HOUSE ABSTRACT

 

2017 Regular Session

 

CONTAINING

 

Active House Bills as of February 15, 2017

 

*Denotes Committee Substitutes

 

 

ACTIVE HOUSE BILLS

 

*2006.  By Del. Shott, Mr. Speaker (Mr. Armstead), Hanshaw, Sobonya, Atkinson, Hill, Fleischauer, Pushkin, Lovejoy and Canestraro - Increasing the penalties for violating the Whistle-blower Law - Introduced 2/8/2017 - To Judiciary - Passed House 2/15/2017

 

 2034.  By Del. McGeehan - Relating to county budget stabilization funds - Introduced 2/8/2017 - To Political Subdivisions then Finance - To House Finance 2/15/2017

 

*2099.  By Del. McGeehan - Defining the act of leaving the scene of a crash involving death or serious bodily injury as a felony; Erin's Law - Introduced 2/8/2017 - To Judiciary - On 2nd reading, House Calendar 2/16/2017

 

 2103.  By Del. Eldridge and Hicks - Making changes to the definition of contractor for purposes of the West Virginia Contractor Licensing Act - Introduced 2/8/2017 - To Industry and Labor then Government Organization - To House Government Organization 2/15/2017

 

 2113.  By Del. Ellington, Summers and Rohrbach - Providing that the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Resources may not change the state Medicaid program plan - Introduced 2/8/2017 - To Health and Human Resources then Finance - To House Finance 2/15/2017

 

 2119.  By Del. Ellington and Summers - Repealing West Virginia Health Benefit Exchange Act - Introduced 2/8/2017 - To Health and Human Resources then Finance - To House Finance 2/15/2017

 

 2238.  By Del. Sobonya - Auditor, W.Va. State Auditor, Procedure for Local Levying Bodies to Apply for Permission to Extend Time to Meet as Levying Body (original similar to SB90) - Introduced 2/9/2017 - To Political Subdivisions then Judiciary - To House Judiciary 2/15/2017

 

 2249.  By Del. Sobonya - Dentistry, W.Va. Board of Rule for the WV Board of Dentistry (original similar to SB104) - Introduced 2/9/2017 - To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary - To House Judiciary 2/15/2017

 

 2254.  By Del. Sobonya - Health and Human Resources, WV Department of Clinical Laboratory Technician and Technologist Licensure and Certification (original similar to SB119) - Introduced 2/9/2017 - To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary - To House Judiciary 2/15/2017

 

 2256.  By Del. Sobonya - Health and Human Resources, WV Department of Expedited Partner Therapy (original similar to SB118) - Introduced 2/9/2017 - To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary - To House Judiciary 2/15/2017

 

 2272.  By Del. Sobonya - Optometry, W.Va. Board of, Continuing Education (original similar to SB138) - Introduced 2/9/2017 - To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary - To House Judiciary 2/15/2017

 

 2273.  By Del. Sobonya - Osteopathic Medicine, W.Va. Board of, Licensing Procedures for Osteopathic Physicians (original similar to SB139) - Introduced 2/9/2017 - To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary - To House Judiciary 2/15/2017

 

 2274.  By Del. Sobonya - Osteopathic Medicine, W.Va. Board of Osteopathic Physician Assistants (original similar to SB140) - Introduced 2/9/2017 - To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary - To House Judiciary 2/15/2017

 

 2281.  By Del. Sobonya - Registered Professional Nurses, W.Va. Board of Examiners for, Requirements for Registration and Licensure and Conduct Constituting Professional Misconduct (original similar to SB148) - Introduced 2/9/2017 - To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary - To House Judiciary 2/15/2017

 

 2282.  By Del. Sobonya - Registered Professional Nurses, W.Va. Board of Examiners for Limited Prescriptive Authority for Nurses in Advanced Practice (original similar to SB149) - Introduced 2/9/2017 - To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary - To House Judiciary 2/15/2017

 

*2303.  By Del. Phillips, Westfall, Folk, Sobonya, Overington and Paynter - Increasing criminal penalties for littering - Introduced 2/9/2017 - To Judiciary - On 1st reading, House Calendar 2/16/2017

 

*2319.  By Del. Upson, Mr. Speaker (Mr. Armstead), Hamilton and Rohrbach - Relating to candidates or candidate committees for legislative office disclosing contributions - Introduced 2/10/2017 - To Judiciary - On 1st reading, House Calendar 2/16/2017

 

 

BILLS INTRODUCED AND REFERRED

Wednesday, February 15, 2017

 

 2447.  By Mr. Speaker (Mr. Armstead), Del. Shott, Summers, Overington, Foster, G., Hollen and Sobonya - Renaming the Court of Claims the state Claims Commission - Introduced 2/15/2017 - To Judiciary

 

 2448.  By Del. Sobonya - Increasing the penalties for transporting controlled substances into the state - Introduced 2/15/2017 - To Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse then Judiciary

 

 2449.  By Del. Sobonya - Requiring the West Virginia Secondary Schools Activities Commission to adopt certain safety standards for youth lacrosse - Introduced 2/15/2017 - To Education then Health and Human Resources

 

 2450.  By Del. Sobonya - Increasing mandatory minimum sentences for trafficking drugs into the state - Introduced 2/15/2017 - To Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse then Judiciary

 

 2451.  By Del. Sobonya - Establishing a specific valuation of managed timberland and timberland that is not managed timberland for ad valorem property tax purposes - Introduced 2/15/2017 - To Finance

 

 2452.  By Del. Sobonya - Relating to the pawn of gift cards - Introduced 2/15/2017 - To Judiciary

 

 2453.  By Del. Eldridge and Butler - Expanding the list of persons the Commissioner of Agriculture may license to grow or cultivate industrial hemp - Introduced 2/15/2017 - To Agriculture and Natural Resources then Judiciary

 

 2454.  By Del. Sobonya - Making the Department of Corrections and the Division of Health, and their respective workplaces, subject to the Occupational Safety and Health Act - Introduced 2/15/2017 - To Industry and Labor then Judiciary

 

 2455.  By Del. Sobonya - Budget and Spending Transparency Act - Introduced 2/15/2017 - To Government Organization then Finance

 

 2456.  By Del. Sobonya - Requiring the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals to maintain a searchable, criminal database containing copies of all arrests and convictions by all the courts in the state - Introduced 2/15/2017 - To Judiciary then Finance

 

 2457.  By Del. Sobonya - Creating the West Virginia Addictions Treatment and Recovery Fund - Introduced 2/15/2017 - To Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse then Finance

 

 2458.  By Del. Sobonya - Exempting from food related laws or rules for certain individually produced agricultural products - Introduced 2/15/2017 - To Health and Human Resources

 

 2459.  By Del. Ellington, Summers and Rohrbach - Relating to regulation of health care and the certificate of need process - Introduced 2/15/2017 - To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary

 

 2460.  By Del. Ellington, Summers, Rowan, Sobonya, Hollen and Rohrbach - Requiring insurance coverages to ensure telehealth parity (original similar to SB188) - Introduced 2/15/2017 - To Banking and Insurance then Health and Human Resources

 

 2461.  By Del. Cowles - Relating to the excise tax on the privilege of transferring real property and using the tax to reimburse counties for regional jail fees - Introduced 2/15/2017 - To Judiciary then Finance

 

 2462.  By Del. Cowles - Relating to the compensation of personnel employed at the West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and the Blind - Introduced 2/15/2017 - To Education then Finance

 

 2463.  By Del. Cowles - Forfeiture Reporting Act - Introduced 2/15/2017 - To Judiciary then Finance

 

 2464.  By Del. Cowles - Relating to disclaimers and exclusions of warranties in consumer transactions for goods - Introduced 2/15/2017 - To Judiciary

 

 2465.  By Del. Cowles - Modifying the requirements that allow a child witness to testify by closed circuit television - Introduced 2/15/2017 - To Judiciary

 

 2466.  By Del. Sobonya and Frich - Changing the way that the cost of incarcerating inmates in regional jails is collected - Introduced 2/15/2017 - To Judiciary then Finance

 

 2467.  By Del. Sobonya - Prohibiting school employees from promoting abortion - Introduced 2/15/2017 - To Education then Judiciary

 

 2468.  By Del. Sobonya - Making it illegal to transport a minor across state lines to obtain an abortion without written consent of both parents - Introduced 2/15/2017 - To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary

 

 2469.  By Del. Sobonya - Requiring benefit access devices to benefits provided by the Department of Human Services, to have a photograph of the person to whom a device was issued - Introduced 2/15/2017 - To Judiciary

 

 2470.  By Del. Sobonya - Making it a felony to knowingly house drug traffickers - Introduced 2/15/2017 - To Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse then Judiciary

 

 2471.  By Del. Ellington, Summers, Rowan, Sobonya, Hollen, Rohrbach and Longstreth - Relating to insurance coverage for breast cancer screening - Introduced 2/15/2017 - To Banking and Insurance then Finance

 

 2472.  By Del. Storch and Boggs - Creating a preference for certain limited video lottery current permit holders in bid process - Introduced 2/15/2017 - To Judiciary then Finance

 

 2473.  By Del. Storch - Relating to the assessment of oil and gas mineral interests - Introduced 2/15/2017 - To Energy then Judiciary

 

 2474.  By Del. Storch and Frich - Providing that rents and royalties from leases of the minerals under the state's rivers and streams shall be expended for road paving and maintenance - Introduced 2/15/2017 - To Energy then Finance

 

 2475.  By Del. Storch - Authorizing the Tax Commissioner to collect tax, interest and penalties due and owing from payments to vendors and contractors from the Auditor and other state, county, district or municipal officers and agents - Introduced 2/15/2017 - To Government Organization then Finance

 

 2476.  By Del. Storch and Boggs - Requiring each judicial circuit to have a court-appointed special advocate program and each county to have a special advocate for children in abuse and neglect proceedings - Introduced 2/15/2017 - To Judiciary then Finance

 

 2477.  By Del. Statler, Hill, Espinosa, Wagner, Higginbotham, Ward, Williams, Pyles, Foster, G., Frich and Hamrick - Developing a special hiring procedure for personnel positions in the Division of Highways - Introduced 2/15/2017 - To Roads and Transportation then Government Organization

 

 2478.  By Del. Rohrbach and Cooper - Changing the age effective date of children for whom county boards of education must provide kindergarten programs - Introduced 2/15/2017 - To Education then Finance

 

 2479.  By Del. Storch - Uniform Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act - Introduced 2/15/2017 - To Judiciary

 

 2480.  By Del. Phillips - Changing the way counties pay for regional jail inmates - Introduced 2/15/2017 - To Judiciary then Finance

 

 2481.  By Del. Hicks - Creating tax credits for new and/or existing small businesses - Introduced 2/15/2017 - To Small Business, Entrepreneurship and Economic Development then Finance

 

 2482.  By Del. Westfall - Creating a period for reduced payments of traffic violations - Introduced 2/15/2017 - To Judiciary then Finance

 

 2483.  By Del. Eldridge and Butler - Requiring the Division of Juvenile Services to transfer to a correctional facility or regional jail any juvenile in its custody that has been transferred to adult jurisdiction of the circuit court and who reaches his or her eighteenth birthday - Introduced 2/15/2017 - To Judiciary

 

 2484.  By Del. Frich and Butler - Preventing taxpayer subsidization of health insurance covering elective abortions - Introduced 2/15/2017 - To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary

 

 2485.  By Del. Frich and Butler - Decreasing the basic compensation paid to members of the Legislature and salaries paid to other state officers by five percent - Introduced 2/15/2017 - To Judiciary then Finance

 

 2486.  By Del. Westfall - Providing that when a party's health condition is at issue in a civil action, medical records and releases for medical information may be requested and required without court order - Introduced 2/15/2017 - To Judiciary

 

 2487.  By Del. Storch - Reallocating and dedicating three percent of oil and gas severance tax revenues up to $20 million annually to the oil and gas producing counties of origin - Introduced 2/15/2017 - To Energy then Finance

 

 

ALL HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTIONS OFFERED

 

 1.        By Del. Rodighiero - Citizens' Redistricting Commission Amendment - Introduced 2/8/2017 - To Judiciary

 

 2.        By Del. Bates - Term Limits for Senators and Delegates in the West Virginia Legislature - Introduced 2/8/2017 - To Judiciary

 

 3.        By Del. Foster, G. - Manufacturing Inventory and Equipment Tax Exemption Amendment - Introduced 2/8/2017 - To Finance then Judiciary

 

 4.        By Del. Sponaugle, Fluharty, Hornbuckle, Marcum and Pushkin - Veteran's Property Tax Exemption Amendment - Introduced 2/8/2017 - To Finance then Judiciary

 

 5.        By Del. Caputo - Homestead Exemption Increase Amendment - Introduced 2/8/2017 - To Finance then Judiciary

 

 6.        By Del. Bates and Pushkin - State Apportionment Commission - Introduced 2/8/2017 - To Judiciary

 

 7.        By Del. Overington, Espinosa, Upson, Frich and Phillips - Homestead Exemption Increase Amendment - Introduced 2/8/2017 - To Finance then Judiciary

 

 8.        By Del. Ferro, Pethtel, Hamilton and Caputo - The Simple Majority Levy Approval Amendment - Introduced 2/8/2017 - To Political Subdivisions then Judiciary

 

 9.        By Del. Sponaugle, Hornbuckle, Pushkin and Phillips - Volunteer Emergency Service Personnel Property Tax Exemption Amendment - Introduced 2/10/2017 - To Judiciary then Finance

 

 10.      By Del. Rodighiero, Hicks, Marcum, Eldridge and Moye - Homestead Exemption Increase Amendment - Introduced 2/13/2017 - To Finance then Judiciary

 

 11.      By Del. Overington, Foster, G. and Upson - Prohibiting the Governmental Taking of Private Property for Private Use Amendment - Introduced 2/13/2017 - To Judiciary

 

 12.      By Del. Overington, Frich and Gearheart - Super-Majority Required for Passage of Tax Bill Amendment - Introduced 2/13/2017 - To Finance then Judiciary

 

 13.      By Del. Overington, Gearheart, Frich and Sobonya - Initiative, Referendum, and Recall Amendment - Introduced 2/13/2017 - To Judiciary

 

 14.      By Del. Sponaugle, Marcum, Hicks, Hamilton and Phillips - Right to Hunt and Fish in West Virginia Amendment - Introduced 2/13/2017 - To Agriculture and Natural Resources then Judiciary

 

 15.      By Del. Howell, Mr. Speaker (Mr. Armstead), Espinosa, Frich, Cooper and Blair - Senior Citizen Homestead Valuation Amendment - Introduced 2/14/2017 - To Finance then Judiciary

 

 16.      By Del. Sobonya - Amend Supervision of Free Schools Amendment - Introduced 2/15/2017 - To Education then Judiciary

 

 

ALL HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS OFFERED

 

 1.        By Mr. Speaker (Mr. Armstead) - Raising a Joint Assembly to open and publish election returns - Introduced 1/11/2017 - Reference dispensed - Adopted by House 1/11/2017 - To Senate 1/11/2017 - Committee reference dispensed - Adopted by Senate 1/11/2017

 

 2.        By Mr. Speaker (Mr. Armstead) - Extending an invitation to His Excellency, the Governor, to deliver an address to the Legislature and raising a Joint Assembly therefor - Introduced 1/11/2017 - Reference dispensed - Adopted by House 1/11/2017 - To Senate 1/11/2017 - Committee reference dispensed - Adopted by Senate 1/11/2017

 

 3.        By Mr. Speaker (Mr. Armstead) - Providing for an adjournment of the Legislature until February 8, 2017 - Introduced 1/11/2017 - Reference dispensed - Adopted by House 1/11/2017 - To Senate 1/11/2017 - Committee reference dispensed - Adopted by Senate 1/11/2017

 

 4.        By Mr. Speaker (Mr. Armstead) - Extending an invitation to His Excellency, the Governor, to deliver an address to the Legislature and raising a Joint Assembly therefor - Introduced 2/8/2017 - Reference dispensed - Adopted by House 2/8/2017 - To Senate 2/8/2017 - Committee reference dispensed - Adopted by Senate 2/8/2017

 

 5.        By Del. Summers - U. S. Navy Rear Admiral Frederick Burdett Warder Memorial Bridge - Introduced 2/8/2017 - To Rules

 

 6.        By Mr. Speaker (Mr. Armstead) - U.S. Army SPC 4 Thurman 'Duwayne' Young Memorial Road - Introduced 2/8/2017 - To Rules

 

 7.        By Del. Howell, Upson, Cowles, Walters, Folk, Evans, A., Rowan, Householder, Espinosa, Blair and Hamrick - Extending West Virginia Route 9  - Introduced 2/13/2017 - To Roads and Transportation then Rules

 

 8.        By Del. Butler - Dr. Roy and Marian Eshenaur Bridge - Introduced 2/13/2017 - To Roads and Transportation then Rules

 

 9.        By Del. Rowan - Frenchburg Bridge - Introduced 2/13/2017 - To Roads and Transportation then Rules

 

 10.      By Del. Ambler, Cooper, Moye, Householder and Rowan - John Cameron Brown Bridge - Introduced 2/13/2017 - To Roads and Transportation then Rules

 

 11.      By Del. Howell, Ambler, Arvon, Atkinson, Blair, Butler, Cooper, Ellington, Evans, A., Fast, Folk, Foster, G., Sypolt, Hamrick, Harshbarger, Higginbotham, Householder, Marcum, McGeehan, Rowan, Summers, Ward and Zatezalo - Environmental Protection Agency's Chesapeake Bay Initiative - Introduced 2/13/2017 - To Rules

 

 12.      By Del. Robinson, Baldwin, Barrett, Bates, Blair, Boggs, Brewer, Byrd, Canestraro, Cooper, Cowles, Criss, Deem, Ellington, Evans, E., Fleischauer, Fluharty, Foster, N., Hollen, Hornbuckle, Isner, Kelly, Kessinger, Lane, C., Longstreth, Lovejoy, Miley, Miller, R., Moore, Phillips, Pushkin, Queen, Rowe, Sobonya, Sponaugle, Storch, Summers, Thompson, Upson and Zatezalo - Overdose Awareness Day - Introduced 2/15/2017 - To Rules

 

 13.      By Del. Atkinson, Kelly, Ward, Westfall, Cooper, Butler, Hamrick, Hill, Howell, Martin and Wagner - U.S. Army SSG Brian Curtis Rogers Memorial Bridge - Introduced 2/15/2017 - To Rules

 

 

ALL HOUSE RESOLUTIONS OFFERED

 

 1.        By Mr. Speaker (Mr. Armstead) - Adopting Rules of the House of Delegates - Introduced 1/11/2017 - Reference dispensed - Adopted by House 1/11/2017

 

 2.        By Mr. Speaker (Mr. Armstead) - Authorizing the publication of a Legislative Manual and authorizing payment of travel and other expenses of the House - Introduced 1/11/2017 - Reference dispensed - Adopted by House 1/11/2017

 

 3.        By Mr. Speaker (Mr. Armstead) - Authorizing printing and distribution of Acts of the Legislature and Journals of the House of Delegates - Introduced 1/11/2017 - Reference dispensed - Adopted by House 1/11/2017

 

 4.        By Mr. Speaker (Mr. Armstead) - Authorizing the appointment of employees for this, the First Regular Session of the Eighty-third Legislature, two thousand seventeen - Introduced 1/11/2017 - Reference dispensed - Adopted by House 1/11/2017

 

 5.        By Mr. Speaker (Mr. Armstead) - Amending House Rules 63 and 84a, relating to the previous question and witnesses before committees - Introduced 2/8/2017 - Reference dispensed - Adopted by House 2/8/2017

 

 6.        By Del. Pyles - Preservation and Continued Operation of the Warner Theater  - Introduced 2/13/2017 - To Rules

 

 

HOUSE BILLS PASSED HOUSE AND COMMUNICATED TO SENATE

 

*2006.  By Del. Shott, Mr. Speaker (Mr. Armstead), Hanshaw, Sobonya, Atkinson, Hill, Fleischauer, Pushkin, Lovejoy and Canestraro - Increasing the penalties for violating the Whistle-blower Law - Introduced 2/8/2017 - To Judiciary - Passed House 2/15/2017

 

 

ALL SENATE BILLS PASSED BY SENATE AND COMMUNICATED TO HOUSE

 

*151.    By Sen. Maynard - Authorizing Department of Administration promulgate legislative rules (original similar to HB2284) - Introduced 2/8/2017 - To Judiciary - Com. sub. reported 2/10/2017 - Passed Senate 2/15/2017 - Effective from passage

 

 169.    By Sen. Ferns, Gaunch, Takubo, Trump, Prezioso, Stollings, Plymale and Blair - Repealing article providing assistance to Korea and Vietnam veterans exposed to certain chemical defoliants - Introduced 2/8/2017 - To Health and Human Resources then Finance - 2nd reference dispensed - Passed Senate 2/15/2017

 

 170.    By Sen. Ferns, Gaunch, Takubo, Trump, Prezioso, Stollings, Plymale, Blair and Jeffries - Repealing state hemophilia program - Introduced 2/8/2017 - To Health and Human Resources then Finance - 2nd reference dispensed - Passed Senate 2/15/2017

 

 171.    By Sen. Ferns, Gaunch, Takubo, Trump, Prezioso, Stollings, Plymale and Blair - Repealing Programs of All-Inclusive Care for Elderly - Introduced 2/8/2017 - To Health and Human Resources then Finance - 2nd reference dispensed - Passed Senate 2/15/2017

 

 176.    By Sen. Ferns, Gaunch, Takubo, Trump, Prezioso, Stollings, Plymale, Blair and Jeffries - Repealing article concerning detection of tuberculosis, high blood pressure and diabetes - Introduced 2/8/2017 - To Health and Human Resources - Passed Senate 2/15/2017

 

 

SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY SENATE AND COMMUNICATED TO HOUSE

 

 1.        By Sen. Carmichael (Mr. President), Ferns and Prezioso - Adopting joint rules of Legislature - Introduced 1/11/2017 - Committee reference dispensed - Adopted by Senate 1/11/2017 - To House 1/11/2017 - Reference dispensed - Adopted by House 1/11/2017

 

 2.        By Sen. Carmichael, Hall and Prezioso - Authorizing payment of supplies, services, printing and other expenses - Introduced 1/11/2017 - Committee reference dispensed - Adopted by Senate 1/11/2017 - To House 1/11/2017 - Reference dispensed - Adopted by House 1/11/2017

 

 

HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY BOTH HOUSES

 

 1.        By Mr. Speaker (Mr. Armstead) - Raising a Joint Assembly to open and publish election returns - Adopted 1/11/2017

 

 2.        By Mr. Speaker (Mr. Armstead) - Extending an invitation to His Excellency, the Governor, to deliver an address to the Legislature and raising a Joint Assembly therefor - Adopted 1/11/2017

 

 3.        By Mr. Speaker (Mr. Armstead) - Providing for an adjournment of the Legislature until February 8, 2017 - Adopted 1/11/2017

 

 4.        By Mr. Speaker (Mr. Armstead) - Extending an invitation to His Excellency, the Governor, to deliver an address to the Legislature and raising a Joint Assembly therefor - Adopted 2/8/2017

 

 

SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY BOTH HOUSES

 

 1.        By Sen. Carmichael (Mr. President), Ferns and Prezioso - Adopting joint rules of Legislature - Adopted 1/11/2017

 

 2.        By Sen. Carmichael, Hall and Prezioso - Authorizing payment of supplies, services, printing and other expenses - Adopted 1/11/2017

 

 

HOUSE BILLS VETOED BY GOVERNOR

 

 

SENATE BILLS VETOED BY GOVERNOR