Today the House met to complete legislative action on Senate Bill 106 which will exempt professional engineer members from the sanitary board when a project engineer is under contract. The House completed legislative action on four other bills. 

The House rejected Senate Bill 170. The members then moved to reconsider the bill. It is laid over one day to consider further amendments. The bill would authorize the bureau of commerce to promulgate legislative rules. 

The House passed five other bills. One bill was Senate Bill 287 “Todd’s Law”, which would provide posthumous high school diplomas.

The House adopted 48 resolutions. One was House Resolution 18, memorializing the life of the Honorable Charles Raymond Shaffer. 

The following House committees will meet today:

Finance will meet immediately upon adjournment in 460M

The House stands in recess until 1:30 p.m.

Today the House met to complete legislative action on Senate Bill 336. This bill would eliminate the Health Care Authority’s power to apply certain penalties to future rate applications.  

Senate Bill 502 was moved from the regular calendar to the special calendar and read for a third time. This bill would relate to eligibility for certain reclamation or remediation tax credit. The bill was passed and awaits the concurrence of the Senate. 

Eighteen bills were read for a second time. One bill was Senate Bill 581 which relates to the Tourism Promotion Fund and Courtesy Patrol Fund. The bill was amended by the Finance Committee. 

The House adopted four resolutions including, HCR 130, HCR131, HCR 132, and HCR 133.

The House reconvened this evening to complete legislative action on House Bill 2586, House Bill 2632, House Bill 2914 and House Bill 2648. HB 2586 would allow for an alternative form of service of process in actions against nonresident persons by petitioners seeking domestic violence or personal safety relief. HB 2632 would exempt the procurement of certain instructional materials for use in and in support of public schools from the division of purchasing requirements. HB 2914 would provide for voluntary dissolution of resort area districts. HB 2648 would allow authorized entities to maintain a stock of epinephrine auto-injectors to be used for emergency. 

THe House passed House Bill 2550. This bill would increase the number of unexcused absences of a student before action may be taken against the parent. 

The House also debated amendments on Senate Bill 347, the Firearm Act of 2015. They also debated amendments to House Bill 2016, the Budget Bill. 

The following House committees will meet today:

Judiciary will meet immediately upon recess in Room 410M

Finance will meet at 3:00 p.m. in Room 460M

The following committees will meet tomorrow: 

Roads & Transportation will meet at 8:00 a.m. in Room 215E

Small Business, Entrepreneurship and Economic Development will meet at 9:00 a.m. in Room 215E

Judiciary will meet at 10:00 a.m. in Room 434M

During today’s floor session, the House completed legislative action on 11 bills including House Bill 2880 which would create an addiction treatment pilot program.  Another bill to complete legislative action was Senate Bill 2053, which would relate to the form of trust deeds. Other bills that are now completed legislation include Senate Bill 2535 , relating generally to suicide prevention training, “Jamie’s Law, ” and Senate Bill 322, which will eliminate mandatory electronic recount of ballots in recounts.

The House also passed twelve bills including Senate Bill 30, which would permit shared animal ownership agreement to consume raw milk. Senate Bill 578, which relates to occupational disease claims, was amended and passed. Also amended and passed was Senate Bill 574, which would relate to liquor sales by distilleries and mini- distilleries. 

Senate Bill 336, eliminating Health Care Authority’s power to apply certain penalties to future rate applications, was the only bill advanced to third reading and thirty bills on first reading were advanced to second reading including House Bill 2016, the Budget Bill.

The House also adopted several resolutions including HCR 6, HCR7, SCR18, SCR19, HCR24, HCR31,SCR31,HCR42, HCR45, SCR47, HCR55, HCR58, HCR60, HCR65, HCR68, HCR98, and HCR113

The House briefly reconvened this evening to hear committee reports.

The following House committees will meet today:

Judiciary is meeting immediately following floor session in 410M

Health is meeting immediately following the floor session in 215E

Senior Issues is meeting 10 minutes following floor session in 434M

Education subcommittee A will meet at 4 p.m. in 434M

The following House committees will meet tomorrow:

Education will meet at 9:30 a.m. in Room 434M

Judiciary will meet at 9:00 a.m. in Room 410M

The House is adjourned until 11:00 a.m. tomorrow

Delegate Carol Miller (R-Cabell) served as Majority Leader on the floor today. This marked the first time a female delegate has served as Majority Leader on the floor of the House of Delegates. She already made history as the first female Assistant Majority Leader and the first female in a leadership position in a Republican led majority of the House of Delegates.

The House amended Senate Bill 532, relating to civil liability immunity for clinical practice plans and medical and dental school personnel was advanced to third.

Another bill that was read for a second time was House Bill 2769, which would move expiring funds to the unappropriated surplus balance in the State Fund and General Revenue from various agencies. Seven other bills were read for a second time.

Nineteen bills were read for a first time.

The House also adopted Senate Concurrent Resolution 50 which provides for the issuance of refunding bonds pursuant to Safe Roads Amendment of 1966.

The House is adjourned until 11:00 a.m. Monday

The following comittees will meet today:

Judiciary will meet 15 minutes following the session in Room 215E

The following committees will meet tomorrow:

Judiciary will meet at 4:00 p.m. in Room 410M

The following committees will meet Monday:

Judiciary will meet at 9:00 a.m. in Room 410M

Finance will meet at 9:00 a.m. in Room 460M

Government Organization will meet at 9:00 a.m. in Room 215E

Education will meet at 9:00 a.m. in Room 434M

Roads & Transportation will meet at 10:00 a.m. in Room 215E