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1st Session of the 87th Legislature

Senate Calendar and Committee Schedule for Friday, January 21, 2022

Friday, January 21, 2022 – 10th Day of Session

The Senate will convene at 9 a.m.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

  • SR 12: Designating January 22, 2022, as Day of Tears in WV

THIRD READING

  • Eng. SB 253: Relating to voting precincts and redistricting – (Com. title amend. pending)

SECOND READING

  • Com. Sub. for SB 44: Requiring State Fire Commission propose rules for sprinkler protection for certain new buildings
  • SB 60: Allowing BOE create and provide course in family and consumer sciences in secondary schools
  • SB 213: Establishing licensed professional counseling compact
  • SB 214: Updating telepsychology compact
  • Com. Sub. for SB 229: Requiring impact statement in certain instances of school closing or consolidation

FIRST READING

  • SB 4: Repealing ban on construction of nuclear power plants
  • Com. Sub. for SB 221: Establishing occupational therapy compact

Scheduled Committee Meetings

There are no Committee meetings scheduled for Friday, January 21, 2022.

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

Senate Bills to be Introduced Friday, January 21, 2022

  • SB 459: Modifying definition of “sexual contact” (Weld; Judiciary)
  • SB 460: Relating generally to air pollution control (Sypolt, Smith; Finance)
  • SB 461: Removing statutory limit for Environmental Laboratory Certification Fund (FN) (Phillips, Smith; Energy, Industry, and Mining then Finance)
  • SB 462: Changing fees for permitting actions related to coal mining (FN) (Phillips, Smith; Energy, Industry, and Mining then Finance)
  • SB 463: Best Interests of Child Protection Act of 2022 (Smith; Judiciary)
  • SB 464: Including independent contractors within definition of employee (Geffert, Baldwin, Beach, Brown, Caputo, Hamilton, Jeffries, Lindsay, Romano, Stollings, Woelfel; Workforce then Judiciary)
  • SCR 16: William Gregory “Greg” White, P.E., Memorial Bridge (Nelson, Grady, Jeffries, Lindsay, Takubo)
  • SCR 17: US Air Force 167th Airlift Wing Firefighter/SSgt Logan A. Young Memorial Bridge (Trump, Blair, Rucker, Geffert)

* (FN) indicates the bill has a Fiscal Note

* (IB) indicates the bill is an Interim Bill

Committee Action on Bills from Thursday, January 20, 2022

9:30 a.m.: Finance

  • SB 1: Creating Mining Mutual Insurance Company
  • Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass
  • SB 262: Relating generally to financial institutions engaged in boycotts of energy companies
  • Committee substitute, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

2 p.m.: Education

  • Com. Sub. for SB 246: Requiring newly constructed public schools and public schools with major improvements to have water bottle filling stations
  • Committee substitute, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass
  • Com. Sub. for SB 261: Requiring video cameras in certain special education classrooms
  • Committee substitute, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

2 p.m.: Government Organization

  • Com. Sub. for SB 417: Relating to authorized expenditures of revenues from certain state funds for fire departments
  • Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance
  • SB 436: Correcting code citation for authority of State Fire Marshal
  • Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

3 p.m.: Judiciary

  • Com. Sub. for SB 437: Providing for early discharge of parolees
  • Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass
  • SB 427: Permitting WV Board of Medicine investigators to carry concealed weapon
  • Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Bills that Have Passed the Senate as of Thursday, January 20, 2022 (19)

  • SB 8: Relating generally to state’s savings and investment programs (H Third Reading, 01-21)
  • SB 9: Providing continued eligibility for developmental disability services to dependents of military members (House Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security)
  • SB 10: Relating to WVU Rifle Team electronic application donation program (House Agriculture and Natural Resources)
  • SB 22: Relating to exempting certain organizations from property taxation (House Education)
  • SB 40: Prohibiting insurance coverage from requiring prior authorization for tests to stage cancer (House Health and Human Resources)
  • SB 77: Allowing certain veterans park free at metered parking in any state municipality (House Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security)
  • SB 91: Creating “Choose Life” special registration plate supporting adoption (House Technology and Infrastructure)
  • SB 98: Creating nonresident three-day fishing license (House Agriculture and Natural Resources)
  • SB 99: Continuing authority to index license and stamp fees (Pending House introduction)
  • SB 121: Prohibiting person criminally responsible for another’s death to participate in burial arrangements (House Judiciary)
  • SB 129: Making it unlawful for public utility to prohibit customers from hiring contractors to construct, install, or maintain connections to public utility (House Technology and Infrastructure)
  • SB 135: Relating to acquisition and disposition of property by urban development authority (House Judiciary)
  • SB 136: Updating language regarding Fairmont State alumni license plates (House Technology and Infrastructure)
  • SB 141: Modifying requirement that racetrack participate in WV Thoroughbred Development Fund by certain date (House Finance)
  • SB 170: Providing WV veterans discounts on fees and charges at state parks (House Agriculture and Natural Resources)
  • SB 172: Increasing compensation of elected county officials (House Government Organization)
  • SB 191: Allowing poll workers to work full and half days (H First Reading, 01-21)
  • SB 228: Providing tuition and fee waivers at state higher education institutions for volunteers who have completed service in AmeriCorps programs in WV (House Education)
  • SB 244: Relating to appointment of judges to Intermediate Court of Appeals (Pending House introduction)

Resolutions Adopted by the Senate as of Thursday, January 20, 2022 (4)

  • SCR 1: US Army PFC Billy Keith Ford Memorial Bridge (Pending House introduction)
  • SCR 3: USMC CAPT Dempsey Stowers Memorial Bridge (Pending House introduction)
  • SCR 5: US Marine Corps CPL James “Bud” Cox Memorial Bridge (Pending House introduction)
  • SCR 6: Holden 22 Coal Miners Memorial Bridge (Pending House introduction)

House Bills Pending in the Senate as of Thursday, January 20, 2022 (2)

  • HB 4059: Clarifying that new Department of Health and Human Resources’ Deputy Commissioners are exempt from civil service (Health and Human Resources)
  • HB 4060: Repealing outdated sections of code relating to health (Health and Human Resources)

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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