As of 4:00 p.m. Friday, February 9, 2018, the 31st day of the regular session of the 83rd legislature 406 bills have been introduced to the Senate. Of those bills, 76 have passed and have been sent on to the House for further consideration.
Senate Bill 78 would provide a personal income tax adjustment to the gross income of certain retirees receiving pensions from defined pension plans that terminated and are being paid a reduced maximum benefit guarantee.
Senate Bill 102 would create the WV Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act.
Senate Bill 141 directs the county assessor and his or her deputies of each county within the state to assess and collect a $1 assessment on all breeding-age cows if the owner decides to participate in the Coyote Control Program.
Senate Bill 181 is a rules bundle relating to the State Fire Commission, Fire Marshal and Governor’s Committee on Crime, Delinquency and Correction.
Senate Bill 230 is a rules bundle relating to the Department of Commerce.
Senate Bill 244 would specify conditions for unlawful possession of firearm at school-sponsored activities.
Senate Bill 271 would create a centralized Shared Services Section to provide accounting and financial reporting services to spending units.
Senate Bill 283 would modify the procurement by state agencies. The bill would increase certain cost limits from $50,000 to $1 million and increase certain contract limits from $100,000 to $1 million.
Senate Bill 322 would allow the Commissioner of Agriculture to hire general counsel and other support staff as needed.
Senate Bill 343 would limit expenses in preparing the list for a notice to redeem.
Senate Bill 346 would permit full-time nonresident students attending an in-state college or university to purchase lifetime resident statewide hunting, trapping, trout fishing, and fishing licenses.
Senate Bill 361 would relate to treatment supervision under Drug Offender Accountability and Treatment Act.
Senate Bill 364 allows the parent or legal guardian of a homeschooled child to provide a signed statement affirming the child is being educated according to the law and meets the conditions to be eligible to obtain a driver’s permit or license, instead of the driver eligibility certificate signed by a school attendance director or chief administrator.
Senate Bill 371 makes technical corrections to §27-5-2.
Senate Bill 379 is a supplemental appropriation for the State Excess Lottery Revenue Fund to DHHR.
Senate Bill 382 is a supplemental appropriation for the Lottery Net Profits to Bureau of Senior Services, Lottery Senior Citizens Fund.
Senate Bill 393 will add two new appointed positions to the WV Racing Commission, tourism and veterinary services. This will change the number of appointees on the commission from three to five. The current three members will retain their position and be named the representative of thoroughbred racing, greyhound racing, and casinos respectively based on their experience and training. It was passed unanimously with four members absent.
Senate Bill 395 would provide for judicial review of appealed decisions of Air Quality Review Board, Environmental Quality Board and Surface Mine Board.
Senate Bill 400would create a new section of code that would forbid a state licensing board from hiring or contracting with a lobbyist to perform lobbying function on behalf of the board.
Senate Bill 404 would make changes to sex offender registry information.
Senate Bill 425 would remove sunset dates which members of policemen’s or firemen’s pension fund elect to participate in deferred retirement option plan.
Senate Bill 462 would establish a contribution holiday for public pension plans funded at 130 percent or more.
Senate Bill 463 would establish a group to examine the benefits and need of transferring milk rules and regulations from DHHR to Agriculture.
Additional Senate Bills
Senate Bill 43 would authorize DOH or local authorities establish minimum speed limits in certain areas.
Senate Bill 86 would permit the sale of home-based, micro-processed foods at farmers markets.
Senate Bill 114 would relate to the posting of the National Human Trafficking Resource Center hotline number.
Senate Bill 257 would create the WV Counseling Protection Act.
Senate Bill 319 would allow individuals who completed home schooling be eligible for PROMISE scholarship without equivalent diploma.
Senate Bill 337 would permit parents of newborns to decline administration of specific required medication at birth.
Senate Bill 366 would prohibit the State Board of Education from accepting federal education plans without approval of Legislature.
Senate Bill 416 would make fishing for catfish with bare hands lawful.
Senate Bill 426 would modernize certain alcohol laws.
Senate Bill 494 would consider members of State Teachers Retirement System absent while serving as officer with statewide professional association.
