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Senate Calendar and Committee Schedule for Monday, February 5, 2024

February 4, 2024
Written by Cheyenne

Monday, February 5, 2024 – 27th Day of Session

The Senate will convene at 11 a.m.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

SR 25: Designating February 5, 2024, as Recovery Advocacy Day

THIRD READING

Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 331: Eliminating cap on maximum amount of money in county’s financial stabilization fund
Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 436: Prohibiting intentional motor vehicle emissions that create hazards
Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 466: Requiring State Board of Education develop Safety While Accessing Technology education program
Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 539: Creating cold case database
Eng. HB 4594: Relating to extending managed care

SECOND READING

Com. Sub. for SB 504: Relating to felony offense of sexual intercourse, intrusion, or contact with student
Com. Sub. for SB 516: Determining venue for custodial allocation actions independent of divorce
SB 543: Relating to research and economic development agreements for state institutions of higher education
Com. Sub. for SB 571: Creating WV Corridor H Advanced Energy and Economic Corridor Authority

FIRST READING

Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for SB 325: Relating to distribution of drugs to safety net providers and contract pharmacies
SB 507: Relating to repeal of WV EDGE
SB 529: Including Salem University in PROMISE Scholarship program
Com. Sub. for SB 540: Updating surveying coordinate system
SB 546: Updating STEM scholarship program
SB 547: Authorizing legislative rules for Higher Education Policy Commission
Com. Sub. for SB 557: Updating compensation for firefighters required to work holidays
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4801: Relating generally to the banking authority of the State Treasurer’s Office

Scheduled Committee Meetings

1 p.m.: Military (208W)

SB 554: Prohibiting certain persons from receiving compensation for advising or assisting with veterans benefits
SB 595: Amending embalmer licensing requirements
SB 600: Revising criteria for receiving reenlistment or retention bonus

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

Com. Sub. for SB 512: Clarifying non-agricultural status of solar farms

3 p.m.: Judiciary (208W)

Com. Sub. for SB 441: Restricting driving in left lane of multi-lane highways in WV
Com. Sub. for SB 548: WV Appellate Reorganization Act

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

Bills that Have Passed the Senate as of Friday, February 2, 2024 (78 – 74 Senate; 4 House)

SB 2: Authorizing DEP to promulgate rules (House Judiciary)
SB 17: Department of Health rule relating to public water systems operators (House Health and Human Resources)
SB 31: Department of Human Services rule relating to collection and exchange of data related to overdoses (H Third Reading, 02-05)
SB 36: Authorizing Department of Homeland Security to promulgate legislative rules (House Judiciary)
SB 50: Authorizing Department of Revenue to promulgate legislative rules (Pending House introduction)
SB 60: Authorizing DOT to promulgate legislative rules (House Judiciary)
SB 142: Clarifying deadline to file annual report for companies authorized to do business in WV (House Government Organization)
SB 143: Creating WV Guardian Program (House Education)
SB 144: Requiring each county board to ensure that its meetings are open to public through in-person attendance and broadcast live on its website (House Judiciary)
SB 146: Creating adult education taskforce (House Education)
SB 147: Adding definition of “ammunition” for purposes of obtaining state license to carry concealed deadly weapon (House Judiciary)
SB 148: Establishing auto-renewal program for wildlife licenses (House Government Organization)
SB 149: Relating to municipalities required to be represented on county authority boards (House Political Subdivisions)
SB 150: Clarifying when magistrate vacancies shall be filled (House Judiciary)
SB 151: Clarifying terms and offense of human smuggling (House Judiciary)
SB 152: Displaying official US motto in public schools (House Education)
SB 154: Increasing penalties for drug possession and updating list of offenses (House Judiciary)
SB 155: Creating Violent Crime Prevention Act (House Judiciary)
SB 156: Requiring certain documents that contain wage records be considered confidential (House Government Organization)
SB 157: Requiring one-year residency within district or county to fill vacancy in Legislature (House Judiciary)
SB 158: Enhancing penalties for fleeing officer (House Judiciary)
SB 159: Prohibiting persons convicted of certain crimes against minors from holding positions on boards of education (House Judiciary)
SB 160: Updating language and increasing penalties for indecent exposure (House Judiciary)
SB 162: Establishing Summer Feeding for All Program (House Education)
SB 163: Establishing aggravated felony offense of reckless driving resulting in death (House Judiciary)
SB 164: Relating generally to trespassing (House Judiciary)
SB 165: Creating pilot program for recovery residences in Cabell County (House Judiciary)
SB 166: Updating contested elections procedures (House Judiciary)
SB 168: Granting municipal fire marshal authority to assist law-enforcement officer (House Political Subdivisions)
SB 169: Allowing physician assistants to own practice (House Health and Human Resources)
SB 170: Relating to compensable diseases of certain firefighters covered by workers’ compensation (House Fire Departments and Emergency Medical Services)
SB 171: Prohibiting county commissions from adopting authorization that exceeds state law regarding agriculture operations (House Government Organization)
SB 172: Revising requirements of local school improvement councils (House Education)
SB 173: Modifying certain guidelines for motor vehicle dealers, distributors, wholesalers, and manufacturers (House Technology and Infrastructure)
SB 175: Updating offenses of extortion and attempted extortion (House Judiciary)
SB 176: Relating to permissible expenditures by Water Development Authority from Infrastructure Fund (House Finance)
SB 177: Protecting consumers against automatic renewals without consent (House Judiciary)
SB 178: Relating to dental health care service plans (House Banking and Insurance)
SB 179: Requiring sheriff to serve child abuse and neglect petitions (House Judiciary)
SB 189: Providing for substantial deference to state school superintendent’s interpretations of school laws (House Education)
SB 196: WV Rail Trails Program (House Government Organization)
SB 217: Authorizing state and subdivisions to negotiate price for construction when all bids received exceed maximum budget (House Government Organization)
SB 219: Relating to Uniform Controlled Substances Act (House Judiciary)
SB 222: Exempting WV veterans from certain fees and charges at state parks (House Agriculture and Natural Resources)
SB 240: Increasing fees charged by sheriff (House Government Organization)
SB 261: WV Veterans’ Home Loan Mortgage Program of 2024 (House Finance)
SB 262: Clarifying procedure for administrative dissolution of corporations by Secretary of State (House Government Organization)
SB 265: Increasing value at which municipal property must be sold through public auction (House Government Organization)
SB 269: Excluding test strips from definition of drug paraphernalia (Signed, 02-02)
SB 280: Allowing teachers in public schools to discuss scientific theories (House Education)
SB 293: Creating the Glucagon for Schools Act (House Health and Human Resources)
SB 300: Relating to organization of Office of Inspector General (H Third Reading, 02-05)
SB 318: Modifying process of when parental rights are terminated (House Judiciary)
SB 320: Removing requirement for wineries to serve food when serving wine (House Government Organization)
SB 354: Relating to the WV Advanced Energy and Economic Corridor Authority (House Economic Development and Tourism)
SB 357: Permitting dental hygienist to perform tobacco cessation education (House Health and Human Resources)
SB 399: Creating crime of assault on a police dog (House Judiciary)
SB 400: Creating limited waiver from certificate of public convenience and necessity requirement for certain water or sewer services projects (House Technology and Infrastructure)
SB 402: Authorizing US Concealed Carry Association to provide concealed carry classes in WV (House Judiciary)
SB 426: WV Recreational Trails Development Act (House Government Organization)
SB 428: Establishing appeals from administrative rulings are to be filed with Intermediate Court of Appeals (House Government Organization)
SB 429: WV Farm Use Vehicle Tag Placement Act (House Technology and Infrastructure)
SB 430: WV Rent-to-Own Act (House Government Organization)
SB 438: Modifying roster requirements of authorizing entities (House Government Organization)
SB 439: Authorizing certain 911 personnel to be members of Emergency Medical Services Retirement System under certain circumstances (House Pensions and Retirement)
SB 445: Reducing certification periods and renewal fees for EMS personnel (House Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services)
SB 451: Directing Prosecuting Attorneys Institute to make training available to certain new prosecuting attorneys (House Judiciary)
SB 461: Relating to county economic opportunity development districts (House Economic Development and Tourism)
SB 462: Updating definitions of certain terms used in Personal Income Tax Act (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
SB 474: Creating critical incident review team (House Health and Human Resources)
SB 475: Relating to recovery residences (House Health and Human Resources)
SB 477: Prohibiting public disclosure of personal information on internet (House Judiciary)
SB 483: Amending Corporation Net Income Tax Act (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
SB 487: Requiring periodic review of professional development for teachers and education staff (House Education)
HB 4026: Authorizing the Department of Administration to promulgate a legislative rule relating to state owned vehicles (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 4274: Renaming the Department of Health and Human Resources (Signed, 01-26)
HB 4252: Uniform Recognition and Enforcement of Canadian Domestic Violence Protective Orders Act (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 5332: Excepting persons previously commissioned as a notary public from requirement to have a high school diploma or its equivalent in order to be recommissioned as a notary public (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)

Resolutions that Have Been Adopted by the Senate as of Friday, February 2, 2024 (15)

SCR 1: US Army PFC Leon Charles Trader Memorial Bridge (House Technology and Infrastructure)
SCR 2: US Army PFC John Henry Trail Memorial Bridge (House Technology and Infrastructure)
SCR 5: US Army 1LT Herschel Jarrell Memorial Road (House Technology and Infrastructure)
SCR 6: US Army SSG Orland Jackson “Tom” Meikles Memorial Road (House Technology and Infrastructure)
SCR 8: US Army Corporal Clemon Knapp Memorial Bridge (House Technology and Infrastructure)
SCR 12: US Army Private Raymond Lee Perkins Memorial Bridge (House Technology and Infrastructure)
SCR 15: Chief Edward “Eddie” Keesecker Memorial Bridge (House Technology and Infrastructure)
SCR 10: Urging WV congressional delegation support legislation authorizing county governments to sell FEMA property (House Government Organization)
SCR 11: US Marine Corps PFC Noel Harper Fields Memorial Bridge (House Technology and Infrastructure)
SCR 14: US Army PFC William Gorman Memorial Bridge (House Technology and Infrastructure)
SCR 16: Urging US Congress enact reforms to federal permitting policies to accelerate deployment of new energy infrastructure (Adopted, 01-24)
SCR 17: Reaffirming support of WV Legislature for State of Israel and Jewish people (Adopted, 01-24)
SCR 18: Stanley W. and Evelyn C. See Memorial Bridge (House Technology and Infrastructure)
SCR 19: US Army PFC Henry W. Baldwin Memorial Bridge (House Technology and Infrastructure)
SCR 20: Proclaiming fourth Saturday of November to be annually designated as Ukrainian Holodomor-Genocide Remembrance Day (House Rules)

Action on House Bills in the Senate as of Friday, February 2, 2024 (50)

HB 4017: To modify certain election laws, early voting laws, and absentee voting laws (Judiciary)
HB 4026: Authorizing the Department of Administration to promulgate a legislative rule relating to state owned vehicles (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 4190: Relating to the establishment of an alert system for missing cognitively impaired persons (Judiciary)
HB 4205: Relating to changing the process of election litigation (Judiciary)
HB 4252: Uniform Recognition and Enforcement of Canadian Domestic Violence Protective Orders Act (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 4274: Renaming the Department of Health and Human Resources (Signed, 01-26)
HB 4292: Providing for enhanced damages for non-payment of royalties due from oil, natural gas, or natural gas liquids production (Pending Senate introduction)
HB 4302: Modifying the criminal penalties imposed on a parent, guardian or custodian for child abuse (Judiciary)
HB 4350: Relating to appointment of candidates after filing period (Government Organization)
HB 4376: Relating to surgical smoke evacuation (Health and Human Resources)
HB 4428: Requiring candidates to live in the state or local election district for the office for which they are seeking (Judiciary)
HB 4431: Permitting the cremation of unidentified remains (Health and Human Resources)
HB 4432: Relating to midlevel practitioners (Health and Human Resources)
HB 4433: Relating to exempting the acquisition and utilization of a mobile facility which performs mammography or low density computerized tomography (Health and Human Resources)
HB 4434: Relating to restrictions on use or sale of motor vehicles based on power source (Transportation and Infrastructure)
HB 4552: To ensure party affiliation is consistent with candidate’s voter registration (Judiciary)

HB 4594: Relating to extending managed care (S Third Reading, 02-05)
HB 4595: Relating to the Legislative Oversight Commission on Health and Human Resources Accountability (Judiciary)

HB 4620: Removing the expiration date from the food handler card (Health and Human Resources)
HB 4666: Relating to establishing criminal penalties for human trafficking (Judiciary)
HB 4683: Requiring parents or guardians to participate in programs for juveniles in an out-of-home placement (Judiciary)
HB 4697: Add protections for WV residents who reside out of state for certain time periods from non-renewal of licenses and registration (Transportation and Infrastructure)
HB 4756: Creating a state Alzheimer’s plan task force (Health and Human Resources)
HB 4759: Relating to E-Verify, the federal employment authorization program (Government Organization)
HB 4764: Provide one trip temporary vehicle permits to be purchased and printed online (Transportation and Infrastructure)
HB 4766: Require Division of Highways to place signage up 30 days prior to road closure (Transportation and Infrastructure)
HB 4768: Relating to increasing the number of out-of-state medical students receiving in-state tuition rates who agree to practice for a specific time within West Virginia (Education)
HB 4769: Clarifying appropriate and inappropriate duties for school counselors while also providing the definition of a school counselor (Education)
HB 4776: Relating to adding elementary schools into school disciplinary measures (Education)
HB 4783: Relating to the practice of optometry (Health and Human Resources)
HB 4793: Relating to moonshine (Government Organization)
HB 4801: Relating generally to the banking authority of the State Treasurer’s Office (S First Reading, 02-05)
HB 4814: Relating to extending the reporting and sunset dates of the State Advisory Council on Postsecondary Attainment Goals (Education)
HB 4817: Relating to updating the practice of nursing (Health and Human Resources)
HB 4830: To address the professional development of teachers (Education)
HB 4832: Relating to state superintendent’s reports regarding the finances of school districts (Education)
HB 4837: Clarifying the duty of banks to retain and procure records (Pending Senate introduction)
HB 4838: Require county boards of education to provide long-term substitute teachers, upon hiring, with certain information (Education)
HB 4860: Providing that a general education teacher may not be responsible for accommodation logs (Education)
HB 4874: Relating to fatality and mortality review team (Health and Human Resources)

HB 4908: Relating to permitting the state agencies to contract with the West Virginia public health Institute (Health and Human Resources)
HB 4965: Mandating restitution to children of victims of negligent homicide or driving under the influence causing death (Pending Senate introduction)
HB 4976: Providing the contact information of the Inspector General on the agencies and boards websites of the executive departments (Government Organization)
HB 4998: Modifying penalties for third offense shoplifting (Pending Senate introduction)
HB 5014: Supplementing and amending appropriations to West Virginia University General Administration Fund (Pending Senate introduction)
HB 5016: Allow women to work on inmate road crews (Pending Senate introduction)
HB 5096: Change the requirement for posting public notices at the state and federal level for PSDs (Pending Senate introduction)
HB 5117: Relating generally to waiver of initial licensing fees for certain individuals (Pending Senate introduction)
HB 5157: Relating to contingent increase of tax rate on certain eligible acute care hospitals (Pending Senate introduction)
HB 5332: Excepting persons previously commissioned as a notary public from requirement to have a high school diploma or its equivalent in order to be recommissioned as a notary public (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)

Action on House Resolutions in the Senate as of Friday, February 2, 2024 (1)

HCR 64: Acknowledging and supporting the State of Texas (Pending Senate introduction)

Bills that Have Completed Legislation as of Friday, February 2, 2024 (7 – 3 Senate; 4 House)

SB 269: Excluding test strips from definition of drug paraphernalia (Signed, 02-02)
SB 462: Updating definitions of certain terms used in Personal Income Tax Act (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
SB 483: Amending Corporation Net Income Tax Act (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 4026: Authorizing the Department of Administration to promulgate a legislative rule relating to state owned vehicles (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 4252: Uniform Recognition and Enforcement of Canadian Domestic Violence Protective Orders Act (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 4274: Renaming the Department of Health and Human Resources (Signed, 01-26)
HB 5332: Excepting persons previously commissioned as a notary public from requirement to have a high school diploma or its equivalent in order to be recommissioned as a notary public (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)

Resolutions that Have Completed Legislation as of Friday, February 2, 2024 (4 – 2 Senate; 2 House)

HCR 1: Raising a Joint Assembly to hear remarks of the Governor (Adopted, 01-10)
HCR 13: Commemorating the life of Marilyn Kay Parsons (Adopted, 01-11)
SCR 16: Urging US Congress enact reforms to federal permitting policies to accelerate deployment of new energy infrastructure (Adopted. 01-24)
SCR 17: Reaffirming support of WV Legislature for State of Israel and Jewish people (Adopted. 01-24)

Bills Signed by the Governor as of Friday, February 2, 2024 (2 – 1 Senate; 1 House)

SB 269: Excluding test strips from definition of drug paraphernalia (Signed, 02-02)
HB 4274: Renaming the Department of Health and Human Resources (Signed, 01-26)

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

This Week in the House of Delegates

February 3, 2024
Written by Cheyenne

For the week ending Feb. 2, 2024

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Members of the West Virginia House of Delegates voted to pass 27 bills this week as the 60-day regular legislative session approaches the halfway mark.

Nearly half a minute of applause filled the House Chamber Friday after members unanimously approved House Bill 5014. The measure would direct $2 million to the WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute to expand groundbreaking research already being done in Morgantown to treat Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, drug addiction and other diseases with ultrasound.

“I want to tell you about a team of heroes we have here in West Virginia today and why this bill is important,” said House Speaker Roger Hanshaw, R-Clay, speaking from his desk on the House floor to explain the bill before the vote.

Hanshaw said the team has FDA clearance to extend their clinical trial to treat PTSD, specifically targeted veteran populations, and obesity, two disorders that plague West Virginians in disproportionately high amounts. He said with a one-time allocation of $2 million, RNI would begin treating West Virginians in April.

Hanshaw told members the opportunity was too substantial to wait.

“I cannot think of a better way to spend this $2 million and spend it now, as opposed to putting it somewhere else, as opposed to doing it in our budget process; we need to do it,” he said. “We need to do it now, and that’s the reason I’ve left that podium to talk about this today.

“We have an opportunity to continue leading the world — not leading the nation, not leading the state, leading the world — in delivering a groundbreaking treatment, a groundbreaking therapeutic technology that was published two weeks ago in the New England Journal of Medicine, the world’s foremost journal for academic medicine, and deliver that technology to West Virginians who suffer from conditions that deserve our attention.”

House Bill 5014, which goes now to the Senate for consideration, would devote $2 million in surplus funds that had not yet been allocated from the 2024 budget.

Delegate John Williams, D-Monongalia, represents the district where the WVU Health Sciences Center is located, and is a co-sponsor of the bill. He asked members to be mindful of the decisions that made their vote possible.

“I’m thinking of, in the 1950s, when Gov. Okey Patteson decided that we ought to have a medical school in West Virginia and it ought to be in located in Morgantown,” he said. “And that initial investment that is continued to West Virginia University’s medical school throughout the years has made this possible. It helped Dr. (Ali) Rezai come to Morgantown, and it helped us have the Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute, and so I would say that when we look at those past investments, I would just ask my friends to keep that in mind when we have future financial questions before us relating to West Virginia University.

“In the budget hearing this week, we learned that for every $1 that this Legislature gives to WVU, it creates about $20 more in our local economy. And when you consider that this $2 million is going to help go to an FDA trial that is going to potentially cure PTSD and cure eating disorders, it’s no doubt why that dollar stretches so far at a rate of one to 20.”

The new House Committee on Artificial Intelligence advanced its first bill this week. House Bill 5161 would create a “digital wallet” through an addition to the West Virginia Secretary of State’s one-stop business portal website where certifications and licensures could be stored.

Artificial Intelligence Committee Chairman Jarred Cannon, R-Putnam, said the measure, whose lead sponsor is Jimmy Willis, R-Brooke, would put West Virginia ahead of other states in digital initiatives.

“From software engineers to welders and beauticians, keeping track of your educational certificates and work licensures can be a big inconvenience,” Cannon said. “With this legislation, West Virginians will have an innovative and easy-to-use portal that will allow for the upload and online storage of those documents, accessible from any electronic device at any time, should they choose to do so.”

The House also returned to 100 members to start the week as Delegate David Green, R-McDowell, took the oath of office Monday to represent District 36.

A total of 1,423 bills have been introduced in the House, and 50 of those have passed the full House. The deadline for House bills to be introduced is Feb. 13. The session ends at midnight Saturday, March 9.

Contact: Ann Ali at (304) 340-3323

Member Press Release

Senate Calendar and Committee Schedule for Friday, February 2, 2024

February 1, 2024
Written by Cheyenne

Friday, February 2, 2024 – 24th Day of Session

The Senate will convene at 9 a.m.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

SCR 26: US Army PFC Clarence William (Buck) Holliday Memorial Road
SR 23: Designating February 2, 2024, as American Heart Association Day
SR 24: Recognizing February 2, 2024, as WV Home School Day

THIRD READING

Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 50: Authorizing Department of Revenue to promulgate legislative rules
Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 436: Prohibiting intentional motor vehicle emissions that create hazards
Eng. HB 4026: Authorizing the Department of Administration to promulgate a legislative rule relating to state owned vehicles

SECOND READING

Com. Sub. for SB 331: Eliminating cap on maximum amount of money in county’s financial stabilization fund
Com. Sub. for SB 466: Requiring State Board of Education develop Safety While Accessing Technology education program
Com. Sub. for SB 539: Creating cold case database
Eng. HB 4594: Relating to extending managed care

FIRST READING

Com. Sub. for SB 504: Relating to felony offense of sexual intercourse, intrusion, or contact with student
Com. Sub. for SB 516: Determining venue for custodial allocation actions independent of divorce
SB 543: Relating to research and economic development agreements for state institutions of higher education
Com. Sub. for SB 571: Creating WV Corridor H Advanced Energy and Economic Corridor Authority

Scheduled Committee Meetings

10 a.m.: Workforce (208W)

Com. Sub. SB 562: Expanding employment and training requirements necessary for SNAP Benefits

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

Senate Bills to be Introduced Friday, February 2, 2024

SB 618: Creating Carbon Exchange Program (Woodrum; Government Organization then Finance)
SB 619: Modifying levy rates resulting from increased valuation yield (Woodrum; Finance)
SB 620: Establishing WV Mothers and Babies Pregnancy Support Program (Rucker; Finance)
SB 621: Removing discretion of court to issue written investigation for proceedings (Azinger; Judiciary)
SB 622: Updating time period of voting inactivity for removal from voter registration (Tarr, Woodrum; Judiciary)
SB 623: Requiring DMV to provide images of certain individuals to Secretary of State for voter identification purposes (Tarr, Woodrum; Judiciary)
SB 624: Cancelling voter registration records for individuals no longer WV residents (Tarr, Woodrum; Judiciary)
SB 625: Prohibiting acceptance of illegal ballots cast in any election (Tarr, Woodrum; Judiciary)
SB 626: Neighborhood Assistance and Rejuvenation Compact Act (FN) (Tarr, Takubo; Health and Human Resources then Finance)
SB 627: Prohibiting ranked choice voting in elections (Tarr, Woodrum; Judiciary)
SB 628: Declaring certain claims as moral obligations of the State (Tarr, Plymale; Finance)
SR 25: Designating February 5, 2024, as Recovery Advocacy Day (Takubo)

* (FN) indicates the bill has a Fiscal Note

* (IB) indicates the bill is an Interim Bill

Committee Action on Bills from Thursday, February 1, 2024

10 a.m.: Government Organization

Com. Sub. for SB 540: Updating surveying coordinate system
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Com. Sub. for SB 557: Updating compensation for firefighters required to work holidays
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Com. Sub. for SB 541: Facilitating creation of home-based businesses
Bill not taken up

10 a.m.: Education

SB 547: Authorizing legislative rules for Higher Education Policy Commission
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Com. Sub. for SB 563: Updating Center for Nursing to Office of Nursing Education and Workforce Development
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Health and Human Resources

SB 507: Relating to repeal of WV EDGE
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

SB 546: Updating STEM scholarship program
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

SB 529: Including Salem University in PROMISE Scholarship program
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

1 p.m.: Energy, Industry and Mining

Com. Sub. for SB 596: Relating to administration of WV Water Pollution Control Act and Underground Carbon Dioxide Sequestration and Storage
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Judiciary

1 p.m.: Health and Human Resources

Com. Sub. for SB 444: Clarifying health insurance coverage for certain emergency services
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

Com. Sub. for SB 453: Requiring pricing and payment transparency from pharmacy benefits managers contracting with PEIA
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; added second reference to Finance

Com. Sub. for HB 4595: Relating to the Legislative Oversight Commission on Health and Human Resources Accountability
Committee substitute, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

3 p.m.: Judiciary

Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for SB 325: Relating to distribution of drugs to safety net providers and contract pharmacies
Committee substitute for the committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Bills that Have Passed the Senate as of Thursday, February 1, 2024 (75 – 73 Senate; 2 House)

SB 2: Authorizing DEP to promulgate rules (House Judiciary)
SB 17: Department of Health rule relating to public water systems operators (House Health and Human Resources)
SB 31: Department of Human Services rule relating to collection and exchange of data related to overdoses (H Second Reading, 02-02)
SB 36: Authorizing Department of Homeland Security to promulgate legislative rules (House Judiciary)
SB 60: Authorizing DOT to promulgate legislative rules (House Judiciary)
SB 142: Clarifying deadline to file annual report for companies authorized to do business in WV (House Government Organization)
SB 143: Creating WV Guardian Program (House Education)
SB 144: Requiring each county board to ensure that its meetings are open to public through in-person attendance and broadcast live on its website (House Judiciary)
SB 146: Creating adult education taskforce (House Education)
SB 147: Adding definition of “ammunition” for purposes of obtaining state license to carry concealed deadly weapon (House Judiciary)
SB 148: Establishing auto-renewal program for wildlife licenses (House Government Organization)
SB 149: Relating to municipalities required to be represented on county authority boards (House Political Subdivisions)
SB 150: Clarifying when magistrate vacancies shall be filled (House Judiciary)
SB 151: Clarifying terms and offense of human smuggling (House Judiciary)
SB 152: Displaying official US motto in public schools (House Education)
SB 154: Increasing penalties for drug possession and updating list of offenses (House Judiciary)
SB 155: Creating Violent Crime Prevention Act (House Judiciary)
SB 156: Requiring certain documents that contain wage records be considered confidential (House Government Organization)
SB 157: Requiring one-year residency within district or county to fill vacancy in Legislature (House Judiciary)
SB 158: Enhancing penalties for fleeing officer (House Judiciary)
SB 159: Prohibiting persons convicted of certain crimes against minors from holding positions on boards of education (House Judiciary)
SB 160: Updating language and increasing penalties for indecent exposure (House Judiciary)
SB 162: Establishing Summer Feeding for All Program (House Education)
SB 163: Establishing aggravated felony offense of reckless driving resulting in death (House Judiciary)
SB 164: Relating generally to trespassing (House Judiciary)
SB 165: Creating pilot program for recovery residences in Cabell County (House Judiciary)
SB 166: Updating contested elections procedures (House Judiciary)
SB 168: Granting municipal fire marshal authority to assist law-enforcement officer (House Political Subdivisions)
SB 169: Allowing physician assistants to own practice (House Health and Human Resources)
SB 170: Relating to compensable diseases of certain firefighters covered by workers’ compensation (House Fire Departments and Emergency Medical Services)
SB 171: Prohibiting county commissions from adopting authorization that exceeds state law regarding agriculture operations (House Government Organization)
SB 172: Revising requirements of local school improvement councils (House Education)
SB 173: Modifying certain guidelines for motor vehicle dealers, distributors, wholesalers, and manufacturers (House Technology and Infrastructure)
SB 175: Updating offenses of extortion and attempted extortion (House Judiciary)
SB 176: Relating to permissible expenditures by Water Development Authority from Infrastructure Fund (House Finance)
SB 177: Protecting consumers against automatic renewals without consent (House Judiciary)
SB 178: Relating to dental health care service plans (House Banking and Insurance)
SB 179: Requiring sheriff to serve child abuse and neglect petitions (House Judiciary)
SB 189: Providing for substantial deference to state school superintendent’s interpretations of school laws (House Education)
SB 196: WV Rail Trails Program (House Government Organization)
SB 217: Authorizing state and subdivisions to negotiate price for construction when all bids received exceed maximum budget (House Government Organization)
SB 219: Relating to Uniform Controlled Substances Act (House Judiciary)
SB 222: Exempting WV veterans from certain fees and charges at state parks (House Agriculture and Natural Resources)
SB 240: Increasing fees charged by sheriff (House Government Organization)
SB 261: WV Veterans’ Home Loan Mortgage Program of 2024 (House Finance)
SB 262: Clarifying procedure for administrative dissolution of corporations by Secretary of State (House Government Organization)
SB 265: Increasing value at which municipal property must be sold through public auction (House Government Organization)
SB 269: Excluding test strips from definition of drug paraphernalia (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
SB 280: Allowing teachers in public schools to discuss scientific theories (House Education)
SB 293: Creating the Glucagon for Schools Act (House Health and Human Resources)
SB 300: Relating to organization of Office of Inspector General (H Second Reading, 02-02)
SB 318: Modifying process of when parental rights are terminated (Pending House introduction)
SB 320: Removing requirement for wineries to serve food when serving wine (Pending House introduction)
SB 354: Relating to the WV Advanced Energy and Economic Corridor Authority (House Economic Development and Tourism)
SB 357: Permitting dental hygienist to perform tobacco cessation education (House Health and Human Resources)
SB 399: Creating crime of assault on a police dog (House Judiciary)
SB 400: Creating limited waiver from certificate of public convenience and necessity requirement for certain water or sewer services projects (House Technology and Infrastructure)
SB 402: Authorizing US Concealed Carry Association to provide concealed carry classes in WV (House Judiciary)
SB 426: WV Recreational Trails Development Act (House Government Organization)
SB 428: Establishing appeals from administrative rulings are to be filed with Intermediate Court of Appeals (House Government Organization)
SB 429: WV Farm Use Vehicle Tag Placement Act (House Technology and Infrastructure)
SB 430: WV Rent-to-Own Act (House Government Organization)
SB 438: Modifying roster requirements of authorizing entities (House Government Organization)
SB 439: Authorizing certain 911 personnel to be members of Emergency Medical Services Retirement System under certain circumstances (House Pensions and Retirement)
SB 445: Reducing certification periods and renewal fees for EMS personnel (House Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services)
SB 451: Directing Prosecuting Attorneys Institute to make training available to certain new prosecuting attorneys (House Judiciary)
SB 461: Relating to county economic opportunity development districts (House Economic Development and Tourism)
SB 462: Updating definitions of certain terms used in Personal Income Tax Act (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
SB 474: Creating critical incident review team (House Health and Human Resources)
SB 475: Relating to recovery residences (House Health and Human Resources)
SB 477: Prohibiting public disclosure of personal information on internet (House Judiciary)
SB 483: Amending Corporation Net Income Tax Act (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
SB 487: Requiring periodic review of professional development for teachers and education staff (House Education)
HB 4274: Renaming the Department of Health and Human Resources (Signed, 01-26)
HB 4252: Uniform Recognition and Enforcement of Canadian Domestic Violence Protective Orders Act (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)

Resolutions that Have Been Adopted by the Senate as of Thursday, February 1, 2024 (15)

SCR 1: US Army PFC Leon Charles Trader Memorial Bridge (House Technology and Infrastructure)
SCR 2: US Army PFC John Henry Trail Memorial Bridge (House Technology and Infrastructure)
SCR 5: US Army 1LT Herschel Jarrell Memorial Road (House Technology and Infrastructure)
SCR 6: US Army SSG Orland Jackson “Tom” Meikles Memorial Road (House Technology and Infrastructure)
SCR 8: US Army Corporal Clemon Knapp Memorial Bridge (House Technology and Infrastructure)
SCR 12: US Army Private Raymond Lee Perkins Memorial Bridge (House Technology and Infrastructure)
SCR 15: Chief Edward “Eddie” Keesecker Memorial Bridge (House Technology and Infrastructure)
SCR 10: Urging WV congressional delegation support legislation authorizing county governments to sell FEMA property (House Government Organization)
SCR 11: US Marine Corps PFC Noel Harper Fields Memorial Bridge (House Technology and Infrastructure)
SCR 14: US Army PFC William Gorman Memorial Bridge (House Technology and Infrastructure)
SCR 16: Urging US Congress enact reforms to federal permitting policies to accelerate deployment of new energy infrastructure (Adopted, 01-24)
SCR 17: Reaffirming support of WV Legislature for State of Israel and Jewish people (Adopted, 01-24)
SCR 18: Stanley W. and Evelyn C. See Memorial Bridge (House Technology and Infrastructure)
SCR 19: US Army PFC Henry W. Baldwin Memorial Bridge (House Technology and Infrastructure)
SCR 20: Proclaiming fourth Saturday of November to be annually designated as Ukrainian Holodomor-Genocide Remembrance Day (House Rules)

Action on House Bills in the Senate as of Thursday, February 1, 2024 (42)

HB 4017: To modify certain election laws, early voting laws, and absentee voting laws (Judiciary)
HB 4026: Authorizing the Department of Administration to promulgate a legislative rule relating to state owned vehicles (S Third Reading, 02-02)
HB 4190: Relating to the establishment of an alert system for missing cognitively impaired persons (Judiciary)
HB 4205: Relating to changing the process of election litigation (Judiciary)
HB 4252: Uniform Recognition and Enforcement of Canadian Domestic Violence Protective Orders Act (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 4274: Renaming the Department of Health and Human Resources (Signed, 01-26)
HB 4302: Modifying the criminal penalties imposed on a parent, guardian or custodian for child abuse (Judiciary)
HB 4350: Relating to appointment of candidates after filing period (Government Organization)
HB 4376: Relating to surgical smoke evacuation (Health and Human Resources)
HB 4428: Requiring candidates to live in the state or local election district for the office for which they are seeking (Judiciary)
HB 4431: Permitting the cremation of unidentified remains (Health and Human Resources)
HB 4432: Relating to midlevel practitioners (Health and Human Resources)
HB 4433: Relating to exempting the acquisition and utilization of a mobile facility which performs mammography or low density computerized tomography (Health and Human Resources)
HB 4434: Relating to restrictions on use or sale of motor vehicles based on power source (Transportation and Infrastructure)
HB 4552: To ensure party affiliation is consistent with candidate’s voter registration (Judiciary)

HB 4594: Relating to extending managed care (S Second Reading, 02-02)
HB 4595: Relating to the Legislative Oversight Commission on Health and Human Resources Accountability (Health and Human Resources)

HB 4620: Removing the expiration date from the food handler card (Health and Human Resources)
HB 4666: Relating to establishing criminal penalties for human trafficking (Judiciary)
HB 4683: Requiring parents or guardians to participate in programs for juveniles in an out-of-home placement (Judiciary)
HB 4697: Add protections for WV residents who reside out of state for certain time periods from non-renewal of licenses and registration (Transportation and Infrastructure)
HB 4756: Creating a state Alzheimer’s plan task force (Health and Human Resources)
HB 4759: Relating to E-Verify, the federal employment authorization program (Government Organization)
HB 4764: Provide one trip temporary vehicle permits to be purchased and printed online (Transportation and Infrastructure)
HB 4766: Require Division of Highways to place signage up 30 days prior to road closure (Transportation and Infrastructure)
HB 4768: Relating to increasing the number of out-of-state medical students receiving in-state tuition rates who agree to practice for a specific time within West Virginia (Education)
HB 4769: Clarifying appropriate and inappropriate duties for school counselors while also providing the definition of a school counselor (Education)
HB 4776: Relating to adding elementary schools into school disciplinary measures (Education)
HB 4783: Relating to the practice of optometry (Health and Human Resources)
HB 4793: Relating to moonshine (Government Organization)
HB 4801: Relating generally to the banking authority of the State Treasurer’s Office (Pending Senate introduction)
HB 4814: Relating to extending the reporting and sunset dates of the State Advisory Council on Postsecondary Attainment Goals (Education)
HB 4817: Relating to updating the practice of nursing (Health and Human Resources)
HB 4830: To address the professional development of teachers (Education)
HB 4832: Relating to state superintendent’s reports regarding the finances of school districts (Education)
HB 4837: Clarifying the duty of banks to retain and procure records (Pending Senate introduction)
HB 4838: Require county boards of education to provide long-term substitute teachers, upon hiring, with certain information (Education)
HB 4860: Providing that a general education teacher may not be responsible for accommodation logs (Education)
HB 4874: Relating to fatality and mortality review team (Health and Human Resources)

HB 4908: Relating to permitting the state agencies to contract with the West Virginia public health Institute (Health and Human Resources)
HB 4976: Providing the contact information of the Inspector General on the agencies and boards websites of the executive departments (Government Organization)
HB 5332: Excepting persons previously commissioned as a notary public from requirement to have a high school diploma or its equivalent in order to be recommissioned as a notary public (Pending Senate introduction)

Bills that Have Completed Legislation as of Thursday, February 1, 2024 (5 – 3 Senate; 2 House)

SB 269: Excluding test strips from definition of drug paraphernalia (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
SB 462: Updating definitions of certain terms used in Personal Income Tax Act (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
SB 483: Amending Corporation Net Income Tax Act (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 4252: Uniform Recognition and Enforcement of Canadian Domestic Violence Protective Orders Act (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 4274: Renaming the Department of Health and Human Resources (Signed, 01-26)

Resolutions that Have Completed Legislation as of Thursday, February 1, 2024 (4)

HCR 1: Raising a Joint Assembly to hear remarks of the Governor (Adopted, 01-10)
HCR 13: Commemorating the life of Marilyn Kay Parsons (Adopted, 01-11)
SCR 16: Urging US Congress enact reforms to federal permitting policies to accelerate deployment of new energy infrastructure (Adopted. 01-24)
SCR 17: Reaffirming support of WV Legislature for State of Israel and Jewish people (Adopted. 01-24)

Bills Signed by the Governor as of Thursday, February 1, 2024 (1 – 1 House)

HB 4274: Renaming the Department of Health and Human Resources (Signed, 01-26)

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 Thursday, February 1, 2024

January 31, 2024
Written by Cheyenne

Thursday, February 1, 2024 – 23rd Day of Session

The Senate will convene at 11 a.m.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

SCR 23: US Navy LT Lewis Joseph D’Antoni Memorial Road
SCR 24: Recognizing First Responders Honor Board’s nominees of Medal of Honor
SCR 25: US Army SGT Wyatt K. Hinton Memorial Bridge
SR 20: Recognizing essential role of CASA for abused and neglected children
SR 21: Designating February 1, 2024, as National Unclaimed Property Day
SR 22: Designating February 1, 2024, as Sexual Violence Awareness Day

THIRD READING

Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 320: Removing requirement for wineries to serve food when serving wine

SECOND READING

Com. Sub. for SB 50: Authorizing Department of Revenue to promulgate legislative rules
Com. Sub. for SB 436: Prohibiting intentional motor vehicle emissions that create hazards
Com. Sub. for SB 455: Relating generally to banking and contractual authority of State Treasurer’s Office
Eng. HB 4026: Authorizing the Department of Administration to promulgate a legislative rule relating to state owned vehicles

FIRST READING

Com. Sub. for SB 331: Eliminating cap on maximum amount of money in county’s financial stabilization fund
Com. Sub. for SB 466: Requiring State Board of Education develop Safety While Accessing Technology education program
Com. Sub. for SB 539: Creating cold case database
Eng. HB 4594: Relating to extending managed care

Scheduled Committee Meetings

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

Com. Sub. for SB 540: Updating surveying coordinate system
Com. Sub. for SB 557: Updating compensation for firefighters required to work holidays
Com. Sub. for SB 541: Facilitating creation of home-based businesses

10 a.m.: Education (451M)

SB 547: Authorizing legislative rules for Higher Education Policy Commission
Com. Sub. for SB 563: Updating Center for Nursing to Office of Nursing Education and Workforce Development
SB 507: Relating to repeal of WV EDGE
SB 546: Updating STEM scholarship program
SB 529: Including Salem University in PROMISE Scholarship program

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

Com. Sub. for SB 596: Relating to administration of WV Water Pollution Control Act and Underground Carbon Dioxide Sequestration and Storage

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

SB 444: Clarifying health insurance coverage for certain emergency services
SB 453: Requiring pricing and payment transparency from pharmacy benefits managers contracting with PEIA
HB 4595: Relating to the Legislative Oversight Commission on Health and Human Resources Accountability

3 p.m.: Judiciary (208W)

Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for SB 325: Relating to distribution of drugs to safety net providers and contract pharmacies

3 p.m.: Finance (451M)

Budget Presentation: Marshall University
Budget Presentation: West Virginia University

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

Senate Bills to be Introduced Thursday, February 1, 2024

SB 614: Specifying requirements for appropriate elementary behavior intervention and safety (Grady; Education)
SB 615: Limiting statutory and common law actions for certain electric generating facilities (Trump, Smith, Swope; Judiciary)
SB 616: Modifying definition of family subject to provisions of domestic violence laws (Trump; Judiciary)
SB 617: Exempting certain meat processes from consumers sales and service tax (Smith, Woodrum, Deeds, Hamilton; Agriculture and Natural Resources then Finance)
SCR 26: US Army PFC First Class Clarence William “Buck” Holliday Memorial Road (Deeds)
SR 23: Designating February 2, 2024, as American Heart Association Day (Rucker, Takubo)
SR 24: Recognizing February 2, 2024, as WV Home School Day (Takubo, Rucker)

* (FN) indicates the bill has a Fiscal Note

* (IB) indicates the bill is an Interim Bill

Committee Action on Bills from Wednesday, January 31, 2024

1 p.m.: Committee on School Choice

SB 598: Relating to Hope Scholarship Program and micro schools
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

1 p.m.: Economic Development

SB 543: Relating to research and economic development agreements for state institutions of higher education
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Com. Sub. for SB 544: Raising threshold for bid requirement of municipal public works projects
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Com. Sub. for SB 571: Creating WV Advanced Energy and Economic Corridor Authority Commission
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

2 p.m.: Outdoor Recreation

SB 538: Creating exception for public nuisance
Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

SB 577: Limiting landowner liability when land is used for recreational purposes
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Judiciary

3 p.m.: Judiciary

Com. Sub. for SB 504: Modifying felony offense of sexual misconduct of school employee or volunteer
Committee substitute, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Com. Sub. for SB 516: Determining venue for custodial allocation actions independent of divorce
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Bills that Have Passed the Senate as of Wednesday, January 31, 2024 (74 – 72 Senate; 2 House)

SB 2: Authorizing DEP to promulgate rules (House Judiciary)
SB 17: Department of Health rule relating to public water systems operators (House Health and Human Resources)
SB 31: Department of Human Services rule relating to collection and exchange of data related to overdoses (H First Reading, 02-01)
SB 36: Authorizing Department of Homeland Security to promulgate legislative rules (House Judiciary)
SB 60: Authorizing DOT to promulgate legislative rules (House Judiciary)
SB 142: Clarifying deadline to file annual report for companies authorized to do business in WV (House Government Organization)
SB 143: Creating WV Guardian Program (House Education)
SB 144: Requiring each county board to ensure that its meetings are open to public through in-person attendance and broadcast live on its website (House Judiciary)
SB 146: Creating adult education taskforce (House Education)
SB 147: Adding definition of “ammunition” for purposes of obtaining state license to carry concealed deadly weapon (House Judiciary)
SB 148: Establishing auto-renewal program for wildlife licenses (House Government Organization)
SB 149: Relating to municipalities required to be represented on county authority boards (House Political Subdivisions)
SB 150: Clarifying when magistrate vacancies shall be filled (House Judiciary)
SB 151: Clarifying terms and offense of human smuggling (House Judiciary)
SB 152: Displaying official US motto in public schools (House Education)
SB 154: Increasing penalties for drug possession and updating list of offenses (House Judiciary)
SB 155: Creating Violent Crime Prevention Act (House Judiciary)
SB 156: Requiring certain documents that contain wage records be considered confidential (House Government Organization)
SB 157: Requiring one-year residency within district or county to fill vacancy in Legislature (House Judiciary)
SB 158: Enhancing penalties for fleeing officer (House Judiciary)
SB 159: Prohibiting persons convicted of certain crimes against minors from holding positions on boards of education (House Judiciary)
SB 160: Updating language and increasing penalties for indecent exposure (House Judiciary)
SB 162: Establishing Summer Feeding for All Program (House Education)
SB 163: Establishing aggravated felony offense of reckless driving resulting in death (House Judiciary)
SB 164: Relating generally to trespassing (House Judiciary)
SB 165: Creating pilot program for recovery residences in Cabell County (House Judiciary)
SB 166: Updating contested elections procedures (House Judiciary)
SB 168: Granting municipal fire marshal authority to assist law-enforcement officer (House Political Subdivisions)
SB 169: Allowing physician assistants to own practice (House Health and Human Resources)
SB 170: Relating to compensable diseases of certain firefighters covered by workers’ compensation (House Fire Departments and Emergency Medical Services)
SB 171: Prohibiting county commissions from adopting authorization that exceeds state law regarding agriculture operations (House Government Organization)
SB 172: Revising requirements of local school improvement councils (House Education)
SB 173: Modifying certain guidelines for motor vehicle dealers, distributors, wholesalers, and manufacturers (House Technology and Infrastructure)
SB 175: Updating offenses of extortion and attempted extortion (House Judiciary)
SB 176: Relating to permissible expenditures by Water Development Authority from Infrastructure Fund (House Finance)
SB 177: Protecting consumers against automatic renewals without consent (House Judiciary)
SB 178: Relating to dental health care service plans (House Banking and Insurance)
SB 179: Requiring sheriff to serve child abuse and neglect petitions (House Judiciary)
SB 189: Providing for substantial deference to state school superintendent’s interpretations of school laws (House Education)
SB 196: WV Rail Trails Program (House Government Organization)
SB 217: Authorizing state and subdivisions to negotiate price for construction when all bids received exceed maximum budget (House Government Organization)
SB 219: Relating to Uniform Controlled Substances Act (House Judiciary)
SB 222: Exempting WV veterans from certain fees and charges at state parks (House Agriculture and Natural Resources)
SB 240: Increasing fees charged by sheriff (House Government Organization)
SB 261: WV Veterans’ Home Loan Mortgage Program of 2024 (House Finance)
SB 262: Clarifying procedure for administrative dissolution of corporations by Secretary of State (House Government Organization)
SB 265: Increasing value at which municipal property must be sold through public auction (Pending House introduction)
SB 269: Excluding test strips from definition of drug paraphernalia (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
SB 280: Allowing teachers in public schools to discuss scientific theories (House Education)
SB 293: Creating the Glucagon for Schools Act (House Health and Human Resources)
SB 300: Relating to organization of Office of Inspector General (H First Reading, 02-01)
SB 318: Modifying process of when parental rights are terminated (Pending House introduction)
SB 354: Relating to the WV Advanced Energy and Economic Corridor Authority (House Economic Development and Tourism)
SB 357: Permitting dental hygienist to perform tobacco cessation education (House Health and Human Resources)
SB 399: Creating crime of assault on a police dog (House Judiciary)
SB 400: Creating limited waiver from certificate of public convenience and necessity requirement for certain water or sewer services projects (House Technology and Infrastructure)
SB 402: Authorizing US Concealed Carry Association to provide concealed carry classes in WV (Pending House introduction)
SB 426: WV Recreational Trails Development Act (House Government Organization)
SB 428: Establishing appeals from administrative rulings are to be filed with Intermediate Court of Appeals (House Government Organization)
SB 429: WV Farm Use Vehicle Tag Placement Act (House Technology and Infrastructure)
SB 430: WV Rent-to-Own Act (House Government Organization)
SB 438: Modifying roster requirements of authorizing entities (House Government Organization)
SB 439: Authorizing certain 911 personnel to be members of Emergency Medical Services Retirement System under certain circumstances (House Pensions and Retirement)
SB 445: Reducing certification periods and renewal fees for EMS personnel (House Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services)
SB 451: Directing Prosecuting Attorneys Institute to make training available to certain new prosecuting attorneys (House Judiciary)
SB 461: Relating to county economic opportunity development districts (Pending House introduction)
SB 462: Updating definitions of certain terms used in Personal Income Tax Act (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
SB 474: Creating critical incident review team (Pending House introduction)
SB 475: Relating to recovery residences (Pending House introduction)
SB 477: Prohibiting public disclosure of personal information on internet (Pending House introduction)
SB 483: Amending Corporation Net Income Tax Act (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
SB 487: Requiring periodic review of professional development for teachers and education staff (Pending House introduction)
HB 4274: Renaming the Department of Health and Human Resources (Signed, 01-26)
HB 4252: Uniform Recognition and Enforcement of Canadian Domestic Violence Protective Orders Act (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)

Resolutions that Have Been Adopted by the Senate as of Wednesday, January 31, 2024 (15)

SCR 1: US Army PFC Leon Charles Trader Memorial Bridge (House Technology and Infrastructure)
SCR 2: US Army PFC John Henry Trail Memorial Bridge (House Technology and Infrastructure)
SCR 5: US Army 1LT Herschel Jarrell Memorial Road (House Technology and Infrastructure)
SCR 6: US Army SSG Orland Jackson “Tom” Meikles Memorial Road (House Technology and Infrastructure)
SCR 8: US Army Corporal Clemon Knapp Memorial Bridge (House Technology and Infrastructure)
SCR 12: US Army Private Raymond Lee Perkins Memorial Bridge (House Technology and Infrastructure)
SCR 15: Chief Edward “Eddie” Keesecker Memorial Bridge (House Technology and Infrastructure)
SCR 10: Urging WV congressional delegation support legislation authorizing county governments to sell FEMA property (House Government Organization)
SCR 11: US Marine Corps PFC Noel Harper Fields Memorial Bridge (Pending House introduction)
SCR 14: US Army PFC William Gorman Memorial Bridge (Pending House introduction)
SCR 16: Urging US Congress enact reforms to federal permitting policies to accelerate deployment of new energy infrastructure (Adopted, 01-24)
SCR 17: Reaffirming support of WV Legislature for State of Israel and Jewish people (Adopted, 01-24)
SCR 18: Stanley W. and Evelyn C. See Memorial Bridge (Pending House introduction)
SCR 19: US Army PFC Henry W. Baldwin Memorial Bridge (Pending House introduction)
SCR 20: Proclaiming fourth Saturday of November to be annually designated as Ukrainian Holodomor-Genocide Remembrance Day (House Rules)’

Action on House Bills in the Senate as of Wednesday, January 31, 2024 (39)

HB 4017: To modify certain election laws, early voting laws, and absentee voting laws (Judiciary)
HB 4026: Authorizing the Department of Administration to promulgate a legislative rule relating to state owned vehicles (S Second Reading, 02-01)
HB 4190: Relating to the establishment of an alert system for missing cognitively impaired persons (Judiciary)
HB 4205: Relating to changing the process of election litigation (Judiciary)
HB 4252: Uniform Recognition and Enforcement of Canadian Domestic Violence Protective Orders Act (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 4274: Renaming the Department of Health and Human Resources (Signed, 01-26)
HB 4302: Modifying the criminal penalties imposed on a parent, guardian or custodian for child abuse (Judiciary)
HB 4350: Relating to appointment of candidates after filing period (Government Organization)
HB 4376: Relating to surgical smoke evacuation (Pending Senate introduction)
HB 4428: Requiring candidates to live in the state or local election district for the office for which they are seeking (Judiciary)
HB 4431: Permitting the cremation of unidentified remains (Health and Human Resources)
HB 4432: Relating to midlevel practitioners (Health and Human Resources)
HB 4433: Relating to exempting the acquisition and utilization of a mobile facility which performs mammography or low density computerized tomography (Health and Human Resources)
HB 4434: Relating to restrictions on use or sale of motor vehicles based on power source (Transportation and Infrastructure)
HB 4552: To ensure party affiliation is consistent with candidate’s voter registration (Judiciary)

HB 4594: Relating to extending managed care (S First Reading, 02-01)
HB 4595: Relating to the Legislative Oversight Commission on Health and Human Resources Accountability (Health and Human Resources)

HB 4620: Removing the expiration date from the food handler card (Health and Human Resources)
HB 4666: Relating to establishing criminal penalties for human trafficking (Judiciary)
HB 4683: Requiring parents or guardians to participate in programs for juveniles in an out-of-home placement (Judiciary)
HB 4697: Add protections for WV residents who reside out of state for certain time periods from non-renewal of licenses and registration (Transportation and Infrastructure)
HB 4756: Creating a state Alzheimer’s plan task force (Health and Human Resources)
HB 4759: Relating to E-Verify, the federal employment authorization program (Government Organization)
HB 4764: Provide one trip temporary vehicle permits to be purchased and printed online (Transportation and Infrastructure)
HB 4766: Require Division of Highways to place signage up 30 days prior to road closure (Transportation and Infrastructure)
HB 4768: Relating to increasing the number of out-of-state medical students receiving in-state tuition rates who agree to practice for a specific time within West Virginia (Education)
HB 4769: Clarifying appropriate and inappropriate duties for school counselors while also providing the definition of a school counselor (Education)
HB 4776: Relating to adding elementary schools into school disciplinary measures (Pending Senate introduction)
HB 4783: Relating to the practice of optometry (Health and Human Resources)
HB 4793: Relating to moonshine (Government Organization)
HB 4814: Relating to extending the reporting and sunset dates of the State Advisory Council on Postsecondary Attainment Goals (Education)
HB 4817: Relating to updating the practice of nursing (Pending Senate introduction)
HB 4830: To address the professional development of teachers (Pending Senate introduction)
HB 4832: Relating to state superintendent’s reports regarding the finances of school districts (Pending Senate introduction)
HB 4838: Require county boards of education to provide long-term substitute teachers, upon hiring, with certain information (Pending Senate introduction)
HB 4860: Providing that a general education teacher may not be responsible for accommodation logs (Education)
HB 4874: Relating to fatality and mortality review team (Health and Human Resources)

HB 4908: Relating to permitting the state agencies to contract with the West Virginia public health Institute (Health and Human Resources)
HB 4976: Providing the contact information of the Inspector General on the agencies and boards websites of the executive departments (Government Organization)

Bills that Have Completed Legislation as of Wednesday, January 31, 2024 (5 – 3 Senate; 2 House)

SB 269: Excluding test strips from definition of drug paraphernalia (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
SB 462: Updating definitions of certain terms used in Personal Income Tax Act (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
SB 483: Amending Corporation Net Income Tax Act (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 4252: Uniform Recognition and Enforcement of Canadian Domestic Violence Protective Orders Act (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 4274: Renaming the Department of Health and Human Resources (Signed, 01-26)

Resolutions that Have Completed Legislation as of Wednesday, January 31, 2024 (4)

HCR 1: Raising a Joint Assembly to hear remarks of the Governor (Adopted, 01-10)
HCR 13: Commemorating the life of Marilyn Kay Parsons (Adopted, 01-11)
SCR 16: Urging US Congress enact reforms to federal permitting policies to accelerate deployment of new energy infrastructure (Adopted. 01-24)
SCR 17: Reaffirming support of WV Legislature for State of Israel and Jewish people (Adopted. 01-24)

Bills Signed by the Governor as of Wednesday, January 31, 2024 (1 – 1 House)

HB 4274: Renaming the Department of Health and Human Resources (Signed, 01-26)

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, January 31, 2024

January 31, 2024
Written by Cheyenne

Wednesday, January 31, 2024 – 22nd Day of Session

The Senate will convene at 11 a.m.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

Com. Sub. for SCR 11: US Marine Corps PFC Noel Harper Fields Memorial Bridge
Com. Sub. for SCR 14: US Army PFC William Gorman Memorial Bridge
SCR 18: Stanley W. and Evelyn C. See Memorial Bridge
SCR 19: US Army PFC Henry W. Baldwin Memorial Bridge
SCR 21: US Army MSG James E. Jackson Jr. Memorial Road
SCR 22: US Army and Marine Corps Major and Olympic Gold Medalist Cornelius Burdette Memorial Road
SR 19: Designating January 31, 2024, as Marshall University Day

THIRD READING

Eng. SB 265: Increasing value at which municipal property must be sold through public auction
Eng.SB 402: Authorizing US Concealed Carry Association to provide concealed carry classes in WV
Eng. SB 461: Relating to county economic opportunity development districts
Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 474: Creating critical incident review team
Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 475: Relating to recovery residences
Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 477: Prohibiting public disclosure of personal information on internet
Eng. SB 487: Requiring periodic review of professional development for teachers and education staff
Eng. HB 4252: Uniform Recognition and Enforcement of Canadian Domestic Violence Protective Orders Act

SECOND READING

Com. Sub. for SB 320: Removing requirement for wineries to serve food when serving wine

FIRST READING

Com. Sub. for SB 50: Authorizing Department of Revenue to promulgate legislative rules
SB 306: Equipment Right to Repair Act
Com. Sub. for SB 436: Prohibiting intentional motor vehicle emissions that create hazards
Com. Sub. for SB 455: Relating generally to banking and contractual authority of State Treasurer’s Office
Eng. HB 4026: Authorizing the Department of Administration to promulgate a legislative rule relating to state owned vehicles

Scheduled Committee Meetings

10:45 a.m.: Senate Rules Committee (219M)

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

SB 531: Allowing charter schools to charge Hope Scholarship students for classes
SB 598: Relating to Hope Scholarship Program and micro schools

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

SB 543: Relating to research and economic development agreements for state institutions of higher education
SB 544: Raising threshold for bid requirement of municipal public works projects
SB 571: Creating WV Advanced Energy and Economic Corridor Authority Commission

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

SB 538: Creating exception for public nuisance
SB 577: Limiting landowner liability when land is used for recreational purposes

3 p.m.: Judiciary (208W)

Com. Sub. for SB 504: Modifying felony offense of sexual misconduct of school employee or volunteer
SB 516: Determining venue for custodial allocation actions independent of divorce

3p.m.: Finance (451M)

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

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

Senate Bills to be Introduced Wednesday, January 31, 2024

SB 603: Solid Waste Management Act (Woodrum; Government Organization)
SB 604: West Virginia Short Line Railroad Modernization Act (FN) (Jeffries, Barrett, Clements, Deeds, Hunt, Maynard, Nelson, Oliverio, Phillips, Queen, Roberts, Smith, Stuart, Swope, Takubo, Taylor, Weld, Woodrum; Economic Development then Finance)
SB 605: Requiring electronic funds transfer of retirement contributions by participating employers (Nelson; Pensions)
SB 606: Relating to Natural Resources Police Officers Retirement System (Nelson; Pensions then Finance)
SB 607: Clarifying MPFRS surviving spouse benefits (FN) (Nelson; Pensions then Finance)
SB 608: Emergency Medical Services Retirement System Act (Nelson; Pensions then Finance)
SB 609: Deputy Sheriff Retirement System Act (Nelson; Pensions then Finance)
SB 610: Clarifying authority of WV Water Development Authority in certain circumstances (Tarr; Government Organization)
SB 611: Allowing prosecuting attorney vehicles to have flashing red warning lights (Taylor, Weld; Transportation and Infrastructure then Judiciary)
SB 612: Establishing criminal offense for crimes against public justice workers (Rucker; Judiciary)
SB 613: WV Residential Mortgage Lender, Broker and Servicer Act (Azinger; Banking and Insurance)
SCR 23: US Navy Lieutenant Lewis Joseph D’Antoni Memorial Road (Plymale; Transportation and Infrastructure)
SCR 24: Recognizing First Responders Honor Board’s nominees of Medal of Honor (Deeds; Government Organization)
SCR 25: US Army Sgt Wyatt K. Hinton Memorial Bridge (Woodrum; Transportation and Infrastructure)
SR 20: Recognizing essential role of CASA for abused and neglected children (Rucker)
SR 21: Designating February 1, 2024, as National Unclaimed Property Day (Weld)

* (FN) indicates the bill has a Fiscal Note

* (IB) indicates the bill is an Interim Bill

Committee Action on Bills from Tuesday, January 30, 2024

10 a.m.: Government Organization

Com. Sub. for SB 251: Creating Closed Captioning Act
Bill referred to subcommittee – Senators Barrett (R-Berkeley), Queen (R-Harrison), and Hunt (R-Kanawha) appointed

Com. Sub. for SB 331: Eliminating cap on maximum amount of money in county’s financial stabilization fund
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

10 a.m.: Education

Com. Sub. for SB 466: Requiring development of safety while accessing technology education program
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

SB 529: Including Salem University in PROMISE Scholarship program
Bill laid over to a future meeting

1 p.m.: Health and Human Resources

HB 4594: Relating to extending managed care
Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

3 p.m.: Judiciary

Com. Sub. for SB 539: Creating cold case database
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Bills that Have Passed the Senate as of Tuesday, January 30, 2024 (66 – 65 Senate; 1 House)

SB 2: Authorizing DEP to promulgate rules (House Judiciary)
SB 17: Department of Health rule relating to public water systems operators (House Health and Human Resources)
SB 31: Department of Human Services rule relating to collection and exchange of data related to overdoses (House Health and Human Resources)
SB 36: Authorizing Department of Homeland Security to promulgate legislative rules (House Judiciary)
SB 60: Authorizing DOT to promulgate legislative rules (House Judiciary)
SB 142: Clarifying deadline to file annual report for companies authorized to do business in WV (House Government Organization)
SB 143: Creating WV Guardian Program (House Education)
SB 144: Requiring each county board to ensure that its meetings are open to public through in-person attendance and broadcast live on its website (House Judiciary)
SB 146: Creating adult education taskforce (House Education)
SB 147: Adding definition of “ammunition” for purposes of obtaining state license to carry concealed deadly weapon (House Judiciary)
SB 148: Establishing auto-renewal program for wildlife licenses (House Government Organization)
SB 149: Relating to municipalities required to be represented on county authority boards (House Political Subdivisions)
SB 150: Clarifying when magistrate vacancies shall be filled (House Judiciary)
SB 151: Clarifying terms and offense of human smuggling (House Judiciary)
SB 152: Displaying official US motto in public schools (House Education)
SB 154: Increasing penalties for drug possession and updating list of offenses (House Judiciary)
SB 155: Creating Violent Crime Prevention Act (House Judiciary)
SB 156: Requiring certain documents that contain wage records be considered confidential (House Government Organization)
SB 157: Requiring one-year residency within district or county to fill vacancy in Legislature (House Judiciary)
SB 158: Enhancing penalties for fleeing officer (House Judiciary)
SB 159: Prohibiting persons convicted of certain crimes against minors from holding positions on boards of education (House Judiciary)
SB 160: Updating language and increasing penalties for indecent exposure (House Judiciary)
SB 162: Establishing Summer Feeding for All Program (House Education)
SB 163: Establishing aggravated felony offense of reckless driving resulting in death (House Judiciary)
SB 164: Relating generally to trespassing (House Judiciary)
SB 165: Creating pilot program for recovery residences in Cabell County (House Judiciary)
SB 166: Updating contested elections procedures (House Judiciary)
SB 168: Granting municipal fire marshal authority to assist law-enforcement officer (House Political Subdivisions)
SB 169: Allowing physician assistants to own practice (House Health and Human Resources)
SB 170: Relating to compensable diseases of certain firefighters covered by workers’ compensation (House Fire Departments and Emergency Medical Services)
SB 171: Prohibiting county commissions from adopting authorization that exceeds state law regarding agriculture operations (House Government Organization)
SB 172: Revising requirements of local school improvement councils (House Education)
SB 173: Modifying certain guidelines for motor vehicle dealers, distributors, wholesalers, and manufacturers (House Technology and Infrastructure)
SB 175: Updating offenses of extortion and attempted extortion (House Judiciary)
SB 176: Relating to permissible expenditures by Water Development Authority from Infrastructure Fund (House Finance)
SB 177: Protecting consumers against automatic renewals without consent (House Judiciary)
SB 178: Relating to dental health care service plans (House Banking and Insurance)
SB 179: Requiring sheriff to serve child abuse and neglect petitions (House Judiciary)
SB 189: Providing for substantial deference to state school superintendent’s interpretations of school laws (Pending House introduction)
SB 196: WV Rail Trails Program (House Government Organization)
SB 217: Authorizing state and subdivisions to negotiate price for construction when all bids received exceed maximum budget (House Government Organization)
SB 219: Relating to Uniform Controlled Substances Act (House Judiciary)
SB 222: Exempting WV veterans from certain fees and charges at state parks (House Agriculture and Natural Resources)
SB 240: Increasing fees charged by sheriff (House Government Organization)
SB 261: WV Veterans’ Home Loan Mortgage Program of 2024 (House Finance)
SB 262: Clarifying procedure for administrative dissolution of corporations by Secretary of State (House Government Organization)
SB 269: Excluding test strips from definition of drug paraphernalia (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
SB 280: Allowing teachers in public schools to discuss scientific theories (House Education)
SB 293: Creating the Glucagon for Schools Act (House Health and Human Resources)
SB 300: Relating to organization of Office of Inspector General (House Health and Human Resources)
SB 318: Modifying process of when parental rights are terminated (Pending House introduction)
SB 354: Relating to the WV Advanced Energy and Economic Corridor Authority (House Economic Development and Tourism)
SB 357: Permitting dental hygienist to perform tobacco cessation education (House Health and Human Resources)
SB 399: Creating crime of assault on a police dog (House Judiciary)
SB 400: Creating limited waiver from certificate of public convenience and necessity requirement for certain water or sewer services projects (House Technology and Infrastructure)
SB 426: WV Recreational Trails Development Act (House Government Organization)
SB 428: Establishing appeals from administrative rulings are to be filed with Intermediate Court of Appeals (House Government Organization)
SB 429: WV Farm Use Vehicle Tag Placement Act (House Technology and Infrastructure)
SB 430: WV Rent-to-Own Act (House Government Organization)
SB 438: Modifying roster requirements of authorizing entities (House Government Organization)
SB 439: Authorizing certain 911 personnel to be members of Emergency Medical Services Retirement System under certain circumstances (House Pensions and Retirement)
SB 445: Reducing certification periods and renewal fees for EMS personnel (House Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services)
SB 451: Directing Prosecuting Attorneys Institute to make training available to certain new prosecuting attorneys (Pending House introduction)
SB 462: Updating definitions of certain terms used in Personal Income Tax Act (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
SB 483: Amending Corporation Net Income Tax Act (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 4274: Renaming the Department of Health and Human Resources (Signed, 01-26)

Resolutions that Have Been Adopted by the Senate as of Tuesday, January 30, 2024 (11)

SCR 1: US Army PFC Leon Charles Trader Memorial Bridge (House Technology and Infrastructure)
SCR 2: US Army PFC John Henry Trail Memorial Bridge (House Technology and Infrastructure)
SCR 5: US Army 1LT Herschel Jarrell Memorial Road (House Technology and Infrastructure)
SCR 6: US Army SSG Orland Jackson “Tom” Meikles Memorial Road (House Technology and Infrastructure)
SCR 8: US Army Corporal Clemon Knapp Memorial Bridge (House Technology and Infrastructure)
SCR 12: US Army Private Raymond Lee Perkins Memorial Bridge (House Technology and Infrastructure)
SCR 15: Chief Edward “Eddie” Keesecker Memorial Bridge (House Technology and Infrastructure)
SCR 10: Urging WV congressional delegation support legislation authorizing county governments to sell FEMA property (House Government Organization)
SCR 16: Urging US Congress enact reforms to federal permitting policies to accelerate deployment of new energy infrastructure (Adopted, 01-24)
SCR 17: Reaffirming support of WV Legislature for State of Israel and Jewish people (Adopted, 01-24)
SCR 20: Proclaiming fourth Saturday of November to be annually designated as Ukrainian Holodomor-Genocide Remembrance Day (Pending House introduction)

Action on House Bills in the Senate as of Tuesday, January 30, 2024 (33)

HB 4017: To modify certain election laws, early voting laws, and absentee voting laws (Pending Senate introduction)
HB 4026: Authorizing the Department of Administration to promulgate a legislative rule relating to state owned vehicles (S First Reading, 01-31)
HB 4190: Relating to the establishment of an alert system for missing cognitively impaired persons (Judiciary)
HB 4205: Relating to changing the process of election litigation (Judiciary)
HB 4252: Uniform Recognition and Enforcement of Canadian Domestic Violence Protective Orders Act (S Third Reading, 01-31)
HB 4274: Renaming the Department of Health and Human Resources (Signed, 01-26)
HB 4302: Modifying the criminal penalties imposed on a parent, guardian or custodian for child abuse (Judiciary)
HB 4350: Relating to appointment of candidates after filing period (Pending Senate introduction)
HB 4428: Requiring candidates to live in the state or local election district for the office for which they are seeking (Judiciary)
HB 4431: Permitting the cremation of unidentified remains (Health and Human Resources)
HB 4432: Relating to midlevel practitioners (Health and Human Resources)
HB 4433: Relating to exempting the acquisition and utilization of a mobile facility which performs mammography or low density computerized tomography (Health and Human Resources)
HB 4434: Relating to restrictions on use or sale of motor vehicles based on power source (Pending Senate introduction)
HB 4552: To ensure party affiliation is consistent with candidate’s voter registration (Judiciary)

HB 4594: Relating to extending managed care (Health and Human Resources)
HB 4595: Relating to the Legislative Oversight Commission on Health and Human Resources Accountability (Health and Human Resources)

HB 4620: Removing the expiration date from the food handler card (Health and Human Resources)
HB 4666: Relating to establishing criminal penalties for human trafficking (Judiciary)
HB 4683: Requiring parents or guardians to participate in programs for juveniles in an out-of-home placement (Judiciary)
HB 4697: Add protections for WV residents who reside out of state for certain time periods from non-renewal of licenses and registration (Transportation and Infrastructure)
HB 4756: Creating a state Alzheimer’s plan task force (Health and Human Resources)
HB 4759: Relating to E-Verify, the federal employment authorization program (Government Organization)
HB 4764: Provide one trip temporary vehicle permits to be purchased and printed online (Transportation and Infrastructure)
HB 4766: Require Division of Highways to place signage up 30 days prior to road closure (Transportation and Infrastructure)
HB 4768: Relating to increasing the number of out-of-state medical students receiving in-state tuition rates who agree to practice for a specific time within West Virginia (Education)
HB 4769: Clarifying appropriate and inappropriate duties for school counselors while also providing the definition of a school counselor (Education)
HB 4783: Relating to the practice of optometry (Health and Human Resources)
HB 4793: Relating to moonshine (Government Organization)
HB 4814: Relating to extending the reporting and sunset dates of the State Advisory Council on Postsecondary Attainment Goals (Education)
HB 4860: Providing that a general education teacher may not be responsible for accommodation logs (Pending Senate introduction)
HB 4874: Relating to fatality and mortality review team (Health and Human Resources)

HB 4908: Relating to permitting the state agencies to contract with the West Virginia public health Institute (Pending Senate introduction)
HB 4976: Providing the contact information of the Inspector General on the agencies and boards websites of the executive departments (Pending Senate introduction)

Bills that Have Completed Legislation as of Tuesday, January 30, 2024 (4 – 3 Senate; 1 House)

SB 269: Excluding test strips from definition of drug paraphernalia (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
SB 462: Updating definitions of certain terms used in Personal Income Tax Act (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
SB 483: Amending Corporation Net Income Tax Act (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 4274: Renaming the Department of Health and Human Resources (Signed, 01-26)

Resolutions that Have Completed Legislation as of Tuesday, January 30, 2024 (4)

HCR 1: Raising a Joint Assembly to hear remarks of the Governor (Adopted, 01-10)
HCR 13: Commemorating the life of Marilyn Kay Parsons (Adopted, 01-11)
SCR 16: Urging US Congress enact reforms to federal permitting policies to accelerate deployment of new energy infrastructure (Adopted, 01-24)
SCR 17: Reaffirming support of WV Legislature for State of Israel and Jewish people (Adopted, 01-24)

Bills Signed by the Governor as of Tuesday, January 30, 2024 (1 – 1 House)

HB 4274: Renaming the Department of Health and Human Resources (Signed, 01-26)

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, January 30, 2024

January 29, 2024
Written by Cheyenne

Tuesday, January 30, 2024 – 21st Day of Session

The Senate will convene at 11 a.m.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

SCR 20: Proclaiming fourth Saturday of November to be annually designated as Ukrainian Holodomor-Genocide Remembrance Day
SR 18: Designating January 30, 2024, as West Virginia University Day

THIRD READING

Eng. SB 189: Providing for substantial deference to state school superintendent’s interpretations of school laws
Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 451: Directing Prosecuting Attorneys Institute to make training available to certain new prosecuting attorneys
Eng. SB 461: Relating to county economic opportunity development districts

SECOND READING

SB 265: Increasing value at which municipal property must be sold through public auction
SB 402: Authorizing US Concealed Carry Association to provide concealed carry classes in WV
Com. Sub. for SB 474: Creating critical incident review team
Com. Sub. for SB 475: Relating to recovery residences
Com. Sub. for SB 477: Prohibiting public disclosure of personal information on internet
SB 487: Requiring periodic review of professional development for teachers and education staff
Eng. HB 4252: Uniform Recognition and Enforcement of Canadian Domestic Violence Protective Orders Act

FIRST READING

Com. Sub. for SB 320: Removing requirement for wineries to serve food when serving wine

Scheduled Committee Meetings

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

Com. Sub. for SB 251: Creating Closed Captioning Act
Com. Sub. for SB 331: Eliminating cap on maximum amount of money in county’s financial stabilization fund

10 a.m.: Education (451M)

Presentation: West Virginia Department of Education Presentation of Survey Results
SB 466: Requiring development of safety while accessing technology education program
SB 529: Including Salem University in PROMISE Scholarship program

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

HB 4594: Relating to extending managed care.

3 p.m.: Judiciary (208W)

SB 539: Creating cold case database

3 p.m.: Finance (451M)

Budget Presentation: West Virginia Department of Homeland Security
Budget Presentation: West Virginia Department of Education

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

Senate Bills to be Introduced Tuesday, January 30, 2024

SB 592: Authorizing DMV to provide images to Secretary of State for voter identification purposes (FN) (Rucker, Maynard, Taylor; Transportation and Infrastructure then Finance)
SB 593: Prohibiting ranked choice voting (Rucker; Government Organization then Judiciary)
SB 594: Modifying appropriation requirements of certain economic development funds (Rucker; Economic Development then Finance)
SB 595: Amending embalmer licensing requirements (Deeds, Woodrum; Military then Government Organization)
SB 596: Relating to administration of WV Water Pollution Control Act and Underground Carbon Dioxide Sequestration and Storage (Smith, Phillips; Energy, Industry, and Mining then Judiciary)
SB 597: Providing permanent partial disability awards for occupational pneumoconiosis (FN) (Woelfel, Caputo, Plymale; Banking and Insurance then Finance)
SB 598: Relating to Hope Scholarship Program and micro schools (Rucker; School Choice then Finance)
SB 599: Exempting certain military veterans and their dependents from tuition (Weld; Military then Finance)
SB 600: Revising criteria for receiving reenlistment or retention bonus (Weld; Military then Finance)
SB 601: Creating WV Women’s Bill of Rights (Grady, Boley, Chapman, Rucker; Judiciary)
SB 602: Cardiac Emergency Response Plan Act (Grady; Health and Human Resources then Education)
SJR 8: Cannabis Legalization Amendment (Woelfel, Plymale, Caputo; Judiciary then Finance)
SCR 21: US Army MSG James E. Jackson Jr. Memorial Road (Woodrum)
SCR 22: US Army and Marine Corps Major and Olympic Gold Medalist Cornelius Burdette Memorial Road (Woodrum)
SR 19: Designating January 31, 2024, as Marshall University Day (Plymale, Takubo, Grady, Maynard, Queen, Woelfel)

* (FN) indicates the bill has a Fiscal Note

* (IB) indicates the bill is an Interim Bill

Committee Action on Bills from Monday, January 29, 2024

1 p.m.: Transportation and Infrastructure

Com. Sub. for SB 436: Relating to prohibition of certain additives to diesel fuel
Committee substitute, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Com. Sub. for SB 441: Regulating driving in left lane on four lane interstate highways in WV
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Com. Sub. for SCR 11: US Marine Corps PFC Noel Harper Fields Memorial Bridge; Com. Sub. for SCR 14: US Army PFC William Gorman Memorial Bridge
Committee substitutes for the resolutions reported to the full Senate with the recommendation they be adopted

SCR 18: Stanley W. and Evelyn C. See Memorial Bridge; SCR 19: US Army PFC Henry W. Baldwin Memorial Bridge
Resolutions reported to the full Senate with the recommendation they be adopted

2 p.m.: Agriculture and Natural Resources

Com. Sub. for SB 397: Exempting high tunnels and greenhouses from personal property taxes
Committee substitute 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 455: Relating generally to banking authority of State Treasurer’s Office
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Com. Sub. for SB 470: Uniform Special Deposits Act
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Judiciary

3 p.m.: Judiciary

Com. Sub. for SB 50: Revenue Bundle – Includes SB 50, Insurance Commissioner rule relating to AIDS regulations; SB 51, Insurance Commissioner rule relating to health benefit plan network access and adequacy; SB 52, Insurance Commissioner rule relating to bail bondsmen in criminal cases; SB 53, Racing Commission rule relating to thoroughbred racing; SB 54, Tax Department rule relating to aircraft operated under fractional ownership program; SB 55, Tax Department rule relating to citizen tax credit for property taxes paid; SB 56, Tax Department rule relating to income tax paid at entity level by electing pass-through entities; SB 57; Tax Department rule relating to income tax credits for property taxes paid; SB 58, Tax Department rule relating to administration of tax on purchases of wine and liquor inside and outside of municipalities; SB 59, Tax Department rule relating to privilege tax on sales of hemp-derived cannabinoid and kratom products
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

HB 4026: Authorizing the Department of Administration to promulgate a legislative rule relating to state owned vehicles
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Bills that Have Passed the Senate as of Monday, January 29, 2024 (64 – 63 Senate; 1 House)

SB 2: Authorizing DEP to promulgate rules (House Judiciary)
SB 17: Department of Health rule relating to public water systems operators (House Health and Human Resources)
SB 31: Department of Human Services rule relating to collection and exchange of data related to overdoses (House Health and Human Resources)
SB 36: Authorizing Department of Homeland Security to promulgate legislative rules (Pending House introduction)
SB 60: Authorizing DOT to promulgate legislative rules (House Judiciary)
SB 142: Clarifying deadline to file annual report for companies authorized to do business in WV (House Government Organization)
SB 143: Creating WV Guardian Program (House Education)
SB 144: Requiring each county board to ensure that its meetings are open to public through in-person attendance and broadcast live on its website (House Judiciary)
SB 146: Creating adult education taskforce (House Education)
SB 147: Adding definition of “ammunition” for purposes of obtaining state license to carry concealed deadly weapon (House Judiciary)
SB 148: Establishing auto-renewal program for wildlife licenses (House Government Organization)
SB 149: Relating to municipalities required to be represented on county authority boards (House Political Subdivisions)
SB 150: Clarifying when magistrate vacancies shall be filled (House Judiciary)
SB 151: Clarifying terms and offense of human smuggling (House Judiciary)
SB 152: Displaying official US motto in public schools (House Education)
SB 154: Increasing penalties for drug possession and updating list of offenses (House Judiciary)
SB 155: Creating Violent Crime Prevention Act (House Judiciary)
SB 156: Requiring certain documents that contain wage records be considered confidential (House Government Organization)
SB 157: Requiring one-year residency within district or county to fill vacancy in Legislature (House Judiciary)
SB 158: Enhancing penalties for fleeing officer (House Judiciary)
SB 159: Prohibiting persons convicted of certain crimes against minors from holding positions on boards of education (House Judiciary)
SB 160: Updating language and increasing penalties for indecent exposure (House Judiciary)
SB 162: Establishing Summer Feeding for All Program (House Education)
SB 163: Establishing aggravated felony offense of reckless driving resulting in death (House Judiciary)
SB 164: Relating generally to trespassing (House Judiciary)
SB 165: Creating pilot program for recovery residences in Cabell County (House Judiciary)
SB 166: Updating contested elections procedures (House Judiciary)
SB 168: Granting municipal fire marshal authority to assist law-enforcement officer (House Political Subdivisions)
SB 169: Allowing physician assistants to own practice (House Health and Human Resources)
SB 170: Relating to compensable diseases of certain firefighters covered by workers’ compensation (House Fire Departments and Emergency Medical Services)
SB 171: Prohibiting county commissions from adopting authorization that exceeds state law regarding agriculture operations (House Government Organization)
SB 172: Revising requirements of local school improvement councils (House Education)
SB 173: Modifying certain guidelines for motor vehicle dealers, distributors, wholesalers, and manufacturers (House Technology and Infrastructure)
SB 175: Updating offenses of extortion and attempted extortion (House Judiciary)
SB 176: Relating to permissible expenditures by Water Development Authority from Infrastructure Fund (House Finance)
SB 177: Protecting consumers against automatic renewals without consent (House Judiciary)
SB 178: Relating to dental health care service plans (House Banking and Insurance)
SB 179: Requiring sheriff to serve child abuse and neglect petitions (House Judiciary)
SB 196: WV Rail Trails Program (Pending House introduction)
SB 217: Authorizing state and subdivisions to negotiate price for construction when all bids received exceed maximum budget (House Government Organization)
SB 219: Relating to Uniform Controlled Substances Act (House Judiciary)
SB 222: Exempting WV veterans from certain fees and charges at state parks (Pending House introduction)
SB 240: Increasing fees charged by sheriff (House Government Organization)
SB 261: WV Veterans’ Home Loan Mortgage Program of 2024 (Pending House introduction)
SB 262: Clarifying procedure for administrative dissolution of corporations by Secretary of State (House Government Organization)
SB 269: Excluding test strips from definition of drug paraphernalia (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
SB 280: Allowing teachers in public schools to discuss scientific theories (House Education)
SB 293: Creating the Glucagon for Schools Act (House Health and Human Resources)
SB 300: Relating to organization of Office of Inspector General (House Health and Human Resources)
SB 318: Modifying process of when parental rights are terminated (Pending House introduction)
SB 354: Relating to the WV Advanced Energy and Economic Corridor Authority (House Economic Development and Tourism)
SB 357: Permitting dental hygienist to perform tobacco cessation education (House Health and Human Resources)
SB 399: Creating crime of assault on a police dog (House Judiciary)
SB 400: Creating limited waiver from certificate of public convenience and necessity requirement for certain water or sewer services projects (House Technology and Infrastructure)
SB 426: WV Recreational Trails Development Act (House Government Organization)
SB 428: Establishing appeals from administrative rulings are to be filed with Intermediate Court of Appeals (House Government Organization)
SB 429: WV Farm Use Vehicle Tag Placement Act (House Technology and Infrastructure)
SB 430: WV Rent-to-Own Act (House Government Organization)
SB 438: Modifying roster requirements of authorizing entities (House Government Organization)
SB 439: Authorizing certain 911 personnel to be members of Emergency Medical Services Retirement System under certain circumstances (House Pensions and Retirement)
SB 445: Reducing certification periods and renewal fees for EMS personnel (Pending House introduction)
SB 462: Updating definitions of certain terms used in Personal Income Tax Act (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
SB 483: Amending Corporation Net Income Tax Act (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 4274: Renaming the Department of Health and Human Resources (Signed, 01-26)

Resolutions that Have Been Adopted by the Senate as of Monday, January 29, 2024 (10)

SCR 1: US Army PFC Leon Charles Trader Memorial Bridge (House Technology and Infrastructure)
SCR 2: US Army PFC John Henry Trail Memorial Bridge (House Technology and Infrastructure)
SCR 5: US Army 1LT Herschel Jarrell Memorial Road (House Technology and Infrastructure)
SCR 6: US Army SSG Orland Jackson “Tom” Meikles Memorial Road (House Technology and Infrastructure)
SCR 8: US Army Corporal Clemon Knapp Memorial Bridge (House Technology and Infrastructure)
SCR 12: US Army Private Raymond Lee Perkins Memorial Bridge (House Technology and Infrastructure)
SCR 15: Chief Edward “Eddie” Keesecker Memorial Bridge (House Technology and Infrastructure)
SCR 10: Urging WV congressional delegation support legislation authorizing county governments to sell FEMA property (House Government Organization)
SCR 16: Urging US Congress enact reforms to federal permitting policies to accelerate deployment of new energy infrastructure (Adopted, 01-24)
SCR 17: Reaffirming support of WV Legislature for State of Israel and Jewish people (Adopted, 01-24)

Action on House Bills in the Senate as of Monday, January 29, 2024 (28)

HB 4026: Authorizing the Department of Administration to promulgate a legislative rule relating to state owned vehicles (Judiciary)
HB 4190: Relating to the establishment of an alert system for missing cognitively impaired persons (Judiciary)
HB 4205: Relating to changing the process of election litigation (Judiciary)
HB 4252: Uniform Recognition and Enforcement of Canadian Domestic Violence Protective Orders Act (S Second Reading, 01-30)
HB 4274: Renaming the Department of Health and Human Resources (Signed, 01-26)
HB 4302: Modifying the criminal penalties imposed on a parent, guardian or custodian for child abuse (Judiciary)
HB 4428: Requiring candidates to live in the state or local election district for the office for which they are seeking (Judiciary)
HB 4431: Permitting the cremation of unidentified remains (Health and Human Resources)
HB 4432: Relating to midlevel practitioners (Health and Human Resources)
HB 4433: Relating to exempting the acquisition and utilization of a mobile facility which performs mammography or low density computerized tomography (Health and Human Resources)
HB 4552: To ensure party affiliation is consistent with candidate’s voter registration (Judiciary)

HB 4594: Relating to extending managed care (Health and Human Resources)
HB 4595: Relating to the Legislative Oversight Commission on Health and Human Resources Accountability (Health and Human Resources)

HB 4620: Removing the expiration date from the food handler card (Health and Human Resources)
HB 4666: Relating to establishing criminal penalties for human trafficking (Judiciary)
HB 4683: Requiring parents or guardians to participate in programs for juveniles in an out-of-home placement (Judiciary)
HB 4697: Add protections for WV residents who reside out of state for certain time periods from non-renewal of licenses and registration (Pending Senate introduction)
HB 4756: Creating a state Alzheimer’s plan task force (Health and Human Resources)
HB 4759: Relating to E-Verify, the federal employment authorization program (Pending Senate introduction)
HB 4764: Provide one trip temporary vehicle permits to be purchased and printed online (Pending Senate introduction)
HB 4766: Require Division of Highways to place signage up 30 days prior to road closure (Pending Senate introduction)
HB 4768: Relating to increasing the number of out-of-state medical students receiving in-state tuition rates who agree to practice for a specific time within West Virginia (Education)
HB 4769: Clarifying appropriate and inappropriate duties for school counselors while also providing the definition of a school counselor (Education)
HB 4783: Relating to the practice of optometry (Pending Senate introduction)
HB 4793: Relating to moonshine (Government Organization)
HB 4814: Relating to extending the reporting and sunset dates of the State Advisory Council on Postsecondary Attainment Goals (Education)
HB 4874: Relating to fatality and mortality review team (Health and Human Resources)
HB 4908: Relating to permitting the state agencies to contract with the West Virginia public health Institute (Pending Senate introduction)

Bills that Have Completed Legislation as of Monday, January 29, 2024 (4 – 3 Senate; 1 House)

SB 269: Excluding test strips from definition of drug paraphernalia (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
SB 462: Updating definitions of certain terms used in Personal Income Tax Act (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
SB 483: Amending Corporation Net Income Tax Act (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 4274: Renaming the Department of Health and Human Resources (Signed, 01-26)

Resolutions that Have Completed Legislation as of Monday, January 29, 2024 (4)

HCR 1: Raising a Joint Assembly to hear remarks of the Governor (Adopted, 01-10)
HCR 13: Commemorating the life of Marilyn Kay Parsons (Adopted, 01-11)
SCR 16: Urging US Congress enact reforms to federal permitting policies to accelerate deployment of new energy infrastructure (Adopted. 01-24)
SCR 17: Reaffirming support of WV Legislature for State of Israel and Jewish people (Adopted. 01-24)

Bills Signed by the Governor as of Monday, January 29, 2024 (1 – 1 House)

HB 4274: Renaming the Department of Health and Human Resources (Signed, 01-26)

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, January 29, 2024

January 28, 2024
Written by Cheyenne

Monday, January 29, 2024 – 20th Day of Session

The Senate will convene at 11 a.m.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

Com. Sub. for SR 6: Honoring life of Edith Levy, Holocaust survivor
SR 13: Recognizing Myles Lumber Company as WV Outstanding Tree Farmer for 2023
SR 14: Designating January 29, 2024, as Future Farmers of America Day
SR 15: Designating January 29, 2024, as Fairmont State University Day
SR 17: Recognizing Riley Gaines as ambassador for Independent Women’s Forum and advocate for women’s equality in sports

THIRD READING

Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 36: Authorizing Department of Homeland Security to promulgate legislative rules
Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 196: WV Rail Trails Program
Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 222: Exempting WV veterans from certain fees and charges at state parks
Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 261: WV Veterans’ Home Loan Mortgage Program of 2024
Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 445: Reducing certification periods and renewal fees for EMS personnel

SECOND READING

SB 189: Providing for substantial deference to state school superintendent’s interpretations of school laws
Com. Sub. for SB 451: Directing Prosecuting Attorneys Institute to make training available to certain new prosecuting attorneys
SB 461: Relating to county economic opportunity development districts

FIRST READING

SB 265: Increasing value at which municipal property must be sold through public auction
SB 402: Authorizing US Concealed Carry Association to provide concealed carry classes in WV
Com. Sub. for SB 474: Creating critical incident review team
Com. Sub. for SB 475: Relating to recovery residences
Com. Sub. for SB 477: Prohibiting public disclosure of personal information on internet
SB 487: Requiring periodic review of professional development for teachers and education staff
Eng. HB 4252: Uniform Recognition and Enforcement of Canadian Domestic Violence Protective Orders Act

Scheduled Committee Meetings

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

Com. Sub. for SB 436: Relating to prohibition of certain additives to diesel fuel
Com. Sub. for SB 441: Regulating driving in left lane on four lane interstate highways in WV
Senate Concurrent Resolutions

SCR 18: Stanley W. and Evelyn C. See Memorial Bridge
SCR 19: US Army PFC Henry W. Baldwin Memorial Bridge
Sub. for SCR 11: US Marine Corps PFC Noel Harper Fields Memorial Bridge
Sub. for SCR 14: US Army PFC William Gorman Memorial Bridge

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

Com. Sub. for SB 397: Exempting high tunnels and greenhouses from personal property taxes

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

Com. Sub. for SB 455: Relating generally to banking authority of State Treasurer’s Office
Com. Sub. for SB 470: Uniform Special Deposits Act

3 p.m.: Judiciary (208W)

Com. Sub. for SB 50: Revenue Bundle
Includes SB 50, Insurance Commissioner rule relating to AIDS regulations; SB 51, Insurance Commissioner rule relating to health benefit plan network access and adequacy; SB 52, Insurance Commissioner rule relating to bail bondsmen in criminal cases; SB 53, Racing Commission rule relating to thoroughbred racing; SB 54, Tax Department rule relating to aircraft operated under fractional ownership program; SB 55, Tax Department rule relating to citizen tax credit for property taxes paid; SB 56, Tax Department rule relating to income tax paid at entity level by electing pass-through entities; SB 57; Tax Department rule relating to income tax credits for property taxes paid; SB 58, Tax Department rule relating to administration of tax on purchases of wine and liquor inside and outside of municipalities; SB 59, Tax Department rule relating to privilege tax on sales of hemp-derived cannabinoid and kratom products
HB 4026: Authorizing the Department of Administration to promulgate a legislative rule relating to state owned vehicles

3 p.m.: Finance (451M)

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

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

Senate Bills to be Introduced Monday, January 29, 2024

SB 581: Requiring correctional facilities to provide free feminine hygiene products (Woelfel, Plymale, Caputo; Judiciary then Finance)
SB 582: Creating Prohibition on Cell Cultured Animal Products Act (Stuart, Deeds, Phillips, Smith, Taylor; Agriculture and Natural Resources then Judiciary)
SB 583: Relating to employer liability and damages in civil actions involving commercial motor vehicles (Stuart, Azinger, Deeds, Martin, Phillips, Rucker, Smith, Tarr, Taylor; Transportation and Infrastructure then Judiciary)
SB 584: Including Salem University in PROMISE Scholarship program (Oliverio, Martin; Education then Finance)
SB 585: Using legal cannabis sales profits to offset employee contributions to PEIA (Caputo; Banking and Insurance then Finance)
SB 586: Establishing insulin safety net program (Caputo; Health and Human Resources)
SB 587: Enabling State Fire Commission to propose legislative rules (Trump; Government Organization)
SB 588: Requiring CPS to give parents written copy of their rights in certain circumstances (Chapman, Maynard, Rucker; Judiciary)
SB 589: Permitting campus police officers to participate in Deputy Sheriffs Retirement System (FN) (Oliverio, Plymale, Caputo, Woelfel; Pensions then Finance)
SB 590: Creating Local Government Labor Regulatory Limitation Act (Swope; Judiciary)
SB 591: Relating generally to Purchasing Division (Oliverio, Plymale, Caputo, Woelfel; Government Organization)
SCR 20: Proclaiming fourth Saturday of November to be annually designated as Ukrainian Holodomor-Genocide Remembrance Day (Weld)
SR 18: Designating January 30, 2024, as West Virginia University Day (Clements, Maroney, Caputo, Oliverio, Taylor, Smith)

* (FN) indicates the bill has a Fiscal Note

* (IB) indicates the bill is an Interim Bill

Committee Action on Bills from Friday, January 26, 2024

10 a.m.: Workforce

SB 493: Relating to use of criminal records as disqualification from authorization to practice particular profession
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Judiciary

Bills that Have Passed the Senate as of Friday, January 26, 2024 (59 – 58 Senate; 1 House)

SB 2: Authorizing DEP to promulgate rules (House Judiciary)
SB 17: Department of Health rule relating to public water systems operators (House Health and Human Resources)
SB 31: Department of Human Services rule relating to collection and exchange of data related to overdoses (House Health and Human Resources)
SB 60: Authorizing DOT to promulgate legislative rules (House Judiciary)
SB 142: Clarifying deadline to file annual report for companies authorized to do business in WV (House Government Organization)
SB 143: Creating WV Guardian Program (House Education)
SB 144: Requiring each county board to ensure that its meetings are open to public through in-person attendance and broadcast live on its website (House Judiciary)
SB 146: Creating adult education taskforce (House Education)
SB 147: Adding definition of “ammunition” for purposes of obtaining state license to carry concealed deadly weapon (House Judiciary)
SB 148: Establishing auto-renewal program for wildlife licenses (House Government Organization)
SB 149: Relating to municipalities required to be represented on county authority boards (House Political Subdivisions)
SB 150: Clarifying when magistrate vacancies shall be filled (House Judiciary)
SB 151: Clarifying terms and offense of human smuggling (House Judiciary)
SB 152: Displaying official US motto in public schools (House Education)
SB 154: Increasing penalties for drug possession and updating list of offenses (House Judiciary)
SB 155: Creating Violent Crime Prevention Act (House Judiciary)
SB 156: Requiring certain documents that contain wage records be considered confidential (Pending House introduction)
SB 157: Requiring one-year residency within district or county to fill vacancy in Legislature (House Judiciary)
SB 158: Enhancing penalties for fleeing officer (House Judiciary)
SB 159: Prohibiting persons convicted of certain crimes against minors from holding positions on boards of education (House Judiciary)
SB 160: Updating language and increasing penalties for indecent exposure (House Judiciary)
SB 162: Establishing Summer Feeding for All Program (House Education)
SB 163: Establishing aggravated felony offense of reckless driving resulting in death (House Judiciary)
SB 164: Relating generally to trespassing (House Judiciary)
SB 165: Creating pilot program for recovery residences in Cabell County (House Judiciary)
SB 166: Updating contested elections procedures (House Judiciary)
SB 168: Granting municipal fire marshal authority to assist law-enforcement officer (House Political Subdivisions)
SB 169: Allowing physician assistants to own practice (House Health and Human Resources)
SB 170: Relating to compensable diseases of certain firefighters covered by workers’ compensation (House Fire Departments and Emergency Medical Services)
SB 171: Prohibiting county commissions from adopting authorization that exceeds state law regarding agriculture operations (House Government Organization)
SB 172: Revising requirements of local school improvement councils (House Education)
SB 173: Modifying certain guidelines for motor vehicle dealers, distributors, wholesalers, and manufacturers (House Technology and Infrastructure)
SB 175: Updating offenses of extortion and attempted extortion (House Judiciary)
SB 176: Relating to permissible expenditures by Water Development Authority from Infrastructure Fund (House Finance)
SB 177: Protecting consumers against automatic renewals without consent (House Judiciary)
SB 178: Relating to dental health care service plans (House Banking and Insurance)
SB 179: Requiring sheriff to serve child abuse and neglect petitions (House Judiciary)
SB 217: Authorizing state and subdivisions to negotiate price for construction when all bids received exceed maximum budget (House Government Organization)
SB 219: Relating to Uniform Controlled Substances Act (House Judiciary)
SB 240: Increasing fees charged by sheriff (House Government Organization)
SB 262: Clarifying procedure for administrative dissolution of corporations by Secretary of State (House Government Organization)
SB 269: Excluding test strips from definition of drug paraphernalia (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
SB 280: Allowing teachers in public schools to discuss scientific theories (Pending House introduction)
SB 293: Creating the Glucagon for Schools Act (House Health and Human Resources)
SB 300: Relating to organization of Office of Inspector General (House Health and Human Resources)
SB 318: Modifying process of when parental rights are terminated (Pending House introduction)
SB 354: Relating to the WV Advanced Energy and Economic Corridor Authority (House Economic Development and Tourism)
SB 357: Permitting dental hygienist to perform tobacco cessation education (House Health and Human Resources)
SB 399: Creating crime of assault on a police dog (House Judiciary)
SB 400: Creating limited waiver from certificate of public convenience and necessity requirement for certain water or sewer services projects (House Technology and Infrastructure)
SB 426: WV Recreational Trails Development Act (Pending House introduction)
SB 428: Establishing appeals from administrative rulings are to be filed with Intermediate Court of Appeals (House Government Organization)
SB 429: WV Farm Use Vehicle Tag Placement Act (Pending House introduction)
SB 430: WV Rent-to-Own Act (House Government Organization)
SB 438: Modifying roster requirements of authorizing entities (House Government Organization)
SB 439: Authorizing certain 911 personnel to be members of Emergency Medical Services Retirement System under certain circumstances (House Pensions and Retirement)
SB 462: Updating definitions of certain terms used in Personal Income Tax Act (H Third Reading, 01-29)
SB 483: Amending Corporation Net Income Tax Act (H Third Reading, 01-29)
HB 4274: Renaming the Department of Health and Human Resources (Signed, 01-26)

Resolutions that Have Been Adopted by the Senate as of Friday, January 26, 2024 (10)

SCR 1: US Army PFC Leon Charles Trader Memorial Bridge (House Technology and Infrastructure)
SCR 2: US Army PFC John Henry Trail Memorial Bridge (House Technology and Infrastructure)
SCR 5: US Army 1LT Herschel Jarrell Memorial Road (House Technology and Infrastructure)
SCR 6: US Army SSG Orland Jackson “Tom” Meikles Memorial Road (House Technology and Infrastructure)
SCR 8: US Army Corporal Clemon Knapp Memorial Bridge (House Technology and Infrastructure)
SCR 12: US Army Private Raymond Lee Perkins Memorial Bridge (House Technology and Infrastructure)
SCR 15: Chief Edward “Eddie” Keesecker Memorial Bridge (House Technology and Infrastructure)
SCR 10: Urging WV congressional delegation support legislation authorizing county governments to sell FEMA property (House Government Organization)
SCR 16: Urging US Congress enact reforms to federal permitting policies to accelerate deployment of new energy infrastructure (Adopted, 01-24)
SCR 17: Reaffirming support of WV Legislature for State of Israel and Jewish people (Adopted, 01-24)

Action on House Bills in the Senate as of Friday, January 26, 2024 (23)

HB 4026: Authorizing the Department of Administration to promulgate a legislative rule relating to state owned vehicles (Judiciary)
HB 4190: Relating to the establishment of an alert system for missing cognitively impaired persons (Judiciary)
HB 4205: Relating to changing the process of election litigation (Pending Senate introduction)
HB 4252: Uniform Recognition and Enforcement of Canadian Domestic Violence Protective Orders Act (S First Reading, 01-29)
HB 4274: Renaming the Department of Health and Human Resources (Signed, 01-26)
HB 4302: Modifying the criminal penalties imposed on a parent, guardian or custodian for child abuse (Judiciary)
HB 4428: Requiring candidates to live in the state or local election district for the office for which they are seeking (Judiciary)
HB 4431: Permitting the cremation of unidentified remains (Health and Human Resources)
HB 4432: Relating to midlevel practitioners (Health and Human Resources)
HB 4433: Relating to exempting the acquisition and utilization of a mobile facility which performs mammography or low density computerized tomography (Health and Human Resources)
HB 4552: To ensure party affiliation is consistent with candidate’s voter registration (Judiciary)

HB 4594: Relating to extending managed care (Health and Human Resources)
HB 4595: Relating to the Legislative Oversight Commission on Health and Human Resources Accountability (Health and Human Resources)

HB 4620: Removing the expiration date from the food handler card (Health and Human Resources)
HB 4666: Relating to establishing criminal penalties for human trafficking (Judiciary)
HB 4683: Requiring parents or guardians to participate in programs for juveniles in an out-of-home placement (Judiciary)
HB 4756: Creating a state Alzheimer’s plan task force (Health and Human Resources)
HB 4759: Relating to E-Verify, the federal employment authorization program (Pending Senate introduction)
HB 4768: Relating to increasing the number of out-of-state medical students receiving in-state tuition rates who agree to practice for a specific time within West Virginia (Education)
HB 4769: Clarifying appropriate and inappropriate duties for school counselors while also providing the definition of a school counselor (Education)
HB 4793: Relating to moonshine (Government Organization)
HB 4814: Relating to extending the reporting and sunset dates of the State Advisory Council on Postsecondary Attainment Goals (Pending Senate introduction)
HB 4874: Relating to fatality and mortality review team (Health and Human Resources)

Bills that Have Completed Legislation as of Friday, January 26, 2024 (2 – 1 Senate; 1 House)

SB 269: Excluding test strips from definition of drug paraphernalia (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 4274: Renaming the Department of Health and Human Resources (Signed, 01-26)

Resolutions that Have Completed Legislation as of Friday, January 26, 2024 (4)

HCR 1: Raising a Joint Assembly to hear remarks of the Governor (Adopted, 01-10)
HCR 13: Commemorating the life of Marilyn Kay Parsons (Adopted, 01-11)
SCR 16: Urging US Congress enact reforms to federal permitting policies to accelerate deployment of new energy infrastructure (Adopted. 01-24)
SCR 17: Reaffirming support of WV Legislature for State of Israel and Jewish people (Adopted. 01-24)

Bills Signed by the Governor as of Friday, January 26, 2024 (1 – 1 House)

HB 4274: Renaming the Department of Health and Human Resources (Signed, 01-26)

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

Contact: Jacque Bland at (304) 357-7999

Member Press Release

This Week in the House of Delegates

January 27, 2024
Written by Cheyenne

For the week ending Jan. 26, 2024

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Members of the West Virginia House of Delegates voted to complete two bills this week.

The first, House Bill 4274, was a utilitarian measure signed into law by the governor Jan. 26. It will update the language throughout state code to reflect the newly divided Department of Health, Department of Human Services and Department of Health Facilities.

The second, Senate Bill 269, would expand a 2022 law that decriminalized testing strips for the drug fentanyl. All other testing strips used to identify controlled substances are still classified as “drug paraphernalia,” subject to a misdemeanor charge. This bill, now with the Governor for action, would exempt any drug test strips from that definition.

Deputy Speaker Matt Rohrbach, R-Cabell, serves as Chairman of the Committee on Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse. He explained the bill just before the vote, saying it would permit all test strips for deadly drugs without the Legislature revisiting the issue each time a new drug is developed.

“As we’ve seen, as time has gone, unfortunately, we’ve got fentanyl, now we’ve got carfentanil, now we’ve got xylazine,” he said.

The bill came from the Joint Committee on Health studying the issue during the interim committee process. It passed the full House by unanimous vote.

The West Virginia Senate has already introduced House Bill 4595, which also passed the House by unanimous vote this week. The bill would update the authority already given to the Legislative Oversight Commission on Health and Human Resources Accountability, which was created in 1995.

The measure would allow members of that committee to privately meet in executive session to confidentially investigate child abuse, nursing home abuse, IDD waiver, adult protective service matter, child protective services and hospital abuse.

Delegate Mike Pushkin, D-Kanawha, who serves as Minority Chairman of the House Health and Human Resources Committee, spoke in favor of the bill before the vote, saying it was “incredibly unfortunate that a bill like this is necessary.”

A total of 1,242 bills have been introduced in the House. The deadline for House bills to be introduced is Feb. 13. The 60-day, regular legislative session ends at midnight Saturday, March 9.

Contact: Ann Ali at (304) 340-3323

Member Press Release

Senate Calendar and Committee Schedule for Friday, January 26, 2024

January 25, 2024
Written by Cheyenne

Friday, January 26, 2024 – 17th Day of Session

The Senate will convene at 9 a.m.

THIRD READING

Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 318: Modifying process of when parental rights are terminated
Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 429: WV Farm Use Vehicle Tag Placement Act

SECOND READING

Com. Sub. for SB 36: Authorizing Department of Homeland Security to promulgate legislative rules
Com. Sub. for SB 196: WV Rail Trails Program
Com. Sub. for SB 222: Exempting WV veterans from certain fees and charges at state parks
Com. Sub. for SB 261: WV Veterans’ Home Loan Mortgage Program of 2024
SB 410: Requiring all state buildings provide private room for nursing or breastfeeding purposes
Com. Sub. for SB 445: Reducing certification periods and renewal fees for EMS personnel
Com. Sub. for SB 468: Requiring course in public schools on human development

FIRST READING

SB 189: Providing for substantial deference to state school superintendent’s interpretations of school laws
Com. Sub. for SB 451: Directing Prosecuting Attorneys Institute to make training available to certain new prosecuting attorneys
SB 461: Relating to county economic opportunity development districts

Scheduled Committee Meetings

10 a.m.: Workforce (208W)

SB 493: Relating to use of criminal records as disqualification from authorization to practice particular profession

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

Senate Bills to be Introduced Friday, January 26, 2024

SB 564: Tax credits for certain apprenticeship training (Jeffries; Economic Development then Finance)
SB 565: Authorizing application of manufacturing investment tax credit and manufacturing property tax adjustment credit against personal income tax (Jeffries; Economic Development then Finance)
SB 566: Establishing state Alzheimer’s plan (Takubo, Tarr; Health and Human Resources)
SB 567: Providing immunity for hospitals when police protection is not available (Taylor, Clements, Hamilton, Maynard, Stuart; Judiciary)
SB 568: Creating multi-tiered system for school absenteeism (Taylor, Azinger, Boley, Deeds, Grady, Hamilton, Hunt, Jeffries, Martin, Maynard, Oliverio, Phillips, Roberts, Smith, Stover, Stuart, Swope; Education then Judiciary)
SB 569: Relating to municipality road maintenance (Taylor; Transportation and Infrastructure)
SB 570: Creating statute of limitations on ethics complaints (Hunt; Government Organization)
SB 571: Creating WV Advanced Energy and Economic Corridor Authority Commission (FN) (Hamilton, Martin; Economic Development then Finance)
SB 572: Creating forensic pathology loan repayment program and forensic pathologist salary requirements (FN) (Takubo; Health and Human Resources then Finance)
SB 573: Removing restriction preventing edible medical marijuana (Woelfel, Plymale, Caputo; Judiciary)
SB 574: Supplemental appropriation bill (Blair, Woelfel; Finance) [By Request of the Executive]
SB 575: Assisted Reproduction Act (Health and Human Resources then Judiciary)
SB 576: Relating to reimbursement for child-care based upon enrollment (Health and Human Resources)
SB 577: Limiting landowner liability when land is used for recreational purposes (Outdoor Recreation then Judiciary)
SB 578: Clarifying definition of burglary (Trump, Woelfel; Judiciary)
SB 579: Cost-of-living adjustment for certain public employees and teachers (Woelfel, Caputo; Finance)
SB 580: Prohibition of warrantless entry on private lands (Rucker, Azinger, Chapman, Maynard, Smith; Agriculture and Natural Resources then Judiciary)
SR 13: Recognizing Myles Lumber Company of Randolph County, WV, as WV Outstanding Tree Farmer for 2023 (Karnes)
SR 14: Designating January 29, 2024, as Future Farmers of America Day (Smith)

* (FN) indicates the bill has a Fiscal Note

* (IB) indicates the bill is an Interim Bill

Committee Action on Bills from Thursday, January 25, 2024

10 a.m.: Government Organization

Com. Sub. for SB 402: Authorizing US Concealed Carry Association to provide concealed carry classes in WV
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Com. Sub. for SB 482: Relating generally to lobbying rules
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

SB 265: Increasing value at which municipal property must be sold through public auction
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Com. Sub. for SR 6: Honoring life of Edith Levy, Holocaust survivor
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it be adopted

10 a.m.: Education

SB 487: Requiring periodic review of professional development for teachers and education staff
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

SB 502: Allowing Teachers Retirement System members to exchange unused leave for monetary compensation
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

SB 503: Protecting belief-based student organizations from certain types of discrimination
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Judiciary

1 p.m.: Energy, Industry and Mining

SB 235: Applying penalties for nonpayment of royalties under terms of oil and natural gas leases
Bill referred to subcommittee – Queen (R-Harrison), Nelson (R-Kanawha), Caputo (D-Marion)

1 p.m.: Health and Human Resources

Com. Sub. for SB 313: Requiring doula services be covered and reimbursed by Medicaid and PEIA
Committee substitute, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it be adopted

Com. Sub. for SB 474: Creating critical incident review team
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it be adopted

Com. Sub. for SB 475: Relating to recovery residences
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it be adopted

3 p.m.: Judiciary

Com. Sub. for SB 477: Prohibiting public disclosure of personal information on internet
Committee substitute, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it be adopted

Com. Sub. for SB 320: Removing requirement for wineries to serve food when serving wine
Committee substitute, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it be adopted

HB 4252: Uniform Recognition and Enforcement of Canadian Domestic Violence Protective Orders Act
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it be adopted

Com. Sub. for SJR 5: Homestead Exemption for Disabled Veterans Amendment
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it be adopted; second reference to Finance

Bills that Have Passed the Senate as of Thursday, January 25, 2024 (57 – 56 Senate; 1 House)

SB 2: Authorizing DEP to promulgate rules (House Judiciary)
SB 17: Department of Health rule relating to public water systems operators (House Health and Human Resources)
SB 31: Department of Human Services rule relating to collection and exchange of data related to overdoses (House Health and Human Resources)
SB 60: Authorizing DOT to promulgate legislative rules (House Judiciary)
SB 142: Clarifying deadline to file annual report for companies authorized to do business in WV (House Government Organization)
SB 143: Creating WV Guardian Program (House Education)
SB 144: Requiring each county board to ensure that its meetings are open to public through in-person attendance and broadcast live on its website (House Judiciary)
SB 146: Creating adult education taskforce (House Education)
SB 147: Adding definition of “ammunition” for purposes of obtaining state license to carry concealed deadly weapon (House Judiciary)
SB 148: Establishing auto-renewal program for wildlife licenses (House Government Organization)
SB 149: Relating to municipalities required to be represented on county authority boards (House Political Subdivisions)
SB 150: Clarifying when magistrate vacancies shall be filled (House Judiciary)
SB 151: Clarifying terms and offense of human smuggling (House Judiciary)
SB 152: Displaying official US motto in public schools (House Education)
SB 154: Increasing penalties for drug possession and updating list of offenses (House Judiciary)
SB 155: Creating Violent Crime Prevention Act (House Judiciary)
SB 156: Requiring certain documents that contain wage records be considered confidential (Pending House introduction)
SB 157: Requiring one-year residency within district or county to fill vacancy in Legislature (House Judiciary)
SB 158: Enhancing penalties for fleeing officer (House Judiciary)
SB 159: Prohibiting persons convicted of certain crimes against minors from holding positions on boards of education (House Judiciary)
SB 160: Updating language and increasing penalties for indecent exposure (House Judiciary)
SB 162: Establishing Summer Feeding for All Program (House Education)
SB 163: Establishing aggravated felony offense of reckless driving resulting in death (House Judiciary)
SB 164: Relating generally to trespassing (House Judiciary)
SB 165: Creating pilot program for recovery residences in Cabell County (House Judiciary)
SB 166: Updating contested elections procedures (House Judiciary)
SB 168: Granting municipal fire marshal authority to assist law-enforcement officer (House Political Subdivisions)
SB 169: Allowing physician assistants to own practice (House Health and Human Resources)
SB 170: Relating to compensable diseases of certain firefighters covered by workers’ compensation (House Fire Departments and Emergency Medical Services)
SB 171: Prohibiting county commissions from adopting authorization that exceeds state law regarding agriculture operations (House Government Organization)
SB 172: Revising requirements of local school improvement councils (House Education)
SB 173: Modifying certain guidelines for motor vehicle dealers, distributors, wholesalers, and manufacturers (Pending House introduction)
SB 175: Updating offenses of extortion and attempted extortion (House Judiciary)
SB 176: Relating to permissible expenditures by Water Development Authority from Infrastructure Fund (House Finance)
SB 177: Protecting consumers against automatic renewals without consent (House Judiciary)
SB 178: Relating to dental health care service plans (House Banking and Insurance)
SB 179: Requiring sheriff to serve child abuse and neglect petitions (House Judiciary)
SB 217: Authorizing state and subdivisions to negotiate price for construction when all bids received exceed maximum budget (House Government Organization)
SB 219: Relating to Uniform Controlled Substances Act (House Judiciary)
SB 240: Increasing fees charged by sheriff (House Government Organization)
SB 262: Clarifying procedure for administrative dissolution of corporations by Secretary of State (Pending House introduction)
SB 269: Excluding test strips from definition of drug paraphernalia (H Third Reading, 01-26)
SB 280: Allowing teachers in public schools to discuss scientific theories (Pending House introduction)
SB 293: Creating the Glucagon for Schools Act (House Health and Human Resources)
SB 300: Relating to organization of Office of Inspector General (House Health and Human Resources)
SB 354: Relating to the WV Advanced Energy and Economic Corridor Authority (Pending House introduction)
SB 357: Permitting dental hygienist to perform tobacco cessation education (Pending House introduction)
SB 399: Creating crime of assault on a police dog (Pending House introduction)
SB 400: Creating limited waiver from certificate of public convenience and necessity requirement for certain water or sewer services projects (House Technology and Infrastructure)
SB 426: WV Recreational Trails Development Act (Pending House introduction)
SB 428: Establishing appeals from administrative rulings are to be filed with Intermediate Court of Appeals (Pending House introduction)
SB 430: WV Rent-to-Own Act (Pending House introduction)
SB 438: Modifying roster requirements of authorizing entities (House Government Organization)
SB 439: Authorizing certain 911 personnel to be members of Emergency Medical Services Retirement System under certain circumstances (House Pensions and Retirement)
SB 462: Updating definitions of certain terms used in Personal Income Tax Act (H Second Reading, 01-26)
SB 483: Amending Corporation Net Income Tax Act (H Second Reading, 01-26)
HB 4274: Renaming the Department of Health and Human Resources (Completed legislation; awaiting action by Governor)

Resolutions that Have Been Adopted by the Senate as of Thursday, January 25, 2024 (10)

SCR 1: US Army PFC Leon Charles Trader Memorial Bridge (House Technology and Infrastructure)
SCR 2: US Army PFC John Henry Trail Memorial Bridge (House Technology and Infrastructure)
SCR 5: US Army 1LT Herschel Jarrell Memorial Road (House Technology and Infrastructure)
SCR 6: US Army SSG Orland Jackson “Tom” Meikles Memorial Road (House Technology and Infrastructure)
SCR 8: US Army Corporal Clemon Knapp Memorial Bridge (House Technology and Infrastructure)
SCR 12: US Army Private Raymond Lee Perkins Memorial Bridge (House Technology and Infrastructure)
SCR 15: Chief Edward “Eddie” Keesecker Memorial Bridge (House Technology and Infrastructure)
SCR 10: Urging WV congressional delegation support legislation authorizing county governments to sell FEMA property (House Government Organization)
SCR 16: Urging US Congress enact reforms to federal permitting policies to accelerate deployment of new energy infrastructure (Adopted, 01-24)
SCR 17: Reaffirming support of WV Legislature for State of Israel and Jewish people (Adopted, 01-24)

Action on House Bills in the Senate as of Thursday, January 25, 2024 (20)

HB 4026: Authorizing the Department of Administration to promulgate a legislative rule relating to state owned vehicles (Judiciary)
HB 4190: Relating to the establishment of an alert system for missing cognitively impaired persons (Judiciary)
HB 4252: Uniform Recognition and Enforcement of Canadian Domestic Violence Protective Orders Act (Judiciary)
HB 4274: Renaming the Department of Health and Human Resources (Completed legislation; awaiting action by Governor)
HB 4302: Modifying the criminal penalties imposed on a parent, guardian or custodian for child abuse (Judiciary)
HB 4428: Requiring candidates to live in the state or local election district for the office for which they are seeking (Judiciary)
HB 4431: Permitting the cremation of unidentified remains (Health and Human Resources)
HB 4432: Relating to midlevel practitioners (Health and Human Resources)
HB 4433: Relating to exempting the acquisition and utilization of a mobile facility which performs mammography or low density computerized tomography (Health and Human Resources)
HB 4552: To ensure party affiliation is consistent with candidate’s voter registration (Judiciary)

HB 4594: Relating to extending managed care (Health and Human Resources)
HB 4595: Relating to the Legislative Oversight Commission on Health and Human Resources Accountability (Pending Senate introduction)

HB 4620: Removing the expiration date from the food handler card (Health and Human Resources)
HB 4666: Relating to establishing criminal penalties for human trafficking (Judiciary)
HB 4683: Requiring parents or guardians to participate in programs for juveniles in an out-of-home placement (Pending Senate introduction)
HB 4756: Creating a state Alzheimer’s plan task force (Pending Senate introduction)
HB 4768: Relating to increasing the number of out-of-state medical students receiving in-state tuition rates who agree to practice for a specific time within West Virginia (Pending Senate introduction)
HB 4769: Clarifying appropriate and inappropriate duties for school counselors while also providing the definition of a school counselor (Pending Senate introduction)
HB 4793: Relating to moonshine (Pending Senate introduction)
HB 4874: Relating to fatality and mortality review team (Health and Human Resources)

Bills that Have Completed Legislation as of Thursday, January 25, 2024 (1 – 1 House)

HB 4274: Renaming the Department of Health and Human Resources (Completed legislation; awaiting action by Governor)

Resolutions that Have Completed Legislation as of Thursday, January 25, 2024 (4)

HCR 1: Raising a Joint Assembly to hear remarks of the Governor (Adopted, 01-10)
HCR 13: Commemorating the life of Marilyn Kay Parsons (Adopted, 01-11)
SCR 16: Urging US Congress enact reforms to federal permitting policies to accelerate deployment of new energy infrastructure (Adopted. 01-24)
SCR 17: Reaffirming support of WV Legislature for State of Israel and Jewish people (Adopted. 01-24)

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Contact: Jacque Bland at (304) 357-7999

Member Press Release

Senate Calendar and Committee Schedule for Thursday, January 25, 2024

January 24, 2024
Written by Cheyenne

Thursday, January 25, 2024 – 16th Day of Session

The Senate will convene at 11 a.m.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

SR 11: Designating January 25, 2024, as Veterans Appreciation Day
SR 12: Recognizing January 21-January 27 as National School Choice Week

THIRD READING

Eng. SB 262: Clarifying procedure for administrative dissolution of corporations by Secretary of State
Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 354: Relating to the WV Advanced Energy and Economic Corridor Authority
Eng. SB 357: Permitting dental hygienist to perform tobacco cessation education
Eng. SB 428: Establishing appeals from administrative rulings are to be filed with Intermediate Court of Appeals
Eng. SB 430: WV Rent-to-Own Act

SECOND READING

Com. Sub. for SB 196: WV Rail Trails Program
Com. Sub. for SB 318: Modifying process of when parental rights are terminated
Com. Sub. for SB 429: WV Farm Use Vehicle Tag Placement Act
SB 448: Requiring age-appropriate instruction on Holocaust in public schools

FIRST READING

Com. Sub. for SB 36: Authorizing Department of Homeland Security to promulgate legislative rules
Com. Sub. for SB 222: Exempting WV veterans from certain fees and charges at state parks
Com. Sub. for SB 261: WV Veterans’ Home Loan Mortgage Program of 2024
Com. Sub. for SB 302: Authorizing child sexual abuse and sexual violence prevention program and in-service training in child sexual abuse prevention
Com. Sub. for SB 321: Limiting municipalities’ authority to restrict purchase and storage of weapons and ammunition
SB 410: Requiring all state buildings provide private room for nursing or breastfeeding purposes
Com. Sub. for SB 445: Reducing certification periods and renewal fees for EMS personnel
Com. Sub. for SB 468: Requiring course in public schools on human development

Scheduled Committee Meetings

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

SB 402: Authorizing US Concealed Carry Association to provide concealed carry classes in WV
Com. Sub. for SB 482: Relating generally to lobbying rules
SB 265: Increasing value at which municipal property must be sold through public auction
Com. Sub. for SR 6: Honoring life of Edith Levy, Holocaust survivor

10 a.m.: Education (451M)

Presentation: Dale Lee – WVEA Teacher Survey Results
SB 487: Requiring periodic review of professional development for teachers and education staff
SB 502: Allowing Teachers Retirement System members to exchange unused leave for monetary compensation
SB 503: Protecting belief-based student organizations from certain types of discrimination

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

SB 235: Applying penalties for nonpayment of royalties under terms of oil and natural gas leases

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

SB 313: Requiring doula services be covered and reimbursed by Medicaid and PEIA
SB 474: Creating critical incident review team
SB 475: Relating to recovery residences

3 p.m.: Judiciary (208W)

Com. Sub. for SB 477: Prohibiting public disclosure of personal information on internet
Com. Sub. for SB 392: Relating to admissibility of evidence regarding alleged victim’s prior sexual history
Com. Sub. for SB 320: Removing requirement for wineries to serve food when serving wine
HB 4252: Uniform Recognition and Enforcement of Canadian Domestic Violence Protective Orders Act

3 p.m.: Finance (451M)

Budget Presentation: West Virginia Parkways Authority
Budget Presentation: West Virginia Department of Transportation

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

Senate Bills to be Introduced Thursday, January 25, 2024

SB 544: Raising threshold for bid requirement of municipal public works projects (Jeffries, Grady, Hamilton, Nelson, Phillips, Smith, Swope, Takubo, Weld, Woelfel; Economic Development)
SB 545: Creating E-cigarette and E-cigarette Liquid Directory (Grady, Rucker, Takubo, Woodrum; Government Organization)
SB 546: Updating STEM (Grady; Education)
SB 547: Authorizing legislative rules for Higher Education Policy Commission (Grady; Education)
SB 548: WV Appellate Reorganization Act (Trump; Judiciary)
SB 549: Permitting State Tax Division investigators carry concealed weapons (Phillips, Jeffries, Smith; Government Organization)
SB 550: WV Public Employees Retirement Act (Phillips; Pensions then Finance)
SB 551: Modifying requirements related to levy of service fees (Nelson; Government Organization)
SB 552: Relating to consumers sales and service tax and use tax purchases and exemptions (Jeffries; Economic Development then Finance)
SB 553: Providing for religious exemptions of school attendance immunizations (Roberts, Azinger, Chapman, Hunt, Karnes, Martin, Maynard, Rucker, Smith, Stuart, Taylor; Health and Human Resources)
SB 554: Prohibiting certain persons from receiving compensation for advising or assisting with veterans benefits (Oliverio, Jeffries, Weld; Military then Judiciary)
SB 555: Eliminating state licensing of polygraph examiners (Oliverio; Government Organization)
SB 556: Relating to DNA data maintained for law-enforcement purposes (Oliverio, Deeds, Hunt, Rucker, Takubo, Tarr, Trump, Weld; Judiciary)
SB 557: Updating compensation for firefighters required to work holidays (Oliverio, Caputo; Government Organization)
SB 558: Requiring publicly funded medical schools to teach certain life-saving methods (Azinger; Education then Health and Human Resources)
SB 559: Permitting certain teenagers to work without obtaining work permit (Phillips; Workforce)
SB 560: Medical Ethics Defense Act (Maynard; Health and Human Resources then Judiciary)
SB 561: Reducing number of days required for certain educators to apply for full-time employment (Rucker;
Education then Finance)
SB 562: Expanding employment and training requirements necessary for SNAP benefits (Roberts, Azinger, Deeds, Hunt, Karnes, Martin, Oliverio, Swope; Workforce)
SB 563: Updating Center for Nursing to Office of Nursing Education and Workforce Development (Grady; Education then Health and Human Resources)

* (FN) indicates the bill has a Fiscal Note

* (IB) indicates the bill is an Interim Bill

Committee Action on Bills from Wednesday, January 24, 2024

10 a.m.: Agriculture and Natural Resources

SB 306: Equipment Right to Repair Act
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass.

1 p.m.: Economic Development

Com. Sub. for SB 188: Mountain Homes Act
Committee substitute, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance.

SB 461: Relating to county economic opportunity development districts
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass.

3 p.m.: Judiciary

Com. Sub. for SB 451: Requiring mandatory training for prosecutors by Prosecuting Attorneys Institute
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

SB 189: Providing for substantial deference to state school superintendent’s interpretations of school laws
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass.

Bills that Have Passed the Senate as of Wednesday, January 24, 2024 (52 – 51 Senate; 1 House)

SB 2: Authorizing DEP to promulgate rules (House Judiciary)
SB 17: Department of Health rule relating to public water systems operators (House Health and Human Resources)
SB 31: Department of Human Services rule relating to collection and exchange of data related to overdoses (House Health and Human Resources)
SB 60: Authorizing DOT to promulgate legislative rules (Pending House introduction)
SB 142: Clarifying deadline to file annual report for companies authorized to do business in WV (House Government Organization)
SB 143: Creating WV Guardian Program (House Education)
SB 144: Requiring each county board to ensure that its meetings are open to public through in-person attendance and broadcast live on its website (House Judiciary)
SB 146: Creating adult education taskforce (House Education)
SB 147: Adding definition of “ammunition” for purposes of obtaining state license to carry concealed deadly weapon (House Judiciary)
SB 148: Establishing auto-renewal program for wildlife licenses (House Government Organization)
SB 149: Relating to municipalities required to be represented on county authority boards (House Political Subdivisions)
SB 150: Clarifying when magistrate vacancies shall be filled (House Judiciary)
SB 151: Clarifying terms and offense of human smuggling (House Judiciary)
SB 152: Displaying official US motto in public schools (House Education)
SB 154: Increasing penalties for drug possession and updating list of offenses (House Judiciary)
SB 155: Creating Violent Crime Prevention Act (House Judiciary)
SB 156: Requiring certain documents that contain wage records be considered confidential (Pending House introduction)
SB 157: Requiring one-year residency within district or county to fill vacancy in Legislature (House Judiciary)
SB 158: Enhancing penalties for fleeing officer (House Judiciary)
SB 159: Prohibiting persons convicted of certain crimes against minors from holding positions on boards of education (House Judiciary)
SB 160: Updating language and increasing penalties for indecent exposure (House Judiciary)
SB 162: Establishing Summer Feeding for All Program (House Education)
SB 163: Establishing aggravated felony offense of reckless driving resulting in death (House Judiciary)
SB 164: Relating generally to trespassing (House Judiciary)
SB 165: Creating pilot program for recovery residences in Cabell County (House Judiciary)
SB 166: Updating contested elections procedures (House Judiciary)
SB 168: Granting municipal fire marshal authority to assist law-enforcement officer (House Political Subdivisions)
SB 169: Allowing physician assistants to own practice (House Health and Human Resources)
SB 170: Relating to compensable diseases of certain firefighters covered by workers’ compensation (House Fire Departments and Emergency Medical Services)
SB 171: Prohibiting county commissions from adopting authorization that exceeds state law regarding agriculture operations (Pending House introduction)
SB 172: Revising requirements of local school improvement councils (House Education)
SB 173: Modifying certain guidelines for motor vehicle dealers, distributors, wholesalers, and manufacturers (Pending House introduction)
SB 175: Updating offenses of extortion and attempted extortion (House Judiciary)
SB 176: Relating to permissible expenditures by Water Development Authority from Infrastructure Fund (House Finance)
SB 177: Protecting consumers against automatic renewals without consent (House Judiciary)
SB 178: Relating to dental health care service plans (House Banking and Insurance)
SB 179: Requiring sheriff to serve child abuse and neglect petitions (House Judiciary)
SB 217: Authorizing state and subdivisions to negotiate price for construction when all bids received exceed maximum budget (House Government Organization)
SB 219: Relating to Uniform Controlled Substances Act (House Judiciary)
SB 240: Increasing fees charged by sheriff (House Government Organization)
SB 269: Excluding test strips from definition of drug paraphernalia (H First Reading, 01-25)
SB 280: Allowing teachers in public schools to discuss scientific theories (Pending House introduction)
SB 293: Creating the Glucagon for Schools Act (House Health and Human Resources)
SB 300: Relating to organization of Office of Inspector General (Pending House introduction)
SB 399: Creating crime of assault on a police dog (Pending House introduction)
SB 400: Creating limited waiver from certificate of public convenience and necessity requirement for certain water or sewer services projects (Pending House introduction)
SB 426: WV Recreational Trails Development Act (Pending House introduction)
SB 438: Modifying roster requirements of authorizing entities (House Government Organization)
SB 439: Authorizing certain 911 personnel to be members of Emergency Medical Services Retirement System under certain circumstances (Pending House introduction)
SB 462: Updating definitions of certain terms used in Personal Income Tax Act (Pending House introduction)
SB 483: Amending Corporation Net Income Tax Act (Pending House introduction)
HB 4274: Renaming the Department of Health and Human Resources (Completed legislation; awaiting action by Governor)

Resolutions that Have Been Adopted by the Senate as of Wednesday, January 24, 2024 (10)

SCR 1: US Army PFC Leon Charles Trader Memorial Bridge (Pending House introduction)
SCR 2: US Army PFC John Henry Trail Memorial Bridge (Pending House introduction)
SCR 5: US Army 1LT Herschel Jarrell Memorial Road (Pending House introduction)
SCR 6: US Army SSG Orland Jackson “Tom” Meikles Memorial Road (Pending House introduction)
SCR 8: US Army Corporal Clemon Knapp Memorial Bridge (Pending House introduction)
SCR 12: US Army Private Raymond Lee Perkins Memorial Bridge (Pending House introduction)
SCR 15: Chief Edward “Eddie” Keesecker Memorial Bridge (Pending House introduction)
SCR 10: Urging WV congressional delegation support legislation authorizing county governments to sell FEMA property (House Government Organization)
SCR 16: Urging US Congress enact reforms to federal permitting policies to accelerate deployment of new energy infrastructure (Adopted, 01-24)
SCR 17: Reaffirming support of WV Legislature for State of Israel and Jewish people (Adopted, 01-24)

Action on House Bills in the Senate as of Wednesday, January 24, 2024 (18)

HB 4026: Authorizing the Department of Administration to promulgate a legislative rule relating to state owned vehicles (Pending Senate introduction)
HB 4190: Relating to the establishment of an alert system for missing cognitively impaired persons (Judiciary)
HB 4252: Uniform Recognition and Enforcement of Canadian Domestic Violence Protective Orders Act (Judiciary)
HB 4274: Renaming the Department of Health and Human Resources (Completed legislation; awaiting action by Governor)
HB 4302: Modifying the criminal penalties imposed on a parent, guardian or custodian for child abuse (Judiciary)
HB 4428: Requiring candidates to live in the state or local election district for the office for which they are seeking (Judiciary)
HB 4431: Permitting the cremation of unidentified remains (Health and Human Resources)
HB 4432: Relating to midlevel practitioners (Health and Human Resources)
HB 4433: Relating to exempting the acquisition and utilization of a mobile facility which performs mammography or low density computerized tomography (Health and Human Resources)
HB 4552: To ensure party affiliation is consistent with candidate’s voter registration (Judiciary)
HB 4594: Relating to extending managed care (Health and Human Resources)

HB 4620: Removing the expiration date from the food handler card (Pending Senate introduction)
HB 4666: Relating to establishing criminal penalties for human trafficking (Pending Senate introduction)
HB 4683: Requiring parents or guardians to participate in programs for juveniles in an out-of-home placement (Pending Senate introduction)
HB 4768: Relating to increasing the number of out-of-state medical students receiving in-state tuition rates who agree to practice for a specific time within West Virginia (Pending Senate introduction)
HB 4769: Clarifying appropriate and inappropriate duties for school counselors while also providing the definition of a school counselor (Pending Senate introduction)
HB 4793: Relating to moonshine (Pending Senate introduction)
HB 4874: Relating to fatality and mortality review team (Pending Senate introduction)

Bills that Have Completed Legislation as of Wednesday, January 24, 2024 (1 – 1 House)

HB 4274: Renaming the Department of Health and Human Resources (Completed legislation; awaiting action by Governor)

Resolutions that Have Completed Legislation as of Wednesday, January 24, 2024 (4)

HCR 1: Raising a Joint Assembly to hear remarks of the Governor (Adopted, 01-10)
HCR 13: Commemorating the life of Marilyn Kay Parsons (Adopted, 01-11)
SCR 16: Urging US Congress enact reforms to federal permitting policies to accelerate deployment of new energy infrastructure (Adopted. 01-24)
SCR 17: Reaffirming support of WV Legislature for State of Israel and Jewish people (Adopted. 01-24)

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

Contact: Jacque Bland at (304) 357-7999