Senate Calendar and Committee Schedule for Wednesday, March 12, 2025
Wednesday, March 12, 2025 – 29th Day of Session
The Senate will convene at 11 a.m.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
- SCR 18: Recognizing intent to create WV Coal Renaissance Act
- SR 21: Designating March 12, 2025, as WV Tourism Day
- SR 22: Recognizing 175th anniversary of Wheeling Hospital
- SR 23: Memorializing life of Janie Lou White
THIRD READING
- Eng. SB 280: Displaying official US motto in public schools
- Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 500: Transferring audits of volunteer fire departments to Legislative Auditor
- Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 521: Requiring party affiliations be listed for all candidates
- Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 532: Making ad valorem taxes on property payable only to county in which property is located
- Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 606: Relating to notification of breast density
- Eng. SB 649: Supplementing and amending appropriations to Department of Health, Office of Inspector General
- Eng. SB 650: Relating to full-time interventionists
SECOND READING
- Com. Sub. for SB 658: Prohibiting certain persons from receiving compensation for advising or assisting with veterans’ benefits
- Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2053: Relating to including the United States Space Force in the definition armed forces
FIRST READING
- Com. Sub. for SB 526: Creating Pharmacist Prescribing Authority Act
- Com. Sub. for SB 592: Relating generally to aboveground storage tanks
- SB 712: Relating to retirement provisions of systems managed by CPRB (original similar to HB 3180)
- Com. Sub. for SB 715: Relating to personally identifiable information of member, retirant, beneficiary, or alternate payee of retirement system (original similar to HB 3183)
- SB 716: Relating to failure to pay required contributions and interest payments for certain retirees who transfer between retirement systems (original similar to HB 3193)
- Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2042: Relating to allowing a guardian ad litem to request the appointment of a court appointed special advocate – (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
Scheduled Committee Meetings
9:30 a.m.: Natural Resources (208W)
- Com. Sub. for SB 21: Assessing wildlife impact fee on wind power projects
- Com. Sub. for SB 701: Classifying forestry equipment for levy purposes
1 p.m.: Select Committee on Substance Use Disorder and Mental Health (451M)
- Presentation: Emily Birckhead, Executive Director, WV Alliance of Recovery Residences
- SB 723: Relating to clinical inpatient medical treatment centers for substance use disorder
- SB 726: Relating to office-based, medication-assisted treatment programs and opioid treatment programs
2 p.m.: Agriculture (208W)
- Com. Sub. for SB 295: Clarifying non-agricultural status of solar farms
- Com. Sub. for SB 618: Relating generally to certain farmland tax exemptions and appraisals
- Com. Sub. for SB 686: Relating to WV commercial feed law
2 p.m.: Banking and Insurance (451M)
- Com. Sub. for SB 663: Creating Transparency in Financial Services Act
- Com. Sub. for SB 665: Ensuring that survivor of merger, reorganization, purchase, or assumption of liabilities of bank chartered by WV is insured by FDIC
3 p.m.: Judiciary (208W)
- Com. Sub. for HB 2222: Relating to authorizing certain agencies of the Department of Administration to promulgate legislative rules
- Includes: SB 301, Department of Administration rule relating to general administration of records management and preservation; SB 302, Department of Administration rule relating to retention and disposal scheduling; SB 303, Department of Administration rule relating to management of records maintained by Records Center; SB 304, Department of Administration rule relating to exemptions from management services provided by Fleet Management Division; SB 305, Department of Administration rule relating to financial services reporting; SB 306, Information Services and Communications Division rule relating to plan of operation; SB 307, Information Services and Communications Division rule relating to telecommunications payments by spending units; SB 308, Office of Technology rule relating to plan of operation; SB 309, Office of Technology rule relating to telecommunications payments made by state spending units; SB 310, Public Defender Services rule relating to payment of fees and reimbursement of expenses for court-appointed attorneys
- SB 473: Limiting medical monitoring damages
- Com. Sub. for HB 2129: Creating the Parents Bill of Rights
3 p.m.: Finance (451M)
- Budget Presentation: West Virginia Department of Health
- Budget Presentation: West Virginia Department of Human Services
** Committee times and agendas are subject to change **
Senate Bills to be Introduced Wednesday, March 12, 2025
- SB 739: Relating to recovery residences (Helton; Substance Use Disorder and Mental Health then Judiciary)
- SB 740: Establishing Stop Squatters Act (Hamilton, Azinger, Bartlett, Charnock, Deeds, Fuller, Hart, Helton, Jeffries, Martin, Maynard, Morris, Oliverio, Phillips, Queen, Roberts, Rose, Takubo, Tarr, Taylor, Thorne, Willis, Woodrum; Judiciary)
- SB 741: Authorizing State Auditor to conduct fairness hearings (Azinger, Oliverio, Morris; Banking and Insurance)
- SB 742: Relating generally to jurisdiction in magistrate courts (Azinger, Oliverio, Morris, Charnock; Judiciary)
- SB 743: Adjusting percentage of tax retained by clerk of county commission for certain purposes (FN) (Jeffries, Grady, Helton, Tarr; Government Organization then Finance)
- SB 744: Relating to purchase of commodities and services from handicapped (Rucker; Government Organization)
- SB 745: Strengthening and reforming lobbying requirements (Stuart; Judiciary)
- SR 24: Designating March 13, 2025, as Tucker County Day (Smith)
- SR 25: Designating March 13, 2025, as Wear Red Day (Grady)
- SR 26: Recognizing March 13, 2025, as National K9 Veterans Day (Weld, Smith)
- SR 27: Congratulating Taylor County Middle school football team for winning 2024 Mid-8 Championship (Taylor)
* (FN) indicates the bill has a Fiscal Note
* (IB) indicates the bill is an Interim Bill
Committee Action on Bills from Tuesday, March 11, 2025
9:30 a.m.: Government Organization
- SB 538: Allowing certain entities to purchase qualifying tax-delinquent properties before they are offered at public auction
- Bill laid over to a future meeting
- SB 709: Repealing provisions of code that exempt Department of Transportation, Tax Division, and Bureau of Social Services from Division of Personnel
- Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance
- SB 577: Clarifying prohibited practices by manufacturer, factory branch, distributor, or distributor branch when providing new motor vehicle to dealer
- Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance
- Com. Sub. for SB 546: Authorizing county commissions to levy additional excise tax on transferring real property to fund local economic development
- Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance
9:30 a.m.: Education
- Com. Sub. for SB 220: Authorizing child sexual abuse and sexual violence prevention program and in-service training in child sexual abuse prevention
- Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Judiciary
- Com. Sub. for SB 449: Permitting compressed air and rimfire shooting teams in public schools
- Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass
- Com. Sub. for SB 548: Creating Safety and Violence Education for Students Act
- 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. forSB 614: Authorizing over-the-counter sale of ivermectin
- Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Judiciary
- Com. Sub. forSB 297: Requiring coverage for certain pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders in certain circumstances
- Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance
- Com. Sub. forSB 689: State Sovereignty Act of 2025
- Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Judiciary
- Com. Sub. forSB 707: Providing increase in salary to WV Birth-to-Three contracted therapists and employees
- Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance
3 p.m.: Judiciary
- Com. Sub. forSB 586: Relating to requirements for filling vacancies in certain elected federal, state, and county offices
- Committee substitute, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass
Bills that Have Passed the Senate as of Tuesday, March 11, 2025 (67 – 64 Senate; 3 House)
Senate Resolutions that Have Been Adopted by the Senate as of Tuesday, March 11, 2025 (3)
- SCR 1: Adopting Joint Rules of Senate and House of Delegates (Adopted, 01-08)
- SCR 2: Authorizing payment of joint expenses (Adopted, 01-08)
- SCR 4: Amending Joint Rules of Senate and House of Delegates (Adopted, 02-12)
- Com. Sub. forSB 102: Modifying form of certain deeds
- Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass
- SB 456: Defining “men” and “women” (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
- SB 490: Prohibiting ranked-choice voting in elections in West Virginia (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
- HB 2024: Updating the meaning certain terms used in West Virginia Personal Income Tax Act (Signed, 02-24)
- HB 2025: Updating terms in the Corporation Net Income Tax Act (Signed, 02-24)
- SCR 1: Adopting Joint Rules of Senate and House of Delegates (Adopted, 01-08)
- SCR 2: Authorizing payment of joint expenses (Adopted, 01-08)
- SCR 4: Amending Joint Rules of Senate and House of Delegates (Adopted, 02-12)
- HCR 1: Raising a Joint Assembly to open and publish election returns (Adopted, 01-08)
- HCR 2: Extending an invitation to His Excellency, the Governor, to deliver an address to the Legislature and raising a Joint Assembly therefor (Adopted, 01-08)
- HCR 3: Providing for an adjournment of the Legislature until February 12, 2025 (Adopted, 01-08)
- HCR 4: Raising a Joint Assembly to hear remarks of the Governor (Adopted, 01-12)
- HCR 49: Resolution relating to use of industrial sites and the potential impacts on downstream facilities (Adopted, 03-03)
- HB 2024: Updating the meaning certain terms used in West Virginia Personal Income Tax Act (Signed, 02-24)
- HB 2025: Updating terms in the Corporation Net Income Tax Act (Signed, 02-24)
- Com. Sub. forSB 543: Clarifying oversight by Attorney General of political subdivision’s hiring of private attorney under contingency fee or contract to sue
- Motion to report committee substitute to the full Senate rejected; bill not reported
- Com. Sub. forSJR 6: Elimination of Business Inventory Tax Amendment
- Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it be adopted; second reference to Finance
Contact: Jacque Bland at (304) 357-7999