The House passed Senate Bill 715 which was amended and passed in the Senate earlier this week after originally being vetoed by the Governor due to technical errors. The bill establishes the Chesapeake Bay Restoration Initiative.

Members of the House were also given an update on the Budget Bill from the Budget Conference Committee. The bill is in the process of being finalized and the members should be able to review it tomorrow.

The Budget Bill Committee will be meeting today at 2:00 p.m. in room 451M.

The House will reconvene tomorrow at 9:00 a.m.

This afternoon, the House passed five Senate bills all of which were amended and passed by the Senate earlier this week after originally being vetoed by the Governor due to technical errors. One of the bills to pass was Senate Bill 239 which allows a simple majority vote for certain metro government approval. Another bill also passed was Senate Bill 528 which relate to crime victims’ compensation awards.

The House also appointed six members to the Budget Bill Conference Committee. Those appointed were:

House Finance Chair, Delegate H.K. White

House Finance Vice-Chair, Delegate Thomas Campbell

Delegate Mary Poling

Delegate Don Perdue
Delegate K. Steven Kominar
Delegate William Anderson

The Budget Bill Conference Committee will meet today at 2:00 p.m. in room 451M.

The House will reconvene tomorrow at 11:00 a.m.

West Virginia lawmakers made corrections to 11 House measures which were vetoed due to technical flaws within the bills.

The bills, which have been passed by both the House of Delegates and the State Senate, now go back to the Governor for his consideration. These bills include:

House Bill 2423, relating to the Board of Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Technology;
House Bill 2535, creating a tax credit for certain solar energy systems;
House Bill 2701, relating to the escape from custody of the Director of Juvenile Services;
House Bill 2771, including political subdivisions in the Alcohol and Drug-Free Workplace Act;
House Bill 2920, making a second conviction for petit larceny a felony;
House Bill 2926, establishing a procedure for challenging a candidate’s qualifications for elected office;
House Bill 3120, increasing the West Virginia Prosecuting Attorneys Institute’s executive council;
House Bill 3170, clarifying the filing and review of the periodic accountings of conservators;
House Bill 3194, making it a crime to knowingly file false information with the Secretary of State;
House Bill 3197, authorizing municipalities to permit nonpolice officers to issue citations for littering; and,
House Bill 3288, relating to mental health parity.

Work continues this week on the Budget Bill as well as several Senate bills which the Governor vetoed following the 2009 Regular Session.

During the evening session, the House suspended the constitutional rules requiring a bill be read on three separate days and passed the Budget Bill.

The bill was then communicated to the Senate for further consideration.

The House will reconvene tomorrow at 11:00 a.m.