Today in the House of Delegates during the introduction of bills one delegate proposed a motion for the House to postpone a Senate education bill indefinitely.
House Majority Leader Amy Summers, R-Taylor, 49, motioned that the motion to postpone the bill be tabled. The House then voted on Summers’ motion to table which passed 52-44 with four members absent. The House referred Senate Bill 451 to the Committee on Education and then Finance.
The House passed these bills Tuesday:
- Senate Bill 268: Updates the meaning of federal taxable income in the West Virginia Corporation Net Income Tax Act. This bill completed legislative action.
- Senate Bill 269: Updates terms used in personal income tax act. This bill also completed legislative action.
- House Bill 2004: Provides for a program of instruction in workforce preparedness
- House Bill 2420: Establishes the Mountaineer Trail Network Recreation Authority
- House Bill 2666: Supplemental appropriation to the Department of Veteran’s Assistance
- House Bill 2668: Supplemental appropriation to the Department of Administration, Public Defender Services
All other bills on second and first were advanced with no amendments made.
