Senate Calendar and Committee Schedule for Tuesday, February 7, 2023

February 6, 2023
in Member Press Release

Tuesday, February 7, 2023 – 28th Day of Session

The Senate will convene at 11 a.m.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

SCR 7: Amending Joint Rules of Senate and House of Delegates
SR 25: Designating February 7, 2023, as Sexual Assault Awareness Day at Legislature

THIRD READING

Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 50: Requiring one-year residency within district or county to fill vacancy in Legislature
Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 247: Making administrative appeals and judicial review of board action subject to provisions of Administrative Procedures Act
Eng. SB 296: Uniform Public Meetings During Emergencies Act
Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 361: Authorizing miscellaneous boards and agencies to promulgate legislative rules
Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 472: Creating criminal offense of indecent exposure in front of minors
Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 475: Modifying examinations for disability pensions

SECOND READING

Com. Sub. for SB 295: Extending time that prescription for spectacles remains valid
Com. Sub. for SB 299: Relating to crime of trespass generally
Com. Sub. for SB 300: Relating to law-enforcement training and certification
Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for SB 419: Establishing standards for licensure of military trained applicants
SB 449: Updating terms for Natural Resources Police Officers Retirement System and retirement systems for charter schools
Com. Sub. for SB 450: Defining medical examination for disability purposes in retirement plans administered by Consolidated Public Retirement Board
Com. Sub. for SB 451: Relating to Teachers Retirement System and Teachers’ Defined Contribution Retirement System
SB 465: Increasing limit on moneys placed in county’s rainy day fund
SB 489: Requiring BOE provide free feminine hygiene products in certain grades
Com. Sub. for SB 514: Clarifying procedure for administrative dissolution of corporations by Secretary of State
Eng. HB 2800: All relating to authorizing legislative rules regarding higher education

FIRST READING

Com. Sub. for SB 216: Requiring all schools to instruct students on Holocaust, other genocides and financial literacy
Com. Sub. for SB 495: Providing correctional institutions and juvenile facilities video and audio records be confidential

Scheduled Committee Meetings

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

Com. Sub. for SB 199: Relating to purchase of commodities and services from nonprofit workshops
SB 234: Clarifying uniform statewide deadline for electronically submitted voter registration applications
SB 272: Authorizing use of Reclamation of Abandoned and Dilapidated Properties Program Fund.
Com. Sub. for SB 302: Relating to Law Enforcement Safety Act
Com. Sub. for SB 464: Authorizing locality pay to correctional officers working at facilities having critical staffing shortages
Com. Sub. for SB 509: Requiring that free feminine hygiene products be provided to female prisoners

9 a.m.: Education (451M)

SB 204: Increasing salary for teachers with less than eight years of experience
SB 519: School Personnel Whistle-Blower Law
HB 2602: Reestablishing certain specialized school service personnel classifications

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

SB 195: Creating Ready-to-Use Glucagon Rescue Therapies for Schools Act
SB 290: Relating to dental health care service plans
HB 3061: Relating to updating the authority of the Foster Care Ombudsman

2 p.m.: Finance Subcommittee C – Higher Education/Economic Development (451M)

SB 31: Relating to permissible expenditures by Water Development Authority from Infrastructure Fund

3 p.m.: Judiciary (208W)

Reports by Subcommittees
Referrals to Subcommittees
SB 508: Clarifying reporting and disclosure requirements for grassroots lobbying expenditures
Com. Sub. for SB 516: Relating to requirements for disclosure of donor contributions
Com. Sub. for SB 187: Creating new criminal offenses of sexual contact, intrusion, or abuse of students by school employee
Com. Sub. for SB 409: Authorizing WV Department of Economic Development to promulgate legislative rule relating to Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Matching Funds Program (Commerce Bundle)
Includes: SB 410, Authorizing Division of Labor to promulgate legislative rule relating to WV Board of Manufactured Housing construction and safety; SB 411, Authorizing Division of Labor to promulgate legislative rule relating to supervision of plumbing work; SB 412, Authorizing Division of Labor to promulgate legislative rule relating to regulation of heating, ventilating, and cooling work; SB 413, Authorizing Division of Labor to promulgate legislative rule relating to registration of service persons and service agencies; SB 414, Authorizing Division of Labor to promulgate legislative rule relating to registration of weighing and measuring devices used by businesses in commercial transactions; SB 415, Authorizing Division of Natural Resources to promulgate legislative rule relating to hunting, fishing, and other outfitters and guides; SB 416, Authorizing Division of Natural Resources to promulgate legislative rule relating to commercial whitewater outfitters; SB 417, Authorizing Division of Natural Resources to promulgate legislative rule relating to special motorboating regulations; SB 418, Authorizing Division of Natural Resources to promulgate legislative rule relating to miscellaneous permits and licenses

3 p.m.: Finance (451M)

Com. Sub. for SB 47: Creating Charter Schools Stimulus Fund
SB 487: Extending additional modification reducing federal adjusted gross income
SB 237: Relating to Public Employees Retirement System and State Teachers Retirement System
SB 505: Supplementing and amending appropriations to Department of Administration, Office of Secretary
SB 441: Removing additional one and one-half percent interest rate for tax underpayments
SB 442: Providing option for pass-through entities to pay income tax at entity level

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

Senate Bills to be Introduced Tuesday, February 7, 2023

SB 575: Expiring funds to unappropriated surplus balance in State Fund, General Revenue (Weld; Finance)
SB 576: Creating Securities Restitution Assistance Fund for victims of securities violations (Weld; Judiciary then Finance)
SB 577: Reducing copay cap on insulin and devices and permitting purchase of testing equipment without prescription (Maroney; Health and Human Resources)
SB 578: Hunger-Free Campus Act (Grady; Education then Finance)
SB 579: Providing payment to vendors not paid due to an agency’s budget limit (Tarr; Finance)
SB 580: Authorizing election for special levy renewal (FN) (Weld; Government Organization then Finance)
SB 581: Amending provisions of 2023 Farm Bill (Hamilton; Agriculture and Natural Resources then Judiciary)
SCR 8: US Army PV 2 Harold Richard Plumley Memorial Bridge (Woodrum)
SCR 9: Declaring Guyandotte River crayfish official crustacean for State of WV (Maynard)
SR 26: Commemorating and honoring life, military service, and ultimate sacrifice of US Army SGT Brian Christopher Karim (Woodrum)
SR 27: Designating February 8, 2023, as Crime Victims Day at Legislature (Nelson, Barrett, Hunt, Jeffries, Phillips, Stuart)
SR 28: Recognizing essential role court appointed special advocates provide to WV children (Rucker)

* (FN) indicates the bill has a Fiscal Note

* (IB) indicates the bill is an Interim Bill

Committee Action on Bills from Monday, February 6, 2023

1 p.m.: Military

Com. Sub. for SB 447: Providing tax credit to disabled veterans for lifetime hunting, trapping and fishing license
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

SB 493: Exempting WV veterans from certain fees and charges at state parks
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Com. Sub. for SB 527: Allowing family members of military personnel access to discharge records
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

1 p.m.: Transportation and Infrastructure

Revised Com. Sub. for SB 250: Requiring level one permit holders to display student driver on rear of vehicle
Revised committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Eng. HB 2310: Provide the Division of Motor Vehicles authority to develop an “Antique Fleet” program so that multiple antiques motor vehicles may utilize a single registration plate
Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Eng. HB 2531: Requiring cooperation between the rail company and the Division of Highways when construction or maintenance activities are conducted by the company
Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

2 p.m.: Agriculture and Natural Resources

Com. Sub. for SB 485: PFAS Protection Act
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

SB 533: Relating to limitations on motor vehicle used by nonprofit cooperative recycling associations
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

3 p.m.: Judiciary

Com Sub for SB 484: Clarifying terms and offense of human smuggling
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Com Sub for SB 490: Patrol Officer Cassie Marie Johnson Memorial Act
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Com Sub for SB 532: Creating new crime of soliciting minor
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Com Sub for SB 515: Clarifying deadline to file annual report for companies authorized to do business in WV
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

SB 529: Allowing businesses to register as limited liability limited partnerships
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Bills that Have Passed the Senate as of Monday, February 6, 2023 (95 – 86 Senate; 9 House)

House Bills and Resolutions Pending in the Senate as of Monday, February 6, 2023 (38 Bills; 2 Resolutions)

HB 2004: Prevent the use of payment card processing systems for surveillance of Second Amendment activity and discriminatory conduct (Judiciary)
HB 2007: Prohibiting certain medical practices (Health and Human Resources)
HB 2008: Requiring local entities to enforce immigration laws (Judiciary)
HB 2018: Permitting the managed care case coordinator to attend the multidisciplinary team meeting (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 2029: Repealing the creation of an all-payer claims database (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 2113: Modifying the criminal penalties imposed on a parent, guardian or custodian for child abuse (Judiciary)
HB 2221: Relating to bankruptcy (Judiciary)
HB 2310: Provide the Division of Motor Vehicles authority to develop an “Antique Fleet” program so that multiple antique motor vehicles may utilize a single registration plate (Transportation and Infrastructure)
HB 2380: Relating to School Building Authority (Education)
HB 2412: Declaring November 14 every year, a special Memorial Day in remembrance of the Marshall University airplane crash (Government Organization)
HB 2436: Relating to the implementation of an acuity-based patient classification system (Health and Human Resources)
HB 2443: Relating to service employees with National Association for Pupil Transportation Certifications (Education)
HB 2506: Creating a title clearinghouse for non-resident businesses (Completed legislation; awaiting action by Governor)
HB 2509: Creating the Uniform Premarital Agreement Act (Judiciary)
HB 2526: Relating to reducing the personal income tax (Finance)
HB 2530: Relating to the extension of the expiration of temporary registration plates from sixty days to ninety days (Completed legislation; awaiting action by Governor)
HB 2531: Requiring cooperation between the rail company and the Division of Highways when construction or maintenance activities are conducted by the company (Transportation and Infrastructure)
HB 2533: Relating to a permanent windshield placard to be valid for the duration of the applicant’s life (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 2564: Repeal of administrative hearing procedures for DUI offenses (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)

HB 2569: Establishing the Motorsport Responsibility Act (Outdoor Recreation)
HB 2596: To modify when a nonresident student’s transfer may be denied (Education)

HB 2597: Amending performance evaluations of professional personnel (Education)
HB 2602: Reestablishing certain specialized school service personnel classifications (Education)
HB 2613: Relating to the administration of anesthetics (Health and Human Resources)
HB 2754: Relating to immunizations performed in a pharmacy (Health and Human Resources)
HB 2757: Relating to expanding institutional eligibility for the WV Invests Grant Program (Education)
HB 2768: To require all state entities and Chapter 30 boards to use “.gov” domains and e-mail addresses (Government Organization)

HB 2776: Updating meaning of federal adjusted gross income and certain other terms used in West Virginia Personal Income Tax Act (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 2777: Updating federal taxable income and other terms in the West Virginia Corporation Net Income Tax Act (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)

HB 2800: All relating to authorizing legislative rules regarding higher education (S Second Reading, 02-07)
HB 2835: Repeal outdated provisions of code relating to the West Virginia graduate college and Marshall University (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 2850: Relating to students with exceptional needs (Education)
HB 2870: Correcting a reference relating to siting certificates for certain electric generating facilities (Energy, Industry and Mining)

HB 2890: Modifying student discipline (Education)
HB 2941: To extend the end date of the State Advisory Council on Postsecondary Attainment Goals (Education)

HB 3061: Relating to updating the authority of the Foster Care Ombudsman (Health and Human Resources)
HB 3091: Requiring counties provide fiscal information for State Auditor’s WV Checkbook website (Government Organization)
HB 3141: Relating to the practice of dentistry (Pending Senate introduction)

HCR 11: Relating to Higher Education Consortium for Emerging Energy Technologies (Education)
HCR 13: Make 2nd week of February of every year a week of recognition of the Boy Scouts of America (Outdoor Recreation)

Bills that Have Completed Legislation as of Monday, February 6, 2023 (16 – 7 Senate; 9 House)

SB 83: Authorizing tactical medical professionals to carry firearms (Completed legislation; awaiting action by Governor)
SB 132: Clarifying criminal offense of harassment (Signed, 02-06)
SB 143: Relating to Adopt-A-Stream Program (Signed, 02-06)
SB 161: Authorizing DNR to manage and dispose of property (Signed, 01-24)
SB 162: Authorizing director of DNR to lease state-owned pore spaces in certain areas for carbon sequestration (Signed, 01-24)
SB 207: Relating to state allocation of funding to regional councils (Completed legislation; awaiting action by Governor)
SB 231: Transferring administration of WV Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Matching Funds Program to Department of Economic Development (Signed, 02-06)
HB 2018: Permitting the managed care case coordinator to attend the multidisciplinary team meeting (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 2029: Repealing the creation of an all-payer claims database (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 2506: Creating a title clearinghouse for non-resident businesses (Completed legislation; awaiting action by Governor)
HB 2530: Relating to the extension of the expiration of temporary registration plates from sixty days to ninety days (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 2533: Relating to a permanent windshield placard to be valid for the duration of the applicant’s life (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 2564: Repeal of administrative hearing procedures for DUI offenses (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 2776: Updating meaning of federal adjusted gross income and certain other terms used in West Virginia Personal Income Tax Act (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 2777: Updating federal taxable income and other terms in the West Virginia Corporation Net Income Tax Act (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 2835: Repeal outdated provisions of code relating to the West Virginia graduate college and Marshall University (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)

Bills Signed by the Governor as of Monday, February 6, 2023 (5 – 5 Senate)

SB 132: Clarifying criminal offense of harassment (Signed, 02-06)
SB 143: Relating to Adopt-A-Stream Program (Signed, 02-06)
SB 161: Authorizing DNR to manage and dispose of property (Signed, 01-24)
SB 162: Authorizing director of DNR to lease state-owned pore spaces in certain areas for carbon sequestration (Signed, 01-24)
SB 231: Transferring administration of WV Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Matching Funds Program to Department of Economic Development (Signed, 02-06)

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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