Senate Calendar and Committee Schedule for Wednesday, March 4, 2020

March 4, 2020
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Wednesday, March 4, 2020 – 57th Day of Session

The Senate will convene at 10 a.m.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

SCR 6: Walter E. Swiger, Jr., Memorial Bridge – (Com. amend. pending)
SCR 57: Frye Brothers Memorial Bridge
SR 63: Designating March 4, 2020, as Recovery Community Day
SR 64: Recognizing efforts of Kanawha State Forest Foundation
SR 65: Designating WV State Folk Festival as official site of WV State Pepperoni Roll Championship
Com. Sub. for HCR 33: U.S.A.F. Lt Col Frederick Donald Belknap Memorial Bridge – (Com. amends. pending)

THIRD READING

Eng. SB 854: Expiring funds to Division of Culture and History from Auditor’s Office, Purchasing Card Administration Fund
Eng. SB 855: Expiring funds to State Rail Authority, WV Commuter Rail Access Fund from Auditor’s Office, Purchasing Card Administration Fund
Eng. SB 856: Expiring funds from WV Development Office, Synthetic Fuel, Producing County Fund to Market and Communications Operating Fund
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2892: Including digital and virtual information in the definition of property that can be searched and seized by a warrant – (Com. title amend. pending)
Eng. HB 4022: Clarifying the qualifications of the Chancellor of the Higher Education Policy Commission
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4099: Eliminating the permit for shampoo assistants
Eng. HB 4113: Relating to motor fuel excise taxes – (Com. title amend. pending)
Eng. HB 4396: Relating to reporting suspected governmental fraud
Eng. HB 4409: Relating to transferring remaining funds from the Volunteer Fire Department Workers’ Compensation Premium Subsidy Fund – (Com. title amend. pending)
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4414: Relating to the selection of language and development milestones for the deaf and hard-of-hearing children – (Com. title amend. pending)
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4415: Relating to missing and endangered children – (Com. title amend. pending)
Eng. HB 4417: Relating to permitting professional boards
Eng. HB 4519: Establishing a summer youth intern pilot program within Department of Commerce
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4546: Relating to tuberculosis testing for school superintendents
Eng. HB 4551: Relating to subsidized adoption – (Com. title amend. pending)
Eng. HB 4589: Conducting study for an appropriate memorial for West Virginians killed in the War on Terror – (Com. title amend. pending)
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4593: Authorizing the assignment of poll workers to serve more than one precinct under certain circumstances – (Com. title amend. pending)
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4621: West Virginia FinTech Regulatory Sandbox Act – (Com. title amend. pending)
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4633: Expanding county commissions’ ability to dispose of county or district property
Eng. 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 – (Com. title amend. pending)
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4666: Relating to competitive bids for intergovernmental relations and urban mass transportation
Eng. HB 4691: Relating to employment in areas of critical need in public education
Eng. HB 4714: Increasing the monetary threshold for requiring nonprofit organizations to register as a charitable organization
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4780: Permitting county boards to offer elective courses of instruction on the Bible
Eng. HB 4859: Accounting for state funds distributed to volunteer and part-volunteer fire companies and departments

SECOND READING

Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2646: Providing a safe harbor for employers to correct underpayment or nonpayment of wages and benefits due to separated employees – (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2775: Requiring each high school student to complete a full credit course of study in personal finance – (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2961: Permitting the commissioner to require a water supply system be equipped with a backflow prevention assembly
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2967: Permitting a county to retain the excise taxes for the privilege of transferring title of real estate
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 3049: Improving dissemination of boiled water advisories to affected communities – (Com. amend. pending)
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4001: Creating West Virginia Impact Fund – (Com. title amend. pending)
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4009: Relating to the process for involuntary hospitalization – (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4019: Downstream Natural Gas Manufacturing Investment Tax Credit Act of 2020
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4020: Removing authority of municipalities to require occupational licensure if licensure for the occupation is required by the state – (Com. amends. pending)
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4061: Health Benefit Plan Network Access and Adequacy Act – (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4069: West Virginia Student Religious Liberties Act – (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4088: Disposition of funds from certain oil and natural gas wells due to unknown or unlocatable interest owners – (Com. title amend. pending)
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4094: Continuing the Foster Care Ombudsman – (Com. amend. pending)
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4102: Relating to opioid antagonists – (Com. amend. pending)
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4108: Relating generally to certificates of need for health care services – (Com. amend. pending)
Eng. HB 4159: Relating to the manufacture and sale of hard cider
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4165: West Virginia Remembers Program
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4176: West Virginia Intelligence/Fusion Center Act – (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
Eng. HB 4178: Requiring calls which are recorded be maintained for a period of five years – (Com. amend. pending)
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4198: Permitting a person to obtain a 12-month supply of contraceptive drugs – (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
Eng. HB 4354: Adding nabiximols to the permitted list of distributed and prescribed drugs – (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4360: Exempting certain persons from heating, ventilating, and cooling system licensing requirements
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4361: Relating to insurance law violations – (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4362: Relating to penalties for neglect, emotional abuse or death caused by a caregiver – (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4363: Establishing the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources Police Officer Retirement System – (Com. amends. pending)
Eng. HB 4375: Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists Compact – (Com. amend. and title amend. pending) (original similar to SB 656)
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4377: The Protection of Vulnerable Adults from Financial Exploitation Act – (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4388: Limiting the Alcohol Beverage Control Commissioner’s authority to restrict advertising – (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4395: Removing the requirement that a veterinarian access and report to the controlled substance monitoring database – (Com. amends. and title amend. pending)
Eng. HB 4406: Relating to the reproduction of checks and other records – (Com. title amend. pending)
Eng. HB 4410: Permitting directors and executive officers of a banking institution to borrow from a banking institution with which he or she is connected
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4421: Natural Gas Liquids Economic Development Act
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4439: Clarifying the method for calculating the amount of severance tax attributable to the increase in coal production – (Com. title amend. pending)
Eng. HB 4447: Creating the shared table initiative for senior citizens who suffer from food insecurity
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4452: Modifying the notice requirements for the redemption of delinquent properties – (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4484: Relating to the Hazardous Waste Management Fund
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4497: Requiring an external defibrillator device at any secondary school athlete event – (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
Eng. HB 4499: Relating to multicounty trail network authorities – (Com. title amend. pending)
Eng. HB 4502: Relating to insurance adjusters – (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
Eng. HB 4514: Permitting the use of leashed dogs to track mortally wounded deer or bear – (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
Eng. HB 4523: Removing the limitation of number of apprentice hunting and trapping licenses a person may purchase
Eng. HB 4524: Making the entire state “wet” or permitting the sale of alcoholic liquors for off-premises consumption – (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4535: Relating to student aide class titles
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4557: Relating to centers and institutions that provide the care and treatment of mentally ill or intellectually disabled individuals – (Com. amends. pending)
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4573: Relating to Medicaid subrogation liens of the Department of Health and Human Resources – (Com. amend. pending)
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4581: Relating to West Virginia Clearance for Access: Registry and Employment Screening – (Com. amends. pending)
Eng. HB 4607: Authorizing the operation of mobile shops for hair, nail, cosmetology, and aesthetics services – (Com. amend. pending)
Eng. HB 4618: Relating to deadly weapons for sale or hire
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4619: Approving plans proposed by electric utilities to install middle-mile broadband fiber – (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4634: Southern West Virginia Lake Development Study Commission Act – (Com. amend. pending)
Eng. HB 4665: Reducing the amount of rebate going to the Purchasing Improvement Fund
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4668: Creating the misdemeanor crime of trespass for entering a structure that has been condemned – (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
Eng. HB 4737: Clarifying student eligibility for state-sponsored financial aid
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4747: Extending electronic submission of various applications and forms for nonprofit and charitable organizations, professionals and licensees
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4748: Relating to the increase of fees that private nongovernment notary publics may charge for notarial acts
Eng. HB 4777: Relating to the right of disposition of remains
Eng. HB 4797: Authorizing municipalities to enact ordinances that allow the municipal court to place a structure, dwelling or building into receivership – (Com. amend. pending)
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4803: Relating to certification of electrical inspectors – (Amend. pending)
Eng. HB 4804: Relating to comprehensive systems of support for teacher and leader induction and professional growth – (Com. title amend. pending)
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4823: Developing a plan for periodic audits of the expenditure of the fees from the emergency 911 telephone system and wireless enhanced 911
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4892: Reducing personal income tax rates when personal income tax reduction fund is funded at a certain threshold
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4946: Eliminating the requirement that municipal police civil service commissions certify a list of three individuals for every position vacancy – (Com. amend. pending)
Eng. HB 4958: Relating to eliminating the ability of a person’s driver license to be suspended for failure to pay court fines and costs – (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)

Bills on Senate Rules Committee Calendar

**Bills on the Rules Committee Calendar may be added or removed by majority vote of the Senate Committee on Rules**

THIRD READING

Eng. HB 4161: Making it illegal to scleral tattoo a person
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4398: Relating to required courses of instruction – (Com. title amend. pending)

SECOND READING

Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4378: Relating to disciplining teachers – (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4594: Allowing poll workers to be appointed to work in precincts outside their county – (Com. amends. and title amend. pending)
Eng. HB 4664: Clarifying the offense of driving under the influence of alcohol, controlled substances, or drugs – (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
Eng. HB 4960: Relating to exempting from licensure as an electrician

Scheduled Committee Meetings

9 a.m.: Transportation and Infrastructure (451M)

HB 4017: Establishing country roads accountability and transparency

9:15 a.m.: Senate Committee on Rules (Senate President’s Conference Room)

3 p.m.: Finance

HB 4543: Relating to insurance coverage for diabetics

** Additional afternoon committee meetings will be announced Wednesday.**

Senate Resolutions to be Introduced Tuesday, March 3, 2020

SCR 58: Requesting study of sexual violence in WV (Prezioso)
SCR 59: Rachel Hershey Smith Memorial Shelter (Romano, Facemire)
SCR 60: Requesting study on nutrition of public school students when schools are closed (Rucker)
SR 66: Recognizing March as Red Cross Month (Carmichael)
SR 67: Designating March 5, 2020, as Treatment Court Day (Weld, Maroney)
SR 68: Recognizing Buckhannon-Upshur 4-H Air Rifle Club (Hamilton, Pitsenbarger)

Committee Action on Bills from Tuesday, March 3, 2020

9:30 a.m.: Transportation and Infrastructure

SCR 9: US Army SSG Nick P. Markos Memorial Bridge; SCR 42: US Army CPL Richard “Warren” Ellison Memorial Bridge; HCR 4: U. S. Marine Corps LCpl Michael Linn Cooper Memorial Bridge; HCR 13: Watts Brothers Memorial Road; HCR 14: U. S. Army, Staff Sargent Wendell Otho Casto Memorial Bridge; HCR 19: Gold Star Families Highway; HCR 32: Wolfe Brothers, Edward, William, Paul, George and Fred, WW II Veterans Memorial Bridge; HCR 34: Requesting the Division of Highways to place at least 10 additional signs along highways entering West Virginia honoring fallen veterans and Gold Star Families; HCR 38: U. S. Army PFC Nile C. Ballard Memorial Road
Concurrent resolutions reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that they each be adopted

SCR 6: Walter E. Swiger, Jr., Memorial Bridge
Concurrent resolution, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it be adopted

HCR 33: U.S.A.F. Lt Col Frederick Donald Belknap Memorial Bridge; SCR 47: Requesting study of effectiveness of current laws maintaining private roads
Concurrent resolution, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it be adopted

HB 4017: Establishing country roads accountability and transparency
Bill is laid over to Wednesday meeting

HB 2961: Permitting the commissioner to require a water supply system be equipped with a backflow prevention assembly
Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass

SCR 47: Requesting study of effectiveness of current laws maintaining private roads
Concurrent resolution reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it be adopted

1 p.m.: Energy, Industry and Mining

Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4484: Relating to the Hazardous Waste Management Fund
Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass

1 p.m.: Health and Human Resources

HB 3049: Improving dissemination of boiled water advisories to affected communities
Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass

SCR 53: Requesting study providing free feminine hygiene products to female students in grades 6-12
Concurrent resolution reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it be adopted; second reference to Committee on Rules
HB 4003: Relating to telehealth insurance requirements
Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass

HB 4543: Relating to insurance coverage for diabetics
Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass; second reference to Finance

HB 4422: The Patient Brokering Act
Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass; second reference to Judiciary

HB 2321: Allowing workers’ compensation benefits for first responders diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder
Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass; second reference to Finance

2 p.m.: Government Organization

HB 4619: Approving plans proposed by electric utilities to install middle-mile broadband fiber
Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass

HB 4176: West Virginia Intelligence/Fusion Center Act
Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass

HB 4717: Seizure and Forfeiture Reporting Act
Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass

HB 4747: Extending electronic submission of various applications and forms for nonprofit and charitable organizations, professionals and licensees
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass

HB 4360: Exempting certain persons from heating, ventilating, and cooling system licensing requirements
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass

HB 4749: Providing more efficient application processes for private investigators, security guards, and firms
Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass

HB 4447: Creating the shared table initiative for senior citizens who suffer from food insecurity
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass

HB 4452: Modifying the notice requirements for the redemption of delinquent properties
Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass

HB 4607: Authorizing the operation of mobile shops for hair, nail, cosmetology, and aesthetics services
Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass

HB 4748: Relating to the increase of fees that private nongovernment notary publics may charge for notarial acts
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass

HB 4178: Requiring calls which are recorded be maintained for a period of five years
Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass

HB 4823: Developing a plan for periodic audits of the expenditure of the fees from the emergency 911 telephone system and wireless enhanced 911
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass

HB 4946: Eliminating the requirement that municipal police civil service commissions certify a list of three individuals for every position vacancy
Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass

HB 4444: Establishing Medals of Valor and Medals for Bravery for emergency medical services, firefighters, and law-enforcement officers
Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass

2 p.m.: Education

HB 4165: West Virginia Remembers Program
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass

HB 4069: West Virginia Student Religious Liberties Act
Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass

HB 4497: Requiring an external defibrillator device at any secondary school athlete event
Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass

HB 4804: Relating to comprehensive systems of support for teacher and leader induction and professional growth
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass

HB 4737: Clarifying student eligibility for state-sponsored financial aid
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass

HB 2775: Requiring each high school student to complete a full credit course of study in personal finance
Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass

HB 4535: Relating to student aide class titles
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass

3 p.m.: Judiciary

HB 3098: Allowing the same business owner to brew and sell beer to also distill and sell liquor
Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass

HB 4560: Relating to deliveries by a licensed wine specialty shop
Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass

HB 4362: Relating to penalties for neglect, emotional abuse or death caused by a caregiver
Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass

HB 4509: Transferring the Parole Board to the Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation for purposes of administrative and other support
Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass

HB 4618: Relating to deadly weapons for sale or hire
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass

HB 4377: The Protection of Vulnerable Adults from Financial Exploitation Act
Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass

HB 4388: Limiting the Alcohol Beverage Control Commissioner’s authority to restrict advertising
Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass

HB 2646: Providing a safe harbor for employers to correct underpayment or nonpayment of wages and benefits due to separated employees
Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass

HB 4797: Authorizing municipalities to enact ordinances that allow the municipal court to place a structure, dwelling or building into receivership
Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass

HB 4088: Disposition of funds from certain oil and natural gas wells due to unknown or unlocatable interest owners
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass

HB 4852: Relating to the penalties for the manufacture, delivery, possession, or possession with intent to manufacture or deliver methamphetamine
Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass

HB 4092: Relating to foster care
Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass; second reference to Finance

3 p.m.: Finance

Com. Sub. for HB 4421: Natural Gas Liquids Economic Development Act
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass

Com. Sub. for HB 4019: Downstream Natural Gas Manufacturing Investment Tax Credit Act of 2020
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass

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

HB 4665: Reducing the amount of rebate going to the Purchasing Improvement Fund
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass

Com. Sub. for HB 4363: Establishing the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources Police Officer Retirement System
Committee substitute, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass

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