Senate Calendar and Committee Schedule for Thursday, March 3, 2022
Thursday, March 3, 2022 – 51st Day of Session
The Senate will convene at 11 a.m.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
- SCR 49: Establishing Honor Guard in each National Guard unit
- SR 47: Memorializing life of Honorable Joseph Michael Minard
- HCR 23: Requesting the Division of Highways to place at least 10 additional signs along highways entering West Virginia honoring fallen veterans and Gold Star Families
SECOND READING
- Com. Sub. for SB 250: Budget Bill
FIRST READING
- SB 715: Decreasing and increasing existing items of appropriations from State Fund, General Revenue (original similar to HB 4836)
- SB 716: Supplemental appropriation to DOE, WV BOE, Strategic Staff Development (original similar to HB 4839)
- SB 717: Supplemental appropriation to Miscellaneous Boards and Commissions, Board of Medicine, Medical Licensing Board (original similar to HB 4832)
- SB 718: Supplemental appropriation to Department of Administration, Travel Management, Aviation Fund (original similar to HB 4831)
- SB 719: Supplemental appropriation to DHS, Fire Commission, Fire Marshal Fees (original similar to HB 4838)
- SB 720: Supplementing and amending appropriations to Executive, Governor’s Office, Civil Contingent Fund (original similar to HB 4837)
- SB 722: Expiring funds to DEP, Division of Environmental Protection, Reclamation of Abandoned and Dilapidated Property Program Fund (original similar to HB 4833)
- SB 723: Making supplementary appropriation to Department of Agriculture, WV Spay Neuter Assistance Fund (original similar to HB 4835)
- SB 724: Making supplementary appropriation to DHS, Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Authority (original similar to HB 4834)
- SB 725: Supplementing and amending appropriations to DHS, WV State Police (original similar to HB 4830)
- Eng. HB 2817: Donated Drug Repository Program – (Com. amend. pending)
- Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4065: Allowing the Division of Natural Resources to teach hunter’s safety courses in school – (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
- Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4282: Relating to establishing next generation 911 services in this state
- Eng. HB 4286: Relating to exempting persons employed as attorneys from the civil service system
- Eng. HB 4291: Relating to authorizing legislative rules regarding higher education
- Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4324: To update collaborative pharmacy practice agreements – (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
- Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4345: Relating to motor vehicle registration cards by establishing electronic or mobile registration cards
- Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4380: Relating to transportation of athletic teams – (Com. amends. and title amend. pending)
- Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4426: Repeal article 33-25G-1 et seq. creating provider sponsored networks
- Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4489: Require counties to post open positions on statewide job bank – (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
- Eng. HB 4517: Relating to the repealing requirements to display video ratings
- Eng. HB 4535: Repeal section relating to school attendance and satisfactory academic progress as conditions of licensing for privilege of operation of motor vehicle – (Com. amends. and title amend. pending)
- Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4631: Establishing a bone marrow and peripheral blood stem donation awareness program
- Eng. HB 4649: Transferring the operations of the West Virginia Children’s Health Insurance Program to the Bureau for Medical Services – (Com. amends. pending)
Scheduled Committee Meetings
10 a.m.: Education (451M)
- HB 4420: To modify definitions of school bus operators
- HB 4019: Relating to deadlines for public charter schools
- HB 4562: Relating generally to the suspension and dismissal of school personnel by board and the appeals process
- HB 4604: Relating to abolishing the Workforce Development Initiative Program Advisory Council
- HB 4008: Relating to Higher Education Policy Commission funding formula
1 p.m.: Health and Human Resources (451M)
- HB 4257: Require visitation immediately following a procedure in a health care facility
- HB 4344: Relating to foster care
- HB 4113: Public Health definitions and powers of secretary and commissioner
- SB 559: Creating Oral Health and Cancer Rights Act (Resolution)
1 p.m.: Energy, Industry and Mining (208W)
- Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4003: Relating generally to commercial benefit of substances removed from waters of the state by treatment of mine drainage
- Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4098: Relating to geothermal energy development
- Eng. HB 4758: Relating to developing and maintaining a database to track reclamation liabilities in the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection special reclamation program
2 p.m.: Government Organization (208W)
- HB 4295: To transfer the State Office of the National Flood Insurance Program from the Offices of the Insurance Commissioner to the Division of Emergency Management
- HB 4087: Allowing variance in state fire code for certain buildings used solely for emergency equipment storage HB 4262: Relating to licensure for polygraph examiners
- HB 4769: Eliminate the requirement to send recommended decisions by certified mail
- HB 4499: Relating to making the procurement process more efficient by modifying and updating outdated processes and requirements
- HB 4647: Relating to the Board of Funeral Service Examiners
- HB 3223: Prohibit state, county, and municipal governments from dedicating or naming any public structure for a public official who is holding office at the time
3 p.m.: Finance (451M)
- Com. Sub. for HB 4451: Eliminating the requirement that otherwise qualified investment assets be located or installed at or within 2 miles of a preexisting manufacturing facility
- Com. Sub. for HB 2096: Reinstating the film investment tax credit
- HB 4396: Reducing federal adjusted gross income relating to tolls for travel on West Virginia toll roads paid electronically
- Com. Sub. for HB 4410: Specifying allocation, apportionment and treatment of income of flow-through entities
- Com. Sub. for HB 4461: Relating to the consolidation of all administrative fees collected by the agency into the existing “Tax Administration Services Fund”
- Com. Sub. for HB 4484: Declaring certain claims against agencies of the state to be moral obligations of the state
- Com. Sub. for HB 4567: Relating to business and occupation or privilege tax
3 p.m.: Judiciary (208W)
- HB 4311: Creating criminal penalties for illegal voting activity
- HB 4297: To facilitate the sharing of information between the Department of Health and Human Resources and the State Auditor’s office in order to investigate reports of financial abuse and neglect of a vulnerable adult
- HB 2838: Authorize the ordering of restitution to the state for reimbursement of costs incurred for misuse of public funds, and to create the State Auditor’s Public Integrity and Fraud Fund for use of said funds
** Committee times and agendas are subject to change **
Senate Resolutions to be Introduced Wednesday, March 2, 2022
- SR 48: Congratulating George Washington High School Patriots girls’ swim team for winning 2022 State Championship (Nelson, Takubo)
- SR 49: Memorializing Honorable Naomi “Sue” Cline, wife, mother, realtor, former member of WV Senate, and dedicated public servant (Roberts, Stover, Blair, Azinger, Baldwin, Beach, Boley, Brown, Caputo, Clements, Geffert, Grady, Hamilton, Jeffries, Karnes, Lindsay, Maroney, Martin, Maynard, Nelson, Phillips, Plymale, Romano, Rucker, Smith, Stollings, Swope, Sypolt, Takubo, Tarr, Trump, Weld, Woelfel, Woodrum)
Committee Action on Bills from Wednesday, March 2, 2022
1 p.m.: Economic Development
- HB 4418: Relating to the Small Business Supplier Certification Assistance Program
- Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass
- HB 4479: Establishing the Coalfield Communities Grant Facilitation Commission
- Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance
- HB 4667: Prohibition on county, city, or municipality restrictions on advanced air mobility aircraft
- Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Judiciary
- HB 4675: Relating to autonomous delivery vehicles
- Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass
- HB 4797: To create an EV Infrastructure Deployment Plan for West Virginia that describes how our state intends to use its share of NEVI Formula Program funds
- Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass
2 p.m.: Pensions
- Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4430: Relating to definitions of base salary and overtime for police and firemen pensions
- Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance
- Eng. HB 4433: Providing that retirement benefits are not subject to execution
- Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Judiciary
- Eng. HB 4462: Relating to Deferred Retirement option Plan evaluations
- Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance
3 p.m.: Judiciary
- HB 4578: Relating to authorizing the Superintendent of the State Police to administer the Handle with Care program
- Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass
- HB 4141: Authorizing the Governor’s Committee on Crime, Delinquency and Corrections to promulgate a legislative rule relating to Law Enforcement Training and Certification Standards – Includes: 149 CSR 02, Law Enforcement Training and Certification Standards; 87 CSR 01, Fire Code; 87 CSR 04, State Building Code; 87 CSR 10, Volunteer Fire Department Equipment and Training Grant Funding Disbursement; 87 CSR 11, Specialized Membership; 87 CSR 12, Junior Firefighters; 87 CSR 13, Certification of Fire Chiefs; 87 CSR 14, Use of Aqueous Film-Forming Foam (AFFF) for Fire Training Program Purposes; 103 CSR 04, Regulation of Fireworks and Related Explosive Materials; 81 CSR 03, Career Progression
- Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass
- HB 4596: Relating generally to additional persons qualifying for the provisions of the Law-Enforcement Officers Safety Act
- Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass
- HB 2177: Permitting the issuance of a state issued identification card without a photo on the card under certain conditions
- Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass
- HB 4583: Clarifying the definition of incapacity so that incarceration in the penal system or detention outside of the United States may not be inferred as resulting in a lack of capacity to execute a power of attorney
- Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass
- HB 4438: Applying current requirements for certain voting systems to be independent and non-networked to all voting systems that seek certification in West Virginia
- Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass
- HB 4785: Relating to judicial vacancies
- Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass
- Com. Sub. for HB 4242: Authorizing the Division of Labor to promulgate a legislative rule relating to Child Labor – Includes: 42 CSR 09, Child Labor Rule; 56 CSR 03, Rule Governing the Safety of Those Employed in and Around Surface Mines in West Virginia; 56 CSR 11, Rule Governing First-Aid Training of Shaft and Slope Employees; 56 CSR 19, Substance Abuse Screening, Standards, and Procedures; 58 CSR 23, Revocation of Hunting and Fishing Licenses; 58 CSR 27, Special Motorboating Regulations; 58 CSR 38, Public Shooting Range; 58 CSR 49, General Hunting; 58 CSR 63, Commercial Sale of Wildlife; 58 CSR 67, Lifetime Hunting, Trapping and Fishing Licenses
- Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass
Resolutions Adopted by the Senate as of Wednesday, March 2, 2022 (28 – 23 Senate; 5 House)
- SCR 1: US Army PFC Billy Keith Ford Memorial Bridge (H Unfinished Business, 03-03)
- SCR 3: USMC CAPT Dempsey Stowers Memorial Bridge (H Unfinished Business, 03-03)
- SCR 5: US Marine Corps CPL James “Bud” Cox Memorial Bridge (H Unfinished Business, 03-03)
- SCR 6: Holden 22 Coal Miners Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 02-28)
- SCR 9: Haynie Family Veterans Memorial Bridge (H Unfinished Business, 03-03)
- SCR 11: Dennis E. Davis Veterans Nursing Home (House Rules)
- SCR 13: US Army PFC Joseph Stanley McKinney Memorial Bridge (House Rules)
- SCR 15: US Army PVT Shirley E. Bailey Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 02-28)
- SCR 17: US Air Force SSGT Logan A. Young Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 02-28)
- SCR 21: Putnam County Veterans Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 02-28)
- SCR 23: USMC CPL Guy Maywood Edwards Memorial Bridge (House Rules)
- SCR 27: US Army TSGT Harold William Schmidle Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 02-28)
- SCR 28: US Army PVT Garland Lee Loudermilk Memorial Bridge (H Unfinished Business, 03-03)
- SCR 29: Nitro WW I Memorial Bridge (House Rules)
- SCR 34: USMC SGTMAJ Herman H. Brawner Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 02-28)
- SCR 37: Harrison County Veterans Memorial Bridge (House Rules)
- SCR 38: Cox Brothers’ Veteran Memorial Bridge (House Rules)
- SCR 44: Clarifying 1972 Equal Rights Amendment (House Rules)
- SCR 45: US Army CPL John D. Doyle, Sr. Memorial Road (House Rules)
- SCR 46: Supporting North Central WV aviation and aerospace industries (Adopted, 02-28)
- SCR 52: Requesting study on establishing accredited school of veterinary medicine in WV (House Rules)
- SCR 53: Requesting Office of Miners’ Health, Safety, and Training study need for health, safety, and training division in energy producing facilities (House Energy and Manufacturing)
- SCR 54: Requesting study of tolling statute of limitations on civil actions for Consumer Credit and Protection Act (House Judiciary)
- HJR 102: Clarifying that the policy-making and rule-making authority of the State Board of Education is subject to legislative review, approval, amendment, or rejection (Adopted by Senate; pending House concurrence)
- HCR 27: Extending an invitation to His Excellency, the Governor, to deliver an address to the Legislature and raising a Joint Assembly therefor (Adopted, 01-27)
- HCR 28: Cpt. Billy Jake Smith Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 02-24)
- HCR 30: U.S. Army Pvt. Dallis H. Johnson WWII Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 02-25)
- HCR 59: Warrant Officer James G. Bosley Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 02-25)
- HCR 79: A resolution to designate February 21st as the official start day to National FFA Week in West Virginia (Adopted, 02-22)
Bills that Have Passed the Senate as of Wednesday, March 2, 2022 (215 – 192 Senate; 23 House)
Bills Signed by the Governor as of Wednesday, March 2, 2022 (21 – 12 Senate; 9 House)
Committee times and agendas are subject to change. Follow @WVSenClerk on Twitter for updates.
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