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HB 4199 and Others Pass House

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The House convened at 11 a.m. today.

H. B. 4199 – permitting a nursing home to use trained individuals to administer medication – passed the House 55-44 and will now be communicated to the Senate.

During the floor session, Delegate Ed Evans (D – McDowell), expressed his concern about allowing individuals, other than registered nurses, to administer drugs in nursing homes because they are not as qualified. Delegate Kayla Kessinger (R – Fayette) spoke in support of the bill, including that approximately 25 states in the nation currently allow trained individuals that are not registered nurses to administer medication.

H. B. 2693 – relating to state ownership of wildlife – passed 97-1 in the House, moving it to the Senate.

H. B. 4230 – relating to credit for reinsurance – passed 98-0 in the House and was also approved to become effective Jan. 1, 2019. The bill will now be communicated to the Senate.

Bills on second reading:

Bills on first reading:

Committees meeting today:

Political Subdivisions will meet at 3 p.m. in 434M.

Health and Human Resources will meet jointly with Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse at 4 p.m. in 215E.

Committee meeting tomorrow morning:

Finance will meet at 8:30 a.m. in 460M.

Education will meet at 9 a.m. in 434M.

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

The House is adjourned until 11 a.m. tomorrow.

Senate Passes First House Bill, HB4020 Now Awaiting House to Concur

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The Senate convened today at 11 a.m.

House Bill 4020 was passed unanimously in the Senate with one member absent. The bill corrects outdated cross-references to Chapter 49 throughout the Code. The bill also amends the definition of “abused child” to include a child whose health or welfare is being harmed or threatened by human trafficking and a child conceived as the result of a sexual assault.

The bill is now waiting for the House to approve the amendments before being sent to the Governor.

S. B. 322, S. B. 364, S. B. 400 were all passed unanimously with one member absent.

S. B. 343 was passed 32-1 with one member absent.

S. B. 244, S. B. 393, and S. B. 430 were laid over for one day on third reading.

Bills on Second Reading:

Bills on First Reading:

The Senate adopted Senate Resolution 26, congratulating Wyoming East High School golf team for 2017 Class AA state championship and S.R. 27, celebrating achievements and contributions of athletes from Marion County.

The Senate is adjourned untill 11 a.m. tomorrow.

Committees meeting today:

Natural Resources at 1 p.m. 208W

Banking and Insurance at 2 p.m. 451M

Sub committee for S.B. 83 at 2:30 208W

Finance at 3 p.m. 451M

Judiciary at 3 p.m. 208W

Education at 5 p.m. 451M

Committees meeting tomorrow:

Sub committee for S.B. 385 at 9 a.m. 208W

Sub committee for S.B. 52 at 9 a.m. 217W

Transportation and Infrastructure at 10 a.m. 451M

Bills Move Through House

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The House convened at 11 a.m. today.

H. B. 2655 – defining and establishing the crime of cyberbullying – passed 94-1 in the House. The bill will now be sent to the Senate.

H. B. 2662 – prohibiting the waste of game animals, game birds or game fish – passed 56-39 in the House. HB 2662 will now move to the Senate for further consideration.

H. B. 2696 – relating to crossbow hunting – passed unanimously in the House and will be communicated to the Senate.

H. B. 4162 – granting authority to the State Conservation Committee to contract for flood response – passed 96-0 in the House. This bill now moves to the Senate.

H. B. 4251 – permitting employees of baccalaureate institutions and universities outside of this state – passed 94-1 in the House. The bill will now move to the Senate.

H. B. 4199 – permitting a nursing home to use trained individuals to administer medication – was postponed for one day.

Bills on second reading:

Bills on first reading:

Committees meeting today:

Roads and Transportation will meet at 2:25 p.m. in 215E.

Finance will meet at 3 p.m. in 464M.

Education will meet at 3:30 p.m. in 434M.

Judiciary will resume at 3:30 p.m. in 410M.

Government Organization will meet at 4 p.m. in 215E.

Agriculture will meet tomorrow at 8:30 a.m. in 215E.

Industry and Labor will meet tomorrow at 10 a.m. in 215E.

The House is adjourned until 11 a.m. tomorrow.

Senate Passes Senate Bill 267, Raising State Employee Wages One Percent

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The Senate convened today at 11 a.m.

The body passed nine bills to the House for further consideration. One bill was Senate Bill 267, which raises the wages of certain state employees by one percent. Teachers will recieve a one percent raise for the next five years. the bill passed unanimously with many senators remarking that they support the bill but would have liked to increase the percentage raised.

S. B. 10, S. B. 258, S. B. 268, S. B. 345, S. B. 350, and S. B. 386, were all passed unanimously to the House.

S. B. 324, removing restrictions where certain traditional lottery games may be played  was passed 28-5 with one member absent or not voting.

 S. B. 357, relating generally to limited video lottery was passed 27-6 with one member absent or not voting.

S.B. 393 and S.B. 430 were laid over one day on third reading.

Bills on Second Reading:

Bills on First Reading:

The Senate adopted Senate Resolution 25, designating February 2, 2018, as Dental Hygienists Day.

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

Committees meeting today:

Judiciary at 2 p.m. 208W

Committees meeting Monday:

Sub Committee for S.B. 375 at 9 a.m. 451M

Bills Passed by the House

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Bills Passed by the House

As of 4 p.m., Friday, February 2, 2018, the twenty-fourth day of the second regular session of the 83rd Legislature, 928 bills have been introduced in the West Virginia House of Delegates. Of those bills, 31 have passed and have been sent to the Senate for further consideration. All of these bills have passed this week:

House Bill 2546 (allowing replacement costs of employer provided property to be deducted from an employee’s final paycheck if the property is not returned) allows uniform costs to be deducted from an employee’s final paycheck if the uniform is not returned.

House Bill 2612 (repealing section relating to unattended motor vehicles and penalties) repeals the criminal penalty for leaving a vehicle running unattended.

House Bill 2799 (prohibiting the superintendent of schools from requiring a physical examination to be included to the application for a minor’s work permit) prohibits the superintendent of schools from requiring a physical examination to be included to the application for a minor’s work permit unless it is required by the prospective employer.

House Bill 2831 (relating to the reconstitution of the Driver’s Licensing Advisory Board) reconstitutes the Driver’s Licensing Advisory Board, to require one member of the board to be a licensed neurologist in this state, to require the board to respond to requests of the commissioner when necessary in the discretion of the commissioner, to delete obsolete language.

House Bill 4006 (revising the processes through which professional development is delivered for those who provide public education)

House Bill 4010 (providing no requirement to perform or host a marriage ceremony that does not conform to sincerely held religious beliefs) provides that a religious representative or spiritual assembly, church or religious organization is not required to solemnize a marriage.

House Bill 4138 (requiring certain public or private schools and daycare centers to install carbon monoxide detectors) requires all schools and daycares that use a heating system or other device that emits carbon monoxide to install a carbon monoxide detector.

House Bill 4183 (relating generally to standardized testing requirements for nonpublic schools) remove certain restrictions on achievement tests that must be administered to nonpublic students.

House Bill 4233 (relating generally to fraudulent transfers) establishes that a presumption imposes on the party against which the presumption is directed the burden of proving that the nonexistence of insolvency is more probable than its existence.

House Bill 4242 (clarifying the jurisdictional amount for removal of a civil action from magistrate court to circuit court) clarifies the jurisdictional amount for removal of a civil action from magistrate court to circuit court.

Additional House Bills

House Bill 2655 defines and establishing the crime of cyberbullying. This bill will be on third reading Monday.

House Bill 2662 prohibits the waste of game animals, game birds or game fish. This bill will be on third reading Monday.

House Bill 2696 relates to crossbow hunting. This bill will be on third reading Monday.

House Bill 4162 grants authority to the State Conservation Committee to contract for flood response. This bill will be on third reading Monday.

House Bill 4199 permits a nursing home to use trained individuals to administer medication. This bill will be on third reading Monday.

House Bill 4251 permits employees of baccalaureate institutions and universities outside of this state to be appointed to board of governors. This bill will be on third reading Monday.

House Bill 2693 relates to state ownership of wildlife. This bill will be on second reading Monday.

House Bill 4156 establishes the qualifications of full and part time nursing school faculty members. This bill will be on second reading Monday.

House Bill 4230 relates to credit for reinsurance. This bill will be on second reading Monday.

House Bill 4329 requires pawnbrokers to providing certain information to law-enforcement agencies. This bill will be on second reading Monday.

House Bill 2654 expands county commissions’ ability to dispose of county or district property. This bill will be on first reading Monday.

House Bill 3020 relates to criminal penalties for the offenses of hunting, trapping or fishing on the lands of another person. This bill will be on first reading Monday.

House Bill 4175 prevents a requirement that an advanced practice registered nurse participate in a collaborative relationship to obtain payment. This bill will be on first reading Monday.

House Bill 4178 permits certain portions of certified nurse aide training to be provided through distance learning technologies. This bill will be on first reading Monday.

House Bill 4275 relates to the law-enforcement authority of the director and officers of the division of protective services. This bill will be on first reading Monday.

House Bill 4359 relates to the removal of animals left unattended in motor vehicles. This bill will be on first reading Monday.

House Moves Bills, Works to Compromise

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The House convened today at 11 a.m.

H. B. 2612 – repealing section relating to unattended motor vehicles and penalties – passed unanimously in the House. The bill will now head to the Senate for consideration.

H. B. 4138 – requiring certain public or private schools and daycare centers to install carbon monoxide detectors – passed 95-1 in the House. The bill now moves to the Senate.

H. B. 4199 – permitting a nursing home to use trained individuals to administer medication – was postponed until Monday, Feb. 5.

Bills on second reading:

Bills on first reading:

The Capitol was filled with state teachers and other public employees from various counties, protesting about rising PEIA premimums and bills that would give state employees a salary raise. This has been the focus of many debates in the House this session.

With many questions regarding the priority of the body this session, Minority Leader, Tim Miley, said he asks the body to work together collaborately, to prioritize, and to work together to push forward with this issue urgently.

Speaker of the House, Tim Armstead, said he agrees that the House must work together to tackle this issue, but it will take time to solve this problem effectively.

The Judiciary Committee will be holding a public hearing Monday, Feb. 5, at 8:30 a.m. in the House Chamber, regarding H.B. 4012 – amending the definition of medical services, so as to exclude abortion.

Judiciary Committee will meet after the hearing at 9:15 a.m. in 410M.

The House is adjourned until Monday, Feb. 5, at 11 a.m.

Bills Passed by the Senate

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Bills Passed by the Senate

As of 4 p.m. Friday, January 26, 2018, the 10th day of the regular session of the 83rd legislature 406 bills have been introduced to the Senate. Of those bills, 52 have passed and have been sent on to the House for further consideration.

Senate Bill 7 states that before filing a claim under the WV Wage Payment and Collection Act, an employee must provide a written notice to their employer, for any claims for accrued fringe benefits.

Senate Bill 10 would allow more local review and control over the setting rates, fees and charges for, municipal electrical power systems. It also clarifies the Public Service Commission’s.

Senate Bill 46 would permit pharmacists to inform customers of lower-cost alternative drugs.

Senate Bill 51 would remove the reference to child support from the section of the code relating to the award of spousal support and separate maintenance. It allows the court to use the specified factors used to determine the amount of the spousal support or separate maintenance to also determine their duration.

Senate Bill 71 would define the term “veteran” to also include active members of the Guard and Reserve components of the Armed Forces of the United States.

Senate Bill 163 is a rules bundle relating to the Department of Environmental Protection.

Senate Bill 165 is a rules bundle relating to the Department of Health and Human Resources.

Senate Bill 184 is a rules bundle relating to the Department of Highways.

Senate Bill 237 is a rules bundle relating to the Tax Department.

Senate Bill 242 the bill requires insurance providers in WV to provide coverage for long-term antibiotic coverage for Lyme Disease.

Senate Bill 258 would exempt honorably discharged veterans from fees for license to carry deadly weapons.

Senate Bill 267 would increase the salaries of certain state employees.

Senate Bill 268 would eliminate the requirement certain agencies purchase commodities produced on institutional farms.

Senate Bill 280 allows airports’ emergency management and operations vehicles to use red flashing warning lights.

Senate Bill 284 increasing access to career education and workforce training. The bill authorizes Advanced Career Education (ACE) programs for students in secondary schools. ACE programs connect students with community and technical colleges to offer college credit while still in middle and high school. It creates the WV Invests Grant Program which is a scholarship for WV residents who are 18 years or older with a high school diploma or the equivalent of, to attend WV community or technical colleges. The grant also requires students to stay and work in WV for two years after completing their degree.

Senate Bill 285 creates legislation to allow two or more counties to create a regional recreation authority for off-highway vehicle trail riding.

Senate Bill 324 would remove restrictions where certain traditional lottery games may be played.

Senate Bill 327 will include in the extortions statute threats to obtain sexual conduct or the release of intimate body images.

Senate Bill 338 changes the date that employers file annual reconciliation and withholding statements to January 31.

Senate Bill 345 would authorize the DNR establish procedures and fee schedule for limited permit hunts.

Senate Bill 350 would eliminate requirements that the Lottery Commission file racetrack video lottery game rules with Secretary of State.

Senate Bill 357 would allow operators to be licensed as retailers in up to 10 locations, increase the maximum bet permitted for limited video lottery terminals and remove restrictions on bill denominations accepted by limited video lottery terminals.

Senate Bill 336 will allow a someone while applying for or renewing a driver’s license to choose to add an additional fee of $3 which will be directed to the Department of Veterans Assistance.

Senate Bill 384 reappropriates funds from the Department of Health and Human Resources’ Child Care Development and Medical Services and the Bureau of Senior Services to the DHHR’s Institutional Facilities Operations and Social Services.

Senate Bill 385 reappropriates excess funds from the Department of Health and Human Resources’ 2018 Fiscal Year budget and transfer them to the Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety.

Senate Bill 386 reappropriates excess funds from Marshall University’s School of Medicine and transfer it to Marshall University’s general funds.

Senate Bill 388 reappropriates excess funds from the Department of Health and Human Resources’ 2018 Fiscal Year budget and transfers them to the Department of Administration.

Additional Senate Bills

Senate Bill 94 would prohibit counties from regulating fireworks.

Senate Bill 108 would create the Volunteer Firefighter Appreciation Act of 2018.

Senate Bill 102 would create Creating WV Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act.

Senate Bill 141 would expand county assessment and collection of head tax on breeding cows.

Senate Bill 181 is a rules bundle relating to MAPS.

Senate Bill 230 is a rules bundle relating to the Department of Commerce.

Senate Bill 266 would update the meaning of certain terms used in WV Personal Income Tax Act

Senate Bill 360 would clarify the royalty owed in an oil and gas lease.

Senate Bill 361 would relate to the treatment supervision under Drug Offender Accountability and Treatment Act.

Senate Bill 371 would relate to the proceedings for voluntary custody for examination.

Senate Bill 425 would remove sunset dates which members of policemen’s or firemen’s pension fund elect to participate in deferred retirement option plan.

Senate Bill 429 would relate to forest fires.

Senate Bill 462 would establish a contribution holiday for public pension plans funded at 130 percent or more.

Senate Bill 463 would establish a group to examine the benefits and need of transferring milk rules and regulations from DHHR to Agriculture

Senate Bill 475 would relate to the Industrial Hemp Development Act.

House Debates More Appropriate Use of Taxpayer Dollars

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House Debates More Appropriate Use of Taxpayer Dollars

A Spotlight Shines on Benefit of Certain Educational Programs in the State

A bill leadership claims removes educational bureaucracy passed overwhelmingly this week in the House of Delegates.

Education has been a hot button issue this session, with teachers showing up on Friday to address concerns of a one percent teacher pay raise and public employee PEIA premiums. Earlier in the week, delegates debated a bill to attempt to eliminate educational bureaucracy.

Chairman of the House Education Committee Delegate Paul Espinosa, R-Jefferson, said House Bill 4006 was a bill created in response to a 2012 Education Efficiency Audit presented during August 2016 interims.

Espinosa said the legislation was crafted in order to make sure state tax dollars are better spent educating children.

“West Virginia had one of the most top-down, heavily regulated systems ever encountered,” Espinosa said.

Several lawmakers weighed in on the bill, some claiming it would limit the state’s outlet for student creativity.

“If we do this right, we will actually make it more effective and provide more opportunity for the students of our state to learn,” said Delegate Marshall Wilson, R-Berkeley.

Delegate Ricky Moye, D-Raleigh, said the bill doesn’t mandate educators continue programs. Moye said the legislation doesn’t say who will be responsible for duties removed by getting rid of a bill

Delegate Larry Rowe, D-Kanawha, said the bill reorganizes the executive branch and leaves no advocate for the arts.

“Tourism will be more like an office,” he said. “We haven’t focused on this bill from the standpoint of reorganizing state government.”

Delegate Shawn Fluharty, D-Ohio, voiced concerns over who testified before committee on just how the bill would impact certain programs.

“I believe there’s a gray area,” Fluharty said. “I don’t understand why we’re attacking creativity as if it’s a bad thing in West Virginia.”

The bill passed 60 to 36 and will now be taken up in the Senate.

Senate Bill 384 Passes from the Floor

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The Senate convened today at 11 a.m.

S. B. 336, providing certain DMV applicants ability to contribute to WV Department of Veterans Assistance, passed unanimously and has been sent to the House for further consideration.

S. B. 384, decreasing and increasing appropriations from State Fund, General Revenue to DHHR,was passed 23 – 11 and has been sent to the House for further considertion. The bill reappropriates funds from the Department of Health and Human Resources’ Child Care Development and Medical Services and the Bureau of Senior Services to the DHHR’s Institutional Faclities Operations and Social Services.

S. B. 393 was laid over one day on third reading.

Bills on Second Reading:

Bills on First Reading:

The Senate adopted Senate Concurent Resolution 3, naming the Michael Angiulli Memorial Bridge and it was ordered to the House for further consideration.

Also adopted by the Senate were S.R. 23, recognizing contributions and efforts of Donate Life West Virginia partners, and S.R. 24, celebrating efforts and contributions of Greenbrier County Elder Abuse Awareness Committee.

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

Committees meeting today:

Health and Human Resources at 2:15 p.m. 451M

Government Organization at 3:15 p.m. 208W

Education at 3:15 p.m. 451M

Judiciary at 4:15 208W

Financce sub committee B at 4:15 451M

LOCEA at 5 p.m. 451M

HB 4233 and 4242 Pass in House

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The House convened today at 11 a.m. 

H. B. 4233 –  relating generally to fraudulent transfers – passed unanimously in the House. The bill will now be communicated to the Senate.

H.B. 4242 – clarifying the jurisdictional amount for removal of a civil action from magistrate court to circuit court – passed 98-1 in the House. The bill will be sent to the Senate for consideration.

Bills on second reading:

Bills on first reading:

Committees meeting today:

Senior Citizen Issues will meet at 1 p.m. in 215E.

Energy will meet at 2 p.m. in 418M.

Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse will meet at 2 p.m. in 215E.

Health and Human Resources will meet at 2:30 p.m. in 215E.

Judiciary will meet at 4:30 p.m. in 418M.

 

Finance will meet tomorrow at 8:30 a.m. in 460M.

Judiciary will meet tomorrow at 9 a.m. in 410M.

Education will meet tomorrow at 9 a.m. in 434M.

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

The House is adjourned until 11 a.m. tomorrow.

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