Today was a busy day in the House of Delegates.
The House concurred with the Senate amendments to HB 2318, relating to human trafficking. The bill completes legislation and goes to the Governor for his consideration.
The House did not concur with the Senate’s amendments to HB 2099, Erin’s Law, because they believed the amendments did not go with the intent of the bill. The bill was sent back to the Senate.
The House also passed 13 bills.
SB 301 is a supplemental appropriation bill to supplement, amend, and increase items in the School Lunch Program account.
SB 330 repeals provisions relating to the statutory construction of the West Virginia Workplace Freedom Act.
HB 2373 would allows school bus drivers to administer the EpiPen when needed and makes them immune from liability unless there is gross negligence or willful misconduct.
HB 2427 would require agencies to provide updated employee information for the online state phone directory, and require that agencies update the information within thirty days of a change, or provide that information to the Office of Technology which shall update the online phone directory information within thirty days of receipt of information from an agency.
HB 2446 would require the executive branch agencies to maintain a website that contains certain information.
HB 2522 would allow the state to inter into an interstate licensure compact for registered nurses, practical nurses, and vocational nurses with 25 other states.
HB 2601 would provide a mechanism of correcting errors in payments to and from a municipal policemen’s or firemen’s pension fund and to provide a criminal offense for knowingly making a false statement in an attempt to defraud a municipal pension fund.
HB 2603 would allow municipal plans that are funded at 125% or more to stop paying certain costs while it is so funded.
HB 2631 would prevent dismissal of complaints that exceed time standards for disposition when the accused causes delay that results in the time overage.
HB 2649 would add additional violations of law, and removes exceptions for certain lesser included crimes, that could cause the forfeiture of a participant’s retirement plan.
HB 2683 would update the West Virginia Guaranty Association Act. The bill provisions concerning effect of paid claims, exhaustion of coverage, prevention of insolvencies and stay of proceedings.
HB 2792 would require the Library Commission to survey libraries in this state in order to provide a report to the Governor and the Legislature regarding the status of libraries and to propose a ten-year maintenance and construction plan based on the needs of libraries in this state.
HB 2796 would allow the guard to contract for specialized technical services with the federal government, its instrumentalities and agencies, any state, territory or the District of Columbia and its agencies and instrumentalities, municipalities, foreign governments, public bodies, private corporations, partnerships, associations and individuals for specialized technical services to support specific activities related to national security, homeland security and other military-related programs.
Committee Meeting Today
Senior Citizens Issues: 2:30 p.m. in 215E
Health and Human Resources: 3 p.m. in 215E
Energy: 3 p.m. in 410M
Committee Meetings Tomorrow
Judiciary: 8:30 a.m. on HB 3093 in the House Chamber
Gov. Org.: 9 a.m. in 215E
Education: 9:30 a.m. in 434M
Finance: 9:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. in 460M
Rules: 10:45 a.m. behind the Chamber
Roads and Transportation: 1 p.m. in 215E
The House is adjourned until 11 a.m. tomorrow.
