Member Press Release

Senate Calendar and Committee Schedule for Friday, February 13, 2026

February 12, 2026
Written by Cheyenne

Friday, February 13, 2026 – 31st Day of Session

The Senate will convene at 10:30 a.m.

Senate Calendar

Scheduled Committee Meetings

9 a.m.: Finance (451M)

SB 228: Relating to use of technology in child abuse and neglect investigations
SB 549: Raising pay for jurors from $40 per day to $100 per day
Com. Sub. for SB 575: Relating to refusal review hearings
SB 28: Allowing members of State Police retirement system to use accrued leave as credit toward retirement
SB 206: Updating retirement eligibility for certain sheriffs
SB 717: Modifying disability and retirement benefits and procedures for municipal police and firefighters
SB 719: Relating to Municipal Police Officers and Firefighters Retirement System
SB 724: Relating to home confinement officers’ participation in EMS retirement system

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

Senate Bills to be Introduced Friday, February 13, 2026

SB 938: Clarifying powers, duties, and responsibilities of certain public health officials (Deeds; Health and Human Resources then Judiciary)
SB 939: Creating WV Reshoring Manufacturing Act (FN) (Jeffries; Economic Development then Finance)
SB 940: Establishing early detection cancer screening pilot program for active and retired firefighters (FN) (Garcia; Health and Human Resources then Finance)
SB 941: Making certain agreements prohibiting information sharing related to sexual abuse unenforceable (Woelfel; Judiciary)
SB 942: Creating Advanced Baseload Energy Development Act (FN) (Jeffries; Energy, Industry and Mining then Finance)
SB 943: Repealing data collection code section relating to Juvenile Reform Oversight Committee (Morris; Judiciary)
SCR 3: Requesting Joint Committee on Government and Finance study funding for Flood Resiliency Fund (Oliverio; Finance)
SR 38: Designating February 16, 2026, as Rural Health Day (Takubo)
SR 39: Recognizing WV Area Health Education Centers for outstanding contributions to WV (Grady)
SR 40: Designating February 16, 2026, as Child Advocacy Center Day (Queen)
SR 41: Recognizing WVU Institute for Community and Rural Health for its outstanding contributions to WV (Grady)
SR 42: Memorializing life of Honorable Walter Dolph Helmick (Morris)

* (FN) indicates the bill has a Fiscal Note

* (IB) indicates the bill is an Interim Bill

Committee Action on Bills from Thursday, February 12, 2026

9:30 a.m.: Education

Com. Sub. for SB 657: Creating Cohen Craddock Student Athlete Safety Act
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

Com. Sub. for SB 437: Fair State Aid Formula Act of 2026
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

SB 778: Relating to eligibility for homebound services for exceptional children
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

SB 802: Relating to school preparation days
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

9:30 a.m.: Government Organization

Com. Sub. for SB 703: Adopting Social Work Licensure Compact
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

SB 756: Extending authority to state spending units
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Com. Sub. for SB 426: Preventing damage to underground facilities
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

1 p.m.: Health and Human Resources

HB 4982: Make West Virginia Healthy Act of 2026
Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

SB 742: Permitting physicians to determine 72-hour holds without contacting enumerated individuals
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Judiciary

Com. Sub. for SB 741: Expanding pilot program to implement involuntary commitment process
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

Com. Sub. for SB 650: Designating psychiatric hospital that treats exclusively civil and forensic patients
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

Com. Sub. for SB 766: Creating Caregiver Tax Credit Act
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

SB 130: Creating E-cigarette and E-cigarette Liquid Directory
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

SB 114: Creating Paid Parental Leave Pilot Program
Bill referred to subcommittee – Senators Garcia (Chair), Queen, and Bartlett appointed

Com. Sub. for SB 398: Removing full time requirement for health officers
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

1 p.m.: Economic Development

SB 646: Relating to WV employer-provided or sponsored child care tax credit program
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

Com. Sub. for SB 878: Creating Office of Entrepreneurship within Office of Secretary of State
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

3 p.m.: Finance

Com. Sub. for SB 603: Relating to Property Valuation Training and Procedures Commission
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

SB 784: Supplemental appropriation to Department of Human Services, fund 8793
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

SB 785: Supplemental appropriation to Department of Health, fund 5163
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

SB 786: Supplemental appropriation to Department of Human Services, fund 5094
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

SB 821: Supplemental appropriation to Department of Administration, fund 2367
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

SB 823: Supplementary appropriation to Department of Revenue, fund 7352
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

SB 824: Supplementary appropriation to Department of Veterans’ Assistance, fund 6703
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

SB 826: Supplementary appropriation to Division of Natural Resources, fund 3211
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

SB 831: Supplemental Appropriation to Department of Human Services, fund 8794
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

SB 843: Supplemental Appropriation to Department of Health, fund 5144
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Com. Sub. for SB 875: Supplemental appropriation to Department of Commerce, fund 8703
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

3 p.m.: Judiciary

Com. Sub. for SB 648: Relating to strategic and critical resources
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass
Com. Sub. for SB 185: Allowing appointment of more than one chief deputy by sheriff

Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Bills that Have Passed the Senate as of Thursday, February 12, 2026 (52)

SB 1: Small Business Growth Act (H Third Reading, 02-13)
SB 4: Relating to crimes against public justice (House Judiciary)
SB 15: Protecting coal and gas minerals from carbon capture practices (House Energy and Public Works)
SB 30: Allowing 18 to 20-year-olds to carry concealed weapon without permit (House Judiciary)
SB 55: Establishing criminal offense for obstructing or hindering home incarceration supervisor or social services worker (House Judiciary)
SB 61: Prohibiting acceptance of illegal ballots cast in any election (House Judiciary)
SB 66: Modifying classes of state of preparedness declared by Governor or Legislature (House Government Organization)
SB 84: Prohibiting law enforcement from placing surveillance cameras on private property (House Judiciary)
SB 137: Modifying parole eligibility for crime of second degree murder and voluntary manslaughter (House Judiciary)
SB 155: Relating to adjunct teaching permits (House Education)
SB 167: Relating to meetings for local levying bodies (House Government Organization)
SB 207: Clarifying sheriff’s compensation for collection of taxes (House Judiciary)
SB 208: Exempting certain military records from public release (H Second Reading, 02-13)
SB 210: Modifying oversight provisions for Legislative Oversight Commission on Health and Human Resources Accountability (House Health and Human Resources)
SB 233: Clarifying qualifications to be licensed to administer polygraphs (House Government Organization)
SB 256: Authorizing DEP to promulgate legislative rules (House Energy and Public Works)

SB 281: Authorizing Department of Homeland Security to promulgate legislative rules (House Judiciary)
SB 309: Authorizing DOT to promulgate legislative rules (House Government Organization)
SB 374: Authorizing Department of Commerce to promulgate legislative rules (House Government Organization)

SB 388: Requiring public elementary or secondary school make Aitken Bible available to certain classrooms (House Education then House Judiciary)
SB 390: Altering conditions for flood resiliency disbursements (House Government Organization then House Finance)
SB 400: Updating personal income tax definitions and provision of law relating to gaming and gambling losses (House Finance)
SB 403: Relating to expanding definition of “tourism attraction” (House Government Organization)
SB 404: Relating to Department of Human Services authority to contract with certain providers (House Health and Human Resources)
SB 427: Relating to loan form (House Finance)
SB 440: Increasing penalty for transporting telecommunication devices into jails (House Judiciary)
SB 443: Granting municipal fire marshals authority to assist in lawful execution of law-enforcement officer’s official duties (House Government Organization then House Judiciary)
SB 445: Adding Potomac State College as eligible institution for participation in Learn and Earn Program (House Education)
SB 467: Allowing enforcement of Purple Heart parking spaces taken by non-Purple Heart recipients (House Energy and Public Works)
SB 473: Creating felony offense of using electronic device to threaten violence (House Judiciary)
SB 478: Second Amendment Reaffirmation and Protection Act (Pending House introduction)
SB 490: Approving short-term training programs for eligibility for federal Workforce Pell Grants (House Government Organization)

SB 506: Permitting certain use of county-owned wireless tower (House Judiciary)
SB 532: Relating to certified public accountants (House Finance)

SB 536: Relating to qualifications for serving on certain academic boards (House Education)
SB 543: Requiring Bureau for Social Services to file legislative rule (House Health then House Judiciary)
SB 556: Modifying priority of insurance coverage for drivers of certain vehicles to make consistent with federal law (House Judiciary then House Finance)
SB 573: Relating to requirements for disclosures and recordkeeping by persons making mortgage loans (House Finance)
SB 574: Relating to bank merger by interstate branching (House Finance)
SB 581: Eliminating requirement that commissioner approve joint account forms used by banking institutions (House Finance)
SB 582: Relating to requirements for licensure as mortgage lender or broker (House Finance)

SB 586: Modifying requirements for public water systems (House Government Organization)
SB 592: WV Short Line Railroad Modernization Act (House Finance)
SB 604: Extending Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementia Advisory Council sunset date (House Health)
SB 607: Relating to federally approved project delivery methods for airport capital improvement projects (House Government Organization)
SB 615: Requiring persons with illegal immigration status be turned over to ICE (House Judiciary)
SB 622: Extending mine safety technology tax credit (House Finance)
SB 625: Relating to responsibility of board of public service district that is being dissolved (House Energy and Public Works)
SB 633: Relating to WV Commission on Holocaust Education (House Education)
SB 645: Prohibiting surprise billing of ground emergency medical services by nonparticipating providers (House Health and Human Resources)
SB 694: Removing county residency requirement for county superintendent of schools (House Education)
SB 704: Prohibiting certain compensation for advising or assisting with veterans benefits (Pending House introduction)

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

Member Press Release

Senate Calendar and Committee Schedule for Thursday, February 12, 2026

February 11, 2026
Written by Cheyenne

Thursday, February 12, 2026 – 30th Day of Session

The Senate will convene at 11 a.m.

Senate Calendar

Scheduled Committee Meetings

9:30 a.m.: Education (451M)

SB 657: Creating Cohen Craddock Student Athlete Safety Act
SB 437: Fair State Aid Formula Act of 2026
SB 737: Authorizing county boards of education to accept volunteers as certified chaplains
SB 758: Providing extra state aid to school districts for students enrolled in certain schools
SB 778: Relating to eligibility for homebound services for exceptional children
SB 802: Relating to school preparation days

9:30 a.m.: Government Organization (208W)

Com. Sub. for SB 703: Adopting Social Work Licensure Compact
Com. Sub. for SB 659: Prohibiting certain restrictions on regulation of accessory dwelling units
SB 756: Extending authority to state spending units
Com. Sub. for SB 757: Allowing 10-day grace period for certain government contract bids to address bonding errors
SB 426: Preventing damage to underground facilities

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

HB 4982: Make West Virginia Healthy Act of 2026
SB 742: Permitting physicians to determine 72-hour holds without contacting enumerated individuals
SB 741: Expanding pilot program to implement involuntary commitment process
SB 650: Designating psychiatric hospital that treats exclusively civil and forensic patients
SB 766: Creating Caregiver Tax Credit Act
SB 130: Creating E-cigarette and E-cigarette Liquid Directory
SB 114: Creating Paid Parental Leave Pilot Program
SB 398: Removing full time requirement for health officers

1 p.m.: Economic Development (208W)

SB 646: Relating to WV employer-provided or sponsored child care tax credit program
SB 878: Creating Office of Entrepreneurship within Office of Secretary of State

3 p.m.: Finance (451M)

Com. Sub. for SB 603: Relating to Property Valuation Training and Procedures Commission
SB 784: Supplemental appropriation to Department of Human Services, fund 8793
SB 785: Supplemental appropriation to Department of Health, fund 5163
SB 786: Supplemental appropriation to Department of Human Services, fund 5094
SB 821: Supplemental appropriation to Department of Administration, fund 2367
SB 823: Supplementary appropriation to Department of Revenue, fund 7352
SB 824: Supplementary appropriation to Department of Veterans’ Assistance, fund 6703
SB 826: Supplementary appropriation to Division of Natural Resources, fund 3211
SB 831: Supplemental Appropriation to Department of Human Services, fund 8794
SB 843: Supplemental Appropriation to Department of Health, fund 5144
SB 875: Supplemental appropriation to Department of Commerce, fund 8703

3 p.m.: Judiciary (208W)

Com. Sub. for SB 648: Relating to strategic and critical resources
Com. Sub. for SB 185: Allowing appointment of more than one chief deputy by sheriff
SB 669: Relating to general powers of PSC
SB 59: Clarifying residency requirements for voter registration

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

Senate Bills to be Introduced Thursday, February 12, 2026

SB 923: Creating Guaranteeing Rights Against Novel International Tyranny and Extortion Act (Rucker, Azinger, Barrett, Helton, M. Maynard, Rose, Taylor, Thorne, Willis; Judiciary)
SB 924: Streamlining and reforming Division of Personnel systems (FN) (Government Organization then Finance)
SB 925: Providing Future Farmers of America- sanctioned activities not count toward limit of excused absences (Hart, Smith; Education)
SB 926: Eliminating capital gains tax on certain precious metals (FN) (Willis, Helton, Rose, Rucker; Finance
SB 927: Clarifying Commissioner of Agriculture’s authority to regulate bees (Hart, Chapman; Agriculture)
SB 928: Relating to manufacture, sale, and distribution of low-proof spirit alcohol products (FN) (Morris, Fuller, Helton, Rucker, Takubo; Finance)
SB 929: Requiring State Auditor issue notice of noncompliance to county boards for untimely reports (Taylor, Bartlett, Chapman, Helton, M. Maynard, Queen, Rose; Education)
SB 930: Increasing cost of living increase for certain municipal employees (FN) (Oliverio, Woodrum, Rose, Z. Maynard, Roberts, Weld, Willis; Pensions then Finance)
SB 931: Relating to utility affordability and economic competitiveness (FN) (Hart, Smith, Chapman, Fuller, Helton, Roberts, Rose, Taylor, Thorne; Energy, Industry and Mining then Finance)
SB 932: Specifying that cultivated meat products are adulterated foods (Hart, Smith, Chapman, Rose; Agriculture then Judiciary)
SB 933: Expanding digital mapping of unimproved public roads (FN) (M. Maynard; Transportation and Infrastructure then Finance)
SB 934: Modifying accrued benefit of members of WV Natural Resources Police Officer Retirement System (Deeds, Oliverio; Pensions then Finance)
SB 935: Eliminating business and occupation tax exemption for certain coal-fired merchant power plants (FN) (Taylor, Smith, Rose, Phillips; Finance)
SB 936: Providing WV certified thoroughbred eligibility (Rucker; Agriculture then Finance)
SB 937: Establishing community-based child welfare system program (Willis; Judiciary)
SR 35: Recognizing February 14, 2026, as National Organ Donor Day (Helton)
SR 36: Recognizing third week of July as Pretrial, Probation, and Parole Supervision Week (Willis)

* (FN) indicates the bill has a Fiscal Note

* (IB) indicates the bill is an Interim Bill

Committee Action on Bills from Wednesday, February 11, 2026

12:30 p.m.: Natural Resources

SB 761: Relating to in-state production of value-added forest products
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

Com. Sub. for SB 708: Creating WV River Access and Bridge Modernization Act
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Judiciary

1:30 p.m.: Select Committee on School Choice

Com. Sub. for SB 67: Relating to public charter schools
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

2:30 p.m.: Banking and Insurance

Com. Sub. for SB 560: Relating to financing and state payments
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

SB 702: Setting new maximum annual interest rate for regulated consumer lenders on certain loans
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

2:30 p.m.: Agriculture

Com. Sub. for SB 697: Relating to state road system
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

SB 712: Allowing installation of cattle guards on certain public roads
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

3 p.m.: Judiciary

SB 643: Discontinuing WV Supreme Court of Appeals Public Campaign Financing Program
Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

SB 538: Increasing compensation for panel attorneys
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Com. Sub. for SB 800: Clarifying policy of state regarding jury service
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

SB 793: Relating to courthouse closures on certain days
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

SB 792: Relating to eliminating requirement that Supreme Court of Appeals supply magistrates with copies of West Virginia Code
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

SB 796: Relating to distribution of West Virginia reports
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Bills that Have Passed the Senate as of Wednesday, February 11, 2026 (50)

SB 1: Small Business Growth Act (H Second Reading, 02-12)
SB 4: Relating to crimes against public justice (House Judiciary)
SB 15: Protecting coal and gas minerals from carbon capture practices (House Energy and Public Works)
SB 30: Allowing 18 to 20-year-olds to carry concealed weapon without permit (Pending House introduction)
SB 55: Establishing criminal offense for obstructing or hindering home incarceration supervisor or social services worker (House Judiciary)
SB 61: Prohibiting acceptance of illegal ballots cast in any election (House Judiciary)
SB 66: Modifying classes of state of preparedness declared by Governor or Legislature (House Government Organization)
SB 84: Prohibiting law enforcement from placing surveillance cameras on private property (House Judiciary)
SB 137: Modifying parole eligibility for crime of second degree murder and voluntary manslaughter (House Judiciary)
SB 155: Relating to adjunct teaching permits (House Education)
SB 167: Relating to meetings for local levying bodies (House Government Organization)
SB 207: Clarifying sheriff’s compensation for collection of taxes (House Judiciary)
SB 208: Exempting certain military records from public release (House Judiciary)
SB 210: Modifying oversight provisions for Legislative Oversight Commission on Health and Human Resources Accountability (House Health and Human Resources)
SB 233: Clarifying qualifications to be licensed to administer polygraphs (House Government Organization)
SB 256: Authorizing DEP to promulgate legislative rules (House Energy and Public Works)

SB 281: Authorizing Department of Homeland Security to promulgate legislative rules (House Judiciary)
SB 309: Authorizing DOT to promulgate legislative rules (House Government Organization)
SB 374: Authorizing Department of Commerce to promulgate legislative rules (House Government Organization)

SB 388: Requiring public elementary or secondary school make Aitken Bible available to certain classrooms (House Education then House Judiciary)
SB 390: Altering conditions for flood resiliency disbursements (House Government Organization then House Finance)
SB 400: Updating personal income tax definitions and provision of law relating to gaming and gambling losses (House Finance)
SB 403: Relating to expanding definition of “tourism attraction” (House Government Organization)
SB 404: Relating to Department of Human Services authority to contract with certain providers (Pending House introduction)
SB 427: Relating to loan form (House Finance)
SB 440: Increasing penalty for transporting telecommunication devices into jails (House Judiciary)
SB 443: Granting municipal fire marshals authority to assist in lawful execution of law-enforcement officer’s official duties (House Government Organization then House Judiciary)
SB 445: Adding Potomac State College as eligible institution for participation in Learn and Earn Program (House Education)
SB 467: Allowing enforcement of Purple Heart parking spaces taken by non-Purple Heart recipients (House Energy and Public Works)
SB 473: Creating felony offense of using electronic device to threaten violence (Pending House introduction)
SB 490: Approving short-term training programs for eligibility for federal Workforce Pell Grants (House Government Organization)

SB 506: Permitting certain use of county-owned wireless tower (House Judiciary)
SB 532: Relating to certified public accountants (House Finance)

SB 536: Relating to qualifications for serving on certain academic boards (House Education)
SB 543: Requiring Bureau for Social Services to file legislative rule (Pending House introduction)
SB 556: Modifying priority of insurance coverage for drivers of certain vehicles to make consistent with federal law (House Judiciary then House Finance)
SB 573: Relating to requirements for disclosures and recordkeeping by persons making mortgage loans (House Finance)
SB 574: Relating to bank merger by interstate branching (House Finance)
SB 581: Eliminating requirement that commissioner approve joint account forms used by banking institutions (House Finance)
SB 582: Relating to requirements for licensure as mortgage lender or broker (House Finance)

SB 586: Modifying requirements for public water systems (House Government Organization)
SB 592: WV Short Line Railroad Modernization Act (House Finance)
SB 604: Extending Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementia Advisory Council sunset date (Pending House introduction)
SB 607: Relating to federally approved project delivery methods for airport capital improvement projects (House Government Organization)
SB 615: Requiring persons with illegal immigration status be turned over to ICE (House Judiciary)
SB 622: Extending mine safety technology tax credit (House Finance)
SB 625: Relating to responsibility of board of public service district that is being dissolved (House Energy and Public Works)
SB 633: Relating to WV Commission on Holocaust Education (Pending House introduction)
SB 645: Prohibiting surprise billing of ground emergency medical services by nonparticipating providers (Pending House introduction)
SB 694: Removing county residency requirement for county superintendent of schools (Pending House introduction)

Committee times and agendas are subject to change. Follow @WVSenClerk on Twitter for updates.

Contact: Jacque Bland at (304) 357-7999

Member Press Release

Senate Calendar and Committee Schedule for Wednesday, February 11, 2026

February 10, 2026
Written by Cheyenne

Wednesday, February 11, 2026 – 29th Day of Session

The Senate will convene at 11 a.m.

Senate Calendar

Scheduled Committee Meetings

9:30 a.m.: Natural Resources (208W)

Presentation: Brett McMillion, Director WVDNR — Providing information about the upcoming Natural Resource Commission meeting
SB 761: Relating to in-state production of value-added forest products
SB 708: Creating WV River Access and Bridge Modernization Act

1 p.m.: Select Committee on School Choice (208W)

SB 67: Relating to public charter schools

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

Com. Sub. for SB 560: Relating to financing and state payments
SB 702: Setting new maximum annual interest rate for regulated consumer lenders on certain loans

2 p.m.: Agriculture (208W)

Com. Sub. for SB 697: Relating to state road system
SB 712: Allowing installation of cattle guards on certain public roads

3 p.m.: Judiciary (208W)

SB 643: Discontinuing WV Supreme Court of Appeals Public Campaign Financing Program
SB 538: Increasing compensation for panel attorneys
Com. Sub. for SB 800: Clarifying policy of state regarding jury service
SB 793: Relating to courthouse closures on certain days
SB 792: Relating to eliminating requirement that Supreme Court of Appeals supply magistrates with copies of West Virginia Code
SB 796: Relating to distribution of West Virginia reports

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

Senate Bills to be Introduced Wednesday, February 11, 2026

SB 909: [By Request of the Executive] Modernizing educational programs and technologies (FN) (Smith, Woelfel; Education then Finance)
SB 910: Removing unintended limitation on excused absences for students in certain extracurriculars (Queen; Education)
SB 911: Creating First-Time Drive to Work Pilot Program (FN) (Queen; Workforce then Finance)
SB 912: Removing sales tax for food bought in vending machines (FN) (Rucker; Finance)
SB 913: Removing annual report requirement for WV Research Trust Fund (Oliverio, Grady; Education)
SB 914: Increasing taxes on tobacco products (FN) (Takubo; Health and Human Resources then Finance)
SB 915: Clarifying when detained or confined juveniles may have contact with incarcerated adult persons (Morris; Judiciary)
SB 916: Using “A.C.” as name ending for accounting corporation (Morris; Government Organization)
SB 917: Imposing privilege tax on retail sale of electric vehicle charging services (FN) (Morris, Helton, Rose; Finance)
SB 918: Relating to civil service promotion criteria for municipal law-enforcement officers (Fuller, Azinger, Deeds, Phillips, Roberts, Woelfel; Government Organization)
SB 919: Creating Safe School Events Music Act (Taylor; Education)
SB 920: Mandating life sentence for first degree murder of minor victim with firearm (FN) (Charnock; Judiciary then Finance)
SB 921: Prohibiting Medicaid from being used for abortions or gender reassignment surgery (Rose, Barrett, M. Maynard, Rucker, Taylor, Z. Maynard; Health and Human Resources)
SB 922: Requiring public lodging establishments to provide human trafficking awareness training for employees (Chapman; Health and Human Resources then Judiciary)
SJR 20: Fire and Emergency Services Excess Levy Majority Approval Amendment (Z. Maynard; Judiciary then Finance)
SR 34: Designating February 12, 2026, as Hospital Day (Helton)

* (FN) indicates the bill has a Fiscal Note

* (IB) indicates the bill is an Interim Bill

Committee Action on Bills from Tuesday, February 10, 2026

9:30 a.m.: Education

SR 15: Recognizing 154th anniversary of Glenville State University
Resolution reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it be adopted

SB 801: Increasing each school district’s basic foundation program
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

Com. Sub. for SB 804: Removing physical education requirements for certain middle and high school athletes
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

9:30 a.m.: Government Organization

Com. Sub. for SB 188: Changing length of term of state political party chair
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Com. Sub. for SB 671: Relating to WV Real Estate Commission
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

SB 726: Removing cap for municipalities on their stabilization fund
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

HB 4740: Statutory Commitments in Rural Health Transformation Program
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

SB 755: Removing state agencies’ requirement to submit annual reports for certain businesses
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

SB 759: Relating to agency changes to auctioneers
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

1 p.m.: Health and Human Resources

Com. Sub. forSB 562: Establishing Food Is Medicine Program under Medicaid
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

Com. Sub. forSB 649: Requiring coverage of home blood pressure monitoring devices for certain Medicaid recipients
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

SB 797: Continuing of independent living and transitional support services for youth
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

3 p.m.: Finance

Com. Sub. for SB 104: Providing certain state mine inspectors with raise
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Com. Sub. for SB 231: Relating to value-based payment requirements
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

SB 868: Supplemental Appropriation for fiscal year ending June 30, 2026
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

SB 825: Supplementary appropriation to Department of Administration, fund 0226
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

3 p.m.: Judiciary

Com. Sub. for SB 251: Department of Administration rule relating to One-Stop Shop Permitting Program — Includes 148 CSR 25, One-Stop Shop Permitting Program; 163 CSR 03, Cyber Reporting; 115 CSR 01, Mine Subsidence Insurance; 115 CSR 02, Public Entities Insurance Program; 115 CSR 06, Preferred Medical Liability and High Risk Medical Liability Program
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Com. Sub. for SB 640: Prohibiting release of certain personal information of contributors to political elections
Committee substitute, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

HB 4433: Prohibiting Human Smuggling and Trafficking
Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Bills that Have Passed the Senate as of Tuesday, February 10, 2026 (45)

SB 1: Small Business Growth Act (Pending House introduction)
SB 4: Relating to crimes against public justice (House Judiciary)
SB 15: Protecting coal and gas minerals from carbon capture practices (House Energy and Public Works)
SB 30: Allowing 18 to 20-year-olds to carry concealed weapon without permit (Pending House introduction)
SB 55: Establishing criminal offense for obstructing or hindering home incarceration supervisor or social services worker (House Judiciary)
SB 61: Prohibiting acceptance of illegal ballots cast in any election (House Judiciary)
SB 66: Modifying classes of state of preparedness declared by Governor or Legislature (House Government Organization)
SB 84: Prohibiting law enforcement from placing surveillance cameras on private property (House Judiciary)
SB 137: Modifying parole eligibility for crime of second degree murder and voluntary manslaughter (House Judiciary)
SB 155: Relating to adjunct teaching permits (House Education)
SB 167: Relating to meetings for local levying bodies (House Government Organization)
SB 207: Clarifying sheriff’s compensation for collection of taxes (House Judiciary)
SB 208: Exempting certain military records from public release (House Judiciary)
SB 210: Modifying oversight provisions for Legislative Oversight Commission on Health and Human Resources Accountability (House Health and Human Resources)
SB 233: Clarifying qualifications to be licensed to administer polygraphs (House Government Organization)
SB 256: Authorizing DEP to promulgate legislative rules (House Energy and Public Works)

SB 281: Authorizing Department of Homeland Security to promulgate legislative rules (House Judiciary)
SB 309: Authorizing DOT to promulgate legislative rules (House Government Organization)
SB 374: Authorizing Department of Commerce to promulgate legislative rules (House Government Organization)

SB 388: Requiring public elementary or secondary school make Aitken Bible available to certain classrooms (House Education then House Judiciary)
SB 390: Altering conditions for flood resiliency disbursements (House Government Organization then House Finance)
SB 400: Updating personal income tax definitions and provision of law relating to gaming and gambling losses (House Finance)
SB 403: Relating to expanding definition of “tourism attraction” (House Government Organization)
SB 427: Relating to loan form (House Finance)
SB 440: Increasing penalty for transporting telecommunication devices into jails (House Judiciary)
SB 443: Granting municipal fire marshals authority to assist in lawful execution of law-enforcement officer’s official duties (House Government Organization then House Judiciary)
SB 445: Adding Potomac State College as eligible institution for participation in Learn and Earn Program (House Education)
SB 467: Allowing enforcement of Purple Heart parking spaces taken by non-Purple Heart recipients (House Energy and Public Works)
SB 473: Creating felony offense of using electronic device to threaten violence (Pending House introduction)
SB 490: Approving short-term training programs for eligibility for federal Workforce Pell Grants (House Government Organization)

SB 506: Permitting certain use of county-owned wireless tower (House Judiciary)
SB 532: Relating to certified public accountants (House Finance)

SB 536: Relating to qualifications for serving on certain academic boards (House Education)
SB 556: Modifying priority of insurance coverage for drivers of certain vehicles to make consistent with federal law (House Judiciary then House Finance)
SB 573: Relating to requirements for disclosures and recordkeeping by persons making mortgage loans (House Finance)
SB 574: Relating to bank merger by interstate branching (House Finance)
SB 581: Eliminating requirement that commissioner approve joint account forms used by banking institutions (House Finance)
SB 582: Relating to requirements for licensure as mortgage lender or broker (House Finance)

SB 586: Modifying requirements for public water systems (House Government Organization)
SB 592: WV Short Line Railroad Modernization Act (House Finance)
SB 607: Relating to federally approved project delivery methods for airport capital improvement projects (House Government Organization)
SB 615: Requiring persons with illegal immigration status be turned over to ICE (House Judiciary)
SB 622: Extending mine safety technology tax credit (House Finance)
SB 625: Relating to responsibility of board of public service district that is being dissolved (House Energy and Public Works)
SB 694: Removing county residency requirement for county superintendent of schools (Pending House introduction)

Action on House Bills in the Senate as of Tuesday, February 10, 2026 (54)

HB 4002: Establishing the West Virginia Collaboratory (Education)
HB 4004: Relating to the creation of the Recharge West Virginia Program (Economic Development then Finance)
HB 4005: Skills to work (Government Organization)
HB 4007: Relating to industrial access roads (Economic Development then Finance)
HB 4008: Relating to Business Ready Sites Program (Economic Development)
HB 4011: Relating to advanced recycling (Pending Senate introduction)

HB 4022: CPS Allocation (Health and Human Resources)
HB 4026: Relating to expanding the requirements for integrated resource plans utility companies must file with the Public Service Commission (Energy, Industry and Mining)
HB 4028: Relating to sales tax on construction materials (Finance)
HB 4036: Relating to stricter enforcement for parking in a handicapped designated spot (Transportation and Infrastructure then Judiciary)
HB 4053: To establish the blue envelope program (Pending Senate introduction)

HB 4081: To create the Higher Education Health and Aid Grant (Education then Finance)
HB 4137: Updating the West Virginia Law Institute (Judiciary)
HB 4138: Relating to persons convicted of a crime (Judiciary)
HB 4169: Relating to mental health examination requirements (Judiciary)
HB 4179: To create felony charge for individuals who assault police officers or police dogs (Pending Senate introduction)
HB 4196: To offer long-acting reversible contraception to patients receiving methadone and suboxone at the treatment facility for the methadone and suboxone (Health and Human Resources)
HB 4198: E-Verify Safe Harbor Act (Pending Senate introduction)

HB 4215: Department of Health Rules Bundle (Judiciary)
HB 4335: Relating to Medicaid providers (Health and Human Resources)
HB 4345: Relating to the preservation of missing persons records and evidence (Pending Senate introduction)

HB 4352: Prohibiting cameras and recording devices in bedrooms and bathrooms of foster children (Health and Human Resources then Judiciary)
HB 4354: Relating to necessity allowance (Health and Human Resources then Finance)
HB 4364: Relating to concurrent juvenile jurisdiction on military installations (Military then Judiciary)
HB 4366: Relating to military interpersonal violence (Military then Judiciary)
HB 4382: Require collection agencies to provide 30 days notice prior to wage garnishments (Judiciary)

HB 4393: Requiring the development and implementation of statewide prevention plan (Finance)
HB 4410: Relating to special stops required for on-track equipment (Transportation and Infrastructure then Judiciary)
HB 4415: Creating crime of attempting to smuggle contraband into federal correctional institutions within the state (Judiciary)

HB 4422: To permit students in eighth and ninth grade to attend summer school in order to raise their grades and establish academic eligibility to play sports in the fall (Education)
HB 4433: Prohibiting Human Smuggling and Trafficking (Judiciary)
HB 4437: To allow Gold Star parents to receive one free Gold Star vehicle registration for personal use (Transportation and Infrastructure)

HB 4456: Relating to clarification of a law enforcement agency and cooperation between law enforcement agencies and personnel of states bordering this state (Judiciary)
HB 4461: Establishing limitations on billing practices of Internet or telecommunications providers that fail to provide subscribed customers service for five or more days (Energy, Industry and Mining then Government Organization)
HB 4468: Relating to confidentiality of court files and law-enforcement records (Pending Senate introduction)
HB 4484: To expand each county commission’s ability to sell or lease property (Government Organization)
HB 4522: Banning Foreign backed spending on State Ballot Issues (Workforce then Judiciary)

HB 4552: Relating to the law-enforcement powers of correctional officers (Judiciary)
HB 4570: To make the posting of a summons in a conspicuous place on rental property acceptable service when a tenant is unavailable for personal service (Judiciary)

HB 4574: Relating to providing for condition-based emergency funding for a financially distressed county (Education then Finance)
HB 4575: Making Supplemental Appropriation to State Board of Education (Finance)
HB 4600: Require all ballots for primary and general elections be received not later than the close of the polls on election day (Pending Senate introduction)
HB 4606: Relating to the meaning of residence for the purpose of bail (Judiciary)

HB 4610: Safeguard the Right-To-Try Cutting-Edge Medicine Act (Health and Human Resources then Judiciary)
HB 4625: Relating to quit claim deeds (Judiciary)
HB 4626: Relating to the establishment of a grant program to fund the United States Food and Drug Administration’s drug development trials with ibogaine (Health and Human Resources then Finance)

HB 4629: Relating to medical cessation treatment and research (Health and Human Resources)
HB 4696: Authorize the Department of Environmental Protection to deposit funds granted pursuant to federal programs (Energy, Industry and Mining)
HB 4740: Statutory Commitments in Rural Health Transformation Program (Government Organization)
HB 4749: Relating to adding requirements to the foster child bill of rights (Pending Senate introduction)
HB 4755: Adding Aggravated Vehicular Homicide to the list of qualifying offenses (Judiciary)
HB 4951: Requiring MDs and DOs to complete continuing education (Health and Human Resources)

HB 4982: Make West Virginia Healthy Act of 2026 (Health and Human Resources)
HB 4893: Increase the penalties for contempt of court in a magistrate court (Pending Senate introduction)

Committee times and agendas are subject to change. Follow @WVSenClerk on Twitter for updates.

Contact: Jacque Bland at (304) 357-7999

Member Press Release

Senate Calendar and Committee Schedule for Tuesday, February 10, 2026

February 9, 2026
Written by Cheyenne

Tuesday, February 10, 2026 – 28th Day of Session

The Senate will convene at 11 a.m.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

SR 31: Designating February 10, 2026, as Homeschool Day

THIRD READING

Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 30: Allowing 18 to 20-year-olds to carry concealed weapon without permit
Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 473: Creating felony offense of using electronic device to threaten violence
Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 694: Removing county residency requirement for county superintendent of schools

SECOND READING

SB 404: Relating to Department of Human Services authority to contract with certain providers (original similar to HB 4017)
Com. Sub. for SB 478: Second Amendment Reaffirmation and Protection Act (original similar to HB 4926)
Com. Sub. for SB 543: Requiring Bureau for Social Services to file legislative rule (original similar to HB 4617)
SB 604: Extending Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementia Advisory Council sunset date
Com. Sub. for SB 633: Relating to WV Commission on Holocaust Education
SB 645: Prohibiting surprise billing of ground emergency medical services by nonparticipating providers

FIRST READING

SB 704: Prohibiting certain compensation for advising or assisting with veterans benefits

Scheduled Committee Meetings

9:30 a.m.: Education (451M)

SR 15: Recognizing 154th anniversary of Glenville State University
SB 801: Increasing each school district’s basic foundation program
SB 437: Fair State Aid Formula Act of 2026
SB 804: Removing physical education requirements for certain middle and high school athletes
SB 758: Providing extra state aid to school districts for students enrolled in certain schools

9:30 a.m.: Government Organization (208W)

Com. Sub. for SB 188: Changing length of term of state political party chair
Com. Sub. for SB 671: Relating to WV Real Estate Commission
SB 726: Removing cap for municipalities on their stabilization fund
HB 4740: Statutory Commitments in Rural Health Transformation Program
SB 755: Removing state agencies’ requirement to submit annual reports for certain businesses
SB 759: Relating to agency changes to auctioneers

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

SB 562: Establishing Food Is Medicine Program under Medicaid
SB 649: Requiring coverage of home blood pressure monitoring devices for certain Medicaid recipients
SB 744: Relating to Critical Incident Review Team
SB 745: Relating to requirements for school nutrition programs
SB 797: Continuing of independent living and transitional support services for youth

3 p.m.: Finance (451M)

Com. Sub. for SB 104: Providing certain state mine inspectors with raise
Com. Sub. for SB 231: Relating to value-based payment requirements
SB 868: Supplemental Appropriation for fiscal year ending June 30, 2026
SB 823: Supplementary appropriation to Department of Revenue, fund 7352

3 p.m.: Judiciary (208W)

Report from Subcommittee for Com. Sub. for SB 640: Prohibiting release of certain personal information of contributors to political elections
Com. Sub. for SB 251: Department of Administration rule relating to One-Stop Shop Permitting Program.
Includes 148 CSR 25, One-Stop Shop Permitting Program; 163 CSR 03, Cyber Reporting; 115 CSR 01, Mine Subsidence Insurance; 115 CSR 02, Public Entities Insurance Program; 115 CSR 06, Preferred Medical Liability and High Risk Medical Liability Program

Com. Sub. for SB 640: Prohibiting release of certain personal information of contributors to political elections
HB 4433: Prohibiting Human Smuggling and Trafficking

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

Senate Bills to be Introduced Tuesday, February 10, 2026

SB 893: Providing tax credits for expenditures and activities related to biochar manufacturing (Jeffries, Garcia, Morris, Queen, Woodrum; Economic Development then Finance)
SB 894: [By Request of the Executive] Reforming certain Boards and Commissions (Smith, Woelfel; Government Organization)
SB 895: Removing time limits for filing or modifying claims for massive fibrosis (Takubo, Smith, Barnhart, Deeds, Hamilton, Jeffries, Morris, Weld, Woodrum, Z. Maynard; Judiciary)
SB 896: Establishing when sale of tax liens may be suspended by sheriffs (FN) (Weld; Judiciary then Finance)
SB 897: Relating to licensure and certification of alcohol and drug counselors (FN) (Helton, Morris, Rose; Health and Human Resources then Finance)
SB 898: Valuing certain building used solely for agricultural purposes (Thorne; Agriculture then Finance)
SB 899: Permitting certain teachers to be certified to work as school principals (Thorne, Grady; Education)
SB 900: Including certain correctional facilities as “targeted facility” (Weld; Judiciary)
SB 901: [By Request of the Executive] Creating truancy pre-trial diversion program (FN) (Smith, Woelfel; Judiciary then Finance)
SB 902: Removing barriers to voting for disabled voters (Garcia; Judiciary)
SB 903: Increasing number of days before nursing homes must report abandoned property to administrator (Deeds; Government Organization then Finance)
SB 904: Modernizing and updating workers’ compensation statutes (Azinger; Banking and Insurance)
SB 905: Requiring election officials to capture and publish ballot images (FN) (Rucker; Judiciary then Finance)
SB 906: Permitting lawful prescription of crystalline polymorph psilocybin under FDA recommendations (Deeds; Health and Human Resources)
SB 907: Relating to pharmacy benefit managers and state pharmacy purchasing (FN) (Helton; Health and Human Resources then Finance)
SB 908: Relating to flexibility in setting lottery director’s salary (Queen; Finance)
SR 32: Protecting WV coal jobs, coal power, and coal families (Rose)
SR 33: Designating February 11, 2026, as WV Arts Day (Smith)

* (FN) indicates the bill has a Fiscal Note

* (IB) indicates the bill is an Interim Bill

Committee Action on Bills from Monday, February 9, 2026

1 p.m.: Transportation and Infrastructure

Com. Sub. for SB 501: Expanding digital mapping for secondary and backroads in this state
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

Com. Sub. for SB 692: Authorizing green flashing warning lights on DOH vehicles
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

2 p.m.: Pensions

SB 28: Allowing members of State Police Retirement system to use accrued leave as credit toward retirement
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

SB 717: Modifying disability and retirement benefits and procedures for municipal police and firefighters
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

SB 724: Relating to home confinement officers’ participation in EMS retirement system
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

SB 719: Relating to Municipal Police Officers and Firefighters Retirement System
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

Com. Sub. for SB 206: Updating retirement eligibility for certain sheriffs
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

2 p.m.: Energy, Industry and Mining

Com. Sub. for SB 426: Relating to underground facilities damage prevention
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Government Organization

Com. Sub. for SB 706: Modifying severance tax on newly drilled oil and natural gas wells
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

HB 4696: Authorize the Department of Environmental Protection to deposit funds granted pursuant to federal programs
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

3 p.m.: Finance

SB 781: Supplemental Appropriation to Civil Contingent Fund, fund 0105
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

SB 570: Supplemental Appropriation to Department of Health, Fund 8802
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Com. Sub. for SB 389: Historic Rehab Building Credit Act
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

SB 393: Updating corporate net income tax definitions
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Com. Sub. for SB 772: Declaring certain claims against WV to be moral obligations
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

3 p.m.: Judiciary

Com. Sub. for SB 575: Clarifying county attorney obligations for refusal review hearings
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

Com. Sub. for SB 531: Establishing First Amendment Preservation Act
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Bills that Have Passed the Senate as of Monday, February 9, 2026 (42)

SB 1: Small Business Growth Act (Pending House introduction)
SB 4: Relating to crimes against public justice (House Judiciary)
SB 15: Protecting coal and gas minerals from carbon capture practices (House Energy and Public Works)
SB 55: Establishing criminal offense for obstructing or hindering home incarceration supervisor or social services worker (House Judiciary)
SB 61: Prohibiting acceptance of illegal ballots cast in any election (House Judiciary)
SB 66: Modifying classes of state of preparedness declared by Governor or Legislature (House Government Organization)
SB 84: Prohibiting law enforcement from placing surveillance cameras on private property (House Judiciary)
SB 137: Modifying parole eligibility for crime of second degree murder and voluntary manslaughter (House Judiciary)
SB 155: Relating to adjunct teaching permits (House Education)
SB 167: Relating to meetings for local levying bodies (House Government Organization)
SB 207: Clarifying sheriff’s compensation for collection of taxes (House Judiciary)
SB 208: Exempting certain military records from public release (House Judiciary)
SB 210: Modifying oversight provisions for Legislative Oversight Commission on Health and Human Resources Accountability (House Health and Human Resources)
SB 233: Clarifying qualifications to be licensed to administer polygraphs (House Government Organization)
SB 256: Authorizing DEP to promulgate legislative rules (House Energy and Public Works)

SB 281: Authorizing Department of Homeland Security to promulgate legislative rules (House Judiciary)
SB 309: Authorizing DOT to promulgate legislative rules (House Government Organization)
SB 374: Authorizing Department of Commerce to promulgate legislative rules (House Government Organization)

SB 388: Requiring public elementary or secondary school make Aitken Bible available to certain classrooms (House Education then House Judiciary)
SB 390: Altering conditions for flood resiliency disbursements (House Government Organization then House Finance)
SB 400: Updating personal income tax definitions and provision of law relating to gaming and gambling losses (House Finance)
SB 403: Relating to expanding definition of “tourism attraction” (House Government Organization)
SB 427: Relating to loan form (House Finance)
SB 440: Increasing penalty for transporting telecommunication devices into jails (Pending House introduction)
SB 443: Granting municipal fire marshals authority to assist in lawful execution of law-enforcement officer’s official duties (House Government Organization then House Judiciary)
SB 445: Adding Potomac State College as eligible institution for participation in Learn and Earn Program (House Education)
SB 467: Allowing enforcement of Purple Heart parking spaces taken by non-Purple Heart recipients (House Energy and Public Works)
SB 490: Approving short-term training programs for eligibility for federal Workforce Pell Grants (House Government Organization)

SB 506: Permitting certain use of county-owned wireless tower (House Judiciary)
SB 532: Relating to certified public accountants (House Finance)

SB 536: Relating to qualifications for serving on certain academic boards (House Education)
SB 556: Modifying priority of insurance coverage for drivers of certain vehicles to make consistent with federal law (House Judiciary then House Finance)
SB 573: Relating to requirements for disclosures and recordkeeping by persons making mortgage loans (House Finance)
SB 574: Relating to bank merger by interstate branching (House Finance)
SB 581: Eliminating requirement that commissioner approve joint account forms used by banking institutions (House Finance)
SB 582: Relating to requirements for licensure as mortgage lender or broker (House Finance)

SB 586: Modifying requirements for public water systems (House Government Organization)
SB 592: WV Short Line Railroad Modernization Act (Pending House introduction)
SB 607: Relating to federally approved project delivery methods for airport capital improvement projects (Pending House introduction)
SB 615: Requiring persons with illegal immigration status be turned over to ICE (Pending House introduction)
SB 622: Extending mine safety technology tax credit (House Finance)
SB 625: Relating to responsibility of board of public service district that is being dissolved (Pending House introduction)

Action on House Bills in the Senate as of Monday, February 9, 2026 (45)

HB 4002: Establishing the West Virginia Collaboratory (Education)
HB 4004: Relating to the creation of the Recharge West Virginia Program (Economic Development then Finance)
HB 4005: Skills to work (Government Organization)
HB 4007: Relating to industrial access roads (Economic Development then Finance)
HB 4008: Relating to Business Ready Sites Program (Economic Development)
HB 4022: CPS Allocation (Health and Human Resources)
HB 4026: Relating to expanding the requirements for integrated resource plans utility companies must file with the Public Service Commission (Energy, Industry and Mining)
HB 4028: Relating to sales tax on construction materials (Finance)
HB 4036: Relating to stricter enforcement for parking in a handicapped designated spot (Transportation and Infrastructure then Judiciary)
HB 4081: To create the Higher Education Health and Aid Grant (Education then Finance)
HB 4137: Updating the West Virginia Law Institute (Judiciary)
HB 4138: Relating to persons convicted of a crime (Judiciary)
HB 4169: Relating to mental health examination requirements (Judiciary)
HB 4196: To offer long-acting reversible contraception to patients receiving methadone and suboxone at the treatment facility for the methadone and suboxone (Health and Human Resources)
HB 4215: Department of Health Rules Bundle (Judiciary)
HB 4335: Relating to Medicaid providers (Health and Human Resources)
HB 4352: Prohibiting cameras and recording devices in bedrooms and bathrooms of foster children (Health and Human Resources then Judiciary)
HB 4354: Relating to necessity allowance (Health and Human Resources then Finance)
HB 4364: Relating to concurrent juvenile jurisdiction on military installations (Military then Judiciary)
HB 4366: Relating to military interpersonal violence (Military then Judiciary)
HB 4382: Require collection agencies to provide 30 days notice prior to wage garnishments (Judiciary)

HB 4393: Requiring the development and implementation of statewide prevention plan (Finance)
HB 4410: Relating to special stops required for on-track equipment (Transportation and Infrastructure then Judiciary)
HB 4415: Creating crime of attempting to smuggle contraband into federal correctional institutions within the state (Judiciary)

HB 4422: To permit students in eighth and ninth grade to attend summer school in order to raise their grades and establish academic eligibility to play sports in the fall (Education)
HB 4433: Prohibiting Human Smuggling and Trafficking (Judiciary)
HB 4437: To allow Gold Star parents to receive one free Gold Star vehicle registration for personal use (Transportation and Infrastructure)

HB 4456: Relating to clarification of a law enforcement agency and cooperation between law enforcement agencies and personnel of states bordering this state (Judiciary)
HB 4461: Establishing limitations on billing practices of Internet or telecommunications providers that fail to provide subscribed customers service for five or more days (Energy, Industry and Mining then Government Organization)
HB 4484: To expand each county commission’s ability to sell or lease property (Government Organization)
HB 4522: Banning Foreign backed spending on State Ballot Issues (Pending Senate introduction)

HB 4552: Relating to the law-enforcement powers of correctional officers (Judiciary)
HB 4570: To make the posting of a summons in a conspicuous place on rental property acceptable service when a tenant is unavailable for personal service (Judiciary)

HB 4574: Relating to providing for condition-based emergency funding for a financially distressed county (Education then Finance)
HB 4575: Making Supplemental Appropriation to State Board of Education (Finance)
HB 4606: Relating to the meaning of residence for the purpose of bail (Judiciary)

HB 4610: Safeguard the Right-To-Try Cutting-Edge Medicine Act (Health and Human Resources then Judiciary)
HB 4625: Relating to quit claim deeds (Judiciary)
HB 4626: Relating to the establishment of a grant program to fund the United States Food and Drug Administration’s drug development trials with ibogaine (Health and Human Resources then Finance)

HB 4629: Relating to medical cessation treatment and research (Health and Human Resources)
HB 4696: Authorize the Department of Environmental Protection to deposit funds granted pursuant to federal programs (Energy, Industry and Mining)
HB 4740: Statutory Commitments in Rural Health Transformation Program (Government Organization)
HB 4755: Adding Aggravated Vehicular Homicide to the list of qualifying offenses (Pending Senate introduction)
HB 4951: Requiring MDs and DOs to complete continuing education (Health and Human Resources)
HB 4982: Make West Virginia Healthy Act of 2026 (Pending Senate introduction)

Committee times and agendas are subject to change. Follow @WVSenClerk on Twitter for updates.

Contact: Jacque Bland at (304) 357-7999

Member Press Release

Senate Calendar and Committee Schedule for Monday, February 9, 2026

February 8, 2026
Written by Cheyenne

Monday, February 9, 2026 – 27th Day of Session

The Senate will convene at 11 a.m.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

SR 28: Expressing support for I-68 Energy Manufacturing AI Corridor
SR 30: Designating February 9, 2026, as WVSU Day

THIRD READING

Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 440: Increasing penalty for transporting telecommunication devices into jails (original similar to HB 4857)
Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 592: WV Short Line Railroad Modernization Act
Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 607: Relating to federally approved project delivery methods for airport capital improvement projects (original similar to HB 4808)
Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 615: Requiring persons with illegal immigration status be turned over to ICE
Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 625: Relating to responsibility of board of public service district that is being dissolved (original similar to HB 4862)

SECOND READING

Com. Sub. for SB 30: Allowing 18 to 20-year-olds to carry concealed weapon without permit
Com. Sub. for SB 473: Creating felony offense of using electronic device to threaten violence
Com. Sub. for SB 478: Second Amendment Reaffirmation and Protection Act (original similar to HB 4926)
Com. Sub. for SB 543: Requiring Bureau for Social Services to file legislative rule (original similar to HB 4617)
Com. Sub. for SB 694: Removing county residency requirement for county superintendent of schools

FIRST READING

SB 404: Relating to Department of Human Services authority to contract with certain providers (original similar to HB 4017)
SB 604: Extending Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementia Advisory Council sunset date
Com. Sub. for SB 633: Relating to WV Commission on Holocaust Education
SB 645: Prohibiting surprise billing of ground emergency medical services by nonparticipating providers

Scheduled Committee Meetings

9 a.m.: Judiciary Subcommittee on SB 539, Increasing compensation of panel attorneys and guardians ad litem (208W)

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

Com. Sub. for SB 501: Expanding digital mapping for secondary and backroads in this state
Com. Sub. for SB 690: Creating alternative DOH procurement procedure
Com. Sub. for SB 691: Relating to utility lines on DOH rights of way
Com. Sub. for SB 692: Authorizing green flashing warning lights on DOH vehicles

2 p.m.: Pensions (451M)

SB 28: Allowing members of State Police Retirement system to use accrued leave as credit toward retirement
SB 717: Modifying disability and retirement benefits and procedures for municipal police and firefighters
SB 724: Relating to home confinement officers’ participation in EMS retirement system
SB 719: Relating to Municipal Police Officers and Firefighters Retirement System
SB 206: Updating retirement eligibility for certain sheriffs

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

Com. Sub. for SB 426: Relating to underground facilities damage prevention
Com. Sub. for SB 706: Modifying severance tax on newly drilled oil and natural gas wells
HB 4696: Authorize the Department of Environmental Protection to deposit funds granted pursuant to federal programs

3 p.m.: Finance (451M)

SB 570: Supplemental Appropriation to Department of Health, Fund 8802
SB 781: Supplemental Appropriation to Civil Contingent Fund, fund 0105
SB 389: Historic Rehab Building Credit Act
SB 772: Declaring certain claims against WV to be moral obligations
SB 393: Updating corporate net income tax definitions
Com. Sub. for SB 402: Workforce Readiness and Opportunity Act

3 p.m.: Judiciary (208W)

Com. Sub. for SB 575: Clarifying county attorney obligations for refusal review hearings
Com. Sub. for SB 635: Creating Mountain Bike Responsibility Act
Com. Sub. for SB 531: Establishing First Amendment Preservation Act

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

Senate Bills to be Introduced Monday, February 9, 2026

A list of bills to be introduced in the Senate on Monday, February 9, 2026, will be available on the Legislature’s website HERE.

* (FN) indicates the bill has a Fiscal Note

* (IB) indicates the bill is an Interim Bill

Committee Action on Bills from Friday, February 6, 2026

10:15 a.m.: Military (208W)

SB 704: Prohibiting certain compensation for advising or assisting with veterans benefits
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Bills that Have Passed the Senate as of Friday, February 6, 2026 (37)

SB 1: Small Business Growth Act (Pending House introduction)
SB 4: Relating to crimes against public justice (House Judiciary)
SB 15: Protecting coal and gas minerals from carbon capture practices (House Energy and Public Works)
SB 55: Establishing criminal offense for obstructing or hindering home incarceration supervisor or social services worker (House Judiciary)
SB 61: Prohibiting acceptance of illegal ballots cast in any election (House Judiciary)
SB 66: Modifying classes of state of preparedness declared by Governor or Legislature (House Government Organization)
SB 84: Prohibiting law enforcement from placing surveillance cameras on private property (House Judiciary)
SB 137: Modifying parole eligibility for crime of second degree murder and voluntary manslaughter (House Judiciary)
SB 155: Relating to adjunct teaching permits (House Education)
SB 167: Relating to meetings for local levying bodies (House Government Organization)
SB 207: Clarifying sheriff’s compensation for collection of taxes (House Judiciary)
SB 208: Exempting certain military records from public release (House Judiciary)
SB 210: Modifying oversight provisions for Legislative Oversight Commission on Health and Human Resources Accountability (House Health and Human Resources)
SB 233: Clarifying qualifications to be licensed to administer polygraphs (House Government Organization)
SB 256: Authorizing DEP to promulgate legislative rules (House Energy and Public Works)

SB 281: Authorizing Department of Homeland Security to promulgate legislative rules (House Judiciary)
SB 309: Authorizing DOT to promulgate legislative rules (House Government Organization)
SB 374: Authorizing Department of Commerce to promulgate legislative rules (House Government Organization)

SB 388: Requiring public elementary or secondary school make Aitken Bible available to certain classrooms (House Education then House Judiciary)
SB 390: Altering conditions for flood resiliency disbursements (House Government Organization then House Finance)
SB 400: Updating personal income tax definitions and provision of law relating to gaming and gambling losses (House Finance)
SB 403: Relating to expanding definition of “tourism attraction” (House Government Organization)
SB 427: Relating to loan form (House Finance)
SB 443: Granting municipal fire marshals authority to assist in lawful execution of law-enforcement officer’s official duties (House Government Organization then House Judiciary)
SB 445: Adding Potomac State College as eligible institution for participation in Learn and Earn Program (House Education)
SB 467: Allowing enforcement of Purple Heart parking spaces taken by non-Purple Heart recipients (Pending House introduction)
SB 490: Approving short-term training programs for eligibility for federal Workforce Pell Grants (Pending House introduction)

SB 506: Permitting certain use of county-owned wireless tower (House Judiciary)
SB 532: Relating to certified public accountants (House Finance)

SB 536: Relating to qualifications for serving on certain academic boards (House Education)
SB 556: Modifying priority of insurance coverage for drivers of certain vehicles to make consistent with federal law (House Judiciary then House Finance)
SB 573: Relating to requirements for disclosures and recordkeeping by persons making mortgage loans (House Finance)
SB 574: Relating to bank merger by interstate branching (House Finance)
SB 581: Eliminating requirement that commissioner approve joint account forms used by banking institutions (House Finance)
SB 582: Relating to requirements for licensure as mortgage lender or broker (House Finance)

SB 586: Modifying requirements for public water systems (Pending House introduction)
SB 622: Extending mine safety technology tax credit (Pending House introduction)

Resolutions that Have Been Adopted by the Senate as of Friday, February 6, 2026 (2 – 1 Senate; 1 House)

SCR 1: Requesting DOH name certain transportation infrastructure (Adopted, 1-29)
HCR 3: House Infrastructure Naming Resolution (Adopted, 01-29)

Action on House Bills in the Senate as of Friday, February 6, 2026 (42)

HB 4002: Establishing the West Virginia Collaboratory (Education)
HB 4004: Relating to the creation of the Recharge West Virginia Program (Economic Development then Finance)
HB 4005: Skills to work (Government Organization)
HB 4007: Relating to industrial access roads (Economic Development then Finance)
HB 4008: Relating to Business Ready Sites Program (Economic Development)
HB 4022: CPS Allocation (Health and Human Resources)
HB 4026: Relating to expanding the requirements for integrated resource plans utility companies must file with the Public Service Commission (Pending Senate introduction)
HB 4028: Relating to sales tax on construction materials (Finance)
HB 4036: Relating to stricter enforcement for parking in a handicapped designated spot (Transportation and Infrastructure then Judiciary)
HB 4081: To create the Higher Education Health and Aid Grant (Education then Finance)
HB 4137: Updating the West Virginia Law Institute (Judiciary)
HB 4138: Relating to persons convicted of a crime (Judiciary)
HB 4169: Relating to mental health examination requirements (Judiciary)
HB 4196: To offer long-acting reversible contraception to patients receiving methadone and suboxone at the treatment facility for the methadone and suboxone (Health and Human Resources)
HB 4215: Department of Health Rules Bundle (Judiciary)
HB 4335: Relating to Medicaid providers (Health and Human Resources)
HB 4352: Prohibiting cameras and recording devices in bedrooms and bathrooms of foster children (Health and Human Resources then Judiciary)
HB 4354: Relating to necessity allowance (Health and Human Resources then Finance)
HB 4364: Relating to concurrent juvenile jurisdiction on military installations (Military then Judiciary)
HB 4366: Relating to military interpersonal violence (Military then Judiciary)
HB 4382: Require collection agencies to provide 30 days notice prior to wage garnishments (Pending Senate introduction)

HB 4393: Requiring the development and implementation of statewide prevention plan (Finance)
HB 4410: Relating to special stops required for on-track equipment (Transportation and Infrastructure then Judiciary)
HB 4415: Creating crime of attempting to smuggle contraband into federal correctional institutions within the state (Judiciary)

HB 4422: To permit students in eighth and ninth grade to attend summer school in order to raise their grades and establish academic eligibility to play sports in the fall (Education)
HB 4433: Prohibiting Human Smuggling and Trafficking (Judiciary)
HB 4437: To allow Gold Star parents to receive one free Gold Star vehicle registration for personal use (Transportation and Infrastructure)

HB 4456: Relating to clarification of a law enforcement agency and cooperation between law enforcement agencies and personnel of states bordering this state (Judiciary)
HB 4461: Establishing limitations on billing practices of Internet or telecommunications providers that fail to provide subscribed customers service for five or more days (Pending Senate introduction)
HB 4484: To expand each county commission’s ability to sell or lease property (Government Organization)
HB 4552: Relating to the law-enforcement powers of correctional officers (Pending Senate introduction)
HB 4570: To make the posting of a summons in a conspicuous place on rental property acceptable service when a tenant is unavailable for personal service (Pending Senate introduction)

HB 4574: Relating to providing for condition-based emergency funding for a financially distressed county (Education then Finance)
HB 4575: Making Supplemental Appropriation to State Board of Education (Finance)
HB 4606: Relating to the meaning of residence for the purpose of bail (Judiciary)

HB 4610: Safeguard the Right-To-Try Cutting-Edge Medicine Act (Health and Human Resources then Judiciary)
HB 4625: Relating to quit claim deeds (Pending Senate introduction)
HB 4626: Relating to the establishment of a grant program to fund the United States Food and Drug Administration’s drug development trials with ibogaine (Health and Human Resources then Finance)

HB 4629: Relating to medical cessation treatment and research (Health and Human Resources)
HB 4696: Authorize the Department of Environmental Protection to deposit funds granted pursuant to federal programs (Energy, Industry and Mining)
HB 4740: Statutory Commitments in Rural Health Transformation Program (Government Organization)
HB 4951: Requiring MDs and DOs to complete continuing education (Health and Human Resources)

Action on House Resolutions in the Senate as of Friday, February 6, 2026 (3)

HCR 1: Extending an invitation to His Excellency, the Governor, to deliver an address to the Legislature and raising a Joint Assembly therefor (Adopted, 01-14)
HCR 2: Amending Rule 31 of the Joint Rules of the Senate and House of Delegates (Adopted, 01-14)
HCR 3: House Infrastructure Naming Resolution (Adopted, 01-29)

Resolutions that Have Completed Legislation as of Friday, February 6, 2026 (4 – 1 Senate; 3 House)

SCR 1: Requesting DOH name certain transportation infrastructure (Adopted, 01-29)
HCR 1: Extending an invitation to His Excellency, the Governor, to deliver an address to the Legislature and raising a Joint Assembly therefor (Adopted, 01-14)
HCR 2: Amending Rule 31 of the Joint Rules of the Senate and House of Delegates (Adopted, 01-14)
HCR 3: House Infrastructure Naming Resolution (Adopted, 01-29)

Committee times and agendas are subject to change. Follow @WVSenClerk on Twitter for updates.

Contact: Jacque Bland at (304) 357-7999

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This Week in the House of Delegates

February 6, 2026
Written by Cheyenne

For the week ending Feb. 6, 2026

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Members of the West Virginia House of Delegates continue to move bills through the legislative process as the 60-day regular session nears its halfway point. A total of 42 House bills had passed the full House as of Feb. 6, and they now are with the West Virginia Senate for deliberation.

Among them is House Bill 4004, which passed the House Feb. 4 by a vote of 86-7. It would create the Recharge West Virginia Program to support companies in the state that give their employees an expansion in skills along with at least a 25% boost in pay.

Delegate Clay Riley, R-Harrison, presented the bill and answered questions about it before the vote. He told his fellow Delegates it was important to ask questions and be deliberative when casting votes about how to invest the state’s tax dollars.

“I can’t think of a better place to invest than the state’s people … and building a stronger economy for our state,” Riley said. “It creates a smart incentive for companies to grow here and hire here — West Virginians.

“It creates real opportunities for West Virginians to earn industry-recognized credentials and move into higher-paying jobs; it’s what we always talk about. Let’s raise people up — help them up. It closes the skills gap. It keeps talent in West Virginia, which is our biggest export right now, and it prioritizes regions with economic distress — those southern coalfields who said we need something. This is something.”

Delegate Kayla Young, D-Kanawha, who voted for the bill after asking several questions, said she thought it was “a great idea.”

“I think anything we can do to help with upskilling our employees is fantastic,” Young said just ahead of the vote. “I really think this is going to help with manufacturing.”

House Bill 4456 unanimously passed the House Feb. 4. It would allow law enforcement agencies in West Virginia to enter into written agreements with law enforcement agencies in border states to better help with investigations.

The measure, sponsored by Delegate Scot Heckert, R-Wood, passed unanimously Feb. 4. It came about after the sheriffs in Wood and Pleasants counties met with their counterparts in the Buckeye State and discussed ways to better aid and cooperate with one another.

“Especially with the nature of our state and so many borders we share, I thought this would be a simple but important way to better help our law enforcement officers easily cut through red tape and get to the jobs they’re trained to do,” Heckert said.

The last day to introduce bills is Feb. 17, and 1,316 bills have been introduced in the House. The 60-day, regular legislative session ends at midnight March 14.

Contact: Ann Ali at (304) 340-3323

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Senate Calendar and Committee Schedule for Friday, February 6, 2026

February 5, 2026
Written by Cheyenne

Friday, February 6, 2026 – 24th Day of Session

The Senate will convene at 11 a.m.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

SR 28: Expressing support for I-68 Energy Manufacturing AI Corridor
SR 29: Designating February 6, 2026, as Recovery Advocacy Day

THIRD READING

Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 1: Small Business Growth Act
Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 440: Increasing penalty for transporting telecommunication devices into jails (original similar to HB 4857)
Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 467: Allowing enforcement of Purple Heart parking spaces taken by non-Purple Heart recipients
Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 490: Approving short-term training programs for eligibility for federal Workforce Pell Grants (original similar to HB 4595)
Eng. SB 586: Modifying requirements for public water systems
Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 615: Requiring persons with illegal immigration status be turned over to ICE
Eng. SB 622: Extending mine safety technology tax credit

SECOND READING

Com. Sub. for SB 543: Requiring Bureau for Social Services to file legislative rule (original similar to HB 4617)
Com. Sub. for SB 592: WV Short Line Railroad Modernization Act
Com. Sub. for SB 607: Relating to federally approved project delivery methods for airport capital improvement projects (original similar to HB 4808)
Com. Sub. for SB 625: Relating to responsibility of board of public service district that is being dissolved (original similar to HB 4862)
Com. Sub. for SB 694: Removing county residency requirement for county superintendent of schools

FIRST READING

Com. Sub. for SB 30: Allowing 18 to 20-year-olds to carry concealed weapon without permit
Com. Sub. for SB 473: Creating felony offense of using electronic device to threaten violence
Com. Sub. for SB 478: Second Amendment Reaffirmation and Protection Act (original similar to HB 4926)

Scheduled Committee Meetings

9:30 a.m.: Judiciary Subcommittee on SB 640, Prohibiting release of certain personal information of contributors to political elections (219M, Senate President’s Conference Room)

10:15 a.m.: Military (208W)

SB 704: Prohibiting certain compensation for advising or assisting with veterans benefits

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

Senate Bills to be Introduced Friday, February 6, 2026

A list of bills to be introduced in the Senate on Friday, February 6, 2026, will be available on the Legislature’s website HERE.

* (FN) indicates the bill has a Fiscal Note

* (IB) indicates the bill is an Interim Bill

Committee Action on Bills from Thursday, February 5, 2026

9:30 a.m.: Education

Com. Sub. for SB 502: Women’s Collegiate Sports Protection Act
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

Com. Sub. for SB 633: Relating to WV Commission on Holocaust Education
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

9:30 a.m.: Government Organization

SB 604: Extending Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementia Advisory Council sunset date
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Com. Sub. for SB 603: Changing requirements for property valuation training and procedures commission
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

SB 70: Protecting state and local government systems and data from foreign entities
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Judiciary

1 p.m.: Health and Human Resources

SB 589: Removing mandatory registration of recovery residences
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Judiciary

SB 404: Relating to Department of Human Services authority to contract with certain providers
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

HB 4335: Relating to Medicaid providers
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

SB 645: Prohibiting surprise billing of ground emergency medical services by nonparticipating providers
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

HB 4196: To offer long-acting reversible contraception to patients receiving methadone and suboxone at the treatment facility for the methadone and suboxone
Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

3 p.m.: Judiciary

Com. Sub. for SB 173: Prohibiting abortifacients
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Bills that Have Passed the Senate as of Thursday, February 5, 2026 (32)

SB 4: Relating to crimes against public justice (House Judiciary)
SB 15: Protecting coal and gas minerals from carbon capture practices (House Energy and Public Works)
SB 55: Establishing criminal offense for obstructing or hindering home incarceration supervisor or social services worker (House Judiciary)
SB 61: Prohibiting acceptance of illegal ballots cast in any election (House Judiciary)
SB 66: Modifying classes of state of preparedness declared by Governor or Legislature (House Government Organization)
SB 84: Prohibiting law enforcement from placing surveillance cameras on private property (House Judiciary)
SB 137: Modifying parole eligibility for crime of second degree murder and voluntary manslaughter (House Judiciary)
SB 155: Relating to adjunct teaching permits (House Education)
SB 167: Relating to meetings for local levying bodies (House Government Organization)
SB 207: Clarifying sheriff’s compensation for collection of taxes (House Judiciary)
SB 208: Exempting certain military records from public release (House Judiciary)
SB 210: Modifying oversight provisions for Legislative Oversight Commission on Health and Human Resources Accountability (House Health and Human Resources)
SB 233: Clarifying qualifications to be licensed to administer polygraphs (House Government Organization)
SB 256: Authorizing DEP to promulgate legislative rules (Pending House introduction)

SB 281: Authorizing Department of Homeland Security to promulgate legislative rules (House Judiciary)
SB 309: Authorizing DOT to promulgate legislative rules (House Government Organization)
SB 374: Authorizing Department of Commerce to promulgate legislative rules (House Government Organization)

SB 388: Requiring public elementary or secondary school make Aitken Bible available to certain classrooms (House Education then House Judiciary)
SB 390: Altering conditions for flood resiliency disbursements (House Government Organization then House Finance)
SB 400: Updating personal income tax definitions and provision of law relating to gaming and gambling losses (House Finance)
SB 403: Relating to expanding definition of “tourism attraction” (House Government Organization)
SB 427: Relating to loan form (House Finance)
SB 443: Granting municipal fire marshals authority to assist in lawful execution of law-enforcement officer’s official duties (House Government Organization then House Judiciary)
SB 445: Adding Potomac State College as eligible institution for participation in Learn and Earn Program (House Education)

SB 506: Permitting certain use of county-owned wireless tower (House Judiciary)
SB 532: Relating to certified public accountants (House Finance)

SB 536: Relating to qualifications for serving on certain academic boards (House Education)
SB 556: Modifying priority of insurance coverage for drivers of certain vehicles to make consistent with federal law (House Judiciary then House Finance)
SB 573: Relating to requirements for disclosures and recordkeeping by persons making mortgage loans (House Finance)
SB 574: Relating to bank merger by interstate branching (House Finance)
SB 581: Eliminating requirement that commissioner approve joint account forms used by banking institutions (House Finance)
SB 582: Relating to requirements for licensure as mortgage lender or broker (House Finance)

Resolutions that Have Been Adopted by the Senate as of Thursday, February 5, 2026 (2 – 1 Senate; 1 House)

SCR 1: Requesting DOH name certain transportation infrastructure (Adopted, 1-29)
HCR 3: House Infrastructure Naming Resolution (Adopted, 01-29)

Action on House Bills in the Senate as of Thursday, February 5, 2026 (36)

HB 4002: Establishing the West Virginia Collaboratory (Education)
HB 4004: Relating to the creation of the Recharge West Virginia Program (Economic Development then Finance)
HB 4005: Skills to work (Government Organization)
HB 4007: Relating to industrial access roads (Economic Development then Finance)
HB 4008: Relating to Business Ready Sites Program (Economic Development)
HB 4022: CPS Allocation (Health and Human Resources)
HB 4028: Relating to sales tax on construction materials (Finance)
HB 4036: Relating to stricter enforcement for parking in a handicapped designated spot (Transportation and Infrastructure then Judiciary)
HB 4081: To create the Higher Education Health and Aid Grant (Education then Finance)
HB 4137: Updating the West Virginia Law Institute (Judiciary)
HB 4138: Relating to persons convicted of a crime (Judiciary)
HB 4169: Relating to mental health examination requirements (Judiciary)
HB 4196: To offer long-acting reversible contraception to patients receiving methadone and suboxone at the treatment facility for the methadone and suboxone (Health and Human Resources)
HB 4215: Department of Health Rules Bundle (Judiciary)
HB 4335: Relating to Medicaid providers (Health and Human Resources)
HB 4352: Prohibiting cameras and recording devices in bedrooms and bathrooms of foster children (Health and Human Resources then Judiciary)
HB 4354: Relating to necessity allowance (Health and Human Resources then Finance)
HB 4364: Relating to concurrent juvenile jurisdiction on military installations (Military then Judiciary)
HB 4366: Relating to military interpersonal violence (Military then Judiciary)

HB 4393: Requiring the development and implementation of statewide prevention plan (Finance)
HB 4410: Relating to special stops required for on-track equipment (Transportation and Infrastructure then Judiciary)
HB 4415: Creating crime of attempting to smuggle contraband into federal correctional institutions within the state (Judiciary)

HB 4422: To permit students in eighth and ninth grade to attend summer school in order to raise their grades and establish academic eligibility to play sports in the fall (Education)
HB 4433: Prohibiting Human Smuggling and Trafficking (Judiciary)
HB 4437: To allow Gold Star parents to receive one free Gold Star vehicle registration for personal use (Transportation and Infrastructure)

HB 4456: Relating to clarification of a law enforcement agency and cooperation between law enforcement agencies and personnel of states bordering this state (Judiciary)
HB 4484: To expand each county commission’s ability to sell or lease property (Government Organization)

HB 4574: Relating to providing for condition-based emergency funding for a financially distressed county (Education then Finance)
HB 4575: Making Supplemental Appropriation to State Board of Education (Finance)
HB 4606: Relating to the meaning of residence for the purpose of bail (Pending Senate introduction)

HB 4610: Safeguard the Right-To-Try Cutting-Edge Medicine Act (Health and Human Resources then Judiciary)
HB 4626: Relating to the establishment of a grant program to fund the United States Food and Drug Administration’s drug development trials with ibogaine (Health and Human Resources then Finance)

HB 4629: Relating to medical cessation treatment and research (Health and Human Resources)
HB 4696: Authorize the Department of Environmental Protection to deposit funds granted pursuant to federal programs (Pending Senate introduction)
HB 4740: Statutory Commitments in Rural Health Transformation Program (Government Organization)
HB 4951: Requiring MDs and DOs to complete continuing education (Health and Human Resources)

Action on House Resolutions in the Senate as of Thursday, February 5, 2026 (3)

HCR 1: Extending an invitation to His Excellency, the Governor, to deliver an address to the Legislature and raising a Joint Assembly therefor (Adopted, 01-14)
HCR 2: Amending Rule 31 of the Joint Rules of the Senate and House of Delegates (Adopted, 01-14)
HCR 3: House Infrastructure Naming Resolution (Adopted, 01-29)

Resolutions that Have Completed Legislation as of Thursday, February 5, 2026 (4 – 1 Senate; 3 House)

SCR 1: Requesting DOH name certain transportation infrastructure (Adopted, 01-29)
HCR 1: Extending an invitation to His Excellency, the Governor, to deliver an address to the Legislature and raising a Joint Assembly therefor (Adopted, 01-14)
HCR 2: Amending Rule 31 of the Joint Rules of the Senate and House of Delegates (Adopted, 01-14)
HCR 3: House Infrastructure Naming Resolution (Adopted, 01-29)

Committee times and agendas are subject to change. Follow @WVSenClerk on Twitter for updates.

Contact: Jacque Bland at (304) 357-7999

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Senate Calendar and Committee Schedule for Thursday, February 5, 2026

February 4, 2026
Written by Cheyenne

Thursday, February 5, 2026 – 23rd Day of Session

The Senate will convene at 11:15 a.m.

THIRD READING

Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 256: Authorizing DEP to promulgate legislative rules

SECOND READING

Com. Sub. for SB 1: Small Business Growth Act
Com. Sub. for SB 440: Increasing penalty for transporting telecommunication devices into jails (original similar to HB 4857)
Com. Sub. for SB 467: Allowing enforcement of Purple Heart parking spaces taken by non-Purple Heart recipients
Com. Sub. for SB 490: Approving short-term training programs for eligibility for federal Workforce Pell Grants (original similar to HB 4595)
Com. Sub. for SB 543: Requiring Bureau for Social Services to file legislative rule (original similar to HB 4617)
SB 586: Modifying requirements for public water systems
Com. Sub. for SB 615: Requiring persons with illegal immigration status be turned over to ICE
SB 622: Extending mine safety technology tax credit

FIRST READING

Com. Sub. for SB 592: WV Short Line Railroad Modernization Act
Com. Sub. for SB 607: Relating to federally approved project delivery methods for airport capital improvement projects (original similar to HB 4808)
Com. Sub. for SB 625: Relating to responsibility of board of public service district that is being dissolved (original similar to HB 4862)
Com. Sub. for SB 694: Removing county residency requirement for county superintendent of schools

Scheduled Committee Meetings

9:30 a.m.: Education (451M)

SB 502: Women’s Collegiate Sports Protection Act
SB 633: Relating to WV Commission on Holocaust Education
SB 675: Relating to composition of boards of governors in higher education

9:30 a.m.: Government Organization (208W)

SB 604: Extending Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementia Advisory Council sunset date
Com. Sub. for SB 603: Changing requirements for property valuation training and procedures commission
SB 651: Relating to sale of certain properties subject to delinquent tax liens
SB 70: Protecting state and local government systems and data from foreign entities

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

SB 589: Removing mandatory registration of recovery residences
SB 404: Relating to Department of Human Services authority to contract with certain providers
HB 4335: Relating to Medicaid providers
SB 645: Prohibiting surprise billing of ground emergency medical services by nonparticipating providers
HB 4196: To offer long-acting reversible contraception to patients receiving methadone and suboxone at the treatment facility for the methadone and suboxone
SB 647: Allowing physician assistants to own practice

1 p.m.: Economic Development (208W)

Presentation: TOMIGUNN.AI – enclosed farm housing system and natural microbiologicals.

3 p.m.: Finance (451M)

Budget Presentation: West Virginia Department of Human Services
Budget Presentation: West Virginia Department of Commerce

3 p.m.: Judiciary (208W)

Com. Sub. for SB 173: Prohibiting abortifacients
SB 531: Establishing First Amendment Preservation Act
SB 575: Clarifying county attorney obligations for refusal review hearings

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

Senate Bills to be Introduced Thursday, February 5, 2026

SB 746: Establishing resident and nonresident wildlife viewing stamps (FN) (M. Maynard; Natural Resources then Finance)
SB 747: Eliminating restriction to carry firearm on State Capitol Complex grounds (M. Maynard; Government Organization then Judiciary)
SB 748: Requiring parental notification of school-based dispensaries of contraceptives to minors (M. Maynard; Health and Human Resources)
SB 749: Relating to county economic opportunity development districts (Barrett; Economic Development then Finance)
SB 750: Clarifying process for filling vacancies in Legislature (M. Maynard; Judiciary)
SB 751: Limiting landowner liability when land is used for certain purposes (M. Maynard; Judiciary)
SB 752: Allowing motor vehicle racing on county or municipal roads under certain circumstances (M. Maynard; Transportation and Infrastructure)
SB 753: Establishing Adopt-A-Road program (FN) (M. Maynard; Transportation and Infrastructure then Finance)
SB 754: Creating Foster Care Facilities Improvement Fund (FN) (Garcia; Health and Human Resources then Finance)
SB 755: Removing state agencies’ requirement to submit annual reports for certain businesses (FN) (Morris; Government Organization then Finance)
SB 756: Extending authority to state spending units (Morris; Government Organization)
SB 757: Allowing 10-day grace period for certain government contract bids to address bonding errors (Morris; Government Organization)
SB 758: Providing extra state aid to school districts for students enrolled in certain schools (Morris, Deeds, Hamilton, Rose, Taylor; Education then Finance)
SB 759: Relating to agency changes to auctioneers (FN) (Thorne; Government Organization then Finance)
SB 760: Establishing certain rights for purchasers of residential improvements (Rucker; Government Organization then Judiciary)
SB 761: Relating to in-state production of value-added forest products (FN) (Hamilton, Barnhart, Deeds, Garcia, Hart, Morris, Thorne, Woodrum; Natural Resources then Finance)
SB 762: [By Request of the Executive] Relating to comprehensive reform of state’s water infrastructure systems (Smith, Woelfel; Government Organization then Finance)
SB 763: Requiring children to be screened for sex trafficking upon entering foster care (Chapman; Health and Human Resources)
SB 764: Prohibiting certain adulterated products (Helton; Health and Human Resources)
SB 765: Allowing retail liquor outlets discount certain liquor below minimum markup (FN) (Takubo; Government Organization then Finance)
SB 766: Creating Caregiver Tax Credit Act (FN) (Deeds; Finance)
SB 767: Creating needs-based assessment for EMS (FN) (M. Maynard; Health and Human Resources then Finance)
SB 768: Creating Country Roads Mapping and Marketing Act (FN) (M. Maynard; Transportation and Infrastructure then Finance)
SB 769: Creating Litter Control and Environmental Cleanup Act (FN) (M. Maynard; Government Organization then Finance)
SB 770: Establishing Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation Act (FN) (M. Maynard; Transportation and Infrastructure then Finance)
SB 771: Establishing non-denominational chapel within WV State Capitol building (FN) (M. Maynard; Government Organization then Finance)
SB 772: Declaring certain claims against WV to be moral obligations (Barrett; Finance)
SB 773: Requiring Department of Health to report positive alpha-gal tests to CDC (M. Maynard; Health and Human Resources)
SB 774: Allowing certain county EMS officers to participate in EMS Retirement System (FN) (Oliverio, Clements, Rose, Weld; Pensions then Finance)
SB 775: Prohibiting state entities from engaging in activity related to sexual orientation (M. Maynard; Judiciary)
SB 776: Increasing oversight and regulatory authority of PSC (M. Maynard; Government Organization then Finance)
SB 777: Creating Outdoor Americans with Disabilities Act (M. Maynard; Natural Resources then Finance)
SB 778: Relating to eligibility for homebound services for exceptional children (Rucker, Fuller, Grady, Hart; Education)
SB 779: Exempting certain county boards of education from certain licensure (Rucker; Education)
SB 780: Relating to advertising by licensed limited video lottery retailers (FN) (Rose, Clements, Martin, Rucker; Finance)
SB 781: Supplemental appropriation for Civil Contingent Fund, fund 0105 (Barrett; Finance)
SB 782: Relating to salaries and retirement benefits of judges (FN) (Woelfel; Pensions then Finance)
SB 783: Relating to sentence of death or life imprisonment for capital sexual battery (Helton, Rose; Judiciary then Finance)
SJR 17: Elimination of Real Estate Taxes on Permanent Residence Amendment (Grady, Morris, Willis; Judiciary then Finance)
SJR 18: Elimination of Real Estate Taxes on the Permanent Residence for Certain Individuals Amendment (Grady; Judiciary then Finance)
SJR 19: Governor Born in West Virginia Amendment (Phillips; Judiciary then Finance)
SR 28: Expressing support for I-68 Energy Manufacturing AI Corridor (Clements, Azinger, Barnhart, Chapman, Garcia, Oliverio, Rose, Weld)
SR 29: Designating February 6, 2026, as Recovery Advocacy Day (Deeds)

* (FN) indicates the bill has a Fiscal Note

* (IB) indicates the bill is an Interim Bill

Committee Action on Bills from Wednesday, February 4, 2026

1 p.m.: Select Committee on School Choice

SB 63: Creating Sustaining Opportunities for Academics in Rural Schools Act
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

SB 683: Removing certain requirements for private, parochial, or church schools
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

2 p.m.: Banking and Insurance

Com. Sub. for SB 413: Creating Transactional Gold and Silver Act
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

2 p.m.: Agriculture

Com. Sub. for SB 73: Clarifying non-agricultural status of solar farms
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

Com. Sub. for SB 693: Classifying forestry equipment for levy purposes
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

3 p.m.: Judiciary

Com. Sub. for SB 473: Creating felony penalties for criminal threats using electronic devices
Committee substitute, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Com. Sub. for SB 478: Second Amendment Reaffirmation and Protection Act
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Bills that Have Passed the Senate as of Wednesday, February 4, 2026 (31)

SB 4: Relating to crimes against public justice (House Judiciary)
SB 15: Protecting coal and gas minerals from carbon capture practices (House Energy and Public Works)
SB 55: Establishing criminal offense for obstructing or hindering home incarceration supervisor or social services worker (House Judiciary)
SB 61: Prohibiting acceptance of illegal ballots cast in any election (House Judiciary)
SB 66: Modifying classes of state of preparedness declared by Governor or Legislature (House Government Organization)
SB 84: Prohibiting law enforcement from placing surveillance cameras on private property (House Judiciary)
SB 137: Modifying parole eligibility for crime of second degree murder and voluntary manslaughter (House Judiciary)
SB 155: Relating to adjunct teaching permits (Pending House introduction)
SB 167: Relating to meetings for local levying bodies (House Government Organization)
SB 207: Clarifying sheriff’s compensation for collection of taxes (House Judiciary)
SB 208: Exempting certain military records from public release (House Judiciary)
SB 210: Modifying oversight provisions for Legislative Oversight Commission on Health and Human Resources Accountability (Pending House introduction)
SB 233: Clarifying qualifications to be licensed to administer polygraphs (House Government Organization)

SB 281: Authorizing Department of Homeland Security to promulgate legislative rules (House Judiciary)
SB 309: Authorizing DOT to promulgate legislative rules (House Government Organization)
SB 374: Authorizing Department of Commerce to promulgate legislative rules (House Government Organization)

SB 388: Requiring public elementary or secondary school make Aitken Bible available to certain classrooms (House Education then House Judiciary)
SB 390: Altering conditions for flood resiliency disbursements (House Government Organization then House Finance)
SB 400: Updating personal income tax definitions and provision of law relating to gaming and gambling losses (House Finance)
SB 403: Relating to expanding definition of “tourism attraction” (House Government Organization)
SB 427: Relating to loan form (House Finance)
SB 443: Granting municipal fire marshals authority to assist in lawful execution of law-enforcement officer’s official duties (House Government Organization then House Judiciary)
SB 445: Adding Potomac State College as eligible institution for participation in Learn and Earn Program (House Education)

SB 506: Permitting certain use of county-owned wireless tower (House Judiciary)
SB 532: Relating to certified public accountants (Pending House introduction)

SB 536: Relating to qualifications for serving on certain academic boards (House Education)
SB 556: Modifying priority of insurance coverage for drivers of certain vehicles to make consistent with federal law (House Judiciary then House Finance)
SB 573: Relating to requirements for disclosures and recordkeeping by persons making mortgage loans (House Finance)
SB 574: Relating to bank merger by interstate branching (House Finance)
SB 581: Eliminating requirement that commissioner approve joint account forms used by banking institutions (House Finance)
SB 582: Relating to requirements for licensure as mortgage lender or broker (House Finance)

Resolutions that Have Been Adopted by the Senate as of Wednesday, February 4, 2026 (2 – 1 Senate; 1 House)

SCR 1: Requesting DOH name certain transportation infrastructure (Adopted, 1-29)
HCR 3: House Infrastructure Naming Resolution (Adopted, 01-29)

Action on House Bills in the Senate as of Wednesday, February 4, 2026 (34)

HB 4002: Establishing the West Virginia Collaboratory (Education)
HB 4004: Relating to the creation of the Recharge West Virginia Program (Pending Senate introduction)
HB 4005: Skills to work (Government Organization)
HB 4007: Relating to industrial access roads (Economic Development then Finance)
HB 4008: Relating to Business Ready Sites Program (Economic Development)
HB 4022: CPS Allocation (Health and Human Resources)
HB 4028: Relating to sales tax on construction materials (Finance)
HB 4036: Relating to stricter enforcement for parking in a handicapped designated spot (Transportation and Infrastructure then Judiciary)
HB 4081: To create the Higher Education Health and Aid Grant (Education then Finance)
HB 4137: Updating the West Virginia Law Institute (Judiciary)
HB 4138: Relating to persons convicted of a crime (Judiciary)
HB 4169: Relating to mental health examination requirements (Judiciary)
HB 4196: To offer long-acting reversible contraception to patients receiving methadone and suboxone at the treatment facility for the methadone and suboxone (Health and Human Resources)
HB 4215: Department of Health Rules Bundle (Judiciary)
HB 4335: Relating to Medicaid providers (Health and Human Resources)
HB 4352: Prohibiting cameras and recording devices in bedrooms and bathrooms of foster children (Health and Human Resources then Judiciary)
HB 4354: Relating to necessity allowance (Health and Human Resources then Finance)
HB 4364: Relating to concurrent juvenile jurisdiction on military installations (Military then Judiciary)
HB 4366: Relating to military interpersonal violence (Military then Judiciary)

HB 4393: Requiring the development and implementation of statewide prevention plan (Finance)
HB 4410: Relating to special stops required for on-track equipment (Transportation and Infrastructure then Judiciary)
HB 4415: Creating crime of attempting to smuggle contraband into federal correctional institutions within the state (Judiciary)

HB 4422: To permit students in eighth and ninth grade to attend summer school in order to raise their grades and establish academic eligibility to play sports in the fall (Education)
HB 4433: Prohibiting Human Smuggling and Trafficking (Judiciary)
HB 4437: To allow Gold Star parents to receive one free Gold Star vehicle registration for personal use (Transportation and Infrastructure)

HB 4456: Relating to clarification of a law enforcement agency and cooperation between law enforcement agencies and personnel of states bordering this state (Pending Senate introduction)
HB 4484: To expand each county commission’s ability to sell or lease property (Pending Senate introduction)

HB 4574: Relating to providing for condition-based emergency funding for a financially distressed county (Education then Finance)
HB 4575: Making Supplemental Appropriation to State Board of Education (Finance)

HB 4610: Safeguard the Right-To-Try Cutting-Edge Medicine Act (Health and Human Resources then Judiciary)
HB 4626: Relating to the establishment of a grant program to fund the United States Food and Drug Administration’s drug development trials with ibogaine (Health and Human Resources then Finance)

HB 4629: Relating to medical cessation treatment and research (Health and Human Resources)
HB 4740: Statutory Commitments in Rural Health Transformation Program (Government Organization)
HB 4951: Requiring MDs and DOs to complete continuing education (Health and Human Resources)

Action on House Resolutions in the Senate as of Wednesday, February 4, 2026 (3)

HCR 1: Extending an invitation to His Excellency, the Governor, to deliver an address to the Legislature and raising a Joint Assembly therefor (Adopted, 01-14)
HCR 2: Amending Rule 31 of the Joint Rules of the Senate and House of Delegates (Adopted, 01-14)
HCR 3: House Infrastructure Naming Resolution (Adopted, 01-29)

Resolutions that Have Completed Legislation as of Wednesday, February 4, 2026 (4 – 1 Senate; 3 House)

SCR 1: Requesting DOH name certain transportation infrastructure (Adopted, 01-29)
HCR 1: Extending an invitation to His Excellency, the Governor, to deliver an address to the Legislature and raising a Joint Assembly therefor (Adopted, 01-14)
HCR 2: Amending Rule 31 of the Joint Rules of the Senate and House of Delegates (Adopted, 01-14)
HCR 3: House Infrastructure Naming Resolution (Adopted, 01-29)

Committee times and agendas are subject to change. Follow @WVSenClerk on Twitter for updates.

Contact: Jacque Bland at (304) 357-7999

Member Press Release

Senate Calendar and Committee Schedule for Wednesday, February 4, 2026

February 3, 2026
Written by Cheyenne

Wednesday, February 4, 2026 – 22nd Day of Session

The Senate will convene at 11 a.m.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

SR 26: Congratulating Hurricane High School on being 2025 AAAA Boys State Soccer champions
SR 27: Designating February 4, 2026, as WVU Day

THIRD READING

Eng. SB 155: Relating to adjunct teaching permits
Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 210: Modifying oversight provisions for Legislative Oversight Commission on Health and Human Resources Accountability
Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 532: Relating to certified public accountants

SECOND READING

Com. Sub. for SB 256: Authorizing DEP to promulgate legislative rules

FIRST READING

Com. Sub. for SB 1: Small Business Growth Act
Com. Sub. for SB 440: Increasing penalty for transporting telecommunication devices into jails (original similar to HB 4857)
Com. Sub. for SB 467: Allowing enforcement of Purple Heart parking spaces taken by non-Purple Heart recipients
Com. Sub. for SB 490: Approving short-term training programs for eligibility for federal Workforce Pell Grants (original similar to HB 4595)
Com. Sub. for SB 543: Requiring Bureau for Social Services to file legislative rule (original similar to HB 4617)
SB 586: Modifying requirements for public water systems
Com. Sub. for SB 615: Requiring persons with illegal immigration status be turned over to ICE
SB 622: Extending mine safety technology tax credit

Scheduled Committee Meetings

1 p.m.: Select Committee on School Choice (208W)

SB 63: Creating Sustaining Opportunities for Academics in Rural Schools Act
SB 683: Removing certain requirements for private, parochial, or church schools

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

Com. Sub. for SB 413: Creating Transactional Gold and Silver Act
Com. Sub. for SB 661: Clarifying commercial real property insurance policies

2 p.m.: Agriculture (208W)

Com. Sub. for SB 73: Clarifying non-agricultural status of solar farms
SB 693: Classifying forestry equipment for levy purposes

3 p.m.: Finance (451M)

Budget Presentation: West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission and Community and Technical Colleges
Budget Presentation: West Virginia Department of Health Facilities

3 p.m.: Judiciary (208W)

SB 635: Creating Mountain Bike Responsibility Act
SB 473: Creating felony penalties for criminal threats using electronic devices
Com. Sub. for SB 478: Second Amendment Reaffirmation and Protection Act

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

Senate Bills to be Introduced Wednesday, February 4, 2026

SB 734: Updating requirements for filing fee and annual fee (FN) (Z. Maynard, Barnhart, Charnock, Fuller, Phillips, Rose; Judiciary then Finance)
SB 735: Phasing out corporate net income tax over 4 years (FN) (Z. Maynard, Phillips, Rose; Finance)
SB 736: Requiring DMV to provide identification card for eligible released inmates (FN) (Z. Maynard; Workforce then Finance)
SB 737: Authorizing county boards of education to accept volunteers as certified chaplains (Azinger; Education then Judiciary)
SB 738: Clarifying eligibility for TRICARE program (Willis; Military then Finance)
SB 739: Creating Protecting Shareholders Act (Willis; Banking and Insurance then Judiciary)
SB 740: Relating to container labeling of nonintoxicating beer (Oliverio; Government Organization)
SB 741: Expanding pilot program to implement involuntary commitment process (FN) (Helton; Health and Human Resources then Finance)
SB 742: Permitting physicians to determine 72-hour holds without contacting enumerated individuals (Helton; Health and Human Resources then Judiciary)
SB 743: Creating exemption to prescription limitations for mid-level providers (Takubo; Health and Human Resources)
SB 744: Relating to Critical Incident Review Team (Helton; Health and Human Resources)
SB 745: Relating to requirements for school nutrition programs (FN) (Helton; Health and Human Resources then Finance)

* (FN) indicates the bill has a Fiscal Note

* (IB) indicates the bill is an Interim Bill

Committee Action on Bills from Tuesday, February 3, 2026

9:30 a.m.: Education

Com. Sub. for SB 176: Increasing non-traditional instruction days for WV teachers
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

Com. Sub. for SB 232: Establishing WV Secondary School Athletic Trainer and Career Technical Education Program Act
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

Com. Sub. for SB 694: Removing county residency requirement for county superintendent of schools
Committee substitute, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

9:30 a.m.: Government Organization

Com. Sub. for SB 625: Relating to responsibility of board of public service district
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Com. Sub. for SB 583: Creating emeritus physician license
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

Com. Sub. for SB 607: Relating to federally approved project delivery methods for airport capital improvement projects
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

1 p.m.: Health and Human Resources

Com. Sub. for SB 173: Prohibiting abortifacients
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Judiciary

1 p.m.: Economic Development

SB 450: Relating to tax credit for qualified rehabilitated buildings
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

Com. Sub. for SB 669: Relating to general powers of the PSC
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Judiciary

3 p.m.: Finance

Com. Sub. for SB 592: WV Short Line Railroad Modernization Act
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

3 p.m.: Judiciary

SB 640: Prohibiting release of certain personal information of contributors to political elections
Bill referred to subcommittee; Senator Azinger (chair), Garcia, Rucker, Tarr, Weld appointed

SB 539: Increasing compensation of panel attorneys and guardians ad litem
Bill referred to subcommittee; Senator Deeds (chair), Chapman, Taylor, Fuller, Rucker, Garcia appointed

Com. Sub. for SB 30: Allowing 18 to 20-year-olds carry concealed weapon without permit
Committee substitute, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Bills that Have Passed the Senate as of Tuesday, February 3, 2026 (28)

SB 4: Relating to crimes against public justice (House Judiciary)
SB 15: Protecting coal and gas minerals from carbon capture practices (House Energy and Public Works)
SB 55: Establishing criminal offense for obstructing or hindering home incarceration supervisor or social services worker (House Judiciary)
SB 61: Prohibiting acceptance of illegal ballots cast in any election (House Judiciary)
SB 66: Modifying classes of state of preparedness declared by Governor or Legislature (House Government Organization)
SB 84: Prohibiting law enforcement from placing surveillance cameras on private property (House Judiciary)
SB 137: Modifying parole eligibility for crime of second degree murder and voluntary manslaughter (House Judiciary)
SB 167: Relating to meetings for local levying bodies (House Government Organization)
SB 207: Clarifying sheriff’s compensation for collection of taxes (House Judiciary)
SB 208: Exempting certain military records from public release (House Judiciary)
SB 233: Clarifying qualifications to be licensed to administer polygraphs (House Government Organization)

SB 281: Authorizing Department of Homeland Security to promulgate legislative rules (House Judiciary)
SB 309: Authorizing DOT to promulgate legislative rules (House Government Organization)
SB 374: Authorizing Department of Commerce to promulgate legislative rules (House Government Organization)

SB 388: Requiring public elementary or secondary school make Aitken Bible available to certain classrooms (House Education then House Judiciary)
SB 390: Altering conditions for flood resiliency disbursements (House Government Organization then House Finance)
SB 400: Updating personal income tax definitions and provision of law relating to gaming and gambling losses (House Finance)
SB 403: Relating to expanding definition of “tourism attraction” (House Government Organization)
SB 427: Relating to loan form (House Finance)
SB 443: Granting municipal fire marshals authority to assist in lawful execution of law-enforcement officer’s official duties (House Government Organization then House Judiciary)
SB 445: Adding Potomac State College as eligible institution for participation in Learn and Earn Program (House Education)
SB 506: Permitting certain use of county-owned wireless tower (House Judiciary)

SB 536: Relating to qualifications for serving on certain academic boards (Pending House introduction)
SB 556: Modifying priority of insurance coverage for drivers of certain vehicles to make consistent with federal law (Pending House introduction)
SB 573: Relating to requirements for disclosures and recordkeeping by persons making mortgage loans (Pending House introduction)
SB 574: Relating to bank merger by interstate branching (Pending House introduction)
SB 581: Eliminating requirement that commissioner approve joint account forms used by banking institutions (Pending House introduction)
SB 582: Relating to requirements for licensure as mortgage lender or broker (Pending House introduction)

Resolutions that Have Been Adopted by the Senate as of Tuesday, February 3, 2026 (2 – 1 Senate; 1 House)

SCR 1: Requesting DOH name certain transportation infrastructure (Adopted, 1-29)
HCR 3: House Infrastructure Naming Resolution (Adopted, 01-29)

Action on House Bills in the Senate as of Tuesday, February 3, 2026 (31)

HB 4002: Establishing the West Virginia Collaboratory (Education)
HB 4005: Skills to work (Government Organization)
HB 4007: Relating to industrial access roads (Economic Development then Finance)
HB 4008: Relating to Business Ready Sites Program (Economic Development)
HB 4022: CPS Allocation (Health and Human Resources)
HB 4028: Relating to sales tax on construction materials (Finance)
HB 4036: Relating to stricter enforcement for parking in a handicapped designated spot (Transportation and Infrastructure then Judiciary)
HB 4081: To create the Higher Education Health and Aid Grant (Education then Finance)
HB 4137: Updating the West Virginia Law Institute (Pending Senate introduction)
HB 4138: Relating to persons convicted of a crime (Judiciary)
HB 4169: Relating to mental health examination requirements (Judiciary)
HB 4196: To offer long-acting reversible contraception to patients receiving methadone and suboxone at the treatment facility for the methadone and suboxone (Health and Human Resources)
HB 4215: Department of Health Rules Bundle (Judiciary)
HB 4335: Relating to Medicaid providers (Health and Human Resources)
HB 4352: Prohibiting cameras and recording devices in bedrooms and bathrooms of foster children (Health and Human Resources then Judiciary)
HB 4354: Relating to necessity allowance (Health and Human Resources then Finance)
HB 4364: Relating to concurrent juvenile jurisdiction on military installations (Military then Judiciary)
HB 4366: Relating to military interpersonal violence (Military then Judiciary)

HB 4393: Requiring the development and implementation of statewide prevention plan (Finance)
HB 4410: Relating to special stops required for on-track equipment (Transportation and Infrastructure then Judiciary)
HB 4415: Creating crime of attempting to smuggle contraband into federal correctional institutions within the state (Judiciary)

HB 4422: To permit students in eighth and ninth grade to attend summer school in order to raise their grades and establish academic eligibility to play sports in the fall (Education)
HB 4433: Prohibiting Human Smuggling and Trafficking (Judiciary)
HB 4437: To allow Gold Star parents to receive one free Gold Star vehicle registration for personal use (Transportation and Infrastructure)

HB 4574: Relating to providing for condition-based emergency funding for a financially distressed county (Education then Finance)
HB 4575: Making Supplemental Appropriation to State Board of Education (Finance)

HB 4610: Safeguard the Right-To-Try Cutting-Edge Medicine Act (Health and Human Resources then Judiciary)
HB 4626: Relating to the establishment of a grant program to fund the United States Food and Drug Administration’s drug development trials with ibogaine (Health and Human Resources then Finance)

HB 4629: Relating to medical cessation treatment and research (Pending Senate introduction)
HB 4740: Statutory Commitments in Rural Health Transformation Program (Pending Senate introduction)
HB 4951: Requiring MDs and DOs to complete continuing education (Pending Senate introduction)

Action on House Resolutions in the Senate as of Tuesday, February 3, 2026 (3)

HCR 1: Extending an invitation to His Excellency, the Governor, to deliver an address to the Legislature and raising a Joint Assembly therefor (Adopted, 01-14)
HCR 2: Amending Rule 31 of the Joint Rules of the Senate and House of Delegates (Adopted, 01-14)
HCR 3: House Infrastructure Naming Resolution (Adopted, 01-29)

Resolutions that Have Completed Legislation as of Tuesday, February 3, 2026 (4 – 1 Senate; 3 House)

SCR 1: Requesting DOH name certain transportation infrastructure (Adopted, 01-29)
HCR 1: Extending an invitation to His Excellency, the Governor, to deliver an address to the Legislature and raising a Joint Assembly therefor (Adopted, 01-14)
HCR 2: Amending Rule 31 of the Joint Rules of the Senate and House of Delegates (Adopted, 01-14)
HCR 3: House Infrastructure Naming Resolution (Adopted, 01-29)

Committee times and agendas are subject to change. Follow @WVSenClerk on Twitter for updates.

Contact: Jacque Bland at (304) 357-7999

Member Press Release

Senate Calendar and Committee Schedule for Tuesday, February 3, 2026

February 2, 2026
Written by Cheyenne

Tuesday, February 3, 2026 – 21st Day of Session

The Senate will convene at 11 a.m.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

SR 20: Recognizing and honoring victims of Agent Orange exposure during Vietnam War
SR 25: Designating February 3, 2026, as Marshall University Day

THIRD READING

Eng. SB 536: Relating to qualifications for serving on certain academic boards
Eng. SB 556: Modifying priority of insurance coverage for drivers of certain vehicles to make consistent with federal law – (Com. title amend. pending) (original similar to HB 4877)
Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 573: Relating to requirements for disclosures and recordkeeping by persons making mortgage loans (original similar to HB 4792)
Eng. SB 574: Relating to bank merger by interstate branching
Eng. SB 581: Eliminating requirement that commissioner approve joint account forms used by banking institutions (original similar to HB 4791)
Eng. SB 582: Relating to requirements for licensure as mortgage lender or broker (original similar to HB 4790)

SECOND READING

SB 155: Relating to adjunct teaching permits
Com. Sub. for SB 210: Modifying oversight provisions for Legislative Oversight Commission on Health and Human Resources Accountability
Com. Sub. for SB 256: Authorizing DEP to promulgate legislative rules
Com. Sub. for SB 532: Relating to certified public accountants

FIRST READING

There are no bills on First Reading for Tuesday, February 3, 2026.

Scheduled Committee Meetings

9:30 a.m.: Education (451M)

SB 176: Increasing non-traditional instruction days for WV teachers
SB 232: Establishing WV Secondary School Athletic Trainer and Career Technical Education Program Act
SB 694: Removing county residency requirement for county superintendent of schools

9:30 a.m.: Government Organization (208W)

Com. Sub. for SB 625: Relating to responsibility of board of public service district
Com. Sub. for SB 583: Creating emeritus physician license
Com. Sub. for SB 607: Relating to federally approved project delivery methods for airport capital improvement projects

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

SB 173: Prohibiting abortifacients
SB 404: Relating to Department of Human Services authority to contract with certain providers
SB 645: Prohibiting surprise billing of ground emergency medical services by nonparticipating providers

1 p.m.: Economic Development (208W)

SB 450: Relating to tax credit for qualified rehabilitated buildings
SB 669: Relating to general powers of the PSC

3 p.m.: Finance (451M)

SB 592: WV Short Line Railroad Modernization Act
Budget Presentation: West Virginia Department of Homeland Security
Budget Presentation: West Virginia State Police
Budget Presentation: West Virginia Department of Veterans Assistance

3 p.m.: Judiciary (208W)

SB 640: Prohibiting release of certain personal information of contributors to political elections
SB 539: Increasing compensation of panel attorneys and guardians ad litem
Com. Sub. for SB 30: Allowing 18 to 20-year-olds carry concealed weapon without permit
Com. Sub. for SB 478: Second Amendment Reaffirmation and Protection Act

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

Senate Bills to be Introduced Tuesday, February 3, 2026

SB 716: Reducing participation required to receive volunteer firefighter tax credit (FN) (Z. Maynard, Azinger, Barnhart, Bartlett, Chapman, Charnock, Clements, Deeds, Fuller, Garcia, Hamilton, Hart, Helton, Jeffries, M. Maynard, Martin, Morris, Oliverio, Phillips, Queen, Rose, Rucker, Takubo, Tarr, Taylor, Thorne, Weld, Willis, Woelfel, Woodrum; Finance)
SB 717: Modifying disability and retirement benefits and procedures for municipal police and firefighters (FN) (Oliverio; Pensions then Finance)
SB 718: Increasing pay for magistrates (FN) (Oliverio, Woodrum, Chapman, Charnock, Clements, Fuller, Garcia, Morris, Phillips, Queen, Taylor, Weld, Z. Maynard; Judiciary then Finance)
SB 719: Relating to Municipal Police Officers and Firefighters Retirement System (Oliverio; Pensions then Finance)
SB 720: WV Comprehensive Student and Family Support Act (FN) (Deeds; Education then Finance)
SB 721: Updating definitions and requirements for rental agreements of self-storage facilities (Azinger; Judiciary)
SB 722: Requiring warrant for DNR officials or officers to enter onto any private property (Hart, Chapman; Natural Resources then Judiciary)
SB 723: Clarifying law-enforcement cooperation with bordering states (Barnhart; Judiciary)
SB 724: Relating to home confinement officers’ participation in EMS retirement system (FN) (Barrett; Pensions then Finance)
SB 725: Creating First-Time Home Buyer Savings Account Act (FN) (Barnhart; Banking and Insurance then Finance)
SB 726: Removing cap for municipalities on their stabilization fund (Barnhart, Woodrum; Government Organization)
SB 727: Relating to bank merger by interstate branching (Barnhart; Banking and Insurance)
SB 728: Authorizing county commissions to increase compensation of elected county officials (FN) (Rose; Government Organization then Finance)
SB 729: Setting forth mandatory Medicaid program requirements (Rucker, Helton, Rose, Tarr; Health and Human Resources then Finance)
SB 730: Relating to program requirements of Bureau for Family Assistance (Rucker, Azinger, Helton, Rose, Tarr; Health and Human Resources then Finance)
SB 731: Eliminating hepatitis-b and meningitis as required vaccines (Rucker; Health and Human Resources)
SB 732: Permitting audio recording during Child Protective Services investigations (Rose, Helton, M. Maynard, Rucker, Taylor; Health and Human Resources then Judiciary)
SB 733: Establishing Energy Freedom and Fairness Act (Rucker; Energy, Industry, and Mining then Judiciary)
SR 26: Congratulating Hurricane High School on being 2025 AAAA Boys State Soccer champions (Tarr, Grady)
SR 27: Designating February 4, 2026, as WVU Day (Smith, Taylor, Oliverio, Garcia, Rose, Clements)

* (FN) indicates the bill has a Fiscal Note

* (IB) indicates the bill is an Interim Bill

Committee Action on Bills from Monday, February 2, 2026

1 p.m.: Transportation and Infrastructure

Com. Sub. for SB 467: Allowing enforcement of Purple Heart parking spaces taken by non-Purple Heart recipients
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Com. Sub. for SB 620: Exempting certain physicians from specified traffic laws when responding to emergencies
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

1 p.m.: Workforce

Com. Sub. for SB 490: Approving short-term training programs for eligibility for federal Workforce Pell Grants
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

2 p.m.: Energy

Com. Sub. for SB 48: Relating to powers and duties of PSC
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

SB 586: Modifying requirements for public water systems
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Com. Sub. for SB 685: Creating Natural Resources Anti-Commandeering Act
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Judiciary

Com. Sub. for SB 686: Providing exception to waste and trespass for certain coal estates
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Judiciary

3 p.m.: Finance

Com. Sub. for SB 1: Small Business Growth Act
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

SB 622: Extending mine safety technology tax credit
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

3 p.m.: Judiciary

Com. Sub. for SB 543: Requiring Bureau for Social Services to file legislative rule
Committee substitute, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Com. Sub. for SB 440: Increasing penalty for transporting telecommunication devices into jails
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Com. Sub. for SB 615: Requiring persons with illegal immigration status to be turned over to ICE
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Bills that Have Passed the Senate as of Monday, February 2, 2026 (22)

SB 4: Relating to crimes against public justice (House Judiciary)
SB 15: Protecting coal and gas minerals from carbon capture practices (House Energy and Public Works)
SB 55: Establishing criminal offense for obstructing or hindering home incarceration supervisor or social services worker (House Judiciary)
SB 61: Prohibiting acceptance of illegal ballots cast in any election (Pending House introduction)
SB 66: Modifying classes of state of preparedness declared by Governor or Legislature (House Government Organization)
SB 84: Prohibiting law enforcement from placing surveillance cameras on private property (House Judiciary)
SB 137: Modifying parole eligibility for crime of second degree murder and voluntary manslaughter (House Judiciary)
SB 167: Relating to meetings for local levying bodies (Pending House introduction)
SB 207: Clarifying sheriff’s compensation for collection of taxes (House Judiciary)
SB 208: Exempting certain military records from public release (House Judiciary)
SB 233: Clarifying qualifications to be licensed to administer polygraphs (Pending House introduction)

SB 281: Authorizing Department of Homeland Security to promulgate legislative rules (House Judiciary)
SB 309: Authorizing DOT to promulgate legislative rules (House Government Organization)
SB 374: Authorizing Department of Commerce to promulgate legislative rules (Pending House introduction)

SB 388: Requiring public elementary or secondary school make Aitken Bible available to certain classrooms (House Education then House Judiciary)
SB 390: Altering conditions for flood resiliency disbursements (House Government Organization then House Finance)
SB 400: Updating personal income tax definitions and provision of law relating to gaming and gambling losses (House Finance)
SB 403: Relating to expanding definition of “tourism attraction” (Pending House introduction)
SB 427: Relating to loan form (Pending House introduction)
SB 443: Granting municipal fire marshals authority to assist in lawful execution of law-enforcement officer’s official duties (House Government Organization then House Judiciary)
SB 445: Adding Potomac State College as eligible institution for participation in Learn and Earn Program (House Education)
SB 506: Permitting certain use of county-owned wireless tower (Pending House introduction)

Resolutions that Have Been Adopted by the Senate as of Monday, February 2, 2026 (2 – 1 Senate; 1 House)

SCR 1: Requesting DOH name certain transportation infrastructure (Adopted, 1-29)
HCR 3: House Infrastructure Naming Resolution (Adopted, 01-29)

Action on House Bills in the Senate as of Monday, February 2, 2026 (27)

HB 4002: Establishing the West Virginia Collaboratory (Education)
HB 4005: Skills to work (Government Organization)
HB 4007: Relating to industrial access roads (Economic Development then Finance)
HB 4008: Relating to Business Ready Sites Program (Economic Development)
HB 4022: CPS Allocation (Health and Human Resources)
HB 4028: Relating to sales tax on construction materials (Finance)
HB 4036: Relating to stricter enforcement for parking in a handicapped designated spot (Pending Senate introduction)
HB 4081: To create the Higher Education Health and Aid Grant (Education then Finance)
HB 4138: Relating to persons convicted of a crime (Pending Senate introduction)
HB 4169: Relating to mental health examination requirements (Judiciary)
HB 4196: To offer long-acting reversible contraception to patients receiving methadone and suboxone at the treatment facility for the methadone and suboxone (Health and Human Resources)
HB 4215: Department of Health Rules Bundle (Judiciary)
HB 4335: Relating to Medicaid providers (Health and Human Resources)
HB 4352: Prohibiting cameras and recording devices in bedrooms and bathrooms of foster children (Health and Human Resources then Judiciary)
HB 4354: Relating to necessity allowance (Health and Human Resources then Finance)
HB 4364: Relating to concurrent juvenile jurisdiction on military installations (Military then Judiciary)
HB 4366: Relating to military interpersonal violence (Pending Senate introduction)

HB 4393: Requiring the development and implementation of statewide prevention plan (Finance)
HB 4410: Relating to special stops required for on-track equipment (Transportation and Infrastructure then Judiciary)
HB 4415: Creating crime of attempting to smuggle contraband into federal correctional institutions within the state (Judiciary)

HB 4422: To permit students in eighth and ninth grade to attend summer school in order to raise their grades and establish academic eligibility to play sports in the fall (Education)
HB 4433: Prohibiting Human Smuggling and Trafficking (Judiciary)
HB 4437: To allow Gold Star parents to receive one free Gold Star vehicle registration for personal use (Transportation and Infrastructure)

HB 4574: Relating to providing for condition-based emergency funding for a financially distressed county (Education then Finance)
HB 4575: Making Supplemental Appropriation to State Board of Education (Finance)

HB 4610: Safeguard the Right-To-Try Cutting-Edge Medicine Act (Health and Human Resources then Judiciary)
HB 4626: Relating to the establishment of a grant program to fund the United States Food and Drug Administration’s drug development trials with ibogaine (Health and Human Resources then Finance)

Action on House Resolutions in the Senate as of Monday, February 2, 2026 (3)

HCR 1: Extending an invitation to His Excellency, the Governor, to deliver an address to the Legislature and raising a Joint Assembly therefor (Adopted, 01-14)
HCR 2: Amending Rule 31 of the Joint Rules of the Senate and House of Delegates (Adopted, 01-14)
HCR 3: House Infrastructure Naming Resolution (Adopted, 01-29)

Resolutions that Have Completed Legislation as of Monday, February 2, 2026 (4 – 1 Senate; 3 House)

SCR 1: Requesting DOH name certain transportation infrastructure (Adopted, 01-29)
HCR 1: Extending an invitation to His Excellency, the Governor, to deliver an address to the Legislature and raising a Joint Assembly therefor (Adopted, 01-14)
HCR 2: Amending Rule 31 of the Joint Rules of the Senate and House of Delegates (Adopted, 01-14)
HCR 3: House Infrastructure Naming Resolution (Adopted, 01-29)

Committee times and agendas are subject to change. Follow @WVSenClerk on Twitter for updates.

Contact: Jacque Bland at (304) 357-7999