SPECIAL CALENDAR

Thursday, February 25, 2016

44^th Day

11:00 A. M.

THIRD READING

S. B. 419 -                               Relating to termination of Workers' Compensation Debt Reduction Act (E. Nelson) (Effective From Passage)

Com. Sub. for H. B. 2202 -     Relating to more equitable disbursement of funds to county boards (E. Nelson) (July 1, 2016)

Com. Sub. for H. B. 2897 -     Young Entrepreneur Reinvestment Act (E. Nelson) (Regular)

Com. Sub. for H. B. 4009 -     Letting Our Counties Act Locally Act (E. Nelson) (Regular)

Com. Sub. for H. B. 4171 -     Relating to the public school calendar (Espinosa) (July 1, 2016)

Com. Sub. for H. B. 4295 -     Relating to the School Innovation Zones Act (Espinosa) (Regular)

Com. Sub. for H. B. 4365 -     Relating to the certificate of need process (Shott) (Regular)

H. B. 4572 -                             Excepting specialized contract instructors from the definition of teacher (Espinosa) (Regular)

H. B. 4594 -                             Relating to predoctoral psychology internship qualifications (Howell) (Regular)

Com. Sub. for H. B. 4612 -     Relating generally to tax increment financing and economic opportunity development districts (E. Nelson) (Regular)

H. B. 4617 -                             Authorizing legislative rules of the Higher Education Policy Commission regarding the Underwood-Smith Teacher Scholarship Program and Nursing Scholarship Program (Espinosa) (Regular)

H. B. 4651 -                             Relating to professional examination requirements for hearing-aid dealers and fitters (Howell) (Effective From Passage)

H. B. 4674 -                             Relating to motor vehicle back-up lamps (Howell) (Regular)

H. B. 4705 -                             Relating to adding an additional type of West Virginia source income of nonresident individual (E. Nelson) (Effective From Passage)

SECOND READING

H. B. 2494 -                             Creating a provisional plea process in criminal cases (Shott) (Regular)

Com. Sub. for H. B. 4014 -     Preventing the State Board of Education from implementing common core academic standards and assessments (Espinosa) (Regular)

Com. Sub. for H. B. 4201 -     Increasing the criminal penalties for participating in an animal fighting venture (Shott) (Regular)

H. B. 4334 -                             Clarifying the requirements for a license to practice as an advanced practice registered nurse and to expand the prescriptive authority that may be granted to advanced practice registered nurses (Howell) (Regular)

H. B. 4351 -                             Transferring the Cedar Lakes Camp and Conference Center from the West Virginia Board of Education to the Department of Agriculture (Espinosa) (July 1, 2016) (Education Committee Amendment Pending)

H. B. 4358 -                             Relating to out of state physicians and surgeons traveling with sports teams within this state (Shott) (regular) (Judiciary Committee Amendment Pending)

Com. Sub. for H. B. 4433 -     Allowing an adjustment to gross income for calculating the personal income tax liability of certain retirees (E. Nelson) (Effective From Passage)

Com. Sub. for H. B. 4487 -     Relating to state retirement systems (E. Nelson) (Regular)

Com. Sub. for H. B. 4519 -     Allowing certain municipalities to elect to participate in the West Virginia Municipal Police Officers and Firefighters Retirement System (E. Nelson) (Regular)

H. B. 4558 -                             Relating to victim notification and designation of additional individuals to receive notice of an offender's release (Shott) (Regular)

Com. Sub. for H. B. 4607 -     Adding violations of law upon which a public servant’s retirement plan may be forfeited (Shott) (Regular)

Com. Sub. for H. B. 4636 -     Increasing the penalties for violating the Whistle-blower Law (Shott) (Regular)

H. B. 4652 -                             Relating to the creation of an intermediate contractor’s license (Howell) (Regular) (Government Organization Amendment Pending)

H. B. 4706 -                             Relating to county board regional meetings (Espinosa) (Regular)

FIRST READING

Com. Sub. for S. B. 68 -         Disallowing Health Care Authority to conduct rate review and set rates for hospitals (Ellington) (Regular) (Health and Human Resources Committee Amendment Pending)

Com. Sub. for H. B. 2110 -     Relating generally to the tax treatment of manufacturing entities (E. Nelson) (Regular)

Com. Sub. for H. B. 2205 -     Creating the crime of prohibited sexual contact by a psychotherapist (Shott) (Regular)

Com. Sub. for H. B. 2801 -     Permitting county commissions and municipalities to designate areas of special interest which will not affect the use of property in those areas (Shott) (Regular)

H. B. 2960 -                             Permitting county boards of education to develop emergency preparedness drills in schools (Espinosa) (July 1, 2016)

Com. Sub. for H. B. 4237 -     Supporting and Strengthening Families Act (Shott) (Regular)

H. B. 4299 -                             Increasing the amount volunteer fire companies or paid fire departments may charge for reimbursement (E. Nelson) (Regular)

H. B. 4321 -                             Relating to tax credits for apprenticeship training in construction trades (E. Nelson) (January 1, 2017)

Com. Sub. for H. B. 4330 -     Relating to make unlawful to take a fish, water animal or other aquatic organism from state waters to stock a commercial pond or lake (Shott) (Effective From Passage)

Com. Sub. for H. B. 4339 -     Relating to wildlife resources (Shott) (Regular)

Com. Sub. for H. B. 4380 -     Adding the spouse of an indigent person as a possible individual who may be liable for the funeral service expenses (E. Nelson) (Regular)

H. B. 4411 -                             Relating to penalty for illegally taking native brook trout (Shott) (Effective From Passage)

H. B. 4461 -                             Relating to School Building Authority School Major Improvement Fund eligibility (E. Nelson) (Regular)

Com. Sub. for H. B. 4554 -     Allowing an increase of gross weight limitations on certain roads in Greenbrier County (Howell) (Regular)

Com. Sub. for H. B. 4587 -     Relating to violations associated with absent voters’ ballots (Shott) (Regular)

H. B. 4658 -                             Relating to the Board of Funeral Service Examiners (Howell) (Regular)

H. B. 4725 -                             Relating to providing the procedures for the filling of vacancies in the offices of justices of the Supreme Court of Appeals, circuit judge, family court judge or magistrate and making certain clarifications (Shott) (Regular)

H. B. 4727 -                             Relating to state plan amendments (Ellington) (Regular)

H. B. 4728 -                             Relating to schedule three controlled substances (Ellington) (Regular)

H. B. 4730 -                             Relating to computer science courses of instruction (Ellington) (Regular)

H. B. 4731 -                             Relating to requiring comprehensive drug awareness and prevention program in all public schools (Espinosa) (Regular)

H. B. 4732 -                             Relating to performance metrics for the West Virginia Division of Highways (Howell) (Regular)

H. B. 4733 -                             Relating to requiring the Commissioner of Highways to develop a statewide communications plan known as the Comprehensive Public Involvement Plan (Howell) (Regular)