Senate Calendar

SENATE CALENDAR

 

Thursday, April 06, 2017

11:00 AM

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                                                  SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS

                                               Saturday, April 08, 2017 – 11:00 AM

 

                                              Consideration of executive nominations

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UNFINISHED BUSINESS

 

S. C. R. 61 - Requesting study of economic, health and tourism impacts of biking, hiking and other forms of activity

H. C. R. 15 - 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

 

THIRD READING

 

Eng. Com. Sub. for S. B. 476 - Expiring funds from Revenue Shortfall Reserve Fund to General Revenue (original similar to HB2801)

Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. 2129 - Relating to the powers and authority of state and local law enforcement to enforce underage drinking laws at private clubs - (Com. title amend. pending)

Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. 2195 - Relating to requiring comprehensive drug awareness and prevention program in all public schools

Eng. H. B. 2348 - Eliminating any requirement that class hours of students be consecutive

Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. 2402 - Relating to abandoned antique vehicles (original similar to HB2445, SB382)

Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. 2494 - Providing that statewide school report cards are only to be made available to custodial parents and guardians of students upon request - (Com. title amend. pending)

Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. 2503 - Relating to the rulemaking authority for Board of Osteopathic Medicine

Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. 2555 - Relating to tax credits for apprenticeship training in construction trades - (Com. title amend. pending) (original similar to SB191)

Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. 2579 - Increasing the penalties for transporting controlled substances - (Com. title amend. pending) (original similar to HB2448, HB2602)

Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. 2585 - Creating felony crime of conducting financial transactions involving proceeds of criminal activity - (Com. title amend. pending)

Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. 2589 - Permitting students who are homeschooled or attend private schools to enroll and take classes at the county’s vocational school - (Com. title amend. pending)

Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. 2603 - Relating to municipal policemen’s or firemen’s pension and relief funds that are funded at one hundred and twenty-five percent or more

Eng. H. B. 2628 - Relating generally to the powers and duties of the Board of Medicine and the Board of Osteopathic Medicine - (Com. title amend. pending) (original similar to HB2423, HB2630)

Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. 2631 - Relating to time standards for disposition of complaint proceedings

Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. 2646 - Terminating the Women’s Commission and discontinue its functions - (Com. title amend. pending)

Eng. H. B. 2691 - Allowing a person who is qualified by training to be a barber and a cosmetologist to elect to practice solely as a barber

Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. 2702 - Relating to excused absences for personal illness from school - (Com. title amend. pending)

Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. 2709 - Authorizing the City of South Charleston to levy a special district excise tax (original similar to SB565)

Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. 2771 - Relating to temporary teaching certificates for Armed Forces spouses

Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. 2792 - Requiring the Library Commission to survey the libraries of the state

Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. 2797 - Codifying statutory immunity for government agencies and officials from actions of third-parties using documents or records

Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. 2805 - Finding and declaring certain claims against the state and its agencies to be moral obligations of the state

Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. 2815 - Relating to higher education governance - (Com. title amend. pending)

Eng. H. B. 2833 - Specifying the contents and categories of information for inclusion in annual reports

Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. 2839 - Updating the procedures for legislative review of departments and licensing boards

Eng. H. B. 2869 - Providing for paid leave for certain state officers and employees during a declared state of emergency - (Com. title amend. pending)

Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. 2897 - Raising the amount required for competitive bidding of construction contracts by the state and its subdivisions

Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. 2941 - Requiring the Commissioner of the Division of Highways to utilize the Attorney General for all legal assistance and services

Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. 2961 - Relating generally to charitable bingo games and charitable raffles - (Com. title amend. pending) (original similar to SB625)

Eng. H. B. 2962 - Enlarging the authority of the Tax Commissioner to perform background investigations of employees and contractors (original similar to SB598)

Eng. H. B. 2967 - Relating generally to administration of estates and trusts

Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. 2980 - Relating to civil lawsuit filing fees for multiple defendant civil action - (Com. title amend. pending)

Eng. H. B. 3022 - Relating to the reporting of fraud, misappropriation of moneys, and other violations of law to the commission on special investigations

Eng. H. B. 3037 - Removing the Division of Energy as an independent agency - (Com. title amend. pending)

Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. 3048 - Relating to collection of Tier II fees for chemical inventories - (Com. title amend. pending) (original similar to SB629)

Eng. H. B. 3053 - Relating to motor vehicle lighting

Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. 3080 - Requiring instruction in the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution

 

SECOND READING

 

Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. 2366 - Relating to selling Jackie Withrow Hospital - (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)

Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. 2428 - Establishing additional substance abuse treatment facilities - (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)

Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. 2546 - Allowing replacement costs of employer provided property to be deducted from an employee’s final paycheck if the property is not returned - (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)

Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. 2552 - Increasing the pet food registration fee and directing that the additional money be deposited into the West Virginia Spay Neuter Assistance Fund - (Com. amends. pending)

Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. 2561 - Relating to public school support

Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. 2601 - Relating to municipal policemen’s or municipal firemen’s pension and relief funds - (Com. amend. and title amend. pending) (original similar to SB393)

Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. 2708 - Relating to a lawful method for a developmentally disabled person to purchase a base hunting license - (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)

Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. 2720 - Allowing the School Building Authority to transfer funds allocated into the School Construction Fund - (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)

Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. 2724 - Relating to creating a pilot program under the Herbert Henderson Office of Minority Affairs

Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. 2759 - Creating Statewide Interoperable Radio Network - (Com. amends. and title amend. pending)

Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. 2801 - Expiring funds to the unappropriated balance in the State Fund from the Department of Revenue, Office of the Secretary – Revenue Shortfall Reserve Fund

Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. 2804 - Removing chiropractors from the list of medical professions required to obtain continuing education on mental health conditions common to veterans and family members - (Com. amends. pending)

Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. 2850 - Relating to product liability actions

Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. 2857 - West Virginia Safer Workplaces Act

Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. 2916 - Authorizing certain first responders to carry firearms - (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)

Eng. H. B. 3018 - Adding definition of correctional employee to the list of persons against whom an assault is a felony - (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)

Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. 3020 - Relating to criminal penalties for the offenses of hunting, trapping or fishing on the lands of another person - (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)

Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. 3030 - Relating to appeals as a matter of right in the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals - (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)

Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. 3064 - Allowing vehicles of a size and weight exceeding certain specifications to operate over specified routes

Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. 3093 - Establishing Broadband Enhancement and Expansion Policies - (Com. amend. pending)

Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. 3102 - Relating to selling Hopemont Hospital - (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)

 

FIRST READING

 

Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. 2520 - Prohibiting the use of a tanning device by a person under the age of eighteen (original similar to SB672)

Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. 2637 - Relating to employment of retired teachers and prospective employable professional personnel in areas of critical need and shortage - (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)

Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. 2651 - Relating generally to standardized testing requirements for nonpublic schools

Eng. H. B. 2745 - Adding the examination of Advanced Care Technician

Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. 2799 - Prohibiting the superintendent of schools from requiring a physical examination to be included to the application for a minor’s work permit

Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. 2846 - Including high school students participating in a competency based pharmacy technician education and training program as persons qualifying to be a pharmacy technician trainee

Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. 3061 - Encouraging mastery-based education through the Innovation In Schools program

Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. 3095 - Allowing retired teachers to be employed by a higher education institution