State Senate

Friday, January 28, 2022 – 17th Day of Session

The Senate will convene at 9 a.m.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

• SR 15: Designating January 28, 2022, as Women's and Girls' Day

THIRD READING

• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 246: Requiring newly constructed public schools and public schools with major improvements to have water bottle filling stations
• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 431: Relating generally to Uniform Controlled Substances Act
• Eng. SB 435: Awarding service weapon to retiree from Division of Protective Services
• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 449: Relating to Nonviolent Offense Parole Program

SECOND READING

• Com. Sub. for SB 151: Creating license plate recognizing linemen (original similar to SB 192)
• Com. Sub. for SB 192: Establishing Civil Air Patrol license plate (original similar to SB 151)
• Com. Sub. for SB 261: Requiring video cameras in certain special education classrooms
• Com. Sub. for SB 279: Authorizing DEP to promulgate legislative rules (original similar to HB 4118)
• Com. Sub. for SB 441: Providing confidentiality of video and other records of correctional juvenile facilities

FIRST READING

• Com. Sub. for SB 5: Creating WV Unmanned Aircraft Systems Advisory Council
• Com. Sub. for SB 439: Adopting Revised Uniform Athlete Agents Act of 2015
• SB 440: Establishing Uniform Commercial Real Estate Receivership Act
• SB 450: Updating definitions of WV Personal Income Tax Act (original similar to HB 4323)
• SB 451: Updating definitions of WV Corporation Net Income Tax Act (original similar to HB 4322)
• Com. Sub. for SB 452: Permitting civil remedies for unauthorized disclosure of intimate images
• Com. Sub. for SB 453: Establishing uniform requirements for restrictive employment agreements

Scheduled Committee Meetings

There are no Committee meetings scheduled for Friday, January 28, 2022. Any meetings for Friday will be announced at the end of the 9 a.m. floor session.

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

Senate Bills to be Introduced Friday, January 28, 2022

• SB 497: Relating to method for appraising qualified capital additions to manufacturing facilities (Swope, Sypolt; Energy, Industry, and Mining then Finance)
• SB 498: Creating Anti-Racism Act of 2022 (Rucker; Education)
• SB 499: Authorizing legislative rules for School Building Authority (Rucker; Education)
• SB 500: Regulating land installment contracts for sale of real estate (Weld; Judiciary)
• SB 501: Eliminating requirement on apprenticeship tax credit for certain tax years (FN) (Swope, Sypolt; Workforce then Finance)
• SB 502: Including license classes to bear damage stamp for hunting license (FN) (Hamilton, Stover; Natural Resources then Finance)
• SB 503: Allowing members of Teachers Retirement System apply leave for retirement benefits (Grady; Pensions then Finance)
• SB 504: Providing statutory framework for treatment of digital assets (Tarr; Finance)
• SB 505: Updating laws on licensure and regulation of money transmitters (Azinger; Banking and Insurance)
• SCR 25: Firefighter Marvin Layton Hughes Memorial Bridge

* (FN) indicates the bill has a Fiscal Note

* (IB) indicates the bill is an Interim Bill

Committee Action on Bills from Thursday, January 27, 2022

1 p.m.: Health and Human Resources

• SB 111: Increasing minimum salaries for Bureau for Child Support Enforcement attorneys
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

• SB 120: Establishing tax credit for certain physicians who locate to practice in WV
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

• Com. Sub. for SB 138: Relating to Board of Medicine composition
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• SB 139: Prohibiting smoking in vehicle when minor 16 or younger is present
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Judiciary

• Com. Sub. for SB 470: Relating generally to health care decisions
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Judiciary

1 p.m.: Energy, Industry and Mining

• SB 476: Relating to imposition of minimum severance tax on coal
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

2 p.m.: Education

• Com. Sub. for SB 227: Requiring county boards of education and county superintendents to comply with instructions of State Board of Education
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for SB 267: Relating to transportation of students in county board owned and insured vehicles
• Committee substitute, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

2 p.m.: Government Organization

• HB 4067: To make certain agency reports electronic or eliminating certain agency reports altogether
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• SB 492: Relating to electronic collection of tolls
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

3 p.m.: Judiciary

• Com. Sub. for SB 86: Creating criminal offense of sexual extortion
• Committee substitute, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for SB 2: Relating to unemployment benefits program
• Bill discussed; no further action taken

Bills that Have Passed the Senate as of Thursday, January 27, 2022 (31)

• SB 1: Creating Mining Mutual Insurance Company (House Energy and Manufacturing)
• SB 4: Repealing ban on construction of nuclear power plants (H Second Reading, 01-28)
• SB 8: Relating generally to state’s savings and investment programs (Completed; awaiting action by Governor)
• SB 9: Providing continued eligibility for developmental disability services to dependents of military members (House Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security)
• SB 10: Relating to WVU Rifle Team electronic application donation program (House Agriculture and Natural Resources)
• SB 22: Relating to exempting certain organizations from property taxation (House Education)
• SB 40: Prohibiting insurance coverage from requiring prior authorization for tests to stage cancer (House Health and Human Resources)
• SB 44: Requiring State Fire Commission propose rules for sprinkler protection for certain new buildings (House Fire Departments and Emergency Medical Services)
• SB 60: Allowing BOE create and provide course in family and consumer sciences in secondary schools (House Education)
• SB 77: Allowing certain veterans park free at metered parking in any state municipality (House Government Organization)
• SB 91: Creating "Choose Life" special registration plate supporting adoption (House Technology and Infrastructure)
• SB 98: Creating nonresident three-day fishing license (House Agriculture and Natural Resources)
• SB 99: Continuing authority to index license and stamp fees (House Agriculture and Natural Resources)
• SB 121: Prohibiting person criminally responsible for another's death to participate in burial arrangements (House Judiciary)
• SB 129: Making it unlawful for public utility to prohibit customers from hiring contractors to construct, install, or maintain connections to public utility (House Technology and Infrastructure)
• SB 135: Relating to acquisition and disposition of property by urban development authority (House Judiciary)
• SB 136: Updating language regarding Fairmont State alumni license plates (House Technology and Infrastructure)
• SB 141: Modifying requirement that racetrack participate in WV Thoroughbred Development Fund by certain date (House Finance)
• SB 170: Providing WV veterans discounts on fees and charges at state parks (House Agriculture and Natural Resources)
• SB 172: Increasing compensation of elected county officials (House Government Organization)
• SB 191: Allowing poll workers to work full and half days (Completed; awaiting action by Governor)
• SB 228: Providing tuition and fee waivers at state higher education institutions for volunteers who have completed service in AmeriCorps programs in WV (House Education)
• SB 229: Requiring impact statement in certain instances of school closing or consolidation (House Education)
• SB 244: Relating to appointment of judges to Intermediate Court of Appeals (H First Reading, 01-28)
• SB 253: Relating to voting precincts and redistricting (House Government Organization)
• SB 262: Relating generally to financial institutions engaged in boycotts of energy companies (Pending House introduction)

• SB 334: Authorizing miscellaneous agencies and boards to promulgate rules (House Government Organization)
• SB 417: Relating to authorized expenditures of revenues from certain state funds for fire departments (House Judiciary)
• SB 427: Permitting WV Board of Medicine investigators to carry concealed weapon (House Judiciary)
• SB 436: Correcting code citation for authority of State Fire Marshal (House Government Organization)
• SB 437: Providing for early discharge of parolees (Pending House introduction)

Resolutions Adopted by the Senate as of Thursday, January 27, 2022 (8)

• SCR 1: US Army PFC Billy Keith Ford Memorial Bridge (House Technology and Infrastructure)
• SCR 3: USMC CAPT Dempsey Stowers Memorial Bridge (House Technology and Infrastructure)
• SCR 5: US Marine Corps CPL James "Bud" Cox Memorial Bridge (House Technology and Infrastructure)
• SCR 6: Holden 22 Coal Miners Memorial Bridge (House Technology and Infrastructure)

• SCR 9: Haynie Family Veterans Memorial Bridge (Pending House introduction)
• SCR 11: Dennis E. Davis Veterans Nursing Home (Pending House introduction)
• SCR 13: US Army PFC Joseph Stanley McKinney Memorial Bridge (Pending House introduction)
• SCR 15: US Army PVT Shirley E. Bailey Memorial Bridge (Pending House introduction)

House Bills Pending in the Senate as of Thursday, January 27, 2022 (18)

• HB 2177: Permitting the issuance of a state issued identification card without a photo on the card under certain conditions (Judiciary)
• HB 2184: Increasing the penalties for exposure of governmental representatives to fentanyl or any other harmful drug (Judiciary)
• HB 2325: Removing the requirement of continuing education for barbers and cosmetologists (Government Organization)
• HB 2972: Allowing a person to manufacture a stated amount of alcoholic liquor for personal consumption (Judiciary)
• HB 3220: Restrictions on Taxpayer funded lobbying (Government Organization)
• HB 3231: Public Utilities not required to pay interest on security deposits (Finance)
• HB 3303: Relating to clarifying the process of filling vacancies on ballots (Judiciary)
• HB 3312: Establishing a memorial to child labor and child workers who died in the course of employment in this state (Government Organization)
• HB 4059: Clarifying that new Department of Health and Human Resources' Deputy Commissioners are exempt from civil service (Health and Human Resources)
• HB 4060: Repealing outdated sections of code relating to health (Health and Human Resources)
• HB 4062: Removing the residency requirement for the Commissioner of the Division of Highways (Transportation and Infrastructure)
• HB 4065: Allowing the Division of Natural Resources to teach hunter’s safety courses in school (Education)

• HB 4067: To make certain agency reports electronic or eliminating certain agency reports altogether (Government Organization)
• HB 4074: Require schools provide eating disorder and self-harm training for teacher and students (Education then Finance)
• HB 4112: Provide consumers a choice for pharmacy services (Health and Human Resources)
• HB 4113: Public Health definitions and powers of secretary and commissioner (Health and Human Resources)
• HB 4252: To reduce copay cap on insulin and devices (Health and Human Resources)
• HB 4276: Permit WVU to create a Parkinson’s disease registry (Health and Human Resources)

Bills and Resolutions that Have Completed Legislation as of Thursday, January 27, 2022 (2 – 2 Senate)

• SB 8: Relating generally to state’s savings and investment programs (Completed; awaiting action by Governor)
• SB 191: Allowing poll workers to work full and half days (Completed; awaiting action by Governor)

Committee times and agendas are subject to change. Follow @WVSenClerk on Twitter for updates.

All Senate Committee meetings and floor sessions are available for both live streaming and to watch again in our archives. The link to the Senate’s archived video page can be found here:http://sg001-harmony.sliq.net/00289/Harmony/en/View/UpcomingEvents.