HOUSE OF DELEGATES
BILLS INTRODUCED
Monday, February 18, 2008
11: 00 A. M.
4589.
By Del. Poling, M. - Increasing the penalties for overtaking and passing a school bus - To
Education then Judiciary
4590.
By Del. Border - Relating to the valuation of managed timberland (FN) - To Agriculture and
Natural Resources then Finance
4591.
By Del. Campbell, Crosier, Marshall and Canterbury - Providing a cost-of-living provision
for certain public employee retirement annuitants (FN) - To Pensions and Retirement then
Finance
4592.
By Del. Campbell - Allowing persons involved in motor vehicle accidents to receive
pertinent information at no charge in order to file a timely insurance claim - To Roads and
Transportation then Judiciary
4593.
By Del. Morgan, Eldridge, Swartzmiller, Martin and Schoen - Exempting persons with a
masters or a doctorate degree in marriage or family therapy from being licensed - To
Government Organization
4594.
By Del. Eldridge, Argento, Rodighiero, Ellis, Hrutkay and Barker - Authorizing the Secretary
of the Department of Environmental Protection to sign National Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System permits - To Government Organization
4595.
By Del. Reynolds, Stephens, Boggs, Rodighiero, Perdue, Craig and Walters - Providing a
corporate tax credit for qualified health insurance policies provided by corporate employers
to employees (FN) - To Banking and Insurance then Finance
4596.
By Del. Duke - Establishing the Consent to Health Care of Minors Act - To Health and
Human Resources then Judiciary
4597.
By Del. Overington, Schadler, Andes, Brown, Shook, Sobonya and Moore - Prohibiting
wagering at animal fighting ventures and providing penalty - To Agriculture and Natural
Resources then Judiciary
4598.
By Del. Mahan, Campbell, Canterbury, Crosier and DeLong - Requiring annual adjustments
of certain provider payments - To Finance
4599.
By Del. Armstead - Prohibiting cloning human embryos in state medical schools, colleges
or universities - To Health and Human Resources then Education
4600.
By Del. Eldridge, Ellis, Rodighiero and Stephens - Prohibiting mining on cemetery land - To
Judiciary
4601.
By Del. Miller, J., Andes, Lane, Carmichael, Porter, Blair, Ireland, Hamilton, Canterbury,
Romine and Walters - Directing the State Board of Education to develop a program of
instruction on macroeconomics - To Education
4602.
By Del. Schoen (By Request), Martin and Paxton - Providing noise restrictions for residential
areas outside incorporated municipalities - To Judiciary
4603.
By Del. Reynolds, Stephens, Craig, Rodighiero and Morgan - Making a supplementary
appropriation to the state Bureau of Senior Services (FN) - To Finance
4604.
By Del. Kessler, Burdiss, Rodighiero and Gall - Requiring the Legislature to appropriate
funds to the Small Claims Compensation Fund every six months - To Finance
4605.
By Del. Kessler, Burdiss, Rodighiero, Stephens and Gall - Relating to the renewal or
extension of a cellular telephone contract - To Judiciary
4606.
By Del. Canterbury, Staggers, Beach, Poling, D., Eldridge, Moore, Barker, Fleischauer,
Higgins, Ellis and Sobonya - Giving credit for energy savings when a solar heating water
system is installed on a residential property (FN) - To Finance
4607.
By Del. White - Relating to special district excise tax authorization - To Finance
4608.
By Del. Webster, Brown, Fleischauer, Palumbo, Perdue, Reynolds, Lane, Beach, Craig,
Moye and White - Relating to a study and investigation on issues in connection with creating
a pilot program for child day care centers operated by the state - To Judiciary
4609.
By Del. Pino, Miley, Reynolds, Williams, Lane, Beach, Sobonya, Canterbury, Carmichael,
Kessler and Perdue - Requiring gaming facilities to issue monthly statements that list patrons'
gaming winnings and losses - To Judiciary
4610.
By Del. Doyle, Campbell, Tabb, Duke, Palumbo, Long, Frederick, Manchin, Caputo and
Wysong - Giving state institutions of higher education more flexibility in the planning and
operation of their schools - To Education then Finance
4611.
By Del. Boggs, Webster, White and DeLong - Updating safety rules and regulations
pertaining to walkways along railtracks - To Judiciary
4612.
By Del. Webster, Proudfoot, Hrutkay, Guthrie, Long, Burdiss, Miley, Tabb, Poling, M.,
Hamilton and Staggers - Requiring that warranty provisions for new motor vehicles are
equally applicable to motor vehicles purchased inside or outside the state - To Judiciary
4613.
By Del. Walters, Webster, Kessler, Caputo, Fleischauer, Ellem, Brown, Manchin, Shook and
Hamilton - Increasing protection to beneficiaries of structured settlements as they relate to
settlement transfers - To Judiciary
4614.
By Del. Webster, Staggers, Varner, DeLong, Fleischauer, Brown, Guthrie, Hatfield, Higgins,
Palumbo and Doyle - Relating to the spouse and dependent insurance coverage under the
West Virginia Public Employees' Insurance Act - To Judiciary
4615.
By Del. Sobonya, Miller, J., Hamilton, Schadler, Miller, C., Overington, Evans and
Canterbury - Exempting the first twenty thousand dollars of state pensions and social security
benefits from West Virginia personal income tax - To Pensions and Retirement then Finance
4616.
By Del. White and Walters - Relating to health reimbursement accounts for local government
employees - To Finance
4617.
By Del. Webster, Proudfoot, Stemple and Ellem - Allowing e-notification by using
e-certified cards for verification of certified mail acceptance to the court of origin for service
of process - To Judiciary
4618.
By Del. Kominar - Viatical Settlements Act (FN) - To Finance
4619.
By Del. Schoen and Webster - Collaborative Family Law Proceedings - To Judiciary
4620.
By Del. Browning - Specifying that infrastructure projects providing broadband services
facilities be included in infrastructure projects eligible for funding from the West Virginia
Infrastructure Fund - To Finance
4621.
By Del. Blair and Miller, J. - Exempting acts resulting in the taking or damaging of private
property for public use from the immunity granted to a political subdivision - To Judiciary
4622.
By Del. Morgan and Craig - Exempting from taxation certain property owned by a nonprofit
organization - To Finance
4623.
By Del. Morgan, Miller, C. and Craig - Relating to establishing minimum deductions - To
Government Organization
4624.
By Del. Hutchins and Yost - Providing per diem pay and mileage for volunteers who drive
veterans to hospitals - To Finance
4625.
By Del. Argento and Martin - Eliminating the six month waiting period for those in the
Teachers Retirement System to receive disability retirement benefits - To Finance
4626.
By Del. Klempa - Relating to state government construction contracts - To Government
Organization
4627.
By Del. Schoen (By Request), Martin and Paxton - Relating to the control of noise pollution
- To Judiciary
4628.
By Del. White, Boggs, Kominar and Campbell (By Request) - Providing a tax credit for new
job creation by certain taxpayers - To Finance
4629.
By Del. Williams - Modifying the check cashing service fee - To Judiciary
4630.
By Del. Shook - Providing that a recognizance secured by execution of a bail bond is void
upon the finding that the accused is guilty - To Judiciary
4631.
By Del. Fleischauer, Marshall, Beach, Shook, Moye, Duke, Sumner and Ellis - Giving county
school superintendents more flexibility and ease in placing service personnel workers in
positions of need on a day-to-day basis - To Education
4632.
By Del. Browning, Wysong and Campbell - Relating to providing the Dangerous and Vicious
Dog Act - To Judiciary
4633.
By Del. Campbell - Relating to approval of a student for homebound services and their rights
- To Education
4634.
By Del. Poling, M., Brown, Webster, Hatfield, Mahan, Campbell, Perdue and Boggs -
Creating a funding mechanism for Child Advocacy Centers from the Crime Victim's
Compensation Fund - To Finance
4635.
By Del. Brown, Perdue, Hatfield, Boggs and Kominar - Expanding the definition of limited
health service - To Judiciary
4636.
By Del. Kominar - Making changes to workers' compensation insurance - To Judiciary
4637.
By Mr. Speaker (Mr. Thompson) and Del. Armstead [By Request of the Executive] -
Relating to the deployment of broadband to the remaining unserved areas of the state - To
Finance
4638.
By Mr. Speaker (Mr. Thompson) and Del. Armstead [By Request of the Executive] -
Relating to the recording of certain geologic information - To Judiciary
4639.
By Mr. Speaker (Mr. Thompson) and Del. Armstead [By Request of the Executive] -
OxyContin Asset Forfeiture Fund - To Finance
4640.
By Del. Kessler - Mandating the State Bar through the Insurance Commissioner require
lawyers to use doctors chosen for an independent panel - To Judiciary
4641.
By Del. Miley - Providing for a Public Service Commission investigation for traffic accidents
involving a motor carrier regulated by the Public Service Commission - To Roads and
Transportation then Judiciary
4642.
By Del. Pethtel (By Request) - Authorizing the Commissioner of Highways to seek the
advice of, and consult with, county commissions and prosecuting attorneys with regard to
all roads in and outside of the state road system - To Roads and Transportation then Judiciary
4643.
By Del. Webster, Spencer, Palumbo, Moore, Marshall, Hatfield, Hutchins and Brown -
Establishing an Office of Minority Business Development within the West Virginia
Development Office - To Judiciary
4644.
By Del. Varner, Hrutkay, Ellem, Schadler and Poling, D. - Relating to the forfeiture of bail
- To Judiciary
4645.
By Del. Overington, DeLong and Andes - Providing adequate care for pastured race horses
- To Judiciary
4646.
By Del. Miley, Fragale, Iaquinta and Stalnaker - Including a tax checkoff option for Jackson's
Mill 4-H Camp (FN) - To Finance
4647.
By Del. Beach - Requiring county commissions to hold public hearings on public question
elections - To Judiciary
4648.
By Del. Campbell - Defining "caving" as a recreational purpose and activity for which a
landowner's liability for injury is limited - To Judiciary
4649.
By Del. Miley - Increasing certain penalties for persons convicted of domestic battery and
domestic assault - To Judiciary
4650.
By Del. Palumbo, Craig, Michael and Doyle - Electing all justices to the West Virginia
Supreme Court of Appeals and all circuit court judges on a nonpartisan basis - To Judiciary