The House of Delegates reconvened at 5 p.m. to finish business from earlier today. The next bill on the agenda was Senate Bill 622. This bill relates generally to regulation and control of financing elections. After arduous debate over the bill and all of its amendments a motion was made to previous question debate. The bill was passed by the House.
Senate Bill 640 regulates sudden cardiac arrest prevention. The bill establishes the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Prevention Act. The purpose of the bill is to educate about and prevent cardiac arrest. The bill is specified for athletics and schools under the county board of education and has provisions to provide guidelines and educational materials for students about the risks of continuous play or practice after experiencing symptoms during exercise.
Schools must also hold informational meetings for students regarding warning signs at the beginning of each athletic season. Students must also sign waivers acknowledging that they received information about cardiac arrest. the bill was passed by the House.
Senate Bill 670 relates to WV College Prepaid Tuition and Savings Program. This bill expands eligible educational institutions under the program to include private or religious primary, middle, or secondary schools. The bill was passed by the House.
Senate Bill 665 allows for expedited oil and gas well permitting. This bill creates three new subsections that will govern horizontal well permits and fees. These subsections that allow for expedited oil and gas well applications will cost applicants special expedited fees. Any unused funds that would be left over from reclamation of abandoned wells will remain in state special revenue funds.
The committee amendment that was adopted reduces the expedited fees from $20,000 and $10,000 to $10,000 and $5,000. The bill was passed by the House.
At the end of the night the House of Delegates passed 41 bills on third reading. These bills can be accessed via the calendar.
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