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2nd Session of the 86th Legislature

Senate Calendar and Committee Schedule for Monday, March 15, 2021

Monday, March 15, 2021 – 34th Day of Session

The Senate will convene at 11 a.m.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

  • SCR 25: McClintic Family Bridge

THIRD READING

  • Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 346: Authorizing DMV use electronic means when providing notice for licensees and vehicle owners
  • Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 472: Updating criteria for regulating certain occupations and professions (original similar to HB 2909)
  • Eng. SB 523: Correcting improper code references
  • Eng. SB 529: Correcting improper citation relating to DMV registration
  • Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2011: Eliminating any time requirements for part time personnel to work during a working year – (Com. title amend. pending)
  • Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2263: Update the regulation of pharmacy benefit managers

SECOND READING

  • Com. Sub. for SB 303: Creating Local Government Labor and Consumer Marketing Regulatory Limitation Act (original similar to HB 2907)
  • Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for SB 318: Relating generally to public notice of unclaimed property held by State Treasurer
  • Com. Sub. for SB500: Prohibiting intimidation and retaliation against public officers and employees, jurors, and witnesses
  • Com. Sub. for SB 518: Relating to grounds for administrative dissolution of certain companies, corporations, and partnerships
  • Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2006: Relating to the West Virginia Contractor Licensing Act – (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
  • Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2009: Relating to limitations on the use of wages and agency shop fees by employers and labor organizations for political activities – (Com. amend. pending)

FIRST READING

  • Com. Sub. for SB 28: Creating Open and Equal Opportunities in Student Activities Act
  • Com. Sub. for SB 297: Relating generally to modernizing Board of Treasury Investments
  • SB 391: Relating to study of child protective services and foster care workforce
  • Com. Sub. for SB 431: Relating to school attendance notification requirements to DMV
  • Com. Sub. for SB 502: Providing lifetime hunting, fishing, and trapping license to residents, adopted, and foster children under 15
  • Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2008: Amending requirements for licensure relating to elevator mechanics, crane operators, HVAC, electricians, and plumbers – (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
  • Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2013: Relating to the Hope Scholarship Program
  • Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2616: Amend the reporting to the Governor and the Legislature to have information continuously available on the Office of Health Facility Licensure and Certification’s website – (Com. amend. pending)

Scheduled Committee Meetings

3 p.m.: Finance (451M)

  • SB 531: Relating to incomplete, duplicative, or redundant claims for refund
  • SB 532: Limiting claims for state tax credits and rebates

3 p.m.: Judiciary (208W)

  • SJR 11: Constitutional Officer Term Limit Amendment
  • SB 626: Updating regulation for purchase of automobile catalytic converters
  • SB 422: Establishing common law “veil piercing” claims not be used to impose personal liability
  • HB 2709: Providing that the aggregate liability of a surety on a consumer protection bond under the West Virginia Fintech Regulatory Sandbox Program does not exceed the principal sum of the bond
  • HB 2764: Allow the Division of Financial Institutions to enter into reciprocity agreements with other jurisdictions that operate similar programs to the West Virginia Fintech Sandbox Program

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

Senate Bills to be Introduced Monday, March 15, 2021

  • SB 641: Allowing counties to use severance tax proceeds for litter cleanup programs (Phillips, Stollings; Government Organization)
  • SB 642: Requiring legal advertisements by State Auditor be posted to central website (FN) (Rucker; Government Organization then Finance)
  • SB 643: Requiring payment of increased costs to volunteer fire departments and EMS units imposed by legislative rules (FN) (Smith; Government Organization then Finance)
  • SB 644: Exempting certain persons pursing degree in speech pathology and audiology from license requirements (Weld; Health and Human Resources)
  • SCR 26: US Army TEC5 William “Bill” Thurman King Memorial Bridge (Smith; Transportation and Infrastructure)

* (FN) indicates the bill has a Fiscal Note

* (IB) indicates the bill is an Interim Bill

Committee Action on Bills from Friday, March 12, 2021

9 a.m.: Judiciary

  • SB 566: Relating to interpretations of school laws
  • Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Bills that Have Passed the Senate as of Friday, March 12, 2021 (93 Senate; 6 House)

Resolutions Adopted by the Senate as of Friday, March 12, 2021 (7)

  • SCR 4: Recognizing June 19 as Juneteenth Day (H Unfinished Business, 03-15)
  • SCR 6: US Navy Seaman 2nd Class Wilbur ‘Webb’ Hahn and John W. Hahn Memorial Bridge (House Technology and Infrastructure)
  • SCR 8: Fire Chief Kenneth Junior Russell Memorial Bridge (House Technology and Infrastructure)
  • SCR 9: Haynie Family Veterans Memorial Bridge (House Technology and Infrastructure)
  • SCR 13: Urging Adjutant General to establish Honor Guard in each unit to perform military funeral honors (House Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security)
  • SCR 15: Extending certain leases between US Army Corps of Engineers and Nicholas County Airport Authority (House Rules)
  • SJR 4: Incorporation of Churches or Religious Denominations Amendment (House Judiciary)

House Bills and Resolutions Pending in the Senate as of Friday, March 12, 2021 (65 bills; 4 Resolutions)

  • HB 2001: Relating generally to creating the West Virginia Jumpstart Savings Program (Completed; awaiting action by Governor)
  • HB 2002: Relating to Broadband (Government Organization)
  • HB 2003: Relating to the authority and obligations of the Governor and Legislature when in declared states of preparedness and emergency (Government Organization)
  • HB 2005: Relating to health care costs (Health and Human Resources)
  • HB 2006: Relating to the West Virginia Contractor Licensing Act (S Second Reading, 03-15)
  • HB 2007: Provide for occupational licenses or other authorization to practice by recognition for qualified applicants from other states (Government Organization)
  • HB 2008: Amending requirements for licensure relating to elevator mechanics, crane operators, HVAC, electricians, and plumbers (S First Reading, 03-15)
  • HB 2009: Relating to limitations on the use of wages and agency shop fees by employers and labor organizations for political activities (S Second Reading, 03-15)
  • HB 2011: Eliminating any time requirements for part time personnel to work during a working year (S Third Reading, 03-15)
  • HB 2012: Relating to public charter schools (Signed, 03-12)
  • HB 2013: Relating to the Hope Scholarship Program (Finance)
  • HB 2014: Relating to role of the Legislature in appropriating federal funds (Finance)
  • HB 2019: Elevating Economic Development and Tourism Departments (Signed, 03-08)
  • HB 2024: Expand use of telemedicine to all medical personnel (Health and Human Resources)
  • HB 2025: Provide liquor, wine, and beer licensees with some new concepts developed during the State of Emergency utilizing new technology to provide greater freedom to operate in a safe and responsible manner (Judiciary)
  • HB 2093: Relating to exemptions for the United States Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Foster Homes (Health and Human Resources)
  • HB 2094: Relating to the juvenile restorative justice programs (Judiciary)
  • HB 2184: Increasing the penalties for exposure of governmental representatives to fentanyl or any other harmful drug (Judiciary)
  • HB 2221: Relating to the establishment of an insurance innovation process (Banking and Insurance)
  • HB 2253: Relating to forgery and other crimes concerning lottery tickets (Judiciary)
  • HB 2257: Relating to extended supervision for certain drug offenders (Judiciary)
  • HB2260: Relating to procurement of child placing services (Health and Human Resources)
  • HB 2262: Relating to the controlled substance monitoring database (Signed, 03-10)
  • HB 2263: Update the regulation of pharmacy benefit managers (S Third Reading, 03-15)
  • HB 2264: Hospital exemptions from certificate of need (Health and Human Resources)
  • HB 2265: Relating to collaborative pharmacy practice and updating rulemaking authority (Health and Human Resources)
  • HB 2267: Establishing an optional bus operator in residence program for school districts (Education)
  • HB 2290: Initiating a State Employment First Policy to facilitate integrated employment of disabled persons (Finance)
  • HB 2325: Removing the requirement of continuing education for barbers and cosmetologists (Government Organization)
  • HB 2335: Increasing the minimum criminal penalty for a driver who, in an impaired state, causes the death of a minor (Judiciary)
  • HB 2358: Updating meaning of federal adjusted gross income and certain other terms used in West Virginia Personal Income Tax Act (Signed, 02-24)
  • HB 2359: Updating the meaning of federal taxable income and certain other terms used in the West Virginia Corporation Net Income Tax Act (Signed, 02-24)
  • HB 2363: Relating to “Best Interests of the Child Protection Act of 2021” (Judiciary)
  • HB 2366: Requiring agencies who have approved a proposed rule that affects fees or other special revenues to provide to the committee a fiscal note (Government Organization)
  • HB 2372: Allow pre-candidacy papers to be filed the day after the general election (Judiciary)
  • HB 2382: Authorizing the Department of Environmental Protection to promulgate a legislative rule relating to ambient air quality standards (Pending Senate introduction)
  • HB 2500: Create an act for Statewide Uniformity for Auxiliary Container Regulations (Government Organization)
  • HB 2507: Remove the limitations on advertising and promotional activities by limited video lottery retailers (Judiciary)
  • HB 2529: Prohibiting West Virginia institutions of higher education from discriminating against graduates of private, nonpublic or home schools by requiring them to submit to alternative testing (Education)
  • HB 2598: Altering the definition of an above ground storage tank (Judiciary)
  • HB 2616: Amend the reporting to the Governor and the Legislature to have information continuously available on the Office of Health Facility Licensure and Certification’s website (S First Reading, 03-15)
  • HB 2621: Mandating certification for certain members of fire departments, require certain types of training, allow specialized personnel who are not firefighters to be members of a department, and require the postings of fire department evaluations (Government Organization)
  • HB 2671: Relating to financial exploitation of elderly persons, protected persons or incapacitated adults (Judiciary)
  • HB 2674: Relating to the administration of anesthetics (Health and Human Resources)
  • HB 2682: Relating to the issuance of license suspensions to insurance producers and insurance adjusters who have failed to meet continuing education requirements (Pending Senate introduction)
  • HB 2701: Relating to authorizing the Division of Rehabilitation Services to approve acceptable training programs required for low vision individuals to obtain a Class G drivers license (Transportation and Infrastructure)
  • HB 2709: Providing that the aggregate liability of a surety on a consumer protection bond under the West Virginia Fintech Regulatory Sandbox Program does not exceed the principal sum of the bond (Judiciary)
  • HB 2722: Prohibiting the use of class B fire-fighting foam for testing purposes if the foam contains a certain class of fluorinated organic chemicals (Government Organization)
  • HB 2758: Requiring the Insurance Commissioner to regulate professional bondsmen (Pending Senate introduction)
  • HB 2763: Creating WV Cyber Incident Reporting (Pending Senate introduction)
  • HB 2764: Allow the Division of Financial Institutions to enter into reciprocity agreements with other jurisdictions that operate similar programs to the West Virginia Fintech Sandbox Program (Judiciary)
  • HB 2765: Relating to allowing emergency management and operations’ vehicles operated by airports to use red flashing warning lights (Transportation and Infrastructure)
  • HB 2788: Expiring funds to the unappropriated surplus balance from State Excess Lottery Revenue Fund (Pending Senate introduction)
  • HB 2789: Supplementing and amending the appropriations to Public Defender Services (Householder) (Pending Senate introduction)
  • HB 2791: Relating to enrollment and costs of homeschooled or private school students at vocational schools (Education)
  • HB 2802: Supplementing and amending the appropriations of public moneys out of the Treasury from the balance of moneys remaining as an unappropriated surplus balance in the State Fund, General Revenue, to the Department of Homeland Security, Division of Emergency Management (Pending Senate introduction)
  • HB 2803: Supplementing and amending the appropriations of public moneys out of the Treasury from the balance of moneys remaining as an unappropriated surplus balance in the State Fund, General Revenue, to the Department of Commerce, Division of Forestry (Pending Senate introduction)
  • HB 2804: Expiring funds to the unappropriated surplus balance in the State Fund, General Revenue, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2021 (Pending Senate introduction)
  • HB 2852: Relating to distribution of the allowance for increased enrollment (Education)
  • HB 2905: Relating to repealing the prohibition against the use of certain words (Judiciary)
  • HB 2906: Relating to the School Building Authority’s allocation of money (Education)
  • HB 2916: Creating the Semiquincentennial Commission for the celebration of the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States of America (Pending Senate introduction)
  • HB 2932: Protections for Charitable Organizations (Pending Senate introduction)
  • HB 2957: Relating to the repeal of outdated code sections (Government Organization)
  • HB 2958: Relating to repealing outdated sections of state code (Government Organization)
  • HJR 1: Education Accountability Amendment (Judiciary)
  • HJR 2: Providing that courts have no authority or jurisdiction to intercede or intervene in, or interfere with, any impeachment proceedings of the House of Delegates or the Senate (Finance)
  • HCR 15: Rare Disease Day (Health and Human Resources)
  • HCR 23: Declaring March 4, 2021 to be Sexual Assault Awareness Day in West Virginia (Rules)

Bills and Resolutions that Have Completed Legislation as of Friday, March 12, 2021 (21 – 15 Senate; 6 House)

  • SB 11: Declaring work stoppage or strike by public employees to be unlawful (Completed; awaiting action by Governor)
  • SB 12: Relating to local health department accountability (Completed; awaiting action by Governor)
  • SB 14: Providing for additional options for alternative certification for teachers (Signed, 03-10)
  • SB 126: Authorizing Department of Administration to promulgate legislative rules (Completed; awaiting action by Governor)
  • SB 216: Authorizing Department of Commerce to promulgate legislative rules (Completed; awaiting action by Governor)
  • SB 270: Providing for collection of tax by hotel marketplace facilitators (Completed; awaiting action by Governor)
  • SB 272: Relating to WV Employment Law Worker Classification Act (Completed; awaiting action by Governor)
  • SB 277: Creating COVID-19 Jobs Protection Act (Completed; awaiting action by Governor)
  • SB 280: Relating to e-commerce modernization (Completed; awaiting action by Governor)
  • SB 296: Relating generally to repealing certain rules (Completed; awaiting action by Governor)
  • SB 338: Creating Fire Service Equipment and Training Fund (Completed; awaiting action by Governor)
  • SB 345: Expanding alcohol test and lock program to include offenders with drug-related offense (Completed legislation; awaiting action by Governor)
  • SB 358: Removing prohibition on ATMs located in area where racetrack video lottery machines are located (Completed; awaiting action by Governor)
  • SB 372: Providing greater discretion to WV Board of Medicine to approve graduate clinical training (Completed; awaiting action by Governor)
  • SB 459: Relating to return of member’s paid contributions to heirs after member’s death under certain circumstances (Completed; awaiting action by Governor)
  • HB 2001: Relating generally to creating the West Virginia Jumpstart Savings Program (Completed; awaiting action by Governor)
  • HB 2012: Relating to public charter schools (Signed, 03-12)
  • HB 2019: Elevating Economic Development and Tourism Departments (Signed, 03-08)
  • HB 2262: Relating to the controlled substance monitoring database (Signed, 03-10)
  • HB 2358: Updating meaning of federal adjusted gross income and certain other terms used in West Virginia Personal Income Tax Act (Signed, 02-24)
  • HB 2359: Updating the meaning of federal taxable income and certain other terms used in the West Virginia Corporation Net Income Tax Act (Signed, 02-24)

Bills Signed by the Governor as of Friday, March 12, 2021 (6 – 1 Senate; 5 House)

  • SB 14: Providing for additional options for alternative certification for teachers (Signed, 03-10)
  • HB 2012: Relating to public charter schools (Signed, 03-12)
  • HB 2019: Elevating Economic Development and Tourism Departments (Signed, 03-08)
  • HB 2262: Relating to the controlled substance monitoring database (Signed, 03-10)
  • HB 2358: Updating meaning of federal adjusted gross income and certain other terms used in West Virginia Personal Income Tax Act (Signed, 02-24)
  • HB 2359: Updating the meaning of federal taxable income and certain other terms used in the West Virginia Corporation Net Income Tax Act (Signed, 02-24)

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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