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Thursday, March 27, 2025 – 44th Day of Session

The Senate will convene at 11 a.m.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

• SR 41: Designating March 27, 2025, as Local Food and Farm Day

THIRD READING

• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 505: Ensuring Reliable and Affordable Electricity Act
• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 529: Relating generally to liability insurance coverage for Board of Education
• Eng. Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for SB 570: Requiring economic impact statements for certain legislative rules
• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 820: Whistleblower Protection Fund Act
• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 823: Clarifying and separating duties between Division of Emergency Management and DEP
• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 825: Permitting higher education institutions enter agreements with non-profit organizations for economic development and job creation
• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 829: Modifying classes of state of preparedness declared by Governor or Legislature
• Eng. SB 839: Requiring Division of Labor establish separate rules for residential or commercial plumbing
• Eng. SB 856: Removing certain reporting requirements to Joint Committee on Government and Finance
• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 861: Updating references to reflect consolidation of Information Services and Communications Division into Office of Technology
• Eng. SB 862: Repealing antiquated language related to Voluntary Gilding Dome Check-Off Program
• Eng. SB 863: Removing reference to Information Services and Communications Division
• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 864: Clarifying inference of criminal intent in burglary prosecution
• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 871: Removing persons who perform drywall services from definition of “contractor” in Contractor Licensing Act
• Eng. SB 876: Terminating certain requirements for Tax Commissioner to submit reports, publish information, and provide notice

SECOND READING

• Com. Sub. for SB 225: Expanding powers of National Park Service law-enforcement officers
• Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for SB 506: Relating to enhanced pay for certain teachers
• Com. Sub. for SB 576: Authorizing fixed odds racing in horse and dog racing (original similar to HB 3418)
• Com. Sub. for SB 690: Authorizing county commissions to increase compensation of elected county officials
• Com. Sub. for SB 707: Providing increase in salary to WV Birth-to-Three contracted therapists and employees
• Com. Sub. for SB 708: Providing state mine inspectors with raise
• Com. Sub. for SB 763: Creating Public Electrical Savings Act
• Com. Sub. for SB 833: Excluding pharmaceutical medication from prior authorization gold card process
• Com. Sub. for SB 844: Exempting non-native quail and partridge from game farm requirement if owned for agricultural purposes
• Com. Sub. for SB 850: Creating Protecting Shareholders Act
• SB 866: Requiring WV Board of Education to promulgate legislative rule in consultation with WV Board of Physical Therapy
• Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for SB 874: Permitting current home confinement officers to participate in Emergency Medical Services Retirement System
• Com. Sub. for SB 934: Relating to low-proof spirit alcohol products
• Eng. HB 2387: To repeal the class A1 Pistol stamp for hunting
• Eng. HB 2402: Relating to providing access to medical records; providing access to a minor’s medical record – (com. amend. pending)
• Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2411: To provide and change graduation requirements and change duties relating to academic content standards

FIRST READING

• Com. Sub. for SB 739: Relating to recovery residences

Scheduled Committee Meetings

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

• Com. Sub. for SB 593: Relating to electronic voting and preserving voting data
• Com. Sub. for SB 916: Creating Agritourism Modernization Act
• SB 917: Limiting civil liability for academic medical centers and teaching hospitals affiliated with medical and dental schools
• Com. Sub. for SB 890: Relating to auctioneers
• SB 921: Creating WV Medical Services Oversight and Support Act
• SB 892: Relating to property valuation
• SB 837: Eliminating WV Office of Equal Opportunity
• SB 790: Increasing oversight and regulatory authority of PSC over public service districts
• SB 626: Relating to qualifications of regional airport authority members
• SB 801: Creating WV Public Waterway Access Act
• Originating Bill 1: Relating to zoning ordinance and definition of use of property
• Originating Bill 2: Relating to prohibitions pursuant to the WV Water Pollution Control Act

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

• SB 197: Limiting requirements for issuance of professional teaching certificate
• SB 765: Establishing Troops to Teachers Program
• SB 912: Relating to student growth assessment program
• SB 914: Relating to testing and attendance requirements for private, parochial, and church schools
• HB 2516: To repeal antiquated and inoperative portions of code.
• HB 3192: To repeal obsolete, conflicting or inoperative provisions of code that pertain to higher education

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

• Com. Sub. for SB 869: Creating Corridor H Advanced Energy and Economic Corridor Authority
• Com. Sub. for SB 907: Relating to high impact development projects
• Com. Sub. for SB 908: Requiring Department of Economic Development to establish WV Produced or Manufactured Program

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

• SB 810: Clarifying requirements for administration of anesthesia and chronic pain practice by certain licensed nurses
• SB 886: Relating to Foster Child Bill of Rights
• SB 517: Requiring medical professionals to report injuries and side effects from vaccines to Bureau for Public Health
• SB 904: Clarifying duties and responsibilities of Secretary of Department of Health, Commissioner of Bureau for Public Health, and State Health Officer
• SB 873: Providing for process to address homeless population
• SB 632: Prohibiting surprise billing of ground emergency medical services by nonparticipating providers
• SB 925: Creating needs-based assessment for EMS

3 p.m.: Judiciary (208W)

• Com. Sub. for SB 745: Strengthening and reforming lobbying requirements
• SB 531: Defining assault and battery on sports officials
• SB 875: Relating to container labeling of nonintoxicating beer and nonintoxicating craft beer
• SB 85: Prohibiting use or sale of abortifacients

3 p.m.: Finance (451M)

• SB 722: Creating WV Short Line Railroad Modernization Act
• SB 724: Relating to taxation
• SB 748: Creating Safer Communities Act
• Originating SJR 1: Relating to Homestead Exemption

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

Senate Bill to be Introduced Thursday, March 27, 2025

• SB 938: Expiring funds from Department of Administration [By Request of the Executive] (Smith, Woelfel; Finance)

Committee Action on Bills from Wednesday, March 26, 2025

Natural Resources

• Com. Sub. for SB 801: Creating WV Public Waterway Access Act
• Committee substitute, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Government Organization

• Eng. HB 2387: To repeal the class A1 Pistol stamp for hunting
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Select Committee on Substance Use Disorder and Mental Health

• Com. Sub. for SB 739: Relating to recovery residences
• Committee substitute, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Judiciary

• Originating Bill 1: Relating to testing for individuals in drug treatment
• Originating bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Agriculture

• Com. Sub. for SB 805: Relating to land use associations
• Committee substitute, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Government Organization

• Com. Sub. for SB 844: Exempting non-native quail and partridge from game farm requirement if owned for agricultural purposes
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Banking and Insurance

• Com. Sub. for SB 850: Creating Protecting Investors Act
• Committee substitute, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• SB 878: Reallocating portion of fire insurance and casualty premium tax to Municipal Pensions Security Fund in certain circumstances
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

Judiciary

• SB 728: Relating generally to transfer on death deed
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for SB 761: Creating Joel Archer Substance Abuse Intervention Act
• Committee substitute, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for SB 727: Directing study of child welfare system be conducted by independent third party
• Motion to report the bill to the full Senate failed; bill not reported

• Com. Sub. for SB 663: Creating Fair Access to Financial Services Act
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Finance

• Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for SB 506: Relating to enhanced pay for teachers
• Committee substitute for the committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for SB 708: Providing state mine inspectors with raise
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for SB 576: Authorizing fixed odds racing in horse and dog racing
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for SB 874: Permitting current home confinement officers to participate in Emergency Medical Services Retirement System
• Committee substitute for the committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Judiciary Subcommittee for SB 745, Strengthening and reforming lobbying requirements

• Subcommittee reported the committee substitute, as amended, to the full committee with the recommendation that section 5 (relating to grassroots activity) be introduced as a study resolution

Bills that Have Passed the Senate as of Wednesday, March 26, 2025 (136 – 127 Senate; 9 House)

Bills that Have Completed Legislation as of Wednesday, March 26, 2025 (21 – 16 Senate; 5 House)

• SB 8: Providing additional sites and devices for newborn safe surrender (Signed, 03-26)
• SB 138: Enhancing penalties for fleeing officer (Signed, 03-24)
• SB 240: Updating crime of sexual extortion (Signed, 03-24)
• SB 283: Expanding grade levels of personal finance course requirements needed for graduation (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• SB 291: Extending time frame for pharmacies to register from annually to biennially (Signed, 03-24)
• SB 358: Authorizing Department of Transportation to promulgate legislative rules (Signed, 03-20)
• SB 336: Authorizing Department of Homeland Security to promulgate legislative rules (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• SB 369: Authorizing miscellaneous boards and agencies to promulgate legislative rules (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• SB 443: Authorizing Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Board of Examiners to conduct criminal background checks for licensing (Signed, 03-24)
• SB 456: Defining “men” and “women” (Signed, 03-12)
• SB 462: Permitting Board of Occupational Therapy to require criminal history record checks (Signed, 03-24)
• SB 486: Clarifying eligibility requirements to vote in WV elections (Signed, 03-26)
• SB 487: Removing ineligible voters from active voter rolls (Signed, 03-25)
• SB 490: Prohibiting ranked-choice voting in elections in West Virginia (Signed, 03-18)
• SB 492: Removing outdated provisions governing political committees (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• SB 621: Authorizing digital court records (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• HB 2024: Updating the meaning certain terms used in West Virginia Personal Income Tax Act (Signed, 02-24)
• HB 2025: Updating terms in the Corporation Net Income Tax Act (Signed, 02-24)
• HB 2053: Relating to including the United States Space Force in the definition armed forces (Signed, 03-21)
• HB 2222: Relating to authorizing certain agencies of the Department of Administration to promulgate legislative rules (Signed, 03-26)
• HB 2354: Banning certain products from food in West Virginia (Signed, 03-24)

Resolutions that Have Completed Legislation as of Wednesday, March 26, 2025 (10 – 5 Senate; 5 House)

• SCR 1: Adopting Joint Rules of Senate and House of Delegates (Adopted, 01-08)
• SCR 2: Authorizing payment of joint expenses (Adopted, 01-08)
• SCR 4: Amending Joint Rules of Senate and House of Delegates (Adopted, 02-12)
• SCR 15: Opposing China’s use of UN Resolution 2758 against Taiwan (Adopted, 03-19)
• SCR 20: Recognizing and commending NCSL on its 50th anniversary (Adopted, 03-18)
• HCR 1: Raising a Joint Assembly to open and publish election returns (Adopted, 01-08)
• HCR 2: Extending an invitation to His Excellency, the Governor, to deliver an address to the Legislature and raising a Joint Assembly therefor (Adopted, 01-08)
• HCR 3: Providing for an adjournment of the Legislature until February 12, 2025 (Adopted, 01-08)
• HCR 4: Raising a Joint Assembly to hear remarks of the Governor (Adopted, 01-12)
• HCR 49: Resolution relating to use of industrial sites and the potential impacts on downstream facilities (Adopted, 03-03)

Bills Signed by the Governor as of Wednesday, March 26, 2025 (16 – 11 Senate; 5 House)

• SB 8: Providing additional sites and devices for newborn safe surrender (Signed, 03-26)
• SB 138: Enhancing penalties for fleeing officer (Signed, 03-24)
• SB 240: Updating crime of sexual extortion (Signed, 03-24)
• SB 291: Extending time frame for pharmacies to register from annually to biennially (Signed, 03-24)
• SB 358: Authorizing Department of Transportation to promulgate legislative rules (Signed, 03-20)
• SB 443: Authorizing Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Board of Examiners to conduct criminal background checks for licensing (Signed, 03-24)
• SB 456: Defining “men” and “women” (Signed, 03-12)
• SB 462: Permitting Board of Occupational Therapy to require criminal history record checks (Signed, 03-24)
• SB 486: Clarifying eligibility requirements to vote in WV elections (Signed, 03-26)
• SB 487: Removing ineligible voters from active voter rolls (Signed, 03-25)
• SB 490: Prohibiting ranked-choice voting in elections in West Virginia (Signed, 03-18)
• HB 2024: Updating the meaning certain terms used in West Virginia Personal Income Tax Act (Signed, 02-24)
• HB 2025: Updating terms in the Corporation Net Income Tax Act (Signed, 02-24)
• HB 2053: Relating to including the United States Space Force in the definition armed forces (Signed, 03-21)
• HB 2222: Relating to authorizing certain agencies of the Department of Administration to promulgate legislative rules (Signed, 03-26)
• HB 2354: Banning certain products from food in West Virginia (Signed, 03-24)

Committee times and agendas are subject to change. Follow @WVSenClerk on X 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:https://sg001-harmony.sliq.net/00289/Harmony/en/View/UpcomingEvents.

Contact: Jacque Bland at (304) 357-7999

Wednesday, March 26, 2025 – 43rd Day of Session

The Senate will convene at 11 a.m.

THIRD READING

• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 10: Exempting certain meat processes from consumers sales and service tax (original similar to HB 2146)
• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 35: Permitting campus police officers to participate in Deputy Sheriffs Retirement System
• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 54: Requiring age-appropriate instruction on Holocaust in public schools
• Eng. SB 249: Expanding employment and training requirements necessary for SNAP benefits
• Eng. SB 292: Allowing doula services be covered by Medicaid and PEIA
• Eng. Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for SB 464: Creating license plate for recipients of Medal of Valor
• Eng. Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for SB 474: Ending diversity, equity, and inclusion programs (original similar to HB 2005)
• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 526: Creating Pharmacist Prescribing Authority Act
• Eng. Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for SB 587: Relating generally to government contracting
• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 617: Discouraging gang activity
• Eng. Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for SB 646: Increasing non-traditional instruction days for WV teachers
• Eng. Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for SB 652: Expanding cardiac arrest provisions to be applicable to elementary schools
• Eng. SB 655: Providing limited immunity for mental health providers who are involved in mental hygiene checks (original similar to HB 3093)
• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 705: Allowing Board of Education to promulgate rules for submission to Legislature
• Eng. SB 725: Relating to unlawful expenditures by local fiscal bodies
• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 899: Protecting coal and gas minerals from carbon capture practices

SECOND READING

• Com. Sub. for SB 505: Ensuring Reliable and Affordable Electricity Act
• Com. Sub. for SB 529: Relating generally to liability insurance coverage for Board of Education
• Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for SB 570: Requiring economic impact statements for certain legislative rules
• Com. Sub. for SB 690: Authorizing county commissions to increase compensation of elected county officials
• Com. Sub. for SB 763: Creating Public Electrical Savings Act
• Com. Sub. for SB 820: Whistleblower Protection Fund Act
• Com. Sub. for SB 823: Clarifying and separating duties between Division of Emergency Management and DEP
• Com. Sub. for SB 825: Permitting higher education institutions enter agreements with non-profit organizations for economic development and job creation
• Com. Sub. for SB 829: Modifying classes of state of preparedness declared by Governor or Legislature
• SB 839: Requiring Division of Labor establish separate rules for residential or commercial plumbing
• SB 856: Removing certain reporting requirements to Joint Committee on Government and Finance
• Com. Sub. for SB 861: Updating references to reflect consolidation of Information Services and Communications Division into Office of Technology
• SB 862: Repealing antiquated language related to Voluntary Gilding Dome Check-Off Program
• SB 863: Removing reference to Information Services and Communications Division
• Com. Sub. for SB 864: Clarifying inference of criminal intent in burglary prosecution
• Com. Sub. for SB 871: Removing persons who perform drywall services from definition of “contractor” in Contractor Licensing Act
• SB 876: Terminating certain requirements for Tax Commissioner to submit reports, publish information, and provide notice
• Eng. HB 2402: Relating to providing access to medical records; providing access to a minor’s medical record – (com. amend. pending)
• Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2411: To provide and change graduation requirements and change duties relating to academic content standards

FIRST READING

• Com. Sub. for SB 225: Expanding powers of National Park Service law-enforcement officers
• SB 866: Requiring WV Board of Education to promulgate legislative rule in consultation with WV Board of Physical Therapy

Scheduled Committee Meetings

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

• Com. Sub. for SB 801: Creating WV Public Waterway Access Act
• Eng. HB 2387: To repeal the class A1 Pistol stamp for hunting

1 p.m.: Select Committee on Substance Use Disorder and Mental Health (451M)

• SB 739: Relating to recovery residences

2 p.m.: Agriculture (208W)

• Com. Sub. SB 805: Relating to land use associations
• SB 844: Exempting coturnix quail from game farm requirement if they are owned for agricultural purposes

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

• Com. Sub. for SB 850: Creating Protecting Investors Act
• SB 878: Reallocating portion of fire insurance and casualty premium tax to Municipal Pensions Security Fund in certain circumstances

3 p.m.: Judiciary (208W)

• SB 728: Relating generally to transfer on death deed
• Com. Sub. for SB 761: Creating Joel Archer Substance Abuse Intervention Act
• SB 727: Directing study of child welfare system be conducted by independent third party
• SB 85: Prohibiting use or sale of abortifacients

3 p.m.: Finance (451M)

• Com. Sub. for SB 506: Relating to enhanced pay for teachers
• Com. Sub. for SB 708: Providing state mine inspectors with raise
• SB 576: Authorizing fixed odds racing in horse and dog racing
• Com. Sub. for SB 874: Permitting current home confinement officers to participate in Emergency Medical Services Retirement System

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

Senate Resolutions to be Introduced Wednesday, March 26, 2025

• SR 41: Designating March 27, 2025, as Local Food and Farm Day (Thorne, Hamilton)

Committee Action on Bills from Tuesday, March 25, 2025

Government Organization

• Com. Sub. for SB 690: Authorizing county commissions to increase compensation of elected county officials
• Committee substitute, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for SB 871: Removing persons who perform drywall services from within the definition of “contractor” in Contractor Licensing Act
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• SB 862: Repealing antiquated language related to Voluntary Gilding Dome Check-Off Program
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• SB 863: Removing reference to Information Services and Communications Division
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• SB 876: Terminating certain requirements for Tax Commissioner to submit reports, publish information, and provide notice
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for SB 861: Updating references to reflect consolidation of Information Services and Communications Division into Office of Technology
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• SB 856: Removing certain reporting requirements to Joint Committee on Government and Finance
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for SB 823: Clarifying and separating duties between Division of Emergency Management and DEP
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for SB 829: Modifying classes of state of preparedness declared by Governor or Legislature
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Education

• SB 89: Creating alternative high-risk population public charter schools
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

• SB 881: Modifying authority of certain higher education entities to sell and transfer property
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Government Organization

• Com. Sub. for SB 529: Relating generally to liability insurance coverage for Board of Education
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

• SB 866: Requiring WV Board of Education to promulgate legislative rule in consultation with WV Board of Physical Therapy
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for SB 911: Relating to adjunct teaching permits
• Committee substitute, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Pensions

• SB 872: Allowing certain contracted counsel for executive agencies to purchase years of service in PERS
• Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Economic Development

• Com. Sub. for SB 825: Permitting higher education institutions enter agreements with non-profit organizations for economic development and job creation
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for SB 834: Relating to tax credit for qualified rehabilitated buildings investment
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

Health and Human Resources

• SB 252: Requiring coverage of home blood pressure monitoring devices for certain Medicaid recipients
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

• Com. Sub. for SB 821: Requiring child protective services workers to wear body-worn cameras
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

• Com. Sub. for SB 822: Requiring Department of Human Services use mobile technology to assist in certain investigations
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

• SB 865: Relating to best interests of child standard
• Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Judiciary

• Com. Sub. for SB 887: Creating intermediate conservatorship or guardianship process prior to individual being involuntarily committed
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Judiciary

• Com. Sub. for SB 905: Requiring PEIA and other health insurance providers to provide payment parity for certain services
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

• SB 913: Relating to brain injury screening training
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

• Com. Sub. for SB 922: Streamlining and enhancing early childhood education and child care services in WV
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

Judiciary

• Com. Sub. for SB 225: Expanding powers of National Park Service law-enforcement officers
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for SB 745: Strengthening and reforming lobbying requirements
• Bill referred to subcommittee; Senators Helton (R-Fayette), Garcia (D-Marion), Taylor (R-Taylor), Deeds (R-Greenbrier), and Rose (R-Monongalia) appointed

Finance

• SB 891: Creating State Central Legal Advertising website
• Motion to report the bill to the full Senate failed

• Com. Sub. for SB 934: Relating to low-proof spirit alcohol products
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for SB 707: Providing increase in salary to WV Birth-to-Three contracted therapists and employees
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for SB 833: Excluding pharmaceutical medication from prior authorization gold card process
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

Bills that Have Passed the Senate as of Tuesday, March 25, 2025 (120 – 111 Senate; 9 House)

Bills that Have Completed Legislation as of Tuesday, March 25, 2025 (20 – 15 Senate; 5 House)

• SB 8: Providing additional sites and devices for newborn safe surrender (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• SB 138: Enhancing penalties for fleeing officer (Signed, 03-24)
• SB 240: Updating crime of sexual extortion (Signed, 03-24)
• SB 291: Extending time frame for pharmacies to register from annually to biennially (Signed, 03-24)
• SB 358: Authorizing Department of Transportation to promulgate legislative rules (Signed, 03-20)
• SB 336: Authorizing Department of Homeland Security to promulgate legislative rules (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• SB 369: Authorizing miscellaneous boards and agencies to promulgate legislative rules (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• SB 443: Authorizing Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Board of Examiners to conduct criminal background checks for licensing (Signed, 03-24)
• SB 456: Defining “men” and “women” (Signed, 03-12)
• SB 462: Permitting Board of Occupational Therapy to require criminal history record checks (Signed, 03-24)
• SB 486: Clarifying eligibility requirements to vote in WV elections (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• SB 487: Removing ineligible voters from active voter rolls (Signed, 03-25)
• SB 490: Prohibiting ranked-choice voting in elections in West Virginia (Signed, 03-18)
• SB 492: Removing outdated provisions governing political committees (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• SB 621: Authorizing digital court records (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• HB 2024: Updating the meaning certain terms used in West Virginia Personal Income Tax Act (Signed, 02-24)
• HB 2025: Updating terms in the Corporation Net Income Tax Act (Signed, 02-24)
• HB 2053: Relating to including the United States Space Force in the definition armed forces (Signed, 03-21)
• HB 2222: Relating to authorizing certain agencies of the Department of Administration to promulgate legislative rules (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• HB 2354: Banning certain products from food in West Virginia (Signed, 03-24)

Bills Signed by the Governor as of Tuesday, March 25, 2025 (13 – 9 Senate; 4 House)

• SB 138: Enhancing penalties for fleeing officer (Signed, 03-24)
• SB 240: Updating crime of sexual extortion (Signed, 03-24)
• SB 291: Extending time frame for pharmacies to register from annually to biennially (Signed, 03-24)
• SB 358: Authorizing Department of Transportation to promulgate legislative rules (Signed, 03-20)
• SB 443: Authorizing Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Board of Examiners to conduct criminal background checks for licensing (Signed, 03-24)
• SB 456: Defining “men” and “women” (Signed, 03-12)
• SB 462: Permitting Board of Occupational Therapy to require criminal history record checks (Signed, 03-24)
• SB 487: Removing ineligible voters from active voter rolls (Signed, 03-25)
• SB 490: Prohibiting ranked-choice voting in elections in West Virginia (Signed, 03-18)
• HB 2024: Updating the meaning certain terms used in West Virginia Personal Income Tax Act (Signed, 02-24)
• HB 2025: Updating terms in the Corporation Net Income Tax Act (Signed, 02-24)
• HB 2053: Relating to including the United States Space Force in the definition armed forces (Signed, 03-21)
• HB 2354: Banning certain products from food in West Virginia (Signed, 03-24)

Committee times and agendas are subject to change. Follow @WVSenClerk on X 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:https://sg001-harmony.sliq.net/00289/Harmony/en/View/UpcomingEvents.

Contact: Jacque Bland at (304) 357-7999

Tuesday, March 25, 2025 – 42nd Day of Session

The Senate will convene at 11 a.m.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

• SCR 21: Requesting study of sexual assault crime rates in WV

THIRD READING

• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 128: Preventing courts from ordering services at higher rate than Medicaid
• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 595: Creating Mountain Bike Responsibility Act
• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 721: Authorizing use of unmanned aerial vehicles to track certain mortally wounded wild animals
• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 800: Relating to insurance holding company systems
• Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2158: Relating to removal of a sunset clause for the West Virginia spay and neuter program – (Com. title amend. pending)

SECOND READING

• Com. Sub. for SB 10: Exempting certain meat processes from consumers sales and service tax (original similar to HB 2146)
• Com. Sub. for SB 35: Permitting campus police officers to participate in Deputy Sheriffs Retirement System
• Com. Sub. for SB 54: Requiring age-appropriate instruction on Holocaust in public schools
• SB 249: Expanding employment and training requirements necessary for SNAP benefits
• SB 292: Allowing doula services be covered by Medicaid and PEIA
• Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for SB 464: Creating license plate for recipients of Medal of Valor
• Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for SB 474: Ending diversity, equity, and inclusion programs (original similar to HB 2005)
• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 526: Creating Pharmacist Prescribing Authority Act – (Com. amend. pending)
• Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for SB 587: Relating generally to government contracting
• Com. Sub. for SB 617: Discouraging gang activity
• Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for SB 646: Increasing non-traditional instruction days for WV teachers
• Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for SB 652: Expanding cardiac arrest provisions to be applicable to elementary schools
• SB 655: Providing limited immunity for mental health providers who are involved in mental hygiene checks (original similar to HB 3093)
• Com. Sub. for SB 705: Allowing Board of Education to promulgate rules for submission to Legislature
• SB 725: Relating to unlawful expenditures by local fiscal bodies
• Com. Sub. for SB 864: Clarifying inference of criminal intent in burglary prosecution
• Com. Sub. for SB 899: Protecting coal and gas minerals from carbon capture practices
• Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2382: Camping ban on certain public property – (Com. amend. pending)
• Eng. HB 2402: Relating to providing access to medical records; providing access to a minor’s medical record – (Com. amend. pending)
• Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2411: To provide and change graduation requirements and change duties relating to academic content standards

FIRST READING

• Com. Sub. for SB 505: Ensuring Reliable and Affordable Electricity Act

Scheduled Committee Meetings

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

• Com. Sub. for SB 690: Authorizing county commissions to increase compensation of elected county officials
• Com. Sub. for SB 871: Removing persons who perform drywall services from within the definition of “contractor” in Contractor Licensing Act
• SB 862: Repealing antiquated language related to Voluntary Gilding Dome Check-Off Program
• SB 863: Removing reference to Information Services and Communications Division
• SB 876: Terminating certain requirements for Tax Commissioner to submit reports, publish information, and provide notice
• Com. Sub. for SB 861: Updating references to reflect consolidation of Information Services and Communications Division into Office of Technology
• SB 856: Removing certain reporting requirements to Joint Committee on Government and Finance
• Com. Sub. for SB 823: Clarifying and separating duties between Division of Emergency Management and DEP
• Com. Sub. for SB 829: Modifying classes of state of preparedness declared by Governor or Legislature

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

• SB 261: Reorganizing School Building Authority as School Maintenance Authority
• SB 89: Creating alternative high-risk population public charter schools
• SB 881: Modifying authority of certain higher education entities to sell and transfer property
• SB 529: Relating generally to liability insurance coverage for Board of Education
• SB 866: Requiring WV Board of Education to promulgate legislative rule in consultation with WV Board of Physical Therapy
• SB 911: Relating to adjunct teaching permits

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

• SB 825: Permitting higher education institutions enter agreements with non-profit organizations for economic development and job creation

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

• SB 252: Requiring coverage of home blood pressure monitoring devices for certain Medicaid recipients
• SB 821: Requiring child protective services workers to wear body-worn cameras
• SB 822: Requiring Department of Human Services use mobile technology to assist in certain investigations
• SB 865: Relating to best interests of child standard
• SB 887: Creating intermediate conservatorship or guardianship process prior to individual being involuntarily committed
• SB 905: Requiring PEIA and other health insurance providers to provide payment parity for certain services
• SB 913: Relating to brain injury screening training
• SB 922: Streamlining and enhancing early childhood education and child care services in WV

3 p.m.: Judiciary (208W)

• SB 225: Expanding powers of National Park Service law-enforcement officers
• SB 472: Requiring transparency from Department of Human Services
• SB 745: Strengthening and reforming lobbying requirements

3 p.m.: Finance (451M)

• SB 891: Creating State Central Legal Advertising website
• SB 934: Relating to low-proof spirit alcohol products
• Com. Sub. for SB 707: Providing increase in salary to WV Birth-to-Three contracted therapists and employees
• SB 833: Excluding pharmaceutical medication from prior authorization gold card process

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

Senate Bills to be Introduced Tuesday, March 25, 2025

• SB 935: Supplementing and amending appropriations to Department of Homeland Security [By Request of the Executive] (Smith, Woelfel; Finance)
• SB 936: Supplementing and amending appropriations to Department of Arts, Culture, and History [By Request of the Executive] (Smith, Woelfel; Finance)
• SB 937: Supplementing and amending appropriations to Department of Economic Development [By Request of the Executive] (Smith, Woelfel; Finance)

Committee Action on Bills from Monday, March 24, 2025

Government Organization

• Com. Sub. for SB 810: Clarifying requirements for administration of anesthesia
• Committee substitute, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for SB 820: Whistleblower Protection Fund Act
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

• Com. Sub. for SB 802: Establishing absent voter ballot tracking system to display status of early ballots and absent voter ballots to voters
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

• Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. SB 570: Requiring economic impact statements for certain legislative rules
• Committee substitute for the committee substitute, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• SB 839: Requiring Division of Labor establish separate rules for residential or commercial plumbing
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

• Originating SCR 1: Requesting Joint Committee on Government and Finance study incentives to promote location of beverage container recycling and redemption centers in West Virginia
• Originating concurrent resolution reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it be adopted

Education

• Com. Sub. for SB 755: Establishing WV Secondary School Athletic Trainer and Career Technical Education Program Act
• Committee substitute, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

• SB 261: Reorganizing School Building Authority as School Maintenance Authority
• Bill laid over to a future meeting

• SB 89: Creating alternative high-risk population public charter schools
• Bill laid over to a future meeting

Committee on Rules (219M – Senate President’s Conference Room)

• Com. Sub. for SB 526: Creating Pharmacist Prescribing Authority Act
• Committee substitute, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Transportation and Infrastructure

• SB 722: Creating WV Short Line Railroad Modernization Act
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

• SB 792: Requiring drivers to observe same safety requirements regarding railroad crossing when on-track equipment is present
• Bill laid over to a future meeting

• Com. Sub. for SB 794: Designating certain roads as permitting high clearance 4×4 vehicles only
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

• SB 807: Exempting automobiles 25 years or older from personal property taxes
• Bill laid over to a future meeting

Energy, Industry and Mining

• Com. Sub. for SB 505: Ensuring Reliable and Affordable Electricity Act
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Government Organization

• Com. Sub. for SB 730: Establishing Forest Carbon Registry
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

• Com. Sub. for SB 763: Creating Public Electrical Savings Act
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for SB 899: Protecting coal and gas minerals from carbon capture practices
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Pensions

• Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for SB 589: Providing pay increases to members of judiciary
• Committee substitute for the committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for SB 874: Permitting current home confinement officers to participate in Emergency Medical Services Retirement Plan
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

Judiciary

• Com. Sub for SB 617: Discouraging gang activity
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for SB 864: Clarifying inference of criminal intent in burglary prosecution
• Committee substitute, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Finance

• Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for SB 464: Creating license plate for recipients of Medal of Valor
• Committee substitute for the committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for SB 585: Relating to Cohen Craddock Student Athlete Safety Act
• Committee substitute for the committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for SB 646: Increasing non-traditional instruction days for WV teachers
• Committee substitute for the committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for SB 652: Expanding cardiac arrest provisions to be applicable to elementary schools
• Committee substitute for the committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• SB 840: Relating to nonresident income tax for natural resources royalty payments received from lessees
• Bill not taken up

• SB 725: Relating to unlawful expenditures by local fiscal bodies
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for SB 474: Ending diversity, equity, and inclusion programs
• Committee substitute for the committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for SB 439: Relating to taxation of wind power projects
• Bill not taken up

• SB 577: Clarifying prohibited practices by manufacturer, factory branch, distributor, or distributor branch when providing new motor vehicle to dealer
• Bill not taken up

Bills that Have Passed the Senate as of Monday, March 24, 2025 (116 – 107 Senate; 9 House)(108 – 101 Senate; 7 House)

Resolutions that Have Completed Legislation as of Monday, March 24, 2025 (10 – 5 Senate; 5 House)

• SCR 1: Adopting Joint Rules of Senate and House of Delegates (Adopted, 01-08)
• SCR 2: Authorizing payment of joint expenses (Adopted, 01-08)
• SCR 4: Amending Joint Rules of Senate and House of Delegates (Adopted, 02-12)
• SCR 15: Opposing China’s use of UN Resolution 2758 against Taiwan (Adopted, 03-19)
• SCR 20: Recognizing and commending NCSL on its 50th anniversary (Adopted, 03-18)
• HCR 1: Raising a Joint Assembly to open and publish election returns (Adopted, 01-08)
• HCR 2: Extending an invitation to His Excellency, the Governor, to deliver an address to the Legislature and raising a Joint Assembly therefor (Adopted, 01-08)
• HCR 3: Providing for an adjournment of the Legislature until February 12, 2025 (Adopted, 01-08)
• HCR 4: Raising a Joint Assembly to hear remarks of the Governor (Adopted, 01-12)
• HCR 49: Resolution relating to use of industrial sites and the potential impacts on downstream facilities (Adopted, 03-03)

Bills Signed by the Governor as of Monday, March 24, 2025 (12 – 8 Senate; 4 House)

• SB 138: Enhancing penalties for fleeing officer (Signed, 03-24)
• SB 240: Updating crime of sexual extortion (Signed, 03-24)
• SB 291: Extending time frame for pharmacies to register from annually to biennially (Signed, 03-24)
• SB 358: Authorizing Department of Transportation to promulgate legislative rules (Signed, 03-20)
• SB 443: Authorizing Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Board of Examiners to conduct criminal background checks for licensing (Signed, 03-24)
• SB 456: Defining “men” and “women” (Signed, 03-12)
• SB 462: Permitting Board of Occupational Therapy to require criminal history record checks (Signed, 03-24)
• SB 490: Prohibiting ranked-choice voting in elections in West Virginia (Signed, 03-18)
• HB 2024: Updating the meaning certain terms used in West Virginia Personal Income Tax Act (Signed, 02-24)
• HB 2025: Updating terms in the Corporation Net Income Tax Act (Signed, 02-24)
• HB 2053: Relating to including the United States Space Force in the definition armed forces (Signed, 03-21)
• HB 2354: Banning certain products from food in West Virginia (Signed, 03-24)

Committee times and agendas are subject to change. Follow @WVSenClerk on X 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:https://sg001-harmony.sliq.net/00289/Harmony/en/View/UpcomingEvents.

Contact: Jacque Bland at (304) 357-7999

Monday, March 24, 2025 – 41st Day of Session

The Senate will convene at 11 a.m.

THIRD READING

• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 1: Requiring utility work and road paving coordination
• Eng. SB 100: Allowing members of State Police retirement system to use accrued leave as credit toward retirement
• Eng. SB 105: Updating retirement eligibility for certain sheriffs (original similar to SB 192)
• Eng. SB 579: Relating to Home Rule Reform
• Eng. SB 743: Adjusting percentage of tax retained by clerk of county commission for certain purposes
• Eng. SB 747: Relating to Real Estate License Act (original similar to HB 2010)
• Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2129: Creating the Parents Bill of Rights.
• Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2331: Relating to authorizing certain agencies of the Department of Commerce to promulgate legislative rules

SECOND READING

• Com. Sub. for SB 128: Preventing courts from ordering services at higher rate than Medicaid
• Com. Sub. for SB 595: Creating Mountain Bike Responsibility Act
• Com. Sub. for SB 721: Authorizing use of unmanned aerial vehicles to track certain mortally wounded wild animals
• Com. Sub. for SB 800: Relating to insurance holding company systems
• Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2158: Relating to removal of a sunset clause for the West Virginia spay and neuter program – (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)

FIRST READING

• Com. Sub. for SB 54: Requiring age-appropriate instruction on Holocaust in public schools
• Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for SB 587: Relating generally to government contracting
• SB 655: Providing for immunity for mental health providers who are involved in mental hygiene checks (original similar to HB 3093)
• Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2382: Camping ban on certain public property. (Com. amend. pending)
• Eng. HB 2402: Relating to providing access to medical records; providing access to a minor’s medical record – (Com. amend. pending)
• Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2411: To provide and change graduation requirements and change duties relating to academic content standards

Scheduled Committee Meetings

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

• Com. Sub. For SB 810: Clarifying requirements for administration of anesthesia
• Com. Sub. For SB 820: Whistleblower Protection Fund Act
• Com. Sub. For SB 802: Establishing absent voter ballot tracking system to display status of early ballots and absent voter ballots to voters
• Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. SB 570: Requiring economic impact statements for certain legislative rules
• SB 839: Requiring Division of Labor establish separate rules for residential or commercial plumbing
• SB 855: Relating to incentive program to promote beverage container recycling

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

• SB 755: Establishing WV Secondary School Athletic Trainer and Career Technical Education Program Act
• SB 261: Reorganizing School Building Authority as School Maintenance Authority
• SB 89: Creating alternative high-risk population public charter schools

10:50 a.m.: Committee on Rules (219M – Senate President’s Conference Room)

1 p.m.: Workforce (208W)

• Presentations

• Tim Thomas, General Manager, Mountain Transit Authority
• Paula Smith, Executive Director, TriRiver Transit Authority

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

• SB 722: Creating WV Short Line Railroad Modernization Act
• SB 792: Requiring drivers to observe same safety requirements regarding railroad crossing when on-track equipment is present
• Com. Sub. for SB 794: Designating certain roads as permitting high clearance 4×4 vehicles only
• SB 807: Exempting automobiles 25 years or older from personal property taxes

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

• Com. Sub. for SB 505: Ensuring Reliable and Affordable Electricity Act
• Com. Sub. for SB 730: Establishing Forest Carbon Registry
• Com. Sub. for SB 763: Creating Public Electrical Savings Act

2 p.m.: Pensions (451M)

• Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for SB 589: Providing pay increases to members of judiciary
• SB 874: Permitting current home confinement officers to participate in Emergency Medical Services Retirement Plan

3 p.m.: Judiciary (208W)

• Com. Sub for SB 617: Discouraging gang activity
• HB 2123: Modifying the criminal penalties imposed on a parent, guardian or custodian for child abuse
• Com. Sub. for SB 761: Creating Joel Archer Substance Abuse Intervention Act

3 p.m.: Finance (451M)

• Com. Sub. for SB 464: Creating license plate for recipients of Medal of Valor
• Com. Sub. for SB 585: Relating to Cohen Craddock Student Athlete Safety Act
• Com. Sub. for SB 646: Increasing non-traditional instruction days for WV teachers
• SB 840: Relating to nonresident income tax for natural resources royalty payments received from lessees
• SB 725: Relating to unlawful expenditures by local fiscal bodies
• Com. Sub. for SB 474: Ending diversity, equity, and inclusion programs
• Com. Sub. for SB 439: Relating to taxation of wind power projects
• SB 577: Clarifying prohibited practices by manufacturer, factory branch, distributor, or distributor branch when providing new motor vehicle to dealer

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

Senate Bills to be Introduced Monday, March 24, 2025

• SB 881: Modifying authority of certain higher education entities to sell and transfer property (Woodrum, Oliverio; Education then Government Organization)
• SB 882: Relating to utilities (Phillips, Hart; Energy, Industry and Mining then Finance)
• SB 883: Providing director of WV Office of Miners’ Health, Safety and Training discretion and authority in certain appointments (Phillips; Energy, Industry and Mining)
• SB 884: Relating to liability for injury or damage resulting from intoxication (Grady; Judiciary)
• SB 885: Creating Tax Expenditure Limitation Act (Willis, Rose; Finance)
• SB 886: Relating to foster child bill of rights (Chapman; Health and Human Resources)
• SB 887: Creating intermediate conservatorship or guardianship process prior to individual being involuntarily committed (Chapman; Health and Human Resources then Judiciary)
• SB 888: Relating to testing for individuals in drug treatment (Takubo; Health and Human Resources then Judiciary)
• SB 889: Creating Sustaining Opportunities for Academics in Rural Schools Act (Rucker; Education then Finance)
• SB 890: Relating to agency changes to auctioneers (FN) (Thorne; Government Organization then Finance)
• SB 891: Creating State Central Legal Advertising website (Helton, Barrett, Roberts; Finance)
• SB 892: Relating to property valuation (Woodrum; Government Organization then Finance)
• SB 893: Establishing offense of assault upon service animal (Weld; Judiciary)
• SB 894: Relating to King Coal Highway Economic Advisory Board Act (Hart, Rose; Economic Development then Finance)
• SB 895: Relating generally to jurisdiction of Public Service Commission (Hart, Smith, Rose; Judiciary)
• SB 896: Relating to Community School Protection Act (Hart; Education then Finance)
• SB 897: Creating Community Schools Support Act (Hart; Education then Finance)
• SB 898: Allowing DOH to contract for snow removal on secondary roads in Monongalia and Preston counties (FN) (Oliverio, Rose; Transportation and Infrastructure then Finance)
• SB 899: Protecting coal and gas minerals from carbon capture practices (Rose, Smith, Azinger, Hart, Martin, Thorne, Willis; Energy, Industry and Mining)
• SB 900: Limiting sale of vape products in WV (Stuart; Judiciary then Health and Human Resources)
• SB 901: Maynard Requiring Department of Health to report positive Alpha Gal tests to CDC (Health and Human Resources)
• SB 902: Securing WV baseload coal generation and ratepayer protection (Helton; Energy, Industry and Mining then Finance)
• SB 903: Relating to Tobacco Products Excise Tax Act (FN) (Takubo; Health and Human Resources then Finance)
• SB 904: Clarifying duties and responsibilities of Secretary of Department of Health, Commissioner of Bureau for Public Health, and State Health Officer (Deeds; Health and Human Resources)
• SB 905: Requiring Public Employees Insurance Agency and other health insurance providers to provide payment parity for same services provided by behavioral health, mental health, and medical and surgical health care providers (Chapman; Health and Human Resources then Finance)
• SB 906: Creating Community Schools Funding Formula Revision Act (Hart; Education then Finance)
• SB 907: Relating to High Impact Development Projects (Jeffries; Economic Development)
• SB 908: Requiring the Secretary of the Department of Economic Development to establish a WV Produced or Manufactured Program (Stuart; Economic Development)
• SB 909: Relating to Medicaid reimbursement rates for certain mental health diagnostic and therapeutic procedures (Takubo; Health and Human Resources then Finance)
• SB 910: Increasing fee under Uniform Securities from 20 percent to 30 percent (Smith; Finance)
• SB 911: Relating to adjunct teaching permits (Grady; Education)
• SB 912: Relating to student growth assessment program (Grady; Education)
• SB 913: Relating to brain injury screening training (Chapman; Health and Human Resources then Finance)
• SB 914: Relating to testing and attendance requirements for private, parochial, and church schools (Roberts, Rucker; Education)
• SB 915: Providing at least one counselor for every 250 students in public schools and public charter schools (Roberts; Education then Finance)
• SB 916: Creating Agro-Tourism Modernization Act. (FN) (Rucker; Government Organization then Finance)
• SB 917: Creating limitation of civil liability for academic medical centers and teaching hospitals affiliated with medical and dental schools (Rucker; Government Organization then Finance)
• SB 918: Establishing non-denominational chapel within WV State Capitol building (FN) (Maynard; Government Organization then Finance)
• SB 919: Requiring CPS workers to record, via audio, all interactions during CPS visits (Maynard; Health and Human Resources then Finance)
• SB 920: Establishing Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation Commission (Maynard; Natural Resources then Finance)
• SB 921: Creating the West Virginia Emergency Medical Services Oversight and Support Act (FN) (Maynard; Government Organization then Finance)
• SB 922: Relating to streamlining and enhancing early childhood education and childcare services in WV (FN) (Maynard; Health and Human Resources then Finance)
• SB 923: Creating the West Virginia Litter Control and Environmental Cleanup Act (FN) (Maynard; Natural Resources then Finance)
• SB 924: Creating West Virginia Country Roads Mapping and Marketing (Maynard; Transportation and Infrastructure then Finance)
• SB 925: Creating needs based assessment for EMS (Maynard; Health and Human Resources then Finance)
• SB 926: Requiring WV Department of Education to include optional Firefighter One Class as part of curriculum in grades 9 through 12 (Maynard; Education)
• SB 927: Providing county boards of education option to obtain professional or other liability insurance coverage from other insurance carriers licensed in WV (Azinger; Banking and Insurance then Finance)
• SB 928: Clarifying restrictions of lawful carry of deadly weapons surrounding State Capitol Complex grounds (Maynard; Government Organization then Finance)
• SB 929: Restoring Private Schools Act (Hart, Roberts, Rose; Education)
• SB 930: Creating WV constitutional Schools Act (Hart; Education then Finance)
• SB 931: Relating to King Coal Highway Economic Advisory Board (FN) (Hart; Economic Development then Finance)
• SB 932: Combining Legislative Auditor with State Auditor (Chapman; Government Organization then Finance)
• SB 933: Reducing regulatory burdens on small entrepreneurs, independent contractors, and sole proprietors while updating outdated revenue thresholds (FN) (Queen; Finance)
• SB 934: Relating to Low Proof Spirits (Queen; Judiciary)
• SCR 21: Requesting study of sexual assault crime rates in WV (Deeds)

* (FN) indicates the bill has a Fiscal Note

* (IB) indicates the bill is an Interim Bill

Bills that Have Passed the Senate as of Friday, March 21, 2025 (108 – 101 Senate; 7 House)

Bills that Have Completed Legislation as of Friday, March 21, 2025 (17 – 12 Senate; 5 House)

• SB 8: Providing additional sites and devices for newborn safe surrender (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• SB 138: Enhancing penalties for fleeing officer (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• SB 240: Updating crime of sexual extortion (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• SB 291: Extending time frame for pharmacies to register from annually to biennially (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• SB 358: Authorizing Department of Transportation to promulgate legislative rules (Signed, 03-20)
• SB 336: Authorizing Department of Homeland Security to promulgate legislative rules (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• SB 443: Authorizing Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Board of Examiners to conduct criminal background checks for licensing (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• SB 456: Defining “men” and “women” (Signed, 03-12)
• SB 462: Permitting Board of Occupational Therapy to require criminal history record checks (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• SB 486: Clarifying eligibility requirements to vote in WV elections (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• SB 487: Removing ineligible voters from active voter rolls (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• SB 490: Prohibiting ranked-choice voting in elections in West Virginia (Signed, 03-18)
• HB 2024: Updating the meaning certain terms used in West Virginia Personal Income Tax Act (Signed, 02-24)
• HB 2025: Updating terms in the Corporation Net Income Tax Act (Signed, 02-24)
• HB 2053: Relating to including the United States Space Force in the definition armed forces (Signed, 03-21)
• HB 2222: Relating to authorizing certain agencies of the Department of Administration to promulgate legislative rules (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• HB 2354: Banning certain products from food in West Virginia (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)

Resolutions that Have Completed Legislation as of Friday, March 21, 2025 (10 – 5 Senate; 5 House)

• SCR 1: Adopting Joint Rules of Senate and House of Delegates (Adopted, 01-08)
• SCR 2: Authorizing payment of joint expenses (Adopted, 01-08)
• SCR 4: Amending Joint Rules of Senate and House of Delegates (Adopted, 02-12)
• SCR 15: Opposing China’s use of UN Resolution 2758 against Taiwan (Adopted, 03-19)
• SCR 20: Recognizing and commending NCSL on its 50th anniversary (Adopted, 03-18)
• HCR 1: Raising a Joint Assembly to open and publish election returns (Adopted, 01-08)
• HCR 2: Extending an invitation to His Excellency, the Governor, to deliver an address to the Legislature and raising a Joint Assembly therefor (Adopted, 01-08)
• HCR 3: Providing for an adjournment of the Legislature until February 12, 2025 (Adopted, 01-08)
• HCR 4: Raising a Joint Assembly to hear remarks of the Governor (Adopted, 01-12)
• HCR 49: Resolution relating to use of industrial sites and the potential impacts on downstream facilities (Adopted, 03-03)

Bills Signed by the Governor as of Friday, March 21, 2025 (5 – 3 Senate; 2 House)

• SB 358: Authorizing Department of Transportation to promulgate legislative rules (Signed, 03-20)
• SB 456: Defining “men” and “women” (Signed, 03-12)
• SB 490: Prohibiting ranked-choice voting in elections in West Virginia (Signed, 03-18)
• HB 2024: Updating the meaning certain terms used in West Virginia Personal Income Tax Act (Signed, 02-24)
• HB 2025: Updating terms in the Corporation Net Income Tax Act (Signed, 02-24)
• HB 2053: Relating to including the United States Space Force in the definition armed forces (Signed, 03-21)

Committee times and agendas are subject to change. Follow @WVSenClerk on X 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:https://sg001-harmony.sliq.net/00289/Harmony/en/View/UpcomingEvents.

Contact: Jacque Bland at (304) 357-7999

Friday, March 21, 2025 – 38th Day of Session

The Senate will convene at 10 a.m.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

• SR 39: Designating March as Kidney Disease Awareness Month
• SR 40: Designating March 21, 2025, as WV Arts Day

THIRD READING

• Eng. SB 75: Changing distribution of income from excess lottery fund
• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 76: Increasing WV Natural Resources Police Officer Retirement System accrued benefit for certain members
• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 601: Relating to fees and charges for municipality-provided fire services
• Eng. SB 615: Eliminating accelerated tax payment requirements (original similar to HB 2012)
• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 683: Relating to land sales by Auditor
• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 710: Relating to the practice of teledentistry (original similar to HB 3196)
• Eng. SB 733: Relating to membership composition of Legislative Oversight Commission on Department of Transportation Accountability
• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 746: Allowing State Board of Education to delegate its Medicaid provider status to public charter schools
• Eng. Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for HB 2441: To make those who fail drug test ineligible for unemployment

SECOND READING

• Com. Sub. for SB 1: Requiring utility work and road paving coordination
• SB 100: Allowing members of State Police retirement system to use accrued leave as credit toward retirement
• SB 105: Updating retirement eligibility for certain sheriffs (original similar to SB 192)
• Com. Sub. for SB 578: Relating to pet food packages
• SB 579: Relating to Home Rule Reform
• SB 743: Adjusting percentage of tax retained by clerk of county commission for certain purposes
• SB 747: Relating to Real Estate License Act (original similar to HB 2010)
• Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2129: Creating the Parents Bill of Rights. – (Com. amend. pending)
• Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2331: Relating to authorizing certain agencies of the Department of Commerce to promulgate legislative rules – (Com. amend. pending)

FIRST READING

• Com. Sub. for SB 128: Preventing courts from ordering services at higher rate than Medicaid
• Com. Sub. for SB 595: Creating Mountain Bike Responsibility Act
• Com. Sub. for SB 721: Authorizing use of unmanned aerial vehicles to track certain mortally wounded wild animals
• Com. Sub. for SB 800: Relating to insurance holding company systems
• Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2158: Relating to removal of a sunset clause for the West Virginia spay and neuter program – (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)

Scheduled Committee Meetings

There are no committee meetings scheduled for Friday, March 21, 2025.

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

Senate Bills to be Introduced Friday, March 21, 2025

• SB 859: Levying user fee on cigarettes to support EMS (FN) (Takubo; Health and Human Resources then Finance)
• SB 860: Funding Tobacco Use Cessation Initiative (Takubo; Health and Human Resources then Finance)
• SB 861: Updating references to reflect consolidation of Information Services and Communications Division into Office of Technology (Rucker; Government Organization)
• SB 862: Repealing antiquated language related to Voluntary Gilding Dome Check-Off Program (Rucker; Government Organization)
• SB 863: Removing reference to Information Services and Communications Division (Rucker; Government Organization)
• SB 864: Clarifying inference of criminal intent in burglary prosecution (Deeds, Fuller, Hamilton, Morris, Phillips, Queen, Thorne; Judiciary)
• SB 865: Relating to best interests of child standard (Chapman; Health and Human Resources then Judiciary)
• SB 866: Requiring WV Board of Education to promulgate legislative rule in consultation with WV Board of Physical Therapy (Grady; Health and Human Resources)
• SB 867: Prohibiting payment to residential substance use disorder treatment facilities that do not meet certain requirements (Helton; Health and Human Resources)
• SB 868: Removing requirement of inspections and inspection stickers for non-commercial motor vehicles, trailers, semitrailers, pole trailers, or any combination thereof (Stuart; Finance)
• SB 869: Creating Corridor H Advanced Energy and Economic Corridor Authority (FN) (Economic Development then Finance)
• SB 870: Relating to fees imposed by municipalities (Rucker; Government Organization)
• SB 871: Removing persons who perform drywall services from within the definition of “contractor” in Contractor Licensing Act (Rucker; Government Organization)
• SB 872: Allowing certain contracted counsel for executive agencies to purchase years of service in Public Employees Retirement System (FN) (Oliverio; Pensions then Finance)
• SB 873: Providing for process to address homeless population (Maynard; Health and Human Resources then Finance)
• SB 874: Permitting current home confinement officers to participate in Emergency Medical Services Retirement System (Barrett; Pensions then Finance)
• SB 875: Relating to container labeling of nonintoxicating beer and nonintoxicating craft beer (Garcia; Judiciary)
• SB 876: Terminating certain requirements for Tax Commissioner to submit reports, publish information, and provide notice (Rucker; Government Organization)
• SB 877: Requiring resolution passed by Legislature to include language to be included on official ballots (Rucker; Judiciary)
• SB 878: Reallocating portion of fire insurance and casualty premium tax to Municipal Pensions Security Fund in certain circumstances (Oliverio; Banking and Insurance then Finance)
• SB 879: Requiring public high school students submit FAFSA prior to graduation (Grady; Education)
• SB 880: Relating to powers and duties of Commissioner of Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation regarding Stevens Correctional Center (FN) (Maynard; Judiciary then Finance)

* (FN) indicates the bill has a Fiscal Note

* (IB) indicates the bill is an Interim Bill

Committee Action on Bills from Thursday, March 20, 2025

9 a.m.: Military

• Com. Sub. for SB 765: Establishing Troops to Teachers Program
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Education

9:30 a.m.: Government Organization

• Com. Sub. for SB 569: Relating to homeowners’ bill of rights
• Committee substitute, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Judiciary

• Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for SB 587: Relating generally to government contracting
• Committee substitute for the committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• SB 593: Relating to electronic voting and preserving voting data
• Bill laid over to a future meeting

• Com. Sub. for SB 810: Clarifying requirements for administration of anesthesia
• Bill laid over to a future meeting

9:30 a.m.: Education

• Com. Sub. for SB 737: Creating WV Farm Equipment Repair Pilot Program
• Committee substitute, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

• Com. Sub. for SB 54: Requiring age-appropriate instruction on Holocaust in public schools
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• SB 695: Requiring higher education institutions to accept Classic Learning Test
• Bill laid over to a future meeting

• Com. Sub. for SB 755: Establishing WV Secondary School Athletic Trainer and Career Technical Education Program Act
• Bill laid over to a future meeting

• Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2411: To provide and change graduation requirements and change duties relating to academic content standards
• Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

1 p.m.: Economic Development

• Com. Sub. for SB 626: Allowing members of regional airport boards to be residents of area in which airport is located
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Government Organization

1 p.m.: Health and Human Resources

• Com. Sub. for SB 718: Relating to hospital transparency
• Committee substitute, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for SB 817: Regulating private alternative adolescent residential or outdoor programs
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Judiciary

• Eng. HB 2402: Relating to providing access to medical records; providing access to a minor’s medical record
• Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for SB 811: Creating Child Care Subsidy Pilot Program
• Bill not taken up

3 p.m.: Judiciary

• Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2382: Camping ban on certain public property
• Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• SB 655: Providing for immunity for mental health providers who are involved in mental hygiene checks
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for SB 705: Allowing Board of Education to promulgate rules for submission to Legislature
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Bills that Have Passed the Senate as of Thursday, March 20, 2025 (99 – 93 Senate; 6 House)

Senate Resolutions that Have Been Adopted by the Senate as of Thursday, March 20, 2025 (7)

• SCR 1: Adopting Joint Rules of Senate and House of Delegates (Adopted, 01-08)
• SCR 2: Authorizing payment of joint expenses (Adopted, 01-08)
• SCR 3: US Army Warrant Officer Joseph Rose III Memorial Bridge (House Energy and Public Works)
• SCR 4: Amending Joint Rules of Senate and House of Delegates (Adopted, 02-12)
• SCR 15: Opposing China’s use of UN Resolution 2758 against Taiwan (Adopted, 03-19)
• SCR 18: Recognizing intent to create WV Coal Renaissance Act (House Energy and Public Works)
• SCR 20: Recognizing and commending NCSL on its 50th anniversary (Adopted, 03-18)

Bills that Have Completed Legislation as of Thursday, March 20, 2025 (17 – 12 Senate; 5 House)

• SB 8: Providing additional sites and devices for newborn safe surrender (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• SB 138: Enhancing penalties for fleeing officer (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• SB 240: Updating crime of sexual extortion (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• SB 291: Extending time frame for pharmacies to register from annually to biennially (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• SB 358: Authorizing Department of Transportation to promulgate legislative rules (Signed, 03-20)
• SB 336: Authorizing Department of Homeland Security to promulgate legislative rules (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• SB 443: Authorizing Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Board of Examiners to conduct criminal background checks for licensing (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• SB 456: Defining “men” and “women” (Signed, 03-12)
• SB 462: Permitting Board of Occupational Therapy to require criminal history record checks (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• SB 486: Clarifying eligibility requirements to vote in WV elections (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• SB 487: Removing ineligible voters from active voter rolls (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• SB 490: Prohibiting ranked-choice voting in elections in West Virginia (Signed, 03-18)
• HB 2024: Updating the meaning certain terms used in West Virginia Personal Income Tax Act (Signed, 02-24)
• HB 2025: Updating terms in the Corporation Net Income Tax Act (Signed, 02-24)
• HB 2053: Relating to including the United States Space Force in the definition armed forces (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• HB 2222: Relating to authorizing certain agencies of the Department of Administration to promulgate legislative rules (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• HB 2354: Banning certain products from food in West Virginia (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)

Resolutions that Have Completed Legislation as of Thursday, March 20, 2025 (10 – 5 Senate; 5 House)

• SCR 1: Adopting Joint Rules of Senate and House of Delegates (Adopted, 01-08)
• SCR 2: Authorizing payment of joint expenses (Adopted, 01-08)
• SCR 4: Amending Joint Rules of Senate and House of Delegates (Adopted, 02-12)
• SCR 15: Opposing China’s use of UN Resolution 2758 against Taiwan (Adopted, 03-19)
• SCR 20: Recognizing and commending NCSL on its 50th anniversary (Adopted, 03-18)
• HCR 1: Raising a Joint Assembly to open and publish election returns (Adopted, 01-08)
• HCR 2: Extending an invitation to His Excellency, the Governor, to deliver an address to the Legislature and raising a Joint Assembly therefor (Adopted, 01-08)
• HCR 3: Providing for an adjournment of the Legislature until February 12, 2025 (Adopted, 01-08)
• HCR 4: Raising a Joint Assembly to hear remarks of the Governor (Adopted, 01-12)
• HCR 49: Resolution relating to use of industrial sites and the potential impacts on downstream facilities (Adopted, 03-03)

Bills Signed by the Governor as of Thursday, March 20, 2025 (5 – 3 Senate; 2 House)

• SB 358: Authorizing Department of Transportation to promulgate legislative rules (Signed, 03-20)
• SB 456: Defining “men” and “women” (Signed, 03-12)
• SB 490: Prohibiting ranked-choice voting in elections in West Virginia (Signed, 03-18)
• HB 2024: Updating the meaning certain terms used in West Virginia Personal Income Tax Act (Signed, 02-24)
• HB 2025: Updating terms in the Corporation Net Income Tax Act (Signed, 02-24)

Committee times and agendas are subject to change. Follow @WVSenClerk on X 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:https://sg001-harmony.sliq.net/00289/Harmony/en/View/UpcomingEvents.

Contact: Jacque Bland at (304) 357-7999

Thursday, March 20, 2025 – 37th Day of Session

The Senate will convene at 11 a.m.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

• SR 37: Recognizing Energy Council on its 50th anniversary
• SR 38: Designating March 20, 2025, as Mingo County Day

THIRD READING

• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 450: Establishing WV Guardian Program
• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 731: Terminating Design Build Board
• Eng. SB 734: Repealing section creating A. James Manchin Rehabilitation Environmental Action Plan
• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 736: Relating to publication of registered lobbyist information
• Eng. SB 738: Terminating Employee Suggestion Award Board

SECOND READING

• SB 75: Changing distribution of income from excess lottery fund
• Com. Sub. for SB 76: Increasing WV Natural Resources Police Officer Retirement System accrued benefit for certain members
• Com. Sub. for SB 601: Relating to fees and charges for municipality-provided fire services
• SB 615: Eliminating accelerated tax payment requirements (original similar to HB 2012)
• Com. Sub. for SB 683: Relating to land sales by Auditor
• Com. Sub. for SB 710: Relating to the practice of teledentistry (original similar to HB 3196)
• SB 733: Relating to membership composition of Legislative Oversight Commission on Department of Transportation Accountability
• Com. Sub. for SB 746: Allowing State Board of Education to delegate its Medicaid provider status to public charter schools
• Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2129: Creating the Parents Bill of Rights – (Com. amend. pending)
• Eng. Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for HB 2441: To make those who fail drug test ineligible for unemployment

FIRST READING

• Com. Sub. for SB 1: Requiring utility work and road paving coordination
• SB 100: Allowing members of State Police retirement system to use accrued leave as credit toward retirement
• SB 105: Updating retirement eligibility for certain sheriffs (original similar to SB192)
• Com. Sub. for SB 578: Relating to pet food packages
• SB 579: Relating to Home Rule Reform
• SB 743: Adjusting percentage of tax retained by clerk of county commission for certain purposes
• SB 747: Relating to Real Estate License Act (original similar to HB 2010)
• Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2331: Relating to authorizing certain agencies of the Department of Commerce to promulgate legislative rules – (Com. amend. pending)

Scheduled Committee Meetings

9 a.m.: Military (208W)

• Com. Sub. for SB 765: Establishing Troops to Teachers Program

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

• Com. Sub. for SB 569: Relating to homeowners’ bill of rights
• Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for SB 587: Relating generally to government contracting
• SB 593: Relating to electronic voting and preserving voting data
• Com. Sub. for SB 810: Clarifying requirements for administration of anesthesia

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

• SB 737: Creating WV Farm Equipment Repair Pilot Program
• SB 54: Requiring age-appropriate instruction on Holocaust in public schools
• SB 695: Requiring higher education institutions to accept Classic Learning Test
• SB 755: Establishing WV Secondary School Athletic Trainer and Career Technical Education Program Act
• HB 2411: To provide and change graduation requirements and change duties relating to academic content standards

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

• Com. Sub. for SB 626: Allowing members of regional airport boards to be residents of area in which airport is located.

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

• Presentation: Deb Harris, Manager, Jobs and Hope WV
• SB 718: Relating to hospital transparency
• SB 817: Regulating private alternative adolescent residential or outdoor programs
• HB 2402: Relating to providing access to medical records; providing access to a minor’s medical record
• SB 811: Creating Child Care Subsidy Pilot Program

3 p.m.: Judiciary (208W)

• HB 2382: Camping ban on certain public property
• SB 655: Providing for immunity for mental health providers who are involved in mental hygiene checks
• SB 705: Allowing Board of Education to promulgate rules for submission to Legislature

3 p.m.: Finance (451M)

• Budget Presentation: West Virginia Department of Health
• Budget Presentation: West Virginia Department of Human Services

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

Senate Bills to be Introduced Thursday, March 20, 2025

• SB 821: Requiring child protective services workers to wear body-worn cameras (Chapman; Health and Human Resources then Finance)
• SB 822: Requiring Department of Human Services use mobile technology to assist in certain investigations (Chapman; Health and Human Resources then Finance)
• SB 823: Clarifying and separating duties between Division of Emergency Management and DEP (Rucker; Government Organization)
• SB 824: Amending procedures for regulation of scope of practice for occupations and professions (Chapman; Government Organization)
• SB 825: Permitting higher education institutions enter agreements with non-profit organizations for economic development and job creation (Jeffries; Economic Development)
• SB 826: Modifying survivor’s benefit payments on first responders for payment of funeral expenses (Rucker; Finance)
• SB 827: Updating requirements for parole hearings and notifications (Rucker; Judiciary)
• SB 828: Clarifying requirements for persons employed by Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation include contracted vendor staff (Rucker; Judiciary)
• SB 829: Modifying classes of state of preparedness declared by Governor or Legislature (Rucker; Government Organization)
• SB 830: Eliminating short-term loans provided to released inmates for costs related to reintegration (Rucker; Workforce)
• SB 831: Establishing Troops-to-Teachers Program (Weld; Education)
• SB 832: Providing for administration of cost-sharing calculations (Chapman; Finance)
• SB 833: Excluding pharmaceutical medication from prior authorization gold card process (Chapman; Finance)
• SB 834: Relating to tax credit for qualified rehabilitated buildings investment (Weld; Economic Development then Finance)
• SB 835: Decreasing service period for notice of tax lien sales (FN) (Azinger; Government Organization then Finance)
• SB 836: Modifying requirements for payment of property taxes by co-owners or other interested parties (Azinger; Judiciary)
• SB 837: Eliminating WV Office of Equal Opportunity (Rucker; Government Organization)
• SB 838: Prohibiting law enforcement from placing surveillance cameras on private property (Thorne; Judiciary)
• SB 839: Requiring Division of Labor establish separate rules for residential or commercial plumbing (FN) (Clements; Government Organization then Finance)
• SB 840: Relating to nonresident income tax for natural resources royalty payments received from lessees (FN) (Clements; Finance)
• SB 841: Prohibiting state entities from promoting or engaging in any activity related to sexual orientation or gender transitioning (Maynard, Azinger, Bartlett, Charnock, Deeds, Fuller, Grady, Helton, Martin, Roberts, Rose, Rucker, Tarr, Taylor, Thorne, Willis; Judiciary)
• SB 842: Establishing Fueling Modern Life Act (FN) (Hart; Natural Resources then Finance)
• SB 843: Allowing Board of Education to prohibit individuals on sex offender registry from being on school property (FN) (Clements; Judiciary then Finance)
• SB 844: Exempting coturnix quail from game farm requirement if they are owned for agricultural purposes (Rucker; Agriculture)
• SB 845: Relating to National Guard Servicemember’s Medical Readiness Act (Willis; Judiciary then Finance)
• SB 846: Relating to heating, ventilation, and air-condition technicians employed by State Board of Education or county boards of education (Morris; Government Organization)
• SB 847: Eliminating provisions limiting number of investigators in criminal investigation division of Tax Division (FN) (Stuart; Finance)
• SB 848: Enacting bank protections for eligible adults from financial exploitation (Willis; Judiciary)
• SB 849: Providing enhanced pay for State Police (Willis; Finance)
• SB 850: Creating Protecting Investors Act (Willis; Banking and Insurance)
• SB 851: Creating Child Protection Investigations Reform Act (FN) (Rose, Chapman, Helton, Maynard, Rucker, Willis; Judiciary then Finance)
• SB 852: Relating to regulation of pharmacy benefit managers (FN) (Takubo; Health and Human Resources then Finance)
• SB 853: Clarifying terms of registration for tax abandoned land auctions and sales held by auditor (Jeffries, Clements, Deeds, Fuller, Hamilton, Helton, Queen, Roberts, Rose, Takubo, Tarr, Willis; Government Organization)
• SB 854: Creating Academic Quality in Public Education Act (Roberts, Rucker; Education)
• SB 855: Relating to incentive program to promote beverage container recycling (FN) (Rucker; Government Organization then Finance)
• SB 856: Removing certain reporting requirements to Joint Committee on Government and Finance (Rucker; Government Organization)
• SB 857: Establishing economic incentives for data centers to locate within state (FN) (Helton; Economic Development then Finance)
• SB 858: Relating to controlled substance schedules and to clean-up errors identified in code sections (Rucker; Judiciary)
• SR 39: Designating March as Kidney Disease Awareness Month (Chapman)
• SR 40: Designating March 21, 2025, as WV Arts Day (Smith)

* (FN) indicates the bill has a Fiscal Note

* (IB) indicates the bill is an Interim Bill

Committee Action on Bills from Wednesday, March 19, 2025

9:30 a.m.: Select Committee on Substance Use Disorder and Mental Health

• Com. Sub. for SB 761: Creating Joel Archer Substance Abuse Intervention Act
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Judiciary

1 p.m.: Natural Resources

• Com. Sub. for SB 721: Providing penalties for damages resulting to farm property and critical infrastructure from use of drones
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Judiciary

2 p.m.: Agriculture

• SB 751: Prohibiting manufacture, sale, or distribution of cultivated meat products
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Judiciary

• Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2158: Relating to removal of a sunset clause for the West Virginia spay and neuter program
• Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Government Organization

2 p.m.: Banking and Insurance

• Com. Sub. for SB 6: Exempting life insurance cash value from Medicaid eligibility calculations
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

• SB 776: Creating Firearms Industry Nondiscrimination Act
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Judiciary

• Com. Sub. for SB 800: Relating to insurance holding company systems
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

3 p.m.: Judiciary

• SJR 13: Constitutional Officer Term Limit Amendment
• Joint Resolution reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it be adopted; second reference to Finance

• Com. Sub. for SB 128: Preventing courts from ordering services at higher rate than Medicaid
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for SB 595: Mountain Bike Responsibility Act
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

3 p.m.: Finance

• Com. Sub. for SB 10: Exempting certain meat processes from consumers sales and service tax
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for SB 35: Permitting campus police officers to participate in Deputy Sheriff’s Retirement System
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• SB 292: Allowing doula services be covered by Medicaid and PEIA
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• SB 249: Expanding employment and training requirements necessary for SNAP benefits
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Bills that Have Passed the Senate as of Wednesday, March 19, 2025 (94 – 88 Senate; 6 House)

Senate Resolutions that Have Been Adopted by the Senate as of Wednesday, March 19, 2025 (7)

• SCR 1: Adopting Joint Rules of Senate and House of Delegates (Adopted, 01-08)
• SCR 2: Authorizing payment of joint expenses (Adopted, 01-08)
• SCR 3: US Army Warrant Officer Joseph Rose III Memorial Bridge (Pending House introduction)
• SCR 4: Amending Joint Rules of Senate and House of Delegates (Adopted, 02-12)
• SCR 15: Opposing China’s use of UN Resolution 2758 against Taiwan (Adopted, 03-19)
• SCR 18: Recognizing intent to create WV Coal Renaissance Act (House Energy and Public Works)
• SCR 20: Recognizing and commending NCSL on its 50th anniversary (Adopted, 03-18)

Bills that Have Completed Legislation as of Wednesday, March 19, 2025 (16 – 11 Senate; 5 House)

• SB 8: Providing additional sites and devices for newborn safe surrender (Completed legislation; awaiting action by Governor)
• SB 138: Enhancing penalties for fleeing officer (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• SB 240: Updating crime of sexual extortion (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• SB 291: Extending time frame for pharmacies to register from annually to biennially (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• SB 358: Authorizing Department of Transportation to promulgate legislative rules (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• SB 443: Authorizing Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Board of Examiners to conduct criminal background checks for licensing (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• SB 456: Defining “men” and “women” (Signed, 03-12)
• SB 462: Permitting Board of Occupational Therapy to require criminal history record checks (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• SB 486: Clarifying eligibility requirements to vote in WV elections (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• SB 487: Removing ineligible voters from active voter rolls (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• SB 490: Prohibiting ranked-choice voting in elections in West Virginia (Signed, 03-18)
• HB 2024: Updating the meaning certain terms used in West Virginia Personal Income Tax Act (Signed, 02-24)
• HB 2025: Updating terms in the Corporation Net Income Tax Act (Signed, 02-24)
• HB 2053: Relating to including the United States Space Force in the definition armed forces (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• HB 2222: Relating to authorizing certain agencies of the Department of Administration to promulgate legislative rules (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• HB 2354: Banning certain products from food in West Virginia (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)

Resolutions that Have Completed Legislation as of Wednesday, March 19, 2025 (10 – 5 Senate; 5 House)

• SCR 1: Adopting Joint Rules of Senate and House of Delegates (Adopted, 01-08)
• SCR 2: Authorizing payment of joint expenses (Adopted, 01-08)
• SCR 4: Amending Joint Rules of Senate and House of Delegates (Adopted, 02-12)
• SCR 15: Opposing China’s use of UN Resolution 2758 against Taiwan (Adopted, 03-19)
• SCR 20: Recognizing and commending NCSL on its 50th anniversary (Adopted, 03-18)
• HCR 1: Raising a Joint Assembly to open and publish election returns (Adopted, 01-08)
• HCR 2: Extending an invitation to His Excellency, the Governor, to deliver an address to the Legislature and raising a Joint Assembly therefor (Adopted, 01-08)
• HCR 3: Providing for an adjournment of the Legislature until February 12, 2025 (Adopted, 01-08)
• HCR 4: Raising a Joint Assembly to hear remarks of the Governor (Adopted, 01-12)
• HCR 49: Resolution relating to use of industrial sites and the potential impacts on downstream facilities (Adopted, 03-03)

Bills Signed by the Governor as of Wednesday, March 19, 2025 (4 – 2 Senate; 2 House)

• SB 456: Defining “men” and “women” (Signed, 03-12)
• SB 490: Prohibiting ranked-choice voting in elections in West Virginia (Signed, 03-18)
• HB 2024: Updating the meaning certain terms used in West Virginia Personal Income Tax Act (Signed, 02-24)
• HB 2025: Updating terms in the Corporation Net Income Tax Act (Signed, 02-24)

Committee times and agendas are subject to change. Follow @WVSenClerk on X 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:https://sg001-harmony.sliq.net/00289/Harmony/en/View/UpcomingEvents.

Contact: Jacque Bland at (304) 357-7999

Wednesday, March 19, 2025 – 36th Day of Session

The Senate will convene at 11 a.m.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

• Com. Sub. for SCR 3: US Army Warrant Officer Joseph Rose III Memorial Bridge
• SR 35: Recognizing WV Mothers and Babies Support Program for its outstanding achievements
• SR 36: Recognizing 100th anniversary of WV State Fair

THIRD READING

• Eng. Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for SB 37: Allowing certain Teachers Retirement System members to exchange unused leave for monetary compensation
• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 83: Allowing Foster Care Ombudsman access to child protective records
• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 538: Allowing certain entities to purchase qualifying tax-delinquent properties before they are offered at public auction (original similar to HB 3332)
• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 547: Creating Charter Schools Startup Fund
• Eng. SB 598: Permitting judges to refer parents to prosecuting attorney for making certain false allegations in child custody proceedings
• Eng. SB 621: Authorizing digital court records (original similar to HB 3271)
• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 719: Relating to age at which minor can consent to certain medical decisions and services

SECOND READING

• Com. Sub. for SB 450: Establishing WV Guardian Program
• Com. Sub. for SB 731: Terminating Design Build Board
• SB 734: Repealing section creating A. James Manchin Rehabilitation Environmental Action Plan
• Com. Sub. for SB 736: Relating to publication of registered lobbyist information
• SB 738: Terminating Employee Suggestion Award Board

FIRST READING

• SB 75: Changing distribution of income from excess lottery fund
• Com. Sub. for SB 76: Increasing WV Natural Resources Police Officer Retirement System accrued benefit for certain members
• Com. Sub. for SB 601: Relating to fees and charges for municipality-provided fire services
• SB 615: Eliminating accelerated tax payment requirements (original similar to HB 2012)
• Com. Sub. for SB 683: Relating to land sales by Auditor
• Com. Sub. for SB 710: Relating to the practice of teledentistry (original similar to HB 3196)
• SB 733: Relating to membership composition of Legislative Oversight Commission on Department of Transportation Accountability
• Com. Sub. for SB 746: Allowing State Board of Education to delegate its Medicaid provider status to public charter schools
• Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2129: Creating the Parents Bill of Rights – (Com. amend. pending)
• Eng. Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for HB 2441: To make those who fail drug test ineligible for unemployment

Scheduled Committee Meetings

9:30 a.m.: Select Committee on Substance Abuse Prevention and Mental Health (451M)

• SB 761: Creating Joel Archer Substance Abuse Intervention Act
• HB 2437: Clarification of penalties for offenses involving Fentanyl

1 p.m.: Natural Resources (208W)

• Com. Sub. for SB 721: Providing penalties for damages resulting to farm property and critical infrastructure from use of drones

2 p.m.: Agriculture (208W)

• SB 751: Prohibiting manufacture, sale, or distribution of cultivated meat products.
• Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2158: Relating to removal of a sunset clause for the West Virginia spay and neuter program

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

• Com. Sub. for SB 6: Exempting life insurance cash value from Medicaid eligibility calculations
• SB 776: Creating Firearms Industry Nondiscrimination Act
• Com. Sub. for SB 800: Relating to insurance holding company systems

3 p.m.: Judiciary (208W)

• SJR 13: Constitutional Officer Term Limit Amendment
• SB 128: Preventing courts from ordering services at higher rate than Medicaid
• SB 595: Mountain Bike Responsibility Act
• SB 705: Allowing Board of Education to promulgate rules for submission to Legislature

3 p.m.: Finance (451M)

• Com. Sub. for SB 10: Exempting certain meat processes from consumers sales and service tax
• Com. Sub. for SB 35: Permitting campus police officers to participate in Deputy Sheriff’s Retirement System
• SB 292: Allowing doula services be covered by Medicaid and PEIA
• SB 249: Expanding employment and training requirements necessary for SNAP benefits

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

Senate Bills to be Introduced Wednesday, March 19, 2025

• SB 803: Relating to data centers (Phillips, Hart, Rose; Economic Development)
• SB 804: Relating to WV Secondary School Activities Commission Reform Act (Taylor, Smith, Azinger, Bartlett, Chapman, Charnock, Deeds, Fuller, Grady, Hart, Helton, Jeffries, Martin, Maynard, Morris, Roberts, Rose, Rucker, Stuart, Thorne, Weld, Willis; Education)
• SB 805: Relating to land use associations (Rucker, Deeds; Agriculture then Government Organization)
• SB 806: Reorganizing several provisions of bail statutes (Deeds, Azinger, Bartlett, Fuller, Hamilton, Thorne; Judiciary)
• SB 807: Exempting automobiles 25 years or older from personal property taxes (Oliverio, Azinger, Charnock, Garcia, Phillips; Transportation and Infrastructure then Finance)
• SB 808: Establishing Justice Reinvestment Task Force (Weld; Government Organization)
• SB 809: Modifying managed timberland certification requirements (Morris; Natural Resources)
• SB 810: Clarifying requirements for administration of anesthesia (Rucker; Government Organization)
• SB 811: Creating Child Care Subsidy Pilot Program (Chapman; Health and Human Resources then Finance)
• SB 812: Establishing, defining, and creating criminal penalties for terrorist acts and groups (Willis; Judiciary)
• SB 813: Extending time frame for Department of Human Services to identify relatives and fictive kin (Chapman; Judiciary)
• SB 814: Allowing county commissions to establish fees for municipality-provided fire services (FN) (Martin; Government Organization then Finance)
• SB 815: Permitting access to funding for public water utilities subject to PSC’s jurisdiction (FN) (Phillips; Finance)
• SB 816: Prohibiting sales of unauthorized vape products (Stuart; Health and Human Resources then Judiciary)
• SB 817: Regulating private alternative adolescent residential or outdoor programs (Chapman; Health and Human Resources then Judiciary)
• SB 818: Power Generation and Consumption Act of 2025 [By Request of the Executive] (Smith, Woelfel; Economic Development then Finance)
• SB 819: Requiring heart health program in grades three through six (FN) (Rucker; Education then Finance)
• SB 820: Whistleblower Protection Fund Act (Helton; Government Organization then Finance)
• SR 37: Recognizing Energy Council on its 50th anniversary (Phillips, Barrett, Charnock, Hart, Queen, Rose, Stuart, Woodrum)
• SR 38: Designating March 20, 2025, as Mingo County Day (Maynard)

* (FN) indicates the bill has a Fiscal Note

* (IB) indicates the bill is an Interim Bill

Committee Action on Bills from Tuesday, March 18, 2025

9:30 a.m.: Government Organization

• SB 747: Relating to Real Estate License Act
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

• SB 743: Adjusting percentage of tax retained by clerk of county commission for certain purposes
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

• Com. Sub. for SB 1: Requiring utility work and road paving coordination
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

9:30 a.m.: Education

• SB 531: Defining assault and battery on sports officials
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Judiciary

• Com. Sub. for SB 506: Relating to enhanced pay for teachers
• Committee substitute, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

• Com. Sub. for SB 737: Creating WV Farm Equipment Repair Pilot Program
• Bill laid over to a future meeting

• SB 54: Requiring age-appropriate instruction on Holocaust in public schools
• Bill laid over to a future meeting

• SB 695: Requiring higher education institutions to accept Classic Learning Test
• Bill laid over to a future meeting

1 p.m.: Health and Human Resources

• Com. Sub. for SB 221: Authorizing child or child care tax credit
• Bill not taken up

• Com. Sub. for SB 697: Creating Caregiver Tax Credit Act
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

• Com. Sub. for SB 702: Relating to payment rates for child care services
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

• SB 472: Requiring transparency from Department of Human Services
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Judiciary

3 p.m.: Judiciary

• SB 579: Relating to Home Rule Reform
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• SB 128: Preventing courts from ordering services at higher rate than Medicaid
• Bill laid over to a future meeting

• Com. Sub. for HB 2331: Commerce Bundle – Includes SB 411, Rules Governing the Certification, Recertification and Training of EMT-Miners and the Certification of EMT-M Instructors; SB 412, Transporting and Selling Wildlife Parts and Pelts; SB 413, Boating Rule; SB 414, Special Boating Rule; SB 415, Public Use of Campgrounds in West Virginia State Parks, State Forests, and State Rail Trails under the Division of Natural Resources; SB 416, Special Projects and Grants for West Virginia State Parks, State Forests, and State Rail Trails under the Division of Natural Resources; SB 417, Prohibitions when Hunting and Trapping; SB 418, General Hunting; SB 419, Special Waterfowl Hunting; SB 420, Special Fishing Rule; SB 421, Catching and Selling Baitfish; SB 422, Falconry
• Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

3 p.m.: Finance

• SB 100: Allowing members of State Police retirement system to use accrued leave as credit toward retirement
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• SB 105: Updating retirement eligibility for certain sheriffs
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for SB 578: Relating to pet food packages
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Bills that Have Passed the Senate as of Tuesday, March 18, 2025 (87 – 81 Senate; 6 House)

Bills that Have Completed Legislation as of Tuesday, March 18, 2025 (13 – 9 Senate; 4 House)

• SB 138: Enhancing penalties for fleeing officer (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• SB 240: Updating crime of sexual extortion (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• SB 291: Extending time frame for pharmacies to register from annually to biennially (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• SB 358: Authorizing Department of Transportation to promulgate legislative rules (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• SB 443: Authorizing Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Board of Examiners to conduct criminal background checks for licensing (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• SB 456: Defining “men” and “women” (Signed, 03-12)
• SB 462: Permitting Board of Occupational Therapy to require criminal history record checks (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• SB 487: Removing ineligible voters from active voter rolls (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• SB 490: Prohibiting ranked-choice voting in elections in West Virginia (Signed, 03-18)
• HB 2024: Updating the meaning certain terms used in West Virginia Personal Income Tax Act (Signed, 02-24)
• HB 2025: Updating terms in the Corporation Net Income Tax Act (Signed, 02-24)
• HB 2053: Relating to including the United States Space Force in the definition armed forces (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• HB 2354: Banning certain products from food in West Virginia (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)

Resolutions that Have Completed Legislation as of Tuesday, March 18, 2025 (9 – 4 Senate; 5 House)

• SCR 1: Adopting Joint Rules of Senate and House of Delegates (Adopted, 01-08)
• SCR 2: Authorizing payment of joint expenses (Adopted, 01-08)
• SCR 4: Amending Joint Rules of Senate and House of Delegates (Adopted, 02-12)
• SCR 20: Recognizing and commending NCSL on its 50th anniversary (Adopted, 03-18)
• HCR 1: Raising a Joint Assembly to open and publish election returns (Adopted, 01-08)
• HCR 2: Extending an invitation to His Excellency, the Governor, to deliver an address to the Legislature and raising a Joint Assembly therefor (Adopted, 01-08)
• HCR 3: Providing for an adjournment of the Legislature until February 12, 2025 (Adopted, 01-08)
• HCR 4: Raising a Joint Assembly to hear remarks of the Governor (Adopted, 01-12)
• HCR 49: Resolution relating to use of industrial sites and the potential impacts on downstream facilities (Adopted, 03-03)

Bills Signed by the Governor as of Tuesday, March 18, 2025 (4 – 2 Senate; 2 House)

• SB 456: Defining “men” and “women” (Signed, 03-12)
• SB 490: Prohibiting ranked-choice voting in elections in West Virginia (Signed, 03-18)
• HB 2024: Updating the meaning certain terms used in West Virginia Personal Income Tax Act (Signed, 02-24)
• HB 2025: Updating terms in the Corporation Net Income Tax Act (Signed, 02-24)

Committee times and agendas are subject to change. Follow @WVSenClerk on X 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:https://sg001-harmony.sliq.net/00289/Harmony/en/View/UpcomingEvents.

Contact: Jacque Bland at (304) 357-7999

Tuesday, March 18, 2025 – 35th Day of Session

The Senate will convene at 11 a.m.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

• SR 33: Designating March 18, 2025, as WV Homeschool Day
• SR 34: Expressing support for President Feliz Tshisekedi and citizens of Democratic Republic of Congo

THIRD READING

• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 548: Creating Safety and Violence Education for Students Act
• Eng. Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for SB 586: Relating to requirements for filling vacancies in certain elected federal, state, and county offices
• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 686: Relating to WV commercial feed law
• Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2222: Relating to authorizing certain agencies of the Department of Administration to promulgate legislative rules

SECOND READING

• Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for SB 37: Allowing certain Teachers Retirement System members to exchange unused leave for monetary compensation
• Com. Sub. for SB 83: Allowing Foster Care Ombudsman access to child protective records
• Com. Sub. for SB 450: Establishing WV Guardian Program
• Com. Sub. for SB 538: Allowing certain entities to purchase qualifying tax-delinquent properties before they are offered at public auction (original similar to HB 3332)
• Com. Sub. for SB 547: Creating Charter Schools Startup Fund
• SB 598: Permitting judges to refer parents to prosecuting attorney for making certain false allegations in child custody proceedings
• SB 621: Authorizing digital court records (original similar to HB 3271)
• Com. Sub. for SB 719: Relating to age at which minor can consent to certain medical decisions and services
• Com. Sub. for SB 731: Terminating Design Build Board
• SB 734: Repealing section creating A. James Manchin Rehabilitation Environmental Action Plan
• Com. Sub. for SB 736: Relating to publication of registered lobbyist information
• SB 738: Terminating Employee Suggestion Award Board

FIRST READING

There are no bills on First Reading for Tuesday, March 18, 2025.

Scheduled Committee Meetings

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

• SB 747: Relating to Real Estate License Act
• SB 743: Adjusting percentage of tax retained by clerk of county commission for certain purposes
• SB 1: Requiring utility work and road paving coordination

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

• SB 531: Defining assault and battery on sports officials
• SB 506: Relating to enhanced pay for teachers
• SB 737: Creating WV Farm Equipment Repair Pilot Program
• SB 54: Requiring age-appropriate instruction on Holocaust in public schools
• SB 695: Requiring higher education institutions to accept Classic Learning Test

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

• SB 221: Authorizing child or child care tax credit
• SB 697: Creating Caregiver Tax Credit Act
• SB 702: Relating to payment rates for child care services
• SB 472: Requiring transparency from Department of Human Services

3 p.m.: Judiciary (208W)

• SB 579: Relating to Home Rule Reform
• SB 128: Preventing courts from ordering services at higher rate than Medicaid
• Com. Sub. for HB 2331: Commerce Bundle
• Includes: SB 411, Rules Governing the Certification, Recertification and Training of EMT-Miners and the Certification of EMT-M Instructors; SB 412, Transporting and Selling Wildlife Parts and Pelts; SB 413, Boating Rule; SB 414, Special Boating Rule; SB 415, Public Use of Campgrounds in West Virginia State Parks, State Forests, and State Rail Trails under the Division of Natural Resources; SB 416, Special Projects and Grants for West Virginia State Parks, State Forests, and State Rail Trails under the Division of Natural Resources; SB 417, Prohibitions when Hunting and Trapping; SB 418, General Hunting; SB 419, Special Waterfowl Hunting; SB 420, Special Fishing Rule; SB 421, Catching and Selling Baitfish; SB 422, Falconry

3 p.m.: Finance (451M)

• SB 100: Allowing members of State Police retirement system to use accrued leave as credit toward retirement
• SB 105: Updating retirement eligibility for certain sheriffs
• SB 578: Relating to pet food packages

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

Senate Bills to be Introduced Tuesday, March 18, 2025

• SB 796: Establishing legal voter identification standards (Bartlett, Azinger, Charnock, Roberts, Rucker; Judiciary)
• SB 797: Relating to Public Water System Supply Commission (Hart; Government Organization)
• SB 798: Exempting new hires and promoted employees within certain state agencies from classified civil service system [By Request of the Executive] (Smith, Woelfel; Government Organization)
• SB 799: Permitting Auditor to hire private auctioneer to conduct annual auction of land sales (Smith; Government Organization then Finance)
• SB 800: Relating to insurance holding company systems (Azinger; Banking and Insurance)
• SB 801: Creating WV Public Waterway Access Act (Woodrum; Natural Resources then Government Organization)
• SB 802: Establishing absent voter ballot tracking system to display status of early ballots and absent voter ballots to voters (Woodrum; Government Organization then Judiciary)
• SJR 15: Honorably Discharged Veteran’s Property Tax Exemption Amendment (FN) (Charnock; Judiciary then Finance)
• SR 35: Recognizing WV Mothers and Babies Support Program for its outstanding achievements (Rucker)
• SR 36: Recognizing 100th anniversary of WV State Fair (Deeds)

* (FN) indicates the bill has a Fiscal Note

* (IB) indicates the bill is an Interim Bill

Committee Action on Bills from Monday, March 17, 2025

9:30 a.m.: Government Organization

• SCR 15: Opposing China’s use of UN Resolution 2758 against Taiwan
• Concurrent resolution reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it be adopted

• Com. Sub. for SB 601: Relating to fees and charges for municipality-provided fire services
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for SB 683: Relating to land sales by Auditor
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for SB 746: Allowing State Board of Education to delegate its Medicaid provider status to public charter schools
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

1 p.m.: Workforce

• Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2441: To make those who fail drug test ineligible for unemployment
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

1 p.m.: Transportation and Infrastructure

• Com. Sub. for SB 274: Prohibiting parking fee for accessible parking space bearing international symbol of access
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

• Com. Sub. for SB 298: Relating to roadable aircraft on WV highways
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

• Com. Sub. for SB 681: Providing internet service providers be considered telecommunications utility by PSC
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

• SB 733: Relating to membership composition of Legislative Oversight Commission on Department of Transportation Accountability
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for SCR 3: US Army Warrant Officer Joseph Rose III Memorial Bridge
• Committee substitute for the resolution reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it be adopted

2 p.m.: Energy, Industry and Mining

• Com. Sub. for SB 678: Establishing Coal Based Affordable Electricity and Economic Growth Act
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

• Com. Sub. for SB 708: Providing state mine inspectors with raise
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

• Eng. HB 2942: Administration of the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection Design-Build Pilot Program
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

• Eng. HB 2943: Administration of the West Virginia Hazardous Waste Management Act
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

2 p.m.: Pensions

• Com. Sub. for SB 191: Modifying retirement and disability benefits for dependents of certain State Police retirees
• Bill laid over to a future meeting

3 p.m.: Judiciary

• SB 605: Requiring certain public or private entities that own, lease, or oversee water or electric supply utility to implement utility continuity rate credit program
• Bill referred to subcommittee; Senators Garcia, Hart, Bartlett, Tarr, and Weld appointed

• Strike and Insert for the Com. Sub. for HB 2129: Creating the Parents Bill of Rights
• Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

3 p.m.: Finance

• Com. Sub. for SB 589: Providing pay increases to members of judiciary
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate without recommendation; referred to Pensions

• Com. Sub. for SB 76: Increasing WV Natural Resources Police Officer Retirement System accrued benefit for certain members
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for SB 75: Changing distribution of income from excess lottery fund
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• SB 615: Eliminating accelerated tax payment requirements
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for SB 710: Relating to the practice of teledentistry
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Bills that Have Passed the Senate as of Monday, March 17, 2025 (83 – 78 Senate; 5 House)

Senate Resolutions that Have Been Adopted by the Senate as of Monday, March 17, 2025 (5)

• SCR 1: Adopting Joint Rules of Senate and House of Delegates (Adopted, 01-08)
• SCR 2: Authorizing payment of joint expenses (Adopted, 01-08)
• SCR 4: Amending Joint Rules of Senate and House of Delegates (Adopted, 02-12)
• SCR 18: Recognizing intent to create WV Coal Renaissance Act (Pending House introduction)
• SCR 20: Recognizing and commending NCSL on its 50th anniversary (Pending House introduction)

Action on House Resolutions in the Senate as of Monday, March 17, 2025 (1)

• HCR 49: Resolution relating to use of industrial sites and the potential impacts on downstream facilities (Adopted, 03-03)

Bills that Have Completed Legislation as of Monday, March 17, 2025 (13 – 9 Senate; 4 House)

• SB 138: Enhancing penalties for fleeing officer (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• SB 240: Updating crime of sexual extortion (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• SB 291: Extending time frame for pharmacies to register from annually to biennially (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• SB 358: Authorizing Department of Transportation to promulgate legislative rules (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• SB 443: Authorizing Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Board of Examiners to conduct criminal background checks for licensing (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• SB 456: Defining “men” and “women” (Signed, 03-12)
• SB 462: Permitting Board of Occupational Therapy to require criminal history record checks (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• SB 487: Removing ineligible voters from active voter rolls (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• SB 490: Prohibiting ranked-choice voting in elections in West Virginia (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• HB 2024: Updating the meaning certain terms used in West Virginia Personal Income Tax Act (Signed, 02-24)
• HB 2025: Updating terms in the Corporation Net Income Tax Act (Signed, 02-24)
• HB 2053: Relating to including the United States Space Force in the definition armed forces (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• HB 2354: Banning certain products from food in West Virginia (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)

Resolutions that Have Completed Legislation as of Monday, March 17, 2025 (8 – 3 Senate; 5 House)

• SCR 1: Adopting Joint Rules of Senate and House of Delegates (Adopted, 01-08)
• SCR 2: Authorizing payment of joint expenses (Adopted, 01-08)
• SCR 4: Amending Joint Rules of Senate and House of Delegates (Adopted, 02-12)
• HCR 1: Raising a Joint Assembly to open and publish election returns (Adopted, 01-08)
• HCR 2: Extending an invitation to His Excellency, the Governor, to deliver an address to the Legislature and raising a Joint Assembly therefor (Adopted, 01-08)
• HCR 3: Providing for an adjournment of the Legislature until February 12, 2025 (Adopted, 01-08)
• HCR 4: Raising a Joint Assembly to hear remarks of the Governor (Adopted, 01-12)
• HCR 49: Resolution relating to use of industrial sites and the potential impacts on downstream facilities (Adopted, 03-03)

Bills Signed by the Governor as of Monday, March 17, 2025 (3 – 1 Senate; 2 House)

• SB 456: Defining “men” and “women” (Signed, 03-12)
• HB 2024: Updating the meaning certain terms used in West Virginia Personal Income Tax Act (Signed, 02-24)
• HB 2025: Updating terms in the Corporation Net Income Tax Act (Signed, 02-24)

Committee times and agendas are subject to change. Follow @WVSenClerk on X 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:https://sg001-harmony.sliq.net/00289/Harmony/en/View/UpcomingEvents.

Contact: Jacque Bland at (304) 357-7999

Monday, March 17, 2025 – 34th Day of Session

The Senate will convene at 11 a.m.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

• SCR 18: Recognizing intent to create WV Coal Renaissance Act
• SCR 19: US Army ST4 Gregory Kent Stephens Memorial Bridge
• SCR 20: Recognizing and commending NCSL on its 50th anniversary
• SR 32: Designating March 17, 2025, as Domestic Violence Awareness Day

THIRD READING

• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 102: Modifying form of certain deeds
• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 449: Permitting compressed air and rimfire shooting teams in public schools
• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 526: Creating Pharmacist Prescribing Authority Act

SECOND READING

• Com. Sub. for SB 220: Authorizing child sexual abuse and sexual violence prevention program and in-service training in child sexual abuse prevention
• Com. Sub. for SB 548: Creating Safety and Violence Education for Students Act
• Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for SB 586: Relating to requirements for filling vacancies in certain elected federal, state, and county offices
• Com. Sub. for SB 686: Relating to WV commercial feed law
• Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2222: Relating to authorizing certain agencies of the Department of Administration to promulgate legislative rules

FIRST READING

• Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for SB 37: Allowing certain Teachers Retirement System members to exchange unused leave for monetary compensation
• Com. Sub. for SB 83: Allowing Foster Care Ombudsman access to child protective records
• Com. Sub. for SB 450: Establishing WV Guardian Program
• Com. Sub. for SB 538: Allowing certain entities to purchase qualifying tax-delinquent properties before they are offered at public auction (original similar to HB 3332)
• Com. Sub. for SB 547: Creating Charter Schools Startup Fund
• SB 598: Permitting judges to refer parents to prosecuting attorney for making certain false allegations in child custody proceedings
• SB 621: Authorizing digital court records (original similar to HB 3271)
• Com. Sub. for SB 719: Relating to age at which minor can consent to certain medical decisions and services
• Com. Sub. for SB 731: Terminating Design Build Board
• SB 734: Repealing section creating A. James Manchin Rehabilitation Environmental Action Plan
• Com. Sub. for SB 736: Relating to publication of registered lobbyist information
• SB 738: Terminating Employee Suggestion Award Board

Scheduled Committee Meetings

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

• SCR 15: Opposing China’s use of UN Resolution 2758 against Taiwan
• Com. Sub. for SB 601: Relating to fees and charges for municipality-provided fire services
• Com. Sub. for SB 683: Relating to land sales by Auditor
• Com. Sub. for SB 746: Allowing State Board of Education to delegate its Medicaid provider status to public charter schools

1 p.m.: Workforce (208W)

• Com. Sub. for SB 600: Creating Securing Worker Privacy and Right to Know Act
• Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2441: To make those who fail drug test ineligible for unemployment
• Presentation: Dr. Josh Baker, President, Mountwest Community and Technology College

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

• Com. Sub. for SB 274: Prohibiting parking fee for accessible parking space bearing international symbol of access
• Com. Sub. for SB 298: Relating to roadable aircraft on WV highways
• Com. Sub. for SB 681: Providing internet service providers be considered telecommunications utility by PSC
• Com. Sub. for SB 711: Removing prohibition against establishing additional trail systems within state parks and state forests
• SB 733: Relating to membership composition of Legislative Oversight Commission on Department of Transportation Accountability
• Com. Sub. for SCR 3: US Army Warrant Officer Joseph Rose III Memorial Bridge

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

• Com. Sub. for SB 678: Establishing Coal Based Affordable Electricity and Economic Growth Act
• Com. Sub. for SB 708: Providing state mine inspectors with raise
• Eng. HB 2942: Administration of the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection Design-Build Pilot Program
• Eng. HB 2943: Administration of the West Virginia Hazardous Waste Management Act

2 p.m.: Pensions (451M)

• Com. Sub. for SB 191: Modifying retirement and disability benefits for dependents of certain State Police retirees.

3 p.m.: Judiciary (208W)

• SB 605: Requiring certain public or private entities that own, lease, or oversee water or electric supply utility to implement utility continuity rate credit program
• SB 745: Strengthening and reforming lobbying requirements
• Strike and Insert for the Com. Sub. for HB 2129: Creating the Parents Bill of Rights

3 p.m.: Finance (451M)

• Com. Sub. for SB 589: Providing pay increases to members of judiciary
• Com. Sub. for SB 76: Increasing WV Natural Resources Police Officer Retirement System accrued benefit for certain members
• SB 75: Changing distribution of income from excess lottery fund
• SB 615: Eliminating accelerated tax payment requirements
• Com. Sub. for SB 710: Relating to the practice of teledentistry

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

Senate Bills to be Introduced Monday, March 17, 2025

• SB 762: Creating Support for Neglected Schools Act (Hart, Helton, Phillips)
• SB 763: Creating Public Electrical Savings Act (Hart, Smith, Helton, Phillips, Rose)
• SB 764: Creating Community School Parent Choice Act (Hart, Fuller, Helton)
• SB 765: Establishing Troops to Teachers Program (Willis)
• SB 766: Supplemental appropriation to Department of Human Services [By Request of the Executive] (Smith, Woelfel)
• SB 767: Supplemental appropriation to Bureau for Medical Services [By Request of the Executive] (Smith, Woelfel)
• SB 768: Supplemental appropriation to Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation [By Request of the Executive] (Smith, Woelfel)
• SB 769: Supplemental appropriation to Department of Administration, Office of Secretary [By Request of the Executive] (Smith, Woelfel)
• SB 770: Supplemental appropriation to Department of Art, Culture, and History [By Request of the Executive] (Smith, Woelfel)
• SB 771: Supplemental appropriation to State Board of Education [By Request of the Executive] (Smith, Woelfel)
• SB 772: Decreasing appropriation to Department of Health Facilities [By Request of the Executive] (Smith, Woelfel)
• SB 773: Adding new item of appropriation to State Board of Education [By Request of the Executive] (Smith, Woelfel)
• SB 774: Supplemental appropriation to Department of Health, WV Birth to Three Fund [By Request of the Executive] (Smith, Woelfel)
• SB 775: Expiring funds from WV Economic Development Authority [By Request of the Executive] (Smith, Woelfel)
• SB 776: Creating Firearms Industry Nondiscrimination Act [By Request of the Executive] (Smith, Woelfel)
• SB 777: Supplemental appropriation to Department of Veterans’ Assistance Fund [By Request of the Executive] (Smith, Woelfel)
• SB 778: Supplemental appropriation to Department of Human Services [By Request of the Executive] (Smith, Woelfel)
• SB 779: Supplementing, amending, and increasing appropriation to DMV [By Request of the Executive] (Smith, Woelfel)
• SB 780: Supplemental appropriation to Temporary Assistance for Needy Families [By Request of the Executive] (Smith, Woelfel)
• SB 781: Decreasing appropriation to Economic Development Authority and increasing appropriation to Department of Human Services [By Request of the Executive] (Smith, Woelfel)
• SB 782: Supplemental appropriation to Dietitians Licensure Board Fund [By Request of the Executive] (Smith, Woelfel)
• SB 783: Supplemental appropriation to Public Defender Services [By Request of the Executive] (Smith, Woelfel)
• SB 784: Supplemental appropriation to Division of General Services [By Request of the Executive] (Smith, Woelfel)
• SB 785: Supplemental appropriation to Fire Commission, Fire Marshal Fees [By Request of the Executive] (Smith, Woelfel)
• SB 786: Supplemental appropriation to State Board of Education, State Department of Education [By Request of the Executive] (Smith, Woelfel)
• SB 787: Supplemental appropriation to Department of Health [By Request of the Executive] (Smith, Woelfel)
• SB 788: Supplemental appropriation to Department of Human Services [By Request of the Executive] (Smith, Woelfel)
• SB 789: Supplemental appropriation to Department of Commerce [By Request of the Executive] (Smith, Woelfel)
• SB 790: Increasing oversight and regulatory authority of PSC over public service districts (FN) (Maynard)
• SB 791: Supplemental appropriation to Bureau of Public Health, Office of Maternal, Child, and Family Health [By Request of the Executive] (Smith, Woelfel)
• SB 792: Requiring drivers to observe same safety requirements regarding railroad crossing when on-track equipment is present (Maynard)
• SB 793: Creating reporting requirements for use of state-owned aircraft (FN) (Maynard)
• SB 794: Designating certain roads as permitting high clearance 4×4 vehicles only (Maynard)
• SB 795: Relating generally to traffic safety (Maynard)
• SR 33: Designating March 18, 2025, as WV Homeschool Day (Rucker)
• SR 34: Expressing support for President Feliz Tshisekedi and citizens of Democratic Republic of Congo (Roberts)

* (FN) indicates the bill has a Fiscal Note

* (IB) indicates the bill is an Interim Bill

Bills that Have Passed the Senate as of Friday, March 14, 2025 (81 – 76 Senate; 5 House)

Senate Resolutions that Have Been Adopted by the Senate as of Friday, March 14, 2025 (3)

• SCR 1: Adopting Joint Rules of Senate and House of Delegates (Adopted, 01-08)
• SCR 2: Authorizing payment of joint expenses (Adopted, 01-08)
• SCR 4: Amending Joint Rules of Senate and House of Delegates (Adopted, 02-12)

Action on House Resolutions in the Senate as of Friday, March 14, 2025 (1)

• HCR 49: Resolution relating to use of industrial sites and the potential impacts on downstream facilities (Adopted, 03-03)

Bills that Have Completed Legislation as of Friday, March 14, 2025 (12 – 8 Senate; 4 House)

• SB 138: Enhancing penalties for fleeing officer (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• SB 240: Updating crime of sexual extortion (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• SB 291: Extending time frame for pharmacies to register from annually to biennially (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• SB 358: Authorizing Department of Transportation to promulgate legislative rules (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• SB 443: Authorizing Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Board of Examiners to conduct criminal background checks for licensing (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• SB 456: Defining “men” and “women” (Signed, 03-12)
• SB 462: Permitting Board of Occupational Therapy to require criminal history record checks (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• SB 490: Prohibiting ranked-choice voting in elections in West Virginia (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• HB 2024: Updating the meaning certain terms used in West Virginia Personal Income Tax Act (Signed, 02-24)
• HB 2025: Updating terms in the Corporation Net Income Tax Act (Signed, 02-24)
• HB 2053: Relating to including the United States Space Force in the definition armed forces (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• HB 2354: Banning certain products from food in West Virginia (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)

Resolutions that Have Completed Legislation as of Friday, March 14, 2025 (8 – 3 Senate; 5 House)

• SCR 1: Adopting Joint Rules of Senate and House of Delegates (Adopted, 01-08)
• SCR 2: Authorizing payment of joint expenses (Adopted, 01-08)
• SCR 4: Amending Joint Rules of Senate and House of Delegates (Adopted, 02-12)
• HCR 1: Raising a Joint Assembly to open and publish election returns (Adopted, 01-08)
• HCR 2: Extending an invitation to His Excellency, the Governor, to deliver an address to the Legislature and raising a Joint Assembly therefor (Adopted, 01-08)
• HCR 3: Providing for an adjournment of the Legislature until February 12, 2025 (Adopted, 01-08)
• HCR 4: Raising a Joint Assembly to hear remarks of the Governor (Adopted, 01-12)
• HCR 49: Resolution relating to use of industrial sites and the potential impacts on downstream facilities (Adopted, 03-03)

Bills Signed by the Governor as of Friday, March 14, 2025 (3 – 1 Senate; 2 House)

• SB 456: Defining “men” and “women” (Signed, 03-12)
• HB 2024: Updating the meaning certain terms used in West Virginia Personal Income Tax Act (Signed, 02-24)
• HB 2025: Updating terms in the Corporation Net Income Tax Act (Signed, 02-24)

Committee times and agendas are subject to change. Follow @WVSenClerk on X 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:https://sg001-harmony.sliq.net/00289/Harmony/en/View/UpcomingEvents.

Contact: Jacque Bland at (304) 357-7999

Friday, March 14, 2025 – 31st Day of Session

The Senate will convene at 10 a.m.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

• SR 28: Designating March 14, 2025, as West Virginia State University Day
• SR 29: Designating March 14, 2025, as WV American Academy of Pediatrics Child Health Advocacy Day
• SR 30: Recognizing 80th anniversary of Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation
• SR 31: Designating March 14, 2025, as Suicide Prevention Awareness Day

THIRD READING

• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 592: Relating generally to aboveground storage tanks
• Eng. SB 712: Relating to retirement provisions of systems managed by CPRB (original similar to HB 3180)
• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 715: Relating to personally identifiable information of member, retirant, beneficiary, or alternate payee of retirement system (original similar to HB 3183)
• Eng. SB 716: Relating to failure to pay required contributions and interest payments for certain retirees who transfer between retirement systems (original similar to HB 3193)
• Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2042: Relating to allowing a guardian ad litem to request the appointment of a court appointed special advocate – (Com. title amend. pending)

SECOND READING

• Com. Sub. for SB 102: Modifying form of certain deeds
• Com. Sub. for SB 220: Authorizing child sexual abuse and sexual violence prevention program and in-service training in child sexual abuse prevention
• Com. Sub. for SB 449: Permitting compressed air and rimfire shooting teams in public schools
• Com. Sub. for SB 526: Creating Pharmacist Prescribing Authority Act
• Com. Sub. for SB 548: Creating Safety and Violence Education for Students Act

FIRST READING

• Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for SB 586: Relating to requirements for filling vacancies in certain elected federal, state, and county offices
• Com. Sub. for SB 686: Relating to WV commercial feed law
• Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2222: Relating to authorizing certain agencies of the Department of Administration to promulgate legislative rules

Scheduled Committee Meetings

There are no committee meetings scheduled for Friday, March 14, 2025.

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

Senate Bills to be Introduced Friday, March 14, 2025

• SB 755: Establishing WV Secondary School Athletic Trainer and Career Technical Education Program Act (Fuller, Deeds, Hamilton, Morris; Education then Finance)
• SB 756: Supplemental appropriation to DNR, Wildlife Resources [By Request of the Executive] (Smith, Woelfel; Finance)
• SB 757: Creating private cause of action for deprivation of right granted by state constitution or by state law (Garcia, Helton, Rose, Rucker, Taylor, Woelfel; Judiciary then Finance)
• SB 758: Creating Vape and Smoke Shop Location and Operating Requirements Act (Taylor, Stuart; Health and Human Resources then Judiciary)
• SB 759: Relating to having no requirement for immunization (Chapman; Health and Human Resources)
• SB 760: Modifying rate of tax due on licensee’s adjusted gross receipts (FN) (Chapman; Finance)
• SB 761: Creating Joel Archer Substance Abuse Intervention Act (Stuart; Substance Use Disorder and Mental Health then Judiciary)
• SCR 19: US Army ST4 Gregory Kent Stephens Memorial Bridge (Phillips, Stuart)
• SCR 20: Recognizing and commending NCSL on its 50th anniversary (Smith)
• SR 32: Designating March 17, 2025, as Domestic Violence Awareness Day (Weld)

* (FN) indicates the bill has a Fiscal Note

* (IB) indicates the bill is an Interim Bill

Committee Action on Bills from Thursday, March 13, 2025

9:30 a.m.: Government Organization

• Com. Sub. for SB 538: Allowing certain entities to purchase qualifying tax-delinquent properties before they are offered at public auction
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for SB 731: Repealing article creating Design Build Procurement Act
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• SB 734: Repealing section creating A. James Manchin Rehabilitation Environmental Action Plan
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for SB 736: Relating to publication of registered lobbyist information
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• SB 738: Terminating Employee Suggestion Award Board
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

9:30 a.m.: Education

• Com. Sub. for SB 477: Requiring ambulance at middle school or high school football game
• Committee substitute, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

• Com. Sub. for SB 516: Providing extra state aid to school districts for students enrolled in extremely remote schools
• Committee substitute, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

• SB 531: Defining assault and battery on sports officials
• Bill laid over to a future meeting

• SB 631: Relating to eligibility for WV Invests Grant Program
• Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

12:30 p.m.: Energy, Industry and Mining

• SCR 18: Recognizing intent to create WV Coal Renaissance Act
• Resolution reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• SB 505: Ensuring Reliable and Affordable Electricity Act
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

1 p.m.: Economic Development

• SB 570: Requiring economic impact statements for certain legislative rules
• Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Government Organization

• Com. Sub. for SB 639: Creating WV Small Business Appreciation and Acknowledgement Act
• Committee substitute, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

1 p.m.: Health and Human Resources

• Com. Sub. for SB 83: Allowing Foster Care Ombudsman access to child protective records
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• SB 594: Relating to right to try individualized treatments
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Judiciary

• Com. Sub. for SB 719: Relating to age at which minor can consent to certain medical decisions and services
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

3 p.m.: Judiciary

• SB 598: Permitting judges to refer parents to prosecuting attorney for making certain false allegations in child custody proceedings
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• SB 621: Authorizing digital court records
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

3 p.m.: Finance

• Com. Sub. for SB 547: Creating Charter Schools Startup Fund
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for SB 37: Allowing certain Teachers Retirement System members to exchange unused leave for monetary compensation
• Committee substitute for the committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for SB 450: Establishing WV Guardian Program
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Subcommittee for HB 2129, Creating the Parents Bill of Rights

• Subcommittee will report recommended changes to the full Judiciary committee

Bills that Have Passed the Senate as of Thursday, March 13, 2025 (76 – 72 Senate; 4 House)

Senate Resolutions that Have Been Adopted by the Senate as of Thursday, March 13, 2025 (3)

• SCR 1: Adopting Joint Rules of Senate and House of Delegates (Adopted, 01-08)
• SCR 2: Authorizing payment of joint expenses (Adopted, 01-08)
• SCR 4: Amending Joint Rules of Senate and House of Delegates (Adopted, 02-12)

Action on House Resolutions in the Senate as of Thursday, March 13, 2025 (1)

• HCR 49: Resolution relating to use of industrial sites and the potential impacts on downstream facilities (Adopted, 03-03)

Bills that Have Completed Legislation as of Thursday, March 13, 2025 (8 – 5 Senate; 3 House)

• SB 358: Authorizing Department of Transportation to promulgate legislative rules (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• SB 443: Authorizing Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Board of Examiners to conduct criminal background checks for licensing (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• SB 456: Defining “men” and “women” (Signed, 03-12)
• SB 462: Permitting Board of Occupational Therapy to require criminal history record checks (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• SB 490: Prohibiting ranked-choice voting in elections in West Virginia (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• HB 2024: Updating the meaning certain terms used in West Virginia Personal Income Tax Act (Signed, 02-24)
• HB 2025: Updating terms in the Corporation Net Income Tax Act (Signed, 02-24)
• HB 2053: Relating to including the United States Space Force in the definition armed forces (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)

Resolutions that Have Completed Legislation as of Thursday, March 13, 2025 (8 – 3 Senate; 5 House)

• SCR 1: Adopting Joint Rules of Senate and House of Delegates (Adopted, 01-08)
• SCR 2: Authorizing payment of joint expenses (Adopted, 01-08)
• SCR 4: Amending Joint Rules of Senate and House of Delegates (Adopted, 02-12)
• HCR 1: Raising a Joint Assembly to open and publish election returns (Adopted, 01-08)
• HCR 2: Extending an invitation to His Excellency, the Governor, to deliver an address to the Legislature and raising a Joint Assembly therefor (Adopted, 01-08)
• HCR 3: Providing for an adjournment of the Legislature until February 12, 2025 (Adopted, 01-08)
• HCR 4: Raising a Joint Assembly to hear remarks of the Governor (Adopted, 01-12)
• HCR 49: Resolution relating to use of industrial sites and the potential impacts on downstream facilities (Adopted, 03-03)

Bills Signed by the Governor as of Thursday, March 13, 2025 (3 – 1 Senate; 2 House)

• SB 456: Defining “men” and “women” (Signed, 03-12)
• HB 2024: Updating the meaning certain terms used in West Virginia Personal Income Tax Act (Signed, 02-24)
• HB 2025: Updating terms in the Corporation Net Income Tax Act (Signed, 02-24)

Committee times and agendas are subject to change. Follow @WVSenClerk on X 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:https://sg001-harmony.sliq.net/00289/Harmony/en/View/UpcomingEvents.

Contact: Jacque Bland at (304) 357-7999