The Senate will resume the First Extraordinary Session of 2019 at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 1.
House Speaker Roger Hanshaw, R-Clay, sent a letter Thursday to all delegates informing them that the House will resume the special session at 8:30 a.m. Monday, June 17.
The House split into four select education committees, with these committees consisting of 25 members. Nine bills were assigned to these select committees.
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Gov. Jim Justice has signed 17 bills as of Thursday, including bills dedicating money to improve state roads and a bill allowing for “vertical integration,” which is intended to help the state’s medical cannabis program.
These are the bills:
- House Bill 111– Relating to refunds of excise taxes collected from dealers of petroleum products
- House Bill 112– Relating generally to the personal income tax
- House Bill 115– Relating generally to court actions in abuse and neglect proceedings
- House Bill 116– Relating generally to persons 18 years of age and older in the custody of the Bureau of Juvenile Services
- House Bill 117– Relating to reduced rates for low-income residential customers of privately owned sewer and combined water and sewer utilities
- House Bill 119– Supplementing, amending, decreasing, and increasing items from the State Road Fund to the Department of Transportation
- House Bill 133– Relating to the admissibility of health care staffing requirements in medical professional liability litigation
- Senate Bill 1001– Upper Kanawha Valley Resiliency and Revitalization Program
- Senate Bill 1004– Antihazing law
- Senate Bill 1006– Authorizing the West Virginia Board of Physical Therapy to conduct criminal background checks on initial license applicants
- Senate Bill 1009– Establishing health professionals’ student loan programs
- Senate Bill 1012– Creating voluntary certification of recovery residences
- Senate Bill 1013– Permitting certain trained professionals to provide counseling in medication-assisted treatment program
- Senate Bill 1016– Supplemental appropriation to the Department of Transportation, Division of Highways
- Senate Bill 1019– Supplementing, amending, decreasing, and increasing existing appropriations from State Road Fund to DOH for fiscal year ending June 30, 2020
- Senate Bill 1026– Expiring funds from Treasurer’s Unclaimed Property Fund and supplementing appropriations to Governor’s Office
- Senate Bill 1037– Relating generally to medical cannabis
