HOUSE OF DELEGATES

BILLS TO BE INTRODUCED

Tuesday, March 16, 2021

HB3176.            By Del. Walker - Requiring sharps containers in all state buildings and facilities where the public is allowed - To Health and Human Resources then Finance

HB3177.            By Del. Ellington, Hanna, Higginbotham, Hamrick, Kessinger, Smith, Toney, Mazzocchi, Horst, Holstein and Mandt - Removing expired, outdated, inoperative and antiquated provisions and report requirements in education - To Education

HB3178.            By Del. Pritt - Suspend state government pay if business is shut down due to a pandemic (FN) - To Government Organization then Finance

HB3179.            By Del. Mallow, Conley, Mandt and Forsht - Limit property tax increases on certain individuals (FN) - To Finance

HB3180.            By Del. Mallow, Conley, Mandt and Forsht - Require all tax assessments be done on a periodic schedule (FN) - To Finance

HB3181.            By Del. Riley - Relating to Public Service Commission and Public Service districts - To Technology and Infrastructure then the Judiciary

HB3182.            By Del. Rowe - Require insurance companies pay for telemedicine and in-person treatment and evaluation at the same rates - To Banking and Insurance then the Judiciary

HB3183.            By Del. J. Pack, Householder, Summers and Steele - Require a lobbyist immediately notify clients in writing about a potential conflict of interest - To the Judiciary

HB3184.            By Del. Bates - Including workers’ compensation providers in the insurance prior authorization process - To Banking and Insurance then the Judiciary

HB3185.            By Del. Dean - To allow all licensed hunters in the 4 trophy counties to automatically qualify to use a crossbow, after age 65 - To Agriculture and Natural Resources then the Judiciary

HB3186.            By Del. Bates - Relating to PEIA inpatient rates (FN) - To Banking and Insurance then Finance

HB3187.            By Del. Pritt - Prohibit parents from being restricted from monitoring virtual public education classrooms - To Education then the Judiciary

HB3188.            By Del. Walker, Pushkin, Fleischauer, Fluharty, Young and Hansen - Making expungement of records for certain defendants found not guilty or have had charges dismissed to occur without petitioning the court - To the Judiciary

HB3189.            By Del. Walker, Evans, Thompson, Pushkin, Fluharty and Young - Establishing requirements for confining juveniles in juvenile facilities - To Veterans' Affairs and Homeland Security then the Judiciary

HB3190.            By Del. Dean, Paynter, Cooper, Kimes, Maynard, Booth, Haynes, G. Ward, Hanna, Ferrell and Wamsley - Allow anyone with a master’s degree to sit for WV Bar exam and become licensed attorney - To Education then the Judiciary

HB3191.            By Del. Boggs, Storch, Pethtel, Householder and Westfall - Requiring employers to send certain notifications when retirants are hired as temporary, part-time employees - To Pensions and Retirement then Finance

HB3192.            By Del. Graves - Creating the West Virginia Farm Fresh Dairy Act - To Agriculture and Natural Resources then Health and Human Resources

HB3193.            By Del. Walker, Young, Thompson, Rowe and Hansen - Relating to obtaining an appropriate gender marker for state documents - To Health and Human Resources then the Judiciary

HB3194.            By Del. Smith, Gearheart, Clark, Keaton, Barnhart, Hanna, Hamrick, Foster and Steele - Relating to Delinquent Property Tax sales - To the Judiciary

HB3195.            By Del. Hamrick and Hanna - To repeal the extra $200 fee for electric vehicle registration and $100 for hybrid vehicle registration (FN) - To Technology and Infrastructure then Finance

HB3196.            By Del. Hamrick, Hornbuckle and Higginbotham - Ensuring those citizens qualified for an expungement receive the expungement they are entitled - To the Judiciary

HB3197.            By Del. Kimble, Sypolt, Steele, Foster, Kimes, Pritt, Horst, Fast, G. Ward, Mazzocchi and McGeehan - Allow Religious Exemptions for vaccines - To Health and Human Resources

HB3198.            By Del. Hansen, Queen, Evans, Anderson, Hornbuckle and Skaff - Establishing a program to facilitate the recovery of areas of the state that have been impacted by the reduction of coal production and consumption (FN) - To Small Business, Entrepreneurship and Economic Development then Finance

HB3199.            By Del. Phillips - To establish gender guidelines for public school restrooms - To Education then the Judiciary

HB3200.            By Del. Sypolt - Relating to maintenance and repair of roads and highways (FN) - To Technology and Infrastructure then Finance

HB3201.            By Del. Young - Creating the Food Infrastructure Grant - To Health and Human Resources then Finance

HB3202.            By Del. Barnhart - To allow public high schools to have full time athletic trainers - To Education then Finance

HB3203.            By Del. Hornbuckle - WV Small Business COVID Relief Act - To Small Business, Entrepreneurship and Economic Development then Finance

HB3204.            By Del. Steele - Relating to custodial interrogation of a child - To the Judiciary

HB3205.            By Del. Foster - Relating to medical marijuana - To Workforce Development then the Judiciary

HB3206.            By Del. Hornbuckle, Lovejoy, Rohrbach, Barach, Hansen, Pushkin, Williams and Worrell - Provide a safe process for organic waste composting (FN) - To Health and Human Resources then Government Organization

HB3207.            By Del. Thompson and Barach - Protecting teacher work schedules - To Education

HB3208.            By Del. Graves, Cooper, Dean, Maynard, Ferrell, Storch, J. Pack, Toney and L. Pack - Relating to establishing a minimum monthly retirement annuity for certain retirants with 25 or more years of credited service - To Pensions and Retirement then Finance

HB3209.            By Del. Barach, Young, Linville, Rowe, Ferrell, Pritt, Skaff, Pushkin, L. Pack, Graves and Griffith - Excepting persons previously commissioned as a notary public from requirement to have a high school diploma or its equivalent in order to be recommissioned as a notary public - To the Judiciary

HB3210.            By Del. Doyle, Hansen, Evans, Hornbuckle and Fleischauer - Department of Commerce to assist qualified tourism projects - To Political Subdivisions then Government Organization then the Judiciary

HB3211.            By Del. Doyle, Walker, Hornbuckle, Barach, Young, Griffith and Fleischauer - State Police Review Board - To the Judiciary then Finance

HB3212.            By Del. Thompson - Establish a system to fund and provide childcare for workers in “essential positions.” - To Workforce Development then Finance

HB3213.            By Del. Barach, Griffith, Zukoff, Diserio, Ferrell, Doyle, Walker, Hansen, Evans, Fleischauer and Hornbuckle - Assessing a impact fee on internet sales originating or ending in the state (FN) - To Small Business, Entrepreneurship and Economic Development then Finance

HB3214.            By Del. Storch, Queen, Riley, D. Kelly, Barnhart, Reynolds, Fluharty and Zukoff - Reallocating and dedicating three percent of oil and gas severance tax revenues to the oil and gas producing counties - To Energy and Manufacturing then Finance

HB3215.            By Del. Brown - Amending the requirements to become an elected prosecutor - To the Judiciary

HB3216.            By Del. Thompson - Establish an excess compensation tax on the income of corporate executives under certain circumstances (FN) - To Workforce Development then the Judiciary then Finance

HB3217.            By Del. Hornbuckle, Thompson, Dean, Lovejoy, Ferrell, Zukoff, Griffith and Kessinger - Student Rescue Act (FN) - To Education then Finance

HB3218.            By Del. Hott and Westfall - Remove “deliberate intent” exception from workers' comp   - To the Judiciary

HB3219.            By Del. Graves - Decoupling horse racing from licensed racetrack casinos (FN) - To Government Organization then Finance

HB3220.            By Del. L. Pack, Keaton, Mallow, Conley, Forsht, Longanacre, Haynes, Kimble, Burkhammer, Hanna and Pritt - Restrictions on Taxpayer funded lobbying - To Government Organization

HB3221.            By Del. Howell - To modify the state special education appropriation to counties for special education students who are wards of the state and who require out of state placement (FN) - To Education then Finance

HB3222.            By Del. Mallow, Conley, Mandt and Forsht - Assure West Virginians proper access to water and sewage service at reasonable rates (FN) - To the Judiciary then Finance

HB3223.            By Del. L. Pack - Prohibit state, county, and municipal governments from dedicating or naming any public structure for a public official who is holding office at the time - To Government Organization

HB3224.            By Del. Young - Establish food desert produce pilot program (FN) - To Agriculture and Natural Resources then Government Organization

HB3225.            By Del. Young - Hunger-Free Campus Act - To Education then Finance

HB3226.            By Del. Holstein - To waive the adoption fee of animals for veterans - To Veterans' Affairs and Homeland Security then Government Organization

HB3227.            By Del. Griffith - To provide a means to classify when medications should be continued or stopped for patients - To Health and Human Resources

HB3228.            By Del. Griffith - To require a new written, phoned, or e-mail prescription order within 72 hours of a prescription change - To Health and Human Resources

HB3229.            By Del. Griffith - To require all prescribers of medication to include their purpose for prescribing the medication to the patient - To Health and Human Resources

HB3230.            By Del. Pethtel - Prohibiting dangerous materials being placed on highways - To Technology and Infrastructure then Government Organization

HB3231.            By Del. Conley - Public Utilities not required to pay interest on security deposits - To the Judiciary

HB3232.            By Del. Hornbuckle - To establish cultural competency training for teachers obtaining or renewing a teaching license in West Virginia (FN) - To Education

HB3233.            By Del. Pritt - Prohibit electronic ballots - To the Judiciary

HB3234.            By Del. Pritt - Ban civil asset forfeiture unless person convicted - To the Judiciary

HB3235.            By Del. Hamrick - To establish the Vegetable Garden Protection Act - To Agriculture and Natural Resources then Government Organization

HB3236.            By Del. Toney - Relating to pay for Board of Education members - To Education then Finance

HB3237.            By Del. Pushkin - Establishing of the West Virginia Public Participation Act - To the Judiciary

HB3238.            By Del. Young - Establish Food Waste Task Force (FN) - To Health and Human Resources then Government Organization

HB3239.            By Del. Barach, Doyle, Walker, Hornbuckle, Griffith, Young, Pushkin, Fleischauer, Hansen, Diserio and Thompson - Promoting the long term development of a more diversified energy generation and production portfolio in this state - To Energy and Manufacturing

HB3240.            By Del. Bates - Establishing an Earned Income Tax Credit (FN) - To Finance

HB3241.            By Del. Evans - Big Creek Cape Coalwood Commission - To Government Organization then Finance

HB3242.            By Del. Fluharty, Zukoff, Garcia, Young and Hornbuckle - Exempting law enforcement and emergency vehicles from paying turnpike tolls (FN) - To Technology and Infrastructure then Finance

HB3243.            By Del. Steele - Relating to deputies transferring to another department within the civil service system - To the Judiciary

HB3244.            By Del. Toney - To establish a state bank of West Virginia (FN) - To Banking and Insurance then the Judiciary

HB3245.            By Del. Hamrick - The Protection of All Property from Warrantless Searches Act - To the Judiciary

HB3246.            By Del. Hamrick - Protecting Everyone’s Constitutional Rights Act - To the Judiciary

HB3247.            By Del. Fleischauer, Walker, Zukoff, Young, Storch, Rowan, Sypolt, Skaff, Lovejoy, Brown and Fluharty - Creating the Katherine Johnson and Dorothy Vaughan Fair Pay Act - To the Judiciary

HB3248.            By Del. Foster - Eliminating the food handler examination and card - To Health and Human Resources

HB3249.            By Del. Foster - Reducing to one year the deadline for right to set aside deed - To the Judiciary

HB3250.            By Del. Hanshaw (Mr. Speaker) [By Request] - Restricting Public Service Commission from promulgating certain rules - To Government Organization

HB3251.            By Del. Fluharty, Zukoff, Garcia, Young, Hornbuckle and Bates - Exempting school buses with students on board from paying turnpike tolls - To Education then Finance

HB3252.            By Del. Hornbuckle, Hanna, Fluharty, Griffith, Young, Doyle, Zukoff, Walker, Rowe and Fleischauer - Establish the Commission on American History Enrichment (FN) - To Education

HB3253.            By Del. Hamrick - Relating to late fees for property taxes (FN) - To Finance

The following bills introduced pursuant to Rule 92

HB3254.            By Del. Hanshaw (Mr. Speaker) - Authorizing members of development authorities to accept federally authorized reimbursement for services which the members rendered on a voluntary basis - To the Judiciary

HB3255.            By Del. Steele - Creating the Anti-Abuse of Power Act (FN) - To the Judiciary

HB3256.            By Del. Holstein - To create a state level government grant for safe houses to be implemented in the State of West Virginia - To Finance

HB3257.            By Del. Pritt - Faithless Elector law (FN) - To the Judiciary

HB3258.            By Del. Pritt - Requiring party affiliation on school board elections - To the Judiciary

HB3259.            By Del. Pritt - Prohibit state funding for any organization that performs abortions - To the Judiciary then Finance

HB3260.            By Del. Rowe, Pushkin, Skaff, Barach, Young and Griffith - To extend the Neighborhood Investment Program Act to July 1, 2026 and to increase the allowable tax credit (FN) - To Finance

HB3261.            By Del. Pritt - Relating to adoption attorneys - To the Judiciary then Finance

HB3262.            By Del. Pritt - Allowing for child support arrears agreements that the Family Court must accept - To the Judiciary

HB3263.            By Del. Pritt - Relating to creating the refugee information act (FN) - To the Judiciary then Finance

HB3264.            By Del. Pritt - Provide for crime of impersonating non-public persons on social media (FN) - To the Judiciary

HB3265.            By Del. Pritt - Require an ultrasound prior to abortion - To Health and Human Resources then the Judiciary

HB3266.            By Del. Statler - Providing school personnel option to apply for extracurricular assignment after retirement - To Education

HB3267.            By Del. Wamsley, Booth, Haynes and Bruce - Relating to inventory tax reduction (FN) - To Finance

HB3268.            By Del. Paynter, Gearheart, G. Ward, Dean, Bridges and Smith - To require independent, third party audits every 3 years of all public utilities in West Virginia who have over 2,000 customers - To the Judiciary

HB3269.            By Del. Worrell - To require the Department of Environmental Protection to assume responsibility of cost and permitting of dams that are deemed to be under state control (FN) - To the Judiciary then Finance

HB3270.            By Del. Paynter, Kessinger, Householder, Summers, Dean and Worrell - To exempt the first $35,000 of retirement income for senior citizens in West Virginia who are 60 years and older from state income taxation (FN) - To Pensions and Retirement then Finance

HB3271.            By Del. Haynes - Providing that the WVSSAC promulgate rules relating to the right to broadcast interscholastic athletic events - To Education

HB3272.            By Del. Thompson - Establish a Fair Workweek for West Virginia, that accounts for predictability pay, split-shift pay, on-call pay, and an advance-notice provision (FN) - To Workforce Development then the Judiciary

HB3273.            By Del. Haynes - A bill relating to pre-need funeral solicitation - To the Judiciary

HB3274.            By Del. L. Pack - To prohibit credited time for legislative pensions (FN) - To Pensions and Retirement then Finance

HB3275.            By Del. Bates - Relating to resiliency, public safety and quality of broadband in WV - To Technology and Infrastructure then the Judiciary

HB3276.            By Del. Bates - Creating parity for mental health services - To Health and Human Resources

HB3277.            By Del. Bates - To amend the existing health insurance clean claims law to include workers' compensation providers - To Banking and Insurance then the Judiciary

HB3278.            By Del. Young - Create Intergenerational Poverty Task Force - To Government Organization

HB3279.            By Del. Griffith - Incentivizing the Sale of Healthy, Local Produce (FN) - To Finance

HB3280.            By Del. Rowe - Relating to assault with bodily fluids (FN) - To the Judiciary

HB3281.            By Del. J. Kelly, Steele, Reynolds, Booth, Riley, Bridges, Cooper, Barnhart and D. Kelly - To put cable television network providers under the purview of the PSC for any rate increases or reductions of channels available to customers - To Government Organization

HB3282.            By Del. Thompson, Pushkin and Hornbuckle - Establish caps on the numbers of students per classroom at all grade levels (FN) - To Education

HB3283.            By Del. Fast, Householder and Criss - Amending the Hotel Motel Tax - To Finance

HB3284.            By Del. Rowan, Miller, Toney, Dean, Paynter and Cooper - To differentiate the roles of public high school teachers - To Education

HB3285.            By Del. Rowan - To provide for the HSTA scholarship in Hampshire County - To Education