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House Concurs with Senate, Passes Bills, In Recess

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The House convened today at 11 a.m. during the fifty-eighth day of session.

The House concurred with the Senate and completed legislaion on the following bills:

The House passed the following Senate Bills:

  • S.B 242
  • S.B. 273
  • S.B. 275
  • S.B. 290
  • S.B. 322
  • S.B. 385
  • S.B. 392
  • S.B. 411
  • S.B. 463
  • S.B. 498
  • S.B. 506
  • S.B. 525
  • S.B. 548
  • S.B. 585
  • S.B. 603
  • S.B. 261

Bills read a second time:

The House is in recess until 8:30 p.m.

Senate Passes S. B. 152, the Budget Bill

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The Senate convened at 11 a.m.

The Senate refused to concur with the House’s amendments and requested the House recede its amendments to the following bills:

The Senate concured with the House’s amendments and passed the following bills which are now awaiting action by the Governor:

S. B. 152 – Budget Bill – was passed unanimously and sent to the House for further consideration.

S. B. 633 – Expiring funds from Insurance Commission Fund and appropriating funds to Consolidated Medical Services Fund –  was passed unanimously and ordered to the House for further consideration.

S. B. 634 – Adding, increasing, and decreasing appropriations from General Revenue to DHHR – was passed unanimously and ordered to the House for further consideration.

H. B. 2028 – Relating to the venue for suits and other actions against the state – was passed unanimously and is now awaiting action by the Governor.

H. B. 4214 – Increasing penalties for unlawfully possessing or digging ginseng – was passed unanimously and sent to the House to concur.

H. B. 4276 – Allowing magistrates to grant work release privileges – was passed unanimously and is now awaiting action by the Governor.

H. B. 4336 – Updating the schedule of controlled substances – was passed unanimously and sent to the House to concur.

H. B. 4376 – Expiring funds to the balance of the Department of Health and Human Resources – was passed unanimously and is now awaiting action by the Governor.

H. B. 4379 – Supplementing, amending, decreasing, and increasing items of the existing appropriations to the Department of Transportation – was passed unanimously and is now awaiting action by the Governor.

H. B. 4401 – Relating to the registration of business – was passed unanimously and sent to the House to concur.

H. B. 4453 – Relating to judicial review of contested cases under the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources Board of Review – was passed unanimously and is now awaiting action by the Governor.

H. B. 4529 – Relating to oath by municipal official certifying list of delinquent business and occupation taxes – was passed unanimously and is now awaiting action by the Governor.

H. B. 4571 – Relating to the final day of filing announcements of candidates for a political office – was passed unanimously and sent to the House to concur.

H. B. 4618 – Relating to the authority of the Division of Protective Services – was passed unanimously and sent to the House to concur.

H. B. 4627 – Relating to providing a limitation on the eminent domain authority of a municipal park board – was passed unanimously and sent to the House to concur.

Bills on Second Reading:  

The Senate is in recess until 6:30 p.m.

Committees meeting today:

Conference Committee on H. B. 2595 immediately after the floor session in the House vestibule

Health and Human Resources at 4:15 451M

Judiciary following the Health Committee in 208W

Committees meeting tomorrow:

Conference Committee for H. B. 4186 at 9:30 a.m. in the President’s Conference Room

Transportation and Infrastructure at 10 a.m. 451M

 

Update 8:55 p.m.

The Senate reconvened from recess at 8 p.m.

The senate took committee reports and the following bills were taken up for immediate consideration and read for the second time. The bills were advanced to Thrid Reading with the right to amend.

H. B. 4607 was read for a first time.

The body recieved the conference committee report for H. B. 2995.

The Senate is adjourned until tomorrow at 10 a.m.

Committees meeting tomorrow:

Transportation and Infrastructure at 9 a.m. 451M

Seven Bills Passed in the Senate

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The Senate Convened today at 11 a.m.

The Senate agreed to the Houses request for conference committee for S. B. 46 and appointed Senator Sue Cline (R – Wyoming, 09), Senator Ron Stollings (D – Boone, 07) and Senator Tom Takubo (R – Kanawha, 17).

The Senate concured and passed S. B. 102, S. B. 133, S. B. 272, S. B. 319, S. B. 365, S. B. 404, S. B. 427,  S. B. 441, S. B. 456, S. B. 499 and S. B. 515.

The Senate refused to concur with the House’s amendments to S. B. 545 and requested the House recede its amendments.

H. B. 4016 – Relating to combatting waste, fraud, and misuse of public funds through investigations, accountability and transparency – was passed unanimously and sent to the House to concur.

 H. B. 4035 – Creating a legislative coalition to study and report to the Legislature on palliative care – was passed unanimously and sent to the House to concur.

H. B. 4042 – Redefining school zone to facilitate placement of school zone signs – was passed unanimously and sent to the House to concur.

H. B. 4183 – Relating generally to standardized testing requirements for nonpublic schools – was passed unanimously and sent to the House to concur.

H. B. 4275 – Relating to the law-enforcement authority of the director and officers of the division of protective services – was passed unanimously and now awaits action by the Governor.

H. B. 4400 – Relating to the West Virginia Physicians Mutual Insurance Company – was passed unanimously and now awaits action by the Governor.

H. B. 4546 – Relating to where an application for a marriage license may be made – was passed unanimously and now awaits action by the Governor. The bill would allow for a person, regardless of the county or state they live in to apply for a W. Va. marriage licences for any county.

Bills on Second Reading:

Bills on First Reading:

The Senate is in recess until 5 p.m.

Committees meeting today:

Health and Human Resources at 1:45 p.m. 451M

Judiciary at 3 p.m 208W

 

Update 6:55 p.m.

The Senate reconvened at 5:30 p.m.

The body recieved a message from the Governor that would extend the 2nd Regular Session of the 83rd Legislature by one day to Sunday, March 11 to work on the Budget Bill, S. B. 152.

The body then recieved committee reports and read the following reports for the first time:

The following bills were read for a first time then rereferred to their previous committee:

The Senate adjourned until tomorrow at 11 a.m.

Committees meeting tonight:

Education immediately following the floor session in 451M

Committees meeting tomorrow:

Judiciary at 9:30 208W

House Passes 23 Bills

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The House convened today at 11 a.m.

The House concurred with the Senate and completed the following legislation:

  • H.B. 3005 – Relating to regulation of unmanned aircraft systems.
  • H.B. 4015 – Relating to the management and continuous inventory of vehicles owned, leased, operated, or acquired by the state and its agencies.
  • H.B. 4368 – Relating to voluntary assignments of wages by state employees who have been overpaid.
  • H.B. 4434 – Clarifying provisions relating to candidates unaffiliated with a political party as it relates to certificates of announcement .
  • H.B. 4473 – Relating to use of state funds for advertising to promote a public official or government office.
  • H.B. 4478 – Authorizing public schools to distribute excess food to students.
  • H.B. 4502 – Adding the crimes of murder and armed robbery to the list of offenses for which a prosecutor may apply for an order authorizing interception.
  • H.B. 4509 – Relating to the establishment of substance abuse treatment facilities.

The House had 23 bills on third reading:

All of these bills passed the House.

The House is in recess until 3 p.m.

Committee on Finance will meet at 2:15 p.m in 460M.

Rules will meet at 2:45 p.m. behind the chamber.

Update 5:39 p.m.

Bills read a second time:

  • S. B. 242 – Requiring health insurance providers provide coverage for certain Lyme disease treatment
  • S. B. 275 – Relating to tax on purchases of intoxicating liquors
  • S. B. 290 – Relating to DEP standards of water quality and effluent limitations
  • S. B. 322 – Relating to employees of Department of Agriculture
  • S. B. 392 – Reconfiguring membership of Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council
  • S. B. 411 – Removing Commissioner of Bureau for Public Health from State Board of Sanitarians
  • S. B. 463 – Establishing group to examine benefits and need of transferring milk rules and regulations from DHHR to Agriculture
  • S. B. 498 – Creating two-year pilot program allowing all-terrain or recreational vehicles in Cabwaylingo State Forest
  • S. B. 506 – Deregulating persons who perform work on heating, ventilating, and cooling systems
  • S. B. 525 – Relating to certification for emergency medical training – mining
  • S. B. 548 – Authorizing county commissions to pay election officials
  • S. B. 556 – Creating small business and minority populations economic and workforce development taskforce to assist Economic Development Authority
  • S. B. 585 – Altering boundary line between Doddridge and Harrison counties
  • S. B. 603 – Relating to proceedings for involuntary custody for examination

There were 34 bills on first reading.

Committee on Finance will meet today following adjournment in 460M.

The House is adjourned until 10 a.m. tomorrow.

Rules will meet tomorrow at 9:45 a.m. behind the chamber.

H.B. 4145 Passed, 5 Percent Pay Raise for All State Employees

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The Senate convened today at 11 a.m.

The body recieved the committee report from the Conference Committee for H.B. 4145. The committee agreed to the House version of the bill and will give a 5 percent raise for teachers, school service personnel and the state police. All state employees will be recieving a 5 percent raise along with those mentioned in H. B. 4145 in an amendment to the Budget Bill, S. B. 152.

The Senate concured and passed S. B. 110, S. B. 307, S. B. 346 and S. B. 395. The bills have completed legislation and are now awaiting action by the Governor.

The Senate refused to recede to the House for H. B. 2607, H. B. 2995 and H. B. 4186. A conference committee for each bill has been requested by the Senate.

H. B. 2607:

H. B. 2995

H. B. 4186

The body took a short recess then reconvened at 3 p.m. to continue the calendar. All bills on third reading were passed unanimously.

H. B. 2464 – Relating to disclaimers and exclusions of warranties in consumer transactions for goods – was sent to the House to concur.

H. B. 4015 – Relating to the management and continuous inventory of vehicles owned, leased, operated, or acquired by the state and its agencies – was sent to the House to concur.

H. B. 4023 – Relating to the regulation of dialysis technicians – is now awaiting action by the Governor.

H. B. 4025 – Permitting reciprocity for licensure as a pharmacy technician – is now awaiting action by the Governor.

H. B. 4027 – Creating an education permit for allopathic physician resident – is now awaiting action by the Governor.

H. B. 4178 – Permitting certain portions of certified nurse aide training to be provided through distance learning technologies – is now awaiting action by the Governor.

H. B. 4197 – Requiring persons employed to dispatch emergency calls complete a course in cardiovascular care for telephonic resuscitation – was sent to the House to concur.

H. B. 4279 – Relating to adult protective services system – is now awaiting action by the Governor.

H. B. 4368 – Relating to voluntary assignments of wages by state employees who have been overpaid – was sent to the House to concur.

H. B. 4434 – Clarifying provisions relating to candidates unaffiliated with a political party as it relates to certificates of announcement – was sent to the House to concur.

H. B. 4462 – Allowing off duty members and officers of the department of public safety to guard private property – was sent to the House to concur.

H. B. 4478 – Authorizing public schools to distribute excess food to students – was sent to the House to concur.

H. B. 4502 – Adding the crimes of murder and armed robbery to the list of offenses for which a prosecutor may apply for an order authorizing interception – was sent to the House to concur.

H. B. 4509 – Relating to the establishment of substance abuse treatment facilities – was sent to the House to concur.

H. B. 4522 – Allowing certain tax information to be shared with the Director of Purchasing Division, Department of Administration, and State Auditor – was sent to the House to concur.

H. B. 4622 – Relating to authorizing legislative rules regarding higher education – is now awaiting action by the Governor.

There were seven bills on second reading and 14 on first reading.

The Senate is in recess until 4:30 p.m.

Committees meeting today:

Conference Committee on H. B. 4013 at 4 p.m. in 210W.

Engergy, Industry and Mining immediately following the floor session in the back of the chamber.

Education following EIM in 451M

Government Organization following EMI in 208W

 

Update 5:36 p.m.

The Senate is adjourned until tomorrow at 11 a.m.

Committees meeting today:

Education following the floor session in 451M

Finance following Education in 451M

Judiciary following Finance in 208W

HB 4145 Passes House

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The House convened at 11 a.m. today during the fifty-sixth day of session.

The House voted to suspend the rules to bring House Bill 4145 to the floor for passage after the House and Senate conferees agreed on the original House Bill. H.B. 4145 would provide a five percent raise to State Troopers, public school teachers and school service personnel. The bill passed unanimously in the House and in the Senate.

Bills on third reading:

Com. Sub. for S. B. 7 – Relating to claims under Wage Payment and Collection Act – passed unanimously.

S. B. 47 – Requiring Defense Department advocacy groups be notified in abuse or neglect of military person’s child – was rejected 44-56.

Com. Sub. for S. B. 102 – Creating WV Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act – passed 97-2.

Com. Sub. for S. B. 133 – Exempting renewal of certain contracts entered into during declared state of emergency – passed 98-2.

Com. Sub. for S. B. 272 – Relating generally to drug control – passed unanimously.

S. B. 298 – Authorizing county assessors make separate entries in landbooks when real property is partly used for exempt and partly for nonexempt purposes – passed 97-1.

Com. Sub. for S. B. 319 – Allowing individuals who completed home schooling be eligible for PROMISE scholarship without equivalent diploma – passed 93-6.

S. B. 365 – Relating to Young Entrepreneur Reinvestment Act – passed 94-5.

Com. Sub. for S. B. 412 – Relating to authority of county litter control officers – passed 98-1.

S. B. 427 – Modifying form of notice for certain tax delinquencies – passed 96-3.

S. B. 441 – Relating to health care provider taxes – passed unanimously.

Com. Sub. for S. B. 456 – Physical Therapy Licensure Compact Act – passed unanimously.

The House is in recess for one hour.

Health and Human Resources Committee will meet at 1:30 p.m. in 215E.

Conference Committee on HB 4013 will meet at 4 p.m.

Update 2:57 p.m.

Com. Sub. for S. B. 493 – Relating to guaranty associations – passed unanimously.

Com. Sub. for S. B. 499 – Requiring one year of certain approved postgraduate clinical training for persons with foreign medical degrees – passed unanimously.

Com. Sub. for S. B. 510 – Designating hospitals for stroke treatment – passed unanimously.

Com. Sub. for S. B. 522 – Relating generally to Administrative Procedures Act – passed 94-4.

S. B. 545 – Relating to driving privileges and requirements for persons under 18 – passed 68-30 and will be effective immediately.

The House is in recess until 6:30 p.m.

Finance Committee will meet at 3:30 p.m. in 460M.

Judciary Committee will meet at 3:30 p.m. in 418M.

Rules will meet at 6:15 p.m. behind the chamber.

Government Organization will meet tomorrow at 9 a.m. in 215E.

Update 8:31 p.m.

There were 28 bills on second reading and 16 bills on first reading.

Rules will meet at 10:45 a.m. tomorrow behind the chamber.

The House is adjourned until 11 a.m.

House Adopts S.J.R. 12

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The House convened today at 11 a.m. to work on bills on the House Special Calendar.

Bills passed:

  • S. J. R. 12 – No Constitutional right to abortion Amendment
  • S. B. 73 – Modifying crime of fleeing from scene of accident
  • S. B. 110 – Requiring certain licensees notify law enforcement or EMS of life-threatening emergency on premises
  • S. B. 307 – Declaring fundraising on state highway or roadway by volunteer fire department is not obstruction or nuisance
  • S. B. 327 – Providing extortion of anything of value, including sexual contact, subjects person to criminal penalty
  • S. B. 346 – Permitting full-time nonresident students purchase lifetime resident hunting, trapping and fishing licenses
  • S. B. 351 – Permitting ballot commissioners serve while candidates for certain offices
  • S. B. 395 – Providing for judicial review of appealed decisions of Air Quality Review Board, Environmental Quality Board and Surface Mine Board
  • S. B. 397 – Creating crime of impersonating blind or disabled person
  • S. B. 404 – Relating to sex offender registry information
  • S. B. 539 – Increasing limit for settling claims against DOH
  • S. B. 561 – Increasing minimum contract price requiring execution of bond with respect to building or repairing school property

S.J.R 12 – no Constitutional right to abortion amendment – was the topic of hours of debate in the House of Delegates. The resolution will be put on the WV General Election ballot in November and will allow residents of WV the ability to end medicaid funded abortions in the state. Many delegates expressed their concern about the issue.

There were 17 bills on second reading and 27 bills on first reading.

Committees meeting today:

Government Organization will meet at 4:30 p.m.

Rules will meet at 6:45 p.m.

Update 8 p.m.

Judiciary Committee will conduct a public hearing tomorrow at 8:30 a.m. in the House Chamber, regarding S. B. 434 and will be meeting following the hearing.

Finance Committee will meet tomorrow at 9:30 a.m. in 460M.

Rules will meet tomorrow at 10:45 a.m. in the chamber.

The House is adjourned until 11 a.m.

Senate Passes Three Bills

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The Senate convened today at 11 a.m.

The Senate concurred with the House and passed S. B. 143, S. B. 343 and S. B. 350. The bills are now awaiting action by the Governor.

The body refused to concur with the House amendments to S.B. 46 and requested the House recede its amendments.

H. B. 2889 was passed unanimously and is now awaiting action by the Governor. The bill would allow veterans who served as military police, law-enforcement specialist, or other equivalent rankings to take exams for probationary police officers without going through the class.

H. B. 2995 was passed unanimously and was sent to the House to concur. The bill would allow a person with an animal euthanasia license from another state to apply for a W. Va. license. The applicant’s out of state certification must meet or be higher than the W. Va. standards.

H. B. 4238 was passed unanimously and is now awaiting action by the Governor. The bill would allow counties and municipalities to establish a joint airport hazard comprehensive plan.

H. B. 4219, H. B. 4539 were sent to the Rules committee.

Bills on Second Reading:

 S. J. R. 8 was sent to the Rules committee.

 H. B. 2464 was amended on the floor.

 H. B. 4015 was amended on the floor.

 H. B. 4023

 H. B. 4025

 H. B. 4027

 H. B. 4178

 H. B. 4197 was amended on the floor.

 H. B. 4279

 H. B. 4368 was amended on the floor.

 H. B. 4434 was amended on the floor.

 H. B. 4462 was amended on the floor.

 H. B. 4478 was amended on the floor.

 H. B. 4502  was amended on the floor.

 H. B. 4509 was amended on the floor.

 H. B. 4522 was sent to third reading with the right to amend.

 H. B. 4622

Bills on First Reading:

H. B. 4016

H. B. 4035

H. B. 4042

H. B. 4183

H. B. 4275

H. B. 4400

H. B. 4546

The Senate adopted S. R. 61, designating month of March, 2018, as American Red Cross Month, and S. R. 62, congratulating Quinn Raffo, distinguished finalist for 2018 Prudential Spirit of Community Award.

The Senate is in recess until 5 p.m.

Committees meeting today:

Military immediately following the floor session at the back of the Senate Chambers

Conference Committee on H. B. 4013 at 2 p.m. in 418M, the House Judiciary Chariman’s office

Education at 2 p.m. 451M

Finance at 3 p.m. 451M

Judiciary at 3 p.m. 208W

Confernece Committee on H. B. 4145 at 4 p.m. in 451M

 

Update 8:45 p.m.

The Senate reconvened at 6:30 p.m.

The body recieved committee reports.

S.C.R. 51 was taken up for immediate consideration. The resolution would extend the time for the Conference Committee on H. B. 4013 to meet for three days. The committee had scheduled a committee, but due to the House’s floor session could not meet.

After a short recess until 7:50 p.m. the body recieved the House’s amended version of the bill changing the extension to one day. The Senate concured to the House’s amendment and a new meeting will be scheduled.

Durring the short recess the Finance Committee and the Judiciary Committee met.

At the 7:50 p.m. meeting the Senate recieved committee reports.

S. B. 152, the Budget Bill, was taken up for immediate consideration and read a first time. It was the rerefered to the Finance Committee.

The Senate is adjourned until tomorrow at 11 a.m.

Committees meeting tonight:

Confernece Committee on H. B. 4145 at 8:30 p.m. in 451M

Committees meeting tomorrow:

Confernece Committee on H. B. 4145 at 9 a.m. in 451M

Judiciary at 9:30 a.m. 208W

Transportation and Infrastructure at 10 a.m. 451M

Finance Committee Moves Governors Pay Raise Bill Out of Committee

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The Senate Finance Committee met at 1:30 p.m.

The committee looked at 13 bills on the agenda.

Senator Craig Blair (R – Berkeley, 15) said he included so many bills as house cleaning so next week the committee can focus on S. B. 152, The Budget Bill.

The committee heard from counsel a general overview for the Com. Sub. for the Budget Bill. Counsel is estimating the bill currently with the old Fiscal Year 2019 Official Estimate provided by the Governor on January 10 and bills that are curently passed. The bill will be adjusted within the next few days to be updated as legislation is passed.

The committee considered H. B. 4145, Increasing the annual salaries of members of the West Virginia State Police, public school teachers and school service personnel.

Senator Gregory Boso (R – Nicholas, 11) proposed an amendment to the bill to lower the raise for teachers, school service personnel and state police officers from 5 percent to 4 percent.

The committee discussed raising the salaries of all public employees not mentioned in H. B. 4145 with the one percent taken from the teachers, school service personnel and state police. Public employee salaries are set in the Budget Bill and the discussed raise for their salaries would be in a proposed amendment to the Budget Bill in the future. The increase would not be included in H. B. 4145.

According to Boso public employees have not had a raise in 12 years.

Senator John Unger (D – Berkeley, 16) spoke against the amendment, arguing that the proposed raise would keep teachers, school service personnel and state police in line with inflation.

Boso’s amendment was adopted by the committee and the bill as amended was reported out of committee.

The bill as repoted by committee will be taken up and deliberated on the floor following the committee’s adjournment.

Teacher Pay Raise, H.B. 4145, Sent to Conference Committee

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The Senate convened today at 9:30 a.m.

The body refused to concur with the House amendments to S. B. 134 and has requested the House recede its amendments.

The Senate concured with the House amendments to S. B. 338 and S. B. 415. The bills are now awaiting action by the Governor.

H. B. 4268 was passed 23-11 and sent to the House to concur. The bill would allow oil and gas development on property owned by seven or more royalty owners, provided a super majority, 75 percent, of the royalty owners consent. Non-consenting or unknown/unlocatable cotenants will be compensated with a royalty fee “equal to the highest royalty percentage paid to the consenting cotenants in the same property” or by participating in the development to “receive his or her share of the revenue and costs attributable to the tract being developed.”

The bill requires consenting cotenants and the operator to search county records, last known addresses, and the internet to find and negotiate with all owners of the estate. In the case that some owners can’t be found, their compensation will be placed in the Unknown and Unlocatable Interest Owners Fund. After a certain time, the Treasurer will tranfer half of the funds to the Oil and Gas Reclamation Fund to plug orphan wells, while the other half is allocated to the Public Employees Insurance Agency Stability Fund.

H. B. 4402 was passed unanimously and was sent to the House to concur. The bill makes changes to the W. Va. Code based on the reccomendation of the State Task Force on the Prevention of Sexual Abuse of Children which was created in 2015 through “Erin Merryn’s Law”. Task Force’s reccomendations address changes that could be made in education for grades K-12 and through public employees training to prevent child sexual abuse.

H. B. 4473 was passed unanimously and sent to the House to concur. The bill amends the code relating to 2016’s “trinket bill” which has led to severe restrictions on the code determined by the Ethics Commission. The bill redefines the words “advertising” and “press release.” It also permits the name and likeness of public official to be used in publicl funded educational materials, press releases intended for legitimate news or informational purposes, and The West Virginia Blue Book and Legislative Manual.

H. B. 2607 was passed unanimously and was sent to the House to concur.

H. B. 2654 was passed unanimously and is now awaiting action by the Governor.

H. B. 2693 was passed unanimously and was sent to the House to concur.

H. B. 2983 was passed unanimously and is now awaiting action by the Governor.

H. B. 3005 was passed unanimously and was sent to the House to concur.

H. B. 4180 was passed unanimously and is now awaiting action by the Governor.

H. B. 4186 was passed unanimously and was sent to the House to concur.

H. B. 4219 was laid over for one day.

H. B. 4230 was passed unanimously and is now awaiting action by the Governor.

H. B. 4236 was passed unanimously and is now awaiting action by the Governor.

H. B. 4289 was passed unanimously and is now awaiting action by the Governor.

H. B. 4343 was passed unanimously and is now awaiting action by the Governor.

H. B. 4347 was passed unanimously and is now awaiting action by the Governor.

H. B. 4410 was passed unanimously and was sent to the House to concur.

H. B. 4422 was passed unanimously and is now awaiting action by the Governor.

H. B. 4433 was passed unanimously and is now awaiting action by the Governor.

H. B. 4436 was passed unanimously and was sent to the House to concur.

H. B. 4444 was passed 33-1 and was sent to the House to concur.

H. B. 4621 was passed unanimously and is now awaiting action by the Governor.

H. B. 4624 was passed unanimously and was sent to the House to concur.

Bills of Second Reading:

Bills on First Reading:

The Senate is in recess until 30 minutes following the Finance Committee meeting.

Committees meeting today:

Finance at 1:30 451M

Judiciary at 1:30 208W

 

Update 10:46 p.m.

The Senate met to take committee reports.

H. B. 4145 was taken up for immediate consideration. The Finance Committees’s amendment to to change the pay raise for teachers, school service personnel and state police officers was adopted by the body 19-15. The bill was then read a third time and passed 21-13 to then be sent to the House to concur.

The Senate took a brief recess to wait for the House’s response.

The amendment to the bill had been filed incorrectly when sent to the House Clerk’s office. The Senate reconvened and reconsidered the actions taken.

After recalling the bill back to the Senate, the Senate reconsidered passage of the bill, moved the bill to second reading and amended the amendment. The amendment to the amendment corrected the error, making the raise for teachers, school service personnel and state police 4 percent. It passed 19-13 with two members absent.

The Senate then voted to pass the amended bill 19-13.

The body briefly recessed to await the House’s ruling.

The Senate recieved the message that the House refused to concur and then voted to refuse to concede to the House. A conference committee was called and Senator Craig Blair (R – Berkeley, 15), Senator Ryan Ferns (R – Ohio, 01), and Senator Robert Plymale (D – Wayne, 05) were appointed to represent the Senate.

The Senate is adjourned until Monday at 11 a.m.

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