HOUSE OF DELEGATES
BILLS INTRODUCED
Monday, February 14, 2005
2287.By Del. Walters and Morgan - Creating a vendor preference for state purchasing and
purchases by political subdivisions of the state in corporations that maintain their principle
places of business in the state (FN) - To Government Organization then Finance
2288.By Del. Stemple and Boggs - Including conservation officers in the deputy sheriff retirement
system - To Pensions and Retirement then Finance
2289.By Del. Spencer, Amores and Walters - Requiring stricter controls, oversight and purchasing
practices of the sheriff's concealed weapon fund - To Political Subdivisions then Judiciary
2290.By Del. Louisos - Providing jury trials in certain administrative proceedings involving
contested cases - To Judiciary
2291.By Del. Louisos - Prohibiting the payment for the abortion-inducing drug RU-486 as a
benefit under any health care insurance plan offered by the state to public employees - To
Health and Human Resources then Judiciary
2292.By Del. Beane - Adding a magistrate in Wood County - To Judiciary then Finance
2293.By Del. Amores, Hrutkay and Spencer - Revising mediation procedures and authorizing
arbitration for education and public employee grievance procedures - To Education then
Judiciary
2294.By Del. Hrutkay, Butcher and Tucker - Establishing the wireless infrastructure council to
ensure that needed wireless infrastructure is in place within this state - To Government
Organization then Finance
2295.By Del. Louisos, Caputo, Browning and Hatfield - Providing for a process in which to enlist
binding arbitration in state employee grievance procedures - To Judiciary then Finance
2296.By Del. Stemple, Campbell, Varner, Swartzmiller and Michael - Increasing service of
process fees and providing that the fees collected be deposited in the West Virginia deputy
sheriff retirement fund - To Finance
2297.By Del. Browning and Staton - Allowing a state employer or other public employer to
contribute to deferred compensation plans to match employee contributions - To Pensions
and Retirement then Finance
2298.By Del. Caputo, Tucker and Butcher - Requiring a certified person to examine underground
mines after cutting and welding has been performed - To Industry and Labor, Economic
Development and Small Business then Judiciary
2299.By Del. Hatfield and Mahan - Prohibiting certain nursing homes from using state funds for
activities unrelated to the provision of health care services - To Health and Human Resources
then Judiciary
2300.By Del. Caputo, Stalnaker and Perdue - Making the senior citizens discount on campground
rental fees at state parks available year-round - To Agriculture and Natural Resources then
Finance
2301.By Del. Romine, Walters and Schoen - Prohibiting the performance of any abortion when
the woman seeking it is doing so solely on account of the gender of the fetus - To Health and
Human Resources then Judiciary
2302.By Del. Perry, Pino, Stemple and Beach - Providing for law-enforcement officers to seek a
warrant to draw blood from a person arrested for DUI when the person refuses to submit to
a secondary chemical test - To Judiciary
2303.By Del. Frich, Walters and Romine - Authorizing the alcohol beverage control commissioner
to license businesses offering exotic entertainment to prevent harmful secondary effects
associated with such businesses - To Judiciary then Finance
2304.By Del. Hall - Adding a fifty-ninth delegate district consisting of portions of Mason and
Putnam counties - To Judiciary
2305.By Del. Hamilton, Howard, Duke and Sumner - Providing for the continuance of medical
coverage for the spouse of a deceased retired public employee for any period previously
purchased with accumulated leave - To Pensions and Retirement then Finance
2306.By Del. Boggs, Swartzmiller and Hamilton - Requiring that annual reports be recorded on
CD-Rom for distribution - To Government Organization
2307.By Del. Iaquinta, Crosier, Talbott and Staton - Establishing threshold quantities of certain
controlled substances to trigger prima facie evidence of intent to deliver if possessed by an
individual - To Judiciary
2308.By Del. Caputo, Manchin, Mahan, Tucker, Perdue and Butcher - Requiring applicants for an
extension of a mining permit to provide a copy of the permit application to a representative
of the miners at the mine - To Judiciary then Finance
2309.By Del. Border, Campbell, Browning and Michael - Requiring the secretary of the department of health and human resources to consider a method to obtain medicaid
reimbursement to retail pharmacies to the cost of certain prescriptions - To Health and
Human Resources then Judiciary
2310.By Del. Perry, Pino, Beach and Ennis - Providing Good Friday as a state legal holiday - To
Government Organization then Finance
2311.By Del. Hamilton, Sobonya, Wakim, Iaquinta, Azinger and Browning - Exempting one
motor vehicle owned by a resident of this state on active duty in the United States military
from ad valorem taxes for any taxable year the person is in the military - To Finance
2312.By Del. Azinger and Long - Requiring grab bars to be installed in all hotel and motel tubs
and showers - To Judiciary
2313.By Del. Azinger and Evans - Imposing an excise tax on the sale or rental of obscene
materials - To Finance
2314.By Del. Caputo and Tucker - Providing a ten percent discount to residents at state parks and
forests - To Agriculture and Natural Resources then Finance
2315.By Del. Paxton, Crosier, Romine and Hamilton - Creating a framework to avoid imposition
of policies and practices on the public schools that distract from a thorough and efficient
education - To Education then Finance
2316.By Del. Schoen - Making it unlawful to offer for sale or sell products created wholly or in
part by county or regional jail inmates - To Judiciary then Finance
2317.By Del. R. M. Thompson - Making larceny of municipal or voluntary fire department
equipment a felony - To Judiciary
2318.By Del. R. M. Thompson - Requiring the state medicaid agency to furnish medicaid
recipients monthly itemized statements - To Health and Human Resources then Finance
2319.By Del. R. M. Thompson - Providing the option for teachers who withdrew from the state
teachers retirement system to return to the system (FN) - To Pensions and Retirement then
Finance
2320.By Del. Browning and Staton - Allowing a retired member of the teachers retirement system
to be reemployed on a contract basis - To Pensions and Retirement then Finance
2321.By Del. Craig and Morgan - Providing a cost-of-living provision for certain persons retired
under the teachers retirement system (FN) - To Pensions and Retirement then Finance
2322.By Del. Craig, Amores and Kominar - Creating an income tax deduction for taxpayers who
volunteer two hundred or more hours to a charitable organization (FN) - To Finance
2323.By Del. Stalnaker - Increasing retirement benefits of teachers and public employees (FN) -
To Pensions and Retirement then Finance
2324.By Del. Stalnaker (By Request) - Making elder-care and in-home health care available to all
seniors aged sixty-five or older, on a sliding fee scale (FN) - To Health and Human
Resources then Finance
2325.By Del. Walters - Establishing the West Virginia Protection of Air Quality Related Values
Act - To Judiciary
2326.By Del. R. Thompson, Perdue and Kominar - Creating a forensic dental office to provide an
authoritative resource to identify unknown individuals by means of dental records - To
Government Organization then Finance
2327.By Del. Stalnaker, Varner and Beane - Including boat retailers in the special method for
appraising dealer vehicle inventory - To Judiciary then Finance
2328.By Del. Amores - Giving precedential application to written advisory opinions issued by the
ethics commission's committee on open governmental meetings - To Judiciary
2329.By Del. Ennis, Swartzmiller and G. White - Authorizing a court to order a defendant to
contribute monetarily or through hours of service to a local crime victim's assistance program
- To Judiciary
2330.By Del. Doyle, Talbott, Manchin, Webster, Houston, Canterbury and Evans - West Virginia
Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Control Act (FN) - To Judiciary
2331.By Del. Ennis, Cann, Frich, Perry, Trump, Stemple and Ellem - Unborn Victims of Violence
Act - To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary
2332.By Del. Browning and Staton - Providing for a special license plate honoring coal miners and
that certain proceeds go to a special fund for use by the National Coal Heritage Area
Authority - To Roads and Transportation then Judiciary
2333.By Del. R. Thompson, Brown, DeLong, Mahan, Pino, Amores and Ellem - Establishing a
program to encourage voluntary reclamation of lands adversely affected by mining activities
- To Judiciary
2334.By Mr. Speaker (Mr. Kiss), Del. Michael, Perdue, Amores, Brown and Palumbo - Relating
to limiting child out-of-state placements - To Judiciary
2335.By Del. R. Thompson, Brown, DeLong, Amores, Mahan, Pino and Ellem - Establish safety
standards for bed and breakfast establishments - To Judiciary