State Senate

Friday, February 25, 2022 – 45th Day of Session

The Senate will convene at 11 a.m.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

• SCR 52: Requesting study on establishing accredited school of veterinary medicine in WV

THIRD READING

• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 489: Clarifying amount of deputy sheriff annual salary increase
• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 588: Relating to WV Rails to Trails Program
• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 616: Relating to confidentiality of court files and law-enforcement records of certain enumerated offenses
• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 622: Establishing requirements for carbon dioxide sequestration
• Eng. HJR 102: Clarifying that the policy-making and rule-making authority of the State Board of Education is subject to legislative review, approval, amendment, or rejection - (With right to amend)

SECOND READING

• Com. Sub. for SB 71: Prohibiting political subdivisions from enacting certain ordinances, regulations, local policies, or other legal requirements
• Com. Sub. for SB 420: Relating to distribution of certain taxes and surcharges to benefit volunteer and part-volunteer fire departments (original similar to HB 4279)
• Com. Sub. for SB 466: Relating to limitations on civil actions or appeals brought by inmates
• Com. Sub. for SB 522: Combining offices of WV State Americans with Disabilities Act and WV Equal Employment Opportunity (original similar to HB 4500)
• Com. Sub. for SB 536: Relating generally to controlled substance criminal offenses (original similar to HB 4493)
• Com. Sub. for SB 582: Creating WV Workforce Resiliency Act (original similar to HB 4574)
• SB 603: Prohibiting licensure and re-licensure in WV if applicant is prohibited from practicing in another jurisdiction
• SB 638: Changing hearing and notice provisions for failing or distressed public utilities
• Com. Sub. for SB 648: Relating to Cable Television Systems Act
• Com. Sub. for SB 694: Relating to oil and gas conservation
• Com. Sub. for SB 698: Relating to number and selection of members for Governor's Veterans Council
• Com. Sub. for SB 701: Including children and spouses of deceased active-duty officers in eligibility for War Orphan Education Program
• SB 713: Removing statutory limit for Environmental Laboratory Certification Fund
• SB 714: Relating to tie votes by Coal Mine Safety and Technical Review Committee
• Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4126: Authorizing certain agencies of the Department of Health and Human Resources to promulgate legislative rules - (Com. amend. pending)

FIRST READING

• Com. Sub. for SB 64: Allowing county commissions to impose amusement tax (original similar to HB 4513)
• Com. Sub. for SB 100: Establishing secondary location for racetrack video lottery terminals
• Com. Sub. for SB 232: Relating to punishment for third offense felony
• Com. Sub. for SB 424: Relating generally to 2022 Farm Bill (original similar to HB 4332, HB 4554)
• Com. Sub. for SB 590: Clarifying that tenancy includes persons who reside in sober living home
• Com. Sub. for SB 662: Relating to creation, expansion, and authority of resort area district
• SB 721: Relating to municipalities required to be represented on county authority boards
• Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4084: Relating to advanced recycling - (Com. amend. pending)

Scheduled Committee Meetings

10 a.m.: Banking and Insurance (451M)

• SB 671: Modernizing regulation of car-sharing services in WV
• HB 4426: Repeal article 33-25G-1 et seq. creating provider sponsored networks

Time TBD: Education (451M)

• SB 645: Regulating private schools for students with disabilities
• SB 687: Relating to meetings among county boards of education
• SB 711: Establishing alternative educational opportunities for elective course credit

Time TBD: Judiciary (208W)

• Com. Sub. for SB 266: Adding definition of “ammunition” for purposes of obtaining state license to carry concealed deadly weapon
• Com. Sub. for SB 413: Clarifying crime of stalking
• Originating Bill 2: Relating to pretrial diversion and deferred adjudication
• Com. Sub for SB 606: Relating to WV Medical Practice Act
• Com. Sub. for SB 223: Relating to procedure to settle decedents' estates
• Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for SB 647: Prohibiting discrimination in organ donation process
• Com. Sub. for SB 422: Relating to DNA data maintained for law-enforcement purposes
• Com. Sub. for SB 610: Relating to duties, powers and responsibilities of DOT Secretary
• Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for SB 434: Updating authority to airports for current operations
• SB 659: Relating to nonintoxicating beer, wine, and liquor licenses and requirements (Subject to a motion to take the bill from the table)

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

Senate Bills to be Introduced Friday, February 25, 2022

• SB 722: Expiring funds to DEP, Division of Environmental Protection, Reclamation of Abandoned and Dilapidated Property Program Fund [By Request of the Executive] (Blair, Baldwin; Finance)
• SB 723: Making supplementary appropriation to Department of Agriculture, WV Spay Neuter Assistance Fund [By Request of the Executive] (Blair, Baldwin; Finance)
• SB 724: Making supplementary appropriation to DHS, Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Authority [By Request of the Executive] (Blair, Baldwin; Finance)
• SB 725: Supplementing and amending appropriations to DHS, WV State Police [By Request of the Executive] (Blair, Baldwin; Finance)
• SR 41: Designating February 28, 2022, as Recovery Community Day (Romano)
• SR 42: Recognizing 911 public safety telecommunicators as true "first responders" (Lindsay)

Committee Action on Bills from Thursday, February 24, 2022

Rules

• SR 22: Commemorating 250th anniversary of Berkeley County
• Resolution reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it be adopted

• Com. Sub. for SB 574: Relating to WV PEIA
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

1 p.m.: Health and Human Resources

• Com. Sub. for SB 518: Allowing nurses licensed in another state to practice in WV
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for SB 655: Authorizing tactical medical professional to carry firearm with specific training requirements
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• SB 703: Relating to controlled substances schedule
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for SB 652: Requiring hospitals to receive patients transported to them by EMS providers
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

1 p.m.: Energy, Industry and Mining

• Originating SCR 1: Relating to Powers of the Office of Miners' Health, Safety and Training
• Originating Senate Concurrent Resolution reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it be adopted

• Com. Sub. for SB 613: Establishing reliable funding for DEP Office of Oil and Gas
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

2 p.m.: Education

• SB 456: Requiring county boards of education to develop seizure action plans
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for SB 704: Allowing parents, grandparents, and guardians to inspect instructional materials in classroom
• Committee substitute, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for SB 653: Relating to public higher education governance
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

2 p.m.: Government Organization

• SB 617: Relating to qualifications for members of boards, commissions, and other entities
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for SB 205: Expanding PEIA Finance Board membership
• Committee substitute, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for SB 705: Creating WV Native American Tribes Unique Recognition, Authentication, and Listing Act
• Committee discussed the bill; no further action taken

3 p.m.: Finance

• Com. Sub. for SB 552: Relating to tax sale process
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for SB 530: Encouraging public-private partnerships in transportation
• Committee substitute for the committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• SB 448: Developing policies and procedures for Statewide Interoperability Executive Committee
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• SB 680: Adding Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation employees to Survivor Benefits Act
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for SB 181: Creating Core Behavioral Health Crisis Services System
• Committee substitute for the committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for SB 468: Creating Unborn Child with Down Syndrome Protection and Education Act
• Committee substitute for the committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• SB 621: Relating to funds for operations of jails
• Committee discussed the bill and moved to create a select committee; bill not reported

3 p.m.: Judiciary

• Com. Sub. for SB 558: Increasing members of WV Parole Board
• Committee substitute, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for SB 659: Relating to nonintoxicating beer, wine, and liquor licenses and requirements
• Bill tabled by committee

• Originating Bill 2: Relating to pretrial diversion and deferred adjudication
• Bill discussed; no further action taken

• SB 693: Clarifying meeting voting requirements for political party executive committees
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for SB 96: Requiring disclaimers on third-party, nongovernment solicitations mailed or otherwise provided to businesses
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Resolutions Adopted by the Senate as of Thursday, February 24, 2022 (24 – 20 Senate; 4 House)

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

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

• SCR 17: US Air Force SSGT Logan A. Young Memorial Bridge (House Rules)
• SCR 21: Putnam County Veterans Memorial Bridge (House Rules)
• SCR 23: USMC CPL Guy Maywood Edwards Memorial Bridge (House Rules)
• SCR 27: US Army TSGT Harold William Schmidle Memorial Bridge (House Rules)
• SCR 28: US Army PVT Garland Lee Loudermilk Memorial Bridge (House Technology and Infrastructure)
• SCR 29: Nitro WW I Memorial Bridge (House Technology and Infrastructure)
• SCR 34: USMC SGTMAJ Herman H. Brawner Memorial Bridge (House Rules)
• SCR 37: Harrison County Veterans Memorial Bridge (House Rules)
• SCR 38: Cox Brothers' Veteran Memorial Bridge (House Rules)
• SCR 44: Clarifying 1972 Equal Rights Amendment (House Rules)
• SCR 45: US Army CPL John D. Doyle, Sr. Memorial Road (House Rules)
• SCR 46: Supporting North Central WV aviation and aerospace industries (House Rules)
• HCR 28: Cpt. Billy Jake Smith Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 02-24)
• HCR 30: U.S. Army Pvt. Dallis H. Johnson WWII Memorial Bridge (Adopted by Senate; pending House concurrence)
• HCR 59: Warrant Officer James G. Bosley Memorial Bridge (Adopted by Senate; pending House concurrence)
• HCR 79: A resolution to designate February 21st as the official start day to National FFA Week in West Virginia (Adopted, 02-22)

Bills that Have Passed the Senate as of Thursday, February 24, 2022 (176 – 156 Senate; 20 House)

Bills and Resolutions that Have Completed Legislation as of Thursday, February 24,, 2022 (29 – 12 Senate; 17 House)