As of 4 p.m. Friday, January 26, 2018, the 10th day of the regular session of the 83rd legislature 406 bills have been introduced to the Senate. Of those bills, seven have passed and have been sent on to the House for further consideration.
Senate Bill 37 would eliminate the distinction between daytime and nighttime burglary and equalize the penalty for general burglary 1 to 15 years.
Senate Bill 39 would create the Sexual Assault Victims’ Bill of Rights.
Senate Bill 53 will correct an incorrect code reference.
Senate Bill 62 would allow counties to hire an attendance director with professional administrative certificates and five years of experience.
Senate Bill 67 would allow retired Department of Natural Resources taxpayers to exclude their pensions and annuities from the state income tax.
Senate Bill 75 would allow some video lottery retailers to transfer or sell the retailer’s location where limited video lottery is offered.
Senate Bill 98 would create incentives for consolidation at the municipal, county and metro government level.
Senate Bill 110 would require vendors selling alcoholic beverages to report any life-threatening medical emergencies that happen on their property to emergency medical services and law enforcement, along with the Alcohol Beverage Control Administration within 48 hours of the incident occurring.
Senate Bill 116 clarifies that the restitution money from the Second Chance Driver’s License Program are not subjected to the five percent offset for the program’s administration.
Senate Bill 133 would exempt renewal of certain contracts entered into during a declared state of emergency.
Senate Bill 134 would authorize the Division for Homeland Security and Emergency Management to engage individuals for emergency response and recovery.
Senate Bill 143 would permit a tracker to label his or her traps with a WV DNR identification number.
Senate Bill 146 would correct a technical error in the Solid Waste Management Act.
Senate Bill 263 would eliminate the film tax credit.
Senate Bill 292 would specify that the President and Speaker of the Senate and the House respectively must be members of the Commission on Special Investigations, requires a quorum vote to enter an executive session, allows the Commission to request instead of subpoena records for state, county, and local government entities, allows the Commission to award duty weapons to retiring members, creates the felony to impersonate a Commission member or staff, and removes the requirements that the Joint Committee must approve expense report and that the Joint Committee on Government and Finance approve payment of the Commissions Expenses.
Senate Bill 300 would create a tax credit for businesses that locate on post coal mining sites. Business would be eligible for the tax credit for the first five years after moving to the site.
Senate Bill 311 would provide a consumer sales and service tax and use tax exemption for certain services and tangible personal property sold for the repair, remodeling, and maintenance of aircraft operated under a fractional ownership program.
Senate Bill 351 would allow ballot commissioners who are candidates for a position on a party executive committee or as delegates to a national convention to continue to serve in their role, despite their name appearing on the ballot.
Additional Senate Bills
Senate Bill 7 states that before filing a claim under the WV Wage Payment and Collection Act, an employee must provide a written notice to their employer, for any claims for accrued fringe benefits.
Senate Bill 10 would eliminate PSC jurisdiction over rates, fees, and charges of municipal electric power systems.
Senate Bill 16 increases the penalties for shoplifting.
Senate Bill 46 would permit pharmacists to inform customers of lower-cost alternative drugs.
Senate Bill 51 would remove the reference to child support from the section of the code relating to the award of spousal support and separate maintenance. It allows the court to use the specified factors used to determine the amount of the spousal support or separate maintenance to also determine their duration
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Senate Bill 84 would prohibit abortion coverage in certain qualified health care plans.
Senate Bill 99 would prohibit discrimination based on age or sexual orientation in certain circumstances.
Senate Bill 163 is a rules bundle relating to the Department of Environmental Protection waste management, underground storage tanks, surface mining, standards of performance for new stationary sources, air pollution and quality standards, voluntary remediation and redevelopment rule, the State Construction Grants Program, and the Freedom of Information Act requests, was laid over on third reading. It will be picked up again on Monday.
Senate Bill 242 would require insurance plans offered in WV to require coverage for long-term antibiotic coverage for Lyme Disease.
Senate Bill 267 would increase the salaries of the employees of the WV State Police, teachers, and school service personnel.
Senate Bill 280 allows airports’ emergency management and operations vehicles to use red flashing warning lights.
Senate Bill 284 would increase the access to career education and workforce training by authorizing Advanced Career Education and creating the WV Invests Grant Program.
Senate Bill 285 would create legislation to enable neighboring counties to create a regional reaction authority to off-highway vehicle trail riding.
Senate Bill 327 would add to the extortion statute threats designed to obtain sexual conduct or the release of intimate body images.
Senate Bill 338 would change the due date for employer to file annual reconciliation and withholding statements to January 31.
