Bill Status - 2017 Regular Session

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Bill	Title	Status	Committee	Step	Last Action
SB 53	Accessing adoption records	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	02/08/17
SB 329	Addressing increase of fentanyl, fentanyl derivatives and analogs in state	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	02/16/17
SB 561	Allowing economically depressed county to retain 50 percent of coal severance tax collected in county	Pending	Senate Energy, Industry and Mining	Committee	03/08/17
SB 4	Allowing licensed professionals donate time to care of indigent and needy in clinical setting	Signed	Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 5, 2017)
SB 507	Allowing pharmacists inform customers about lower cost alternatives to prescribed drugs	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/31/17
SB 607	Allowing use of larger horsepower boats on limited horsepower lakes	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	03/15/17
SB 519	Amending WV Nurse Overtime and Patient Safety Act	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	03/09/17
SB 565	Authorizing City of South Charleston levy special district excise tax	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	03/09/17
SB 692	Authorizing dedication of fee on certain managed timberland to Volunteer and Part-Volunteer Fire Departments Fee Fund	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	03/27/17
SB 285	Authorizing DOH Commissioner or local authorities establish minimum speed limits in congested areas	Pending	Senate TRN	Committee	02/14/17
SB 317	Authorizing family court judge to order substance abuse counseling of child in emergency situations	Pending	Senate HHR	Committee	02/14/17
SB 290	Authorizing operators of distillery or mini-distillery offer for purchase and consumption of liquor on Sundays	Pending	House Government Organization	Committee	03/21/17
SB 636	Authorizing State Fire Commission establish program to address problems facing VFDs	Signed	Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 5, 2017)
SB 502	Authorizing WV National Guard contract persons to perform specialized technical services	Pending	Senate Government Organization	Committee	03/03/17
SB 566	Claims against state	Signed	Effective from passage - (April 4, 2017)
SB 448	Continuing eligibility for developmental disability services to dependents of military service members	Pending	Senate Military	Committee	02/27/17
SB 38	Creating 5-year tax credit for new businesses locating on post-mine sites	Pending	House Finance	Committee	03/29/17
SB 546	Creating emergency text number systems for children	Pending	Senate Government Organization	Committee	03/08/17
SB 398	Creating Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act	Signed	Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 4, 2017)
SB 389	Creating exemption from certificate of need for services and equipment purchased for use in private physician offices	Pending	Senate HHR	Committee	02/22/17
SB 475	Creating incentives for hiring and retaining correctional officers	Pending	Senate Government Organization	Committee	02/28/17
SB 360	Creating Legislative Coalition on Diabetes Management	Signed	Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 6, 2017)
SB 560	Creating medical malpractice peer review panel by Board of Medicine	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	03/27/17
SB 569	Creating Office of Rural Health within Center for Rural Health Development, Inc.	Pending	Senate HHR	Committee	03/09/17
SB 643	Creating preference for state citizens in construction contracts for public improvements	Pending	Senate WRK	Committee	03/17/17
SB 646	Creating Public-Private Infrastructure Facilities Act	Pending	Senate TRN	Committee	03/17/17
SB 518	Creating Returning Veterans and Displaced Miners Job Act	Pending	Senate Military	Committee	03/06/17
SB 538	Creating special conditions of parole	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/25/17
SB 470	Creating visitation rights for certain great-grandparents	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	02/28/17
SB 452	Creating WV Earned Income Tax Credit	Pending	Senate TAX	Committee	02/27/17
SB 386	Creating WV Medical Cannabis Act	Signed	Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 5, 2017)
SB 76	Creating WV Second Chance for Employment Act	Signed	Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 7, 2017)
SB 241	Creating WV Volunteer Fire and Rescue Act of 2017	Pending	Senate Government Organization	Committee	02/10/17
SB 498	Dedicating five-tenths percent annual severance tax on Marcellus and Utica natural gas to retired public employees	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	03/02/17
SB 504	Defining "special aircraft property"	Pending	Senate Rules	Committee	03/29/17
SB 510	Eliminating requirement of no prior or subsequent conviction in order to have criminal conviction expunged	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	03/03/17
SB 463	Eliminating WV Supreme Court of Appeals Public Campaign Financing Program	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	02/28/17
SB 391	Establishing call-in center for Bureau for Public Health for state residents to receive assistance with health care	Pending	Senate HHR	Committee	02/22/17
SB 266	Establishing Fleet Management Office within Department of Administration	Pending	Senate Government Organization	Committee	02/13/17
SB 503	Establishing Library Facilities Improvement Fund	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	03/03/17
SB 528	Establishing process to provide student is ineligible for home instruction exemption	Pending	Senate EDU	Committee	03/07/17
SB 250	Establishing tax credit for certain physicians who locate in WV to practice	Pending	Senate HHR	Committee	02/10/17
SB 670	Establishing WV Advisory Council on Rare Diseases	Pending	Senate HHR	Committee	03/20/17
SB 341	Establishing WV business growth in low-income communities tax credit	Pending	House Finance	Committee	03/30/17
SB 46	Excluding mobile x-ray services from health care provider tax	Pending	Senate HHR	Committee	02/08/17
SB 506	Exempting DNR police pension benefits from state income taxes	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	03/03/17
SB 686	Exempting facilities governed by DHHR that provide direct patient care	Signed	Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 7, 2017)
SB 462	Exempting military retirement benefits from personal income tax	Pending	Senate Military	Committee	02/28/17
SB 461	Exempting WV State Police from state purchasing requirements	Signed	Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 5, 2017)
SB 694	Expiring funds to unappropriated surplus balance in General Revenue fund to Department of Administration	Signed	Effective from passage - (April 7, 2017)
SB 292	Funding of civil legal services for low-income persons	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	02/14/17
SB 281	Increasing number of limited video lottery machines allowed at retail location	Pending	Senate Rules	Committee	03/29/17
SB 288	Increasing penalty for crime of child abuse causing death by parent, guardian, custodian or other person	Signed	Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 6, 2017)
SB 513	Increasing state employees' pay over two-year period	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	03/03/17
SB 323	Increasing tax credit for qualified rehabilitated buildings investment	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	02/15/17
SB 677	Increasing tax rate on cigarettes and e-cigarette liquid	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	03/20/17
SB 665	Licensing of athletic trainers	Pending	Senate Government Organization	Committee	03/18/17
SB 279	Limiting liability of Parks and Recreation section of DNR	Pending	Senate NRS	Committee	02/14/17
SB 615	Limiting number of days legislative members receive compensation during extended and extraordinary session	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	03/15/17
SB 616	Limiting recoverable damages when patient transferred from one health care facility to another	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	03/15/17
SB 35	Modifying funding assistance from Courthouse Facilities Improvement Authority	Pending	Senate Government Organization	Committee	02/08/17
SB 318	Offering flu immunizations to patients 65 or older in specific facilities	Pending	Senate HHR	Committee	02/15/17
SB 517	Permitting ABCC appointees or employees carry firearms after completing training	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	03/06/17
SB 472	Permitting bear hunting with guides	Pending	House ANRS	Committee	03/24/17
SB 36	Permitting school nurses to possess and administer opioid antagonists	Signed	Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 30, 2017)
SB 672	Prohibiting persons under 18 from using tanning device	Pending	Senate HHR	Committee	03/20/17
SB 508	Providing cost-of-living adjustment to certain PERS and State Teachers Retirement System employees	Pending	Senate Pensions	Committee	03/03/17
SB 293	Providing increase in annual salary of employees in Division of Corrections	Pending	Senate Rules	Committee	03/29/17
SB 592	Providing independent redistricting commission propose redistricting plans during census years	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	03/13/17
SB 431	Providing ratio of pupils to licensed school psychologist	Pending	Senate EDU	Committee	02/24/17
SB 675	Providing rule-making authority to Board of Licensed Practical Nurses	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	03/20/17
SB 542	Providing special obligation notes to finance construction to complete Interstates 73 and 74	Pending	Senate TRN	Committee	03/08/17
SB 295	Providing tax credit for modifications to homes made more accessible for elderly or persons with disability	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	02/14/17
SB 487	Providing tax credit to eligible caregivers for modifications to homes	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	03/01/17
SB 37	Raising legal age for purchase of tobacco, alternative nicotine and vapor products to 21	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	02/17/17
SB 644	Reestablishing prevailing wages for certain state government contracts	Pending	Senate WRK	Committee	03/17/17
SB 600	Relating generally to accredited academic hospitals	Pending	Senate HHR	Committee	03/14/17
SB 647	Relating generally to additional county excise taxes on real property transfer	Pending	House Finance	Committee	03/29/17
SB 634	Relating generally to certain agreements between DHHR and state's medical schools	Signed	Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 2, 2017)
SB 402	Relating to covenants not to compete between physicians and hospitals	Signed	Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 6, 2017)
SB 175	Relating to direct primary care	Pending	Senate HHR	Committee	02/08/17
SB 645	Relating to employer's right to require employee training	Pending	Senate WRK	Committee	03/17/17
SB 486	Relating to health care provider taxes	Signed	Effective July 1, 2017
SB 534	Relating to incentives for consolidating local governments	Pending	House Government Organization	Committee	03/30/17
SB 497	Relating to liability for health care providers who provide services at school athletic events	Signed	Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 29, 2017)
SB 465	Relating to medical professional liability	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/30/17
SB 347	Relating to modernization of Physician Assistant Practice Act	Vetoed	Vetoed
SB 691	Relating to off-road vehicles	Signed	Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 7, 2017)
SB 428	Relating to partial filling of prescriptions	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/31/17
SB 522	Relating to pharmacy audits	Signed	Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 3, 2017)
SB 390	Relating to practice of medicine and telemedicine	Pending	Senate HHR	Committee	02/22/17
SB 319	Relating to requirements for employing nurses in public schools	Pending	Senate EDU	Committee	02/15/17
SB 291	Relating to residential solar energy tax credits	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	02/14/17
SB 471	Relating to state ownership of wildlife	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/17/17
SB 564	Relating to Statewide Independent Living Council	Signed	Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 4, 2017)
SB 278	Relating to Sunday hunting laws	Pending	Senate NRS	Committee	02/13/17
SB 385	Relating to tax on bottled soft drinks	Pending	Senate HHR	Committee	02/21/17
SB 527	Relating to traumatic brain injury	Pending	Senate EDU	Committee	03/07/17
SB 422	Relating to Uniform Controlled Substances Act	Pending	Senate HHR	Committee	02/23/17
SB 544	Relating to use of aftermarket automobile crash parts	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	03/08/17
SB 642	Relating to wages for veterans on state government contracts	Pending	Senate Government Organization	Committee	03/17/17
SB 501	Relating to WV Economic Development Authority	Pending	House Government Organization	Committee	03/31/17
SB 648	Relating to WV jobs on public construction projects	Pending	Senate WRK	Committee	03/17/17
SB 176	Repealing article concerning detection of tuberculosis, high blood pressure and diabetes	Signed	Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 6, 2017)
SB 169	Repealing article providing assistance to Korea and Vietnam veterans exposed to certain chemical defoliants	Signed	Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 3, 2017)
SB 177	Repealing article relating to prenatal examination	Pending	Senate HHR	Committee	02/13/17
SB 171	Repealing Programs of All-Inclusive Care for Elderly	Signed	Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 3, 2017)
SB 170	Repealing state hemophilia program	Signed	Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 3, 2017)
SB 333	Requiring all DHHR-licensed facilities access WV Controlled Substances Monitoring Program Database	Signed	Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 7, 2017)
SB 39	Requiring BRIM cover volunteer workers and student teachers	Pending	Senate Government Organization	Committee	02/13/17
SB 610	Requiring certain newly constructed dwellings meet minimum standards for persons with disabilities	Pending	Senate Government Organization	Committee	03/15/17
SB 532	Requiring correctional officers be paid overtime	Pending	Senate Government Organization	Committee	03/07/17
SB 40	Requiring inclusion of protocols for response to after-school emergencies in school crisis response plans	Signed	Effective August 1, 2017
SB 558	Requiring state-owned or -leased vehicles be registered	Pending	Senate Government Organization	Committee	03/08/17
SB 599	Requiring transfer of juvenile to correctional facility or regional jail on age 18	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	03/14/17
SB 11	Requiring vacancies in certain elected offices be filled by person of same political party which previous officeholder was affiliated at time of election	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	02/08/17
SB 641	Requiring welders meet certain certification requirements and conform to national welding standards	Pending	Senate Government Organization	Committee	03/17/17