West Virginia 2019 Regular Session Status: Enacted 3 R cosponsors

SB 153 — Providing greater flexibility for making infrastructure project grants

Last action — Chapter 85, Acts, Regular Session, 2019

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed House of Delegates
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 10, 2019. Enacted.

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Likely to advance 82% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

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High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 10 sponsors

    1 primary, 9 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (3 R).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 2 recorded votes so far.

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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

51 added · 62 removed

Plain-language change summary

The recent amendments to Bill SB 153 clarify the use of funds from the Infrastructure Fund, specifying that projects cannot exceed 25% of total funds available, which helps ensure fair allocation among projects. Additionally, if a congressional district has less than $150,000 for grants, up to 30% of loan funds can be converted to grants, allowing for more flexibility in funding essential infrastructure projects when needed. These changes enhance the ability to respond to local needs while ensuring that assistance is directed towards legitimate project sponsors, primarily government or non-profit organizations.

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Red = new code to be enacted WEST virginia legislature regular session Introduced Senate Bill 153 By Senators Jeffries, Stollings, Lindsay, Clements, Smith, Baldwin, Plymale, Ihlenfeld, Hamilton, and Boso [Introduced January 10, 2019;
Red = new code to be enacted WEST virginia legislature regular session Enrolled Senate Bill 153 By Senators Jeffries, Stollings, Lindsay, Clements, Smith, Baldwin, Plymale, Ihlenfeld, Hamilton, and Boso [Passed March 7, 2019;
Referred to the Committee on Economic Development;
in effect 90 days from passage] AN ACT to amend and reenact §31-15A-10 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to the West Virginia Infrastructure and Jobs Development Council;
and then to the Committee on Finance] A BILL to amend and reenact §31-15A-10 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to the West Virginia Infrastructure and Jobs Development Council;
(a) To further accomplish the purpose and intent of this article, the Water Development Authority shall use the moneys in the Infrastructure Fund created pursuant to section nine of this article §31-15A-9 of this code, upon receipt of one or more recommendations from the council pursuant to section five of this article §31-15A-5 of this code, to make loans, with or without interest, loan guarantees, or grants and to provide other assistance, financial, technical, or otherwise, to finance all or part of the costs of infrastructure projects or projects to be undertaken by a project sponsor:
(a) To further accomplish the purpose and intent of this article, the Water Development Authority shall use the moneys in the Infrastructure Fund created pursuant to §31-15A-9 of this code, upon receipt of one or more recommendations from the council pursuant to §31-15A-5 of this code, to make loans, with or without interest, loan guarantees, or grants and to provide other assistance, financial, technical, or otherwise, to finance all or part of the costs of infrastructure projects or projects to be undertaken by a project sponsor:
Provided, That any moneys disbursed from the Infrastructure Fund in the form of grants shall not exceed twenty 25 percent of the total funds available for the funding of projects:
Provided, That any moneys disbursed from the Infrastructure Fund in the form of grants shall not exceed 25 percent of the total funds available for the funding of projects:
Provided, That funding Funding assistance made from the proceeds of any general obligation bonds and revenue bonds issued after March 15, 1998 Infrastructure Fund for loans and grants to projects, after transfers required to make the state match for the water and wastewater revolving loan programs pursuant to article two, chapter twenty-two-c and article thirteen-c, chapter sixteen §22C-2-1, et seq.
Funding assistance made from the Infrastructure Fund for loans and grants to projects, after transfers required to make the state match for the water and wastewater revolving loan programs pursuant to §22C-2-1, et seq.
and §16-13C-1, et seq., of this code, shall be provided by the council on a pro rata basis divided equally among the congressional districts of this state as delineated in accordance with section three, article two, chapter one §1-2-3 of this code:
and §16-13C-1, et seq., of this code, shall be provided by the council on a pro rata basis divided equally among the congressional districts of this state as delineated in accordance with §1-2-3 of this code:
Provided, however, That infrastructure projects as defined in subsection (l), section two of this article §31-15A-2(l) of this code shall not be subject to pro rata distribution.
Provided, That infrastructure projects as defined in §31-15A-2(l) of this code shall not be subject to pro rata distribution.
In no event may the amount of funding assistance provided to all project sponsors exceed, in the aggregate, $100,000 $500,000 annually.
In no event may the amount of funding assistance provided to all project sponsors exceed, in the aggregate, $500,000 annually.
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The purpose of this bill is to provide greater flexibility for making grants to infrastructure projects.
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Action History

  1. Chapter 85, Acts, Regular Session, 2019

  2. Approved by Governor 3/25/19

  3. To Governor 3/22/19

  4. Approved by Governor 3/25/19 - Senate Journal

  5. Approved by Governor 3/25/19 - House Journal

  6. To Governor 3/22/19 - House Journal

  7. To Governor 3/22/19 - Senate Journal

  8. House Message received

  9. Completed legislative action

  10. Communicated to Senate

  11. Passed House (Roll No. 513)

  12. Read 3rd time

  13. On 3rd reading, Special Calendar

  14. Read 2nd time

  15. On 2nd reading, Special Calendar

  16. Read 1st time

  17. Immediate consideration

  18. Committee discharged as to S. B. 153

  19. To House Finance

  20. Do pass, but first to Finance

  21. To House Technology and Infrastructure

  22. To Technology and Infrastructure then Finance

  23. Introduced in House

  24. Ordered to House

  25. Passed Senate (Roll No. 126)

  26. Read 3rd time

  27. Laid over on 3rd reading 2/12/19

  28. On 3rd reading

  29. Read 2nd time

  30. On 2nd reading

  31. Read 1st time

  32. On 1st reading

  33. 2nd reference dispensed

  34. Reported do pass, but first to Finance

  35. To Economic Development

  36. Introduced in Senate

  37. To Economic Development then Finance

  38. Filed for introduction

Sponsors

  • Boso · Cosponsor
  • Ihlenfeld · Cosponsor
  • Stollings · Cosponsor
  • Baldwin · Cosponsor
  • Plymale · Cosponsor
  • Bill Hamilton · Cosponsor
  • Lindsay · Cosponsor
  • Charles H. Clements · Cosponsor
  • Jeffries · Primary
  • Randy E. Smith · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 9 co-sponsors · 142 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Jeffries

Co-sponsors (9)

Not signed on (142)

142 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

PASSAGE

Passed 98 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 23001
Unaffiliated 70001
Democrat 5000
Total 98002
% of votes cast 98%0%0%2%
How each member voted (100)
Member Party Vote
Estep-Burton — Yea
Rowan — Yea
Evans — Yea
Foster — Yea
Brown, N. — Yea
Brown, S. — Yea
Maynard — Yea
Sypolt — Yea
Thompson, C. — Yea
Hartman — Yea
Thompson, R. — Yea
Tomblin — Yea
Nelson — Yea
Walker — Yea
Phillips — Yea
Bates — Yea
Bibby — Yea
Boggs — Yea
Cadle — Yea
Canestraro — Yea
Caputo — Yea
Fast — Yea
Graves — Yea
Hanna — Yea
Harshbarger — Yea
Hicks — Yea
Hill — Yea
Hollen — Yea
Householder — Yea
Lavender-Bowe — Yea
Longstreth — Yea
Lovejoy — Yea
Mandt — Yea
Pack — Yea
Paynter — Yea
Porterfield — Yea
Rowe — Yea
Sponaugle — Yea
Staggers — Yea
Storch — Yea
Swartzmiller — Yea
Waxman — Yea
Westfall — Yea
Wilson — Yea
Diserio — Yea
Jeffries, J. — Yea
Doyle — Yea
Pyles — Yea
Robinson — Yea
Rodighiero — Yea
Zukoff — Yea
Angelucci — Yea
Atkinson — Yea
Byrd — Yea
Capito — Yea
Cowles — Yea
Espinosa — Yea
Fleischauer — Yea
Hamrick — Yea
Hardy — Yea
Higginbotham — Yea
Kessinger — Not Voting
Kump — Yea
Linville — Yea
Malcolm — Yea
Miley — Yea
Pethtel — Yea
Shott — Yea
Skaff — Yea
Steele — Yea
Summers — Yea
Evan Hansen Democrat Yea
John Williams Democrat Yea
Mike Pushkin Democrat Yea
Sean Hornbuckle Democrat Yea
Shawn Fluharty Democrat Yea
Ben Queen Republican Yea
Betsy Kelly Republican Yea
Betsy Kelly Republican Yea
Carl Martin Republican Yea
Christopher W. Toney Republican Yea
D. Rolland Jennings Republican Yea
Dean Jeffries Republican Yea
Evan Worrell Republican Yea
Gary G. Howell Republican Yea
George Miller Republican Yea
Jason Barrett Republican Yea
Jeff Campbell Republican Yea
Jim Butler Republican Yea
Joe Ellington Republican Yea
John Paul Hott Republican Yea
Mark Dean Republican Yea
Matthew Rohrbach Republican Not Voting
Mike Azinger Republican Yea
Pat McGeehan Republican Yea
Patrick Martin Republican Yea
Roger Hanshaw Republican Yea
Roy Cooper Republican Yea
Vernon Criss Republican Yea
William Anderson Republican Yea

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Passage

Passed 33 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 2000
Unaffiliated 31001
Total 33001
% of votes cast 97%0%0%3%
How each member voted (34)
Member Party Vote
JEFFRIES — Yea
SMITH — Yea
BALDWIN — Yea
LINDSAY — Yea
STOLLINGS — Yea
BEACH — Yea
MANN — Yea
SWOPE — Yea
BLAIR — Yea
MARONEY — Yea
SYPOLT — Yea
BOLEY — Yea
MAYNARD — Yea
TAKUBO — Yea
BOSO — Yea
PALUMBO — Yea
TARR — Yea
PLYMALE — Yea
TRUMP — Yea
CLINE — Yea
PREZIOSO — Yea
UNGER — Yea
FACEMIRE — Yea
ROBERTS — Yea
WELD — Yea
HAMILTON — Yea
ROMANO — Not Voting
WOELFEL — Yea
HARDESTY — Yea
RUCKER — Yea
MR PRESIDENT — Yea
IHLENFELD — Yea
Charles H. Clements Republican Yea
Mike Azinger Republican Yea

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Subjects

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Who sponsors SB 153?
SB 153 is sponsored by Boso, Ihlenfeld, Stollings, Baldwin, Plymale, Bill Hamilton (Republican), Lindsay, Charles H. Clements (Republican), Jeffries, and Randy E. Smith (Republican).
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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 10, 2019. Enacted.
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