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West Virginia Legislature

2nd Session of the 86th Legislature

Senate Calendar and Committee Schedule for Saturday, February 29, 2020

Saturday, February 29, 2020 – 53rd Day of Session

The Senate will convene at 9 a.m.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

  • SCR 55: Requesting study on benefits of wage transparency

THIRD READING

  • Sub. for SB 150: Budget Bill – (With right to amend)
  • Com. Sub. for HB 2149: Relating to the Farm-To-Food Bank Tax Credit
  • Com. Sub. for HB 4090: Creating the Oil and Gas Abandoned Well Plugging Fund
  • HB 4146: Relating to credit for reinsurance – (Com. title amend. pending)
  • HB 4437: Relating to the West Virginia Pay Card program
  • HB 4466: Certificates of Insurance Act – (Com. title amend. pending)
  • Com. Sub. for HB 4513: Increasing the replacement costs required of a person causing injury or death of game or protected species
  • HB 4582: Declaring certain claims against agencies of the state to be moral obligations of the state

SECOND READING

  • SB 852: Supplemental appropriation of public moneys from Treasury to Department of Education, School Building Fund (original similar to HB 4976)
  • SB 853: Supplemental appropriation of public moneys from Treasury to Department of Education, School Building Authority (original similar to HB 4975)
  • Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 3127: Relating to the Secondary School Activities Commission and participation by home schooled students
  • Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4083: Requiring the West Virginia Parkways Authority to accept the use of credit and debit cards for paying tolls – (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
  • Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4217: Authorizing the Department of Environmental Protection to promulgate legislative rules – (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
  • Eng. HB 4365: Granting of college credit hours for learning English as a second language
  • Eng. HB 4412: Relating to education benefits to members of the West Virginia Army National Guard and West Virginia Air National Guard
  • Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4438: Relating to the licensing of advance deposit wagering – (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
  • Eng. HB 4450: Relating to instruction permits issued by the Division of Motor Vehicles
  • Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4461: Requiring the Governor to fix the salaries of certain state appointed officers after the office is vacated or after July 1
  • Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4464: Relating to driving privileges and requirements for persons under the age of 18 – (Com. amends. and title amend. pending)
  • Eng. HB 4504: Relating to renewal application requirements for individuals with permanent disabilities – (Com. amend. pending)
  • Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4522: Allowing division to accept documents compliant with Real ID Act for proof of identity – (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
  • Eng. HB 4551: Relating to subsidized adoption – (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
  • Eng. HB 4760: Modifying video lottery retailer licensing eligibility requirements
  • Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4773: Creating a workgroup to investigate and recommend screening protocols for adverse childhood trauma in this state – (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
  • Eng. HB 4790: Relating to Career Technical Education for middle school students – (Com. amend. pending)
  • Eng. HB 4882: Authorizing limited sampling and limited sale of wine for off-premises consumption to wineries not licensed in the state
  • Eng. HB 4887: Relating to revocation, cancellation, or suspension of business registration certificates – (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
  • Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4925: Requiring the Secondary Schools Athletic Commission to recognize preparatory athletic programs
  • Eng. HB 4929: Relating to the administrative closing of stale or unprogressed estates
  • Eng. HB 4969: Relating to providing tax credit for the donation or sale of a vehicle to certain charitable organizations

FIRST READING

  • HB 4022: Clarifying the qualifications of the Chancellor of the Higher Education Policy Commission
  • HB 4039: Providing limitations on nuisance actions against fire department and emergency medical services – (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
  • Com. Sub. for HB 4077: Increasing the amount of the bond required to be posted by proprietary schools
  • Com. Sub. for HB 4137: Allowing counties to store and maintain voter registration records in a digital format
  • HB 4161: Making it illegal to scleral tattoo a person – (Com. amend. pending)
  • Com. Sub. for HB 4198: Permitting a person to obtain a 12-month supply of contraceptive drugs – (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
  • Com. Sub. for HB 4252: Authorizing miscellaneous agencies and boards to promulgate legislative rules – (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
  • Com. Sub. for HB 4352: Removing the use of post-criminal conduct in professional and occupational initial licensure or certification in decision making (original similar to SB 503)
  • Com. Sub. for HB 4398: Relating to required courses of instruction – (Com. amends. and title amend. pending)
  • Com. Sub. for HB 4434: West Virginia health care workforce sustainability study – (Com. amends. pending) (original similar to SB 558)
  • Com. Sub. for HB 4478: Creating a lifetime ban for commercial drivers involved in human trafficking – (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
  • HB 4480: Relating to legislative rules for the Higher Education Policy Commission
  • HB 4510: Prohibiting bodily intrusion by an inmate upon any person at any correctional facility – (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
  • HB 4529: Relating to the collection of assessments and the priority of liens on property within a resort area – (Com. amend. pending)
  • Com. Sub. for HB 4544: Relating to possession of any controlled substance on the premises of or within 200 feet of a public library – (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
  • HB 4559: Modifying the limitations on civil actions against the perpetrator of sexual assault or sexual abuse upon a minor – (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
  • Com. Sub. for HB 4576: Establishing a procedure for correcting errors in deeds, deeds of trust and mortgages – (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
  • Com. Sub. for HB 4620: Redefining definition of “recovery residence”
  • HB 4647: Relating to limited video lottery permit holders
  • Com. Sub. for HB 4729: Requiring higher education institutions to use previous versions or editions of instructional materials
  • HB 4955: Relating to reducing the cost of fees for state licenses to carry concealed deadly weapons and provisional state licenses to carry concealed deadly weapons

Scheduled Committee Meetings

10 a.m.: Economic Development (208W)

  • Originating Resolution 2: Requesting that WV Geological Survey and the Office of GIS research, study and make recommendations regarding state-administered GIS for WV communities with less than 5000 inhabitants
  • HB 4019: Downstream Natural Gas Manufacturing Investment Tax Credit Act of 2020
  • Sub. for HB 4421: Natural Gas Liquids Economic Development Act
  • HB 4621: WV FinTech Regulatory Sandbox Act
  • HB 4626: WV Development Achievements Transparency Act

11 a.m.: Interstate Cooperation (451M)

  • HB 4375: Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists Compact

12 p.m.: Military (208W)

  • HB 4165: West Virginia Remembers Program
  • HB 4589: Conducting study for an appropriate memorial for West Virginians killed in the War on Terror
  • HB 4655: Permitting military personnel in areas where on-the-job emergency medicine is part of the training to be granted automatic EMS or EMT certification

1 p.m.: Government Organization (208W)

  • HB 4099: Eliminating the permit for shampoo assistants
  • HB 4417: Relating to permitting professional boards
  • HB 4714: Increasing the monetary threshold for requiring nonprofit organizations to register as a charitable organization
  • HB 4666: Relating to competitive bids for intergovernmental relations and urban mass transportation
  • HB 4859: Accounting for state funds distributed to volunteer and part-volunteer fire companies and departments
  • HB 4803: Relating to certification of electrical inspectors
  • HB 4396: Relating to reporting suspected governmental fraud
  • HB 4823: Developing a plan for periodic audits of the expenditure of the fees from the emergency 911 telephone system and wireless enhanced 911
  • HB 4748: Relating to the increase of fees that private nongovernment notary publics may charge for notarial acts
  • HB 4865: Requiring certain boards that seek to increase a fee or seek to impose a new fee to also submit cost saving measures
  • HB 4960: Relating to exempting from licensure as an electrician

1 p.m.: Education (451M)

  • HB 4546: Relating to tuberculosis testing for school superintendents
  • HB 4414: Relating to the selection of language and development milestones for the deaf and hard-of-hearing children
  • HB 4691: Relating to employment in areas of critical need in public education
  • HB 4378: Relating to disciplining teachers

3 p.m.: Judiciary (208W)

  • HB 2892: Including digital and virtual information in the definition of property that can be searched and seized by a warrant
  • HB 4593: Authorizing the assignment of poll workers to serve more than one precinct under certain circumstances
  • HB 4594: Allowing poll workers to be appointed to work in precincts outside their county
  • HB 4664: Clarifying the offense of driving under the influence of alcohol, controlled substances, or drugs
  • HB 4573: Relating to Medicaid subrogation liens of the Department of Health and Human Resources

3 p.m.: Finance (451M)

  • Originating Bill 9: Expiring funds to the Department of Commerce, West Virginia Development Office, Marketing and Communications Operating Fund
  • Sub. for HB 4001: Creating West Virginia Impact Fund
  • Sub. for HB 4439: Clarifying the method for calculating the amount of severance tax attributable to the increase in coal production
  • Sub. for HB 4892: Reducing personal income tax rates when personal income tax reduction fund is funded at a certain threshold
  • HB 4519: Establishing a summer youth intern pilot program within Department of Commerce

Senate Resolutions to be Introduced Saturday, February 29, 2020

  • SR 60: Memorializing life of Katherine Johnson, WV native, NASA mathematician, Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient (Boley, Rucker, Cline, Carmichael, Azinger, Baldwin, Beach, Blair, Clements, Facemire, Hamilton, Hardesty, Ihlenfeld, Jeffries, Lindsay, Mann, Maroney, Maynard, Palumbo, Pitsenbarger, Plymale, Prezioso, Roberts, Romano, Smith, Stollings, Swope, Sypolt, Takubo, Tarr, Trump, Unger, Weld, Woelfel)

Committee Action on Bills from Friday, February 28, 2020

10 a.m.: Transportation and Infrastructure

  • HB 4450: Relating to instruction permits issued by the Division of Motor Vehicles
  • Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass
  • HB 4464: Relating to driving privileges and requirements for persons under the age of 18
  • Committee substitute, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass
  • HB 4504: Relating to renewal application requirements for individuals with permanent disabilities
  • Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass
  • HB 4522: Allowing division to accept documents compliant with Real ID Act for proof of identity
  • Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass
  • HB 4083: Requiring the West Virginia Parkways Authority to accept the use of credit and debit cards for paying tolls
  • Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass
  • HB 2679: Relating to state issued identification cards
  • Bill tabled; no further action taken
  • SCR 32: US Marine Corps PFC James R. “Johnny” Corder Memorial Bridge
  • Concurrent resolution reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it be adopted
  • SCR 33: US Air Force MSGT Dvon Duncan Memorial Bridge
  • Concurrent resolution reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it be adopted
  • SCR 34: US Army CPL Dane Hampton Hamric Memorial Bridge
  • Concurrent resolution reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it be adopted
  • SCR 35: Veterans Memorial Drive
  • Concurrent resolution reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it be adopted
  • SCR 36: Shafer Brothers US Military Veterans Memorial Bridge
  • Concurrent resolution reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it be adopted
  • SCR 39: US Navy PO1 Jeffrey S. Taylor Memorial Bridge
  • Concurrent resolution reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it be adopted
  • SCR 43: US Army 1LT Fred Omar Pratt Memorial Bridge
  • Concurrent resolution reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it be adopted

1 p.m.: Select Committee on Children and Families

  • Com. Sub. for HB 4094: Continuing the Foster Care Ombudsman
  • Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass; second reference to Finance
  • Com. Sub. for HB 4415: Relating to missing and endangered children
  • Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass; second reference to Finance
  • HB 4551: Relating to subsidized adoption
  • Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass
  • Com. Sub. HB 4773: Creating a workgroup to investigate and recommend screening protocols for adverse childhood trauma in this state
  • Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass
  • Originating Senate Concurrent Resolution 1: Online privacy protection for children
  • Originating concurrent resolution reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it be adopted

2 p.m.: Education

  • HB 4365: Granting of college credit hours for learning English as a second language
  • Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass
  • HB 4790: Relating to Career Technical Education for middle school students
  • Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass
  • HB 4925: Requiring the Secondary Schools Athletic Commission to recognize preparatory athletic programs
  • Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass
  • HB 4519: Establishing a summer youth intern pilot program within Department of Commerce
  • Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass; second reference to Finance

3 p.m.: Judiciary

  • HB 4882: Authorizing limited sampling and limited sale of wine for off-premises consumption to wineries not licensed in the state
  • Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass
  • HB 4887: Relating to revocation, cancellation, or suspension of business registration certificates
  • Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass
  • HB 4929: Relating to the administrative closing of stale or unprogressed estates
  • Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass

3 p.m.: Finance

  • SB 852: Supplemental appropriation of public moneys from Treasury to Department of Education, School Building Fund
  • Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass
  • SB 853: Supplemental appropriation of public moneys from Treasury to Department of Education, School Building Authority
  • Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass
  • Originating Bill 7: Expiring funds to the balance of the Department of Arts, Culture and History, Division of Culture and History, Public Records and Preservation Revenue Account
  • Originating bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass
  • Originating Bill 8: Expiring funds to the balance of the Department of Transportation, State Rail Authority, West Virginia Commuter Rail Access Fund
  • Originating bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass
  • HB 4113: Relating to motor fuel excise taxes
  • Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass
  • HB 4409: Relating to transferring remaining funds from the Volunteer Fire Department Workers’ Compensation Premium Subsidy Fund
  • Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass
  • HB 4969: Relating to providing tax credit for the donation or sale of a vehicle to certain charitable organizations
  • Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass
  • Sub. for HB 4438: Relating to the licensing of advance deposit wagering
  • Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass

Committee times and agendas are subject to change. Follow @WVSenClerk on Twitter for updates.

All Senate Committee meetings and floor sessions are available for both live streaming and to watch again in our archives. The link to the Senate’s archived video page can be found here: http://sg001-harmony.sliq.net/00289/Harmony/en/View/UpcomingEvents.

Contact: Jacque Bland at (304) 357-7999

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