This evening, the Legislature adjourned the Second Extraordinary Session after completing legislative action on 11 bills. Those bills to complete legislation are as follows:

House Bill 201 relates to United States Senatorial succession.

House Bill 202 provides a supplemental appropriation to the Secretary of State's office.

House Bill 211 allows more counties to apply to participate in the military and overseas voting pilot program for the 2010 general election.

House Bill 212 removes the sunset provision regarding family court appeals .

House Bill 214 is a supplemental appropriation to various departments .

House Bill 215 is a supplemental appropriation to Education and the Arts, Environmental Protection and Insurance Commissioner.

House Bill 216 supplements and amends an item of existing appropriation from the State Fund, General Revenue, to the Governor's Office Civil Contingent Fund.

Senate Bill 2003 extends sunset provision relating to foundation investments by MU and WVU.

Senate Bill 2006 relates to school committees and school teams

Senate Bill 2009 relates to pilot programs to increase academic achievement.

Senate Bill 2010 amends deadlines relating to participation in Uniformed Services and Overseas Voter Pilot Program.

Both the House and Senate adjourned Sine Die.

During this evening's floor session, the House received Senate messages and completed legislative action on House Bill 212 and House Bill 216.

The House also refused to recede from their amendments regarding Senate Bill 2004 and Senate Bill 2008 and communicated their action to the Senate.

After briefly recessing, the House reconvened to take up for immediate consideration House Bill 214,supplemental appropriation to various departments, and House Bill 215, supplemental appropriation to Education and the Arts, Environmental Protection and Insurance Commissioner. The bills were then sent to the Senate for further consideration.

The House is at ease.

The Senate completed legislative action on six bills and amended and passed two others on to the House for consideration during a late afternoon floor session.

The bills that completed legislative action this afternoon are as follows:

House Bill 211 allows more counties to apply to participate in the military and overseas voting pilot program for the 2010 general election.

House Bill 202 provides a supplemental appropriation to the Secretary of State's office.

Senate Bill 2003 extends sunset provision relating to foundation investments by MU and WVU.

Senate Bill 2006 relates to school committees and school teams

Senate Bill 2009 relates to pilot programs to increase academic achievement.

Senate Bill 2009 relates to pilot programs for alternative schools in elementary and middle schools.

The Senate also amended and passed House Bill 212, which removes the sunset provision regarding family court appeals and House Bill 216, which supplements and amends an item of existing appropriation from the State Fund, General Revenue, to the Governor's Office Civil Contingent Fund. These two bills will now head back to the House for consideration.

The Senate also refused to concur in the House amendments for Senate Bill 2004 and Senate Bill 2008

Prior to the session the Senate was treated to a performance by children from the Aldan Arts and Conference Center located in St. Albans, West Virginia. The children performed three songs from the play Little Orphan Annie.

The Senate is in recess until 5:00 p.m.

This afternoon, the House voted and passed six education bills including Senate Bill 2004, relating to compulsory comprehensive health screens for students, Senate Bill 2006, relating to school committees and school teams, and Senate Bill 2010, relating to pilot programs for alternative schools in elementary and middle schools.

The House also passed two supplemental appropriation bills, as well as House Bill 211, allowing more counties to apply to participate in the military and overseas voting pilot program for the 2010 general election, and House Bill 212, removing the sunset provision regarding family court appeals during this afternoon's floor session.

All bills passed by the House during the floor session were reported to the Senate for further consideration.

The House is in recess until 4:45 p.m. this afternoon.

The Senate met briefly this evening to announce the times for tomorrow's committee meetings.

The Senate Finance Committee will meet tomorrow at Noon in room 451M
The Senate Judiciary Committee will meet tomorrow following the floor session in room 208W

The Senate has adjourned until 3 p.m. tomorrow, July 21

During this afternoon's floor session, the House advanced four supplemental appropriation bills to second reading including House Bill 210, which provides funding for the special election.

The House also advanced nine bills to third reading including Senate Bill 2004, relating to compulsory comprehensive health screens for students, House Bill 211, allowing more counties to apply to participate in the military and overseas voting pilot program for the 2010 general election, and House Bill 210, providing uniformity in alternative schools and requiring a pilot program that will allow alternative schools in elementary and middle schools.

The House is adjourned until 3 p.m. tomorrow, July 21.

Over the last two days conferees from both the House and Senate met to work out the conflicts of The U.S. Senatorial Succession bill.

Both bodies met briefly tonight to adopt the conference committee report and pass House Bill 201, which relates to United States Senatorial succession. The bill was made effective from passage.

The following committees will meet tomorrow, July 20:
House Finance - 460M - 1 p.m.
Senate Finance - 451M - 4 p.m.

The House has adjourned until 4 p.m. tomorrow.
The Senate has adjourned until 5 p.m. tomorrow.

The Senate met at 6 p.m tonight to receive the Conference Committee report for House Bill 201, relating to the United States Senatorial succession.

The Senate also received the third Amended Call from the governor, which adds three supplemental appropriation items to the original proclamation.

The three supplemental bills were read a first time prior to moving to the Senate Finance Committee for consideration. The bills include:

Senate Bill 2013,making supplementary appropriation from General Revenue to various accounts.

Senate Bill 2014, making supplementary appropriation of federal funds to various accounts.

Senate Bill 2015 creates new item of appropriation to State Department of Education for elementary and middle alternative schools.

The Senate is in recess until 8:45 p.m.

This evening, the House received the third Amended Call from the governor, which adds three supplemental appropriation items to the original proclamation.

The House also received committee reports regarding House Bill 211, allowing more counties to apply to participate in the military and overseas voting pilot program for the 2010 general election and Senate Bill 2009,relating to pilot programs to increase academic achievement. Both bills were taken up for immediate consideration and read a first time.

House Bill 206, encouraging teacher collaboration through the establishment of alternative school-level decision-making bodies, was advanced to second reading during the floor session.

The Conference Committee dealing with House Bill 201, relating to the United States Senatorial succession, met immediately following the floor session in Room 219M.

The following committee will meet tomorrow, July 20:
Finance- 460M- 1 p.m.

The House stands in recess until 5:45 p.m. this evening.

UPDATE
The House met briefly to receive the Conference Committee report for House Bill 201, relating to the United States Senatorial succession.

The House is in recess until 8:15 p.m. this evening.

The Senate met briefly this afternoon during July interim meetings. Once a month during the period between regular sessions the Legislature gathers in Charleston (or another location in the state) for three days of committee meetings.

The Senate is in recess until 5 p.m.

UPDATE

The Senate convened briefly at 5 p.m. to announce that the Conference Committee for House Bill 201, relating to United States Senatorial succession, will meet directly following floor session.

The Conference Committee is now meeting in Room 219M

The Senate is in recess until 5:45 p.m.

During this afternoon's floor session, the House received Senate messages and also advanced 10 bills to second reading. Bills advanced to second reading are:

House Bill 204, creating a compulsory comprehensive health screening for public school students.
House Bill 208, relating to the evaluation of professional personnel in the public schools.
House Bill 210, providing uniformity in alternative schools and requiring a pilot program that will allow alternative schools in elementary and middle schools.
House Bill 212, removing the sunset provision regarding family court appeals.
House Bill 213, a supplemental appropriation to the State Department of Education, elementary/middle alternative schools.
Senate Bill 2003, extending sunset provision relating to foundation investments by MU and WVU.
Senate Bill 2004, relating to compulsory comprehensive health screens for students.
Senate Bill 2006, relating to school committees and school teams.
Senate Bill 2008, relating to annual professional personnel evaluations in public schools.
Senate Bill 2009, relating to pilot programs to increase academic achievement.
Senate Bill 2010, relating to pilot programs for alternative schools in elementary and middle schools.

The following committees will meet this afternoon:
Education- 434M- 12:40 p.m.
Finance-460M- Immediately following floor session.

The House is in recess until 4 p.m. this afternoon.

UPDATE

The House is in recess until 5 p.m. this evening.

The Senate passed five education bills during this evening's floor session, suspending the constitutional rules requiring a bill be read on three separate days for each bill.

Senate Bill 2004 relates to compulsory comprehensive health screens for students, and Senate Bill 2006 relates to school committees and school teams. Senate Bill 2008 relates to annual professional personnel evaluations in public schools.

Senate Bill 2009 relates to pilot programs to increase academic achievement and Senate Bill 2010 relates to pilot programs for alternative schools in elementary and middle schools.

These bills will now advance to the House for consideration.

The Senate has adjourned until 1 p.m. tomorrow.

During this evening's floor session, the House received Senate messages that the Senate has passed Senate Bill 2003,which extends sunset provisions relating to foundation investments by MU and WVU, Senate Bill 2005, relating to improving performance of schools and school districts, and Senate Bill 2007, relating to alternative training and certification of principals and teachers. The House referred the bills to their respective committees for further consideration.

The House also received committee reports regarding House Bill 206, which encourages teacher collaboration through the establishment of alternative school-level decision-making bodies, and House Bill 210, which would provide uniformity in alternative schools and requiring a pilot program that will allow alternative schools in elementary and middle schools.

The following committees will meet today:
Education- 434M- 20 minutes after floor session ends

The following committees will meet tomorrow, July 19:
Education- 434M- 9 a.m.
Judiciary- 410M- 9 a.m.
Finance - 460M- 10 a.m.

The House is adjourned until 12 p.m. tomorrow, July 19.

The House reconvened briefly this afternoon in order to announce that House Education will be meeting at 4:30 p.m. in room 434M today to finish work on education bills that were added to the Amended Call yesterday. Senate Bill 2001, relating to the filling of vacancies in office of U. S. Senator, was also laid over a day.

The House is in recess until 6:15 p.m. this evening.

The Senate reconvened briefly this evening and received word that the House refused to concur with the Senate amendments for House Bill 201.

The Senate refused to recede from its amendment. Senate President Earl Ray Tomblin then appointed Michael Oliverio (D - Monongalia), Herb Snyder (D - Jefferson) and Clark Barnes (R - Randolph) to serve on conference committee charged with working on the bill.

The House then reconvened to appoint its conferees. Speaker Richard Thompson (D - Wayne) appointed Tim Miley (D - Harrison), Linda Longstreth (D - Marion) and Patrick Lane (R - Kanawha).

The House is adjourned until 4:00 p.m. tomorrow
The Senate is adjourned until 6:00 p.m. tomorrow

Also, the House Education Committee will meet tomorrow at 2 p.m. in room 434M

This evening the Senate amended and passed House Bill 201, which deals with U.S. Senate succession. The amended bill will now move to the House for consideration.

Three education measures also passed this evening. Senate Bill 2003 extends sunset provisions relating to foundation investments by Marshall University and West Virginia University, Senate Bill 2005 relates to improving performance of schools and school districts and Senate Bill 2007 deals with alternative training and certification of principals and teachers.

These bills now advance to the House for consideration.

The Senate is is in recess until 6:15 p.m.

During this afternoon's floor session, the House reconsidered their action on House Bill 201, relating to U.S. Senate succession. The bill was passed but a provision to make it effective from passage was rejected.

The House also introduced 10 bills during the floor session including House Bill 204, which would create a compulsory comprehensive health screening for public school students, and House Bill 209, which would establish pilot projects for increasing academic achievement.

The House stands in recess until 5 p.m. this evening.

UPDATE
The House stands in recess until 6 p.m. this evening.

The Senate reconvened at 1 p.m. to receive the Governor's Amended Call, which adds 10 bills to the Special Session Agenda, including eight that relate to education. They then introduced all 10 bills. The eight education bills now head to the Senate Education Committee for consideration.

The two that do not pertain to education include Senate Bill 2011, which amends deadlines relating to participation in Uniformed Services and Overseas Voter Pilot Program and Senate Bill 2012,which removes sunset provisions regarding the family court appeals. These two bills now move to the Senate Judiciary Committee.

The Senate will reconvene at 3:00 p.m.

The Senate Education Committee is currently meeting in room 451M

The House reconvened at 11 a.m. this morning to receive the Governor's Amended Call, which adds 7 education related items to the special session.

The House also considered for passage House Bill 201, relating to the U.S. Senate succession bill. After much debate on the floor, the bill was rejected with 45 voting against and 42 voting for the proposed legislation.

The House is in recess until 2 p.m. this afternoon.

UPDATE

The House is now in recess until 4 p.m. this afternoon.

The Senate met this afternoon and passed Senate Bill 2001, which deals with filling vacancies in the office of U.S. Senator. In order to proceed quickly, the Senate suspended the constitutional rules that require a bill to be read on three separate days. The bill now heads to the House for consideration.

The Senate will reconvene at 1:00 p.m. tomorrow

The following committees will meet tomorrow:
Finance - 451M - 2:30 p.m.
Education - 208W - 3:00 p.m.