HOUSE OF DELEGATES
BILLS INTRODUCED
Thursday, February 12, 2009
2234.By Del. Shaver and Duke - Relating to increasing the maximum cash award the Employee
Suggestion Award Board may make for an individual award - To Government Organization
then Finance - [Interim Bill]
2235.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
2236.By Del. Caputo - Making the use of permanent replacements for striking workers an unfair
labor practice in certain instances - To Energy, Industry and Labor, Economic Development
and Small Business then Judiciary
2237.By Del. Border - Establishing the crime of partial birth infanticide - To Health and Human
Resources then Judiciary
2238.By Del. Brown, Hatfield, Guthrie and Fleischauer - 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
2239.By Del. Perry - Exempting nonprofit organizations from paying an annual motor vehicle
registration fee (FN) - To Roads and Transportation then Finance
2240.By Del. Eldridge, Marshall, Caputo and Perdue - Prohibiting the use of a person's credit
history in insurance transactions - To Banking and Insurance then Judiciary
2241.By Del. Eldridge, Marshall, Miley and Caputo - Relating to credit card solicitation on college
campuses - To Education then Judiciary
2242.By Del. Morgan and Craig - Creating sales and use tax exemptions for purchases of design
and engineering services and materials and equipment directly used in construction of new
or replacement amusement rides (FN) - To Finance
2243.By Del. Boggs and Campbell - Creating the joint commission on technology and advanced
communications - To Government Organization then Finance
2244.By Del. Schoen and Martin - Prohibiting solid waste authorities from duplicating or
competing with private recycling businesses - To Political Subdivisions then Judiciary
2245.By Del. Iaquinta, Miley, Campbell and Evans - Relating to the denial of course credits for
unexcused absences in school - To Education
2246.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
2247.By Del. Caputo and Martin - Providing an employee the right to decline to work more than
forty hours in a workweek - To Energy, Industry and Labor, Economic Development and
Small Business then Judiciary
2248.By Del. Caputo and Argento - Requiring employers to pay nurses at their regular rate of pay
for all the time they are on-call on the employer's premises - To Health and Human
Resources then Judiciary
2249.By Del. Perry, Williams and Cann - Allowing comparable credit at trade or vocational
schools approved by the State Board to count towards service personnel pay rates - To
Education then Finance
2250.By Del. Doyle and Overington - Salary increases for public employees based upon residential
housing costs (FN) - To Finance
2251.By Del. Caputo and Martin - Providing meetings and conference rights for members of
municipal fire departments - To Political Subdivisions then Judiciary
2252.By Del. Spencer - Providing a tax credit to landlords who rent to parolees (FN) - To Finance
2253.By Del. Fleischauer - Making the offense of failure to wear safety belts a primary offense -
To Roads and Transportation then Judiciary
2254.By Del. Walters - Requiring notice of an abortion to be provided to the father of the unborn
child - To Judiciary
2255.By Del. Walters - Relating to the "Mandated Benefits Review Act" - To Health and Human
Resources then Government Organization
2256.By Del. Walters - Exempting undergraduate students attending state colleges or universities
for the first two years postgraduation, from the payment of state income tax (FN) - To
Education then Finance
2257.By Del. Walters - Prohibiting family planning centers that receive state funding from
discussing abortion - To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary
2258.By Del. Paxton - Providing full daily rate of pay for substitute teachers if they have in excess of ten instructional days in the same school year - To Education then Finance
2259.By Del. Craig - Relating to the creation and implementation of drug-free workplaces in coal
mines - To Energy, Industry and Labor, Economic Development and Small Business then
Judiciary
2260.By Del. Spencer - Authorizing governing bodies of municipalities and county commissions
to transfer early in-person voting ballots to precincts in the manner absentee ballots are
delivered - To Political Subdivisions then Judiciary
2261.By Del. Caputo - Exempting Division of Natural Resources conservation officers' retirement
pensions form state income tax (FN) - To Pensions and Retirement then Finance
2262.By Del. Shook - Making it a misdemeanor to file a frivolous lawsuit - To Judiciary
2263.By Del. Carmichael - Requiring medical practitioners who perform abortions to estimate the
gestational age of the fetus by using ultrasound - To Health and Human Resources then
Judiciary
2264.By Del. Caputo - Requiring the Office of Miners Health and Safety to employ qualified
diesel inspectors - To Energy, Industry and Labor, Economic Development and Small
Business then Government Organization
2265.By Del. Shook - Requiring public utilities to file with the county commission in each county
in which it provides service, copies of all proposed tariffs and schedules showing all the
rates, charges and tolls - To Political Subdivisions then Judiciary
2266.By Del. Spencer - Creating a registry of convictions for operating a clandestine drug
laboratory (FN) - To Judiciary then Finance
2267.By Del. Doyle - Providing that a county commission may establish a program for transfer of
development rights without the requirement for an election - To Political Subdivisions then
Judiciary
2268.By Del. Williams - Modifying the check cashing service fee - To Judiciary
2269.By Del. Campbell - Relating to approval of a student for homebound services and their rights
(FN) - To Education then Finance
2270.By Del. Miley - Increasing certain penalties for persons convicted of domestic battery and
domestic assault - To Judiciary
2271.By Del. Paxton - Relating to itinerant status for school service personnel - To Education
2272.By Del. Boggs - Establishing the Flexible Leave Act - To Energy, Industry and Labor,
Economic Development and Small Business then Finance
2273.By Del. Hutchins - Relating to suspension of drivers license for certain offenses if committed
by college students - To Roads and Transportation then Education then Judiciary
2274.By Del. Shook - Relating to the distribution of the State Treasurer's "Road Fund" (FN) - To
Finance
2275.By Del. Azinger - Regulating telemarketing for quasi-state agencies - To Judiciary
2276.By Del. Azinger - Income tax deduction for gifts to West Virginia charities (FN) - To
Finance
2277.By Del. Caputo - Providing for the use of neck braces by football players - To Education then
Finance
2278.By Del. Azinger - Requiring that abortions be performed in hospitals or by physicians with
admitting privileges to a hospital within the local service area - To Health and Human
Resources then Judiciary
2279.By Del. Barker - Providing that identity theft is a felony if a person commits the crime with
the intent to commit any other crime - To Judiciary
2280.By Del. Boggs - Increasing the required bond for certain businesses regulated by the Division
of Motor Vehicles to fifty thousand dollars - To Finance
2281.By Del. Carmichael - Relating to a tax exemption on certain sales of clothing (FN) - To
Finance
2282.By Del. Caputo - Prohibiting the use of a credit score in casualty insurance rate filings - To
Banking and Insurance then Judiciary
2283.By Del. Boggs - Authorizing county tax assessors to choose not to impose the property tax
in a county on businesses for property that is business inventory intended for resale (FN) -
To Political Subdivisions then Finance
2284.By Del. Perry - Prohibiting individual county board of education members from acting on
behalf of the board in an individual capacity unless authorized by law - To Education then
Judiciary
2285.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 Energy, Industry and Labor, Economic Development and Small Business then Judiciary
2286.By Del. Caputo - Allowing for an adjusted gross income of a taxpayer for contributions to
the maintenance and improvement of state, county and municipal parks (FN) - To Natural
Resources then Finance
2287.By Del. Caputo - Crediting a deceased teacher's sick leave toward continued insurance
coverage for a surviving spouse and other dependents - To Pensions and Retirement then
Finance
2288.By Del. Azinger - Changing compulsory school attendance until age eighteen or until the
student graduates (FN) - To Education then Judiciary
2289.By Del. Caputo - Changing the amount a person can earn while receiving unemployment
benefits (FN) - To Judiciary then Finance
2290.By Del. Talbott - Relating to a no telephone solicitation contact (Do Not Call) list - To
Government Organization then Judiciary
2291.By Del. Azinger - Imposing an excise tax on the sale or rental of obscene materials (FN) -
To Finance
2292.By Del. Argento - Relating to requiring lien holders to notify the sheriff's office via written
instrument and to record a release in the county clerk's office within sixty days after the lien
has been satisfied - To Judiciary
2293.By Del. Boggs - Creating the criminal offense of harassment of a participant of a
neighborhood crime watch (FN) - To Judiciary
2294.By Del. Border - Eliminating fees charged by the Criminal Identification Bureau to the State
Police for providing certain information to volunteer fire departments (FN) - To Government
Organization then Finance
2295.By Del. Caputo - Requiring a certified person to examine underground mines after cutting
and welding has been performed - To Energy, Industry and Labor, Economic Development
and Small Business then Judiciary
2296.By Del. Doyle - Empowering certain county and municipalities to deny a development
activity if adequate public facilities, assets and services are not available to support the
activity - To Political Subdivisions then Finance
2297.By Del. Doyle - Establishing a secure residential school for juvenile status offenders (FN)
- To Education then Finance
2298.By Del. Michael - Allowing mental hygiene commissioners to carry concealed weapons - To
Judiciary
2299.By Del. Doyle - Limiting the purchase of handguns to one gun per month - To Judiciary
2300.By Del. Schoen - Excluding certain employment-related expenses from the definition of
gross income for purposes of determining child support - To Judiciary
2301.By Del. Doyle - Prohibiting the demolition of a historic structure prior to a review of and the
issuance of a permit by the Commissioner of the Division of Culture and History - To
Government Organization
2302.By Del. Romine 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
2303.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
2304.By Del. Perdue and Mahan - Exempting from personal property taxation, the equipment,
inventory and raw materials of crafts people who have had their work evaluated and accepted
or juried and accepted by the West Virginia arts and crafts guild (FN) - To Finance
2305.By Del. Webster, Wells, Ferro, Miley, Frazier, Schoen, Lane, Wooton, Hunt and Barker -
Revising appointment and compensation provisions of the Supreme Court Clerk and his or
her staff - To Judiciary
2306.By Del. Webster, Michael, Mahan and Kominar - Relating to impersonation of a public
official or employee - To Judiciary
2307.By Del. Morgan - Relating to acquisition of a municipal business license - To Government
Organization then Finance
2308.By Del. Morgan, Martin, Hartman, Hutchins, Michael, Poling, D., Swartzmiller, Canterbury,
Cowles and Schoen - Relating to the West Virginia Partnership to Promote Community
Well-Being - To Government Organization then Finance - [Interim Bill]
2309.By Del. Morgan, Martin, Argento, Beach, Eldridge, Andes and Miller, C. - Updating the law
governing the practice of occupational therapy - To Government Organization then Judiciary
- [Interim Bill]
2310.By Del. Wooton - Making a supplementary appropriation to the Department of Education and the Arts - Division of Culture and History - To Finance
2311.By Del. Walters - Allowing certain county boards of education to operate their schools on
a four-day school week - To Education
2312.By Del. Moore, Paxton, Evans and Wells - Authorizing the National Coal Heritage Area
Authority to assist in the historical, cultural, recreational and economic development of
Coalwood Way - To Government Organization
2313.By Del. Ellem - Requiring that every woman seeking an abortion be given the opportunity
to see an ultrasound image of the fetus - To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary
2314.By Del. Doyle, Fleischauer, Klempa and Marshall - Relating to a severance tax imposed on
surface mining activities (FN) - To Energy, Industry and Labor, Economic Development and
Small Business then Finance
2315.By Del. Barker and Overington - Relating to eligibility for parole - To Judiciary
2316.By Del. Webster, Staggers, Caputo and Perry - Relating to unlawful possession of deadly
weapons by a minor - To Judiciary
2317.By Del. Sumner and Duke - Requiring racetracks who are licensed to operate video lottery
terminals pay a fee of one thousand dollars for each machine and that the revenue from these
fees are to be transferred to the benefit fund of the Teachers Retirement System (FN) - To
Judiciary then Finance
2318.By Del. Sobonya and Klempa - Exempting motorcycles from the requirement of annual
registration - To Roads and Transportation then Judiciary
2319.By Del. Armstead, Anderson and Craig - Creating a Sentencing Commission - To
Government Organization then Judiciary
2320.By Del. Fragale and Marshall - Providing for a modification to federal adjusted gross income
for expenses incurred by organ donors (FN) - To Finance
2321.By Del. Caputo, Longstreth and Manchin - Extending the alternative-fuel motor vehicle tax
credit for ten years and making the credit retroactive from the expiration date of the initial
credit (FN) - To Finance
2322.By Del. Williams, Hartman and Shaver - Authorizing a corporation net income tax credit for
reducing charges for home heating fuel and propane gas provided to low-income residents
(FN) - To Finance
2323.By Del. Border - Granting public employees credit toward their West Virginia public
employee retirement benefits for service in the Peace Corps - To Pensions and Retirement
then Finance
2324.By Del. Hamilton and Poling, M. - Giving abutting landowners of public lands a right of first
refusal to lease or buy public lands - To Judiciary
2325.By Del. Manchin and Caputo - Extending the deadline for submission of the written plan for
participation in the pilot program for increased powers for municipal self government - To
Political Subdivisions then Judiciary
2326.By Del. Spencer and Carmichael - Allowing county school boards to establish a four-day
school week and collect fees for use of school buildings on the fifth day - To Education
2327.By Del. Mahan and Moye - Providing cost-of-living benefits to retired teachers funded from
the severance tax collections on natural gas (FN) - To Education then Finance
2328.By Del. Beach, Shaver, Fleischauer, Longstreth, Manchin, Caputo and Williams - Increasing
the Public Service Commission appointees and requiring that there be one appointee from
each congressional district and two at-large appointments - To Government Organization
then Judiciary
2329.By Del. Miller, C. - Requiring all high schools include in their health classes a course in fetal
development - To Education then Judiciary
2330.By Del. Spencer, Fleischauer, Martin, Hatfield, Paxton and Longstreth - Requiring that all
decisions regarding certain reductions in full-time classified personnel workforce at state
institutions of higher education be made on the basis of seniority - To Education
2331.By Del. Michael - Allowing teachers who graduated from colleges and universities that are
not accredited by associations recognized in West Virginia, to obtain a teaching certificate
based on their certification in another state - To Education
2332.By Del. Rodighiero - Providing state health care services for all active and inactive duty
military personnel (FN) - To Veterans' Affairs and Homeland Security then Finance
2333.By Del. Duke and Overington - Including ambulance and fire fees as part of the property tax
assessment so that the fees and property taxes may be paid with the same check - To Political
Subdivisions then Finance
2334.By Mr. Speaker (Mr. Thompson) and Del. Armstead [By Request of the Executive] -
Providing restrictions for an elected or appointed public official relating to reemployment
after retirement - To Finance
2335.By Mr. Speaker (Mr. Thompson) and Del. Armstead [By Request of the Executive] -
Relating to the federal "Yellow Ribbon G. I. Education Enhancement Program" (FN) - To
Education then Finance
2336.By Mr. Speaker (Mr. Thompson) and Del. Armstead [By Request of the Executive] -
Relating generally to unemployment compensation and the unemployment compensation
trust fund - To Energy, Industry and Labor, Economic Development and Small Business then
Finance
2337.By Mr. Speaker (Mr. Thompson) and Del. Armstead [By Request of the Executive] -
Authorizing the Governor to pay a nonbase building salary enhancement to eligible state
employees - To Government Organization then Education then Finance