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Friday, March 13, 2026 – 59th Day of Session

The Senate will convene at 10 a.m.

Senate Calendar

Scheduled Committee Meetings

There are no committee meetings scheduled for Friday, March 13, 2026.

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

Committee Action on Bills from Thursday, March 12, 2026

10:30 a.m.: Energy, Industry and Mining

• Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4012: Relating to reducing the regulatory burden on utility companies when constructing and maintaining electric power generation and transmission facilities within this state
• Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

3 p.m.: Finance

• Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for HB 5453: To modify the school aid funding formula
• Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for HB 4004: Creating the Recharge West Virginia Program
• Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for HB 4006: Creating the West Virginia Aerospace and Advanced Manufacturing Growth Act
• Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for HB 4009: Relating to the creation of the Portable Benefit Account Act
• Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for HB 5412: Future Ready Education Act
• Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Eng. HB 5510: Eliminate the requirement for private wedding venues to own or lease 2 acres in rural location
• Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Bills that Have Passed the Senate as of Wednesday, March 11, 2026 (364 – 258 Senate; 106 House)

Bills that Have Passed the Senate as of Thursday, March 12, 2026 (364 – 258 Senate; 106 House)

Bills that have Completed Legislation as of Thursday, March 12, 2026 (130 – 67 Senate; 63 House)

Resolutions that Have Completed Legislation as of Thursday, March 12, 2026 (5 – 1 Senate; 4 House)

• SCR 1: Requesting DOH name certain transportation infrastructure (Adopted, 01-29)
• HCR 1: Extending an invitation to His Excellency, the Governor, to deliver an address to the Legislature and raising a Joint Assembly therefor (Adopted, 01-14)
• HCR 2: Amending Rule 31 of the Joint Rules of the Senate and House of Delegates (Adopted, 01-14)
• HCR 3: House Infrastructure Naming Resolution (Adopted, 01-29)
• HCR 13: Honoring the life of Tony Whitlow (Adopted, 03-09)

Bills Signed by the Governor as of Thursday, March 12, 2026 (24 – 15 Senate; 9 House)

• SB 1: Small Business Growth Act (Signed, 02-23)
• SB 207: Clarifying sheriff’s compensation for collection of taxes (Signed, 02-25)
• SB 208: Exempting certain military records from public release (Signed, 02-25)
• SB 210: Modifying oversight provisions for Legislative Oversight Commission on Health and Human Resources Accountability (Signed, 03-10)
• SB 251: Authorizing Department of Administration to promulgate legislative rules (Signed, 03-02)
• SB 250: Budget Bill (Signed with line-item objections, 03-12)
• SB 256: Authorizing DEP to promulgate legislative rules (Signed, 03-02)
• SB 309: Authorizing DOT to promulgate legislative rules (Signed, 02-27)
• SB 374: Authorizing Department of Commerce to promulgate legislative rules (Signed, 03-10)
• SB 393: Updating corporate net income tax definitions (Signed, 03-02)
• SB 400: Updating personal income tax definitions and provision of law relating to gaming and gambling losses (Signed, 03-02)
• SB 640: Prohibiting release of certain personal information of contributors to political elections (Signed, 03-02)
• SB 692: Authorizing green flashing warning lights on DOH vehicles (Signed, 02-25)
• SB 749: Relating to county economic opportunity development districts (Signed, 03-10)
• SB 862: Repealing Addiction Treatment Pilot Program (Signed, 03-10)
• HB 4088: Relating to certified public accountants (Signed, 03-02)
• HB 4196: To offer long-acting reversible contraception to patients receiving methadone and suboxone at the treatment facility for the methadone and suboxone (Signed, 02-27)
• HB 4215: Department of Health Rules Bundle (Signed, 03-09)
• HB 4335: Relating to Medicaid providers (Signed, 02-28)
• HB 4474: Extending the Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementia Advisory Council sunset date (Signed, 02-25)
• HB 4575: Making Supplemental Appropriation to State Board of Education (Signed, 03-09)
• HB 4696: Authorize the Department of Environmental Protection to deposit funds granted pursuant to federal programs (Signed, 02-25)
• HB 4740: Statutory Commitments in Rural Health Transformation Program (Signed, 02-27)
• HB 4982: Make West Virginia Healthy Act of 2026 (Signed, 02-28)

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

Saturday, March 14, 2026 – 60th Day of Session

The Senate will convene at 11 a.m.

Senate Calendar

Scheduled Committee Meetings

There are no committee meetings scheduled for Saturday, March 14, 2026.

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

Committee Action on Bills from Friday, March 13, 2026

6 p.m.: Rules

• Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 5381: Relating to developing a comprehensive energy development policy and plan for the Office of Energy
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Bills that Have Passed the Senate as of Friday, March 13, 2026 (416 – 258 Senate; 158 House)

Resolutions that Have Been Adopted by the Senate as of Friday, March 13, 2026 (8 – 4 Senate; 4 House)

• SJR 8: Sheriff’s Succession Amendment (House Judiciary)
• SJR 9: Citizenship Requirement to Vote in West Virginia Elections Amendment (Adopted by House; pending Senate concurrence to House amendment)
• SJR 11: Homestead Exemption Increase Amendment (House Finance)
• SCR 1: Requesting DOH name certain transportation infrastructure (Adopted, 01-29)
• HCR 1: Extending an invitation to His Excellency, the Governor, to deliver an address to the Legislature and raising a Joint Assembly therefor (Adopted, 01-14)
• HCR 2: Amending Rule 31 of the Joint Rules of the Senate and House of Delegates (Adopted, 01-14)
• HCR 3: House Infrastructure Naming Resolution (Adopted, 01-29)
• HCR 13: Honoring the life of Tony Whitlow (Adopted, 03-09)

Bills that have Completed Legislation as of Friday, March 13, 2026 (179 – 93 Senate; 86 House)

Resolutions that Have Completed Legislation as of Friday, March 13, 2026 (5 – 1 Senate; 4 House)

• SCR 1: Requesting DOH name certain transportation infrastructure (Adopted, 01-29)
• HCR 1: Extending an invitation to His Excellency, the Governor, to deliver an address to the Legislature and raising a Joint Assembly therefor (Adopted, 01-14)
• HCR 2: Amending Rule 31 of the Joint Rules of the Senate and House of Delegates (Adopted, 01-14)
• HCR 3: House Infrastructure Naming Resolution (Adopted, 01-29)
• HCR 13: Honoring the life of Tony Whitlow (Adopted, 03-09)

Bills Signed by the Governor as of Friday, March 13, 2026 (26 – 15 Senate; 11 House)

• SB 1: Small Business Growth Act (Signed, 02-23)
• SB 207: Clarifying sheriff’s compensation for collection of taxes (Signed, 02-25)
• SB 208: Exempting certain military records from public release (Signed, 02-25)
• SB 210: Modifying oversight provisions for Legislative Oversight Commission on Health and Human Resources Accountability (Signed, 03-10)
• SB 251: Authorizing Department of Administration to promulgate legislative rules (Signed, 03-02)
• SB 250: Budget Bill (Signed with line-item objections, 03-12)
• SB 256: Authorizing DEP to promulgate legislative rules (Signed, 03-02)
• SB 309: Authorizing DOT to promulgate legislative rules (Signed, 02-27)
• SB 374: Authorizing Department of Commerce to promulgate legislative rules (Signed, 03-10)
• SB 393: Updating corporate net income tax definitions (Signed, 03-02)
• SB 400: Updating personal income tax definitions and provision of law relating to gaming and gambling losses (Signed, 03-02)
• SB 640: Prohibiting release of certain personal information of contributors to political elections (Signed, 03-02)
• SB 692: Authorizing green flashing warning lights on DOH vehicles (Signed, 02-25)
• SB 749: Relating to county economic opportunity development districts (Signed, 03-10)
• SB 862: Repealing Addiction Treatment Pilot Program (Signed, 03-10)
• HB 4088: Relating to certified public accountants (Signed, 03-02)
• HB 4196: To offer long-acting reversible contraception to patients receiving methadone and suboxone at the treatment facility for the methadone and suboxone (Signed, 02-27)
• HB 4215: Department of Health Rules Bundle (Signed, 03-09)
• HB 4335: Relating to Medicaid providers (Signed, 02-28)
• HB 4474: Extending the Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementia Advisory Council sunset date (Signed, 02-25)
• HB 4575: Making Supplemental Appropriation to State Board of Education (Signed, 03-09)
• HB 4696: Authorize the Department of Environmental Protection to deposit funds granted pursuant to federal programs (Signed, 02-25)

• HB 4740: Statutory Commitments in Rural Health Transformation Program (Signed, 02-27)
• HB 4749: Relating to adding requirements to the foster child bill of rights (Signed, 03-13)
• HB 4982: Make West Virginia Healthy Act of 2026 (Signed, 02-28)
• HB 5682: Supplemental Appropriation to expire funds to surplus balance of General Revenue (Signed, 03-13)

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

Thursday, March 12, 2026 – 58th Day of Session

The Senate will convene at 11 a.m.

Senate Calendar

Scheduled Committee Meetings

10:30 a.m.: Education (451M)

• HB 4656: Relating to chronic absenteeism
• HB 5321: To guarantee timely educational evaluations and continuity of services for children entering foster care

10:30 a.m.: Energy, Industry and Mining (208W)

• Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4012: Relating to reducing the regulatory burden on utility companies when constructing and maintaining electric power generation and transmission facilities within this state

10:45 a.m.: Committee on Rules (219M, Senate President’s Conference Room)

3 p.m.: Finance (451M)

• Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for HB 5453: To modify the school aid funding formula
• Com. Sub. for HB 4004: Creating the Recharge West Virginia Program
• Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for HB 4006: Creating the West Virginia Aerospace and Advanced Manufacturing Growth Act
• Com. Sub. for HB 4009: Relating to the creation of the Portable Benefit Account Act

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

Committee Action on Bills from Wednesday, March 11, 2026

9 a.m.: Transportation and Infrastructure

• Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4577: Relating to Driver’s Licenses
• Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

9:30 a.m.: Natural Resources

• Originating SCR 1: Studying the reasons for the decline in the eastern gray fox population in West Virginia and find ways to stabilize and rebound gray fox populations
• Originating concurrent resolution reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it be adopted

• Originating SCR 2: Studying the economic feasibility of requiring hunters to purchase an upland game bird stamp along with the purchase of a standard hunting license prior to hunting upland game birds in wildlife management areas in the state
• Originating concurrent resolution reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it be adopted

• Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4176: To allow youth and handicapped hunters to harvest a buck deer or doe during youth/handicapped special hunts
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

10 a.m.: Education

• HB 5537: Repealing obsolete and outdated sections of the Education code
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• HB 4656: Relating to chronic absenteeism
• Bill reported without recommendation as to passage, but with recommendation it be referred back to Education; second reference to Finance

1:15 p.m.: Energy, Industry and Mining

• HB 2012: Relating to reducing the regulatory burden on utility companies when constructing and maintaining electric power generation and transmission facilities within this state
• Bill reported without recommendation as to passage, but with recommendation it be referred back to Energy, Industry and Mining

2 p.m.: Select Committee on School Choice

• Strike and Insert Amendment for HB 4588: Relating to participating in the federal tax credit scholarship program
• Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• HB 5048: To ensure virtual instruction for foster students while in temporary placement facilities
• Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

2:30 p.m.: Banking and Insurance

• Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 5515: Relating to modernizing and updating workers’ compensation statutes
• Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Eng. HB 5463: Relating to Decreasing Board of Education Limits
• Motion to report the bill to the full Senate rejected; bill not reported

• Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4869: Establish narrow, clearly bounded guaranteed-issue rights for Medicare Supplement policies in West Virginia
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 5462: Relating to Mine Subsidence
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

3 p.m.: Finance

• Com. Sub. for HB 5438: To modify the foundation allowance to improve instructional programs
• Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for HB 4004: Creating the Recharge West Virginia Program
• Bill laid over

• Com. Sub. for HB 4009: Relating to the creation of the Portable Benefit Account Act
• Bill laid over

• Com. Sub. for HB 4087: To create a West Virginia-Ireland Education Alliance
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for HB 4191: Relating to providing child care generally
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Strike and Insert Amendment for Com. Sub. for HB 5074: Relating to changing the allocation of proceeds in the Medical Cannabis Program Fund
• Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Strike and Insert Amendment for Com. Sub. for HB 5353: To bring virtual currency kiosks within the purview of money transmission licensure and create disclosure requirements and daily transaction limitations for new and existing customers.
• Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for HB 4006: Creating the West Virginia Aerospace and Advanced Manufacturing Growth Act
• Bill laid over

• Com. Sub. for HB 4245: Authorizing Certain Agencies of the Department of Revenue to Promulgate Legislative Rules
• Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for HB 5168: To increase funding for EMS first responders
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for HB 4418: Creating “The Tax Efficiency Act of 2026”
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Strike and Insert Amendment for Com. Sub. for HB 5527: Relating to Wellness Reimbursement Programs
• Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Strike and Insert Amendment for HB 5687: Relating to reducing the tax rate imposed on the gross value of metallurgical coal produced in this state
• Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

3 p.m.: Judiciary

• Strike and Insert Amendment for Com. Sub. for HB 4852: Relating to regulation of foods
• Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Strike and Insert Amendment for HB 5484: Creating the crime of conspiracy to deny medical treatment to victim of sexual offense
• Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Strike and Insert Amendment for HB 4198: E-Verify Safe Harbor Act
• Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for HB 4995: Require the use of video cameras in certain special education classrooms
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for HB 4468: Relating to confidentiality of court files and law-enforcement records
• Motion to report the bill to the full Senate rejected; bill not reported

• HB 5214: Relating to drug testing of parents who have had abuse and/or neglect claims substantiated against them prior to reunification
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• HB 4025: Exempting certain employees from the classified civil service system
• Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Strike and Insert Amendment for HB 5441: Reforming State Personnel System
• Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Strike and Insert Amendment for HB 4602: Relating to requiring the Department of Human Services to establish a pilot program to contract for supplemental caseworker aide services for the Bureau for Social Services
• Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Strike and Insert Amendment for Com. Sub. for HB 5101: The Joanna Phillips Domestic Violence Prevention Act
• Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Strike and Insert Amendment for HB 4106: Allowing constitutional carry for 18- to 20-year-olds
• Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Strike and Insert Amendment for Com. Sub. for HB 4712: Increasing the criminal penalties for DUI causing death to be known as “Baylea’s Law”
• Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Bills that Have Passed the Senate as of Wednesday, March 11, 2026 (322 – 258 Senate; 64 House)

Bills that have Completed Legislation as of Wednesday, March 11, 2026 (77 – 37 Senate; 40 House)

Bills Signed by the Governor as of Wednesday, March 11, 2026 (23 – 14 Senate; 9 House)

• SB 1: Small Business Growth Act (Signed, 02-23)
• SB 207: Clarifying sheriff’s compensation for collection of taxes (Signed, 02-25)
• SB 208: Exempting certain military records from public release (Signed, 02-25)
• SB 210: Modifying oversight provisions for Legislative Oversight Commission on Health and Human Resources Accountability (Signed, 03-10)
• SB 251: Authorizing Department of Administration to promulgate legislative rules (Signed, 03-02)
• SB 256: Authorizing DEP to promulgate legislative rules (Signed, 03-02)
• SB 309: Authorizing DOT to promulgate legislative rules (Signed, 02-27)
• SB 374: Authorizing Department of Commerce to promulgate legislative rules (Signed, 03-10)
• SB 393: Updating corporate net income tax definitions (Signed, 03-02)
• SB 400: Updating personal income tax definitions and provision of law relating to gaming and gambling losses (Signed, 03-02)
• SB 640: Prohibiting release of certain personal information of contributors to political elections (Signed, 03-02)
• SB 692: Authorizing green flashing warning lights on DOH vehicles (Signed, 02-25)
• SB 749: Relating to county economic opportunity development districts (Signed, 03-10)
• SB 862: Repealing Addiction Treatment Pilot Program (Signed, 03-10)
• HB 4088: Relating to certified public accountants (Signed, 03-02)
• HB 4196: To offer long-acting reversible contraception to patients receiving methadone and suboxone at the treatment facility for the methadone and suboxone (Signed, 02-27)
• HB 4215: Department of Health Rules Bundle (Signed, 03-09)
• HB 4335: Relating to Medicaid providers (Signed, 02-28)
• HB 4474: Extending the Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementia Advisory Council sunset date (Signed, 02-25)
• HB 4575: Making Supplemental Appropriation to State Board of Education (Signed, 03-09)
• HB 4696: Authorize the Department of Environmental Protection to deposit funds granted pursuant to federal programs (Signed, 02-25)
• HB 4740: Statutory Commitments in Rural Health Transformation Program (Signed, 02-27)
• HB 4982: Make West Virginia Healthy Act of 2026 (Signed, 02-28)

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

Wednesday, March 11, 2026 – 57th Day of Session

The Senate will convene at 11 a.m.

Senate Calendar

Scheduled Committee Meetings

8 a.m.: Judiciary Subcommittee on Eng. Com. Sub. forHB 4198, E-Verify Safe Harbor Act (208W)

9 a.m.: Transportation and Infrastructure (451M)

• Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4577: Relating to Driver’s Licenses

9:30 a.m.: Natural Resources (208W)

• Originating SCR 1: Studying the reasons for the decline in the eastern gray fox population in West Virginia and find ways to stabilize and rebound gray fox populations
• Originating SCR 2: Studying the economic feasibility of requiring hunters to purchase an upland game bird stamp along with the purchase of a standard hunting license prior to hunting upland game birds in wildlife management areas in the state
• Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4176: To allow youth and handicapped hunters to harvest a buck deer or doe during youth/handicapped special hunts

10 a.m.: Education (451M)

• HB 5537: Repealing obsolete and outdated sections of the Education code
• HB 4656: Relating to chronic absenteeism
• HB 5321: To guarantee timely educational evaluations and continuity of services for children entering foster care

10:45 a.m.: Committee on Rules (219M, Senate President’s Conference Room)

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

• HB 4588: Relating to participating in the federal tax credit scholarship program
• HB 5048: To ensure virtual instruction for foster students while in temporary placement facilities

2 p.m.: Banking and Insurance (451M)

• Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 5515: Relating to modernizing and updating workers’ compensation statutes
• Eng. HB 5463: Relating to Decreasing Board of Education Limits
• Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4869: Establish narrow, clearly bounded guaranteed-issue rights for Medicare Supplement policies in West Virginia
• Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 5462: Relating to Mine Subsidence

3 p.m.: Finance (451M)

• Com. Sub. for HB 5438: To modify the foundation allowance to improve instructional programs.
• Com. Sub. for HB 4004: Creating the Recharge West Virginia Program
• Com. Sub. for HB 4009: Relating to the creation of the Portable Benefit Account Act
• Com. Sub. for HB 4087: To create a West Virginia-Ireland Education Alliance.
• Com. Sub. for HB 4191: Relating to providing child care generally
• Com. Sub. for HB 5074: Relating to changing the allocation of proceeds in the Medical Cannabis Program Fund.
• Com. Sub. for HB 5353: To bring virtual currency kiosks within the purview of money transmission licensure and create disclosure requirements and daily transaction limitations for new and existing customers.
• Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for HB 4006: Creating the West Virginia Aerospace and Advanced Manufacturing Growth Act
• Com. Sub. for HB 4245: Authorizing Certain Agencies of the Department of Revenue to Promulgate Legislative Rules
• Com. Sub. for HB 5168: To increase funding for EMS first responders

3 p.m.: Judiciary (208W)

• Com. Sub. for HB 4852: Relating to regulation of foods
• HB 5484: Creating the crime of conspiracy to deny medical treatment to victim of sexual offense
• HB 4198: E-Verify Safe Harbor Act
• Com. Sub. for HB 4995: Require the use of video cameras in certain special education classrooms
• Com. Sub. for HB 4468: Relating to confidentiality of court files and law-enforcement records
• HB 5214: Relating to drug testing of parents who have had abuse and/or neglect claims substantiated against them prior to reunification
• HB 4025: Exempting certain employees from the classified civil service system
• HB 5441: Reforming State Personnel System
• HB 4602: Relating to requiring the Department of Human Services to establish a pilot program to contract for supplemental caseworker aide services for the Bureau for Social Services
• Com. Sub. for HB 5101: The Joanna Phillips Domestic Violence Prevention Act
• Com. Sub. for HB 5319: Camping ban on certain public property
• HB 5660: Updates to obtaining a license to carry deadly weapons statute
• HB 4106: Allowing constitutional carry for 18- to 20-year-olds
• Com. Sub. for HB 4712: Increasing the criminal penalties for DUI causing death to be known as “Baylea’s Law”

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

Committee Action on Bills from Tuesday, March 10, 2026

9 a.m.: Education

• HB 4002: Establishing the West Virginia Collaboratory
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• HB 4573: Foster Youth Post-Secondary Transition Awareness Act
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• HB 4425: To repeal the provision allowing for students to transfer from one school to another without losing eligibility
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

9 a.m.: Government Organization

• HB 5063: To permit the county commission to appoint a county commissioner to a convention and visitor’s bureau as a voting member
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• HB 5087: Relating to Interstate Cosmetology Licensure Compact
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Strike and Insert Amendment for HB 4793: Creating the Barber Apprentice Program
• Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Strike and Insert Amendment for HB 5638: Relating to the requirements of the state’s cyber security program and responsibilities and authority of the state chief information security officer
• Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Strike and Insert Amendment for HB 4483: Relating to funeral service licensure and administration
• Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• HB 5653: To confirm the confidentiality of internal audit and other manuals, training materials, guidelines, thresholds, and procedures
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• HB 4452: To remove Mortmain restrictions on religious organizations
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• HB 4801: Defining Permissible expenditures for municipalities and counties
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• HB 5622: Amendments to city charters
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Strike and Insert Amendment for HB 4546: Providing for biennial reporting instead of annual reporting for business organizations
• Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• HB 5613: Relating to authorizing the Fleet Management Division to use telematics
• Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• HB 5323: Relating to indexing of license and stamp fees
• Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• HB 4819: Relating to use of criminal records as disqualification from authorization to practice a particular profession
• Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

1 p.m.: Health and Human Resources

• HB 5086: Relating to peer support services
• Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• HB 5004: Relating generally to PANS and PANDAS
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• HB 5327: West Virginia ALS Care Services Act
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• HB 5096: Relating to removing services from requiring a certificate of need
• Motion to report the bill to the full Senate rejected; bill not reported

• HB 4965: Relating to patient-centered treatment flexibility within the Public Employees Insurance Agency
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• HB 5015: Relating to the Respiratory Care Interstate Compact
• Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• HB 5582: Extending program for drug screening of applicants for TANF
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• HB 5466: Relating to Abuse Prevention Program
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

1 p.m.: Economic Development

• Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4001: Creating TEAM-WV Corporation
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

• Eng. HB 4008: Relating to Business Ready Sites Program
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

3 p.m.: Finance

• Com. Sub. for HB 5212: Relating to financial aid for post-secondary education
• Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for HB 4007: Relating to industrial access roads
• Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• HB 4765: Teacher, School Personnel, and State Police Raise
• Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for HB 5162: Relating to the sales of tax liens
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• HB 5685: Relating to authorizing bonds for improvements to the West Virginia Science and Culture Center
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• HJR 42: Homestead exemption
• Resolution, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it be adopted

• Com. Sub. for HB 4010: Providing a statutory program for loaning financial assistance to local airports for airplane hangar construction in this state
• Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• HB 4404: Increase the allowance for volunteer and part-volunteer fire companies and allowing fire departments to make an expenditure for educational and training supplies and fire prevention promotional materials
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for HB 4592: Relating to college campus safety
• Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for HB 4784: Extending the Qualified Opportunity Zones until July 1, 2032
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for HB 5088: Relating to Natural Resource Police Officer Retirement
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• SB 876: Supplemental appropriation to Department of Health Facilities, fund 0412
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Originating SB 1: Supplemental Appropriation to Department of Tourism, fund 0293
• Originating bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Originating SB 2: Supplemental Appropriation to Department of Transportation, fund 9017
• Originating bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Originating SB 3: Supplemental Appropriation to Department of Homeland Security, fund 0450
• Originating bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Originating SB 4: Supplemental Appropriation to Department of Health, fund 0407
• Originating bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Originating SB 5: Supplemental Appropriation to Adjutant General, fund 0433
• Originating bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• SB 846: Supplemental Appropriation to Department of Tourism, fund 0293
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for SB 872: Supplemental appropriation to Department of Commerce, fund 0265
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• HB 5382: Relating to the Neighborhood Investment Program.
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• SB 842: Supplemental Appropriation to Department of Agriculture, fund 1481
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

3 p.m.: Judiciary

• HB 4198: E-Verify Safe Harbor Act
• Bill referred to subcommittee; Senators Rucker (chair), Garcia, Tarr, Weld, Rose, Fuller, Azinger appointed

• HB 4710: Changing the limit on switching parties before filing to run for office from 60 days to 180 days prior to an election
• Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• HB 4865: Providing for a program allowing election official trainees to be appointed as election officials
• Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• HB 5166: To provide notice to any political committees violating the filing requirements prior to assessing any civil fines and giving the Secretary of State authority to grant additional time for compliance not to exceed an additional 14 days
• Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• HB 5401: Relating to voting in West Virginia elections while residing overseas
• Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• HB 5366: Relating to rules governing the practice of law
• Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• HB 5528: Relating to protection of personal residential information of certain public officials
• Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for HB 4996: Relating to bail in cases involving terroristic threats to schools or children
• Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for HB 4345: Relating to the preservation of missing persons records and evidence
• Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for HB 5182: Relating generally to authorizing security personnel employed by the State Treasurer to carry concealed weapons while performing his or her official duties
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• HB 4603: Relating to the creation of the process of obtaining and adjudicating a pre-adjudicatory alternative disposition
• Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• HB 5065: Relating to hotel occupancy tax
• Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Bills that Have Passed the Senate as of Tuesday, March 10, 2026 (290 – 241 Senate; 49 House)

Bills that have Completed Legislation as of Tuesday, March 10, 2026 (59 – 23 Senate; 17 House)

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

Monday, March 9, 2026 – 55th Day of Session

The Senate will convene at 11 a.m.

Senate Calendar

Scheduled Committee Meetings

9:30 a.m.: Education (451M)

• HB 5438: To modify the foundation allowance to improve instructional programs.
• HB 4087: To create a West Virginia-Ireland Education Alliance.
• HB 5163: Relating to exempting child-care programs operated by a county board of education exclusively for the children of its employees from certain licensing requirements
• HB 5453: To modify the school aid funding formula.
• HB 5511: To allow money to be paid to county board of education employees’ estates for accrued and unused leave if they pass away before retirement

9:30 a.m.: Government Organization (208W)

• HB 5527: Relating to Wellness Reimbursement Programs
• Strike and Insert Amendment for HB 5091: Relating to duties of licensees under the West Virginia Real Estate License Act
• HB 4418: Creating “The Tax Efficiency Act of 2026”
• HB 5564: Relating to deputy sheriffs’ vacation time
• HB 5638: Relating to the requirements of the state’s cyber security program and responsibilities and authority of the state chief information security officer

10:45 a.m.: Committee on Rules (219M, Senate President’s Conference Room)

1 p.m.: Transportation and Infrastructure (451M)

• Eng. HB 4410: Relating to special stops required for on-track equipment
• Eng. HB 4421: Providing guidelines for the West Virginia Parkways Authority to cease tolls on the West Virginia Turnpike upon completion of all bond payments
• Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4563: Require EZ Pass transponder be registered to person, not vehicle
• Eng. HB 4419: Requiring certain non-discretionary procedures be strictly complied with by the West Virginia Parkways Authority before tolls, rents, fees or charges may be increased

1 p.m.: Workforce (208W)

• Originating SCR: Requesting the Joint Committee on Government and Finance study the ongoing water crisis affecting the southern counties of West Virginia
• Strike and Insert Amendment for HB 5480: Relating to establishing the West Virginia Youth Summer Employment and Career Readiness Program

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

• Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 5398: Relating to dates and deposits for Oil and Gas Well Plugging
• Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4481: WV Load Forecast Accountability Act
• Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 5381: Relating to developing a comprehensive energy development policy and plan for the Office of Energy

3 p.m.: Finance (451M)

• SB 1084: Supplemental appropriation to Department of Tourism, fund 5450
• Com. Sub. for HB 4416: Classifying forestry equipment for levy purposes
• Com. Sub. for HB 5168: To increase funding for EMS first responders
• HB 4626: Relating to the establishment of a grant program to fund the United States Food and Drug Administration’s drug development trials with ibogaine
• HB 4768: Relating to updating definitions to incorporate federal law changes to qualified higher education expenses for purposes of 529 accounts
• Com. Sub. for HB 5212: Relating to financial aid for post-secondary education

3 p.m.: Judiciary (208W)

• HB 4169: Relating to mental health examination requirements
• HB 4364: Relating to concurrent juvenile jurisdiction on military installations
• Com. Sub. for HB 4366: Relating to military interpersonal violence
• Com. Sub. for HB 4415: Creating crime of attempting to smuggle contraband into federal correctional institutions within the state
• Com. Sub. for HB 4606: Relating to the meaning of residence for the purpose of bail
• HB 4552: Relating to the law-enforcement powers of correctional officers
• HB 4695: To double the criminal penalty for anyone found guilty of sexual assault on a minor
• Com. Sub. for HB 4625: Relating to quit claim deeds
• Com. Sub. for HB 4755: Adding Aggravated Vehicular Homicide to the list of qualifying offenses
• HB 4842: Relating to civil remedies for the unauthorized disclosure of intimate images
• Com. Sub. for HB 4850: Providing online training for Executors/Executrix of an Estate
• Com. Sub. for HB 4893: Increase the penalties for contempt of court in a magistrate court
• HB 5684: Relating to authorizing the Supreme Court of Appeals to create child protection commissioners
• HB 4198: E-Verify Safe Harbor Act

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

Committee Action on Bills from Friday, March 6, 2026

9 a.m.: Finance

• SB 844: Supplemental Appropriation to Department of Human Services, fund 8722
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• HB 5457: To allow partial credits for times of disability service in the CPRB for Troopers
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Strike and Insert Amendment for HB 5686: Relating to the timing of payments of annually required deposit into an eligible recipient’s Hope Scholarship account
• Bill reported, as amended, to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

9 a.m.: Judiciary

• Com. Sub for HB 5067:Relating to the powers and duties of the director of the Division of Administrative Services
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• HB 5406: Relating to driving under the influence
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for HB 5444: Relating to increasing the amount of fees to be paid by parolees for supervision
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Strike and Insert Amendment for HB 4138: Relating to persons convicted of a crime
• Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Bills that Have Passed the Senate as of Friday, March 6, 2026 (253 – 239 Senate; 14 House)

Bills that have Completed Legislation as of Friday, March 6, 2026 (31 – 18 Senate; 13 House)

• SB 1: Small Business Growth Act (Signed, 02-23)
• SB 84: Prohibiting law enforcement from placing surveillance cameras on private property (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• SB 207: Clarifying sheriff’s compensation for collection of taxes (Signed, 02-25)
• SB 208: Exempting certain military records from public release (Signed, 02-25)
• SB 210: Modifying oversight provisions for Legislative Oversight Commission on Health and Human Resources Accountability (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• SB 250: Budget Bill (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• SB 251: Authorizing Department of Administration to promulgate legislative rules (Signed, 03-02)
• SB 256: Authorizing DEP to promulgate legislative rules (Signed, 03-02)
• SB 309: Authorizing DOT to promulgate legislative rules (Signed, 02-27)
• SB 374: Authorizing Department of Commerce to promulgate legislative rules (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• SB 393: Updating corporate net income tax definitions (Signed, 03-02)
• SB 400: Updating personal income tax definitions and provision of law relating to gaming and gambling losses (Signed, 03-02)
• SB 640: Prohibiting release of certain personal information of contributors to political elections (Signed, 03-02)
• SB 659: Prohibiting certain restrictions on regulation of accessory dwelling units (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• SB 690: Creating alternative DOH procurement procedure (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• SB 692: Authorizing green flashing warning lights on DOH vehicles (Signed, 02-25)
• SB 749: Relating to county economic opportunity development districts (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• SB 862: Repealing Addiction Treatment Pilot Program (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• HB 4022: CPS Allocation (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• HB 4088: Relating to certified public accountants (Signed, 03-02)
• HB 4196: To offer long-acting reversible contraception to patients receiving methadone and suboxone at the treatment facility for the methadone and suboxone (Signed, 02-27)
• HB 4215: Department of Health Rules Bundle (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• HB 4335: Relating to Medicaid providers (Signed, 02-28)
• HB 4433: Prohibiting Human Smuggling and Trafficking (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• HB 4474: Extending the Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementia Advisory Council sunset date (Signed, 02-25)
• HB 4575: Making Supplemental Appropriation to State Board of Education (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• HB 4696: Authorize the Department of Environmental Protection to deposit funds granted pursuant to federal programs (Signed, 02-25)
• HB 4740: Statutory Commitments in Rural Health Transformation Program (Signed, 02-27)
• HB 4749: Relating to adding requirements to the foster child bill of rights (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• HB 4982: Make West Virginia Healthy Act of 2026 (Signed, 02-28)
• HB 5682: Supplemental Appropriation to expire funds to surplus balance of General Revenue (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)

Resolutions that Have Completed Legislation as of Friday, March 6, 2026 (4 – 1 Senate; 3 House)

• SCR 1: Requesting DOH name certain transportation infrastructure (Adopted, 01-29)
• HCR 1: Extending an invitation to His Excellency, the Governor, to deliver an address to the Legislature and raising a Joint Assembly therefor (Adopted, 01-14)
• HCR 2: Amending Rule 31 of the Joint Rules of the Senate and House of Delegates (Adopted, 01-14)
• HCR 3: House Infrastructure Naming Resolution (Adopted, 01-29)

Bills Signed by the Governor as of Friday, March 6, 2026 (17 – 10 Senate; 7 House)

• SB 1: Small Business Growth Act (Signed, 02-23)
• SB 207: Clarifying sheriff’s compensation for collection of taxes (Signed, 02-25)
• SB 208: Exempting certain military records from public release (Signed, 02-25)
• SB 251: Authorizing Department of Administration to promulgate legislative rules (Signed, 03-02)
• SB 256: Authorizing DEP to promulgate legislative rules (Signed, 03-02)
• SB 309: Authorizing DOT to promulgate legislative rules (Signed, 02-27)
• SB 393: Updating corporate net income tax definitions (Signed, 03-02)
• SB 400: Updating personal income tax definitions and provision of law relating to gaming and gambling losses (Signed, 03-02)
• SB 640: Prohibiting release of certain personal information of contributors to political elections (Signed, 03-02)
• SB 692: Authorizing green flashing warning lights on DOH vehicles (Signed, 02-25)
• HB 4088: Relating to certified public accountants (Signed, 03-02)
• HB 4196: To offer long-acting reversible contraception to patients receiving methadone and suboxone at the treatment facility for the methadone and suboxone (Signed, 02-27)
• HB 4335: Relating to Medicaid providers (Signed, 02-28)
• HB 4474: Extending the Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementia Advisory Council sunset date (Signed, 02-25)
• HB 4696: Authorize the Department of Environmental Protection to deposit funds granted pursuant to federal programs (Signed, 02-25)
• HB 4740: Statutory Commitments in Rural Health Transformation Program (Signed, 02-27)
• HB 4982: Make West Virginia Healthy Act of 2026 (Signed, 02-28)

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

Tuesday, March 10, 2026 – 56th Day of Session

The Senate will convene at 11 a.m.

Senate Calendar

Scheduled Committee Meetings

9 a.m.: Education (451M)

• HB 4002: Establishing the West Virginia Collaboratory
• HB 4573: Foster Youth Post-Secondary Transition Awareness Act
• HB 5537: Repealing obsolete and outdated sections of the Education code.
• HB 4425: To repeal the provision allowing for students to transfer from one school to another without losing eligibility

• Eddie Smolder, Winfield High School Head Football Coach
• Jay Hesse, Frankfort High School Athletic Director
• Tim George, Spring Valley High School Athletic Director

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

• HB 5063: To permit the county commission to appoint a county commissioner to a convention and visitor’s bureau as a voting member
• HB 5087: Relating to Interstate Cosmetology Licensure Compact.
• Strike and Insert Amendment for HB 4793: Creating the Barber Apprentice Program
• Strike and Insert Amendment for HB 5638: Relating to the requirements of the state’s cyber security program and responsibilities and authority of the state chief information security officer
• Strike and Insert Amendment for HB 4483: Relating to funeral service licensure and administration
• HB 5653: To confirm the confidentiality of internal audit and other manuals, training materials, guidelines, thresholds, and procedures
• HB 4452: To remove Mortmain restrictions on religious organizations
• HB 4801: Defining Permissible expenditures for municipalities and counties
• HB 5622: Amendments to city charters
• Strike and Insert Amendment for HB 4546: Providing for biennial reporting instead of annual reporting for business organizations.
• HB 5613: Relating to authorizing the Fleet Management Division to use telematics
• HB 5323: Relating to indexing of license and stamp fees

10:45 a.m.: Committee on Rules (219M, Senate President’s Conference Room)

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

• HB 5086: Relating to peer support services
• HB 5004: Relating generally to PANS and PANDAS
• HB 5327: West Virginia ALS Care Services Act
• HB 5096: Relating to removing services from requiring a certificate of need
• HB 4965: Relating to patient-centered treatment flexibility within the Public Employees Insurance Agency
• HB 5015: Relating to the Respiratory Care Interstate Compact
• HB 5582: Extending program for drug screening of applicants for TANF

1 p.m.: Economic Development (208W)

• Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4001: Creating TEAM-WV Corporation
• Eng. HB 4008: Relating to Business Ready Sites Program

3 p.m.: Finance (451M)

• Com. Sub. for HB 5212: Relating to financial aid for post-secondary education
• Com. Sub. for HB 4007: Relating to industrial access roads
• HB 4765: Teacher, School Personnel, and State Police Raise
• Com. Sub. for HB 5162: Relating to the sales of tax liens
• HB 5685: Relating to authorizing bonds for improvements to the West Virginia Science and Culture Center
• HJR 42: Homestead exemption
• Com. Sub. for HB 4010: Providing a statutory program for loaning financial assistance to local airports for airplane hangar construction in this state
• HB 4404: Increase the allowance for volunteer and part-volunteer fire companies and allowing fire departments to make an expenditure for educational and training supplies and fire prevention promotional materials
• Com. Sub. for HB 4592: Relating to college campus safety
• Com. Sub. for HB 4784: Extending the Qualified Opportunity Zones until July 1, 2032
• Com. Sub. for HB 5088: Relating to Natural Resource Police Officer Retirement
• SB 876: Supplemental appropriation to Department of Health Facilities, fund 0412
• Originating SB 1: Supplemental Appropriation to Department of Tourism, fund 0293
• Originating SB 2: Supplemental Appropriation to Department of Transportation, fund 9017
• Originating SB 3: Supplemental Appropriation to Department of Homeland Security, fund 0450
• Originating SB 4: Supplemental Appropriation to Department of Health, fund 0407
• Originating SB 5: Supplemental Appropriation to Adjutant General, fund 0433

3 p.m.: Judiciary (208W)

• HB 4710: Changing the limit on switching parties before filing to run for office from 60 days to 180 days prior to an election
• HB 4865: Providing for a program allowing election official trainees to be appointed as election officials.
• HB 5166: To provide notice to any political committees violating the filing requirements prior to assessing any civil fines and giving the Secretary of State authority to grant additional time for compliance not to exceed an additional 14 days
• HB 5273: Relating to campaign financial statements by candidates for municipal office
• HB 5401: Relating to voting in West Virginia elections while residing overseas
• HB 5366: Relating to rules governing the practice of law
• HB 5528: Relating to protection of personal residential information of certain public officials
• HB 4603: Relating to the creation of the process of obtaining and adjudicating a pre-adjudicatory alternative disposition
• Com. Sub. for HB 5182: Relating generally to authorizing security personnel employed by the State Treasurer to carry concealed weapons while performing his or her official duties
• HB 5065: Relating to hotel occupancy tax
• Com. Sub. for HB 4345: Relating to the preservation of missing persons records and evidence

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

Committee Action on Bills from Monday, March 9, 2026

9:30 a.m.: Education

• HB 5438: To modify the foundation allowance to improve instructional programs
• Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

• HB 4087: To create a West Virginia-Ireland Education Alliance
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

• HB 5163: Relating to exempting child-care programs operated by a county board of education exclusively for the children of its employees from certain licensing requirements
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

• HB 5453: To modify the school aid funding formula
• Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

• HB 5511: To allow money to be paid to county board of education employees’ estates for accrued and unused leave if they pass away before retirement
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

9:30 a.m.: Government Organization

• HB 5527: Relating to Wellness Reimbursement Programs
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

• Strike and Insert Amendment for HB 5091: Relating to duties of licensees under the West Virginia Real Estate License Act
• Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Judiciary

• HB 4418: Creating “The Tax Efficiency Act of 2026”
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

• HB 5564: Relating to deputy sheriffs’ vacation time
• Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

1 p.m.: Transportation and Infrastructure

• Eng. HB 4410: Relating to special stops required for on-track equipment
• Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Eng. HB 4421: Providing guidelines for the West Virginia Parkways Authority to cease tolls on the West Virginia Turnpike upon completion of all bond payments
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4563: Require EZ Pass transponder be registered to person, not vehicle
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Eng. HB 4419: Requiring certain non-discretionary procedures be strictly complied with by the West Virginia Parkways Authority before tolls, rents, fees or charges may be increased
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

• Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4538: Regarding fines in DOH work zones
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

1 p.m.: Workforce

• Originating SCR: Requesting the Joint Committee on Government and Finance study the ongoing water crisis affecting the southern counties of West Virginia
• Resolution reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it be adopted

• Strike and Insert Amendment for HB 5480: Relating to establishing the West Virginia Youth Summer Employment and Career Readiness Program
• Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

2 p.m.: Energy, Industry and Mining

• Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 5398: Relating to dates and deposits for Oil and Gas Well Plugging
• Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4481: WV Load Forecast Accountability Act
• Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 5381: Relating to developing a comprehensive energy development policy and plan for the Office of Energy
• Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

3 p.m.: Finance

• SB 1084: Supplemental appropriation to Department of Tourism, fund 5450
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for HB 4416: Classifying forestry equipment for levy purposes
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• HB 4626: Relating to the establishment of a grant program to fund the United States Food and Drug Administration’s drug development trials with ibogaine
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• HB 4768: Relating to updating definitions to incorporate federal law changes to qualified higher education expenses for purposes of 529 accounts
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for HB 5212: Relating to financial aid for post-secondary education
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• SB 1043: Supplemental appropriation to Department of Agriculture, fund 1401
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• HB 5022: Relating to expanding the programs to be included in the annual capitation rate review
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• SB 787: Supplemental appropriation to Department of Commerce, fund 0250
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• SB 791: Supplemental appropriation to Department of Homeland Security, fund 0443
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• SB 829: Supplemental Appropriation to Department of Administration, fund 0615
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for SB 832: Supplemental Appropriation to Bureau of Senior Services, fund 0420
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• SB 873: Supplemental appropriation to Department of Commerce, fund 0256
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

3 p.m.: Judiciary

• HB 4169: Relating to mental health examination requirements
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• HB 4364: Relating to concurrent juvenile jurisdiction on military installations
• Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for HB 4366: Relating to military interpersonal violence
• Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for HB 4415: Creating crime of attempting to smuggle contraband into federal correctional institutions within the state
• Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for HB 4606: Relating to the meaning of residence for the purpose of bail
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• HB 4610: Safeguard the Right-To-Try Cutting-Edge Medicine Act
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• HB 4552: Relating to the law-enforcement powers of correctional officers
• Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for HB 4625: Relating to quit claim deeds
• Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for HB 4755: Adding Aggravated Vehicular Homicide to the list of qualifying offenses
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• HB 4842: Relating to civil remedies for the unauthorized disclosure of intimate images
• Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for HB 4850: Providing online training for Executors/Executrix of an Estate
• Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for HB 4893: Increase the penalties for contempt of court in a magistrate court
• Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• HB 5684: Relating to authorizing the Supreme Court of Appeals to create child protection commissioners
• Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Bills that Have Passed the Senate as of Monday, March 9, 2026 (264 – 239 Senate; 25 House)

Bills that have Completed Legislation as of Monday, March 9, 2026 (40 – 23 Senate; 17 House)

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

Friday, March 6, 2026 – 52nd Day of Session

The Senate will convene at 11 a.m.

Senate Calendar

Scheduled Committee Meetings

9 a.m.: Finance (451M)

• SB 844: Supplemental Appropriation to Department of Human Services, fund 8722
• HB 5457: To allow partial credits for times of disability service in the CPRB for Troopers
• HB 5686: Relating to the timing of payments of annually required deposit into an eligible recipient’s Hope Scholarship account

9 a.m.: Judiciary (208W)

• HB 4352: Prohibiting cameras and recording devices in bedrooms and bathrooms of foster children
• Com. Sub for HB 5067:Relating to the powers and duties of the director of the Division of Administrative Services
• HB 5406: Relating to driving under the influence
• Com. Sub. for HB 5444: Relating to increasing the amount of fees to be paid by parolees for supervision

10:45 a.m.: Committee on Rules (219M, Senate President’s Conference Room)

12:30 p.m.: Agriculture (208W)

• HB 4462: Prohibition on cell-cultured products

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

Committee Action on Bills from Thursday, March 5, 2026

9:30 a.m.: Education

• HB 4395: Relating to investigations of allegations of child safety violations for school personnel
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• HB 4592: Relating to college campus safety
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

• HB 5012: Providing for in-year school personnel movement to meet school needs
• Bill reported, as amended, to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• HB 5354: Relating to authorizing legislative rules regarding higher education
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

9:30 a.m.: Government Organization

• HB 4561: Clarifying the sheriff’s authority to hire within their office
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Strike and Insert Amendment for HB 4463: Relating to the Board of Sanitarians
• Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• HB 4638: Relating to registration of voters and voluntary registration of organ donors
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• HB 5612: Relating to property valuations of properties located on the State Capitol Complex
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Strike and Insert Amendment for HB 5168: To increase funding for EMS first responders
• Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

12:30 p.m.: Military

• Strike and Insert Amendment for Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4364: Relating to concurrent juvenile jurisdiction on military installations
• Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Judiciary

• Strike and Insert Amendment for Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4366: Relating to military interpersonal violence
• Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Judiciary

1 p.m.: Health and Human Resources

• Strike and Insert Amendment forHB 5214: Relating to drug testing of parents who have had abuse and/or neglect claims substantiated against them prior to reunification
• Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Judiciary

• HB 4951: Requiring MDs and DOs to complete continuing education
• Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Strike and Insert Amendment forHB 5430: Relating to pharmaceutical benefits
• Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Strike and Insert Amendment for HB 5437: Creating the Vape Safety Act
• Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

3 p.m.: Finance

• Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4354: Relating to necessity allowance
• Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4390: Relating to the temporary payment to a kinship parent of a subsidy equal to that of a foster parent
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4393: Requiring the development and implementation of statewide prevention plan
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Eng. HB 5459: Relating to a tax on managed care organizations
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• SB 788: Supplemental appropriation to Department of Commerce, fund 0572
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• SB 816: Supplemental appropriation to Department of Homeland Security, fund 0430
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• SB 817: Supplemental appropriation to Department of Homeland Security, fund 0570
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• SB 819: Supplemental appropriation to Department Health Facilities, fund 0413
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• SB 820: Supplemental appropriation to Department of Administration, fund 0186
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• SB 830: Supplemental Appropriation to Department of Human Services, fund 0488
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• SB 845: Supplemental Appropriation to Governor’s Office Civil Contingent Fund, fund 0105
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• SB 848: Supplemental Appropriation to Department of Homeland Security, fund 0450
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for SB 877: Supplemental appropriation to Department of Commerce, fund 0256
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• SB 827: Supplementary appropriation to Department of Human Services, fund 0486
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• SB 840: Supplemental Appropriation to Department of Human Services, fund 0403
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• SB 874: Supplemental appropriation to Department of Human Services, fund 0403
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

3 p.m.: Judiciary

• Strike and Insert Amendment for HB 4983: Authorizing the Department of Commerce to promulgate a legislative rule relating to certification of a microgrid district or certification as a high impact data center
• Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass
• HB 4265: Rules Bundle 
• Strike and Insert Amendment for Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4990: Relating to crimes using gift cards

Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Bills that Have Passed the Senate as of Thursday, March 5, 2026 (253 – 239 Senate; 14 House)

Bills that have Completed Legislation as of Thursday, March 5, 2026 (25 – 15 Senate; 10 House)

• SB 1: Small Business Growth Act (Signed, 02-23)
• SB 207: Clarifying sheriff’s compensation for collection of taxes (Signed, 02-25)
• SB 208: Exempting certain military records from public release (Signed, 02-25)
• SB 210: Modifying oversight provisions for Legislative Oversight Commission on Health and Human Resources Accountability (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• SB 250: Budget Bill (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• SB 251: Authorizing Department of Administration to promulgate legislative rules (Signed, 03-02)
• SB 256: Authorizing DEP to promulgate legislative rules (Signed, 03-02)
• SB 309: Authorizing DOT to promulgate legislative rules (Signed, 02-27)
• SB 374: Authorizing Department of Commerce to promulgate legislative rules (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• SB 393: Updating corporate net income tax definitions (Signed, 03-02)
• SB 400: Updating personal income tax definitions and provision of law relating to gaming and gambling losses (Signed, 03-02)
• SB 640: Prohibiting release of certain personal information of contributors to political elections (Signed, 03-02)
• SB 692: Authorizing green flashing warning lights on DOH vehicles (Signed, 02-25)
• SB 749: Relating to county economic opportunity development districts (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• SB 862: Repealing Addiction Treatment Pilot Program (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• HB 4088: Relating to certified public accountants (Signed, 03-02)
• HB 4196: To offer long-acting reversible contraception to patients receiving methadone and suboxone at the treatment facility for the methadone and suboxone (Signed, 02-27)
• HB 4215: Department of Health Rules Bundle (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• HB 4335: Relating to Medicaid providers (Signed, 02-28)
• HB 4474: Extending the Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementia Advisory Council sunset date (Signed, 02-25)
• HB 4575: Making Supplemental Appropriation to State Board of Education (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• HB 4696: Authorize the Department of Environmental Protection to deposit funds granted pursuant to federal programs (Signed, 02-25)
• HB 4740: Statutory Commitments in Rural Health Transformation Program (Signed, 02-27)
• HB 4749: Relating to adding requirements to the foster child bill of rights (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• HB 4982: Make West Virginia Healthy Act of 2026 (Signed, 02-28)

Resolutions that Have Completed Legislation as of Thursday, March 5, 2026 (4 – 1 Senate; 3 House)

• SCR 1: Requesting DOH name certain transportation infrastructure (Adopted, 01-29)
• HCR 1: Extending an invitation to His Excellency, the Governor, to deliver an address to the Legislature and raising a Joint Assembly therefor (Adopted, 01-14)
• HCR 2: Amending Rule 31 of the Joint Rules of the Senate and House of Delegates (Adopted, 01-14)
• HCR 3: House Infrastructure Naming Resolution (Adopted, 01-29)

Bills Signed by the Governor as of Thursday, March 5, 2026 (17 – 10 Senate; 7 House)

• SB 1: Small Business Growth Act (Signed, 02-23)
• SB 207: Clarifying sheriff’s compensation for collection of taxes (Signed, 02-25)
• SB 208: Exempting certain military records from public release (Signed, 02-25)
• SB 251: Authorizing Department of Administration to promulgate legislative rules (Signed, 03-02)
• SB 256: Authorizing DEP to promulgate legislative rules (Signed, 03-02)
• SB 309: Authorizing DOT to promulgate legislative rules (Signed, 02-27)
• SB 393: Updating corporate net income tax definitions (Signed, 03-02)
• SB 400: Updating personal income tax definitions and provision of law relating to gaming and gambling losses (Signed, 03-02)
• SB 640: Prohibiting release of certain personal information of contributors to political elections (Signed, 03-02)
• SB 692: Authorizing green flashing warning lights on DOH vehicles (Signed, 02-25)
• HB 4088: Relating to certified public accountants (Signed, 03-02)
• HB 4196: To offer long-acting reversible contraception to patients receiving methadone and suboxone at the treatment facility for the methadone and suboxone (Signed, 02-27)
• HB 4335: Relating to Medicaid providers (Signed, 02-28)
• HB 4474: Extending the Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementia Advisory Council sunset date (Signed, 02-25)
• HB 4696: Authorize the Department of Environmental Protection to deposit funds granted pursuant to federal programs (Signed, 02-25)
• HB 4740: Statutory Commitments in Rural Health Transformation Program (Signed, 02-27)
• HB 4982: Make West Virginia Healthy Act of 2026 (Signed, 02-28)

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

Thursday, March 5, 2026 – 51st Day of Session

The Senate will convene at 11 a.m.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

Senate Calendar

Scheduled Committee Meetings

9:30 a.m.: Education (451M)

• HB 4395: Relating to investigations of allegations of child safety violations for school personnel
• HB 4592: Relating to college campus safety
• HB 5012: Providing for in-year school personnel movement to meet school needs
• HB 5089: Relating to public school acceptance of student transcripts or other credentials
• HB 5354: Relating to authorizing legislative rules regarding higher education
• HB 5537: Repealing obsolete and outdated sections of the Education code

9:30 a.m.: Government Organization (208W)

• HB 4561: Clarifying the sheriff’s authority to hire within their office
• Strike and Insert Amendment for HB 4463: Relating to the Board of Sanitarians
• HB 4638: Relating to registration of voters and voluntary registration of organ donors
• HB 4546: Providing for biennial reporting instead of annual reporting for business organizations
• HB 5612: Relating to property valuations of properties located on the State Capitol Complex
• Strike and Insert Amendment for HB 5168: To increase funding for EMS first responders

10:45 a.m.: Committee on Rules (219M, Senate President’s Conference Room)

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

• HB 5214: Relating to drug testing of parents who have had abuse and/or neglect claims substantiated against them prior to reunification.
• HB 4629: Relating to medical cessation treatment and research
• HB 4951: Requiring MDs and DOs to complete continuing education
• HB 5086: Relating to peer support services
• HB 5430: Relating to pharmaceutical benefits

3 p.m.: Finance (451M)

• Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4354: Relating to necessity allowance
• Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4390: Relating to the temporary payment to a kinship parent of a subsidy equal to that of a foster parent
• Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4393: Requiring the development and implementation of statewide prevention plan
• Eng. HB 5459: Relating to a tax on managed care organizations
• SB 788: Supplemental appropriation to Department of Commerce, fund 0572
• SB 816: Supplemental appropriation to Department of Homeland Security, fund 0430
• SB 817: Supplemental appropriation to Department of Homeland Security, fund 0570
• SB 819: Supplemental appropriation to Department Health Facilities, fund 0413
• SB 820: Supplemental appropriation to Department of Administration, fund 0186
• SB 830: Supplemental Appropriation to Department of Human Services, fund 0488
• SB 845: Supplemental Appropriation to Governor’s Office Civil Contingent Fund, fund 0105
• SB 848: Supplemental Appropriation to Department of Homeland Security, fund 0450
• SB 873: Supplemental appropriation to Department of Commerce, fund 0256

3 p.m.: Judiciary (208W)

• HB 4983: Authorizing the Department of Commerce to promulgate a legislative rule relating to certification of a microgrid district or certification as a high impact data center
• HB 4265: Relating to authorizing the Department of Agriculture to promulgate a legislative rule relating to registration forms and tags for registration, taxation, and control of dogs

Com. Sub. for HB 4990: Relating to crimes using gift cards

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

Committee Action on Bills from Wednesday, March 4, 2026

9 a.m.: Transportation and Infrastructure

• Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4053: To establish the blue envelope program
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Health and Human Resources

• Strike and Insert Amendment for Eng. HB 4437: To allow Gold Star parents to receive on free Gold Star vehicle registration for personal use
• Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Eng. HB 4881: Relating to obtaining title to abandoned or junked motor vehicles abandoned on the property or place of business of an automobile dealer
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Eng. HB 4976: To add definitions for special plates of Class G Vehicles
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

9 a.m.: Workforce

• Strike and Insert Amendment for Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 5582: Extending program for drug screening of applicants for TANF
• Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Health and Human Resources

1 p.m.: Economic Development

• Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4004: Creating the Recharge West Virginia Program
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Strike and Insert Amendment for Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4007: Relating to industrial access roads
• Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

2 p.m.: Banking and Insurance

• Strike and Insert Amendment for Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4009: Relating to the creation of the Portable Benefit Account Act
• Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

3 p.m.: Judiciary

• Strike and Insert Amendment for Com. Sub for HB 4799: To establish the cold case task force for the State of West Virginia
• Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Strike and Insert Amendment for Com. Sub for HB 4412: Require certain websites to utilize age verification methods to prevent minors from accessing content
• Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Bills that Have Passed the Senate as of Wednesday, March 4, 2026 (253 – 239 Senate; 14 House)

Bills that have Completed Legislation as of Wednesday, March 4, 2026 (23 – 14 Senate; 9 House)

• SB 1: Small Business Growth Act (Signed, 02-23)
• SB 207: Clarifying sheriff’s compensation for collection of taxes (Signed, 02-25)
• SB 208: Exempting certain military records from public release (Signed, 02-25)
• SB 210: Modifying oversight provisions for Legislative Oversight Commission on Health and Human Resources Accountability (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• SB 251: Authorizing Department of Administration to promulgate legislative rules (Signed, 03-02)
• SB 256: Authorizing DEP to promulgate legislative rules (Signed, 03-02)
• SB 309: Authorizing DOT to promulgate legislative rules (Signed, 02-27)
• SB 374: Authorizing Department of Commerce to promulgate legislative rules (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• SB 393: Updating corporate net income tax definitions (Signed, 03-02)
• SB 400: Updating personal income tax definitions and provision of law relating to gaming and gambling losses (Signed, 03-02)
• SB 640: Prohibiting release of certain personal information of contributors to political elections (Signed, 03-02)
• SB 692: Authorizing green flashing warning lights on DOH vehicles (Signed, 02-25)
• SB 749: Relating to county economic opportunity development districts (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• SB 862: Repealing Addiction Treatment Pilot Program (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• HB 4088: Relating to certified public accountants (Signed, 03-02)
• HB 4196: To offer long-acting reversible contraception to patients receiving methadone and suboxone at the treatment facility for the methadone and suboxone (Signed, 02-27)
• HB 4215: Department of Health Rules Bundle (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• HB 4335: Relating to Medicaid providers (Signed, 02-28)
• HB 4474: Extending the Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementia Advisory Council sunset date (Signed, 02-25)
• HB 4575: Making Supplemental Appropriation to State Board of Education (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• HB 4696: Authorize the Department of Environmental Protection to deposit funds granted pursuant to federal programs (Signed, 02-25)
• HB 4740: Statutory Commitments in Rural Health Transformation Program (Signed, 02-27)
• HB 4982: Make West Virginia Healthy Act of 2026 (Signed, 02-28)

Resolutions that Have Completed Legislation as of Wednesday, March 4, 2026 (4 – 1 Senate; 3 House)

• SCR 1: Requesting DOH name certain transportation infrastructure (Adopted, 01-29)
• HCR 1: Extending an invitation to His Excellency, the Governor, to deliver an address to the Legislature and raising a Joint Assembly therefor (Adopted, 01-14)
• HCR 2: Amending Rule 31 of the Joint Rules of the Senate and House of Delegates (Adopted, 01-14)
• HCR 3: House Infrastructure Naming Resolution (Adopted, 01-29)

Bills Signed by the Governor as of Wednesday, March 4, 2026 (17 – 10 Senate; 7 House)

• SB 1: Small Business Growth Act (Signed, 02-23)
• SB 207: Clarifying sheriff’s compensation for collection of taxes (Signed, 02-25)
• SB 208: Exempting certain military records from public release (Signed, 02-25)
• SB 251: Authorizing Department of Administration to promulgate legislative rules (Signed, 03-02)
• SB 256: Authorizing DEP to promulgate legislative rules (Signed, 03-02)
• SB 309: Authorizing DOT to promulgate legislative rules (Signed, 02-27)
• SB 393: Updating corporate net income tax definitions (Signed, 03-02)
• SB 400: Updating personal income tax definitions and provision of law relating to gaming and gambling losses (Signed, 03-02)
• SB 640: Prohibiting release of certain personal information of contributors to political elections (Signed, 03-02)
• SB 692: Authorizing green flashing warning lights on DOH vehicles (Signed, 02-25)
• HB 4088: Relating to certified public accountants (Signed, 03-02)
• HB 4196: To offer long-acting reversible contraception to patients receiving methadone and suboxone at the treatment facility for the methadone and suboxone (Signed, 02-27)
• HB 4335: Relating to Medicaid providers (Signed, 02-28)
• HB 4474: Extending the Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementia Advisory Council sunset date (Signed, 02-25)
• HB 4696: Authorize the Department of Environmental Protection to deposit funds granted pursuant to federal programs (Signed, 02-25)
• HB 4740: Statutory Commitments in Rural Health Transformation Program (Signed, 02-27)
• HB 4982: Make West Virginia Healthy Act of 2026 (Signed, 02-28)

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

Wednesday, March 4, 2026 – 50th Day of Session

The Senate will convene at 10 a.m.

THIRD READING

• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 29: Providing pay increases to members of judiciary (original similar to HB 5471)
• Eng. Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for SB 67: Relating to public charter schools
• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 144: Providing phased-in increase in homestead exemption
• Eng. SB 182: Relating to annexation by minor boundary adjustment
• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 420: West Virginia First Energy Act (original similar to HB 4991)
• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 481: Relating to elections
• Eng. Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for SB 499: Requiring auto accident toxicology test be performed – (With right to amend) (original similar to HB 5376)
• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 540: Relating to audio recording during CPS investigation (original similar to HB4579)
• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 583: Creating emeritus physician license (original similar to HB 5325)
• Eng. Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for SB 587: Adjusting salary schedule for elected county officials – (With right to amend) (original similar to HB 5171)
• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 590: Relating to exhibition of obscene material
• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 641: Relating generally to aboveground storage tanks – (With right to amend)
• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 649: Requiring coverage of home blood pressure monitoring devices for certain Medicaid recipients
• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 650: Designating psychiatric hospital that treats exclusively civil and forensic patients (original similar to HB 4981)
• Eng. SB 677: Relating to professionals licensed by WV Board of Medicine (original similar to HB 5458)
• Eng. Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for SB 686: Coal Co-tenancy Modernization and Miners Protection Act
• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 701: Relating to authority of sheriff’s commission for collection of taxes
• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 723: Clarifying law-enforcement cooperation with bordering states
• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 805: Relating to abortion pill reversal
• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 894: Reforming certain boards and commissions – (With right to amend)
• Eng. SB 897: Relating to licensure and certification of alcohol and drug counselors
• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 963: Protecting due process in firearm confiscation
• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 981: Imposing one-year moratorium on approval of certain public utility rate increases – (With right to amend)
• Eng. Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for SB 982: Creating Neighborhood Access Road Program
• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 985: Relating to registration and enforcement of kratom products
• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 986: Relating to child torture and abused children
• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 1036: Creating Sustainable Child-Serving Workforce and Foster Care Modernization Act
• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 1038: Adjusting salaries for certain administrative law judges
• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 1060: Providing WV certified thoroughbred eligibility and increase restricted race caps
• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 1074: Allowing newly hired emergency medical vehicle operators to participate in EMS Retirement System
• Eng. SB 1083: Requiring registration as sex offender for conviction of indecent exposure to certain minors
• Eng. HB 5682: Supplemental Appropriation to expire funds to surplus balance of General Revenue – (Com. title amend. pending)

SECOND READING

There are no bills on Second Reading for Wednesday, March 4, 2026.

FIRST READING

There are no bills on First Reading for Wednesday, March 4, 2026.

Scheduled Committee Meetings

9 a.m.: Transportation and Infrastructure (451M)

• Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4053: To establish the blue envelope program
• Eng. HB 4437: To allow Gold Star parents to receive on free Gold Star vehicle registration for personal use
• Eng. HB 4881: Relating to obtaining title to abandoned or junked motor vehicles abandoned on the property or place of business of an automobile dealer
• Eng. HB 4976: To add definitions for special plates of Class G Vehicles

9 a.m.: Workforce (208W)

• Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 5582: Extending program for drug screening of applicants for TANF

9:45 a.m.: Committee on Rules (219M, Senate President’s Conference Room)

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

• Agenda TBA

2 p.m.: Banking and Insurance (451M)

• Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4009: Relating to the creation of the Portable Benefit Account Act

3 p.m.: Judiciary (208W)

• Com. Sub for HB 4799: To establish the cold case task force for the State of West Virginia
• Com. Sub for HB 4412: Require certain websites to utilize age verification methods to prevent minors from accessing content

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

Committee Action on Bills from Tuesday, March 3, 2026

1 p.m.: Education

• Strike and Insert Amendment for HB 4798: Permitting teachers to wear a “mobile alert button” for emergency situations, to be known as “Alyssa’s Law.”
• Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• HB 5110: Amend section providing for waiver of tuition and fees for senior citizens auditing certain college classes
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• HB 5212: Relating to financial aid for post-secondary education
• Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

1 p.m.: Government Organization

• Strike and Insert Amendment for HB 4005: Skills to work
• Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• HB 4404: Increase the allowance for volunteer and part-volunteer fire companies and allowing fire departments to make an expenditure for educational and training supplies and fire prevention promotional materials
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

• Strike and Insert Amendment for HB 4484: To expand each county commission’s ability to sell or lease property
• Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• HB 4464: Relating generally to Underground Facilities Damage prevention
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Strike and Insert Amendment for HB 5203: To forbid any municipality from issuing an ID for the purpose of voting in a municipal election
• Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Judiciary

2 p.m.: Health and Human Resources

• Strike and Insert Amendment for HB 4352: Prohibiting cameras and recording devices in bedrooms and bathrooms of foster children
• Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Judiciary

• HB 4390: Relating to the temporary payment to a kinship parent of a subsidy equal to that of a foster parent
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

• HB 4610: Safeguard the Right-To-Try Cutting-Edge Medicine Act
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Judiciary

• HB 5022: Relating to expanding the programs to be included in the annual capitation rate review
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

• HB 5214: Relating to drug testing of parents who have had abuse and/or neglect claims substantiated against them prior to reunification
• Committee laid the bill over

• HB 4599: Relating to the WV Cares background check variance process
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• HB 4730: Developing a Continuum of Independent Living and Transitional Support Services for Youth Aging Out of Foster Care
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

3 p.m.: Finance

• Com. Sub. for HB 4028: Relating to sales tax on construction materials
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• HB 4089: Preservation of hair during chemotherapy. Also known as the “Jessica Huffman Bill”
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for HB 4126: To modify the funding distribution to the state park endowment fund and the State Parks Operational Fund
• Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

3 p.m.: Judiciary

• Strike and Insert Amendment for HB 4999: Relating to crimes against athletic officials
• Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Strike and Insert Amendment forHB 5227: Relating to Secretary of State annual reports, fees, and veteran-owned business logotypes
• Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Bills that Have Passed the Senate as of Tuesday, March 3, 2026 (222 – 209 Senate; 13 House)Bills that Have Passed the Senate as of Tuesday, March 3, 2026 (222 – 209 Senate; 13 House)

Bills that have Completed Legislation as of Tuesday, March 3, 2026 (23 – 14 Senate; 9 House)

• SB 1: Small Business Growth Act (Signed, 02-23)
• SB 207: Clarifying sheriff’s compensation for collection of taxes (Signed, 02-25)
• SB 208: Exempting certain military records from public release (Signed, 02-25)
• SB 210: Modifying oversight provisions for Legislative Oversight Commission on Health and Human Resources Accountability (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• SB 251: Authorizing Department of Administration to promulgate legislative rules (Signed, 03-02)
• SB 256: Authorizing DEP to promulgate legislative rules (Signed, 03-02)
• SB 309: Authorizing DOT to promulgate legislative rules (Signed, 02-27)
• SB 374: Authorizing Department of Commerce to promulgate legislative rules (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• SB 393: Updating corporate net income tax definitions (Signed, 03-02)
• SB 400: Updating personal income tax definitions and provision of law relating to gaming and gambling losses (Signed, 03-02)
• SB 640: Prohibiting release of certain personal information of contributors to political elections (Signed, 03-02)
• SB 692: Authorizing green flashing warning lights on DOH vehicles (Signed, 02-25)
• SB 749: Relating to county economic opportunity development districts (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• SB 862: Repealing Addiction Treatment Pilot Program (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• HB 4088: Relating to certified public accountants (Signed, 03-02)
• HB 4196: To offer long-acting reversible contraception to patients receiving methadone and suboxone at the treatment facility for the methadone and suboxone (Signed, 02-27)
• HB 4215: Department of Health Rules Bundle (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• HB 4335: Relating to Medicaid providers (Signed, 02-28)
• HB 4474: Extending the Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementia Advisory Council sunset date (Signed, 02-25)
• HB 4575: Making Supplemental Appropriation to State Board of Education (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• HB 4696: Authorize the Department of Environmental Protection to deposit funds granted pursuant to federal programs (Signed, 02-25)
• HB 4740: Statutory Commitments in Rural Health Transformation Program (Signed, 02-27)
• HB 4982: Make West Virginia Healthy Act of 2026 (Signed, 02-28)

Resolutions that Have Completed Legislation as of Tuesday, March 3, 2026 (4 – 1 Senate; 3 House)

• SCR 1: Requesting DOH name certain transportation infrastructure (Adopted, 01-29)
• HCR 1: Extending an invitation to His Excellency, the Governor, to deliver an address to the Legislature and raising a Joint Assembly therefor (Adopted, 01-14)
• HCR 2: Amending Rule 31 of the Joint Rules of the Senate and House of Delegates (Adopted, 01-14)
• HCR 3: House Infrastructure Naming Resolution (Adopted, 01-29)

Bills Signed by the Governor as of Tuesday, March 3, 2026 (17 – 10 Senate; 7 House)

• SB 1: Small Business Growth Act (Signed, 02-23)
• SB 207: Clarifying sheriff’s compensation for collection of taxes (Signed, 02-25)
• SB 208: Exempting certain military records from public release (Signed, 02-25)
• SB 251: Authorizing Department of Administration to promulgate legislative rules (Signed, 03-02)
• SB 256: Authorizing DEP to promulgate legislative rules (Signed, 03-02)
• SB 309: Authorizing DOT to promulgate legislative rules (Signed, 02-27)
• SB 393: Updating corporate net income tax definitions (Signed, 03-02)
• SB 400: Updating personal income tax definitions and provision of law relating to gaming and gambling losses (Signed, 03-02)
• SB 640: Prohibiting release of certain personal information of contributors to political elections (Signed, 03-02)
• SB 692: Authorizing green flashing warning lights on DOH vehicles (Signed, 02-25)
• HB 4088: Relating to certified public accountants (Signed, 03-02)
• HB 4196: To offer long-acting reversible contraception to patients receiving methadone and suboxone at the treatment facility for the methadone and suboxone (Signed, 02-27)
• HB 4335: Relating to Medicaid providers (Signed, 02-28)
• HB 4474: Extending the Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementia Advisory Council sunset date (Signed, 02-25)
• HB 4696: Authorize the Department of Environmental Protection to deposit funds granted pursuant to federal programs (Signed, 02-25)
• HB 4740: Statutory Commitments in Rural Health Transformation Program (Signed, 02-27)
• HB 4982: Make West Virginia Healthy Act of 2026 (Signed, 02-28)

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

Tuesday, March 3, 2026 – 49th Day of Session

The Senate will convene at 10 a.m.

Senate Calendar

Scheduled Committee Meetings

9:45 a.m.: Committee on Rules (219M, Senate President’s Conference Room)

Time TBA: Education (451M)

• HB 4002: Establishing the West Virginia Collaboratory
• HB 4798: Permitting teachers to wear a “mobile alert button” for emergency situations, to be known as “Alyssa’s Law.”
• HB 5110: Amend section providing for waiver of tuition and fees for senior citizens auditing certain college classes
• HB 5212: Relating to financial aid for post-secondary education

Time TBA: Government Organization (208W)

• Strike and Insert Amendment for HB 4005: Skills to work
• HB 4501: Relating to Dietitian Licensure Compact
• HB 4404: Increase the allowance for volunteer and part-volunteer fire companies and allowing fire departments to make an expenditure for educational and training supplies and fire prevention promotional materials
• Strike and Insert Amendment for HB 4484: To expand each county commission’s ability to sell or lease property
• HB 4464: Relating generally to Underground Facilities Damage prevention
• HB 5203: To forbid any municipality from issuing an ID for the purpose of voting in a municipal election

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

• HB 4352: Prohibiting cameras and recording devices in bedrooms and bathrooms of foster children
• HB 4390: Relating to the temporary payment to a kinship parent of a subsidy equal to that of a foster parent
• HB 4610: Safeguard the Right-To-Try Cutting-Edge Medicine Act
• HB 5022: Relating to expanding the programs to be included in the annual capitation rate review
• HB 5214: Relating to drug testing of parents who have had abuse and/or neglect claims substantiated against them prior to reunification
• HB 4599: Relating to the WV Cares background check variance process
• HB 4730: Developing a Continuum of Independent Living and Transitional Support Services for Youth Aging Out of Foster Care
• HB 5096: Relating to removing services from requiring a certificate of need

3 p.m.: Finance (451M)

• Com. Sub. for HB 4028: Relating to sales tax on construction materials
• HB 4089: Preservation of hair during chemotherapy. Also known as the “Jessica Huffman Bill”
• Com. Sub. for HB 4126: To modify the funding distribution to the state park endowment fund and the State Parks Operational Fund

3 p.m.: Judiciary (208W)

• Com. Sub. for HB 4999: Relating to crimes against athletic officials
• HB 5227: Relating to Secretary of State annual reports, fees, and veteran-owned business logotypes
• Com. Sub. for HB 4466: Extend the public intoxication of alcohol code to include being under the impairment of narcotics in public

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

Committee Action on Bills from Monday, March 2, 2026

10 a.m.: Government Organization

• Com. Sub. for SB 894: Reforming certain boards and commissions
• Committee substitute, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

2:30 p.m.: Energy, Industry and Mining

• Com. Sub. for SB 641: Altering definition of “aboveground storage tank”
• Committee substitute, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

3 p.m.: Finance

• Com. Sub. for SB 540: Relating to audio recording during CPS investigation
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for SB 583: Creating emeritus physician license
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for SB 587: Adjusting salary schedule for elected county officials
• Committee substitute for the committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for SB 649: Requiring coverage of home blood pressure monitoring devices for certain Medicaid recipients
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• SB 897: Relating to licensure and certification of alcohol and drug counselors
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for SB 982: Creating Neighborhood Access Road Program
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for SB 67: Relating to public charter schools
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for SB 701: Relating to authority of sheriff’s commission for collection of taxes
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• SB 985: Relating to registration and enforcement of kratom products
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for SB 1074: Allowing newly hired emergency medical vehicle operators to participate in EMS Retirement System
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for SB 1036: Creating Sustainable Child-Serving Workforce and Foster Care Modernization Act
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for SB 420: West Virginia First Energy Act
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for SB 499: Requiring auto accident toxicology test be performed
• Committee substitute for the committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for SB 29: Providing pay increase to members of judiciary
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

3:15 p.m.: Judiciary

• SB 481: Relating to elections
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for SB 1071: Creating Public Defense and Provisioning Act
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for SB 963: Protecting due process in firearm confiscation
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• SB 182: Relating to annexation by minor boundary adjustment
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for SB 986: Creating criminal penalties for child torture
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for SB 686: Coal Co-tenancy Modernization and Miners Protection Act
• Committee substitute for the committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Bills that Have Passed the Senate as of Monday, March 2, 2026 (207 – 196 Senate; 11 House)

Bills that have Completed Legislation as of Wednesday, March 4, 2026 (23 – 14 Senate; 9 House)

• SB 1: Small Business Growth Act (Signed, 02-23)
• SB 207: Clarifying sheriff’s compensation for collection of taxes (Signed, 02-25)
• SB 208: Exempting certain military records from public release (Signed, 02-25)
• SB 210: Modifying oversight provisions for Legislative Oversight Commission on Health and Human Resources Accountability (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• SB 251: Authorizing Department of Administration to promulgate legislative rules (Signed, 03-02)
• SB 256: Authorizing DEP to promulgate legislative rules (Signed, 03-02)
• SB 309: Authorizing DOT to promulgate legislative rules (Signed, 02-27)
• SB 374: Authorizing Department of Commerce to promulgate legislative rules (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• SB 393: Updating corporate net income tax definitions (Signed, 03-02)
• SB 400: Updating personal income tax definitions and provision of law relating to gaming and gambling losses (Signed, 03-02)
• SB 640: Prohibiting release of certain personal information of contributors to political elections (Signed, 03-02)
• SB 692: Authorizing green flashing warning lights on DOH vehicles (Signed, 02-25)
• SB 749: Relating to county economic opportunity development districts (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• SB 862: Repealing Addiction Treatment Pilot Program (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• HB 4088: Relating to certified public accountants (Signed, 03-02)
• HB 4196: To offer long-acting reversible contraception to patients receiving methadone and suboxone at the treatment facility for the methadone and suboxone (Signed, 02-27)
• HB 4215: Department of Health Rules Bundle (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• HB 4335: Relating to Medicaid providers (Signed, 02-28)
• HB 4474: Extending the Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementia Advisory Council sunset date (Signed, 02-25)
• HB 4575: Making Supplemental Appropriation to State Board of Education (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• HB 4696: Authorize the Department of Environmental Protection to deposit funds granted pursuant to federal programs (Signed, 02-25)
• HB 4740: Statutory Commitments in Rural Health Transformation Program (Signed, 02-27)
• HB 4982: Make West Virginia Healthy Act of 2026 (Signed, 02-28)

Resolutions that Have Completed Legislation as of Wednesday, March 4, 2026 (4 – 1 Senate; 3 House)

• SCR 1: Requesting DOH name certain transportation infrastructure (Adopted, 01-29)
• HCR 1: Extending an invitation to His Excellency, the Governor, to deliver an address to the Legislature and raising a Joint Assembly therefor (Adopted, 01-14)
• HCR 2: Amending Rule 31 of the Joint Rules of the Senate and House of Delegates (Adopted, 01-14)
• HCR 3: House Infrastructure Naming Resolution (Adopted, 01-29)

Bills Signed by the Governor as of Wednesday, March 4, 2026 (17 – 10 Senate; 7 House)

• SB 1: Small Business Growth Act (Signed, 02-23)
• SB 207: Clarifying sheriff’s compensation for collection of taxes (Signed, 02-25)
• SB 208: Exempting certain military records from public release (Signed, 02-25)
• SB 251: Authorizing Department of Administration to promulgate legislative rules (Signed, 03-02)
• SB 256: Authorizing DEP to promulgate legislative rules (Signed, 03-02)
• SB 309: Authorizing DOT to promulgate legislative rules (Signed, 02-27)
• SB 393: Updating corporate net income tax definitions (Signed, 03-02)
• SB 400: Updating personal income tax definitions and provision of law relating to gaming and gambling losses (Signed, 03-02)
• SB 640: Prohibiting release of certain personal information of contributors to political elections (Signed, 03-02)
• SB 692: Authorizing green flashing warning lights on DOH vehicles (Signed, 02-25)
• HB 4088: Relating to certified public accountants (Signed, 03-02)
• HB 4196: To offer long-acting reversible contraception to patients receiving methadone and suboxone at the treatment facility for the methadone and suboxone (Signed, 02-27)
• HB 4335: Relating to Medicaid providers (Signed, 02-28)
• HB 4474: Extending the Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementia Advisory Council sunset date (Signed, 02-25)
• HB 4696: Authorize the Department of Environmental Protection to deposit funds granted pursuant to federal programs (Signed, 02-25)
• HB 4740: Statutory Commitments in Rural Health Transformation Program (Signed, 02-27)
• HB 4982: Make West Virginia Healthy Act of 2026 (Signed, 02-28)

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