HOUSE ABSTRACT
2017 Regular Session
CONTAINING
Active House Bills as of February 16, 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 - To Senate 2/16/2017 - To Judiciary
*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 - Amended - On 3rd reading, House Calendar 2/17/2017
2123. By Del. Rowan, Mr. Speaker (Mr. Armstead), Cowles, Hamilton, Espinosa, O'Neal, Anderson and Nelson, E. - Making the West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and Blind eligible to participate in any and all funding administered or distributed by the West Virginia School Building Authority - Introduced 2/8/2017 - To Education then Finance - To House Finance 2/16/2017
2290. By Del. Sobonya - Treasurer’s Office, W.Va. State Procedures for Deposit of Monies with the State Treasurer's Office by State Agencies (original similar to SB159) - Introduced 2/9/2017 - To Finance then Judiciary - To House Judiciary 2/16/2017
2291. By Del. Sobonya - Treasurer’s Office, W.Va. State Selection of State Depositories for Disbursement Accounts through Competitive Bidding (original similar to SB160) - Introduced 2/9/2017 - To Finance then Judiciary - To House Judiciary 2/16/2017
2292. By Del. Sobonya - Treasurer’s Office, W.Va. State Selection of State Depositories for Receipt Accounts (original similar to SB161) - Introduced 2/9/2017 - To Finance then Judiciary - To House Judiciary 2/16/2017
2293. By Del. Sobonya - Treasurer’s Office, W.Va. State Procedures for Processing Payments from the State Treasury (original similar to SB162) - Introduced 2/9/2017 - To Finance then Judiciary - To House Judiciary 2/16/2017
2294. By Del. Sobonya - Treasurer’s Office, W.Va. State Procedure for Fees in Collections by Charge, Credit or Debit Card or by Electronic Payment (original similar to SB157) - Introduced 2/9/2017 - To Finance then Judiciary - To House Judiciary 2/16/2017
2295. By Del. Sobonya - Treasurer’s Office, W.Va. State Procedures for Providing Services to Political Subdivisions (original similar to SB158) - Introduced 2/9/2017 - To Finance then Judiciary - To House Judiciary 2/16/2017
*2303. By Del. Phillips, Westfall, Folk, Sobonya, Overington, Paynter, Eldridge and Miller, R. - Increasing criminal penalties for littering - Introduced 2/9/2017 - To Judiciary - On 2nd reading, House Calendar 2/17/2017
*2319. By Del. Upson, Mr. Speaker (Mr. Armstead), Hamilton, Rohrbach and Baldwin - Relating to candidates or candidate committees for legislative office disclosing contributions - Introduced 2/10/2017 - To Judiciary - On 2nd reading, House Calendar 2/17/2017
2379. By Del. Howell - Providing a special method for valuation of certain wireless technology property for property taxes - Introduced 2/13/2017 - To Judiciary then Finance - To House Finance 2/16/2017
BILLS INTRODUCED AND REFERRED
Thursday, February 16, 2017
2488. By Del. Gearheart, Storch, Butler, Folk, Frich, Householder, Howell and Ellington - Relating to the forfeiture of unencumbered funds in special revenue accounts - Introduced 2/16/2017 - To Government Organization then Finance
2489. By Del. Gearheart, Storch, Butler, Folk, Frich, Householder, Howell and Ellington - Requiring a transfer from reappropriated revenue accounts to General Revenue Fund - Introduced 2/16/2017 - To Finance
2490. By Mr. Speaker (Mr. Armstead) and Del. Miley [By Request of the Executive] - Allowing a Constitutional officer to waive his or her salary for any calendar year (original similar to SB298) - Introduced 2/16/2017 - To Judiciary then Finance
2491. By Del. Cooper, Ambler, Rowan, Dean, Maynard, Wagner, Morgan, Westfall, Kelly, Zatezalo and Romine, R. - Relating to school calendar and testing - Introduced 2/16/2017 - To Education
2492. By Mr. Speaker (Mr. Armstead) and Del. Miley [By Request of the Executive] - Creating the Fleet Management Office - Introduced 2/16/2017 - To Government Organization then Judiciary
2493. By Del. Hollen, Criss, Cooper and Harshbarger - Granting a veteran with a hundred percent service-connected disability a $10,000 exemption from the assessed value for one vehicle - Introduced 2/16/2017 - To Veterans' Affairs and Homeland Security then Finance
2494. By Del. Westfall, Statler, White, Atkinson and Higginbotham - Providing that statewide school report cards are only to be made available to custodial parents and guardians of students upon request - Introduced 2/16/2017 - To Education then Government Organization
2495. By Del. Westfall, White and Frich - Relating to restrictions on the disclosure of nonpublic personal information (original similar to HB2486) - Introduced 2/16/2017 - To Banking and Insurance then Judiciary
2496. By Del. Hollen, Criss, Sobonya and Harshbarger - Relating to exemptions from certificate of need - Introduced 2/16/2017 - To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary
2497. By Del. Ellington, Criss and Rohrbach - Permitting medication administration by unlicensed personnel in nursing homes - Introduced 2/16/2017 - To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary
2498. By Del. Lovejoy, Rohrbach, Caputo, Storch, Brewer, Walters, Canestraro, Pushkin, Miller, R., Robinson and Hicks - Creating a rebuttable presumption that development of certain cancers by professional or volunteer firefighters arose out of the course of employment (original similar to SB59) - Introduced 2/16/2017 - To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary
2499. By Mr. Speaker (Mr. Armstead) and Del. Miley [By Request of the Executive] - Supplementary appropriation to the Department of Commerce, Workforce West Virginia – Workforce Investment Act (original similar to SB306) - Introduced 2/16/2017 - To Finance
2500. By Mr. Speaker (Mr. Armstead) and Del. Miley [By Request of the Executive] - Supplementary appropriation to the Department of Health and Human Resources, Division of Human Services (original similar to SB302) - Introduced 2/16/2017 - To Finance
2501. By Mr. Speaker (Mr. Armstead) and Del. Miley [By Request of the Executive] - Supplementary appropriation to the Department of Education, State Board of Education – School Lunch Program (original similar to SB301) - Introduced 2/16/2017 - To Finance
2502. By Del. Ellington, Summers, Rohrbach and Criss - Relating to reciprocity of occupational licenses with other states - Introduced 2/16/2017 - To Government Organization
2503. By Del. Ellington, Summers, Dean, Rohrbach, Sobonya and Hollen - Relating to the rulemaking authority for Board of Osteopathic Medicine - Introduced 2/16/2017 - To Government Organization
2504. By Del. Hamrick, Howell, Storch, Frich, Atkinson, Ward, Higginbotham, Martin, Summers, Queen and Cowles - Prohibiting state nursing boards from limiting the number of students - Introduced 2/16/2017 - To Health and Human Resources then Government Organization
2505. By Del. Rowan, Arvon, Sobonya, Cooper, O'Neal, Shott, Storch, Gearheart and Ellington - Relating to Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance Act (original similar to SB233) - Introduced 2/16/2017 - To Judiciary
2506. By Del. Zatezalo, Foster, G., Kessinger, Summers, Atkinson, Ambler, Phillips, Westfall and Miley - Relating to the implementation of water quality standards for the protection of drinking water - Introduced 2/16/2017 - To Judiciary
2507. By Del. Hollen, Criss, Cooper, Ward and Harshbarger - Relating to the West Virginia State Police - Introduced 2/16/2017 - To Veterans' Affairs and Homeland Security then Finance
2508. By Del. Hicks - Creating tax credits for small businesses - Introduced 2/16/2017 - To Small Business, Entrepreneurship and Economic Development then Finance
2509. By Del. Ellington, Summers, Rowan, Sobonya and Atkinson - Relating to the practice of telemedicine - Introduced 2/16/2017 - To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary
2510. By Del. Eldridge and Hicks - Permitting certain surface owners to purchase gas at market rates - Introduced 2/16/2017 - To Energy then Judiciary
2511. By Del. Fleischauer, Pushkin and Hornbuckle - Establishing an industrial water extraction fee - Introduced 2/16/2017 - To Judiciary then Finance
2512. By Del. McGeehan - Streamlining the process of abandoned mineral interests - Introduced 2/16/2017 - To Energy then Judiciary
2513. By Del. Howell - Relating generally to the tax treatment of manufacturing entities - Introduced 2/16/2017 - To Small Business, Entrepreneurship and Economic Development then Finance
2514. By Del. Howell - Creating a special motor vehicle collector license plate - Introduced 2/16/2017 - To Roads and Transportation then Finance
2515. By Del. Howell and Rohrbach - West Virginia Monument and Memorial Protection Act of 2017 - Introduced 2/16/2017 - To Political Subdivisions then Government Organization
2516. By Del. Byrd, Rohrbach, Fluharty and Fleischauer - Relating to substance abuse - Introduced 2/16/2017 - To Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse then Judiciary
2517. By Del. Fleischauer, Fast, Statler and Frich - Requiring licensees authorized to serve alcoholic liquors or nonintoxicating beer to have certain liability insurance coverage - Introduced 2/16/2017 - To Banking and Insurance then Judiciary
2518. By Del. Ellington, Summers, Rohrbach, Rowan, Hollen and Atkinson - Creating a legislative rule to permit a pharmacist or pharmacy intern to administer certain immunizations - Introduced 2/16/2017 - To Health and Human Resources then Government Organization
2519. By Del. Ellington, Summers, Rohrbach, Cooper, Hollen, Sobonya, Dean, Rowan and Longstreth - Medicaid program compact - Introduced 2/16/2017 - To Health and Human Resources then Government Organization
2520. By Del. Summers, Rohrbach, Criss, Atkinson, Higginbotham, Byrd, Lovejoy, Fleischauer and Rowan - Prohibiting the use of a tanning device by a person under the age of eighteen - Introduced 2/16/2017 - To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary
2521. By Del. Summers, Ellington, Sobonya, Hollen, Rohrbach and Dean - Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Compact - Introduced 2/16/2017 - To Health and Human Resources
2522. By Del. Ellington, Summers, Rohrbach, Sobonya, Dean, Cooper, Hollen and Rowan - Nurse licensure compact - Introduced 2/16/2017 - To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary
2523. By Del. Folk, McGeehan, Paynter, Wilson, Gearheart, Overington, Walters, Phillips, Householder and Dean - Eliminating the certificate of need program - Introduced 2/16/2017 - To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary
2524. By Del. Espinosa, Upson, Blair, Statler, Nelson, E., Shott, Howell, Ellington, Overington, Wilson and Householder - Improving the focus on school-level continuous improvement processes - Introduced 2/16/2017 - To Education then Finance
2525. By Del. Marcum, Phillips, Eldridge, Rodighiero, Miller, R., Hicks, Lynch, Folk, McGeehan, Zatezalo and Rohrbach - Relieving the county superintendent of schools of the duty of nominating personnel to be employed by the county board (original similar to SB211) - Introduced 2/16/2017 - To Education then Finance
2526. By Del. Ellington, Summers, Sobonya and Rohrbach - Classifying additional drugs to Schedules I, II, IV and V of controlled substances - Introduced 2/16/2017 - To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary
2527. By Del. Westfall and Cooper - Relating to public school support - Introduced 2/16/2017 - To Education 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
17. By Del. Sobonya, Miller, C., Moore, Higginbotham, Maynard, Butler, Romine, C., Foster, N., Hamrick, Summers and Sypolt - Amend Supervision of Free Schools Amendment - Introduced 2/16/2017 - 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 - To Senate 2/16/2017 - To Judiciary
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 - To House 2/16/2017 - To Judiciary
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 - To House 2/16/2017 - To Health and Human Resources then Finance
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 - To House 2/16/2017 - To Health and Human Resources then Finance
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 - To House 2/16/2017 - To Health and Human Resources then Finance
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 - To House 2/16/2017 - To Health and Human Resources
237. By Sen. Trump and Blair - Repealing obsolete rules of Department of Revenue - Introduced 2/9/2017 - To Judiciary - Passed Senate with amended title 2/15/2017 - Effective from passage - To House 2/16/2017 - To Judiciary
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