SENATE CALENDAR


Friday, March 7, 2014


11:00 A.M.

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SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS

Saturday, March 8, 2014 - 11:00 A.M.


Consideration of executive nominations

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UNFINISHED BUSINESS

 

S. C. R. No. 85 - Requesting Joint Legislative Oversight Commission on State Water Resources study water infrastructure.

 

S. C. R. No. 86 - Requesting School Building Authority waive matching requirements and fund needed improvements for School for Deaf and Blind.

 

S. C. R. No. 87 - Requesting Joint Committee on Government and Finance study behavioral health spending on community-based support services.

 

S. R. No. 43 - Memorializing life and public service of James Howard "Buck" Harless.

 

Com. Sub. for H. C. R. No. 17 - The "Captain Isaac Alt West Virginia Militia Memorial Bridge" - (Com. amends. and title amend. pending).

 

Com. Sub. for H. C. R. No. 28 - William S (Bill) Croaff Memorial Bridge - (Com. amends. and title amend. pending).

 

Com. Sub. for H. C. R. No. 34 - Marine Private Rudy Varney Bridge - Purple Heart Recipient - (Com. amend. and title amend. pending).

 

H. C. R. No. 49 - Army PFC Lilborn Dillon Memorial Road - (Com. amends. and title amend. pending).

 

Com. Sub. for H. C. R. No. 52 - Kennenth A. Chapman Sr. Memorial Bridge - (Com. amend. and title amend. pending).

 

H. C. R. No. 59 - Urging the Governor to direct the Bureau of Senior Services to issue a report on the needs for in-home care - (Com. amend. and title amend. pending).

 

Com. Sub. for H. C. R. No. 60 - Lester W. 'Cappy' Burnside, Jr. Bridge - (Com. amend. pending).

 

Com. Sub. for H. C. R. No. 64 - SSG Earl F (Fred) Brown Memorial Bridge - (Com. amends. and title amend. pending).

 

Com. Sub. for H. C. R. No. 65 - Army SP4 Harold "Skip" Grouser Memorial Bridge - (Com. amends. and title amend. pending).

 

Com. Sub. for H. C. R. No. 66 - Quentin H. Wickline Memorial Bridge - (Com. amend. and title amend. pending).

 

Com. Sub. for H. C. R. No. 71 - Army Private William C. Bias Memorial Bridge - (Com. amends. pending).

 

H. C. R. No. 105 - Urging Congress to pass the Safe Freight Act - (Com. amends. and title amend. pending).


THIRD READING

 

Eng. H. J. R. No. 108 - Nonprofit Youth Organization Tax Exemption Support Amendment - (Com. title amend. pending).

 

Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. No. 2803 - Requiring electric utilities to implement integrated resource plans.

 

Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. No. 3108 - Relating to criminal background checks on applicants for employment by nursing homes - (Com. title amend. pending).

 

Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. No. 4005 - Relating to criminal offenses for child neglect - (Com. title amend. pending).

 

Eng. H. B. No. 4006 - Relating to the possession and distribution of child pornography - (Com. title amend. pending).

 

Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. No. 4039 - Authorizing miscellaneous boards and agencies to promulgate legislative rules.[PASSAGE]

 

Eng. H. B. No. 4135 - Designating the first Thursday in May the West Virginia Day of Prayer.

 

Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. No. 4147 - Relating to emergency preparedness - (Com. title amend. pending) (original same as S. B. No. 320).[PASSAGE]

 

Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. No. 4149 - Allowing members of the Board of Public Works to be represented by designees and to vote by proxy - (Com. title amend. pending) (original same as S. B. No. 321).

 

Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. No. 4156 - Electronic Toll Collection Act (original same as S. B. No. 330).

 

Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. No. 4183 - Supplementing, amending, decreasing, and increasing items of the existing appropriations from the State Road Fund to the Department of Transportation, Division of Highways.[PASSAGE]

 

Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. No. 4196 - Requiring the Workforce Investment Council to provide information and guidance to local workforce investment boards that would enable them to better educate both women and men about higher paying jobs (original same as S. B. No. 354).

 

Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. No. 4208 - Banning synthetic hallucinogens - (Com. title amend. pending).

 

Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. No. 4217 - Relating to Medicaid reports to the Legislature.

 

Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. No. 4242 - Increasing gross weight limitations on certain roads in Brooke County.[PASSAGE]

 

Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. No. 4245 - Relating to anticipated retirement dates of certain health care professionals.

 

Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. No. 4254 - Providing that certain state employees may be granted a leave of absence with pay during a declared state of emergency.[PASSAGE]

 

Eng. H. B. No. 4256 - Amending the annual salary schedule for members of the state police (With right to amend)(original same as S. B. No. 392).

 

Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. No. 4268 - Relating to the administration of veterans' assistance - (Com. title amend. pending) (original same as S. B. No. 449).

 

Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. No. 4278 - Rewriting the procedure by which corporations may obtain authorization from the West Virginia Board of Medicine to practice medicine and surgery - (Com. title amend. pending).

 

Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. No. 4283 - Raising the minimum wage (original similar to S. B. No. 411).

 

Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. No. 4298 - Changing the experience requirements of the composition of the members of the West Virginia Ethics Commission - (Com. title amend. pending) (original same as S. B. No. 484).

 

Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. No. 4312 - Creating a certification for emergency medical technician-industrial - (Com. title amend. pending).

 

Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. No. 4318 - Continuing education of veterans mental health.[PASSAGE]

 

Eng. H. B. No. 4332 - Extending the time that certain nonprofit community groups are exempt from the moratorium on creating new nursing home beds.[PASSAGE]

 

Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. No. 4373 - Relating to driver education programs.

 

Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. No. 4410 - Redefining auctioneer exceptions - (Com. title amend. pending) (original same as S. B. No. 501).

 

Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. No. 4411 - Allowing the disposal of drill cuttings and associated drilling waste generated from well sites in commercial solid waste facilities - (Com. title amend. pending) (original same as S. B. No. 474).

 

Eng. H. B. No. 4431 - Clarifying that persons who possess firearms, hunting dogs or other indicia of hunting do not necessarily need to have a hunting license (original similar to S. B. No. 298).

 

Eng. H. B. No. 4454 - Relating to the sale of alcoholic beverages on Sundays by private licensees - (Com. amend. and title amend. pending) (With right to amend).

 

Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. No. 4455 - Relating to the sale of wine and alcoholic liquors by licensed wineries, farm wineries, distilleries and mini-distilleries (With right to amend).

 

Eng. H. B. No. 4460 - Relating to violating provisions of the civil service law for paid fire departments.

 

Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. No. 4473 - Relating to establishing voting precincts and changing the composition of standard receiving boards - (Com. title amend. pending).

 

Eng. H. B. No. 4529 - Relating to the sale of wine (With right to amend).

 

Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. No. 4538 - Relating to the Board of Dentistry.

 

Eng. H. B. No. 4549 - Clarifying the regulation of nonintoxicating beer brewers and distributors, agreements, networks, products, brands and extensions of a line of brands - (Com. title amend. pending) (original same as S. B. No. 597).

 

Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. No. 4552 - Relating to the court of claims.



SECOND READING

 

Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. No. 2387 - Relating to reasonable accommodations under the West Virginia Fair Housing Act for persons with disabilities who need assistive animals - (Com. amend. and title amend. pending).

 

Eng. H. B. No. 2477 - Permitting certain auxiliary lighting on motorcycles - (Com. amend. pending) (original similar to S. B. No. 372).

 

Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. No. 2606 - Permitting the State Rail Authority to set the salary of the executive director.[PASSAGE]

 

Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. No. 2757 - Private cause of action for the humane destruction of a dog - (Com. amend. and title amend. pending).

 

Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. No. 2954 - Requiring that members of the Mine Safety Technology Task Force are paid the same compensation as members of the Legislature.[PASSAGE]

 

Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. No. 3011 - Removing the provision that requires an applicant to meet federal requirements concerning the production, distribution and sale of industrial hemp prior to being licensed - (Com. amend. and title amend. pending).

 

Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. No. 4139 - Restricting parental rights of child custody and visitation when the child was conceived as a result of a sexual assault or sexual abuse - (Com. amend. and title amend. pending).

 

Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. No. 4204 - Relating to the nonrenewal or cancellation of property insurance coverage policies in force for at least four years - (Com. amend. pending) (original same as S. B. No. 349).

 

Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. No. 4210 - Juvenile sentencing reform - (Com. amend. pending) (original similar to S. B. No. 370).

 

Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. No. 4220 - Relating to waiver of jury trial in claims arising from consumer transactions - (Com. amend. and title amend. pending).

 

Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. No. 4228 - Repealing or removing certain portions of education-related statutes that have expired - (Com. amend. and title amend. pending).

 

Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. No. 4237 - Prohibiting the sale, distribution and use of electronic cigarettes, vapor products and other alternative nicotine products to persons under the age of eighteen - (Com. amend. and title amend. pending).

 

Eng. H. B. No. 4286 - Captive Cervid Farming Act - (Com. amend. and title amend. pending).

 

Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. No. 4294 - Establishing standards for court reporters and entities that provide court reporting services - (Com. amend. pending).

 

Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. No. 4316 - Creating the student data accessability, transparency and accountability act - (Com. amends. and title amend. pending).

 

Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. No. 4333 - Relating to the redirection of certain Lottery revenues to the State Excess Lottery Revenue Fund - (Com. amend. and title amend. pending) (original same as S. B. No. 385).

 

Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. No. 4335 - Relating to a child's right to nurse - (Com. amends. pending).

 

Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. No. 4339 - Ensuring that moneys from the Solid Waste Authority Closure Cost Assistance Fund are available to facilitate the closure of the Elkins-Randolph County Landfill and the Webster County Landfill - (Com. amend. and title amend. pending) (original similar to S. B. No. 565).[PASSAGE]

 

Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. No. 4343 - West Virginia Project Launchpad Act - (Com. amends. and title amend. pending) (original same as S. B. No. 312).

 

Eng. H. B. No. 4346 - Establishing separate standards of performance for carbon dioxide emissions - (Com. amend. pending) (original similar to S. B. No. 530).

 

Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. No. 4347 - Relating to affirmative defenses against mechanics' liens (original similar to S. B. No. 568).

 

Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. No. 4349 - Clarifying retirement dependent child scholarship and burial benefits under a Qualified Domestic Relations Order (original same as S. B. No. 451).

 

Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. No. 4360 - Relating to consumer credit protection - (Com. amend. and title amend. pending).

 

Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. No. 4432 - Adopting Principle Based Reserving as the method by which life insurance company reserves are calculated.

 

Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. No. 4480 - Relating to investment of the Acid Mine Drainage Fund.

 

Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. No. 4560 - Relating to reimbursement for copies of medical records - (Com. amend. pending).

 

Eng. H. B. No. 4588 - Protecting unborn children who are capable of experiencing pain by prohibiting abortion after twenty weeks - (Com. amends. and title amend. pending) (original similar to S. B. No. 388).

 

Eng. H. B. No. 4601 - Relating to fiscal management and regulation of publicly-owned utilities - (Com. amend. and title amend. pending).

 

Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. No. 4608 - Defining dyslexia and dyscalculia (original similar to S. B. No. 412).