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.
