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West Virginia Legislature

2nd Session of the 86th Legislature

Senate Calendar and Committee Schedule for Monday, January 31, 2022

Monday, January 31, 2022 – 20th Day of Session

The Senate will convene at 11 a.m.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

  • SCR 25: Firefighter Marvin Layton Hughes Memorial Bridge

THIRD READING

  • Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 151: Creating license plate recognizing linemen (original similar to SB 192)
  • Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 192: Establishing Civil Air Patrol license plate (original similar to SB 151)
  • Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 261: Requiring video cameras in certain special education classrooms
  • Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 279: Authorizing DEP to promulgate legislative rules (original similar to HB 4118)
  • Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 441: Providing confidentiality of video and other records of correctional juvenile facilities

SECOND READING

  • Com. Sub. for SB 5: Creating WV Unmanned Aircraft Systems Advisory Council
  • Com. Sub. for SB 439: Adopting Revised Uniform Athlete Agents Act of 2015
  • SB 440: Establishing Uniform Commercial Real Estate Receivership Act
  • SB 450: Updating definitions of WV Personal Income Tax Act (original similar to HB 4323)
  • SB 451: Updating definitions of WV Corporation Net Income Tax Act (original similar to HB 4322)
  • Com. Sub. for SB 452: Permitting civil remedies for unauthorized disclosure of intimate images
  • Com. Sub. for SB 453: Establishing uniform requirements for restrictive employment agreements

FIRST READING

  • Com. Sub. for SB 138: Relating to Board of Medicine composition
  • Com. Sub. for SB 227: Requiring county boards of education and county superintendents to comply with instructions of State Board of Education
  • Com. Sub. for SB 267: Relating to transportation of students in county board owned and insured vehicles
  • SB 492: Relating to electronic collection of tolls

Scheduled Committee Meetings

1 p.m.: Natural Resources (208W)

  • Com. Sub. for SB 458: Establishing legal right to title of substances derived from drainage on mined lands
  • SB 481: Relating to Adopt-A-Stream Program

3 p.m.: Finance (451M)

  • SB 3: Requiring work search activities to qualify for unemployment benefits
  • Budget Presentation: Department of Health and Human Resources

3 p.m.: Judiciary (208W)

  • Com. Sub. for SB 2: Relating to unemployment benefits program
  • SB 7: Relating to damages for medical monitoring

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

Senate Bills to be Introduced Monday, January 31, 2022

  • SB 506: Authorizing manufacturing investment tax credit and property tax adjustment credit against personal income tax (Swope, Sypolt; Energy, Industry, and Mining then Finance)
  • SB 507: Authorizing consumers sales and service and use tax exemptions for certain qualified purchases Swope, Sypolt; Finance)
  • SB 508: Requiring certain attire for deer hunters with muzzleloaders (Hamilton, Stover, Martin, Sypolt; Natural Resources)
  • SB 509: Relating to county BOE employee personal leave (Rucker; Education)
  • SB 510: Increasing cap to annual spending made on pre-application process to project sponsors (Jeffries; Finance)
  • SB 511: Prohibiting insurers deny prescription drugs for addiction treatment in certain circumstances (Azinger; Banking and Insurance then Health and Human Resources)
  • SB 512: Restoring Retiree Health Benefit Trust for hires prior to July 1, 2010 (Phillips, Grady, Roberts, Stollings, Sypolt, Woelfel; Banking and Insurance then Finance)
  • SB 513: Creating Fire Service Recruitment and Retention Grant (FN) (Phillips, Grady, Karnes, Stollings, Sypolt, Woelfel, Woodrum; Government Organization then Finance)
  • SB 514: Relating to use of force in defense of self, real, and personal property (Smith; Judiciary)
  • SCR 26: US Army TEC5 William “Bill” Thurman King Memorial Bridge (Smith, Sypolt)

* (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, January 28, 2022 (35)

  • SB 1: Creating Mining Mutual Insurance Company (House Energy and Manufacturing)
  • SB 4: Repealing ban on construction of nuclear power plants (H Third Reading, 01-31)
  • SB 8: Relating generally to state’s savings and investment programs (Completed; awaiting action by Governor)
  • SB 9: Providing continued eligibility for developmental disability services to dependents of military members (House Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security)
  • SB 10: Relating to WVU Rifle Team electronic application donation program (House Agriculture and Natural Resources)
  • SB 22: Relating to exempting certain organizations from property taxation (House Education)
  • SB 40: Prohibiting insurance coverage from requiring prior authorization for tests to stage cancer (House Health and Human Resources)
  • SB 44: Requiring State Fire Commission propose rules for sprinkler protection for certain new buildings (House Fire Departments and Emergency Medical Services)
  • SB 60: Allowing BOE create and provide course in family and consumer sciences in secondary schools (House Education)
  • SB 77: Allowing certain veterans park free at metered parking in any state municipality (House Government Organization)
  • SB 91: Creating “Choose Life” special registration plate supporting adoption (House Technology and Infrastructure)
  • SB 98: Creating nonresident three-day fishing license (House Agriculture and Natural Resources)
  • SB 99: Continuing authority to index license and stamp fees (House Agriculture and Natural Resources)
  • SB 121: Prohibiting person criminally responsible for another’s death to participate in burial arrangements (House Judiciary)
  • SB 129: Making it unlawful for public utility to prohibit customers from hiring contractors to construct, install, or maintain connections to public utility (House Technology and Infrastructure)
  • SB 135: Relating to acquisition and disposition of property by urban development authority (House Judiciary)
  • SB 136: Updating language regarding Fairmont State alumni license plates (House Technology and Infrastructure)
  • SB 141: Modifying requirement that racetrack participate in WV Thoroughbred Development Fund by certain date (House Finance)
  • SB 170: Providing WV veterans discounts on fees and charges at state parks (House Agriculture and Natural Resources)
  • SB 172: Increasing compensation of elected county officials (House Government Organization)
  • SB 191: Allowing poll workers to work full and half days (Completed; awaiting action by Governor)
  • SB 228: Providing tuition and fee waivers at state higher education institutions for volunteers who have completed service in AmeriCorps programs in WV (House Education)
  • SB 229: Requiring impact statement in certain instances of school closing or consolidation (House Education)
  • SB 244: Relating to appointment of judges to Intermediate Court of Appeals (H Second Reading, 01-31)
  • SB 246: Requiring newly constructed public schools and public schools with major improvements to have water bottle filling stations (Pending House introduction)
  • SB 253: Relating to voting precincts and redistricting (House Government Organization)
  • SB 262: Relating generally to financial institutions engaged in boycotts of energy companies (Pending House introduction)
  • SB 334: Authorizing miscellaneous agencies and boards to promulgate rules (House Government Organization)
  • SB 417: Relating to authorized expenditures of revenues from certain state funds for fire departments (House Finance)
  • SB 427: Permitting WV Board of Medicine investigators to carry concealed weapon (House Judiciary)
  • SB 431: Relating generally to Uniform Controlled Substances Act (Pending House introduction)
  • SB 435: Awarding service weapon to retiree from Division of Protective Services (Pending House introduction)
  • SB 436: Correcting code citation for authority of State Fire Marshal (House Government Organization)
  • SB 437: Providing for early discharge of parolees (Pending House introduction)
  • SB 449: Relating to Nonviolent Offense Parole Program (Pending House introduction)

Resolutions Adopted by the Senate as of Friday, January 28, 2022 (8)

  • SCR 1: US Army PFC Billy Keith Ford Memorial Bridge (House Technology and Infrastructure)
  • SCR 3: USMC CAPT Dempsey Stowers Memorial Bridge (House Technology and Infrastructure)
  • SCR 5: US Marine Corps CPL James “Bud” Cox Memorial Bridge (House Technology and Infrastructure)
  • SCR 6: Holden 22 Coal Miners Memorial Bridge (House Technology and Infrastructure)
  • SCR 9: Haynie Family Veterans Memorial Bridge (Pending House introduction)
  • SCR 11: Dennis E. Davis Veterans Nursing Home (Pending House introduction)
  • SCR 13: US Army PFC Joseph Stanley McKinney Memorial Bridge (Pending House introduction)
  • SCR 15: US Army PVT Shirley E. Bailey Memorial Bridge (Pending House introduction)

House Bills Pending in the Senate as of Friday, January 28, 2022 (24)

  • HB 2177: Permitting the issuance of a state issued identification card without a photo on the card under certain conditions (Judiciary)
  • HB 2184: Increasing the penalties for exposure of governmental representatives to fentanyl or any other harmful drug (Judiciary)
  • HB 2325: Removing the requirement of continuing education for barbers and cosmetologists (Government Organization)
  • HB 2562: Relating to litter control (Pending Senate introduction)
  • HB 2972: Allowing a person to manufacture a stated amount of alcoholic liquor for personal consumption (Judiciary)
  • HB 3220: Restrictions on Taxpayer funded lobbying (Government Organization)
  • HB 3231: Public Utilities not required to pay interest on security deposits (Finance)
  • HB 3303: Relating to clarifying the process of filling vacancies on ballots (Judiciary)
  • HB 3312: Establishing a memorial to child labor and child workers who died in the course of employment in this state (Government Organization)
  • HB 4024: Creating a cosmetology apprentice program that allows companies to train employees for practical real-world experience (Pending Senate introduction)
  • HB 4059: Clarifying that new Department of Health and Human Resources’ Deputy Commissioners are exempt from civil service (Health and Human Resources)
  • HB 4060: Repealing outdated sections of code relating to health (Health and Human Resources)
  • HB 4062: Removing the residency requirement for the Commissioner of the Division of Highways (Transportation and Infrastructure)
  • HB 4065: Allowing the Division of Natural Resources to teach hunter’s safety courses in school (Education)
  • HB 4067: To make certain agency reports electronic or eliminating certain agency reports altogether (Government Organization)
  • HB 4074: Require schools provide eating disorder and self-harm training for teacher and students (Education then Finance)
  • HB 4112: Provide consumers a choice for pharmacy services (Health and Human Resources)
  • HB 4113: Public Health definitions and powers of secretary and commissioner (Health and Human Resources)
  • HB 4252: To reduce copay cap on insulin and devices (Health and Human Resources)
  • HB 4276: Permit WVU to create a Parkinson’s disease registry (Health and Human Resources)
  • HB 4288: Relating to expanding the practice of auricular acudetox to professions approved by the acupuncturist board (Pending Senate introduction)
  • HB 4291: Relating to authorizing legislative rules regarding higher education (Pending Senate introduction)
  • HB 4301: Reforming membership requirements of Huntington Park and Recreation District Board (Pending Senate introduction)
  • HB 4308: Authorizing disclosure of juvenile information to Crime Victims Compensation Fund for investigation and award of benefits (Pending Senate introduction)

Bills and Resolutions that Have Completed Legislation as of Friday, January 28, 2022 (2 – 2 Senate)

  • SB 8: Relating generally to state’s savings and investment programs (Completed; awaiting action by Governor)
  • SB 191: Allowing poll workers to work full and half days (Completed; awaiting action by Governor)

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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