HOUSE ABSTRACT

 

2017 Regular Session

 

CONTAINING

 

Active House Bills as of February 21, 2017

 

*Denotes Committee Substitutes

 

 

ACTIVE HOUSE BILLS

 

*2167.  By Del. Storch and Eldridge - Creating a Silver Alert program for senior citizens - Introduced 2/8/2017 - To Senior Citizen Issues - On 3rd reading, House Calendar 2/22/2017

 

 2232.  By Del. Sobonya - Physical Therapy, W.Va. Board of, Fees for Physical Therapist and Physical Therapist Assistant (original similar to SB144) - Introduced 2/9/2017 - To Government Organization then Judiciary - To House Judiciary 2/21/2017

 

 2235.  By Del. Sobonya - Architects, W.Va. Board of, Registration of Architects (original similar to SB86) - Introduced 2/9/2017 - To Government Organization then Judiciary - To House Judiciary 2/21/2017

 

 2236.  By Del. Sobonya - Athletic Commission, W.Va. State Administrative Rules of the WV State Athletic Commission (original similar to SB87) - Introduced 2/9/2017 - To Government Organization then Judiciary - To House Judiciary 2/21/2017

 

 2237.  By Del. Sobonya - Athletic Commission, W.Va. State Regulation of Mixed Martial Arts (original similar to SB88) - Introduced 2/9/2017 - To Government Organization then Judiciary - To House Judiciary 2/21/2017

 

 2244.  By Del. Sobonya - Counseling, W.Va. Board of Examiners in Licensed Professional Counselor Fees (original similar to SB100) - Introduced 2/9/2017 - To Government Organization then Judiciary - To House Judiciary 2/21/2017

 

 2245.  By Del. Sobonya - Counseling, W.Va. Board of Examiners in Licensed Professional Counselor License Renewal and Continuing Professional Education Requirements (original similar to SB101) - Introduced 2/9/2017 - To Government Organization then Judiciary - To House Judiciary 2/21/2017

 

 2246.  By Del. Sobonya - Counseling, W.Va. Board of Examiners in Marriage and Family Therapists Fees - Introduced 2/9/2017 - To Government Organization then Judiciary - To House Judiciary 2/21/2017

 

 2247.  By Del. Sobonya - Counseling, W.Va. Board of Examiners in Marriage and Family Therapist License Renewal and Continuing Professional Education Requirements (original similar to SB99) - Introduced 2/9/2017 - To Government Organization then Judiciary - To House Judiciary 2/21/2017

 

 2250.  By Del. Sobonya - Ethics Commission, W.Va. State Private Gain (original similar to SB114) - Introduced 2/9/2017 - To Government Organization then Judiciary - To House Judiciary 2/21/2017

 

 2278.  By Del. Sobonya - Public Service Commission, W.Va. Telephone Conduit Occupancy (original similar to SB145) - Introduced 2/9/2017 - To Government Organization then Judiciary - To House Judiciary 2/21/2017

 

 2279.  By Del. Sobonya - Racing Commission, W.Va. Thoroughbred Racing (original similar to SB146) - Introduced 2/9/2017 - To Finance then Judiciary - To House Judiciary 2/21/2017

 

 2280.  By Del. Sobonya - Racing Commission, W.Va. Pari-Mutuel Wagering (original similar to SB147) - Introduced 2/9/2017 - To Finance then Judiciary - To House Judiciary 2/21/2017

 

 2285.  By Del. Sobonya - Sanitarians, W.Va. State Board of Practice of Public Health Sanitation (original similar to SB152) - Introduced 2/9/2017 - To Government Organization then Judiciary - To House Judiciary 2/21/2017

 

 2286.  By Del. Sobonya - Secretary of State Voter Registration at the Division of Motor Vehicles (original similar to SB153) - Introduced 2/9/2017 - To Government Organization then Judiciary - To House Judiciary 2/21/2017

 

 2287.  By Del. Sobonya - Secretary of State Voter Registration List Maintenance by the Secretary of State (original similar to SB154) - Introduced 2/9/2017 - To Government Organization then Judiciary - To House Judiciary 2/21/2017

 

 2288.  By Del. Sobonya - Social Work, W.Va. Board of Continuing Education for Social Workers and Providers (original similar to SB155) - Introduced 2/9/2017 - To Government Organization then Judiciary - To House Judiciary 2/21/2017

 

 2289.  By Del. Sobonya - Speech Language Pathology and Audiology, WV Board of Examiners for Licensure of Speech-Pathology and Audiology (original similar to SB156) - Introduced 2/9/2017 - To Government Organization then Judiciary - To House Judiciary 2/21/2017

 

 2297.  By Del. Sobonya - Auditor, W.Va. State, Standards for Requisitions for Payment Issued by State Officers on the Auditor (original similar to SB89) - Introduced 2/9/2017 - To Finance then Judiciary - To House Judiciary 2/21/2017

 

 2300.  By Del. Kelly, Ellington, Summers, Criss, Wagner, Ward, Atkinson and Rohrbach - Regulating step therapy protocols - Introduced 2/9/2017 - To Health and Human Resources - On 3rd reading, House Calendar 2/22/2017

 

*2301.  By Del. Ellington and Summers - Relating to direct primary care - Introduced 2/9/2017 - To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary - To House Judiciary 2/13/2017 - Amended - On 3rd reading, House Calendar 2/22/2017

 

*2303.  By Del. Phillips, Westfall, Folk, Sobonya, Overington, Paynter, Eldridge and Miller, R. - Increasing criminal penalties for littering - Introduced 2/9/2017 - To Judiciary - Passed House 2/20/2017 - To Senate 2/21/2017 - To Judiciary

 

*2318.  By Del. Shott, Fleischauer, Hanshaw, Summers, Sobonya, Miller, C., Kessinger, Canestraro, Longstreth, Pushkin and Storch - Relating generally to human trafficking (original similar to HB2186, SB70) - Introduced 2/10/2017 - To Judiciary - On 3rd reading, House Calendar 2/22/2017

 

*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 - Passed House 2/20/2017 - To Senate 2/21/2017 - To Judiciary

 

*2347.  By Del. Howell, Maynard, Walters, McGeehan, Miller, C., Westfall, Hamrick, Higginbotham, Harshbarger and Atkinson - Allowing schools licensed to provide barber, cosmetology and related training to hold theory classes and clinical classes at different locations - Introduced 2/13/2017 - To Government Organization - On 3rd reading, House Calendar 2/22/2017

 

 2348.  By Del. Howell, Maynard, Walters, McGeehan, Sypolt, Westfall, Miller, C., Hamrick, Higginbotham, Harshbarger and Ward - Eliminating any requirement that class hours of students be consecutive - Introduced 2/13/2017 - To Government Organization - On 3rd reading, House Calendar 2/22/2017

 

*2404.  By Del. Rowan, Moye, Overington, Phillips, Hamilton, Romine, R., Rohrbach, Kelly, Pethtel, Lynch and Ferro - Barring persons who are convicted of certain criminal offenses from acquiring property from their victims - Introduced 2/13/2017 - To Senior Citizen Issues then Judiciary - To House Judiciary 2/17/2017 - On 2nd reading, House Calendar 2/22/2017

 

 2420.  By Del. Westfall, Statler, White and Atkinson - Providing that the State Board of Education may delegate its Medicaid provider status and subsequent reimbursement to regional educational service agencies or county boards (original similar to SB231) - Introduced 2/14/2017 - To Education then Health and Human Resources - To House Health and Human Resources 2/21/2017

 

 2431.  By Del. Ellington and Rohrbach - Allowing influenza immunizations to be offered to patients and residents of specified facilities - Introduced 2/14/2017 - To Health and Human Resources - Amended - On 3rd reading, House Calendar 2/22/2017

 

*2447.  By Mr. Speaker (Mr. Armstead), Del. Shott, Summers, Overington, Foster, G., Hollen, Sobonya and O'Neal - Renaming the Court of Claims the state Claims Commission - Introduced 2/15/2017 - To Judiciary - On 2nd reading, House Calendar 2/22/2017

 

*2465.  By Del. Cowles and Sobonya - Modifying the requirements that allow a child witness to testify by closed circuit television - Introduced 2/15/2017 - To Judiciary - On 2nd reading, House Calendar 2/22/2017

 

 

BILLS INTRODUCED AND REFERRED

Tuesday, February 21, 2017

 

 2579.  By Del. Sobonya, Romine, R., Upson, Foster, G., Foster, N., Summers, Storch, Arvon, Miller, C., Rohrbach and Zatezalo - Increasing the penalties for transporting controlled substances (original similar to HB2448) - Introduced 2/21/2017 - To Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse then Judiciary

 

 2580.  By Del. Higginbotham, Householder, Cooper, Arvon, Anderson, Deem, Ellington, Foster, N., Moore, Overington and Westfall - Relating to damages for medical monitoring (original similar to SB236) - Introduced 2/21/2017 - To Judiciary

 

 2581.  By Del. Anderson, Paynter, Overington, Harshbarger, Frich, Westfall, Cowles, Blair, Higginbotham and Atkinson - Relating to admissibility of certain evidence in a civil action for damages (original similar to SB55) - Introduced 2/21/2017 - To Judiciary

 

 2582.  By Del. Householder, Walters, Romine, R., Frich, Westfall, Statler, Cowles, Kessinger, Blair, Sypolt and Foster, N. - Relating to disqualification for unemployment benefits (original similar to SB222) - Introduced 2/21/2017 - To Judiciary

 

 2583.  By Del. Foster, G., Blair, Higginbotham, Kessinger, Upson, Householder, Nelson, E., Espinosa, Overington, Walters and Cowles - Relating to limitations on the use of wages and agency shop fees by employers and labor organization for political activities (original similar to SB239) - Introduced 2/21/2017 - To Judiciary

 

 2584.  By Del. Cooper, Westfall, Ambler, Hanshaw, Rowan, Hamilton, Dean, Gearheart, Summers, Sypolt and Atkinson - Relating to primary and secondary school instructional terms (original similar to SB242) - Introduced 2/21/2017 - To Education

 

 2585.  By Del. Storch, Arvon, Romine, R., Evans, A., Gearheart, Moore, Atkinson, Zatezalo, Shott, Hanshaw and Lewis - Creating felony crime of conducting financial transactions involving proceeds of criminal activity - Introduced 2/21/2017 - To Judiciary

 

 2586.  By Del. Walters, Folk, Anderson, Hamilton, O'Neal, Evans, E. and Pethtel - Relating to required minimum distribution of retirement benefits of plans administered by the Consolidated Public Retirement Board (original similar to SB355) - Introduced 2/21/2017 - To Pensions and Retirement then Finance

 

 2587.  By Del. Summers - Clarifying that a firearm may be carried for self defense in state parks, state forests and state recreational areas - Introduced 2/21/2017 - To Agriculture and Natural Resources then Judiciary

 

 2588.  By Del. Kessinger, Higginbotham, Hill, Martin, Butler, Arvon, Foster, N., Paynter, Dean, Wilson and Sobonya - Simon’s Law; life sustaining procedures - Introduced 2/21/2017 - To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary

 

 2589.  By Del. Kessinger, Higginbotham, Paynter, Dean, Martin and Wilson - Permitting students who are homeschooled or attend private schools to enroll and take classes at the county’s vocational school - Introduced 2/21/2017 - To Education

 

 2590.  By Del. Miley and Mr. Speaker (Mr. Armstead) [By Request of the Executive] - Updating the meaning of federal taxable income and certain other terms used in the West Virginia Corporation Net Income Tax Act - Introduced 2/21/2017 - To Finance

 

 2591.  By Del. Atkinson, Hill, Ward, Kelly, Moore, Harshbarger, Ambler, Cooper, Hollen, Westfall and Kessinger - Small Business Tax Credit - Introduced 2/21/2017 - To Small Business, Entrepreneurship and Economic Development then Finance

 

 2592.  By Del. Canestraro, Isner, Lovejoy and Hollen - Annual retirement annuity adjustment West Virginia State Police Retirement System - Introduced 2/21/2017 - To Pensions and Retirement then Finance

 

 2593.  By Del. Canestraro, Isner, Lovejoy and Marcum - Relating to the placement of juvenile status offenders (original similar to HB2483) - Introduced 2/21/2017 - To Judiciary

 

 2594.  By Mr. Speaker (Mr. Armstead) and Del. Miley [By Request of the Executive] - Updating the meaning of federal adjusted gross income and certain other terms used in the West Virginia Personal Income Tax Act - Introduced 2/21/2017 - To Finance

 

 2595.  By Del. Kessinger, Martin, Hill, Arvon, Foster, N., Paynter, Dean, Wilson and Sobonya - Requiring abortions to be performed by a licensed physician - Introduced 2/21/2017 - To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary

 

 2596.  By Mr. Speaker (Mr. Armstead) and Del. Miley [By Request of the Executive] - Incorporating changes to the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement - Introduced 2/21/2017 - To Finance

 

 2597.  By Del. Moye, Hornbuckle, Diserio, Marcum, Isner, Baldwin, Canestraro, Lovejoy, Caputo and Lynch - Campaign Advertising Fairness Act - Introduced 2/21/2017 - To Judiciary then Finance

 

 2598.  By Del. Marcum, Hicks, Rodighiero, Eldridge, Hamilton, Upson, McGeehan and Canestraro - Requiring that senior status circuit judges only fill vacancies in districts or counties in which they were not previously elected - Introduced 2/21/2017 - To Judiciary

 

 2599.  By Del. Statler, Hill and Hanshaw - Relating to safety of tow trucks, wreckers, and tilt-bed vehicles - Introduced 2/21/2017 - To Roads and Transportation then Government Organization

 

 2600.  By Del. Walters, Folk, Anderson, Hamilton, O'Neal, Evans, E. and Pethtel - Relating to the Municipal Police and Fire Retirement System - Introduced 2/21/2017 - To Pensions and Retirement then Finance

 

 2601.  By Del. Walters, Folk, Anderson, Hamilton, O'Neal, Evans, E. and Pethtel - Relating to municipal policemen’s or municipal firemen’s pension and relief funds - Introduced 2/21/2017 - To Pensions and Retirement then Finance

 

 2602.  By Del. Canestraro and Lovejoy - Increasing penalties for transportation of controlled substances into the State of West Virginia (original similar to HB2448, HB2533, HB2565, HB2579) - Introduced 2/21/2017 - To Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse then Judiciary

 

 2603.  By Del. Walters, Folk, Anderson, Hamilton, O'Neal, Evans, E. and Pethtel - Relating to municipal policemen’s or firemen’s pension and relief funds that are funded at one hundred and twenty-five percent or more (original similar to SB354) - Introduced 2/21/2017 - To Pensions and Retirement then Finance

 

 2604.  By Del. Walters, Folk, Anderson, Hamilton, O'Neal, Evans, E. and Pethtel - Relating to employee information reported to the Consolidated Public Retirement Board (original similar to SB321) - Introduced 2/21/2017 - To Pensions and Retirement then Finance

 

 2605.  By Del. Walters - Requiring the Public Service Commission to create a plan within twelve months to consolidate all of the emergency communications centers - Introduced 2/21/2017 - To Government Organization

 

 2606.  By Del. Walters - Maintaining status quo in the event bond indebtedness relative to Parkways Authority is eliminated - Introduced 2/21/2017 - To Roads and Transportation then Finance

 

 2607.  By Del. Canestraro - Extending the maximum period of confinement a judge may impose for certain, first-time probationary violations (original similar to SB41) - Introduced 2/21/2017 - To Judiciary

 

 2608.  By Del. Statler - Requiring the Commissioner of Highways to contract with private providers or contractors for certain emergency maintenance operations (original similar to HJR6) - Introduced 2/21/2017 - To Roads and Transportation then Finance

 

 2609.  By Del. Kessinger, Paynter and Fast - Requiring county boards of education to conduct regular structural inspections of school facilities and structures - Introduced 2/21/2017 - To Education then Finance

 

 2610.  By Del. Kessinger and Paynter - Allowing private entities to lease buildings to local school boards in cases of emergency or condemnation - Introduced 2/21/2017 - To Education

 

 2611.  By Del. Walters and Phillips - Allowing a person to be both a limited video lottery operator and retailer - Introduced 2/21/2017 - To Small Business, Entrepreneurship and Economic Development then Judiciary

 

 2612.  By Del. Walters and Howell - Repealing section relating to unattended motor vehicles and penalties - Introduced 2/21/2017 - To Roads and Transportation then Judiciary

 

 2613.  By Del. Phillips, Frich, Foster, G., Sponaugle, Maynard, Gearheart, Miller, R., McGeehan, Overington, Paynter and Blair - Allowing state, county or municipal employees with a license to carry a concealed weapon to possess a firearm at any time in this state - Introduced 2/21/2017 - To Judiciary

 

 2614.  By Del. Phillips, Eldridge, Miller, R., Barrett, Miller, C., Maynard, Marcum, White, Ellington and Rodighiero - Prohibiting health care practitioners from knowingly and in bad faith prescribing or administering drugs - Introduced 2/21/2017 - To Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse then Judiciary

 

 2615.  By Del. Pushkin, Rowe, Caputo and Robinson - Providing a tax credit for obtaining certain certifications by the United States Green Building Council Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design green building rating system - Introduced 2/21/2017 - To Government Organization then Judiciary

 

 2616.  By Del. Brewer, Ferro, Pethtel, Moye, Longstreth, Caputo, Hartman, Evans, E., Sponaugle, Diserio and Pyles - Decreasing the personal income tax rates for certain taxpayers and raising the personal income tax rates for certain other taxpayers - Introduced 2/21/2017 - To Finance

 

 2617.  By Del. Westfall - Outlining the process by which certain insurance agencies may place the insured with an affiliate of the insurer - Introduced 2/21/2017 - To Banking and Insurance then Judiciary

 

 2618.  By Del. Summers, Sypolt, Ellington, Blair, Kessinger, Foster, N. and McGeehan - Relating to body mass index - Introduced 2/21/2017 - To Education then Health and Human Resources

 

 2619.  By Del. Westfall, Romine, C., White and Frich - Risk Management and Own Risk and Solvency Assessment Act - Introduced 2/21/2017 - To Banking and Insurance then Judiciary

 

 2620.  By Del. Frich, Ellington, Shott, Howell, Householder, Storch, Hanshaw, Kessinger, Hollen, Sobonya and Mr. Speaker (Mr. Armstead) - West Virginia Drug Overdose Monitoring Act - Introduced 2/21/2017 - To Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse then Judiciary

 

 2621.  By Del. Marcum, Rodighiero, Eldridge, Phillips, Thompson and Hicks - Providing for a scratch-off game to fund a drug treatment facility on post-mine land in Mingo and Logan Counties - Introduced 2/21/2017 - To Judiciary then Finance

 

 2622.  By Del. Howell, Arvon, Atkinson, Blair, Hamrick, Hartman, Lynch, Pushkin, Ferro and Eldridge - Creating and maintaining a centralized state vehicle inventory system (original similar to SB266) - Introduced 2/21/2017 - To Government Organization then Judiciary

 

 2623.  By Del. Fleischauer, Pyles, Brewer, Hornbuckle, Byrd, Rowe, Robinson, Blair, Harshbarger and Pethtel - Prohibiting discrimination based upon age or sexual orientation (original similar to HB2529) - Introduced 2/21/2017 - To Government Organization then Judiciary

 

 2624.  By Del. Howell, Martin, Hill, Arvon, Lewis, Criss, Hamrick and Wilson - Relating generally to certification and qualifications of sanitarians - Introduced 2/21/2017 - To Health and Human Resources then Government Organization

 

 2625.  By Del. Brewer, Ferro, Caputo, McGeehan, Iaquinta, Diserio, Longstreth, Lynch, Williams, Kelly and Hornbuckle - Returning Veterans and Displaced Miners Jobs Act - Introduced 2/21/2017 - To Industry and Labor then Finance

 

 2626.  By Del. Ferro, Hamilton, Cooper, Canestraro, Brewer, Storch, Iaquinta, Lynch, Longstreth and Evans, A. - Extending the expiration of driver's licenses for active military members' spouses - Introduced 2/21/2017 - To Roads and Transportation then Finance

 

 2627.  By Del. Statler, Phillips, Lewis, Dean, Wagner and McGeehan - Requiring that open hunting season for big game begin on a Saturday - Introduced 2/21/2017 - To Agriculture and Natural Resources then Judiciary

 

 2628.  By Del. Howell, Hamrick, Summers, Ellington, Arvon, Rohrbach, Shott, Miller, C., Storch, Lewis and Maynard - Relating generally to the powers and duties of the Board of Medicine and the Board of Osteopathic Medicine (original similar to HB2423) - Introduced 2/21/2017 - To Health and Human Resources then Government Organization

 

 2629.  By Del. Foster, N., Higginbotham, Foster, G., Hill, Shott, Butler, Westfall, Phillips, Moore and Wilson - Permitting a corporation to be represented by an officer of that corporation - Introduced 2/21/2017 - To Judiciary

 

 2630.  By Del. Howell, Arvon, Rohrbach, Summers, Pushkin, Householder, Storch, Martin, Ellington, Longstreth and Ferro - Authorizing the West Virginia Board of Medicine and the West Virginia Board of Osteopathic Medicine to share staff (original similar to HB2628) - Introduced 2/21/2017 - To Government Organization

 

 2631.  By Del. Howell, Martin, Hill, Arvon, Shott, Hanshaw, Lewis, Criss, Hamrick, Paynter and Hollen - Relating to time standards for disposition of complaint proceedings - Introduced 2/21/2017 - To Government Organization then Judiciary

 

 2632.  By Del. Rodighiero, Westfall, Miller, R., Thompson, Eldridge, Lovejoy, Hicks, Marcum, Baldwin and Canestraro - Allowing children in the custody of the state in any foster home, group home or other facility or residence to hunt and fish without a license - Introduced 2/21/2017 - To Agriculture and Natural Resources then Finance

 

 2633.  By Del. Folk, McGeehan, Paynter, Hamrick, Miley, Barrett, Phillips, Summers and Wilson - Requiring state institutions of higher education to conduct Phase 3 clinical research studies for any cancer treatment - Introduced 2/21/2017 - To Education then Health and Human Resources

 

 2634.  By Del. Marcum, Phillips, Hicks, Eldridge, Westfall, Deem, Hollen, Hamilton and Dean - Prohibiting a court from giving a jury an instruction commonly known as the “Allen Charge” to break a deadlock - Introduced 2/21/2017 - To Judiciary

 

 2635.  By Del. Deem - Relating to nonpartisan election of justices of the Supreme Court of Appeals - Introduced 2/21/2017 - To Judiciary then Finance

 

 2636.  By Del. Marcum, O'Neal, Phillips, Gearheart, Evans, E., Ellington, Shott, Hicks, Hamrick, Paynter and Cooper - Relating to construction of a modern highway from Pikeville, Kentucky to Beckley, West Virginia - Introduced 2/21/2017 - To Roads and Transportation then Government Organization

 

 2637.  By Del. Espinosa, Statler, Upson, Blair, Wilson, Westfall, Romine, R., Higginbotham, Harshbarger, Cooper and Folk - Relating to employment of retired teachers and prospective employable professional personnel in areas of critical need and shortage - Introduced 2/21/2017 - To Education then Finance

 

 2638.  By Del. Martin, Wilson, Dean, Hamilton, Evans, A., Paynter, Hill and Maynard - Relating to county commissions authorizing reasonable fees charged for fire department or fire company response (original similar to SB74) - Introduced 2/21/2017 - To Political Subdivisions then Finance

 

 2639.  By Mr. Speaker (Mr. Armstead) and Del. Miley [By Request of the Executive] - Making a supplementary appropriation to the Department of Administration, Division of Personnel (original similar to SB300) - Introduced 2/21/2017 - To Finance

 

 2640.  By Mr. Speaker (Mr. Armstead) and Del. Miley [By Request of the Executive] - Supplementary appropriation to DHHR (original similar to SB303) - Introduced 2/21/2017 - To Finance

 

 2641.  By Del. Hamilton, Evans, A., Eldridge, Love, Brewer, Ambler, Pethtel, Wagner, Rowan, Wilson and Cooper - Relating to pension benefits exempt from state income taxation - Introduced 2/21/2017 - To Agriculture and Natural Resources then Finance

 

 2642.  By Del. Hamilton, Ambler, Kessinger, Rowan, Cooper, Foster, G., Howell, Higginbotham, Hartman and Foster, N. - Removing restrictions for hunting or trapping on private lands on Sundays (original similar to HB2136) - Introduced 2/21/2017 - To Agriculture and Natural Resources then Judiciary

 

 2643.  By Del. Miller, R., Eldridge, Maynard, Sobonya and Isner - Creating a felony murder offense in the second degree for delivery of a controlled substance that causes death (original similar to SB220) - Introduced 2/21/2017 - To Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse then Judiciary

 

 2644.  By Del. Lewis - Requiring that Workers’ Compensation funds be disbursed to firefighters, emergency medical technicians and first responders when those persons are killed or become injured (original similar to HB2055) - Introduced 2/21/2017 - To Government Organization then Finance

 

 2645.  By Del. Miller, R., Eldridge, Maynard, Sobonya and Fleischauer - Creating a felony for failure to render aid by a culpable person in presence of a drug overdose (original similar to SB220) - Introduced 2/21/2017 - To Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse then Judiciary

 

 

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

 

 18.      By Del. Marcum, Rodighiero, Hicks, Dean and Frich - Constitutional Officers Term Limit Amendment - Introduced 2/20/2017 - To Judiciary

 

 19.      By Del. Wilson, Upson, Sypolt, Kessinger, Phillips, Miller, C., Rodighiero, Foster, N., Hollen, Rowan and Frich - Life Begins at Conception Amendment - Introduced 2/21/2017 - To 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, 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

 

 14.      By Del. Eldridge, Lovejoy, Rodighiero, Miller, R., Atkinson, Baldwin, Hornbuckle, Maynard, Rohrbach, White and Canestraro - Proclaiming and making the fiddle the official musical instrument of the State of West Virginia - Introduced 2/20/2017 - To Rules

 

 15.      By Del. Miller, C., Sobonya, McGeehan, Storch, Deem, Wagner, Rohrbach, Kelly, Zatezalo and Westfall - Requesting Congress to fully support the National Park Service’s recommendations to extend the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail to include additional sites along the Expedition’s Eastern Legacy - Introduced 2/21/2017 - To Rules

 

 16.      By Del. Miller, C., Maynard, Butler, Rohrbach, Sobonya, Romine, C., Hornbuckle and Higginbotham - Charles Ranald Bannerman & Beatrice ‘Billy’ Bannerman Memorial Bridge - Introduced 2/21/2017 - To Roads and Transportation then Rules

 

 17.      By Del. Phillips, Eldridge, Miller, R., Rodighiero, Marcum and Maynard - Betty Jo Delong Memorial Bridge - Introduced 2/21/2017 - To Roads and Transportation then Rules

 

 18.      By Del. Walters and Howell - Assembly of State Legislatures Official Rules (original similar to SCR3) - Introduced 2/21/2017 - To Judiciary

 

 

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

 

 7.        By Del. Pyles, Romine, C., Lynch, Pethtel, Romine, R., Boggs, Ferro, Hartman, Brewer, Iaquinta and Love - Congress To Protect Social Security and Medicare - Introduced 2/21/2017 - 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

 

*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 - Passed House 2/17/2017 - Title amended - To Senate 2/20/2017 - To Judiciary

 

*2303.  By Del. Phillips, Westfall, Folk, Sobonya, Overington, Paynter, Eldridge and Miller, R. - Increasing criminal penalties for littering - Introduced 2/9/2017 - To Judiciary - Passed House 2/20/2017 - To Senate 2/21/2017 - To Judiciary

 

*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 - Passed House 2/20/2017 - To Senate 2/21/2017 - To Judiciary

 

 

ALL SENATE BILLS PASSED BY SENATE AND COMMUNICATED TO HOUSE

 

*116.    By Sen. Maynard - Governor's Committee on Crime, Delinquency and Correction rule relating to law-enforcement training and certification standards (original similar to HB2252) - Introduced 2/8/2017 - To Judiciary - Com. sub. reported 2/15/2017 - Passed Senate 2/20/2017 - Effective from passage - To House 2/21/2017 - To Government Organization then Judiciary

 

*127.    By Sen. Maynard - Authorizing Department of Revenue to promulgate legislative rules (original similar to HB2230) - Introduced 2/8/2017 - To Judiciary - Com. sub. reported 2/14/2017 - Passed Senate 2/17/2017 - Effective from passage - To House 2/20/2017 - To Judiciary

 

*134.    By Sen. Maynard - Authorizing Bureau of Commerce to promulgate legislative rules (original similar to HB2231) - Introduced 2/8/2017 - To Natural Resources then Judiciary - To Judiciary 2/14/2017 - Com. sub. reported 2/16/2017 - Passed Senate 2/21/2017 - Effective from passage

 

*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

 

 172.    By Sen. Blair - Eliminating salary for Water Development Authority board members - Introduced 2/8/2017 - To Government Organization - Passed Senate 2/20/2017 - Effective July 1, 2017 - To House 2/21/2017 - To Government Organization

 

 174.    By Sen. Blair and Rucker - Exempting transportation of household goods from PSC jurisdiction - Introduced 2/8/2017 - To Government Organization - Passed Senate 2/17/2017 - To House 2/20/2017 - To Government Organization then Judiciary

 

 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

 

*202.    By Sen. Weld and Trump - Relating to pawnbrokers generally (original similar to HB2452) - Introduced 2/9/2017 - To Judiciary - Com. sub. reported 2/16/2017 - Passed Senate 2/21/2017

 

 215.    By Sen. Trump and Maroney - Allowing county commissions authority to amend proposed rates, fees and charges proposed by public service districts - Introduced 2/9/2017 - To Government Organization - Passed Senate 2/20/2017 - To House 2/21/2017 - To Political Subdivisions then Finance

 

*230.    By Sen. Trump, Blair and Maroney - Relating to certain WV officials carrying concealed firearm nationwide - Introduced 2/9/2017 - To Judiciary - Com. sub. reported 2/14/2017 - Passed Senate 2/17/2017 - To House 2/20/2017 - To Judiciary

 

*233.    By Sen. Trump - Excluding from protection oral communications uttered in child care center under Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance Act (original similar to HB2505) - Introduced 2/9/2017 - To Judiciary - Com. sub. reported 2/14/2017 - Passed Senate 2/17/2017 - To House 2/20/2017 - To Judiciary

 

 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

 

*247.    By Sen. Trump, Carmichael (Mr. President), Hall, Palumbo, Woelfel and Blair - Authorizing prosecuting attorney designate and deliver grand jury records for investigative purposes - Introduced 2/10/2017 - To Judiciary - Com. sub. reported 2/15/2017 - Passed Senate 2/20/2017 - Effective from passage - To House 2/21/2017 - To Judiciary

 

*248.    By Sen. Trump, Carmichael (Mr. President), Hall, Palumbo, Woelfel, Blair, Plymale and Gaunch - Clarifying composition and chairmanship of Commission on Special Investigations - Introduced 2/10/2017 - To Judiciary - Com. sub. reported 2/15/2017 - Passed Senate 2/20/2017 - Effective from passage - To House 2/21/2017 - 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