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2nd Session of the 86th Legislature

Senate Calendar and Committee Schedule for Tuesday, March 23, 2021

Tuesday, March 23, 2021 – 42nd Day of Session

The Senate will convene at 11 a.m.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

  • SCR 40: Requesting study on benefits of deferred retirement option program for State Police
  • SCR 41: Requesting study on legal process for collection and enforcement of delinquent taxes and lands
  • SCR 42: Firefighter Marvin Layton Hughes Memorial Bridge
  • SCR 43: US Army PVT Joseph Stanley McKinney Memorial Bridge
  • SCR 44: Harrison County Veterans Memorial Bridge
  • SCR 45: Dennis E. Davis Veterans Nursing Home
  • SCR 46: Stanley W. and Evelyn C. See Memorial Bridge
  • SCR 47: US Navy HM3 Roy Elmer “Doody” Moon Bridge
  • SCR 48: US Army PFC Billy Keith Ford Memorial Bridge
  • SCR 49: Requesting study on development and expansion of municipal recycling programs
  • SCR 50: USMC SGT MAJ Herman H. Brawner and Fayma Brawner Memorial Bridge
  • SCR 51: Henry Preston Hickman Memorial Bridge
  • SR 24: Urging President appoint Dr. Rahul Gupta as Director of Office of National Drug Control Policy
  • SR 25: Recognizing 100th anniversary of American Physical Therapy Association
  • SR 26: Congratulating Wheeling Park High School Speech and Debate Team for winning state championship

THIRD READING

  • Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 395: Expanding PEIA Finance Board membership
  • Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 398: Limiting eligibility of certain employers to participate in PEIA plans
  • Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 478: Permitting use of established federal marketplace programs to purchase supplies
  • Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 479: Relating to WV veterans service decoration and WV Service Cross
  • Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 509: Removing requirement that determination of medical stability be found prior to admission to mental health facility
  • Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 586: Providing WV veterans discounts on fees and charges at state parks (original similar to HB 3171)
  • Eng. HB 2905: Relating to repealing the prohibition against the use of certain words – (Com. title amend. pending)

SECOND READING

  • Com. Sub. for SB 361: Extending supervision for conviction of soliciting minor and using obscene matter with intent to seduce minor
  • Com. Sub. for SB 436: Relating generally to solid waste facilities
  • SB 486: Relating to powers and duties of Chief Technology Officer
  • Com. Sub. for SB 487: Updating Division of Purchasing procurement and spending thresholds
  • Com. Sub. for SB 551: Revising forms of living will, medical power of attorney, and combined medical power of attorney and living will
  • Com. Sub. for SB 565: Relating generally to elections
  • SB 577: Exempting certain fire departments from licensure requirements for providing rapid response services
  • Com. Sub. for SB 590: Removing restriction preventing medical marijuana from being in edible form
  • Com. Sub. for SB 610: Providing tuition and fee waivers at state higher education institutions for volunteers who have completed service in AmeriCorps programs in WV
  • SB 644: Exempting certain persons pursuing degree in speech pathology and audiology from license requirements
  • SB 651: Allowing county boards of education to publish financial statements on website
  • Com. Sub. for SB 658: Requiring sheriff’s departments to participate and utilize Handle With Care Program for trauma-inflicted children
  • Eng. Com. Sub. for 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 (original similar to SB 471)
  • Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2797: Declaring certain claims to be moral obligations of the State
  • Eng. HB 2854: Relating to the West Virginia Municipal Police Officers and Firefighters Retirement System
  • Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2855: Relating to the Natural Resources Police Officers Retirement System

FIRST READING

  • Com. Sub. for SB 483: Allowing oaths be taken before any person authorized to administer oaths
  • Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2400: Authorizing the Department of Transportation to promulgate legislative rules – (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)

Scheduled Committee Meetings

10 a.m.: Transportation and Infrastructure (451M)

  • SCR 23: USMC CPL Guy Maywood Edwards Memorial Bridge
  • Com. Sub. for SB 474: Exempting DOH from Purchasing Division procedures

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

  • Originating SCR 1: Improving Access to Palliative Care
  • SB 640: Creating Tobacco Cessation Initiative Program Special Revenue Account within State Treasury
  • HB 2260: Relating to procurement of child placing services
  • Originating Bill 3: Relating to Physician Assistant Practice Act

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

  • Originating Bill: Relating to funding for the DEP Office of Oil and Gas
  • Com. Sub. for SB 492: Establishing program for bonding to reclaim abandoned wind and solar generation facilities

2 p.m.: Education (451M)

  • SB 588: Requiring county boards of education and county superintendents to comply with instructions of State Board of Education
  • SB 680: Allowing State Superintendent of Schools define classroom teachers certified in special education
  • Originating Bill 1: Impact Statement in certain instances of school closures or consolidation
  • SB 585: Requiring BOE create and provide course in family and consumer sciences in secondary schools

2 p.m.: Government Organization (208W)

  • SB 613: Adding classification and base salaries of certain civilian employees of State Police Forensic Laboratory
  • SB 604: Requiring WV State Police follow towing service policies of county
  • SB 488: Relating to distributing hotel occupancy tax to convention and visitor’s bureaus
  • SB 521: Extending licensure renewal term of certain private investigators, security guards, and associated firms
  • SB 470: Limiting release of certain personal information maintained by state agencies
  • SCR 14: Creating WV Women’s Suffrage Memorial
  • SB 550: Providing counties with authority to impose county sales and use tax of up to one percent under certain circumstances

3 p.m.: Finance (451M)

  • Com. Sub. for SJR 11: Constitutional Officer Term Limit Amendment
  • SB 534: Permitting Economic Development Authority to make working capital loans from revolving loan fund capitalized with federal grant funds

3 p.m.: Judiciary (208W)

  • Com. Sub. for SJR 1: Protection of the Right to Bear Arms Amendment
  • Originating SCR: Urging Congress and the President to not infringe on the second amendment
  • Com. Sub. for SB 458: Relating to possession of firearms by individuals during state of emergency
  • Com. Sub. for SB 419: Redefining “firearm” to match federal code

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

Senate Resolutions to be Introduced Tuesday, March 23, 2021

  • SR 27: Designating March 23, 2021, as Recovery Community Day (Unger)

Committee Action on Bills from Monday, March 22, 2021

2 p.m.: Banking and Insurance

  • SB 535: Relating to rebuttable presumption for certain injuries and diseases from employment as firefighter
  • Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance
  • SB 516: Relating to PEIA in-patient rates
  • Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance
  • HB 2221: Relating to the establishment of an insurance innovation process
  • Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Judiciary

3 p.m.: Finance

  • HB 2941: Supplementary appropriation decreasing an existing item and adding a new item of appropriation to the Department of Revenue, Insurance Commissioner
  • Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass
  • HB 2901: Making a supplementary appropriation to the Department of Health and Human Resources, Division of Human Services
  • Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass
  • Com. Sub. for HB 2896: Making a supplementary appropriation to the Department of Health and Human Resources, Division of Human Services
  • Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass
  • HB 2898: Making a supplementary appropriation to WorkForce West Virginia Workforce Investment Act
  • Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass
  • HB 2903: Making a supplementary appropriation to the Department of Homeland Security, West Virginia State Police
  • Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass
  • HB 2940: Making a supplementary appropriation to the Department of Education, State Board of Education State Department of Education
  • Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass
  • SB 693: Updating certain definitions and terms used in WV Personal Income Tax Act
  • Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

3 p.m.: Judiciary

  • HB 2382: Authorizing the Department of Environmental Protection to promulgate a legislative rule relating to ambient air quality standards – includes: 45 CSR 8 – DEP rule relating to ambient air quality standards; 45 CSR 16 – DEP rule relating to standards of performance for new stationary sources; 45 CSR 18 – DEP rule relating to control of air pollution from combustion of solid waste; 45 CSR 23 – DEP rule relating to control of air pollution from municipal solid waste landfills; 45 CSR 33 – DEP rule relating to acid rain provisions and permits; 45 CSR 34 – DEP rule relating to emission standards for hazardous air pollutants; 45 CSR 44 – DEP rule relating to control of greenhouse gas emissions from existing coal-fired electric utility generating units; 47 CSR 02 – DEP rule relating to requirements governing water quality standards; 33 CSR 20 – DEP rule relating to hazardous waste management system; 60 CSR 03 – DEP rule relating to voluntary remediation and redevelopment rule
  • Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass
  • Com. Sub. for SB 673: Relating to venue for bringing civil action or arbitration proceedings under construction contracts
  • Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass
  • SB 674: Clarifying that unpaid restitution does not preclude person from obtaining driver’s license
  • Committee did not take up the bill
  • Com. Sub. for SB 587: Making contract consummation with state more efficient
  • Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass
  • HB 2094: Relating to the juvenile restorative justice programs
  • Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass
  • SCR 5: Urging Congress call Article V convention to impose fiscal restraints on federal government
  • Concurrent resolution reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it be adopted
  • Com. Sub. for SJR 9: Disabled Veterans’ Exemption from Ad Valorem Property Taxation Amendment
  • Committee substitute for the joint resolution reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it be adopted
  • Com. Sub. for SJR 10: Limiting the Terms of Members of the House of Delegates and Senate Amendment
  • Committee substitute for the joint resolution reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it be adopted; second reference to Finance

Bills that Have Passed the Senate as of Monday, March 22, 2021 (114 Senate; 24 House)

Resolutions Adopted by the Senate as of Monday, March 22, 2021 (9 Senate, 1 House)

  • SCR 4: Recognizing June 19 as Juneteenth Day (Adopted, 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 (Adopted, 03-16)
  • SCR 16: USMC Corporal Roger Lee Boothe Memorial Road (House Technology and Infrastructure)
  • SCR 20: Supporting and celebrating centennial anniversary of Jones Act (House Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security)
  • SJR 4: Incorporation of Churches or Religious Denominations Amendment (House Judiciary)
  • HCR 9: Urging Congress to call a convention of states to limit terms of office of the US House of Representatives (Adopted, 03-22)

House Bills and Resolutions Pending in the Senate as of Friday, March 19, 2021 (108 bills; 10 Resolutions)

Bills and Resolutions that Have Completed Legislation as of Friday, March 19, 2021 (38 – 22 Senate; 16 House)

Bills Signed by the Governor as of Monday, March 22, 2021 (20 – 14 Senate; 6 House)

  • SB 12: Relating to local health department accountability (Signed, 03-16)
  • SB 14: Providing for additional options for alternative certification for teachers (Signed, 03-10)
  • SB 126: Authorizing Department of Administration to promulgate legislative rules (Signed, 03-19)
  • SB 216: Authorizing Department of Commerce to promulgate legislative rules (Signed, 03-16)
  • SB 270: Providing for collection of tax by hotel marketplace facilitators (Signed, 03-18)
  • SB 272: Relating to WV Employment Law Worker Classification Act (Signed, 03-19)
  • SB 277: Creating COVID-19 Jobs Protection Act (Signed, 03-19)
  • SB 296: Relating generally to repealing certain rules (Signed, 03-19)
  • SB 338: Creating Fire Service Equipment and Training Fund (Signed, 03-19)
  • SB 280: Relating to e-commerce modernization (Signed, 03-18)
  • SB 345: Expanding alcohol test and lock program to include offenders with drug-related offense (Signed, 03-16)
  • SB 358: Removing prohibition on ATMs located in area where racetrack video lottery machines are located (Signed, 03-16)
  • SB 372: Providing greater discretion to WV Board of Medicine to approve graduate clinical training (Signed, 03-19)
  • SB 459: Relating to return of member’s paid contributions to heirs after member’s death under certain circumstances (Signed, 03-16)
  • HB 2001: Relating generally to creating the West Virginia Jumpstart Savings Program (Signed, 03-19)
  • 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 that Became Law Without Governor’s Signature as of Monday, March 22, 2021 (1)

  • SB 11: Declaring work stoppage or strike by public employees to be unlawful (Became Law Without Signature, 03-16)

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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