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1st Session of the 87th Legislature

Senate Calendar and Committee Schedule for Thursday, February 29, 2024

Thursday, February 29, 2024 – 51st Day of Session

The Senate will convene at 11 a.m.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

  • SCR 33: Requesting Division of Highways to erect signs in Marion County for “Home of Legendary Coach, Nick Saban”
  • SCR 34: Feasibility study of ballot identification and verification measures in statewide elections
  • SR 56: Memorializing life of Honorable Warren Randolph McGraw Sr.
  • SR 57: Recognizing accomplishments of Hurricane High School Red Hot Show Choir
  • SR 58: Designating February 29, 2024, as WV Arts Day
  • SR 59: Reaffirming longstanding sisterhood partnership between WV and Taiwan

THIRD READING

  • Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4086: Authorizing certain agencies of the Department of Commerce to promulgate legislative rules
  • Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4233: Non-binary not permitted on birth certificates
  • Eng. HB 4814: Relating to extending the reporting and sunset dates of the State Advisory Council on Postsecondary Attainment Goals
  • Eng. HB 4838: Require county boards of education to provide long-term substitute teachers, upon hiring, with certain information
  • Eng. HB 5117: Relating generally to waiver of initial licensing fees for certain individuals
  • Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 5122: Relating to civil service for deputy sheriffs
  • Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 5175: Eliminate funding for the Center for Nursing and transfer its duties and authorities to the Higher Education Policy Commission
  • Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 5395: Relating to judicial review of Board decisions

SECOND READING

  • Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4376: Relating to surgical smoke evacuation
  • Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4431: Permitting the cremation of unidentified remains
  • Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 5017: Relating to mobile food establishment reciprocity
  • Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 5178: Requiring car dealerships in this state to utilize a search engine to determine if buyers of vehicles have valid motor vehicle insurance
  • Eng. HB 5237: Prohibiting driving slow in left lane except under certain circumstances
  • Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 5317: Making it permissive for commercial motor vehicles registered in this state to pass an annual inspection of all safety equipment to be consistent with the federal motor carrier safety regulations
  • Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 5347: Relating to establishing a program for emergency medical services personnel to become certified paramedics

Scheduled Committee Meetings

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

  • HB 5569: Requiring an appraiser to pay for a background check required by the AMC as a condition of being added to the AMCs panel of appraisers
  • HB 5690: Creating a West Virginia Task Force on Artificial Intelligence
  • HB 5348: Changing the name of the “Raleigh County Recreation Authority” to the “Raleigh County Parks and Recreation Authority”
  • HB 5582: Modifying exceptions for real estate appraisal licensure
  • HB 4191: Relating to requirements imposed on social media companies to prevent corruption and provide transparency of election-related content made available on social media websites
  • HB 5161: To create a “digital wallet” to keep all certifications/licensure accrued by the person in one place

10 a.m.: Education (451M)

  • HB 5650: Allow suspended school personnel to enter school property functions open to the public
  • HB 4830: To address the professional development of teachers.
  • HB4986: Relating to computer science and cybersecurity instruction for adult learners

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

  • HB 4667: Prohibiting syringe services programs from distributing listed smoking devices
  • HB 4753: Relating to providing health insurance coverage concerning biomarker testing
  • HB 5151: Relating to defining term fictive kin

3 p.m.: Judiciary (208W)

  • Strike and Insert for HB 5662: Relating to adding “person in a position of trust” to certain crimes
  • Strike and Insert for HB 5326: Relating to prohibition of unfair real estate service agreements
  • Strike and Insert for HB 4940: A squatter cannot be considered a tenant in WV
  • HB 4998: Modifying penalties for third offense shoplifting
  • HB 5520: Relating to juvenile competency

3 p.m.: Finance (451M)

  • HB 4768: Relating to increasing the number of out-of-state medical students receiving in-state tuition rates who agree to practice for a specific time within West Virginia
  • HB 4984: Relating to repealing tax credit for employing former employees of Colin Anderson Center
  • HB 5002: To require at least 1 baby changing station to existing and future rest areas in this state for both male and female restrooms
  • HB 5128: Directing transfer of moneys into fire protection funds at the end of each year

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

Committee Action on Bills from Wednesday, February 28, 2024

Agriculture and Natural Resources

  • Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4911: Relating to the sale of raw milk
  • Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Finance

  • SB 200: Budget Bill
  • Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass.

Judiciary

  • HB 5294: Revising state law regulating farm wineries
  • Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass
  • HB 4845: To prohibit swatting
  • Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass
  • HB 5298: Relating to prohibiting a candidate who failed to secure the nomination of a political party in a primary election from seeking the same elected office as an affiliate with a different political party in the subsequent general election
  • Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass
  • HB 5091: West Virginia Critical Infrastructure Protection Act
  • Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Bills to be Introduced

Bills that Have Passed the Senate as of Wednesday, February 28, 2024 (271 – 242 Senate; 29 House)

Senate Resolutions that Have Been Adopted by the Senate as of Wednesday, February 28, 2024 (26)

Bills that Have Completed Legislation as of Wednesday, February 28, 2024 (41 – 22 Senate; 19 House)

Resolutions that Have Completed Legislation as of Wednesday, February 28, 2024 (66 – 20 Senate; 46 House)

  • SCR 1: US Army PFC Leon Charles Trader Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 02-28)
  • SCR 2: US Army PFC John Henry Trail Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 02-28)
  • SCR 4: US Army 2LT Eston Kuhn Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 02-28)
  • SCR 5: US Army 1LT Herschel Jarrell Memorial Road (Adopted, 02-28)
  • SCR 6: US Army SSG Orland Jackson “Tom” Meikles Memorial Road (Adopted, 02-28)
  • SCR 8: US Army Corporal Clemon Knapp Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 02-28)
  • SCR 11: US Marine Corps PFC Noel Harper Fields Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 02-28)
  • SCR 12: US Army Private Raymond Lee Perkins Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 02-28)
  • SCR 14: US Army PFC William Gorman Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 02-28)
  • 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 15: Chief Edward “Eddie” Keesecker Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 02-28)
  • SCR 18: Stanley W. and Evelyn C. See Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 02-28)
  • SCR 19: US Army PFC Henry W. Baldwin Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 02-28)
  • SCR 21: US Army MSG James E. Jackson Jr. Memorial Road (Adopted, 02-28)
  • SCR 22: USMC Major Cornelius Burdette Memorial Road (Adopted, 02-28)
  • SCR 23: US Navy LT Lewis Joseph D’Antoni Memorial Road (Adopted, 02-28)
  • SCR 24: Recognizing First Responders Honor Board’s nominees for Medal of Valor (Adopted, 02-06)
  • SCR 25: US Army SGT Wyatt K. Hinton Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 02-28)
  • SCR 26: US Army Private Clarence William “Buck” Holliday Memorial Road (Adopted, 02-28)
  • HCR 1: Raising a Joint Assembly to hear remarks of the Governor (Adopted, 01-10)
  • HCR 2: U.S. Army SPC Steven W. Herron Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 02-28)
  • HCR 3: Legg Brothers WWII Veterans Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 02-28)
  • HCR 5: George M. Hall Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 02-28)
  • HCR 7: U. S. Navy Radarman 3rd Class Craig W. Haines Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 02-28)
  • HCR 8: Judy Brothers Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 02-28)
  • HCR 9 Private Jefferson Howell Memorial Road (Adopted, 02-28)
  • HCR 11: VFD Gregory Linn Haught Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 02-28)
  • HCR 12: U. S. Marine Private First Class Calvin Lee Loudin Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 02-28)
  • HCR 13: Commemorating the life of Marilyn Kay Parsons (Adopted, 01-11)
  • HCR 14: Assistant Chief David Timothy “Tim” Wilson Memorial Road (Adopted, 02-28)
  • HCR 15: USMC Private Timith Daley Nunn Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 02-28)
  • HCR 16: Thomas Leo Starsick Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 02-28)
  • HCR 17: Ab and Laura Baisden Bridge (Adopted, 02-28)
  • HCR 18: Caldwell Brothers Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 02-28)
  • HCR 19: CPL Thomas Lowell Wines Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 02-28)
  • HCR 20: SP4 Donnie Lee Hackney Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 02-28)
  • HCR 22: U.S. Army Corporal William Edgar Hancock Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 02-28)
  • HCR 23: Cody J. Mullens Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 02-28)
  • HCR 25: U. S. Navy Sonarman First Class William C. Harris Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 02-28)
  • HCR 26: PFC Jerry Lee Bassett Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 02-28)
  • HCR 27: U. S. Army Sergeant Jerry Lee Harris Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 02-28)
  • HCR 28: Karantonis Brothers Armed Forces Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 02-28)
  • HCR 29: U.S. Army Sgt Thomas Lawson Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 02-28)
  • HCR 30: Jack L. Hart Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 02-28)
  • HCR 32: Sloan Brothers Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 02-28)
  • HCR 33: U. S. Army PFC Gale Hall Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 02-28)
  • HCR 34: U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Harlie Steven Gabbert Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 02-28)
  • HCR 35: Gulf War Veteran’s Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 02-28)
  • HCR 36: Chief Master Sgt. Dan Chandler Bridge (Adopted, 02-28)
  • HCR 39: US Army SP3 Delbert Sherdan “Buck” Huffman Sr. Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 02-28)
  • HCR 40: USMC MSG Edward P. & MP Carl A. McCray Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 02-28)
  • HCR 41: Thurman W. Whisner Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 02-28)
  • HCR 42: U.S. Army SSG William E. Miller Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 02-28)
  • HCR 44: Frank Walker Mosley Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 02-28)
  • HCR 45: Alexander Arbuckle “Abe” McLaughlin Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 02-28)
  • HCR 46: Jacob “Jack” Taylor Rudolph, Sr. Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 02-28)
  • HCR 50: Jack A. Hatfield Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 02-28)
  • HCR 51: U. S. Army Colonel Merlin C. Kerns Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 02-28)
  • HCR 53: U. S. Navy Quartermaster Third Class Lawrence Earl Boggs Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 02-28)
  • HCR 59: Asa H. Kisamore, Jr. Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 02-28)
  • HCR 60: Terra Dawn Lewis Memorial Road and Bridge (Adopted, 02-28)
  • HCR 61: Mollohan Brothers Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 02-28)
  • HCR 62: U.S. Army First Sergeant Clarence Shirley Blake Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 02-28)
  • HCR 66: U.S. Army SP4 Lonnie “Bill” Walker Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 02-28)
  • HCR 68: U. S. Army Air Force, Major (Ret.) Willis “Scottie” Adams Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 02-28)

Bills Signed by the Governor as of Wednesday, February 28, 2024 (20 – 15 Senate; 5 House)

  • SB 31: Department of Human Services rule relating to collection and exchange of data related to overdoses (Signed, 02-15)
  • SB 171: Prohibiting county commissions from adopting authorization that exceeds state law regarding agriculture operations (Signed, 02-23)
  • SB 269: Excluding test strips from definition of drug paraphernalia (Signed, 02-02)
  • SB 300: Relating to organization of Office of Inspector General (Signed, 02-19)
  • SB 318: Modifying process of when parental rights are terminated (Signed, 02-20)
  • SB 354: Relating to the WV Advanced Energy and Economic Corridor Authority (Signed, 02-23)
  • SB 428: Establishing appeals from administrative rulings are to be filed with Intermediate Court of Appeals (Signed, 02-20)
  • 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 (Signed, 02-20)
  • SB 547: Authorizing legislative rules for Higher Education Policy Commission (Signed, 02-23)
  • SB 605: Requiring electronic funds transfer of retirement contributions by participating employers (Signed, 02-28)
  • SB 606: Relating to Natural Resources Police Officers Retirement System (Signed, 02-28)
  • SB 607: Clarifying Municipal Police Officers and Firefighters Retirement System surviving spouse benefits (Signed, 02-28)
  • SB 790: Changing reference to Curator of Department of Arts, Culture, and History to Cabinet Secretary (Signed, 02-28)
  • HB 4026: Authorizing the Department of Administration to promulgate a legislative rule relating to state owned vehicles (Signed, 02-13)
  • HB 4801: Relating generally to the banking authority of the State Treasurer’s Office (Signed, 02-23)
  • 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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