Senate Calendar and Committee Schedule for Tuesday, February 1, 2022

February 1, 2022
in Member Press Release

Tuesday, February 1, 2022 – 21st Day of Session

The Senate will convene at 11 a.m.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

SCR 26: US Army TEC5 William “Bill” Thurman King Memorial Bridge

THIRD READING

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

SECOND 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

FIRST READING

Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4067: To make certain agency reports electronic or eliminating certain agency reports altogether (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)

Scheduled Committee Meetings

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

Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4062: Removing the residency requirement for the Commissioner of the Division of Highways
SR 4: Urging US Army Corps of Engineers study clean energy production at Summersville Dam
Com. Sub. for SCR 17: US Air Force 167th Airlift Wing Firefighter/SSgt Logan A. Young Memorial Bridge
SCR 21: Putnam County Veterans Memorial Bridge
SCR 23: USMC CPL Guy Maywood Edwards Memorial Bridge

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

SB 181: Creating Core Behavioral Health Crisis Services System
SB 247: Relating to certified community behavioral health clinics

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

Com. Sub. for SB 497: Relating to method for appraising qualified capital additions to manufacturing facilities

2 p.m.: Education (451M)

SB 493: Requiring county BOE make meetings available to public in-person and through internet
SB 499: Authorizing legislative rules for School Building Authority

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

SB 264: Relating to conservation districts law of WV
HB 2325: Removing the requirement of continuing education for barbers and cosmetologists

3 p.m.: Finance (451M)

Budget Presentation: West Virginia Department of Homeland Security

3 p.m.: Judiciary (208W)

Com. Sub. for SB 472: Relating to access to juvenile records by certain employees of Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation
HB 4301: Reforming membership requirements of Huntington Park and Recreation District Board

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

Senate Bills to be Introduced Tuesday, February 1, 2022

SB 515: Supplementing and amending appropriations of public moneys to Department of Administration, Public Defender Services [By Request of the Executive] (Blair, Baldwin; Finance)
SB 516: Supplementing and amending appropriations for various agencies [By Request of the Executive] (Blair, Baldwin; Finance)
SB 517: Expiring funds from unappropriated balance in State Excess Lottery Revenue Fund [By Request of the Executive] (Blair, Baldwin; Finance)
SB 518: Allowing nurses licensed in another state to practice in WV [By Request of the Executive] (Blair, Baldwin; Health and Human Resources)
SB 519: Relating generally to Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Authority (FN) [By Request of the Executive] (Blair, Baldwin; Government Organization then Finance)
SB 520: Increasing financial penalties for ransomware attacks [By Request of the Executive] (Blair, Baldwin; Judiciary)
SB 521: Updating and modifying operations of Purchasing Division [By Request of the Executive] (Blair, Baldwin; Government Organization)
SB 522: Combining offices of WV State Americans with Disabilities Act and WV Equal Employment Opportunity (FN) [By Request of the Executive] (Blair, Baldwin; Government Organization then Finance)
SB 523: Transferring oversight of Jobs Investment Trust Fund to WV Economic Development Authority [By Request of the Executive] (Blair, Baldwin; Economic Development then Finance)
SB 524: Placing duties and functions of certain boards and commissions under Department of Arts, Culture, and History [By Request of the Executive] (Blair, Baldwin; Government Organization)
SB 525: Expiring funds from unappropriated balance in Lottery Net Profits [By Request of the Executive] (Blair, Baldwin; Finance)
SB 526: Supplementing and amending appropriations to Department of Commerce, Office of Secretary [By Request of the Executive] (Blair, Baldwin; Finance)
SB 527: Supplementing and amending appropriations to Department of Administration, Office of Technology [By Request of the Executive] (Blair, Baldwin; Finance)
SB 528: Supplementing and amending appropriations to DHHR, Consolidated Medical Services Fund [By Request of the Executive] (Blair, Baldwin; Finance)
SB 529: Encouraging additional computer science education in WV schools [By Request of the Executive] (Blair, Baldwin; Education)
SB 530: Encouraging public-private partnerships in transportation [By Request of the Executive] (Blair, Baldwin; Government Organization then Finance)
SB 531: Increasing annual salaries of certain state employees (FN) [By Request of the Executive] (Blair, Baldwin; Finance)
SB 532: Requiring reports to Joint Committee on Pensions and Retirement every five years on deferred retirement option plans (FN) (Nelson, Azinger, Clements, Lindsay, Trump; Pensions then Finance)
SB 533: Relating to funding for health sciences and medical schools in state (FN) (Tarr; Finance)
SB 534: Clarifying that secondary source on insurance is not controlling authority (Azinger; Judiciary)
SB 535: Providing for revocation of school personnel certification or licensure in certain circumstances [By Request of the Executive] (Blair, Baldwin; Judiciary)
SB 536: Clarifying statutes on possessing, manufacturing, importing, and transporting fentanyl in WV (FN) [By Request of the Executive] (Blair, Baldwin; Judiciary then Finance)
SB 537: Providing additional firefighters and security guards for National Guard [By Request of the Executive] (Blair, Baldwin; Government Organization)
SB 538: Establishing BUILD WV Act (FN) [By Request of the Executive] (Blair, Baldwin; Economic Development then Finance)
SB 539: Creating Division of Multimodal Transportation [By Request of the Executive] (Blair, Baldwin; Government Organization)
SB 540: Allowing municipal fire departments provide retirees with service weapon in certain circumstances (Nelson; Judiciary)
SB 541: Requiring homeschooled child’s academic assessment be submitted by certain date (Azinger; Education)
SB 542: Transferring Broadband Enhancement Council from Department of Commerce to Department of Economic Development (Maynard, Swope, Sypolt; Government Organization)
SB 543: Creating Unemployment Compensation Insurance Fraud Unit within Workforce WV (FN) (Roberts, Tarr; Judiciary then Finance)
SB 544: Allowing interest or earnings on federal COVID-19 relief money be retained in certain funds [By Request of the Executive] (Blair, Baldwin; Finance)
SB 545: Creating Corporate Anti-Subsidy Act (Romano; Economic Development then Finance)
SB 546: Expanding uses of fees paid by students at higher education institutions (FN) (Tarr; Finance)
SB 547: Updating definition of “electioneering communication” (Nelson; Judiciary)
SB 548: Authorizing Workforce WV employers to obtain employment classifications and work locations (Roberts, Tarr; Workforce)
SB 549: Updating provisions of certain retirement and pension benefits (FN) (Nelson; Pensions then Finance)
SB 550: Relating to funding for higher education institutions (Tarr; Finance)
SB 551: Preserving patient’s right to abortion (Beach; Health and Human Resources)
SB 552: Relating to tax sale process (FN) [By Request of the Executive] (Blair, Baldwin; Finance)
SB 553: Relating to powers of WV Health Care Authority (FN) (Sypolt, Azinger, Clements, Grady, Hamilton, Karnes, Martin, Maynard, Phillips, Roberts, Smith, Stover, Swope, Takubo, Tarr, Trump, Weld, Woodrum; Government Organization then Finance)
SCR 27: US Army TSGT Harold William Schmidle Memorial Bridge (Smith, Sypolt)
SCR 28: US Army PVT Garland Lee Loudermilk Memorial Bridge (Woodrum, Boley, Karnes, Maynard, Phillips, Sypolt, Takubo, Tarr, Weld)
SR 16: Designating February 2, 2022, Jan Lilly-Stewart Disability Advocacy Day (Roberts)

* (FN) indicates the bill has a Fiscal Note

* (IB) indicates the bill is an Interim Bill

Committee Action on Bills from Monday, January 31, 2022

1 p.m.: Natural Resources

Com. Sub. for SB 458: Establishing legal right to title of substances derived from drainage on mined lands
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Judiciary

Com. Sub. for SB 481: Relating to Adopt-A-Stream Program
Committee substitute, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

3 p.m.: Finance

Com. Sub. for SB 3: Requiring work search activities to qualify for unemployment benefits
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

3 p.m.: Judiciary

Com. Sub. for SB 2: Relating to unemployment benefits program
Committee agreed to language of committee substitute, as amended; no further action taken on bill

Com. Sub. for SB 7: Relating to damages for medical monitoring
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Bills that Have Passed the Senate as of Monday, January 31, 2022 (40)

SB 1: Creating Mining Mutual Insurance Company (House Energy and Manufacturing)
SB 4: Repealing ban on construction of nuclear power plants (Completed; awaiting action by Governor)
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 151: Creating license plate recognizing linemen (Pending House introduction)
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 192: Establishing Civil Air Patrol license plate (Pending House introduction)
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 Third Reading, 02-01)
SB 246: Requiring newly constructed public schools and public schools with major improvements to have water bottle filling stations (House Education)
SB 253: Relating to voting precincts and redistricting (House Government Organization)
SB 261: Requiring video cameras in certain special education classrooms (Pending House introduction)
SB 262: Relating generally to financial institutions engaged in boycotts of energy companies (Pending House introduction)
SB 279: Authorizing DEP to promulgate legislative rules (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 (House Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse)
SB 435: Awarding service weapon to retiree from Division of Protective Services (House Judiciary)
SB 436: Correcting code citation for authority of State Fire Marshal (House Government Organization)
SB 437: Providing for early discharge of parolees (House Judiciary)
SB 441: Providing confidentiality of video and other records of correctional juvenile facilities (Pending House introduction)
SB 449: Relating to Nonviolent Offense Parole Program (House Judiciary)

Resolutions Adopted by the Senate as of Monday, January 31, 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 (House Technology and Infrastructure)
SCR 11: Dennis E. Davis Veterans Nursing Home (House Technology and Infrastructure)
SCR 13: US Army PFC Joseph Stanley McKinney Memorial Bridge (House Technology and Infrastructure)
SCR 15: US Army PVT Shirley E. Bailey Memorial Bridge (House Technology and Infrastructure)

House Bills Pending in the Senate as of Monday, January 31, 2022 (32)

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 (Judiciary)
HB 2631: Provide for WVDNR officers to be able to work “off duty” (Pending Senate introduction)
HB 2817: Donated Drug Repository Program (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 (Government Organization)
HB 4048: WV Keep, Bear and Drive with Arms Act (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 (S First Reading, 02-01)
HB 4074: Require schools provide eating disorder and self-harm training for teacher and students (Education then Finance)
HB 4097: To prohibit nonpublic funding sources for election administration and related expenses without prior written approval by the State Election Commission (Pending Senate introduction)
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 4257: Require visitation immediately following a procedure in a health care facility (Pending Senate introduction)
HB 4263: Prohibit the practice of white bagging (Pending Senate introduction)
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 (Health and Human Resources)
HB 4291: Relating to authorizing legislative rules regarding higher education (Education)
HB 4299: To prohibit the intentional interference with election processes and creating associated criminal penalties (Pending Senate introduction)
HB 4301: Reforming membership requirements of Huntington Park and Recreation District Board (Judiciary)
HB 4308: Authorizing disclosure of juvenile information to Crime Victims Compensation Fund for investigation and award of benefits (Judiciary)
HB 4324: To update collaborative pharmacy practice agreements (Pending Senate introduction)

Bills and Resolutions that Have Completed Legislation as of Monday, January 31, 2022 (3 – 3 Senate)

SB 4: Repealing ban on construction of nuclear power plants (Completed; awaiting action by Governor)
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.

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