HOUSE OF DELEGATES
BILLS INTRODUCED
Monday, February 16, 2009
2405. By Mr. Speaker (Mr. Thompson) and Del. Armstead [By Request of the Executive] -
Relating to Public Defender Services and raising the hourly rate of compensation for panel
attorneys - To Judiciary then Finance
2406. By Mr. Speaker (Mr. Thompson) and Del. Armstead [By Request of the Executive] -
Relating to unlawful expenditures by a local fiscal body - To Pensions and Retirement then
Judiciary
2407. By Del. Perry, Boggs, Morgan, Ellem and Webster - Relating to trustee accounts and funds,
earnings and personal property of inmates (FN) - To Government Organization then Finance
- [Interim Bill]
2408. By Del. Ellem, Moore, Sobonya, Miley and Tabb - Establishing a multi-disciplinary
commission to study, make findings and recommendations regarding incarceration
population and costs - To Judiciary
2409. By Del. Varner - Providing that fire officers may use adjacent property to prevent fire from
spreading - To Political Subdivisions then Judiciary
2410. By Del. Perry, Shaver, Moore, Klempa, Smith, Lawrence, Ennis, Pethtel and Stowers -
Providing a one-time bonus payable in July of every year for retired public school teachers
and state retirees (FN) - To Pensions and Retirement then Finance
2411. By Del. Caputo, Hamilton, Poling, D. and Poling, M. - Requiring that workplace fatalities
be reported to the Division of Labor - To Energy, Industry and Labor, Economic
Development and Small Business then Judiciary
2412. By Del. Argento - Providing certain county commissions with authority to regulate the
location of businesses selling sexually-oriented materials - To Political Subdivisions then
Judiciary
2413. By Del. Webster, Miley, Barker, Brown, Ferro, Fleischauer, Hutchins, Hunt, Wooton, Ellem
and Hamilton - Changing the upper age restriction for new police hires in municipalities -
To Judiciary
2414. By Del. Moye, Rodighiero, Poling, M., Barker, Staggers, Stephens and Ennis - Exempting
disabled veterans from campground rental fees during certain times (FN) - To Natural Resources then Finance
2415. By Del. Poling, D., Swartzmiller and Manypenny - Identifying salvia divinorum as a
hallucinogen and adding it to the list of controlled substances - To Health and Human
Resources then Judiciary
2416. By Del. Staggers, Tabb, Moye, Smith, Martin, Argento, Perry, Williams, Shaver and Michael
- Providing worker's compensation benefits to volunteer firefighters for cardiovascular or
pulmonary diseases provided certain conditions of employment have been met - To Judiciary
2417. By Del. Perry, Shook, Miley, Frazier, Schoen and Azinger - Making any willful failure to
provide benefits under a discount medical plan organization and discount prescription drug
plan organization a felony - To Banking and Insurance then Judiciary
2418. By Del. Perry, Boggs, Morgan and Ellem - Relating to exemptions from disclosure under the
Freedom of Information Act - To Judiciary - [Interim Bill]
2419. By Del. Perry, Boggs, Morgan, Ellem and Webster - Providing inmates a reduction in
sentence for completion of education and rehabilitation programs - To Judiciary - [Interim
Bill]
2420. By Del. Perry, Boggs, Morgan and Ellem - Relating to offenses by or against inmates - To
Judiciary - [Interim Bill]
2421. By Del. Staggers, Perry, Shaver, Rodighiero, Moye, Swartzmiller, Martin, Argento, Crosier,
Poling, D. and Manypenny - Distinguishing between operable and inoperable fire hydrants
by having inoperable hydrants painted black - To Political Subdivisions then Judiciary
2422. By Del. Williams, Shaver, Varner, Butcher, Poling, D., Barker, Michael, Staggers and
Hamilton - Clarifying what constitutes "on or about the person" regarding possession of a
deadly weapon - To Judiciary
2423. By Del. Morgan - Relating to the Board of Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy
Technology - To Health and Human Resources then Government Organization
2424. By Del. Overington, Miller, J., Blair, Lane and Andes - Repealing the Code of West Virginia
and adopting in lieu thereof the Code of the Commonwealth of Virginia - To Judiciary
2425. By Del. Hatfield, Perdue and Caputo - Requiring employers to provide health insurance to
employees working on public improvement projects (FN) - To Health and Human Resources
then Government Organization
2426. By Del. Williams and Argento - Reducing state income tax for state correctional officer retirees (FN) - To Pensions and Retirement then Finance
2427. By Del. Caputo, Talbott and Hatfield - Requiring contractors awarded state public works
construction projects to meet time restrictions for the completion of a public works
construction project - To Energy, Industry and Labor, Economic Development and Small
Business then Government Organization
2428. By Del. Campbell, Beach, Fleischauer, Hamilton, Perry, Varner and Canterbury - Permitting
magistrates to carry concealed handguns without a permit - To Judiciary
2429. By Del. Fleischauer, Schadler, Azinger, Brown, Hamilton, Sobonya, Hatfield and Varner -
Requiring a preliminary breath analysis for the purpose of determining the blood alcohol
content of a surviving driver - To Roads and Transportation then Judiciary
2430. By Del. Doyle and Tabb - Providing workers' compensation coverage for certain employees
who perform duties attendant to racing activities - To Energy, Industry and Labor, Economic
Development and Small Business then Judiciary
2431. By Del. Hatfield, Guthrie, Marshall, Brown, Doyle and Fleischauer - Emergency
Contraception Education Act - To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary
2432. By Del. Sobonya, Sumner, Stephens, Longstreth, Reynolds, Moore, Miller, C., Morgan and
Rowan - Exempting certain recipients of military medals of valor from special registration
plate fees (FN) - To Roads and Transportation then Finance
2433. By Del. Caputo, Fleischauer, Manchin, Marshall, Martin, Perdue, Spencer and Hutchins -
Increasing the amount of annual and incremental salary increases for eligible state employees
(FN) - To Finance
2434. By Del. Ennis, Swartzmiller, Shaver, Varner and Cann - Relating to treatment of income
derived from federal military or federal police pensions that have been converted to federal
civil service system pensions (FN) - To Veterans' Affairs and Homeland Security then
Finance
2435. By Del. Craig, Cann, Michael, Swartzmiller and Paxton - Creating a new pay grade
classification of "bus operator II" (FN) - To Education then Finance
2436. By Del. Longstreth, Fragale, Iaquinta and Martin - Relating to the definition of "eligible
veteran" for certain state training and employment preference benefits - To Veterans' Affairs
and Homeland Security then Judiciary
2437. By Del. Sumner, Duke, Shaver and Romine - Relating to the use of personal leave days by
a surviving spouse of a deceased employee of a school board (FN) - To Education then Finance
2438. By Del. Caputo, Klempa, Morgan and Staggers - Establishing the West Virginia Convention
and Visitors Bureau Accreditation Board and requiring accreditation standards for
convention and visitors bureaus (FN) - To Government Organization then Finance
2439. By Del. Staggers - Providing for the appointment of a commission to develop and conduct
a field test of comprehensive, integrated statewide standardized electronic medical records
access system - To Health and Human Resources then Government Organization then
Judiciary
2440. By Del. Hamilton - Relating to the insertion of language which defines acts of violence and
makes its false reporting a felony - To Judiciary
2441. By Del. Hamilton, Longstreth, Guthrie, Poling, M., Argento, Talbott, Marshall, Martin and
Staggers - Strengthening the protections for whistleblowers of unsafe working conditions in
mines - To Energy, Industry and Labor, Economic Development and Small Business then
Judiciary
2442. By Del. Talbott, Caputo and Guthrie - Agreement among the states to elect the president by
national popular vote - To Judiciary
2443. By Del. Perry, Boggs, Morgan and Ellem - Relating to monitoring of inmate telephone calls
- To Judiciary - [Interim Bill]
2444. By Del. Campbell, Border, Perdue, Webster and White - Creating the Legislative Oversight
Commission on Long-Term Care - To Senior Citizen Issues then Government Organization
- [Interim Bill]
2445. By Del. Boggs - Updating safety rules and regulations pertaining to walkways along
railtracks - To Judiciary
2446. By Del. Barker and Eldridge - Providing that utility trailer registration plates are midsized
relative to automobile registration plates and motorcycle plates (FN) - To Roads and
Transportation then Finance
2447. By Del. Doyle, Tabb, Brown, Williams and Wells - Establishing county and municipal
authorities to provide for and maintain facilities to house Child Advocacy Centers - To
Political Subdivisions then Judiciary then Finance
2448. By Del. Doyle, Tabb and Campbell - Relating to annexation of unincorporated territory - To
Political Subdivisions then Judiciary
2449. By Del. Schoen, Sobonya, Sumner, Overington and Miller, J. - Verifying the lawful presence
within the United States of any applicant for certain public benefits - To Judiciary then
Finance
2450. By Del. Schoen and Porter - Permitting private owners of vehicles to install an interlock
system on their vehicle - To Roads and Transportation then Judiciary
2451. By Del. Barker - Prohibiting the use of credit scoring as a consideration in calculating auto
and homeowners insurance rates - To Banking and Insurance then Judiciary
2452. By Del. Eldridge, Reynolds, Varner, Rodighiero, Stephens, Fragale, Argento and Moore -
Providing that a child born addicted to a controlled substance constitutes child abuse - To
Judiciary
2453. By Del. Miller, J. and Cowles - Providing a tax credit for scholarship donations (FN) - To
Education then Finance
2454. By Del. Doyle, Brown, Fleischauer, Hutchins, Klempa, Marshall, Michael, Moore and
Webster - Prohibiting discrimination based upon age and sexual orientation - To Energy,
Industry and Labor, Economic Development and Small Business then Judiciary
2455. By Del. Boggs, Lane, Sobonya, Ellem and Schoen - Relating to parental notification
requirements for obtaining abortions by unemancipated minors - To Health and Human
Resources then Judiciary
2456. By Del. Mahan, Fleischauer, Fragale, Spencer, Ashley and Rowan - Relating to child abuse
and neglect - To Judiciary
2457. By Del. Walters, Ashley and Hartman - Requiring group insurance companies and third party
administrators to furnish claims experience to policyholders - To Banking and Insurance then
Judiciary
2458. By Del. Marshall, Beach, Fleischauer and Manchin - Reinstating the sales tax exemption for
comprehensive mental health care centers (FN) - To Health and Human Resources then
Finance
2459. By Del. Eldridge and Rodighiero - Increasing the tax on purchases of intoxicating liquors
outside corporate limits (FN) - To Political Subdivisions then Finance
2460. By Del. Eldridge, Rodighiero and Stephens - Prohibiting mining on cemetery land - To
Energy, Industry and Labor, Economic Development and Small Business then Judiciary
2461. By Del. Martin, Argento, Caputo, Eldridge, Morgan, Talbott and Walters - Creating a State Trail Authority within the West Virginia Development Office (FN) - To Government
Organization then Finance
2462. By Del. Martin and Schoen - Authorizing county commissions to adopt and enforce noise
abatement ordinances - To Political Subdivisions then Judiciary
2463. By Del. Ellem and Schadler - Providing that adultery shall be a bar to alimony in a divorce
proceeding - To Judiciary
2464. By Del. Spencer, Hatfield, Guthrie, Poling, M. and Morgan - Authorizing county
commissions to designate locations for early voting other than the county courthouse or
annex - To Political Subdivisions then Judiciary
2465. By Del. Ellem, Sobonya, Lane and Ashley - Imposing certain conditions of probation of sex
offenders convicted of failing to register (FN) - To Judiciary then Finance
2466. By Del. Ellem, Poling, D., Azinger, Border and Anderson - Adding one magistrate to Wood
County (FN) - To Judiciary then Finance
2467. By Del. Sumner, Porter and Canterbury - Providing for special registration plates bearing the
logo, insignia, letters or words demonstrating support for Mountain State University - To
Roads and Transportation then Finance
2468. By Del. Iaquinta, Brown, Hartman, Crosier, Ireland, Miley, Talbott, Longstreth and Azinger
- Allowing a disabled veteran one additional license plate - To Roads and Transportation
then Finance
2469. By Del. Barker, Campbell, Crosier, Canterbury, Stephens, Argento and Varner - West
Virginia Taxpayer and Citizen Protection Act of 2009 (FN) - To Energy, Industry and Labor,
Economic Development and Small Business then Judiciary
2470. By Del. Williams, Shaver, Perry, Hartman, Romine, Michael and Sumner - Exempting all
schools which include grades kindergarten through twelve from paying consumer sales tax
on items the school sells (FN) - To Education then Finance
2471. By Del. Caputo, Argento, Azinger, Talbott, White, Poling, D. and Williams - Increasing
compensation for conservation officers (FN) - To Natural Resources then Finance
2472. By Del. Caputo, Duke, Martin, Swartzmiller, Argento and Boggs - Establishing a West
Virginia State Trooper's Association leave donation program - To Government Organization
then Judiciary
2473. By Del. Webster, Miley, Brown, Caputo, Longstreth, Fleischauer, Moore and Guthrie - Relating to the commissioner's rule-making authority for workers' compensation - To
Judiciary
2474. By Del. Argento, Talbott, Martin, Staggers, Evans, Williams, Tabb, Miller, C. and Beach -
Exempting land-based finfish aquaculture facilities from certain sludge management
requirements - To Agriculture then Judiciary
2475. By Del. Eldridge, Iaquinta, Argento, Rodighiero, Perdue, Perry, Paxton and Shaver -
Permitting retired state employees to transfer from Medicare to coverage through the West
Virginia Public Employees Act (FN) - To Pensions and Retirement then Finance
2476. By Del. Miller, C., Ashley, Porter, Sumner, Carmichael and Sobonya - Reducing the
corporate net income tax rate to five point nine percent effective the first day of July, two
thousand nine (FN) - To Finance
2477. By Del. Shook and Varner - West Virginia Religious Freedom Act - To Judiciary
2478. By Del. Perdue, Hatfield, Caputo, Boggs, Fleischauer, Poling, D., Klempa, Martin, Ellem
and Staggers - Health Insurance for Employees - To Health and Human Resources then
Judiciary
2479. By Del. Michael - Relating to the licensing of private investigators and security guards (FN)
- To Judiciary
2480. By Del. Iaquinta, Longstreth, Caputo, Ennis, Fragale, Ireland and Swartzmiller - Exempting
all military income from personal income taxes (FN) - To Veterans' Affairs and Homeland
Security then Finance
2481. By Del. Doyle, Campbell, Tabb, Duke and Manchin - Giving state institutions of higher
education more flexibility in the planning and operation of their schools - To Education then
Finance
2482. By Del. Webster, Staggers, Varner, Fleischauer, Brown, Guthrie, Hatfield and Doyle -
Relating to the spouse and dependent insurance coverage under the West Virginia Public
Employees' Insurance Act (FN) - To Banking and Insurance then Finance
2483. By Del. Sobonya, 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 (FN) - To Pensions and Retirement then Finance
2484. By Del. Doyle - Permitting the sale of nonintoxicating beer within three hundred feet from
a church that consents to the sale - To Judiciary
2485. By Del. Border and Perdue - Allowing pharmacy interns to vend pseudoephedrine and other
chemical precursors of methamphetamine - To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary