Today, the House passed six bills two of which passed with amendment, Senate Bills 6 and Senate Bill 389.
Senate Bill 6 relates to medical professional liablity. It will help to control the increase in price of medical insurance and help to place caps on damages for medical malpractice cases. Senate Bill 389 relates to the Board of Registration for Professional Engineers license renewals and reinstatement. It would change the expiration dates of engineers liscences.
Other bills that passed the House include House Bill 2157. It would change fraud to a felony when it concerns absentee ballots. House Bill 2160 would make WV Schools for the Deaf and Blind eligible for School Building Authority funding.
House Bill 2212 would change the amount of severance tax revenue annually dedicated to the West Virginia Infrastructure General Obligation Debt Service Fund. House Bill 2213 would reduce the distributions to the West Virginia Infrastructure Fund.
House Bill 2387 would provide a framework for evaluating school leadership. House Bill 2606 would clarify the potential sentence for disorderly conduct. House Bill 2608 would clean up redundant language in the statute relating to misdemeanor offenses for violation of protective orders
Six bills were read for a second time and six bills were read for a first time.
The House is adjourned until 11:00 a.m. tomorrow
The following committees will meet today:
Health & Human Resources will meet at 3:30 p.m. in Room 215E
Energy will meet at 3:30 p.m. in Room 410M
Political Subdivsions will meet at 5:00 p.m. in Room 215E
The following committees will meet tomorrow:
Industry & Labor will meet at 8:00 a.m. in Room 215E
Judiciary will meet at 9:00 a.m. in Room 410M
Government Organization will meet at 9:00 a.m. in Room 215E
Finance will meet at 9:00 a.m. in Room 460M
Veterans Affairs & Homeland Security will meet at 1:00 p.m. in Room 434M
Education will meet at 3:00 p.m. in Room 434M
