House Passes 23 Bills

March 7, 2018

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The House convened today at 11 a.m.

The House concurred with the Senate and completed the following legislation:

H.B. 3005 – Relating to regulation of unmanned aircraft systems.
H.B. 4015 – Relating to the management and continuous inventory of vehicles owned, leased, operated, or acquired by the state and its agencies.
H.B. 4368 – Relating to voluntary assignments of wages by state employees who have been overpaid.
H.B. 4434 – Clarifying provisions relating to candidates unaffiliated with a political party as it relates to certificates of announcement .
H.B. 4473 – Relating to use of state funds for advertising to promote a public official or government office.
H.B. 4478 – Authorizing public schools to distribute excess food to students.
H.B. 4502 – Adding the crimes of murder and armed robbery to the list of offenses for which a prosecutor may apply for an order authorizing interception.
H.B. 4509 – Relating to the establishment of substance abuse treatment facilities.

The House had 23 bills on third reading:

All of these bills passed the House.

The House is in recess until 3 p.m.

Committee on Finance will meet at 2:15 p.m in 460M.

Rules will meet at 2:45 p.m. behind the chamber.

Update 5:39 p.m.

Bills read a second time:

S. B. 242 – Requiring health insurance providers provide coverage for certain Lyme disease treatment
S. B. 275 – Relating to tax on purchases of intoxicating liquors
S. B. 290 – Relating to DEP standards of water quality and effluent limitations
S. B. 322 – Relating to employees of Department of Agriculture
S. B. 392 – Reconfiguring membership of Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council
S. B. 411 – Removing Commissioner of Bureau for Public Health from State Board of Sanitarians
S. B. 463 – Establishing group to examine benefits and need of transferring milk rules and regulations from DHHR to Agriculture
S. B. 498 – Creating two-year pilot program allowing all-terrain or recreational vehicles in Cabwaylingo State Forest
S. B. 506 – Deregulating persons who perform work on heating, ventilating, and cooling systems
S. B. 525 – Relating to certification for emergency medical training – mining
S. B. 548 – Authorizing county commissions to pay election officials
S. B. 556 – Creating small business and minority populations economic and workforce development taskforce to assist Economic Development Authority
S. B. 585 – Altering boundary line between Doddridge and Harrison counties
S. B. 603 – Relating to proceedings for involuntary custody for examination

There were 34 bills on first reading.

Committee on Finance will meet today following adjournment in 460M.

The House is adjourned until 10 a.m. tomorrow.

Rules will meet tomorrow at 9:45 a.m. behind the chamber.