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West Virginia Legislature

1st Session of the 87th Legislature

Senate Calendar and Committee Schedule for Monday, February 12, 2024

Monday, February 12, 2024 – 34th Day of Session

The Senate will convene at 11 a.m.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

  • SR 33: Designating February 12, 2024, as Corrections Day

THIRD READING

  • Eng. SB 351: Expanding the definition of “small arms” for purposes of taxation
  • Eng. SB 378: Prohibiting smoking in vehicle when minor 16 or under is present
  • Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 542: Amending procedure for filling vacancies in certain county offices having more than three commissioners
  • Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 587: Enabling State Fire Commission to propose legislative rules
  • Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 590: Political Subdivision Labor Regulatory Limitation Act
  • Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 614: Relating to elementary behavior intervention and safety
  • Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 616: Modifying definition of “family or household members” as it relates to domestic violence laws

SECOND READING

  • Com. Sub. for SB 544: Raising threshold for bid requirement of municipal public works projects
  • Com. Sub. for SB 577: Limiting landowner liability when land is used for certain purposes
  • Com. Sub. for SB 578: Clarifying offense of burglary
  • SB 605: Requiring electronic funds transfer of retirement contributions by participating employers
  • SB 606: Relating to Natural Resources Police Officers Retirement System
  • SB 607: Clarifying Municipal Police Officers and Firefighters Retirement System surviving spouse benefits
  • Com. Sub. for SB 608: Relating to Emergency Medical Services Retirement System
  • SB 609: Deputy Sheriff Retirement System Act
  • SB 658: Supplementing and amending appropriations to Department of Administration, Public Defender Services
  • Eng. HB 5153: Relating to revising, updating and streamlining the requirements governing the West Virginia Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Scholarship

FIRST READING

  • Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for SB 321: Limiting municipalities’ authority to restrict purchase and storage of weapons and ammunition
  • Com. Sub. for SB 352: Modifying Unborn Child Protection Act
  • Com. Sub. for SB 370: Updating Public Employees Grievance Board procedure that certain decisions be appealed to Intermediate Court of Appeals
  • SB 530: Removing requirement for counties to draft and adopt zoning ordinances
  • SB 551: Modifying requirements related to levy of service fees
  • SB 620: Establishing WV Mothers and Babies Pregnancy Support Program
  • Com. Sub. for SB 628: Declaring certain claims as moral obligations of the State
  • Com. Sub. for SB 629: Requiring builders to follow State Building Code when local inspection and enforcement not provided
  • Com. Sub. for SB 632: Relating to Dangerousness Assessment Advisory Board multi-disciplinary study group
  • Com. Sub. for SB 716: Relating to child support
  • Eng. HB 4976: Providing the contact information of the Inspector General on the agencies and boards websites of the executive departments
  • Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 5157: Relating to contingent increase of tax rate on certain eligible acute care hospitals

Scheduled Committee Meetings

1 p.m.: Transportation and Infrastructure (451M)

  • Com. Sub. for SB 583: Relating to employer liability and damages in civil actions involving commercial motor vehicles
  • HB 5019: Relating to surrender and return of license not required for disqualifying or downgrading a driver’s license
  • Senate Concurrent Resolutions
  • SCR 21: US Army MSG James E. Jackson Jr. Memorial Road
  • SCR 23: US Navy LT Lewis Joseph D’Antoni Memorial Road
  • SCR 25: US Army SGT Wyatt K. Hinton Memorial Bridge
  • Sub. for SCR 4: US Army 2LT Eston Kuhn Memorial Road
  • Sub. for SCR 22: US Army and Marine Corps Major and Olympic Gold Medalist Cornelius Burdette Memorial Road
  • Sub. for SCR 26: US Army PFC Clarence William (Buck) Holliday Memorial Road

2 p.m.: Banking and Insurance (451M)

  • Com. Sub. for SB 375: Health Care Sharing Ministries Freedom to Share Act
  • SB 613: WV Residential Mortgage Lender, Broker and Servicer Act
  • HB 4837: Clarifying the duty of banks to retain and procure records

3 p.m.: Judiciary (208W)

  • Com. Sub. forSB 556: Relating to DNA data maintained for law-enforcement purposes
  • Com. Sub. for SB 622: Updating time period of voting inactivity for removal from voter registration
  • Com. Sub. for SB 623: Requiring DMV to provide images of certain individuals to Secretary of State for voter identification purposes
  • Com. Sub. for SB 624: Cancelling voter registration records for individuals no longer WV residents

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

Senate Bills to be Introduced Monday, February 12, 2024

  • SB 744: Prohibiting civil rights violations based on disability, gender identity or sexual orientation (Trump; Judiciary)
  • SB 745: Limiting cost of prescription medications for senior citizens (Chapman; Health and Human Resources then Judiciary)
  • SB 746: Modifying composition of Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Authority Board (Woodrum; Government Organization)
  • SB 747: Including corporate contributors to authorized use of certain political party funding (Woodrum; Government Organization)
  • SB 748: Providing license for certified professional midwife (Rucker; Health and Human Resources then Finance)
  • SB 749: WV Legal Tender Act (FN) (Rucker; Banking and Insurance then Finance)
  • SB 750: Establishing Fentanyl Poisoning Awareness Week in grades six through 12 (Caputo; Education) [By Request]
  • SB 751: Creating online charitable raffles (Barrett; Government Organization then Judiciary)
  • SB 752: Authorizing Department of Agriculture to complete certain land transfers (Hamilton; Agriculture and Natural Resources)
  • SB 753: Permitting Board of Pharmacy to promulgate certain legislative rules (Hunt, Chapman, Martin; Health and Human Resources then Judiciary)
  • SB 754: Requiring car dealerships to utilize search engines to determine if buyers have valid motor vehicle insurance (Barrett; Transportation and Infrastructure)
  • SB 755: Providing safeguards for online sales of tobacco products (Barrett, Caputo; Judiciary)
  • SB 756: Increasing salary of state mine inspectors (Caputo, Chapman, Jeffries, Phillips, Plymale, Queen, Smith; Finance)
  • SB 757: Clarifying sheriff’s compensation for collection of taxes (Weld, Caputo, Martin, Queen; Government Organization)
  • SB 758: Relating to unlawful expenditures by local fiscal bodies (Grady; Government Organization then Finance)
  • SB 759: Requiring transportation companies to provide annual human trafficking awareness training to employees (Rucker, Chapman; Health and Human Resources then Judiciary)
  • SR 34: Recognizing William Schwertfeger, decorated combat veteran of US Army, on his 100th birthday (Weld)
  • SR 35: Recognizing 152nd anniversary of Glenville State University (Stover)

* (FN) indicates the bill has a Fiscal Note

* (IB) indicates the bill is an Interim Bill

Bills that Have Passed the Senate as of Friday, February 9, 2024 (99 – 92 Senate; 7 House)

Resolutions that Have Been Adopted by the Senate as of Friday, February 9, 2024 (16)

Bills that Have Completed Legislation as of Friday, February 9, 2024 (12 – 7 Senate; 5 House)

  • SB 31: Department of Human Services rule relating to collection and exchange of data related to overdoses (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
  • SB 269: Excluding test strips from definition of drug paraphernalia (Signed, 02-02)
  • SB 300: Relating to organization of Office of Inspector General (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
  • SB 318: Modifying process of when parental rights are terminated (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
  • SB 462: Updating definitions of certain terms used in Personal Income Tax Act (Signed, 02-07)
  • SB 483: Amending Corporation Net Income Tax Act (Signed, 02-07)
  • SB 543: Relating to research and economic development agreements for state institutions of higher education (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
  • HB 4026: Authorizing the Department of Administration to promulgate a legislative rule relating to state owned vehicles (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
  • HB 4252: Uniform Recognition and Enforcement of Canadian Domestic Violence Protective Orders Act (Signed, 02-07)
  • HB 4274: Renaming the Department of Health and Human Resources (Signed, 01-26)
  • HB 4801: Relating generally to the banking authority of the State Treasurer’s Office (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
  • HB 5332: Excepting persons previously commissioned as a notary public from requirement to have a high school diploma or its equivalent in order to be recommissioned as a notary public (Signed, 02-07)

Resolutions that Have Completed Legislation as of Friday, February 9, 2024 (5 – 3 Senate; 2 House)

  • HCR 1: Raising a Joint Assembly to hear remarks of the Governor (Adopted, 01-10)
  • HCR 13: Commemorating the life of Marilyn Kay Parsons (Adopted, 01-11)
  • SCR 16: Urging US Congress enact reforms to federal permitting policies to accelerate deployment of new energy infrastructure (Adopted, 01-24)
  • SCR 17: Reaffirming support of WV Legislature for State of Israel and Jewish people (Adopted, 01-24)
  • SCR 24: Recognizing First Responders Honor Board’s nominees for Medal of Valor (Adopted, 02-06)

Bills Signed by the Governor as of Friday, February 9, 2024 (6 – 3 Senate; 3 House)

  • SB 269: Excluding test strips from definition of drug paraphernalia (Signed, 02-02)
  • SB 462: Updating definitions of certain terms used in Personal Income Tax Act (Signed, 02-07)
  • SB 483: Amending Corporation Net Income Tax Act (Signed, 02-07)
  • HB 4252: Uniform Recognition and Enforcement of Canadian Domestic Violence Protective Orders Act (Signed, 02-07)
  • HB 4274: Renaming the Department of Health and Human Resources (Signed, 01-26)
  • HB 5332: Excepting persons previously commissioned as a notary public from requirement to have a high school diploma or its equivalent in order to be recommissioned as a notary public (Signed, 02-07)

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

All Senate Committee meetings and floor sessions are available for both live streaming and to watch again in our archives. The link to the Senate’s archived video page can be found here:http://sg001-harmony.sliq.net/00289/Harmony/en/View/UpcomingEvents.

Contact: Jacque Bland at (304) 357-7999

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