State Senate

Monday, January 23, 2023 – 13th Day of Session

The Senate will convene at 11 a.m.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

• SR 11: Designating January 23, 2023, as WV Tourism Day at Legislature

THIRD READING

• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 59: Requiring work search activities to qualify for unemployment benefits
• Eng. Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for SB 65: Granting municipal fire marshal authority to assist law-enforcement officer
• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 89: Requiring hospitals to staff qualified personnel to perform sexual assault forensic exams
• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 200: Allowing leashed dogs to track wounded elk, turkey, bear, and wild boar when hunting

SECOND READING

• Com. Sub. for SB 10: Campus Self-Defense Act
• SB 207: Relating to state allocation of funding to regional councils
• SB 231: Transferring administration of WV Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Matching Funds Program to Department of Economic Development

FIRST READING

• SB 4: Creating Adopt-A-Trail volunteer programs for public land under DNR jurisdiction
• Com. Sub. for SB 121: Creating Student Journalist Press Freedom Protection Act
• SB 192: Relating to Uniform Real Property Transfer on Death Act
• Com. Sub. for SB 208: Relating to criminal justice training for all law-enforcement and correction officers regarding individuals with autism spectrum disorders
• SB 244: Making rosters of individuals who obtain professional, occupational, and trade licenses, registrations, and certificates available to public
• SB 245: Making rules and regulations promulgated by PSC subject to legislative rule-making review procedures
• SB 246: Revising membership of Broadband Enhancement Council
• SB 262: Allowing students to transfer schools and retain athletic eligibility
• Com. Sub. for SB 264: Prohibiting persons who have been convicted of certain crimes against minors from holding positions on boards of education

Scheduled Committee Meetings

1 p.m.: Military (208W)

• Organizational Motions
• SB 283: Relating to Military Incentive Program
• SB 419: Providing licensure provisions for individuals with military training

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

• Com. Sub. for SB 211: Relating to permanent windshield placard to be valid for duration of applicant’s life
• Com. Sub. for SB 233: Extending expiration of temporary registration plates from 60 to 90 days
• SB 250: Requiring level one permit holders to display student driver on rear of vehicle
• Com. Sub. for SB 254: Changing annual mandatory state vehicle inspections to every two years

2 p.m.: Agriculture and Natural Resources (208W)

• Com. Sub. for SB 202: Increasing appointment term of director for DNR from four to seven years

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

• SB 209: Permitting resident individuals to deduct medical expenses not reimbursed by insurance policy.
• SB 292: Health Care Sharing Ministries Freedom to Share Act

3 p.m.: Judiciary (208W)

• Reports by Subcommittees

• SB 80: Modifying witness fee rate paid by state to match federal court system – Subcommittee C

• Referrals to Subcommittees
• SB 276: Awarding service weapon of retiring State Fire Marshal
• Com. Sub. for SB 298: Relating to non-federally declared emergencies and non-states of emergency

3 p.m.: Finance (451M)

• Budget Presentation: West Virginia Department of Commerce
• Budget Presentation: West Virginia Department of Economic Development

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

Senate Bills to be Introduced Monday, January 23, 2023

• SB 419: Amending professions and occupations licensure provisions for individuals with military training (Weld; Military then Government Organization)
• SB 420: Establishing one-time bonus payment for certain retirants (FN) (Blair, Woelfel; Pensions then Finance) [By Request of the Executive]
• SB 421: Updating federal taxable income and other terms in WV Corporation Net Income Tax Act (Blair, Woelfel; Finance) [By Request of the Executive]
• SB 422: Requiring public schools to publish curriculum online at beginning of each new school year (Blair, Woelfel; Education) [By Request of the Executive]
• SB 423: Increasing salary for certain state employees (Blair, Woelfel; Finance) [By Request of the Executive]
• SB 424: Authorizing refundable tax credit applied against personal income tax or corporation net income tax (Blair, Woelfel; Finance) [By Request of the Executive]
• SB 425: Granting cost-of-living stipend to correctional officers employed by Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation (FN) (Blair, Woelfel; Finance) [By Request of the Executive]
• SB 426: Banning use of certain products and platforms deemed unsafe or high risk on government systems (Blair, Woelfel; Judiciary) [By Request of the Executive]
• SB 427: Updating meaning of federal adjusted gross income and certain other terms used in WV Personal Income Tax Act (Blair, Woelfel; Finance) [By Request of the Executive]
• SB 428: Revising requirements of local school improvement councils (Grady; Education)
• SB 429: Establishing statewide health and safety fee for tourism and recreational activities by county commissions (Smith, Taylor; Government Organization)
• SB 430: Relating to State Treasurer’s authority to contract with financial institutions for banking goods and services (Tarr; Banking and Insurance)
• SB 431: Modifying permissible percentage of light transmission for sun screening devices used in automotive safety glazing (Tarr; Transportation and Infrastructure)
• SB 432: Granting Fleet Management Division oversight authority of state vehicle fleet (Woodrum; Government Organization)
• SB 433: Establishing requirements for state board and local education agency to screen for dyslexia (FN) (Rucker; Education then Finance)
• SB 434: School Safety Act (Taylor, Azinger, Chapman, Karnes, Martin, Maynard, Phillips, Smith; Education then Judiciary)
• SB 435: Recognizing Commission on Uniform State Laws as presumptive provider of continuing legal education (IB) (Woodrum, Trump; Judiciary)
• SB 436: Relating to prompt payment of legitimate, uncontested invoices by state agencies (Tarr; Government Organization then Finance)
• SB 437: Relating to payment of state funds to qualified childcare entities (Chapman; Health and Human Resources then Finance)
• SB 438: Return to WV Tax Credit Act (FN) (Clements; Finance)
• SB 439: Establishing design-build program for DEP (Smith, Caputo, Hamilton, Phillips, Taylor; Energy, Industry, and Mining)
• SB 440: Authorizing DOH pay current obligations from State Road Fund (Clements; Transportation and Infrastructure then Finance)
• SB 441: Removing additional one and one-half percent interest rate for tax underpayments (Tarr; Finance)
• SB 442: Providing option for pass-through entities to pay income tax at entity level (Tarr; Finance)
• SB 443: Directing payment of estate administration fee to State Auditor (Tarr; Finance)
• SB 444: Transferring moneys in WV Future Fund to General Revenue Fund (Tarr; Finance)
• SB 445: Repealing outdated section of WV code relating to WV Graduate College and Marshall University (Grady, Plymale, Woelfel; Education)
• SB 446: Removing methanol and methanol fuel from definition of special fuel (Tarr; Finance)
• SR 12: Commemorating 77th Southern Legislative Conference of Council of State Governments Southern Office (Blair)

* (FN) indicates the bill has a Fiscal Note

* (IB) indicates the bill is an Interim Bill

Committee Action on Bills from Friday, January 20, 2023

10 a.m.: Workforce

• SB 21: Requiring certain documents that contain wage records be considered confidential
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

Bills that Have Passed the Senate as of Friday, January 20, 2023 (29)

• SB 74: Providing for substantial deference to State Superintendent’s interpretations of school laws (House Judiciary)
• SB 83: Authorizing tactical medical professionals to carry firearms (House Government Organization)
• SB 115: Providing procedure for WV to select delegates to Article V Convention (Pending House introduction)
• SB 124: Authorizing child sexual abuse and sexual violence prevention program and in-service training in child sexual abuse prevention (Pending House introduction)
• SB 126: Reorganizing DHHR (House Health and Human Resources)
• SB 127: Relating to reimbursement of hospital inpatient rates by PEIA (House Banking and Insurance)
• SB 128: Clarifying authority of Governor and Legislature to proclaim and declare state of emergency and preparedness (H Second Reading, 01-23)
• SB 129: Limiting gubernatorial authority to spend certain federal funds without appropriation of the Legislature (House Government Organization)
• SB 130: Anti-Racism Act of 2023 (House Education)
• SB 131: Allowing municipal fire marshals to receive service weapon upon retirement (House Fire Departments and Emergency Medical Services)
• SB 132: Clarifying criminal offense of harassment (House Judiciary)
• SB 133: Adding definition of “ammunition” for purposes of obtaining state license to carry concealed deadly weapon (House Judiciary)
• SB 134: Protecting consumers against businesses using automatic renewals without consent (House Judiciary)
• SB 135: Relating to Uniform Controlled Substances Act (House Judiciary)
• SB 136: Requiring persons convicted of certain offenses to undergo psychological or psychiatric testing and have treatment plan to be eligible for probation (House Judiciary)
• SB 137: Clarifying offenses of kidnapping and unlawful restraint (House Judiciary)
• SB 138: Clarifying secondary sources are not law and public policy of WV in certain instances (House Judiciary)
• SB 139: Requiring each county BOE to ensure all its meetings are open to public through in-person attendance and broadcast live on its website (House Education)
• SB 140: Updating offenses of extortion and attempted extortion (House Judiciary)
• SB 141: Adding Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation employees working at certain institutions to WV Emergency Responders Survivor Benefits Act (House Jails and Prisons)
• SB 142: Modifying procedures to settle estates of decedents (House Judiciary)
• SB 143: Relating to Adopt-A-Stream Program (House Government Organization)
• SB 145: Allowing county BOE participating in operation of multicounty vocational center to withdraw (House Education)
• SB 146: Modifying regulations of peer-to-peer car sharing program (House Banking and Insurance)
• SB 147: Creating pilot program for recovery residences in Cabell County (House Health and Human Resources)
• SB 148: Relating to municipalities required to be represented on county authority boards (House Political Subdivisions)
• SB 149: Exempting certain organizations from property taxation (House Finance)
• SB 161: Authorizing DNR to manage and dispose of property (Completed; awaiting action by Governor)
• SB 162: Authorizing director of DNR to lease state-owned pore spaces in certain areas for carbon sequestration (Completed; awaiting action by Governor)

House Bills Pending in the Senate as of Friday, January 20, 2023 (5)

• HB 2018: Permitting the managed care case coordinator to attend the multidisciplinary team meeting (Health and Human Resources)
• HB 2029: Repealing the creation of an all-payor claims database (Health and Human Resources)
• HB 2412: Declaring November 14 every year, a special Memorial Day in remembrance of the Marshall University airplane crash (Pending Senate introduction)
• HB 2506: Creating a title clearinghouse for non-resident businesses (Finance)
• HB 2526: Relating to reducing the personal income tax (Finance)

Bills that Have Completed Legislation as of Friday, January 20, 2023 (2 – 2 Senate)

• SB 161: Authorizing DNR to manage and dispose of property (Completed; awaiting action by Governor)
• SB 162: Authorizing director of DNR to lease state-owned pore spaces in certain areas for carbon sequestration (Completed; awaiting action by Governor)

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

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