Today the House passed the Senate amended House Bill 2010. The bill has completed all legislative action and is pending the signature of the governor. The bill requires the elections of justices of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, circuit court judges, family court judges and magistrates be nonpartisan and by division.
The House also passed two bills. House Bill 2562 relates to sales tax increment financing. House Bill 2770 would make a supplementary appropriation from the State Fund, State Excess Lottery Revenue Fund, to the Division of Human Services.
Seven bills were read for a second time. Some of these include House Bill 2648 which would authorized entities to maintain a stock of epinephrine auto-injectors to be used for emergency. Another bill is House Bill 2457 which would prohibit the use of the name or likeness of elected or appointed officials on publicly-owned vehicles.
Thirteen bills were read for a first time.
The House is in recesss until 6:00 p.m. this evening
The House reconvened this evening to take committee reports and pass legislation. The House concurred with Senate amendments to Senate Bill 6. This bill relates to professional medical liability.
They also received two conference committee reports and adopted both of them. They then passed House Bill 2002, which relates to predicating actions for damages upon principles of comparative fault. The other bill was House Bill 2025, which prohibits certain sex offenders from loitering within one thousand feet of a school or child care facility.
The House suspended the constitutional rule on House Bill 2755 which requires the bill be read on three seperate days. The House then passed the bill which relates to service and professional employee positions at jointly established schools.
The House is adjourned until 11:00 a.m. tomorrow
The following committees will meet today:
Government Organization will meet at 2:00 p.m. in Room 215E
Judiciary will meet at 2:00 p.m. in Room 410M
Finance will meet at 2:00 p.m. in Room 460M
Education will meet at 3:00 p.m. in Room 434M
The following committees will meet tomorrow:
Judiciary will meet at 9:00 a.m. in Room 410M
Health & Human Resources will meet at 3:00 p.m. in Room 215E
