Senate Calendar and Committee Schedule for Wednesday, February 8, 2023

February 7, 2023
in Member Press Release

Wednesday, February 8, 2023 – 29th Day of Session

The Senate will convene at 11 a.m.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

SCR 8: US Army PV 2 Harold Richard Plumley Memorial Bridge
SCR 9: Declaring Guyandotte River crayfish official crustacean for State of WV
SR 26: Commemorating and honoring life, military service, and ultimate sacrifice of US Army SGT Brian Christopher Karim
SR 27: Designating February 8, 2023, as Crime Victims Day at Legislature
SR 28: Recognizing essential role court appointed special advocates provide to WV children

THIRD READING

Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 295: Extending time that prescription for spectacles remains valid
Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 299: Relating to crime of trespass generally
Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 300: Relating to law-enforcement training and certification
Eng. Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for SB 419: Establishing standards for licensure of military trained applicants
Eng. SB 449: Updating terms for Natural Resources Police Officers Retirement System and retirement systems for charter schools
Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 450: Defining medical examination for disability purposes in retirement plans administered by Consolidated Public Retirement Board
Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 451: Relating to Teachers Retirement System and Teachers’ Defined Contribution Retirement System
Eng. SB 465: Increasing limit on moneys placed in county’s rainy day fund
Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 472: Creating criminal offense of indecent exposure in front of minors – (With right to amend)
Eng. SB 489: Requiring BOE provide free feminine hygiene products in certain grades
Eng. 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

SECOND 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

FIRST READING

SB 234: Clarifying uniform statewide deadline for electronically submitted voter registration applications
Rev. Com. Sub. for SB 250: Requiring certain drivers display student driver on rear of vehicle
Com. Sub. for SB 302: Relating to Law Enforcement Safety Act
Com. Sub. for SB 484: Clarifying terms and offense of human smuggling
Com. Sub. for SB 490: Patrol Officer Cassie Marie Johnson Memorial Act
SB 493: Exempting WV veterans from certain fees and charges at state parks
Com. Sub. for SB 515: Clarifying deadline to file annual report for companies authorized to do business in WV
SB 529: Allowing businesses to register as limited liability limited partnerships
Com. Sub. for SB 532: Sex Offender Registration Act
SB 533: Relating to limitations on motor vehicle used by nonprofit cooperative recycling associations
Eng. 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
Eng. HB 2602: Reestablishing certain specialized school service personnel classifications

Scheduled Committee Meetings

10 a.m.: Agriculture and Natural Resources (208W)

SB 561: Relating to administration of WV Drinking Water Treatment Revolving Fund Act
SB 581: Amending provisions of 2023 Farm Bill

1 p.m.: Economic Development (451M)

SB 297: Mountain Homes Act
SB 481: Extending sunset provision of Upper Kanawha Valley Resiliency and Revitalization Program
SB 569: Rehabilitation of Blighted Properties Tax Credit Act

2 p.m.: Outdoor Recreation (208W)

HB 2569: Establishing the Motorsport Responsibility Act
HCR 13: Make 2nd week of February of every year a week of recognition of the Boy Scouts of America

2 p.m.: Pensions (451M)

SB 452: Relating to Emergency Medical Services Retirement System
SB 453: Ensuring retirement contributions and delinquency charges of charter school employees be paid upon school closure or by successor
SB 458: Setting rate of interest on delinquent retirement contribution submissions
SB 474: Requiring municipal pensions oversight board to propose legislative rules

3 p.m.: Judiciary (208W)

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
SB 482: Modifying number, allocation, and terms of office of certain judges for next general election

3 p.m.: Finance (451M)

Com. Sub. for SB 274: Third Grade Success Act
Com. Sub. for SB 273: Relating to allocation of child protective workers in counties based upon population of county
SB 478: Relating to Jumpstart Savings Program
Subcommittee Report from Finance Subcommittee C to the Full Finance Committee

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

Senate Bills to be Introduced Wednesday, February 8, 2023

SB 582: Amending provisions of WV Public Employees Retirement Act (FN) (Trump, Weld, Nelson, Jeffries; Pensions then Finance)
SB 583: Reducing rates for legal advertising (Woodrum; Government Organization)
SB 584: Removing rape and incest exception to obtain abortion in WV (Taylor, Barrett, Grady, Hunt, Karnes, Martin, Maynard, Phillips, Roberts, Rucker, Smith, Stuart, Tarr, Woodrum; Health and Human Resources then Judiciary)
SB 585: Prohibiting county commissions from adopting any authorization that exceeds state law regarding agricultural operations (Hamilton; Agriculture and Natural Resources then Government Organization)
SB 586: Requiring spending units to submit software procurement requests to Enterprise Resource Planning Board (Swope; Government Organization)
SB 587: WV Volunteer State Defense Guard Act (FN) (Chapman; Military then Finance)
SB 588: Increasing tax credit for employers providing child care for employees (FN) (Takubo, Smith, Stover, Weld; Finance)
SB 589: Relating to nonpublic kindergarten, elementary, and secondary school education (Rucker; School Choice then Finance)
SCR 10: US Army Air Corps PVT Albert J Sutphin Memorial Highway (Hunt)

* (FN) indicates the bill has a Fiscal Note

* (IB) indicates the bill is an Interim Bill

Committee Action on Bills from Tuesday, February 7, 2023

9 a.m.: Government Organization

Com. Sub. for SB 199: Relating to purchase of commodities and services from nonprofit workshops
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

SB 234: Clarifying uniform statewide deadline for electronically submitted voter registration applications
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

SB 272: Authorizing use of Reclamation of Abandoned and Dilapidated Properties Program Fund
Bill removed from agenda

Com. Sub. for SB 302: Relating to Law Enforcement Safety Act
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Com. Sub. for SB 464: Authorizing locality pay to correctional officers working at facilities having critical staffing shortages
Bill removed from agenda

Com. Sub. for SB 509: Requiring that free feminine hygiene products be provided to female prisoners
Bill removed from agenda

9 a.m.: Education

SB 204: Increasing salary for teachers with less than eight years of experience
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Com. Sub. for SB 519: School Personnel Whistle-Blower Law
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Judiciary

HB 2602: Reestablishing certain specialized school service personnel classifications
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

1 p.m.: Health and Human Resources

Com. Sub. for SB 195: Creating Ready-to-Use Glucagon Rescue Therapies for Schools Act
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Education

Com. Sub. for SB 290: Relating to dental health care service plans
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

HB 3061: Relating to updating the authority of the Foster Care Ombudsman
Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

2 p.m.: Finance Subcommittee C – Higher Education/Economic Development

Com. Sub. for SB 31: Relating to permissible expenditures by Water Development Authority from Infrastructure Fund
Subcommittee reported the committee substitute, as amended, to the full Finance Committee for consideration with the recommendation it do pass

3 p.m.: Judiciary

SB 508: Clarifying reporting and disclosure requirements for grassroots lobbying expenditures
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Com. Sub. for SB 516: Relating to requirements for disclosure of donor contributions
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Com. Sub. for SB 187: Creating new criminal offenses of sexual contact, intrusion, or abuse of students by school employee
Committee substitute, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass
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
Bill not taken up

3 p.m.: Finance

Com. Sub. for SB 47: Creating Charter Schools Stimulus Fund
Committee substitute, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

SB 487: Extending additional modification reducing federal adjusted gross income
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Com. Sub. for SB 237: Relating to Public Employees Retirement System and State Teachers Retirement System
Committee substitute, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Com. Sub. for SB 505: Supplementing and amending appropriations to Department of Administration, Office of Secretary
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

SB 441: Removing additional one and one-half percent interest rate for tax underpayments
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

SB 442: Providing option for pass-through entities to pay income tax at entity level
Bill not taken up

Bills that Have Passed the Senate as of Tuesday, February 7, 2023 (95 – 86 Senate; 9 House)

Resolutions Adopted by the Senate as of Tuesday, February 7, 2023 (1)

SCR 7: Amending Joint Rules of Senate and House of Delegates (Pending House introduction)

House Bills and Resolutions Pending in the Senate as of Tuesday, February 7, 2023 (41 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 (S First Reading, 02-08)
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 (Judiciary)
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 (S First Reading, 02-08)
HB 2611: To remove certain territorial limitations on a banking institution’s ability to offer messenger services or mobile banking facilities (Pending Senate introduction)
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 2789: Removing birthing centers from certificate of need (Pending Senate introduction)

HB 2800: All relating to authorizing legislative rules regarding higher education (S Third Reading, 02-08)
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 3055: To create a vocational math class for students interested in careers in the trades (Pending Senate introduction)

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 (Health and Human Resources)

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 Tuesday, February 7, 2023 (17 – 8 Senate; 9 House)

SB 4: Creating Adopt-A-Trail volunteer programs for public land under DNR jurisdiction (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
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 Tuesday, February 7, 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.

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