In today’s floor session, the Senate passed 13 bills and read 45 for a second time. One of the bills that was passed is Senate Bill 386, which would clarify entities included in waters-edge group for net income tax. The bill would provide clarification of the entities to be included in a water’s-edge group for corporation net income tax purposes.
Another bill that was passed is Senate Bill 572, which would replace the term “advanced nurse practitioner” with “advanced registered nurse.” It would provide a new definition, make technical corrections, and provide a grandfather clause that would permit the West Virginia Board of Examiners for Registered Professional Nurses to set an application fee.
One bill that was read for a second time is Senate Bill 576. This bill would change the school personnel termination, resignation, retirement and rehiring deadlines.
The following committees will meet today:
Judiciary 3 P.M. – 208W
Finance 2 P.M. – 451M
The following committees will meet tomorrow:
Government Organization 10 A.M. – 208W
Economic Development 9 A.M. – 451M
Transportation and Infrastructure 10 A.M. – 451M
The Senate will be in recess until 5:30 p.m.
UPDATE: The Senate met after a recess to take up committee reports and read 15 bills for the first time. One bill that was read for the first time was Senate Bill 51, which would provide that adultery is a bar to receiving alimony in a divorce proceeding. It also allows an adjustment to be made if a party learns of adultery after entry of divorce decree. Other bills included Senate Bill 149 , Senate Bill 153 , Senate Bill 342 and Senate Bill 362.
The Senate is adjourned until 11 A.M.
