Five bills were passed by the House and sent to the Senate for approval today, such as, House Bill 3215 which would remove the administrative link between Shepherd University and Blue Ridge Community and Technical College.
One bill was on second reading. House Bill 2517 would allow the Board of Banking and Financial Institutions to have the authority to approve acquisitions of out of state banks by West Virginia banks.
There were three bills on first reading including House Bill 4141 which would require that written status reports on civil actions brought against state government agencies only be required when requested by the Speaker of the House or the Senate President
There were also eight introduced bills, such as House Bill 4301 which would expand the West Virginia Children’s Health Insurance Program to children of certain state employees.
Also, House Bill 4302 which would allow aged or disabled farmers to continue to have their farmland appraised as farm property after the land is not longer used to farm was introduced.
Also, House Bill 4305, which was introduced on behalf of the governor, would provide an annual exemption from the consumers sales and service tax for the purchases of certain energy efficient products was introduced.
The following Committees will meet today:
Education – 1:00p.m.- 434M
Judiciary – 2:00p.m. – 418M
Health and Human Resources – 4:00p.m.- 215E
The following committees will meet tomorrow:
Finance – 9:00 a.m. – 464M
Judiciary – 10:00a.m. – 418M
Finance – 1:00p.m. – 464M
Government Organization – 1:30p.m. – 215E
Senior Issues – 2:00p.m. – 215E
The House will convene at 11:00 a.m. tomorrow.
