Senate Calendar and Committee Schedule for Thursday, February 9, 2023

February 8, 2023
in Member Press Release

Thursday, February 9, 2023 – 30th Day of Session

The Senate will convene at 11 a.m.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

SCR 10: US Army Air Corps PVT Albert J Sutphin Memorial Highway

THIRD READING

Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 216: Requiring all schools to instruct students on Holocaust, other genocides and financial literacy
Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 472: Creating criminal offense of indecent exposure in front of minors – (With right to amend)
Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 495: Providing correctional institutions and juvenile facilities video and audio records be confidential

SECOND READING

SB 234: Clarifying uniform statewide deadline for electronically submitted voter registration applications
Rev. Com. Sub. for SB 250: Requiring certain drivers display student driver sign on rear of vehicle
Com. Sub. for SB 302: Relating to Law Enforcement Safety Act
Com. Sub. for SB 484: Clarifying terms and offense of human smuggling
Com. Sub. for SB 490: Patrol Officer Cassie Marie Johnson Memorial Act
SB 493: Exempting WV veterans from certain fees and charges at state parks
Com. Sub. for SB 515: Clarifying deadline to file annual report for companies authorized to do business in WV
SB 529: Allowing businesses to register as limited liability limited partnerships
Com. Sub. for SB 532: Sex Offender Registration Act
SB 533: Relating to limitations on motor vehicle used by nonprofit cooperative recycling associations
Eng. HB 2310: Provide the Division of Motor Vehicles authority to develop an “Antique Fleet” program so that multiple antique motor vehicles may utilize a single registration plate
Eng. HB 2602: Reestablishing certain specialized school service personnel classifications

FIRST READING

Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for SB 47: Creating Charter Schools Stimulus Fund
Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for SB 187: Making it felony offense for any school employee or volunteer to engage in sexual contact with students
SB 237: Relating to Public Employees Retirement System and State Teachers Retirement System
Com. Sub. for SB 290: Relating to dental health care service plans
SB 441: Removing additional one and one-half percent interest rate for tax underpayments
SB 487: Extending additional modification reducing federal adjusted gross income
Com. Sub. for SB 505: Supplementing and amending appropriations to Department of Administration, Office of Secretary
SB 508: Clarifying reporting and disclosure requirements for grassroots lobbying expenditures
Com. Sub. for SB 516: Relating to requirements for disclosure of donor contributions
Com. Sub. for SB 527: Allowing family members of military personnel access to discharge records
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 3061: Relating to updating the authority of the Foster Care Ombudsman

Scheduled Committee Meetings

9 a.m.: Government Organization (208W)

HB 2412: Declaring November 14 every year, a special Memorial Day in remembrance of the Marshall University airplane crash
Com. Sub. for SB 522: Allocating percentage of county excise taxes for funding improvements to election administration
Com. Sub. for SB 467: Providing county commissioners ongoing mechanism to consider compensation increases for elected officials every two years
Com. Sub. for SB 213: Relating to responsibility for reimbursement of training cost of law-enforcement employees who leave original jurisdiction

9 a.m.: Education (451M)

SB 99: Relating to meetings among county boards of education
SB 543: Authorizing rule-making changes to terms, procedures and reporting duties in higher education
HB 3055: To create a vocational math class for students interested in careers in the trades

1 p.m.: Energy, Industry and Mining (208W)

SB 168: Providing exemption from state severance tax for coal sold to coal-fired power plants located in WV

1 p.m.: Health and Human Resources (451M)

SB 268: Relating to PEIA
SB 566: Extending termination date of WV Advisory Council on Rare Diseases

2 p.m.: Judiciary Subcommittee A – Criminal Law (208W)

SB 72: Modifying definition of sexual contact
Com. Sub. for SB 78: Creating felony offense of aggravated cruelty to animals
Com. Sub. for SB 191: Relating to liability for payment of court costs as condition of pretrial diversion agreement

2 p.m.: Judiciary Subcommittee B – Elections (451M)

SB 541: Providing for election reforms

2 p.m.: Judiciary Subcommittee C – Civil Justice and Courts (219M)

SB 538: Updating procedure on appeals of level three decisions issued by Public Employees Grievance Board
SB 229: Limiting liability of landowners when land is used for noncommercial recreational purposes
SB 6: Providing protection for property owner when someone visiting private cemetery causes damage to property
SB 560: Limiting recovery on claims for abuse to secure financial solvency of public and private school system

3 p.m.: Judiciary (208W)

Com. Sub. for SB 548: Clarifying what parties can redeem delinquent property and limiting those entitled to bid
Com. Sub. for SB 546: Adding and removing certain compounds from controlled substance list

3 p.m.: Finance (451M)

Presentation: WVU Telestroke Program, Dr. John Brick
Com. Sub. for SB 266: Relating to tobacco usage restrictions
SB 523: Clarifying purpose and use of Economic Development Project Fund
Com. Sub. for 273: Relating to allocation of child protective workers in counties based upon population of county

** Committee times and agendas are subject to change **

Senate Bills to be Introduced Thursday, February 9, 2023

SB 590: Transferring 911 personnel from Public Employees Retirement System to Emergency Medical Services Retirement System (FN) (Nelson; Pensions then Finance)
SB 591: Allowing counties and municipalities to jointly undertake development projects (Swope; Economic Development)
SB 592: Providing tax credit to corporations for existing employer provided child care facilities (Takubo, Smith, Weld; Finance)
SB 593: Mandating cost of living salary adjustment policy for state employees (FN) (Barrett; Government Organization then Finance)
SB 594: Specifying fairness in cost sharing calculations for certain high deductible health plans (Takubo; Banking and Insurance)
SB 595: Relating to real property, tax, and registration requirements associated with carbon offset agreements (Tarr; Finance)
SB 596: Modifying payment for housing and maintenance of inmates (Barrett, Tarr; Finance)
SB 597: Allowing Workforce WV to hire classified service exempt employees (Woodrum; Workforce)
SB 598: Increasing availability of prescription nonopioid medications (Stuart; Health and Human Resources)
SB 599: Requiring moment of silence at beginning of each school day (Rucker, Roberts, Smith, Taylor; Education then Judiciary)

* (FN) indicates the bill has a Fiscal Note

* (IB) indicates the bill is an Interim Bill

Committee Action on Bills from Wednesday, February 8, 2023

10 a.m.: Agriculture and Natural Resources

SB 561: Relating to administration of WV Drinking Water Treatment Revolving Fund Act
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

Com. Sub. for SB 581: Amending provisions of 2023 Farm Bill
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Judiciary

1 p.m.: Economic Development

Com. Sub. for SB 297: Mountain Homes Act
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Judiciary

SB 481: Extending sunset provision of Upper Kanawha Valley Resiliency and Revitalization Program
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

SB 569: Rehabilitation of Blighted Properties Tax Credit Act
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

2 p.m.: Pensions

SB 452: Relating to Emergency Medical Services Retirement System
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

Com. Sub. for SB 453: Ensuring retirement contributions and delinquency charges of charter school employees be paid upon school closure or by successor
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

SB 458: Setting rate of interest on delinquent retirement contribution submissions
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

SB 474: Requiring municipal pensions oversight board to propose legislative rules
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

2 p.m.: Judiciary

Com. Sub. for SB 409: Authorizing WV Department of Economic Development to promulgate legislative rule relating to Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Matching Funds Program (Commerce Bundle)
Includes: SB 410, Authorizing Division of Labor to promulgate legislative rule relating to WV Board of Manufactured Housing construction and safety; SB 411, Authorizing Division of Labor to promulgate legislative rule relating to supervision of plumbing work; SB 412, Authorizing Division of Labor to promulgate legislative rule relating to regulation of heating, ventilating, and cooling work; SB 413, Authorizing Division of Labor to promulgate legislative rule relating to registration of service persons and service agencies; SB 414, Authorizing Division of Labor to promulgate legislative rule relating to registration of weighing and measuring devices used by businesses in commercial transactions; SB 415, Authorizing Division of Natural Resources to promulgate legislative rule relating to hunting, fishing, and other outfitters and guides; SB 416, Authorizing Division of Natural Resources to promulgate legislative rule relating to commercial whitewater outfitters; SB 417, Authorizing Division of Natural Resources to promulgate legislative rule relating to special motorboating regulations; SB 418, Authorizing Division of Natural Resources to promulgate legislative rule relating to miscellaneous permits and licenses
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Com. Sub. for SB 482: Modifying number, allocation, and terms of office of certain judges for next general election
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

2:30 p.m.: Finance

Com. Sub. for SB 274: Third Grade Success Act
Committee substitute, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Com. Sub. for SB 273: Relating to allocation of child protective workers in counties based upon population of county
Bill not taken up

Com. Sub. for SB 478: Relating to Jumpstart Savings Program
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Com. Sub. for SB 424: Authorizing refundable tax credit applied against personal income tax or corporation net income tax
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Subcommittee Report from Finance Subcommittee C to the Full Finance Committee – Com. Sub. for SB 31: Relating to permissible expenditures by Water Development Authority from Infrastructure Fund
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Bills that Have Passed the Senate as of Wednesday, February 8, 2023 (112 – 102 Senate; 10 House)

Resolutions Adopted by the Senate as of Wednesday, February 8, 2023 (1)

SCR 7: Amending Joint Rules of Senate and House of Delegates (Pending House introduction)

House Bills and Resolutions Pending in the Senate as of Wednesday, February 8, 2023 (41 Bills; 2 Resolutions)

HB 2004: Prevent the use of payment card processing systems for surveillance of Second Amendment activity and discriminatory conduct (Judiciary)
HB 2007: Prohibiting certain medical practices (Health and Human Resources)
HB 2008: Requiring local entities to enforce immigration laws (Judiciary)
HB 2018: Permitting the managed care case coordinator to attend the multidisciplinary team meeting (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 2029: Repealing the creation of an all-payer claims database (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 2113: Modifying the criminal penalties imposed on a parent, guardian or custodian for child abuse (Judiciary)
HB 2221: Relating to bankruptcy (Judiciary)
HB 2310: Provide the Division of Motor Vehicles authority to develop an “Antique Fleet” program so that multiple antique motor vehicles may utilize a single registration plate (S Second Reading, 02-09)
HB 2380: Relating to School Building Authority (Education)
HB 2412: Declaring November 14 every year, a special Memorial Day in remembrance of the Marshall University airplane crash (Government Organization)
HB 2436: Relating to the implementation of an acuity-based patient classification system (Health and Human Resources)
HB 2443: Relating to service employees with National Association for Pupil Transportation Certifications (Education)
HB 2506: Creating a title clearinghouse for non-resident businesses (Completed legislation; awaiting action by Governor)
HB 2509: Creating the Uniform Premarital Agreement Act (Judiciary)
HB 2526: Relating to reducing the personal income tax (Finance)
HB 2530: Relating to the extension of the expiration of temporary registration plates from sixty days to ninety days (Completed legislation; awaiting action by Governor)
HB 2531: Requiring cooperation between the rail company and the Division of Highways when construction or maintenance activities are conducted by the company (Judiciary)
HB 2533: Relating to a permanent windshield placard to be valid for the duration of the applicant’s life (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 2564: Repeal of administrative hearing procedures for DUI offenses (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)

HB 2569: Establishing the Motorsport Responsibility Act (Outdoor Recreation)
HB 2596: To modify when a nonresident student’s transfer may be denied (Education)

HB 2597: Amending performance evaluations of professional personnel (Education)
HB 2602: Reestablishing certain specialized school service personnel classifications (S Second Reading, 02-09)
HB 2611: To remove certain territorial limitations on a banking institution’s ability to offer messenger services or mobile banking facilities (Banking and Insurance)
HB 2613: Relating to the administration of anesthetics (Health and Human Resources)
HB 2754: Relating to immunizations performed in a pharmacy (Health and Human Resources)
HB 2757: Relating to expanding institutional eligibility for the WV Invests Grant Program (Education)
HB 2768: To require all state entities and Chapter 30 boards to use “.gov” domains and e-mail addresses (Government Organization)

HB 2776: Updating meaning of federal adjusted gross income and certain other terms used in West Virginia Personal Income Tax Act (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 2777: Updating federal taxable income and other terms in the West Virginia Corporation Net Income Tax Act (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 2789: Removing birthing centers from certificate of need (Health and Human Resources)

HB 2800: All relating to authorizing legislative rules regarding higher education (Passed Senate; pending House concurrence to Senate amendments)
HB 2835: Repeal outdated provisions of code relating to the West Virginia graduate college and Marshall University (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 2850: Relating to students with exceptional needs (Education)
HB 2870: Correcting a reference relating to siting certificates for certain electric generating facilities (Energy, Industry and Mining)

HB 2890: Modifying student discipline (Education)
HB 2941: To extend the end date of the State Advisory Council on Postsecondary Attainment Goals (Education)
HB 3055: To create a vocational math class for students interested in careers in the trades (Education)

HB 3061: Relating to updating the authority of the Foster Care Ombudsman (S First Reading, 02-09)
HB 3091: Requiring counties provide fiscal information for State Auditor’s WV Checkbook website (Government Organization)
HB 3141: Relating to the practice of dentistry (Health and Human Resources)

HCR 11: Relating to Higher Education Consortium for Emerging Energy Technologies (Education)
HCR 13: Make 2nd week of February of every year a week of recognition of the Boy Scouts of America (Outdoor Recreation)

Bills that Have Completed Legislation as of Wednesday, February 8, 2023 (17 – 8 Senate; 9 House)

SB 4: Creating Adopt-A-Trail volunteer programs for public land under DNR jurisdiction (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
SB 83: Authorizing tactical medical professionals to carry firearms (Completed legislation; awaiting action by Governor)
SB 132: Clarifying criminal offense of harassment (Signed, 02-06)
SB 143: Relating to Adopt-A-Stream Program (Signed, 02-06)
SB 161: Authorizing DNR to manage and dispose of property (Signed, 01-24)
SB 162: Authorizing director of DNR to lease state-owned pore spaces in certain areas for carbon sequestration (Signed, 01-24)
SB 207: Relating to state allocation of funding to regional councils (Completed legislation; awaiting action by Governor)
SB 231: Transferring administration of WV Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Matching Funds Program to Department of Economic Development (Signed, 02-06)
HB 2018: Permitting the managed care case coordinator to attend the multidisciplinary team meeting (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 2029: Repealing the creation of an all-payer claims database (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 2506: Creating a title clearinghouse for non-resident businesses (Completed legislation; awaiting action by Governor)
HB 2530: Relating to the extension of the expiration of temporary registration plates from sixty days to ninety days (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 2533: Relating to a permanent windshield placard to be valid for the duration of the applicant’s life (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 2564: Repeal of administrative hearing procedures for DUI offenses (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 2776: Updating meaning of federal adjusted gross income and certain other terms used in West Virginia Personal Income Tax Act (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 2777: Updating federal taxable income and other terms in the West Virginia Corporation Net Income Tax Act (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 2835: Repeal outdated provisions of code relating to the West Virginia graduate college and Marshall University (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)

Bills Signed by the Governor as of Wednesday, February 8, 2023 (5 – 5 Senate)

SB 132: Clarifying criminal offense of harassment (Signed, 02-06)
SB 143: Relating to Adopt-A-Stream Program (Signed, 02-06)
SB 161: Authorizing DNR to manage and dispose of property (Signed, 01-24)
SB 162: Authorizing director of DNR to lease state-owned pore spaces in certain areas for carbon sequestration (Signed, 01-24)
SB 231: Transferring administration of WV Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Matching Funds Program to Department of Economic Development (Signed, 02-06)

Committee times and agendas are subject to change. Follow @WVSenClerk on Twitter for updates.

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Contact: Jacque Bland at (304) 357-7999

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