Members of the House reconvened at 5 p.m. for a brief 15 minute session. The House received committee reports from the Education, Judiciary, Finance and Government Organization committees.
The Judiciary committee met today and reported bills to the floor including Senate Bill 494 which would authorize Insurance Commissioner order restitution in certain cases, and Senate Bill 326 which would mandate certain dental anesthesia insurance coverage.
Government Organization reported Senate Bill 698 which would authorize certain regional water and waste water authorities to provide joint maintenance to participating agencies. The bill was referred to the Finance Committee.
The House received messages from the Senate on the passage of House bills and on the adoption of simple and concurrent House and Senate resolutions. One message from the Senate refused to agree to the changes to Senate Bill 445, and asked the House to concur. After refusing to concur, a conference committee was created to resolve the dispute between the House and Senate. The Speaker of the House appointed three conferees, Delegates Shook, Tabb and Hamilton. Though the number of conference committee members varies, there are always an equal number of members from each body – usually three. In its current form, the bill would remove conservation supervisors’ election certification requirements such as: mandatory nominating petitions, filing a sworn statement specifying that he or she meets the requirements and providing a qualified list of candidates to the Secretary of State.
The Judiciary committee will meet tonight at 6 p.m. in 410M.
The following committees will meet tomorrow:
Finance – 9:00 a.m. – 460M
Education- 9:00 a.m.- 454M
Government Organization- 9:30 a.m.- 215E
Health and Human Resources – 4:00 p.m. – 215E
Stimulus Utilization will not meet.
The House will reconvene at 11 a.m. tomorrow.
