Source: http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bulletin_Board/2010/2X/h_journal/hdj2010-07-17-03.htm
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The Clerk proceeded to read the Journal of Friday, July 16, 2010, being the first order of business, when the further reading thereof was dispensed with and the same approved.
The Speaker laid before the House of Delegates a Proclamation of His Excellency, the Governor, amending his original Proclamation issued on the 15th day of July, which Proclamation was read by the Clerk as follows:
I, JOE MANCHIN III, GOVERNOR of the State of West Virginia, by virtue of the authority conferred upon me by Section 7, Article VII of the Constitution of West Virginia, do hereby state and proclaim that the Legislature, in the Extraordinary Session commencing the fifteenth day of July, two thousand ten, in its chambers in the State Capitol, City of Charleston, consider the following amendment to the first item of business stated in my first proclamation of the fifteenth day of July, two thousand ten:
FURTHERMORE, I, JOE MANCHIN III, GOVERNOR of the State of West Virginia, by virtue of the authority conferred upon my by Section 7, Article VII of the Constitution of West Virginia, do hereby state and proclaim that the Legislature, in the Extraordinary Session commencing the fifteenth day of July, two thousand ten, in its chambers in the State Capitol, City of Charleston, consider, in addition to the items of business stated and proclaimed in my two proclamations of the fifteenth day of July, two thousand ten, the following additional items of business:
Com. Sub. for H. B. 201, United States Senatorial succession; on third reading, coming up in regular order, with the right to amend, was reported by the Clerk.
On motion of Delegate Miley, the bill was amended on page seven, section four-a, line twenty, by striking out the words "Notice of" and inserting in lieu thereof, the following:
"The Governor shall issue a proclamation calling for a special election. The proclamation for" and a period.
On motion of Delegate Wooton, the bill was amended on page seven, line fifteen, section four-a, following the words "each political party", by inserting the words "or only one person has filed for the election in any party" and a comma.
Delegate Carmichael moved to amend the bill amended on page five, line eight, section four- a, by striking out the following language:
On page six, line five, section four-a, by striking out subsection (d) in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
_____"(d) The special election to fill this vacancy shall be conducted as an open general election with no nomination requirements. Any candidates may appear in the special election to fill the vacancy after filing a timely certificate of announcement with the Secretary of State and the payment of the required filing fee.
_____(1) Absentee ballots, other than military and overseas ballots, shall be mailed no later than fifteen days prior to the general election; military and overseas ballots shall be mailed no later than thirty days prior to the the general election;
_____(3) A notarized declaration of candidacy and filing fee shall be filed and received in hand by the Secretary of State by 5:00 p.m. on the fourth business day following the proclamation of the special election. The declaration of candidacy may be filed in person, by United States mail, electronic means or any other means authorized by the Secretary of State;
_____(3) An open general election means that any certified candidate for a vacant United States Senate seat may seek election without a nominating process and the candidate receiving the most votes in that election shall be elected to fill that vacancy; provided that, if no candidate shall receive a majority of votes in the open general special election a runoff election shall take place sixty three days after that election which shall be between the two candidates receiving the largest shares of the vote in that open general special election."
Delegate Sobonya moved to amend the bill on page nine, line fifty-six, by striking out subsection (e), section four-a, article ten, chapter three and renumbering the remaining subsections accordingly.
The yeas and nays having been ordered, they were taken (Roll No. 490), and there were--yeas 26, nays 61, absent and not voting 13, with the yeas and absent and not voting being as follows:
Yeas: Anderson, Armstead, Ashley, Azinger, Blair, Border, Canterbury, Carmichael, Cole, Cowles, Duke, Ellem, Evans, Hamilton, Ireland, Lane, McGeehan, J. Miller, Overington, Porter, Romine, Rowan, Schoen, Sobonya, Sumner and Walters.
Absent And Not Voting: Andes, Argento, Caputo, Ennis, Hall, Hunt, Iaquinta, C. Miller, Schadler, Shook, Stephens, Stowers and Varner.
The question being on the passage of the bill, the yeas and nays were taken (Roll No. 491), and there were--yeas 42, nays 45, absent and not voting 13, with the yeas and absent and not voting being as follows:
Yeas: Speaker Thompson, Beach, Boggs, Campbell, Cann, Crosier, Doyle, Ferro, Fragale, Frazier, Givens, Hartman, Hutchins, Klempa, Kominar, Lawrence, Longstreth, Mahan, Manchin, Marshall, Martin, Miley, Morgan, Moye, Paxton, Perry, Pethtel, Phillips, D. Poling, Reynolds, Ross, Shaver, Skaff, Smith, Spencer, Susman, Swartzmiller, Talbott, D. Walker, White, Williams and Wooton.
So, a majority of the members present and voting having not voted in the affirmative, the Speaker declared the bill (Com. Sub. for H. B. 201) rejected.
Delegate Eldridge asked and obtained unanimous consent that the remarks of Delegate Perdue regarding Com. Sub. for H. B. 201 be printed in the Appendix to the Journal.
Still being in possession of the Clerk, Com. Sub. for H. B. 201, United States Senatorial succession, was taken up for further consideration.
On motion of Delegate Michael, the House of Delegates then reconsidered the vote whereby the bill was rejected.
On this motion, Delegate Carmichael demanded the yeas and nays, which demand was sustained.
The yeas and nays having been ordered, they were taken (Roll No. 492), and there were--yeas 49, nays 34, absent and not voting 17, with the nays and absent and not voting being as follows:
Nays: Anderson, Andes, Armstead, Ashley, Azinger, Blair, Border, Butcher, Canterbury, Carmichael, Cole, Cowles, Duke, Eldridge, Ellem, Evans, Hamilton, Hatfield, Ireland, Lane, Louisos, McGeehan, J. Miller, Moore, Overington, Perdue, Porter, Romine, Rowan, Schoen, Sobonya, Staggers, Sumner and Walters.
Absent And Not Voting: Argento, Brown, Caputo, Crosier, Ennis, Hall, Hunt, Iaquinta, Manypenny, Martin, C. Miller, Schadler, Shook, Skaff, Stephens, Stowers and Varner.
The question now being on the passage of the bill, the yeas and nays were taken (Roll No. 493), and there were--yeas 46, nays 37, absent and not voting 17, with the nays and absent and not voting being as follows:
Nays: Anderson, Andes, Armstead, Ashley, Azinger, Barker, Blair, Border, Butcher, Canterbury, Carmichael, Cole, Cowles, Duke, Eldridge, Ellem, Evans, Fleischauer, Guthrie, Hamilton, Hatfield, Ireland, Lane, Louisos, McGeehan, J. Miller, Moore, Overington, Perdue, Porter, Romine, Rowan, Schoen, Sobonya, Staggers, Sumner and Walters.
On this question, the yeas and nays were taken (Roll No. 494), and there were--yeas 51, nays 34, absent and not voting 15, with the nays and absent and not voting being as follows:
Nays: Anderson, Andes, Armstead, Ashley, Azinger, Blair, Border, Brown, Butcher, Canterbury, Carmichael, Cole, Cowles, Duke, Eldridge, Ellem, Evans, Fleischauer, Hamilton, Ireland, Lane, Louisos, McGeehan, J. Miller, Moore, Overington, Perdue, Porter, Romine, Rowan, Schoen, Sobonya, Sumner and Walters.
Absent And Not Voting: Argento, Caputo, Crosier, Ennis, Hall, Hunt, Iaquinta, Manypenny, Martin, C. Miller, Schadler, Shook, Stephens, Stowers and Varner.
So, two thirds of the members elected to the House of Delegates not having voted in the affirmative, the motion to make the bill (Com. Sub. for H. B. 201) effective from its passage did not prevail.
At the request of Delegate Boggs, and by unanimous consent, the House of Delegates returned to the Eighth Order of Business for the purpose of introduction of bills.
H. B. 203 - "A Bill to amend and reenact §12-1-12d of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to investments by Marshall University and West Virginia University; and extending the sunset provision to allow the continued investment of funds in the nonprofit foundations of Marshall University and West Virginia University"; to the Committee on Finance.
H. B. 204 - "A Bill to amend and reenact §18-5-17 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to replacing certain current screening requirements with compulsory comprehensive health screening for students entering public school for the first time in this state and students entering third grade, sixth grade and ninth grade; defining terms; setting forth certain requirements and prohibitions for county boards of education; prohibiting certain county board actions for failure to comply; requiring promulgation of legislative rules; requiring state board analysis of current infrastructure in place to implement requirements; requiring state board plan for implementing requirements; and requiring reports"; to the Committee on Education then Finance.
H. B. 205 - "A Bill to amend and reenact §18-2E-5 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; and to amend and reenact §18-9-3a of said code, all relating to the improvement of schools and school districts; requiring electronic county and school strategic improvement plans to plan for early warnings and interventions; requiring electronic county and school strategic improvement plans to identify level of performance on certain high quality education standards; requiring state board adoption of rule on certain high quality education standards and including certain legally required elements; requiring certain reports on rule and submission on certain dates; requiring state board study consistent with rule of certain staffing issues and specifying submission; revising graduation standards used to determine adequate yearly progress under the No Child Left Behind Act; requiring state annual performance measures to account for growth over the previous year; revising extraordinary circumstances that may warrant a school being given a low-performing accreditation status; narrowing deadlines for improvement of low performance in schools; revising school system approval criteria for schools given temporary and conditional status; authorizing the district-wide transfer of principals in school systems on nonapproved status in certain circumstances; requiring certain revision and state board approval of county strategic improvement plan of counties given temporary, conditional or nonapproval status; establishing the Education Opportunity Zone 180 program; requiring training for certain county board members and providing penalty for not attending; requiring training for superintendents and certain other personnel in certain circumstances; requiring counties given temporary, conditional or nonapproval status to examine various strategies collaboratively agreed upon to bring county to full approval; including accreditation status and county board member training information on published financial reports; and making technical corrections and removing obsolete provisions"; to the Committee on Education.
H. B. 206 - "A Bill to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §18-2-38; and to amend said code by adding thereto a new article, designated §18-5C-1, §18-5C-2 and §18-5C-3, all relating to school teams and school committees; making legislative findings; requiring state board study; establishing purposes; requiring school application to create or augment collaborative teams by replacing certain school committees; providing that certain committees may not be reorganized; establishing certain authority not superceded; establishing contents of application; establishing local level approval process; requiring state board approval; providing state board authority to waive certain state board rules; authorizing school to institute plan; and requiring state board legislative rules by certain date"; to the Committee on Education.
H. B. 207 - "A Bill to amend and reenact §18A-3-1a of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to alternative principal and teacher certification; authorizing alternative principal and teacher certification programs; defining certain terms; setting forth procedures for approving alternative education programs by education providers; providing for alternative instructional requirements; establishing eligibility standards; setting forth certain requirements for training and induction; providing criteria for recommendations and decisions affecting rehiring and hiring; and requiring certain legislative rules"; to the Committee on Education.
H. B. 208 - "A Bill to amend and reenact §18A-2-12 and §18A-2-12a of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, all relating to the evaluation of professional personnel in the public schools; specifying certain professional personnel who must be evaluated; requiring evaluations to be at least annual; providing certain processes for evaluations and applicable dates; requiring state board to revise professional personnel evaluations; requiring state board establishment of task force; requiring state board study of duties and responsibilities of certain professional employees and time required; requiring use and reporting of study; establishing task force reporting and recommendations; requiring state board report to Legislative Oversight Commission on Education Accountability; establishing dates certain for submission of proposed rule and adopted rule; establishing effective date of rule; and modifying related provisions to comport with amended provisions"; to the Committee on Education.
H. B. 209 - "A Bill to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §18-3-12; and to amend said code by adding thereto a new section, designated §18A-4-2c, all relating to pilot programs to increase academic achievement; requiring the state superintendent to establish a special community development school pilot program for implementation in a public school with significant enrollments of disadvantaged, minority and underachieving students for the purpose of developing and implementing strategies that could be replicated; requiring the state board to promulgate a rule that establishes special two-year pilot programs for additional monetary payments for teachers, principals and assistant principals based on certain circumstances; setting forth minimum requirements for the rule; setting forth certain reporting requirements; defining terms; and establishing funding requirements"; to the Committee on Education then Finance.
H. B. 210 - "A Bill to amend and reenact §18-2-6 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to establishing pilot projects for alternative schools or other placements at elementary and middle school levels; requiring uniform definitions and standards for disruptive behavior and placement; and requiring reports"; to the Committee on Education then Finance.
H. B. 211 - "A Bill to amend and reenact §3-3B-3 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to the pilot program for military and overseas voters for the primary and general elections to be held during the year 2010; and extending the application period for counties to apply with the Secretary of State's Office to participate in the pilot program for the general election"; to the Committee on the Judiciary then Finance.
H. B. 212 - "A Bill to amend and reenact §51-2A-16 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to family court appellate procedures; removing sunset provisions regarding appeal of family court decisions; and applying amendments to section retroactively"; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
At 4:09 p.m., on motion of Delegate Boggs, the House of Delegates recessed until 5:00 p.m.,
Following the recess, several time extended, the House met again at 6:00 p.m., and was called to order by the Speaker.
"That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section designated as §3-10-4a, to read as follows:
(e) Any special election, which is held under the provisions of this section and occurs in conjunction with a general election, shall be a separate election from the general election."
Com. Sub. for H. B. 201- "A Bill to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section designated §3-10-4a, relating to filling a vacancy in the office of United States Senator; providing for an election to fill the unexpired term; requiring the election to occur in conjunction with the 2010 general election; providing for a special primary election to nominate party candidates for the 2010 general election; authorizing the Governor to appoint a person to serve as United States Senator until a successor is elected and qualified; providing that the provisions of the law relating to elections shall apply to the special primary election unless inconsistent with section; modifying certain statutory time periods; authorizing the Secretary of State to issue administrative orders and to establish procedures and deadlines necessary to preserve voting rights, avoid fraudulent voting and other election irregularities and assure orderly and efficient administration of the special primary election; requiring the state to pay costs incurred in connection with a special election to fill a vacancy in the office of United States Senator and providing for the expiration of the section; and clarifying that the special general election held on November 2, 2010, for the United States Senate vacancy is a separate election from the general election held on the same date."
Com. Sub. for S. B. 2001, Filling of vacancies in office of U. S. Senator; on second reading, coming up in regular order, was read a second time and, at the request of Delegate Boggs and by unanimous consent, ordered to third reading, with amendments pending and the rule was suspended to offer and consider additional amendments on that reading.
The Clerk of the Senate, announced that the Senate had refused to recede from its amendments, and requested the House to agree to the appointment of a Committee of Conference of three from each house on the disagreeing votes of the two houses.
At the request of Delegate Boggs, and by unanimous consent, leaves of absence for the day were granted Delegates Andes, Argento, Caputo, Ennis, Hall, Hunt, Iaquinta, C. Miller, Schadler, Shook, Stephens, Stowers and Varner.
Delegate Manypenny announced that he was absent when the votes were taken on Roll Nos. 492, 493 and 494, and that had he been present, he would have voted "Nay" thereon.
Delegate Carmichael asked and obtained unanimous consent that the dialogue between Judiciary Chairman Miley and Delegates Armstead, Ashley, Cowles, Duke, Ireland, Lane, Overington, Schoen and Sobonya regarding Com. Sub. for H. B. 201 be printed in the Appendix to the Journal.