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

January 24, 2024
in Member Press Release

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.

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