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West Virginia Legislature

1st Session of the 87th Legislature

Senate Calendar and Committee Schedule for Wednesday, February 1, 2023

Wednesday, February 1, 2023 – 22nd Day of Session

The Senate will convene at 11 a.m.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

  • SCR 6: US Army SGT Vincent DiBacco Memorial Bridge
  • SR 21: Designating February 1, 2023, as National Unclaimed Property Day at Legislature
  • SR 22: Designating February 1, 2023, as Marshall University Day at Legislature

THIRD READING

  • Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 188: Grid Stabilization and Security Act of 2023
  • Eng. SB 240: Requiring state board of examination or registration proceedings to be open to public inspection
  • Eng. 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

SECOND READING

  • Com. Sub. for SB 356: Authorizing DOT to promulgate legislative rules

FIRST READING

  • Com. Sub. for SB 205: Relating to registration plates
  • SB 224: Establishing revocation of authority for spending by agency in support of challenge to WV law
  • Com. Sub. for SB 250: Requiring level one permit holders to display student driver on rear of vehicle
  • SB 275: Adding State Fire Marshals to statute included with law enforcement and first responders that receive information on school safety requirements
  • Com. Sub. for SB 294: Clarifying amount of deputy sheriff annual salary increase
  • Com. Sub. for SB 345: Authorizing Division of Financial Institutions to promulgate legislative rule relating to money transmission services
  • SB 445: Repealing outdated section of WV code relating to WV Graduate College and Marshall University
  • SB 457: Removing certain activities Alcohol Beverage Control Commission licensee is prohibited to permit on private club premises
  • Com. Sub. for SB 461: Relating to WV public employees grievance procedure
  • Com. Sub. for SB 463: Increasing validity of CDL instruction permit
  • Com. Sub. for SB 472: Creating criminal offense of indecent exposure in front of minors
  • Eng. HB 2564: Repeal of administrative hearing procedures for DUI offenses
  • Eng. HB 2776: Updating meaning of federal adjusted gross income and certain other terms used in West Virginia Personal Income Tax Act
  • Eng. HB 2777: Updating federal taxable income and other terms in the West Virginia Corporation Net Income Tax Act

Scheduled Committee Meetings

1 p.m.: Committee on School Choice (208W)

  • SB 453: Ensuring retirement contributions and delinquency charges of charter school employees be paid upon school closure or by successor

1 p.m.: Economic Development (451M)

  • SB 256: Relating to WV Economic Development Authority

2 p.m.: Outdoor Recreation (208W)

  • Com. Sub. SB 468: Continuing Cabwaylingo State Forest Trail System

2 p.m.: Pensions (451M)

  • Com. Sub. for SB 449: Updating terms for Natural Resources Police Officers Retirement System and retirement systems for charter schools
  • Com. Sub. for SB 450: Defining medical examination for disability purposes in retirement plans administered by the Consolidated Public Retirement Board (CPRB)
  • Com. Sub. for SB 475: Modifying examinations for disability pensions
  • Com. Sub. for SB 451: Relating to Teachers’ Retirement System and Teachers Defined Contribution Retirement System

3 p.m.: Judiciary (208W)

  • Reports by Subcommittees
  • Referrals to Subcommittees
  • Com. Sub. for SB 361 (Misc. Bundle): Authorizing Board of Accountancy to promulgate legislative rule relating to board rules of professional conduct
  • Includes: SB 362, Authorizing Board of Acupuncture to promulgate legislative rule relating to advertising by licensed acupuncturists; SB 363, Authorizing Board of Acupuncture to promulgate legislative rule relating to standards of practice of acupuncture by licensed acupuncturists; SB 364, Authorizing Board of Acupuncture to promulgate legislative rule relating to continuing education requirements; SB 365, Authorizing Department of Agriculture to promulgate legislative rule relating to WV apiary rule; SB 366, Authorizing Department of Agriculture to promulgate legislative rule relating to schedule of charges for inspection services: Fruit; SB 367, Authorizing Department of Agriculture to promulgate legislative rule relating to noxious weeds rule; SB 368, Authorizing Department of Agriculture to promulgate legislative rule relating to Grade “A” pasteurized milk; SB 369, Authorizing Agriculture Commissioner to promulgate legislative rule relating to inspection of nontraditional, domesticated animals; SB 370, Authorizing Department of Agriculture to promulgate legislative rule relating to hemp products; SB 371, Authorizing Department of Agriculture to promulgate legislative rule relating to livestock care standards; SB 372, Authorizing Department of Agriculture to promulgate legislative rule relating to farm-to-food bank tax credit; SB 373, Authorizing Department of Agriculture to promulgate legislative rule relating to farmers markets; SB 374, Authorizing Athletic Commission to promulgate legislative rule relating to administrative rules of WV State Athletic Commission; SB 375, Authorizing Athletic Commission to promulgate legislative rule relating to regulation of mixed martial arts; SB 376, Authorizing State Auditor to promulgate legislative rule relating to standards for voluntary payroll deductions; SB 377, Authorizing Conservation Agency to promulgate legislative rule relating to operation of WV State Conservation Committee and conservation districts; SB 378, Authorizing Conservation Agency to promulgate legislative rule relating to conservation district accounting and auditing standards; SB 379, Authorizing Board of Dentistry to promulgate legislative rule relating to dental recovery networks; SB 380, Authorizing Board of Funeral Service Examiners to promulgate legislative rule relating to funeral director, embalmer, apprentice, courtesy card holders, and funeral establishment requirements; SB 381, Authorizing Board of Funeral Service Examiners to promulgate legislative rule relating to crematory requirements; SB 382, Authorizing Board of Funeral Service Examiners to promulgate legislative rule relating to fee schedule; SB 383, Authorizing Board of Landscape Architects to promulgate legislative rule relating to registration of landscape architects; SB 384, Authorizing Board of Medicine to promulgate legislative rule relating to licensing of physicians and podiatric physicians and disciplinary procedures for applicants, licensees, credential holders; SB 385, Authorizing Board of Medicine to promulgate legislative rule relating to licensure, practice requirements, disciplinary and complaint procedures, continuing education, physician assistants; SB 386, Authorizing Board of Medicine to promulgate legislative rule relating to collaborative pharmacy practice; SB 387, Authorizing Board of Medicine to promulgate legislative rule relating to prohibiting sexual misconduct by health care practitioners; SB 388, Authorizing Board of Optometry to promulgate legislative rule relating to optometric telehealth practice; SB 389, Authorizing Board of Osteopathic Medicine to promulgate legislative rule relating to osteopathic physician assistants; SB 390, Authorizing Board of Pharmacy to promulgate legislative rule relating to licensure and practice of pharmacy; SB 391, Authorizing Board of Pharmacy to promulgate legislative rule relating to Uniform Controlled Substance Act; SB 392, Authorizing Board of Pharmacy to promulgate legislative rule relating to Board of Pharmacy rules for registration of pharmacy technicians; SB 393, Authorizing Board of Pharmacy to promulgate legislative rule relating to regulations governing pharmacy permits; SB 394, Authorizing Board of Pharmacy to promulgate legislative rule relating to inspections; SB 395, Authorizing Board of Pharmacy to promulgate legislative rule relating to Donated Drug Repository Program; SB 396, Authorizing Psychologists to promulgate legislative rule relating to code of conduct; SB 397, Authorizing Board of Registered Nurses to promulgate legislative rule relating to requirements for registration and licensure and conduct constituting professional misconduct; SB 398, Authorizing Board of Registered Nurses to promulgate legislative rule relating to advanced practice registered nurse licensure requirements; SB 399, Authorizing Board of Registered Nurses to promulgate legislative rule relating to limited prescriptive authority for nurses in advanced practice; SB 400, Authorizing Board of Registered Nurses to promulgate legislative rule relating to continuing education and competence; SB 401, Authorizing Board of Registered Nurses to promulgate legislative rule relating to fees for services rendered by board; SB 402, Authorizing Board of Registered Nurses to promulgate legislative rule relating to practitioner requirements for accessing WV Controlled Substance Monitoring Program database; SB 403, Authorizing Board of Registered Nurses to promulgate legislative rule relating to telehealth practice; SB 404, Authorizing Secretary of State to promulgate legislative rule relating to early voting in-person satellite precincts; SB 405, Authorizing Secretary of State to promulgate legislative rule relating to Combined Voter Registration and Driver Licensing Fund; SB 406, Authorizing Secretary of State to promulgate legislative rule relating to administrative procedures for Nonpublic Funding for Election Administration Fund; SB 407, Authorizing State Treasurer to promulgate legislative rule relating to enforcement of Uniform Unclaimed Property Act; SB 491, Authorizing Treasurer’s Office to promulgate legislative rule relating to Hope Scholarship Program; SB 408, Authorizing State Treasurer to promulgate legislative rule relating to Jumpstart Savings Program
  • Com. Sub. for SB 247: Making administrative appeals and judicial review of board action subject to provisions of Administrative Procedures Act
  • Com. Sub. for SB 50: Requiring one-year residency within district or county to fill vacancy in Legislature

3 p.m.: Finance (451M)

  • Budget Presentation: West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission and Community and Technical Colleges

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

Senate Bills to be Introduced Wednesday, February 1, 2023

  • SB 535: Creating religious and philosophical exemptions for school attendance vaccines (Chapman, Rucker, Taylor, Azinger, Deeds, Grady, Karnes, Martin, Maynard, Phillips, Smith, Swope, Tarr; Health and Human Resources)
  • SB 536: Relating to distribution of certain taxes to benefit fire departments and emergency medical services providers (Phillips, Stuart, Maynard; Government Organization then Finance)
  • SB 537: Eliminating marital exception to criminal prosecution of sexual assault offenses (FN) (Woelfel; Judiciary then Finance)
  • SB 538: Updating procedure on appeals of level three decisions issued by Public Employees Grievance Board (Woodrum; Judiciary)
  • SB 539: Authorizing state and subdivisions to negotiate price for construction when all bids received exceed maximum budget (Woodrum; Government Organization)
  • SB 540: Creating misdemeanor offense of willfully urinating or defecating in public (Trump, Stover, Deeds, Chapman, Rucker, Hamilton, Smith; Judiciary)
  • SB 541: Providing for election reforms (Stuart, Azinger; Judiciary)
  • SB 542: Relating to sheriff’s commission for collection of taxes (Martin, Queen, Karnes; Government Organization)

* (FN) indicates the bill has a Fiscal Note

* (IB) indicates the bill is an Interim Bill

Committee Action on Bills from Tuesday, January 31, 2023

9 a.m.: Government Organization

  • Com. Sub. for SB 295: Extending time that prescription for spectacles or contact lenses remains valid
  • Bill removed from agenda
  • Com. Sub. for SB 198: Requiring counties to register automated external defibrillators with Office of Emergency Medical Services
  • Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance
  • Com. Sub. for SB 294: Clarifying amount of deputy sheriff annual salary increase
  • Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass
  • SB 457: Removing certain activities Alcohol Beverage Control Commission licensee is prohibited to permit on private club premises
  • Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

9 a.m.: Education

  • SB 275: Adding State Fire Marshals to statute included with law enforcement and first responders that receive information on school safety requirements
  • Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass
  • SB 445: Repealing outdated section of WV code relating to WV Graduate College and Marshall University
  • Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass
  • SB 469: Providing funding for CPR instruction to high school students
  • Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

1 p.m.: Energy, Industry and Mining

  • Com. Sub. for SB 448: Providing funding to Office of Oil and Gas for well inspections
  • Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

1 p.m.: Health and Human Resources

  • Com. Sub. for SB 242: Relating to residential substance use disorder service programs
  • Committee substitute, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Judiciary
  • Com. Sub. for SB 479: Expanding certain insurance coverages for pregnant women
  • Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

3 p.m.: Judiciary (208W)

  • Com. Sub. for SB 232: Creating study group to make recommendations regarding diversion of persons with disabilities from criminal justice system
  • Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass
  • SB 296: Uniform Public Meetings During Emergencies Act
  • Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

3 p.m.: Finance

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

Bills that Have Passed the Senate as of Tuesday, January 31, 2023 (76 – 74 Senate; 2 House)

House Bills Pending in the Senate as of Tuesday, January 31, 2023 (25)

  • HB 2018: Permitting the managed care case coordinator to attend the multidisciplinary team meeting (S Third Reading, 02-01)
  • HB 2029: Repealing the creation of an all-payor claims database (S Third Reading, 02-01)
  • HB 2113: Modifying the criminal penalties imposed on a parent, guardian or custodian for child abuse (Judiciary)
  • HB 2221: Relating to bankruptcy (Judiciary)
  • 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 2436: Relating to the implementation of an acuity-based patient classification system (Pending Senate introduction)
  • HB 2506: Creating a title clearinghouse for non-resident businesses (Finance)
  • HB 2509: Creating the Uniform Premarital Agreement Act (Pending Senate introduction)
  • 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 (S First Reading, 02-01)
  • HB 2569: Establishing the Motorsport Responsibility Act (Pending Senate introduction)
  • HB 2597: Amending performance evaluations of professional personnel (Education)
  • 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 (S First Reading, 02-01)
  • HB 2777: Updating federal taxable income and other terms in the West Virginia Corporation Net Income Tax Act (S First Reading, 02-01)
  • HB 2800: All relating to authorizing legislative rules regarding higher education (Education)
  • HB 2835: Repeal outdated provisions of code relating to the West Virginia graduate college and Marshall University (Pending Senate introduction)
  • HB 2850: Relating to students with exceptional needs (Pending Senate introduction)
  • HB 2890: Modifying student discipline (Pending Senate introduction)

Bills that Have Completed Legislation as of Tuesday, January 31, 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 Tuesday, January 31, 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.

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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