Senate Calendar and Committee Schedule for Tuesday, January 31, 2023

January 30, 2023
in Member Press Release

Tuesday, January 31, 2023 – 21st Day of Session

The Senate will convene at 11 a.m.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

SR 18: Designating January 31, 2023, as WVU Day at Legislature
SR 19: Designating January 31, 2023, as WV Academy of Family Physicians’ Day at Legislature
SR 20: Recognizing Leadership Jefferson for its service, dedication, and commitment to Jefferson County

THIRD READING

Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 160: WV Rail Trails Program
Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 166: WV Public Employees Retirement Act
Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 222: Creating adult education taskforce
Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 249: WV Real Estate License Act
Eng. SB 306: Establishing Summer Feeding for All Program
Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 335: Authorizing Department of Homeland Security to promulgate legislative rules
Eng. SB 428: Revising requirements of local school improvement councils
Eng. SB 443: Directing payment of estate administration fee to State Auditor
Eng. SB 444: Transferring moneys in WV Future Fund to General Revenue Fund
Eng. SB 446: Removing methanol and methanol fuel from definition of special fuel

SECOND READING

Com. Sub. for SB 188: Grid Stabilization and Security Act of 2023
SB 240: Requiring state board of examination or registration proceedings to be open to public inspection
Com. Sub. for SB 356: Authorizing DOT to promulgate legislative rules
Com. Sub. for SB 426: Banning use of certain products and platforms deemed unsafe or high risk on government systems
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2018: Permitting the managed care case coordinator to attend the multidisciplinary team meeting
Eng. HB 2029: Repealing the creation of an all-payer claims database

FIRST READING

There are no bills on First Reading for Tuesday, January 31, 2023.

Scheduled Committee Meetings

9 a.m.: Government Organization (208W)

Com. Sub. for SB 295: Extending time that prescription for spectacles or contact lenses remains valid
Com. Sub. for SB 198: Requiring counties to register automated external defibrillators with Office of Emergency Medical Services
Com. Sub. for SB 294: Clarifying amount of deputy sheriff annual salary increase
SB 457: Removing certain activities Alcohol Beverage Control Commission licensee is prohibited to permit on private club premises

9 a.m.: Education (451M)

SB 275: Adding State Fire Marshals to statute included with law enforcement and first responders that receive information on school safety requirements
SB 445: Repealing outdated section of WV code relating to WV Graduate College and Marshall University
SB 469: Providing funding for CPR instruction to high school students

1 p.m.: Energy, Industry and Mining (208W)

Com. Sub. for SB 448: Providing funding to Office of Oil and Gas for well inspections

1 p.m.: Health and Human Resources (451M)

SB 242: Relating to residential substance use disorder service programs
SB 479: Expanding certain insurance coverages for pregnant women

3 p.m.: Judiciary (208W)

Reports by Subcommittees
Referrals to Subcommittees
SB 532: Creating new crime of soliciting minor (Subcommittee A – Criminal Law)

SB 470: Making adoption records accessible for medical purposes
Com. Sub. for SB 50: Requiring one-year residency within district or county to fill vacancy in Legislature
SB 296: Uniform Public Meetings During Emergencies Act

3 p.m.: Finance (451M)

HB 2506: Creating a title clearinghouse for non-resident businesses
Budget Presentation: West Virginia Department of Homeland Security
Budget Presentation: West Virginia Department of Education

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

Senate Bills to be Introduced Tuesday, January 31, 2023

SB 520: Relating to PEIA (FN) (Nelson; Banking and Insurance then Finance)
SB 521: Relating generally to medical cannabis (Takubo; Health and Human Resources)
SB 522: Allocating percentage of county excise taxes for funding improvements to election administration (Tarr; Government Organization)
SB 523: Relating to funding for infrastructure and economic development (Tarr; Finance)
SB 524: Relating to family planning services (FN) (Tarr; Health and Human Resources then Finance)
SB 525: Providing benefits to employees with occupational pneumoconiosis (FN) (Plymale, Caputo; Health and Human Resources then Finance)
SB 526: Including early detection and diagnosis of Alzheimer’s and other dementias in public health programs and services (Takubo, Tarr; Health and Human Resources)
SB 527: Relating to record keeping of military discharge forms (Trump, Azinger, Grady, Rucker, Stover, Stuart, Takubo, Tarr, Taylor, Weld, Woodrum; Military)
SB 528: Requiring certificate of need be subject to legislative rulemaking (Barrett, Hunt, Maynard, Rucker; Judiciary)
SB 529: Allowing for formation of limited liability limited partnerships (Woodrum; Judiciary)
SB 530: Expanding those who may be eligible for judicial retirement (Woodrum; Pensions then Finance)
SB 531: Uniform Limited Liability Company Act (Woodrum; Judiciary)
SB 532: Creating new crime of soliciting minor (FN) (Hunt, Azinger, Chapman, Deeds, Hamilton, Maynard, Plymale, Roberts, Rucker, Stover, Stuart, Taylor; Judiciary then Finance)
SB 533: Relating to limitations on motor vehicle used by nonprofit cooperative recycling associations (Nelson; Agriculture and Natural Resources)
SB 534: Relating to nonintoxicating beer, nonintoxicating craft beer, cider, wine, and liquor license requirements (Trump; Judiciary)
SCR 6: US Army SGT Vincent DiBacco Memorial Bridge (Smith, Taylor, Weld)
SR 21: Designating February 1, 2023, as National Unclaimed Property Day at Legislature (Weld)
SR 22: Designating February 1, 2023, as Marshall University Day at Legislature (Plymale, Woelfel)

* (FN) indicates the bill has a Fiscal Note

* (IB) indicates the bill is an Interim Bill

Committee Action on Bills from Monday, January 30, 2023

1 p.m.: Transportation and Infrastructure

Com. Sub. for SB 463: Increasing validity of CDL instruction permit
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Com. Sub. for SB 250: Requiring level one permit holders to display student driver on rear of vehicle
Committee substitute, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Com. Sub. for SB 205: Relating to registration plates
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

3 p.m.: Judiciary

Reports by Subcommittees

SB 120: Requiring registered sex offenders pay annual fee (Subcommittee A)
Committee substitute reported to the full Judiciary committee for consideration

SB 299: Creating new misdemeanor offense of unlawful entry, occupation, or retention of real property (Subcommittee A)
Committee substitute reported to the full Judiciary committee for consideration

SB 50: Requiring one-year residency within district or county to fill vacancy in Legislature (Subcommittee B)
Committee substitute reported to the full Judiciary committee for consideration

Com. Sub. for SB 472: Creating criminal offense of indecent exposure in front of minors
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

HB 2564: Repeal of administrative hearing procedures for DUI offenses
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Com. Sub. for SB 461: Relating to WV public employees grievance procedure
Committee substitute, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass
Com. Sub. For SB 345 (Revenue Bundle): Authorizing Division of Financial Institutions to promulgate legislative rule relating to money transmission services
Includes SB 346, Authorizing Insurance Commission to promulgate legislative rule relating to suitability in annuity transactions; SB 347, Authorizing Insurance Commission to promulgate legislative rule relating to pharmacy auditing entities and pharmacy benefit managers; SB 348, Authorizing Insurance Commission to promulgate legislative rule relating to bail bondsmen in criminal case; SB 349, Authorizing Lottery Commission to promulgate legislative rule relating to WV lottery sports wagering; SB 350, Authorizing Tax Department to promulgate legislative rule relating to Valuation of producing and reserve oil, natural gas liquids, and natural gas for ad valorem property tax purposes; SB 351, Authorizing Tax Department to promulgate legislative rule relating to Farm-to-Food Bank tax credit; SB 352, Authorizing Tax Department to promulgate legislative rule relating to WV Film Industry Investment Act; SB 353, Authorizing Tax Department to promulgate legislative rule relating to property transfer tax; SB 354, Authorizing Tax Department to promulgate legislative rule relating to municipal sales and use tax administration; SB 355, Authorizing Tax Department to promulgate legislative rule relating to personnel rule for Tax Division
Committee substitute, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

3 p.m.: Finance

SB 224: Establishing revocation of authority for spending by agency in support of challenge to WV law
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

HB 2506: Creating a title clearinghouse for non-resident businesses
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

HB 2776: Updating meaning of federal adjusted gross income and certain other terms used in West Virginia Personal Income Tax Act
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

HB 2777: Updating federal taxable income and other terms in the West Virginia Corporation Net Income Tax Act
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Bills that Have Passed the Senate as of Monday, January 31, 2023 (66 – 64 Senate; 2 House)

SB 4: Creating Adopt-A-Trail volunteer programs for public land under DNR jurisdiction (House Economic Development and Tourism)
SB 10: Campus Self-Defense Act (House Judiciary)
SB 21: Requiring certain documents that contain wage records be considered confidential (Pending House introduction)
SB 51: Requiring impact statement in certain instances of school closing or consolidation (Pending House introduction)
SB 59: Requiring work search activities to qualify for unemployment benefits (Pending House introduction)
SB 65: Granting municipal fire marshal authority to assist law-enforcement officer (House Political Subdivisions)
SB 74: Providing for substantial deference to State Superintendent’s interpretations of school laws (House Judiciary)
SB 83: Authorizing tactical medical professionals to carry firearms (H Third Reading, 01-31)
SB 89: Requiring hospitals to staff qualified personnel to perform sexual assault forensic exams (House Health and Human Resources)
SB 115: Providing procedure for WV to select delegates to Article V Convention (House Judiciary)
SB 121: Creating Student Journalist Press Freedom Protection Act (House Education)
SB 124: Authorizing child sexual abuse and sexual violence prevention program and in-service training in child sexual abuse prevention (House Education)
SB 126: Reorganizing DHHR (House Health and Human Resources)
SB 127: Relating to reimbursement of hospital inpatient rates by PEIA (House Banking and Insurance)
SB 128: Clarifying authority of Governor and Legislature to proclaim and declare state of emergency and preparedness (Passed House; pending Senate concurrence to House amendments)
SB 129: Limiting gubernatorial authority to spend certain federal funds without appropriation of the Legislature (House Government Organization)
SB 130: Anti-Racism Act of 2023 (House Education)
SB 131: Allowing municipal fire marshals to receive service weapon upon retirement (House Fire Departments and Emergency Medical Services)
SB 132: Clarifying criminal offense of harassment (H Third Reading, 01-31)
SB 133: Adding definition of “ammunition” for purposes of obtaining state license to carry concealed deadly weapon (House Judiciary)
SB 134: Protecting consumers against businesses using automatic renewals without consent (House Judiciary)
SB 135: Relating to Uniform Controlled Substances Act (House Judiciary)
SB 136: Requiring persons convicted of certain offenses to undergo psychological or psychiatric testing and have treatment plan to be eligible for probation (House Judiciary)
SB 137: Clarifying offenses of kidnapping and unlawful restraint (House Judiciary)
SB 138: Clarifying secondary sources are not law and public policy of WV in certain instances (House Judiciary)
SB 139: Requiring each county BOE to ensure all its meetings are open to public through in-person attendance and broadcast live on its website (House Education)
SB 140: Updating offenses of extortion and attempted extortion (House Judiciary)
SB 141: Adding Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation employees working at certain institutions to WV Emergency Responders Survivor Benefits Act (House Finance)
SB 142: Modifying procedures to settle estates of decedents (House Judiciary)
SB 143: Relating to Adopt-A-Stream Program (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
SB 145: Allowing county BOE participating in operation of multicounty vocational center to withdraw (House Education)
SB 146: Modifying regulations of peer-to-peer car sharing program (House Banking and Insurance)
SB 147: Creating pilot program for recovery residences in Cabell County (House Substance Abuse)
SB 148: Relating to municipalities required to be represented on county authority boards (House Political Subdivisions)
SB 149: Exempting certain organizations from property taxation (House Finance)
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 192: Relating to Uniform Real Property Transfer on Death Act (House Judiciary)
SB 200: Allowing leashed dogs to track wounded elk, turkey, bear, and wild boar when hunting (House Agriculture and Natural Resources)
SB 202: Increasing terms of Natural Resources Commission members from four to seven years (House Agriculture and Natural Resources)

SB 207: Relating to state allocation of funding to regional councils (H Second Reading, 01-31)
SB 208: Relating to criminal justice training for all law-enforcement and correction officers regarding individuals with autism spectrum disorders (House Judiciary)
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)
SB 239: Requiring Commissioner of Bureau for Behavioral Health to engage certain providers and leaders to study homeless demographic (Pending House introduction)
SB 241: Relating to Patient Brokering Act (Pending House introduction)
SB 243: Requiring substance use disorder inpatient providers to provide transportation to patients (Pending House introduction)
SB 244: Making rosters of individuals who obtain professional, occupational, and trade licenses, registrations, and certificates available to public (House Government Organization)
SB 245: Making rules and regulations promulgated by PSC subject to legislative rule-making review procedures (House Government Organization)
SB 246: Revising membership of Broadband Enhancement Council (House Technology and Infrastructure)
SB 248: Clarifying when excess funds accumulated by boards are to be transferred to General Revenue Fund (Pending House introduction)
SB 251: Displaying official motto of United States in public schools and institutions of higher education (Pending House introduction)
SB 254: Relating generally to mandatory state inspection of certain motor vehicles (House Technology and Infrastructure)
SB 258: Eliminating ceiling on fair market value of consumer goods and permitting dealer to require security deposit (Pending House introduction)
SB 262: Allowing students to transfer schools and retain athletic eligibility (House Education)
SB 264: Prohibiting persons who have been convicted of certain crimes against minors from holding positions on boards of education (House Judiciary)
SB 270: Adding exemption to permit requirement for cremation (Pending House introduction)
SB 271: Modifying approval process requirements for First Responders Honor Board (Pending House introduction)

SB 276: Awarding service weapon of retiring State Fire Marshal (House Judiciary)
SB 282: Creating WV Guardian Program (Pending House introduction)
SB 283: Relating to Military Incentive Program (Pending House introduction)
SB 292: Health Care Sharing Ministries Freedom to Share Act (House Banking and Insurance)
SB 298: Relating to non-federally declared emergencies and non-states of emergency (House Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security)
SB 439: Establishing design-build program for DEP (Pending House introduction)
SB 510: Supplementing and amending appropriations to BOE, Department of Education (House 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 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)

House Bills Pending in the Senate as of Monday, January 30, 2023 (19)

HB 2018: Permitting the managed care case coordinator to attend the multidisciplinary team meeting (S Second Reading, 01-31)
HB 2029: Repealing the creation of an all-payor claims database (S Second Reading, 01-31)
HB 2113: Modifying the criminal penalties imposed on a parent, guardian or custodian for child abuse (Judiciary)
HB 2221: Relating to bankruptcy (Pending Senate introduction)
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 2506: Creating a title clearinghouse for non-resident businesses (Finance)
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 (Judiciary)
HB 2597: Amending performance evaluations of professional personnel (Pending Senate introduction)
HB 2602: Reestablishing certain specialized school service personnel classifications (Education)
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 (Finance)
HB 2777: Updating federal taxable income and other terms in the West Virginia Corporation Net Income Tax Act (Finance)
HB 2800: All relating to authorizing legislative rules regarding higher education (Pending Senate introduction)

Bills that Have Completed Legislation as of Monday, January 30, 2023 (4 – 4 Senate)

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 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)

Bills Signed by the Governor as of Monday, January 30, 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.

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