Senate Bill 398 and House Bills 2457 and House Bill 2523 completed legislation today. SB 398, extending expiration date for health care provider tax on eligible acute care hospitals, completed after the Senate concurred and passed House amendments. HB 2457 prohibits the use of the name or likeness of elected or appointed officials on publicly-owned vehicles and HB 2523 creates a special revenue account to offset costs for the West Virginia State Police 100th Anniversary in 2019.
The Senate also passed 15 Senate bills during today’s floor session including Senate Bill 347, Senate Bill 393, and Senate Bill 537.
Senate Bill 347 creates the Firearms Act of 2015, SB 393 would reform the juvenile justice system in West Virginia and SB 537 would change the mandatory school instructional days to minutes.
Twelve bills on second reading were advanced to third, including SB 423 and SB 502 which were advanced after the adoption of amendments.
All bills on first reading were considered introduced have been advanced to second reading.
The Senate also adopted Senate Resolution 47, creating Multiple Sclerosis Awareness.
The Senate is in recess until 5 p.m. today.
The following Senate committees will meet today:
Education at 2:30 in 451M.
Government Organization at 2:45 in 208W.
Judiciary at 3:30 in 208W.?
UPDATE:
The Senate reconveined at 5 P.M. today to receive committee reports and Senate Bill 14, the Creating Public Charter Schools Act of 2015, was laid over for a day.
The Senate is adjurned untill Saturday at 10 A.M.
The Following Committees will meet tomorrow:
Judiciary at 10 A.M. in 208W
Finance at 1 P.M. in 451M
