increments paid to principals and assistant principals -
To Education then Finance
2254.By Del. Sobonya, Sumner, Howard and Hamilton - Prohibiting the elected or appointed
public officials from using their names or likenesses under certain specific circumstances -
To Judiciary
2255.By Del. Caputo and Butcher - Crediting a deceased teacher's sick leave toward continued
insurance coverage for a surviving spouse and other dependents - To Pensions and
Retirement then Finance
2256.By Del. Caputo and Butcher - Making the use of permanent replacements for striking
workers an unfair labor practice in certain instances - To Industry and Labor, Economic
Development and Small Business then Judiciary
2257.By Del. Amores, R. M. Thompson and Frederick - Increasing the amount in which may be
expended for training of high technology business employees under the guaranteed work
force program (FN) - To Industry and Labor, Economic Development and Small Business
then Finance
2258.By Del. Amores, Doyle and Stalnaker - Uniform Arbitration Act - To Judiciary
2259.By Del. Browning and Staton - Providing a one-time supplement to certain public employee
retirement system annuitants (FN) - To Pensions and Retirement then Finance
2260.By Del. Browning and Staton - Preventing a reduction in the annuity of a person who retires
with disability retirement at age sixty-five (FN) - To Pensions and Retirement then Finance
2261.By Del. Amores, Pino, Stemple, Varner and Webster - Increasing the penalties for attempted
crimes - To Judiciary
2262.By Del. Boggs and Mahan - Extending the filing deadline for homestead property tax
exemption - To Judiciary then Finance
2263.By Del. Williams - Requiring persons who have judgments against them and their wages to
notify the court of any change of job status or employer - To Judiciary
2264.By Del. Williams, Leggett, Stemple and Michael - Establishing a special sidelock black
powder rifle deer hunting season - To Agriculture and Natural Resources then Finance
2265.By Del. Stemple, Michael and Varner - Exempting funeral-related retail sales from the
consumers sales tax - To Finance
2266.By Del. Doyle, Hatfield and Amores - Imposing a one hundred dollar per year fee for licenses
allowing wine sampling events by wine retailers (FN) - To Judiciary then Finance
2267.By Del. Leach, Campbell, Kominar, Morgan, Craig and Boggs - Implementing a
transportation and economic development information system (FN) - To Government
Organization then Finance
2268.By Del. Stalnaker - Requiring county commission of the county in which an indigent
individual resides to pay the expenses of a commitment hearing - To Judiciary
2269.By Del. Stalnaker - Penalty for failing to make a reasonable, good-faith attempt to return a
minor child in a timely manner at the expiration of lawful custody or visitation - To Judiciary
2270.By Del. Howard and Sobonya - Exempting individual retirement accounts, pension and
profit-sharing plans from executions - To Judiciary
2271.By Del. Mahan and Amores - Relating to the payment of expert fees in child abuse and
neglect cases - To Judiciary
2272.By Del. Michael and Campbell - Relating to the monitoring of nursing home residents through the use of electronic monitoring devices - To Health and Human Resources then
Judiciary
2273.By Del. Walters - Requiring the insurance commissioner to review and report to the
Legislature the financial and other related impacts of any proposed legislation to mandate
medical or health-related benefits - To Banking and Insurance then Judiciary
2274.By Del. Stalnaker - Requiring that a criminal defendant's right to a jury trial in misdemeanor
cases is forever waived unless requested within twenty days of initial appearance - To
Judiciary
2275.By Del. Spencer - Relating to a state income tax exemption for certain first year businesses
(FN) - To Finance
2276.By Del. Louisos - Providing that surplus revenues remaining in the general revenue fund
after such revenues have been set aside for the revenue shortfall reserve fund shall be used
to reduce personal and corporate income tax rates - To Judiciary then Finance
2277.By Del. Doyle - Providing that actions in which the state is a party be brought in the county
which is affected or related to the controversy - To Judiciary
2278.By Del. Caputo, Martin, R. Thompson, Tucker and Perdue - Providing for the Public
Employment Relations Act - To Judiciary then Finance
2279.By Del. Doyle - Uniform Premarital Agreement Act - To Judiciary
2280.By Del. Walters - Requiring the tax commissioner to refund to the five counties with the
highest unemployment twenty percent of personal income tax collected (FN) - To Industry
and Labor, Economic Development and Small Business then Finance
2281.By Del. Hatfield, Hrutkay and Martin - Requiring nursing homes to have quality assurance
programs and plans - To Health and Human Resources then Finance
2282.By Del. Sobonya, Howard and Crosier - Providing a state income tax exemption to retired
federal employees (FN) - To Finance
2283.By Del. Spencer, Hatfield, Webster and Brown - Restricting increased assessments on real
property to no more than five percent in any one year (FN) - To Judiciary then Finance
2284.By Del. R. Thompson and Perdue - Relating to the PROMISE scholarship and effective dates
for increases in the objective standards applicable to eligibility - To Education then Finance
2285.By Mr. Speaker (Mr. Kiss), Del. Varner, Michael, Leach, Kominar, H. White and Williams - Provide procedure for payment of the veterans bonus to veterans of the Kosovo,
Afghanistan, and Iraq conflicts - To Finance
2286.By Del. Williams, Beach, DeLong, Perry, Martin and Cann - Relating to the sounding of
Taps at veteran's honors funerals - To Education