Member's Press Release
Release Date: 03/03/2017
Contact: Jacque Bland at (304) 590-4678
Senate
Senate Calendar and Committee Schedule for Friday, March 3, 2017
Friday, March 3, 2017 – 24th Day of Session
The Senate will convene at 11 a.m.
THIRD READING
Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 4: Allowing licensed professionals donate time to care of indigent and needy in clinical setting (original similar to HB 2692) Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 190: Eliminating preferences for vendors bidding on state contracts for commodities or printing Com. Sub. for SB 236: Relating to damages for medical monitoring (With right to amend) (original similar to HB 2580) Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 410: Relating to marking traps with DNR identification tag Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 439: Relating to venue for civil and criminal actions at Salem Correctional Center
SECOND READING
Com. Sub. for SB 209: Defining term "veteran" as it relates to veteran-owned business Com. Sub. for SB 221: Relating to composition of PEIA Finance Board Com. Sub. for SB 224: Repealing requirement for employer's bond for wages and benefits SB 263: Creating exemption from certain contract and common carrier laws for vehicles used exclusively for transportation of railroad personnel SB 400: Regarding appointments to WV Infrastructure and Jobs Development Council Com. Sub. for SB 429: Relating to monitoring inmate communications Com. Sub. for SB 436: Permitting investigators from Attorney General's office carry firearms Com. Sub. for SB 445: Amending definition of "abused child" (original similar to HB 2758)
FIRST READING
Com. Sub. for SB 239: Limiting use of wages by employers and labor organizations for political activities (original similar to HB 2583) SB 392: Relating to Municipal Police Officers and Firefighters Retirement System Com. Sub. for SB 442: Relating generally to crimes against persons Com. Sub. for SB 456: Relating to standards for termination of parental rights in child abuse and neglect cases (original similar to HB 2732) Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2318: Relating generally to human trafficking (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
Scheduled Committee Meetings
9:30 a.m.: Finance (451M)
SB185: Allowing spending units designate fund into which proceeds from sale of surplus property must be deposited SB 365: Maintaining solvency of Unemployment Compensation Fund
10 a.m.: Confirmations (208W)
Interview: Cheryl Schreiber, for member, West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine Board of Governors (for term ending June 30, 2020) Interview: Gayle C. Manchin, for Secretary, Department of Education and the Arts (to serve at will and pleasure of the Governor)
3 p.m.: Judiciary (208W)
TBA
Senate Bills to be Introduced Friday, March 3, 2017
SB 501: Relating to WV Economic Development Authority (Gaunch; Economic Development then Government Organization) SB 502: Authorizing WV National Guard contract persons to perform specialized technical services (FN) (Jeffries, Beach, Boso, Facemire, Karnes, Mann, Miller, Ojeda, Prezioso, Romano, Smith, Stollings, Swope, Sypolt, Takubo, Unger, Weld; Gov Org) SB 503: Establishing Library Facilities Improvement Fund (Plymale, Stollings; Finance) SB 504: Defining "special aircraft property" (FN) (Hall, Boso, Prezioso, Facemire, Mann, Romano, Smith, Sypolt; Finance) SB 505: Providing five-year reclamation period following completion of well pads for horizontal wells (Smith, Sypolt; Energy) SB 506: Exempting DNR police pension benefits from state income taxes (FN) (Weld, Boso; Finance) SB 507: Allowing pharmacists inform customers about lower cost alternatives to prescribed drugs (Cline, Maynard, Ojeda, Rucker, Smith, Swope; Banking & Insurance then Judiciary) SB 508: Providing cost-of-living adjustment to certain PERS and State Teachers Retirement System employees (Romano, Facemire, Jeffries, Miller, Ojeda; Pensions then Finance) SB 509: Updating fee structure provisions for broker-dealers, agents and investment advisers (Weld; Finance) SB 510: Eliminating requirement of no prior or subsequent conviction in order to have criminal conviction expunged (Hall; Judiciary) SB 511: [By Request of the Executive] Relating generally to higher education governance (FN) (Education then Finance) SB 512: Requiring disclosure of attorney source payment in certain administrative hearings (Romano, Facemire, Jeffries, Miller, Ojeda; Judiciary) SB 513: Increasing state employees' pay over two-year period (FN) (Romano, Facemire, Jeffries, Miller, Ojeda; Finance) SB 514: Providing special license plate for realtors (Cline, Maynard, Ojeda, Rucker, Smith, Swope, Sypolt; Transportation & Infrastructure) SB 515: Relating to parole requirements for hearings and release (Trump; Judiciary) SB 516: Establishing DOC responsibility for costs of housing and maintaining inmate (Trump; Judiciary)
* (FN) indicates the bill has a Fiscal Note
Committee Action on Bills from Thursday, March 2, 2017
1 p.m.: Health and Human Resources (451M)
SB 486: Relating to health care provider taxes Passed; to Finance
SB 198: Expanding Health Sciences Program to allow certain medical practitioners in underserved areas Passed; to be reported to the floor
SB 339: Creating legislative coalition on chronic pain management Passed; to Gov Org
SB 360: Creating Legislative Coalition on Diabetes Management Passed; to Gov Org
SB 193: Prohibiting smoking of tobacco products in motor vehicle when person 16 years old or younger is present Passed; to Judiciary
2 p.m.: Government Organization (208W)
SB 280: Moving administration of Civil Air Patrol to Adjutant General Passed; to be reported to the floor
SB 350: Allowing licensed professional counselors be issued temporary permit No action taken; bill is laid over to a future meeting
SB 253: Relating to licensing requirements for physicians and osteopathic physicians in WV Bill is laid over to a future meeting
SB 441: Establishing Municipal Home Rule Pilot Program Bill is laid over to a future meeting
3 p.m.: Judiciary (208W)
SB 338: Relating to medical professional liability Passed; to be reported to the floor
SB 358: Allowing timeshare entity to foreclose upon its statutory lien Passed; to be reported to the floor
SB 173: Relating to autocycles Passed; to be reported to the floor
Bills that Have Passed the Senate as of Thursday, March 2, 2017 (45)
SB 5: Disqualifying CDL for DUI conviction in certain cases (House Judiciary) SB 9: Regulating unmanned aircraft systems (House Judiciary) SB 41: Extending time person may be subject to probation (House Judiciary) SB 80: Equalizing criminal penalty for entering without breaking regardless of time of day (House Judiciary) SB 113: Authorizing DEP promulgate legislative rule awarding matching grants for litter control programs (House Judiciary) SB 116: Governor's Committee on Crime, Delinquency and Correction rule relating to law-enforcement training and certification standards (House Judiciary) SB 125: Authorizing DHHR promulgate legislative rules (House Judiciary) SB 127: Authorizing Department of Revenue to promulgate legislative rules (House Judiciary) SB 134: Authorizing Bureau of Commerce to promulgate legislative rules (House Judiciary) SB 151: Authorizing Department of Administration promulgate legislative rules (House Judiciary) SB 164: Relating to traffic regulations and special load limits (House Roads & Transportation) SB 169: Repealing article providing assistance to Korea and Vietnam veterans exposed to certain chemical defoliants (House Finance) SB 170: Repealing state hemophilia program (House Finance) SB 171: Repealing Programs of All-Inclusive Care for Elderly (House Finance) SB 172: Eliminating salary for Water Development Authority board members (House Government Organization) SB 174: Exempting transportation of household goods from PSC jurisdiction (House Government Organization) SB 176: Repealing article concerning detection of tuberculosis, high blood pressure and diabetes (House Health & Human Resources) SB 180: Relating to PSC jurisdiction over certain telephone company and internet services (House Government Organization) SB 182: Providing procedures that prevent disqualifying low bids for government construction contracts due to document technicalities (House Government Organization) SB 188: Correcting definition of "telehealth" in medication-assisted treatment programs (House Health & Human Resources) SB 202: Relating to pawnbrokers generally (House Judiciary) SB 204: Requiring persons appointed to fill vacancy by Governor have same qualifications for vacated office and receive same compensation and expenses (House Judiciary) SB 214: Adopting Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act (House Judiciary) SB 215: Allowing county commissions authority to amend proposed rates, fees and charges proposed by public service districts (House Political Subdivisions) SB 222: Relating to disqualification for unemployment benefits (House Judiciary) SB 225: Allowing magistrates to conduct proceeding for temporary emergency protective order dealing with temporary custody by family court (House Judiciary) SB 230: Relating to certain WV officials carrying concealed firearm nationwide (House Judiciary) SB 231: Relating to State Board of Education and Medicaid-eligible children (Pending Senate concurrence) SB 233: Excluding from protection oral communications uttered in child care center under Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance Act (House Judiciary) SB 237: Repealing obsolete rules of Department of Revenue (House Judiciary) SB 240: Creating crime of nonconsensual distribution of sexual images (House Judiciary) SB 242: Relating to school calendars (House Education) SB 247: Authorizing prosecuting attorney designate and deliver grand jury records for investigative purposes (House Judiciary) SB 248: Clarifying composition and chairmanship of Commission on Special Investigations (House Judiciary) SB 249: Relating to information required in abstract of judgment (House Judiciary) SB 261: Relating to increasing salary or wages of judgment debtor (House Judiciary) SB 321: Reporting requirements of employee information to CPRB (House Finance) SB 325: Relating to crossbow hunting (House Ag & Natural Resources) SB 330: Relating to WV Workplace Freedom Act (House Judiciary) SB 337: Hiring correctional officers without regard to placement on correctional officer register (House Government Organization) SB 345: Allowing certain hunting and trapping on private lands on Sundays (House Ag & Natural Resources) SB 346: Relating generally to jurisdiction of PSC over motor carriers (House Government Organization) SB 347: Relating to modernization of Physician Assistant Practice Act (House Health & Human Resources) SB 349: Repealing outdated code related to Division of Corrections (House Government Organization) SB 426: Repealing DNR legislative rule on litter control grant program (House Judiciary)
** Committee times and agendas are subject to change **
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