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West Virginia Legislature

1st Session of the 87th Legislature

Senate Calendar and Committee Schedule for Friday, February 3, 2023

Friday, February 3, 2023 – 24th Day of Session

The Senate will convene at 9 a.m.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

  • SR 23: Designating February 3, 2023, as WV Homeschool Day at Legislature

THIRD READING

  • Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 205: Relating to registration plates
  • Eng. SB 275: Adding State Fire Marshals to statute included with law enforcement and first responders that receive information on school safety requirements
  • Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 294: Clarifying amount of deputy sheriff annual salary increase
  • Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 345: Authorizing Department of Revenue to promulgate legislative rules
  • Eng. SB 457: Removing certain activities Alcohol Beverage Control Commission licensee is prohibited to permit on private club premises
  • Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 461: Relating to WV public employees grievance procedure
  • Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 472: Creating criminal offense of indecent exposure in front of minors
  • Eng. HB 2564: Repeal of administrative hearing procedures for DUI offenses
  • Eng. HB 2776: Updating meaning of federal adjusted gross income and certain other terms used in West Virginia Personal Income Tax Act
  • Eng. HB 2777: Updating federal taxable income and other terms in the West Virginia Corporation Net Income Tax Act

SECOND READING

  • Com. Sub. for SB 232: Creating study group to make recommendations regarding diversion of persons with disabilities from criminal justice system
  • SB 296: Uniform Public Meetings During Emergencies Act
  • Com. Sub. for SB 463: Increasing validity of CDL instruction permit
  • Eng. HB 2835: Repeal outdated provisions of code relating to the West Virginia graduate college and Marshall University

FIRST READING

  • Com. Sub. for SB 50: Requiring one-year residency within district or county to fill vacancy in Legislature
  • Com. Sub. for SB 247: Making administrative appeals and judicial review of board action subject to provisions of Administrative Procedures Act
  • Com. Sub. for SB 361: Authorizing miscellaneous boards and agencies to promulgate legislative rules
  • SB 449: Updating terms for Natural Resources Police Officers Retirement System and retirement systems for charter schools
  • Com. Sub. for SB 451: Relating to Teachers Retirement System and Teachers’ Defined Contribution Retirement System
  • Com. Sub. for SB 475: Modifying examinations for disability pensions

Scheduled Committee Meetings

10 a.m.: Workforce (208W)

  • Presentation: Title V Senior Employment – Robert E. Roswall, Commissioner, WV Bureau of Senior Services

11:30 a.m.: Judiciary (208W)

  • Reports by Subcommittees
  • Referrals to Subcommittees
  • Com. Sub. for SB 495: Providing correctional institutions and juvenile facilities video and audio records be confidential

11:30 a.m.: Finance (451M)

  • Hearing: Coronavirus Relief Fund Transfer
  • Budget Hearing: Supplemental and Surplus Appropriations

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

Senate Bills to be Introduced Friday, February 3, 2023

  • SB 553: Allowing for evaluation of prequalified bidders to be based on best value (Swope; Government Organization)
  • SB 554: Exempting purchases made by Auditor and WV Enterprise Resource Planning Board from certain provisions of WV code (Weld; Government Organization)
  • SB 555: Prohibiting banks and payment networks from tracking firearm-related data and outlining penalties (Weld; Banking and Insurance then Finance)
  • SB 556: Allowing sheriffs to collect additional funds for performing certain tasks (Weld; Government Organization)
  • SB 557: Providing that pharmacy may decline to dispense prescription drug where reimbursement is less than pharmacy’s cost (Maroney; Health and Human Resources)
  • SB 558: Prohibiting law enforcement agencies from posting booking photographs of certain criminal defendants on social media (Weld; Judiciary)
  • SB 559: Relating to spousal privilege (Trump; Judiciary)
  • SB 560: Limiting recovery on claims for abuse to secure financial solvency of public and private school system (Trump, Queen; Judiciary)
  • SB 561: Relating to administration of WV Drinking Water Treatment Revolving Fund Act (FN) (Jeffries; Agriculture and Natural Resources then Finance)
  • SB 562: Relating to operation of private trust companies in WV (Jeffries, Barrett, Oliverio, Weld; Banking and Insurance)
  • SR 24: Designating February 6, 2023, as Domestic Violence Awareness Day in WV (Weld, Rucker)

* (FN) indicates the bill has a Fiscal Note

* (IB) indicates the bill is an Interim Bill

Committee Action on Bills from Thursday, February 2, 2023

9 a.m.: Government Organization

  • Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for SB 419: Amending professions and occupations licensure provisions for individuals with military training
  • Committee substitute for the committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass
  • Com. Sub. for SB 436: Relating to prompt payment of legitimate, uncontested invoices by state agencies
  • Committee substitute, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance
  • SB 465: Increasing limit on moneys placed in county’s rainy day fund
  • Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass
  • Com. Sub. for SB 300: Relating to law-enforcement training and certification
  • Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass
  • Com. Sub. for SB 176: Allowing Tax Commissioner to process certain early refunds
  • Bill removed from agenda
  • Com. Sub. for SB 514: Clarifying procedure for administrative dissolution of corporations by Secretary of State
  • Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass
  • Com. Sub. for SB 295: Extending time that prescription for spectacles or contact lenses remains valid
  • Committee substitute, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

9 a.m.: Education

  • SB 216: Requiring all schools to instruct students on Holocaust and other genocides
  • Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass
  • SB 489: Requiring BOE provide free feminine hygiene products in grades six through 12
  • Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass
  • HB 2800: All relating to authorizing legislative rules regarding higher education
  • Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

1 p.m.: Energy, Industry and Mining

  • SB 13: Establishing annual oversight fee for wells producing more than 10,000 cubic feet of gas per day
  • Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

1 p.m.: Health and Human Resources

  • Com. Sub. for SB 266: Relating to tobacco usage restrictions
  • Committee substitute, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance
  • Com. Sub. for SB 267: Updating law regarding prior authorizations
  • Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

2 p.m.: Judiciary Subcommittee A – Criminal Law

  • Com. Sub. for SB 49: Establishing criminal offense for being under influence of controlled substance unless specifically prescribed
  • Committee substitute reported to the full Judiciary committee for consideration with the recommendation it do pass
  • Com. Sub. for SB 123: Creating enhanced penalties for fleeing officer
  • Committee substitute reported to the full Judiciary committee for consideration with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance
  • Com. Sub. for SB 187: Creating new criminal offenses of sexual contact, intrusion, or abuse of students by school employee
  • Committee substitute reported to the full Judiciary committee for consideration with the recommendation it do pass
  • Com. Sub. for SB 532: Creating new crime of soliciting minor
  • Committee substitute reported to the full Judiciary committee for consideration with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

3:15 p.m.: Judiciary

  • Com. Sub. for SB 299: Creating new misdemeanor offense of unlawful entry, occupation or retention of real property
  • Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass
  • SB 498: Relating to employee jury service tax credit
  • Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Bills that Have Passed the Senate as of Thursday, February 2, 2023 (83 – 78 Senate; 5 House)

House Bills and Resolutions Pending in the Senate as of Thursday, February 2, 2023 (29 Bills; 2 Resolutions)

  • HB 2018: Permitting the managed care case coordinator to attend the multidisciplinary team meeting (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
  • HB 2029: Repealing the creation of an all-payer claims database (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
  • HB 2113: Modifying the criminal penalties imposed on a parent, guardian or custodian for child abuse (Judiciary)
  • HB 2221: Relating to bankruptcy (Judiciary)
  • HB 2310: Provide the Division of Motor Vehicles authority to develop an “Antique Fleet” program so that multiple antique motor vehicles may utilize a single registration plate (Transportation and Infrastructure)
  • HB 2412: Declaring November 14 every year, a special Memorial Day in remembrance of the Marshall University airplane crash (Government Organization)
  • HB 2436: Relating to the implementation of an acuity-based patient classification system (Health and Human Resources)
  • HB 2506: Creating a title clearinghouse for non-resident businesses (Completed legislation; awaiting action by Governor)
  • HB 2509: Creating the Uniform Premarital Agreement Act (Judiciary)
  • HB 2526: Relating to reducing the personal income tax (Finance)
  • HB 2530: Relating to the extension of the expiration of temporary registration plates from sixty days to ninety days (Passed Senate; pending House concurrence to Senate amendments)
  • HB 2531: Requiring cooperation between the rail company and the Division of Highways when construction or maintenance activities are conducted by the company (Transportation and Infrastructure)
  • HB 2533: Relating to a permanent windshield placard to be valid for the duration of the applicant’s life (Passed Senate; pending House concurrence to Senate amendments)
  • HB 2564: Repeal of administrative hearing procedures for DUI offenses (S Third Reading, 02-03)
  • HB 2569: Establishing the Motorsport Responsibility Act (Outdoor Recreation)
  • HB 2596: To modify when a nonresident student’s transfer may be denied (Education)
  • HB 2597: Amending performance evaluations of professional personnel (Education)
  • HB 2602: Reestablishing certain specialized school service personnel classifications (Education)
  • HB 2613: Relating to the administration of anesthetics (Health and Human Resources)
  • HB 2754: Relating to immunizations performed in a pharmacy (Health and Human Resources)
  • HB 2757: Relating to expanding institutional eligibility for the WV Invests Grant Program (Education)
  • HB 2776: Updating meaning of federal adjusted gross income and certain other terms used in West Virginia Personal Income Tax Act (S Third Reading, 02-03)
  • HB 2777: Updating federal taxable income and other terms in the West Virginia Corporation Net Income Tax Act (S Third Reading, 02-03)
  • HB 2800: All relating to authorizing legislative rules regarding higher education (Education)
  • HB 2835: Repeal outdated provisions of code relating to the West Virginia graduate college and Marshall University (S Second Reading, 02-03)
  • HB 2850: Relating to students with exceptional needs (Education)
  • HB 2870: Correcting a reference relating to siting certificates for certain electric generating facilities (Energy, Industry and Mining)
  • HB 2890: Modifying student discipline (Education)
  • HB 3061: Relating to updating the authority of the Foster Care Ombudsman (Health and Human Resources)
  • HCR 11: Relating to Higher Education Consortium for Emerging Energy Technologies (Education)
  • HCR 13: Make 2nd week of February of every year a week of recognition of the Boy Scouts of America (Outdoor Recreation)

Bills that Have Completed Legislation as of Thursday, February 2, 2023 (10 – 7 Senate; 3 House)

  • SB 83: Authorizing tactical medical professionals to carry firearms (Completed legislation; awaiting action by Governor)
  • SB 132: Clarifying criminal offense of harassment (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
  • SB 143: Relating to Adopt-A-Stream Program (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
  • SB 161: Authorizing DNR to manage and dispose of property (Signed, 01-24)
  • SB 162: Authorizing director of DNR to lease state-owned pore spaces in certain areas for carbon sequestration (Signed, 01-24)
  • SB 207: Relating to state allocation of funding to regional councils (Completed legislation; awaiting action by Governor)
  • SB 231: Transferring administration of WV Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Matching Funds Program to Department of Economic Development (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
  • HB 2018: Permitting the managed care case coordinator to attend the multidisciplinary team meeting (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
  • HB 2029: Repealing the creation of an all-payer claims database (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
  • HB 2506: Creating a title clearinghouse for non-resident businesses (Completed legislation; awaiting action by Governor)

Bills Signed by the Governor as of Thursday, February 2, 2023 (2 – 2 Senate)

  • SB 161: Authorizing DNR to manage and dispose of property (Signed, 01-24)
  • SB 162: Authorizing director of DNR to lease state-owned pore spaces in certain areas for carbon sequestration (Signed, 01-24)

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

All Senate Committee meetings and floor sessions are available for both live streaming and to watch again in our archives. The link to the Senate’s archived video page can be found here:http://sg001-harmony.sliq.net/00289/Harmony/en/View/UpcomingEvents.

Contact: Jacque Bland at (304) 357-7999

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