Senate Calendar and Committee Schedule for Monday, February 13, 2023

February 12, 2023
in Member Press Release

Monday, February 13, 2023 – 34th Day of Session

The Senate will convene at 11 a.m.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

SCR 11: US Army SGT Brian Christopher Karim Memorial Bridge
SR 29: Strongly encouraging Monongahela Power Company to purchase Pleasants Power Station

THIRD READING

Eng. Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for SB 47: Creating Charter Schools Stimulus Fund
Eng. Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for SB 187: Making it felony offense for school employee or volunteer to engage in sexual contact with students
Eng. SB 237: Relating to Public Employees Retirement System and State Teachers Retirement System
Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 290: Relating to dental health care service plans
Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 472: Creating criminal offense of indecent exposure in front of minors – (With right to amend)
Eng. SB 487: Extending additional modification reducing federal adjusted gross income
Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 505: Supplementing and amending appropriations to Department of Administration, Office of Secretary
Eng. SB 508: Clarifying reporting and disclosure requirements for grassroots lobbying expenditures
Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 516: Relating to requirements for disclosure of donor contributions
Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 527: Allowing family members of military personnel access to discharge records

SECOND READING

Com. Sub. for SB 31: Relating to permissible expenditures by Water Development Authority from Infrastructure Fund
SB 99: Relating to meetings among county boards of education
Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for SB 274: Third Grade Success Act
Com. Sub. for SB 409: Authorizing Department of Commerce to promulgate legislative rules
SB 441: Removing additional one and one-half percent interest rate for tax underpayments
SB 452: Relating to Emergency Medical Services Retirement System
Com. Sub. for 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
Com. Sub. for SB 478: Relating to Jumpstart Savings Program
SB 481: Extending sunset provision of Upper Kanawha Valley Resiliency and Revitalization Program
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. Com. Sub. for HB 3061: Relating to updating the authority of the Foster Care Ombudsman

FIRST READING

Com. Sub. for SB 467: Providing county commissioners ongoing mechanism to consider compensation increases for elected officials every two years
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2412: Declaring November 14 every year, a special Memorial Day in remembrance of the Marshall University airplane crash
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 3055: To create a vocational math class for students interested in careers in the trades

Scheduled Committee Meetings

1 p.m.: Military (208W)

Agenda TBA

1 p.m.: Transportation and Infrastructure (451M)

Com. Sub. for SCR 3: Dr. Roland P. Sharp Memorial Road
Com. Sub. for SCR 4: Ira ‘Noon’ Copley and Marie Copley Memorial Bridge
Com. Sub. for SCR 6: US Army SGT Vincent DiBacco Memorial Bridge
SCR 8: US Army PV 2 Harold Richard Plumley Memorial Bridge
Com. Sub. for SB 440: Authorizing DOH pay current obligations from State Road Fund
Com. Sub. for SB 455: Modifying certain used car restrictions

2 p.m.: Agriculture and Natural Resources (208W)

Agenda TBA

2 p.m.: Banking and Insurance (451M)

SB 430: Relating to State Treasurer’s authority to contract with financial institutions for banking goods and services
SB 555: Prohibiting banks and payment networks from tracking firearm-related data and outlining penalties
SB 562: Relating to operation of private trust companies in WV

3 p.m.: Finance (451M)

SB 151: Relating to levying tax on pass-through entity’s income
Com. Sub. for SB 579: Providing payment to vendors not paid due to an agency’s budget limit

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

Senate Bills to be Introduced Monday, February 13, 2023

SB 607: Authorizing counties to increase special district excise tax (Oliverio, Clements, Caputo, Jeffries, Maroney; Economic Development then Finance)
SB 608: Correcting list of items which are considered deadly weapons (Trump; Judiciary)
SB 609: Obtaining approval for decommissioning or deconstructing of existing power plant (Smith, Azinger, Boley, Phillips; Energy, Industry and Mining)
SB 610: Affordable Medicaid Buy-in Program (Takubo; Health and Human Resources)
SB 611: Applying penalties for nonpayment of royalties under terms of oil and natural gas leases (Smith; Energy, Industry and Mining)
SB 612: Eliminating certain centers from certificate of need review (Barrett, Rucker; Health and Human Resources)
SB 613: Exempting hospitals from certificate of need requirements (Maroney; Health and Human Resources)
SR 30: Recognizing February 14, 2023, as National Donor Day at Legislature (Grady)
SR 31: Designating February 14, 2023, as Child Care Day at Legislature (Tarr)

* (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, February 10, 2023 (125 – 114 Senate; 11 House)

Resolutions Adopted by the Senate as of Friday, February 10, 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 Friday, February 10, 2023 (58 Bills; 2 Resolutions)

HB 2002: Relating to providing support for families (Health and Human Resources)
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 2218: Distracted Driving Act (Pending Senate introduction)
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 Second Reading, 02-13)
HB 2346: Declaring a shortage of qualified bus operators and allowing retired bus operators to accept employment (Education)

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 (S First Reading, 02-13)
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 2548: Relating to temporary identification cards for released inmates (Judiciary)
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 2599: Creating the utility pole rights of way and easement mapping initiative (Economic Development)
HB 2602: Reestablishing certain specialized school service personnel classifications (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)

HB 2611: To remove certain territorial limitations on a banking institution’s ability to offer messenger services or mobile banking facilities (Banking and Insurance)
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 2762: Allowing variance in state fire code for certain buildings used solely for emergency equipment storage (Government Organization)
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 (Health and Human Resources)

HB 2800: All relating to authorizing legislative rules regarding higher education (Passed Senate; pending House concurrence to Senate amendments)
HB 2832: Clarifying appropriate and inappropriate duties for school counselors while also providing the definition of a school counselor (Pending Senate introduction)
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 2845: Relating to removing expired provisions from the code (Health and Human Resources)
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 2882: Making a supplemental appropriation to the Department of Economic Development (Pending Senate introduction)

HB 2890: Modifying student discipline (Education)
HB 2941: To extend the end date of the State Advisory Council on Postsecondary Attainment Goals (Education)
HB 2967: Expediting License Applications for active military members and veterans, and their spouses (Military)
HB 2970: Creating the equitable right to expungement (Pending Senate introduction)
HB 3036: Increasing the number of districts and the limit on approved costs under the BUILD WV Act (Economic Development)
HB 3055: To create a vocational math class for students interested in careers in the trades (S First Reading, 02-13)

HB 3061: Relating to updating the authority of the Foster Care Ombudsman (S Second Reading, 02-13)
HB 3077: Relating to making the use of the multi-state real time tracking system permanent (Health and Human Resources)
HB 3091: Requiring counties provide fiscal information for State Auditor’s WV Checkbook website (Government Organization)
HB 3130: Creating the Coalfields Energy Research and Economic Development Authority (Pending Senate introduction)
HB 3141: Relating to the practice of dentistry (Health and Human Resources)
HB 3145: Recognizing the Commission on Uniform State Laws as a presumptive provider of continuing legal education (Pending Senate introduction)
HB 3164: To extend the termination date of the West Virginia Advisory Council on Rare Diseases due to a delay in beginning its duties (Health and Human Resources)
HB 3191: Relating to certain facilities operated by the state government to obtain a license (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 Friday, February 10, 2023 (19 – 9 Senate; 10 House)

SB 4: Creating Adopt-A-Trail volunteer programs for public land under DNR jurisdiction (Signed, 02-09)
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 (Signed, 02-09)
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)
SB 241: Relating to Patient Brokering Act (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
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 2602: Reestablishing certain specialized school service personnel classifications (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 Friday, February 10, 2023 (7 – 7 Senate)

SB 83: Authorizing tactical medical professionals to carry firearms (Signed, 02-09)
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 (Signed, 02-09)
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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Contact: Jacque Bland at (304) 357-7999

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