HOUSE OF DELEGATES
BILLS TO BE INTRODUCED
Tuesday, February 21, 2017
2579. By Del. Sobonya, R. Romine, Upson, G. Foster, N. Foster, Summers, Storch, Arvon, C. Miller, Rohrbach and Zatezalo - Increasing the penalties for transporting controlled substances - To Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse then the Judiciary
2580. By Del. Higginbotham, Householder, Cooper, Arvon, Anderson, Deem, Ellington, N. Foster, Moore, Overington and Westfall - Relating to damages for medical monitoring - To the 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 - To the Judiciary
2582. By Del. Householder, Walters, R. Romine, Frich, Westfall, Statler, Cowles, Kessinger, Blair, Sypolt and N. Foster - Relating to disqualification for unemployment benefits (FN) - To the Judiciary
2583. By Del. G. Foster, Blair, Higginbotham, Kessinger, Upson, Householder, E. Nelson, 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 - To the Judiciary
2584. By Del. Cooper, Westfall, Ambler, Hanshaw, Rowan, Hamilton, Dean, Gearheart, Summers, Sypolt and Atkinson - Relating to primary and secondary school instructional terms (FN) - To Education
2585. By Del. Storch, Arvon, R. Romine, A. Evans, Gearheart, Moore, Atkinson, Zatezalo, Shott, Hanshaw and Lewis - Creating felony crime of conducting financial transactions involving proceeds of criminal activity (FN) - To the Judiciary
2586. By Del. Walters, Folk, Anderson, Hamilton, O'Neal, E. Evans and Pethtel - Relating to required minimum distribution of retirement benefits of plans administered by the Consolidated Public Retirement Board (FN) - 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 - To Agriculture and Natural Resources then the Judiciary
2588. By Del. Kessinger, Higginbotham, Hill, Martin, Butler, Arvon, N. Foster, Paynter, Dean, Wilson and Sobonya - Simon’s Law; life sustaining procedures - To Health and Human Resources then the 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 - 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 - To Finance
2591. By Del. Atkinson, Hill, Ward, Kelly, Moore, Harshbarger, Ambler, Cooper, Hollen, Westfall and Kessinger - Small Business Tax Credit (FN) - 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 (FN) - To Pensions and Retirement then Finance
2593. By Del. Canestraro, Isner, Lovejoy and Marcum - Relating to the placement of juvenile status offenders - To the Judiciary
2594. By Del. Mr. Speaker (Mr. Armstead) and 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 - To Finance
2595. By Del. Kessinger, Martin, Hill, Arvon, N. Foster, Paynter, Dean and Wilson - Requiring abortions to be performed by a licensed physician - To Health and Human Resources then the Judiciary
2596. By Del. Mr. Speaker (Mr. Armstead) and Miley [By Request of the Executive] - Incorporating changes to the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement - To Finance
2597. By Del. Moye, Hornbuckle, Diserio, Marcum, Isner, Baldwin, Canestraro, Lovejoy, Caputo and Lynch - Campaign Advertising Fairness Act - To the 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 - To the Judiciary
2599. By Del. Statler, Hill and Hanshaw - Relating to safety of tow trucks, wreckers, and tilt-bed vehicles - To Roads and Transportation then Government Organization
2600. By Del. Walters, Folk, Anderson, Hamilton, O'Neal, E. Evans and Pethtel - Relating to the Municipal Police and Fire Retirement System - To Pensions and Retirement then Finance
2601. By Del. Walters, Folk, Anderson, Hamilton, O'Neal, E. Evans and Pethtel - Relating to municipal policemen’s or municipal firemen’s pension and relief funds (FN) - 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 (FN) - To Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse then the Judiciary
2603. By Del. Walters, Folk, Anderson, Hamilton, O'Neal, E. Evans 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 (FN) - To Pensions and Retirement then Finance
2604. By Del. Walters, Folk, Anderson, Hamilton, O'Neal, E. Evans and Pethtel - Relating to employee information reported to the Consolidated Public Retirement Board - 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 (FN) - To Government Organization
2606. By Del. Walters - Maintaining status quo in the event bond indebtedness relative to Parkways Authority is eliminated (FN) - 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 - To the Judiciary
2608. By Del. Statler - Requiring the Commissioner of Highways to contract with private providers or contractors for certain emergency maintenance operations (FN) - 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 (FN) - 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 - To Education
2611. By Del. Walters and Phillips - Allowing a person to be both a limited video lottery operator and retailer - To Small Business, Entrepreneurship and Economic Development then the Judiciary
2612. By Del. Walters and Howell - Repealing section relating to unattended motor vehicles and penalties - To Roads and Transportation then the Judiciary
2613. By Del. Phillips, Frich, G. Foster, Sponaugle, Maynard, Gearheart, R. Miller, 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 - To the Judiciary
2614. By Del. Phillips, Eldridge, R. Miller, Barrett, C. Miller, Maynard, Marcum, White, Ellington and Rodighiero - Prohibiting health care practitioners from knowingly and in bad faith prescribing or administering drugs (FN) - To Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse then the 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 (FN) - To Government Organization then the Judiciary
2616. By Del. Brewer, Ferro, Pethtel, Moye, Longstreth, Caputo, Hartman, E. Evans, Sponaugle, Diserio and Pyles - Decreasing the personal income tax rates for certain taxpayers and raising the personal income tax rates for certain other taxpayers (FN) - To Finance
2617. By Del. Westfall - Outlining the process by which certain insurance agencies may place the insured with an affiliate of the insurer - To Banking and Insurance then the Judiciary
2618. By Del. Summers, Sypolt, Ellington, Blair, Kessinger, N. Foster and McGeehan - Relating to body mass index - To Education then Health and Human Resources
2619. By Del. Westfall, C. Romine, White and Frich - Risk Management and Own Risk and Solvency Assessment Act - To Banking and Insurance then the 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 - To Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse then the 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 (FN) - To the 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 (FN) - To Government Organization then the Judiciary
2623. By Del. Fleischauer, Pyles, Brewer, Hornbuckle, Byrd, Rowe, Robinson, Blair, Harshbarger, Pethtel and Maynard - Prohibiting discrimination based upon age or sexual orientation - To Government Organization then the Judiciary
2624. By Del. Howell, Martin, Hill, Arvon, Lewis, Criss, Hamrick and Wilson - Relating generally to certification and qualifications of sanitarians - 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 - To Industry and Labor then Finance
2626. By Del. Ferro, Hamilton, Cooper, Canestraro, Brewer, Storch, Iaquinta, Lynch, Longstreth and A. Evans - Extending the expiration of driver's licenses for active military members' spouses (FN) - 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 (FN) - To Agriculture and Natural Resources then the Judiciary
2628. By Del. Howell, Hamrick, Summers, Ellington, Arvon, Rohrbach, Shott, C. Miller, Storch, Lewis and Maynard - Relating generally to the powers and duties of the Board of Medicine and the Board of Osteopathic Medicine (FN) - To Health and Human Resources then Government Organization
2629. By Del. N. Foster, Higginbotham, G. Foster, Hill, Shott, Butler, Westfall, Phillips, Moore and Wilson - Permitting a corporation to be represented by an officer of that corporation - To the 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 - 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 - To Government Organization then the Judiciary
2632. By Del. Rodighiero, Westfall, R. Miller, 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 - 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 (FN) - 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 - To the Judiciary
2635. By Del. Deem - Relating to nonpartisan election of justices of the Supreme Court of Appeals - To the Judiciary then Finance
2636. By Del. Marcum, O'Neal, Phillips, Gearheart, E. Evans, Ellington, Shott, Hicks, Hamrick, Paynter and Cooper - Relating to construction of a modern highway from Pikeville, Kentucky to Beckley, West Virginia - To Roads and Transportation then Government Organization
2637. By Del. Espinosa, Statler, Upson, Blair, Wilson, Westfall, R. Romine, Higginbotham, Harshbarger, Cooper and Folk - Relating to employment of retired teachers and prospective employable professional personnel in areas of critical need and shortage (FN) - To Education then Finance
2638. By Del. Martin, Wilson, Dean, Hamilton, A. Evans, Paynter, Hill and Maynard - Relating to county commissions authorizing reasonable fees charged for fire department or fire company response - To Political Subdivisions then Finance
2639. By Del. Mr. Speaker (Mr. Armstead) and Miley [By Request of the Executive] - Making a supplementary appropriation to the Department of Administration, Division of Personnel - To Finance
2640. By Del. Mr. Speaker (Mr. Armstead) and Miley [By Request of the Executive] - Supplementary appropriation to DHHR - To Finance
2641. By Del. Hamilton, A. Evans, Eldridge, Love, Brewer, Ambler, Pethtel, Wagner, Rowan, Wilson and Cooper - Relating to pension benefits exempt from state income taxation (FN) - To Agriculture and Natural Resources then Finance
2642. By Del. Hamilton, Ambler, Kessinger, Rowan, Cooper, G. Foster, Howell, Higginbotham, Hartman and N. Foster - Removing restrictions for hunting or trapping on private lands on Sundays (FN) - To Agriculture and Natural Resources then the Judiciary
2643. By Del. R. Miller, Eldridge, Maynard, Sobonya and Isner - Creating a felony murder offense in the second degree for delivery of a controlled substance that causes death (FN) - To Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse then the 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 - To Government Organization then Finance
2645. By Del. R. Miller, Eldridge, Maynard, Sobonya and Fleischauer - Creating a felony for failure to render aid by a culpable person in presence of a drug overdose (FN) - To Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse then the Judiciary