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Senate Amends and Advances School Bus Safety Bill

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Members of the Senate reconvened this morning at 11 a.m. and completed legislation on 14 bills, passed 13 bills, advanced one bill to third reading and adopted three resolutions. Bills completing legislation included House Bill 2663 which expands the power of municipal parking authority officers and House Bill 4145 which provides services and facilities to assist student veterans at state institutions of higher education.

Bills passed this morning included House Bill 4207 which would make it unlawful to send obscene, anonymous, harassing and threatening communications by computer, mobile phone, personal digital assistant or other mobile device and House Bill 2773 which would increase the monetary penalties for selling tobacco products to minors.

Members also adopted Senate Resolution 53 honoring the West Virginia National Guard and Senate Resolution 54 honoring West Virginia University Women’s Basketball Head Coach Mike Carey.

The following committees will meet today:
Government Organization-2 p.m. 208W
Finance-3 p.m. 451M
Rules-4:50 p.m. President’s Conference Room


The Senate will reconvene this evening at 5 p.m.

House Passes Tech Park Bill to Governor’s Desk

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The House reconvened today at 11 a.m. and completed legislative action on six bills, as well as passing six bills with amendments.

Senate Bill 611 completed action and has been sent to the Governor for consideration. It will remove the requirement that the offices of the Higher Education Policy Commission, the Vice Chancellor for Administration and the West Virginia Council for Community and Technical College Education be located in Charleston, West Virginia. The offices will have to remain located in Kanawha County.

The House passed Senate Bill 230, also known as the Optometry Bill, with an amendment. The amendment discards previous lines of the bill that would allow optometrist to perform laser surgeries. It preserves the optometrists rights to prescribe medications and administer epinephrin by injection in case of an emergency.

House members also passed Senate Bill 597, which would require all women seeking an elective abortion to be given the opportunity to see an ultrasound of the fetus before the procedure is performed.

The following committees will meet today:
Rules- 3:15 p.m. Speaker’s Office

The House will reconvene this afternoon at 3:30 p.m.

Alzheimer’s Association Visits Statehouse

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Lawmakers received a different kind of visitor today as they arrived to their State Capitol offices on the last Friday of the 2010 Regular Session of the 79th Legislature. Representatives from the West Virginia Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association were on hand to deliver “Blueberry Brain Boosts” to members offices as well as to visitors in the Capitol Rotunda area. Blueberries, rich in antioxidants, protect the body against free radicals associated with the aging process.

The Alzheimer’s Association is the leading voluntary health organization in Alzheimer’s care, support and research and seeks to provide free services to individuals dealing with Alzheimer’s disease, their families and communities. West Virginia currently has approximately 48,000 individuals with this disease and in the United States, roughly 5.3 million people are living with Alzheimer’s disease.

Tech Park Bill Advances to House

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Members of the Senate reconvened this evening passed nine bills and advanced 18 bills third reading and 17 to second reading. Bills on third reading included House Bill 4397 which would require the Superintendent of the State Police to implement a plan to increase the number of state troopers.

Senators also received the conference report regarding Senate Bill 611, which would remove the location requirement for certain higher education offices. Upon receiving the report Senate members passed the bill and sent it to the House for their concurrence.

Bills on second reading included House Bill 2663 which would expand the power of municipal parking authority officers and House Bill 4034 which would authorize any municipality to enact by ordinance a vacant property registration program.

The following committees will meet tomorrow:
Finance-9 a.m. 451M
Transportation-10 a.m. 451M
Rules-10:45 a.m. President’s Conference Room
Government Organization-2 p.m. 208W


The Senate will reconvene tomorrow at 11 a.m.

Business Court Bill Passes House

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House Bill 4352, known as the “business courts” bill, completed legislative action when voted unanimously in the House this afternoon. The House also passed 22 other bills, as well as advanced 48 bills to third reading.

House Bill 4352 will allow the state Supreme Court to establish “business courts” to handle business cases, just as juvenile courts handle children. The bill was written to make the West Virginia court system more efficient and make the state friendlier to businesses.

Other bills that completed legislative action included House Bill 3110, House Bill 4176, House Bill 4425, and Senate Bill 651.

House Bill 3110 will rename conservation officers “natural resources police officers”, House Bill 4176 will create a state-wide credentialing system for health care practitioners, House Bill 4425 will develop a pilot program for unlicensed personnel to administer medication in nursing homes, and Senate Bill 651 will put a preference on current license and permit holders who bid on contacts.

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

Taiwanese Representative Addresses Senate

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The Senate reconvened this morning at 11 a.m. and completed legislation on 13 bills, presented 10 bills for third reading and adopted 7 resolutions. Bills completing legislation included House Bill 4359 which requires local labor for public construction projects by reducing the dollar amount of the applicable construction project to $250,000 and reducing the amount of miles for local labor market to 50 miles. Also completing legislation was House Bill 4167 which creates a special revenue fund known as the Department of Health and Human Resources Safety and Treatment Fund.

Bills passed, but with amendment, included House Bill 2485 which would allow pharmacy interns to vend pseudoephedrine and other chemical precursors to methamphetamine and House Bill 4155 which would permit revenues allocated to volunteer and part-time fire departments to be used for Workers’ Compensation premiums and length of service awards.

Senate members also adopted Senate Concurrent Resolution 60 which expresses the will of the Legislature reaffirming sister-state relationship with Taiwan. Kuoyu Tung, a representative from Taiwan, was present to receive and speak to the resolution.

The following committees will meet today:
Government Organization-1 p.m. 208W
Health & Human Resources-1:30 p.m. 451M
Energy-2 p.m. 208W
Education-2 p.m. 451M
Finance-3 p.m. 451M
Judiciary-3 p.m. 208W

The following committees will meet tomorrow:
Transportation-10 a.m. 451M


The Senate will reconvene this evening at 5 p.m.

House Completes Action on Erin’s Law

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The House reconvened today at 11 a.m. and sent nine bills to the Governor for consideration.

The House completed legislative action on Erin’s Law, which will increase the penalty for failing to stop and render aid after a motor vehicle accident. If a person does not comply and the accident results in a physical injury that person is guilty of a misdemeanor and will serve up to one year in jail, or be fined up to $1,000, or both. If the negligence results in death, the person will be guilty of a felony and will serve between one to five years in a correctional facility, be fined up to $5,000, or both. The convicted person’s driver’s license will also be revoked for one year following conviction or release from incarceration.

The House also passed several bills with amendments, which will be sent to the Senate for further consideration. The amended bills included Senate Bill 219, which would authorize the establishment of the Fleet Management Office within the Department of Administration. It would also repeal certain exemptions to rules pertaining to vehicles and aircraft owned or possessed by the state.

Additionally, the House honored the late Joseph Paul Albright, former Speaker of the House of Delegates. A resolution was adopted, which paid tribute to “the character, outstanding career and extraordinary public service” of the former lawmaker. Albright also was a former Justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

The following committees will meet today:
Rules- immediately after adjournment- Speaker’s Office

The House will reconvene at 2 p.m. this afternoon.

Senate Passes Five Bills During Evening Session

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The Senate reconvened this evening to suspend constitutional rule for the purpose of passing five bills with amendments, including House Bill 2503, which would require licensed tattoo artists to inform patrons of the potential problems a tattoo may cause prior to performing the procedure. These bills will return to the House for its consideration.

The Senate advanced 17 bills to second reading, including House Bill 4034, which would authorize any municipality to enact a vacant property registration program. Also, House Joint Resolution 101, the Commercial and Industrial Tangible Personal Property Tax Exemption Amendment, advanced to second reading.

The following committees will meet tomorrow:
Judiciary-9:30 a.m.-208W
Finance-9:30 a.m.-451M
Rules-10:45 a.m.-President’s Conference Room
Government Organization-1 p.m.-208W

The Senate will reconvene tomorrow at 11 a.m.

Vol. XXI Issue 8

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Business Court Division Bill Passes Senate With Amendment

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The Senate reconvened this morning and was treated to a rousing rendition of the National Anthem by Kayla Massey, a student at Shady Spring High School. Senators completed legislation on nine bills including House Bill 4187 which would continue the current hazardous waste management fee until 2015 and House Bill 4035 which relates to the electronic filing of tax returns and electronic funds transfers in payment of taxes.

Additionally, other bills presented for passage, but with amendments, included House Bill 4352 would authorize the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals to create a Business Court Division within certain circuit court districts and < House Bill 4534, known as Erin’s Law, which would increase the criminal penalty for failing to stop and render aid after a motor vehicle accident.

Senators also passed their version of the Budget Bill, which now goes to the House for consideration.

Senate members also adopted House Resolution 66 which commemorated the passing of Brent Cole. Cole a Chief Warrant Officer in the U.S. Army was tragically killed in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan.

The following committees will meet today:
Confirmations-1:30 p.m. 208W
Government Organization-2 p.m. 208W
Judiciary-3 p.m. 208W
Finance-3 p.m. 451M

The following committees will meet tomorrow:
Government Organization-2 p.m. 208W


The Senate will reconvene this evening at 5 p.m.

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