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West Virginia Legislature

1st Session of the 87th Legislature

Senate Calendar and Committee Schedule for Monday, January 22, 2024

Monday, January 22, 2024 – 13th Day of Session

The Senate will convene at 11 a.m.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

  • SCR 18: Stanley W. and Evelyn C. See Memorial Bridge
  • SCR 19: US Army PFC Henry W. Baldwin Memorial Bridge

THIRD READING

  • Eng. SB 219: Relating to Uniform Controlled Substances Act

SECOND READING

  • Com. Sub. for SB 17: Department of Health rule relating to public water systems operators
  • Com. Sub. for SB 31: Department of Human Services rule relating to collection and exchange of data related to overdoses
  • Com. Sub. for SB 60: Authorizing DOT to promulgate legislative rules
  • Com. Sub. for SB 152: Displaying official US motto in public schools
  • Com. Sub. for SB 217: Authorizing state and subdivisions to negotiate price for construction when all bids received exceed maximum budget
  • SB 240: Increasing fees charged by sheriff
  • SB 264: Reducing rates for legal advertising
  • Com. Sub. for SB 269: Excluding test strips from definition of drug paraphernalia
  • Com. Sub. for SB 280: Allowing teachers in public schools to discuss scientific theories
  • Com. Sub. for SB 293: Creating the Glucagon for Schools Act
  • Com. Sub. for SB 300: Relating to organization of Office of Inspector General
  • SB 438: Modifying roster requirements of authorizing entities

FIRST READING

  • Com. Sub. for SB 354: Relating to the WV Advanced Energy and Economic Corridor Authority
  • Com. Sub. for SB 399: Creating crime of assault on a police dog
  • Com. Sub. for SB 400: Creating limited waiver from certificate of public convenience and necessity requirement for certain water or sewer services projects
  • SB 426: WV Recreational Trails Development Act
  • SB 439: Authorizing certain 911 personnel to be members of Emergency Medical Services Retirement System under certain circumstances
  • SB 462: Updating definitions of certain terms used in Personal Income Tax Act
  • SB 483: Amending Corporation Net Income Tax Act

Scheduled Committee Meetings

1 p.m.: Military (208W)

  • 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 298: Providing tax credit to certain disabled veterans for lifetime hunting, trapping, and fishing license

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

  • SB 332: Relating to roadable aircraft on WV Highways
  • Com. Sub. for SB 429: WV Farm Use Vehicle Tag Placement Act
  • Com. Sub. SB 436: Relating to prohibition of certain additives in diesel fuel
  • Senate Concurrent Resolutions
  • Sub. for SCR 1: Leon Charles Trader Memorial Bridge
  • SCR 2: US Army PFC John Henry Trail Memorial Bridge
  • Sub. for SCR 5: US Army 1LT Hershel Jarrell Memorial Road
  • Sub. for SCR 6: Orland Jackson “Tom” Meikles Memorial Bridge
  • Sub. for SCR 12: US Army PVT Raymond Lee Perkins Memorial Bridge
  • SCR 15: Chief Edward “Eddie” Keesecker Memorial Bridge

3 p.m.: Judiciary (208W)

  • Com. Sub. for SB 392: Relating to admissibility of evidence regarding alleged victim’s prior sexual history
  • Com. Sub. for SB 318: Modifying process of when parental rights are terminated

3 p.m.: Finance (451M)

  • Budget Presentation: West Virginia Department of Commerce
  • Budget Presentation: West Virginia Department of Economic Development
  • Budget Presentation: West Virginia Department of Tourism

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

Senate Bills to be Introduced Monday, January 22, 2024

  • SB 495: Prohibiting racial discrimination based on certain hair textures and hairstyles (Trump; Judiciary)
  • SB 496: Prohibiting racial discrimination based on certain hair textures and hairstyles (Caputo; Judiciary)
  • SB 497: Prohibiting rent control (Chapman; Government Organization)
  • SB 498: Correlating medical personal needs allowance with state poverty index (Chapman; Health and Human Resources then Finance)
  • SB 499: Permitting care of patient by telemedicine across state lines (Chapman; Health and Human Resources)
  • SB 500: Telephone Consumer Protection Act (Weld, Caputo, Deeds, Hamilton, Rucker, Stover, Takubo, Taylor, Woodrum; Judiciary)
  • SB 501: Relating to cruelty to animals (Weld; Judiciary)
  • SB 502: Providing cash bonus in exchange for unused personal leave days (Oliverio, Boley, Grady, Martin, Weld; Education then Finance)
  • SB 503: Protection of belief-based student organizations (Grady; Education then Judiciary)
  • SB 504: Prohibiting sexual intercourse, sexual intrusion or sexual contact against students by school employees (Clements, Grady; Judiciary)
  • SB 505: Parents’ Bill of Rights (Maynard; Judiciary)
  • SB 506: Eliminating restriction to carry firearm on State Capitol Complex grounds (Maynard; Judiciary)
  • SB 507: Relating to repeal of WV EDGE (Grady; Education)
  • SJR 6: Incorporation of Churches or Religious Denominations Amendment (Roberts, Azinger, Barrett, Boley, Chapman, Deeds, Jeffries, Martin, Maynard, Nelson, Oliverio, Phillips, Queen, Rucker, Smith, Stover, Stuart, Swope, Takubo, Tarr, Weld; Judiciary then Finance)
  • SJR 7: Proposed amendment that only citizens of the state and US are qualified to vote (Blair; Judiciary then Finance)
  • SR 7: Designating January 22, 2024 as WV Tourism day (Blair, Barrett, Caputo, Jeffries, Maynard, Phillips, Queen, Swope, Takubo, Trump, Woodrum)

* (FN) indicates the bill has a Fiscal Note

* (IB) indicates the bill is an Interim Bill

Bills that Have Passed the Senate as of Friday, January 19, 2024 (34 – 33 Senate; 1 House)

  • SB 2: Authorizing DEP to promulgate 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 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)
  • HB 4274: Renaming the Department of Health and Human Resources (Passed Senate; Pending House concurrence to Senate amendments)

Resolutions that Have Been Adopted by the Senate as of Friday, January 19, 2024 (3)

  • 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 (House Rules)
  • SCR 17: Reaffirming support of WV Legislature for State of Israel and Jewish people (House Rules)

Action on House Bills in the Senate as of Friday, January 19, 2024 (4)

  • HB 4190: Relating to the establishment of an alert system for missing cognitively impaired persons (Pending Senate introduction)
  • HB 4252: Uniform Recognition and Enforcement of Canadian Domestic Violence Protective Orders Act (Pending Senate introduction)
  • HB 4274: Renaming the Department of Health and Human Resources (Passed Senate; Pending House concurrence to Senate amendments)
  • HB 4433: Relating to exempting the acquisition and utilization of a mobile facility which performs mammography or low density computerized tomography (Pending Senate introduction)

Resolutions that Have Completed Legislation as of Friday, January 19, 2024 (2)

  • 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)

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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