HOUSE OF DELEGATES
BILLS INTRODUCED
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
2486. By Del. Hatfield - Exempting from the nursing licensing provisions the care of the sick when
done in connection with the practice of religious tenets of any church or religious
organization - To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary
2487. By Del. Perry - Allowing the Supreme Court of Appeals to establish a uniform bail schedule
- To Judiciary
2488. By Del. Shaver and Williams - Relating to registration and operation of mini trucks - To
Roads and Transportation then Judiciary
2489. By Del. Caputo and Mahan - Requiring mine operators to provide notice of hazardous
chemical substances and lead exposure to its employees - To Energy, Industry and Labor,
Economic Development and Small Business then Judiciary
2490. By Del. Argento, Martin, Talbott and Fragale - Including persons who participate in or who
contribute to taking a person's identity with fraudulent intent - To Judiciary
2491. By Del. Perry - Providing a statutory good faith exception to the exclusionary rule when
evidence has been obtained during an execution of a search warrant, arrest warrant or capias
- To Judiciary
2492. By Del. Talbott - Providing that accident report forms are conclusive as to the issue of the
accident's cause, unless a court rules otherwise - To Roads and Transportation then Judiciary
2493. By Del. Blair and Sumner - Requiring a physician to receive written consent from at least one
parent or legal guardian before an abortion is performed on an unemancipated minor - To
Judiciary
2494. By Del. Caputo and Longstreth - Giving local authorities the authority to decrease the speed
limit on streets and highways where school buses travel in its jurisdiction - To Roads and
Transportation then Judiciary
2495. By Del. Caputo - 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
Energy, Industry and Labor, Economic Development and Small Business then Judiciary
2496. By Del. Iaquinta and Talbott - Establishing threshold quantities of certain controlled substances to trigger prima facie evidence of intent to deliver if possessed by an individual
- To Judiciary
2497. By Del. Caputo - Extending unemployment compensation benefits when special
circumstances exist - To Government Organization then Finance
2498. 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
2499. By Del. Iaquinta, Talbott, Martin, Fragale, Barker and Miley - Requiring the Department of
Environmental Protection to remediate any waste tire pile in the state consisting of more than
twenty-five tires (FN) - To Judiciary then Finance
2500. By Del. Caputo, Martin, Perry, Paxton and Sumner - Establishing school service personnel
class title and pay grade for the positions of "Administrative Assistant" and "Legal Secretary"
(FN) - To Education then Finance
2501. By Del. Caputo and Martin - West Virginia Public Employment Relations Act - To
Government Organization then Judiciary
2502. By Del. Perry, Shaver, Beach, Moore, Klempa, Williams, Phillips, Evans, Martin and Ennis
- Creating and issuing special registration plates bearing the inscription "In God We Trust"
- To Roads and Transportation then Finance
2503. By Del. Carmichael - Requiring licensed tattoo artist to inform patrons, prior to performing
the tattoo procedure, of the potential problems that a tattoo may cause in relation to the
reading of magnetic resonance imaging - To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary
2504. By Del. Williams, Boggs, Argento, Poling, D., Pethtel, Marshall, Butcher, Ennis, Rowan and
Manypenny - Establishing the Silver Alert Plan, an alert system for missing cognitively
impaired persons - To Senior Citizen Issues then Judiciary
2505. By Del. Sumner - Exempting the sale of the services of shredding and recycling of paper and
paper products from the consumer sales tax (FN) - To Finance
2506. By Del. Shook - Prohibiting state funding for the distribution of holiday or greeting cards by
elected officials, state employees, departments or agencies (FN) - To Judiciary then Finance
2507. By Del. Carmichael - Relating to the discharging of firearms within a certain distance of a
dwelling house - To Natural Resources then Judiciary
2508. By Del. Carmichael - Permitting county board of education the power to employ the most
qualified person to be athletic and other extracurricular coaches - To Education
2509. By Del. Michael - Relating to proof of financial responsibility in motor vehicle insurance -
To Banking and Insurance then Judiciary
2510. By Del. Rowan - Allowing guidance counselors to compete equally for all guidance
counselor positions - To Education
2511. By Del. Border - Relating to the valuation of managed timberland (FN) - To Natural
Resources then Finance
2512. By Del. Miley - Relating to assessed property valuations (FN) - To Judiciary then Finance
2513. By Del. Walters - Pay incentives for teachers who teach in their core field degree (FN) - To
Education then Finance
2514. By Del. Walters - Verifiable Science Act - To Government Organization then Judiciary
2515. By Del. Walters - Consolidating purchasing by county boards of education (FN) - To
Education then Finance
2516. By Del. Blair - Prohibiting a business or organization from performing abortions in a public
facility - To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary
2517. By Del. Morgan, Stephens, Sobonya, Miller, C., Reynolds and Craig - Relating to immunity
from civil liability for operators of parks and recreation districts - To Natural Resources then
Judiciary
2518. By Del. Rodighiero and Eldridge - Expanding West Virginia Children's Health Insurance
Program to children of employees whose annual income is twenty-five thousand dollars or
less (FN) - To Health and Human Resources then Finance
2519. By Del. Ennis, Pethtel, Evans, Klempa, Caputo and Carmichael - Allowing fireworks
displays on public school property upon approval of the State Superintendent of Schools and
the State Fire Marshal - To Education
2520. By Del. Miller, J. - Reporting requirements when it is suspected that a women suffered injury
or death due to induced abortion - To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary
2521. By Del. Williams, Shaver, Perry, Tabb, Michael, Hartman and Sumner - Reducing the
wholesale tax on heating fuel, off road fuels, kerosene and propane used for home heating
purposes or off road use (FN) - To Agriculture then Finance
2522. By Del. Reynolds, Stephens, Rodighiero and Eldridge - Authorizing the law-enforcement
agency responsible for a forfeited motor vehicle to trade the motor vehicle for a new vehicle in certain circumstances - To Roads and Transportation then Judiciary
2523. By Del. Caputo - Increasing compensation of membership of the West Virginia State Police
(FN) - To Government Organization then Finance
2524. By Del. Campbell, Crosier, Canterbury, Miller, J., Beach and Moye - West Virginia
Religious Freedom Restoration Act - To Judiciary
2525. By Del. Duke, Overington, Blair and Tabb - Capping the amount paid into the Berkeley
County Library Fund by the Berkeley County Court - To Judiciary then Finance - [Local Bill]
2526. 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
2527. By Del. Ennis - Requiring that all houses, dwellings and businesses located in a district
where public water service is made available for the first time after July 1, 2009, be
connected to the public water service - To Political Subdivisions then Judiciary
2528. By Del. Morgan, Martin, Argento, Beach, Caputo, Cann, Eldridge and Andes - Updating the
regulation of the practice of forestry - To Government Organization then Judiciary - [Interim
Bill]
2529. By Del. Morgan, Martin, Argento, Beach, Caputo, Cann, Eldridge and Andes - Relating to
the practice of environmental health science and public health sanitation - To Government
Organization then Judiciary - [Interim Bill]
2530. By Del. Perry and Poling, M. - Relating to further defining professional student support
personnel - To Education then Finance - [Interim Bill]
2531. By Del. Morgan, Stephens and Argento - Updating the regulation of the practice of barbers
and cosmetologists - To Government Organization then Judiciary - [Interim Bill]
2532. By Del. Morgan, Stephens, Martin and Swartzmiller - Creating licensure for Marriage and
Family Therapists - To Government Organization then Judiciary - [Interim Bill]
2533. By Del. Morgan, Martin, Argento, Beach, Caputo, Eldridge, Andes and Miller, C. - Updating
the law governing the practice of veterinary medicine - To Government Organization then
Judiciary - [Interim Bill]
2534. By Del. Perry, Shook, Ashley, Azinger, Walters and Moore - Relating to viatical settlements
- To Banking and Insurance then Judiciary
2535. By Del. Wooton - Creating a tax credit for certain solar energy systems (FN) - To Energy,
Industry and Labor, Economic Development and Small Business then Finance
2536. By Del. Craig and Boggs - Adding language that includes railcars and locomotives in the
category of railroad property that is illegal to interfere or tamper with - To Roads and
Transportation then Judiciary
2537. By Del. Barker, Butcher, Martin, Eldridge and Stowers - Preventing insurers from increasing
the rates for auto liability or homeowners insurance for persons over the age of sixty-five
based solely on their age - To Banking and Insurance then Judiciary
2538. By Del. Perry and Poling, M. - Relating to supplemental funding for the provision of
alternative programs for limited English proficient students (FN) - To Education then
Finance - [Interim Bill]
2539. By Del. Morgan, Stephens, Argento, Cann and Miller, C. - Authorizing professional
licensing boards to combine administrative staff functions - To Government Organization
then Judiciary - [Interim Bill]
2540. By Del. White, Kominar, Eldridge, Caputo, Guthrie and Phillips - Dedicating a portion of
revenue generated from certain severance taxes for the benefit of counties from which the
revenue was generated (FN) - To Finance
2541. By Del. Hamilton, Argento, Ireland, Evans, Eldridge, Guthrie, Webster and Schadler -
Including poultry among those domesticated farm animals or stock which the owner shall be
liable for damages caused by those animals - To Agriculture then Judiciary
2542. By Del. Marshall, Fleischauer, Beach, Caputo and Shook - "Jason Flatt Act of 2009" (FN)
- To Education then Finance
2543. By Del. Schoen and Blair - Prohibiting abortions at state college or university medical
facilities, except when the abortion is necessary to save the life of the woman receiving the
abortion - To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary
2544. By Del. Sumner - Relating to factors to be considered in granting grandparent visitation - To
Judiciary
2545. By Del. Sobonya, Reynolds, Hamilton, Miller, C. and Morgan - Providing arresting agency
shall pay cost for the initial twenty-four hours of incarceration - To Judiciary then Finance
2546. By Del. Sobonya, Longstreth, Sumner, Rowan, Miller, C. and Reynolds - Requiring person
incarcerated for sex offenses to register as such at the time they are incarcerated - To
Judiciary
2547. By Del. Argento, Barker, Martin, Caputo and Eldridge - Relating to pawnbrokers obtaining
a signed statement affirming ownership from a seller or pledgor on all sale or pawn
transactions - To Judiciary
2548. By Del. Campbell - Relating to telephone solicitation of consumers - To Energy, Industry and
Labor, Economic Development and Small Business then Judiciary
2549. By Del. Sobonya, Sumner, Moore and Miller, C. - Relating to the "Telephone Record
Confidentiality Act" - To Energy, Industry and Labor, Economic Development and Small
Business then Judiciary
2550. By Del. Doyle, Campbell and Tabb - Extending the provisions of the Higher Education
Flexibility Act - To Education
2551. By Del. Armstead, Schadler, Anderson and Miller, C. - Instituting a "Celebrate Freedom
Week" and requiring the instruction in the study of the Declaration of Independence and
other American historical documents - To Education
2552. By Del. Miley, Guthrie, Brown and Fleischauer - Revising Insurance Commissioner
reporting requirements to the Legislature on workers' compensation insurance rules - To
Judiciary
2553. By Del. Barker and Caputo - Permitting employee and retiree organizations to obtain state
employees' home addresses - To Government Organization then Judiciary
2554. By Del. Armstead, Sobonya, Carmichael, Schoen, Ireland, Andes, Sumner and Miller, C. -
Abolishing the business and franchise tax (FN) - To Finance
2555. By Del. Doyle, Tabb, Manchin, Moore, Perdue and Paxton - Establishing the West Virginia
Sesquicentennial of the American Civil War Commission and Fund - To Government
Organization then Finance
2556. By Del. Armstead, Carmichael, Sobonya, Miller, C., Blair, Sumner, Border and Ellem -
Prohibiting lottery form using minors in advertising during school hours - To Judiciary
2557. By Del. Webster, Guthrie, 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
2558. By Del. Morgan - Exempting from taxation certain property owned by a nonprofit
organization (FN) - To Education then Finance
2559. By Del. Armstead and Schoen - Directing the State Board of Education to determine what principal and teacher reports are unnecessary - To Education
2560. By Del. Caputo and Stephens - Increasing benefits of retired state personnel and retired
teachers (FN) - To Pensions and Retirement then Finance
2561. By Del. Sobonya, Stephens, Rowan, Morgan, Miller, C. and Reynolds - Providing that an
applicant for a farm use exemption certificate may not be required to appear before any
assessor for renewal - To Roads and Transportation then Judiciary
2562. By Del. Sobonya, Rowan and Miller, C. - Creating the felony offense of unlawful possession
of cocaine - To Judiciary
2563. By Del. Caputo, Longstreth, Barker, Eldridge, Fragale, Iaquinta and Miley - Allowing state
employees to take paid leave to attend parent-teacher conference for their children - To
Government Organization then Finance
2564. By Del. Marshall and Caputo - Limiting the exemption given to buildings used wholly as
dwelling houses for no more than two families to those buildings only when owner-occupied
- To Government Organization then Judiciary
2565. By Mr. Speaker (Mr. Thompson) and Del. Armstead [By Request of the Executive] -
Relating to industrial accidents and emergencies - To Energy, Industry and Labor, Economic
Development and Small Business then Judiciary
2566. By Del. Mahan, Brown, Eldridge, Ennis, Fragale, Longstreth, Ashley, Rowan and Schadler
- Expanding applicability of increased penalties for crimes against certain protected persons
- To Judiciary - [Interim Bill]
2567. By Del. Miley, Webster, Ellem, Hamilton, Mahan, Shook and Varner - Relating to filing
agency rules with the Secretary of State under the Administrative Procedures Act (FN) - To
Judiciary then Finance - [Interim Bill]
2568. By Del. Poling, M. and Eldridge - Requiring background checks on applicants for residence
in nursing homes and assisted living residences - To Senior Citizen Issues then Judiciary
2569. By Del. Perry, Boggs, Morgan and Ellem - Creating the Juvenile Services Reimbursement
Offender Fund - To Judiciary then Finance - [Interim Bill]
2570. By Del. Perry, Boggs, Morgan, Ellem and Webster - Correctional Industries Act of 2009 -
To Judiciary then Finance - [Interim Bill]
2571. By Del. Guthrie - Relating to privatization contracts - To Government Organization then
Judiciary