State Senate

Monday, February 6, 2023 – 27th Day of Session

The Senate will convene at 11 a.m.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

• SR 24: Designating February 6, 2023, as Domestic Violence Awareness Day in WV

THIRD READING

• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 232: Creating study group to make recommendations regarding diversion of persons with disabilities from criminal justice system
• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 463: Increasing validity of CDL instruction permit
• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 472: Creating criminal offense of indecent exposure in front of minors - (With right to amend)
• Eng. HB 2835: Repeal outdated provisions of code relating to the West Virginia graduate college and Marshall University

SECOND READING

• Com. Sub. for SB 50: Requiring one-year residency within district or county to fill vacancy in Legislature
• Com. Sub. for SB 247: Making administrative appeals and judicial review of board action subject to provisions of Administrative Procedures Act
• SB 296: Uniform Public Meetings During Emergencies Act
• Com. Sub. for SB 361: Authorizing miscellaneous boards and agencies to promulgate legislative rules
• Com. Sub. for SB 475: Modifying examinations for disability pensions

FIRST READING

• Com. Sub. for SB 295: Extending time that prescription for spectacles remains valid
• Com. Sub. for SB 299: Relating to crime of trespass generally
• Com. Sub. for SB 300: Relating to law-enforcement training and certification
• Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for SB 419: Establishing standards for licensure of military trained applicants
• SB 449: Updating terms for Natural Resources Police Officers Retirement System and retirement systems for charter schools
• Com. Sub. for SB 450: Defining medical examination for disability purposes in retirement plans administered by Consolidated Public Retirement Board
• Com. Sub. for SB 451: Relating to Teachers Retirement System and Teachers’ Defined Contribution Retirement System
• SB 465: Increasing limit on moneys placed in county's rainy day fund
• SB 489: Requiring BOE provide free feminine hygiene products in grades six through 12
• Com. Sub. for SB 514: Clarifying procedure for administrative dissolution of corporations by Secretary of State
• Eng. HB 2800: All relating to authorizing legislative rules regarding higher education

Scheduled Committee Meetings

1 p.m.: Military (208W)

• Agenda TBA

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

• Revised Com. Sub. for SB 250: Requiring level one permit holders to display student driver on rear of vehicle
• Eng. HB 2310: Provide the Division of Motor Vehicles authority to develop an "Antique Fleet" program so that multiple antiques motor vehicles may utilize a single registration plate
• Eng. HB 2531: Requiring cooperation between the rail company and the Division of Highways when construction or maintenance activities are conducted by the company

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

• Agenda TBA

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

• Agenda TBA

3 p.m.: Judiciary (208W)

• Reports by Subcommittees
• Referrals to Subcommittees

• SB 541: Providing for election reforms (Subcommittee B – Elections)
• SB 560: Limiting recovery on claims for abuse to secure financial solvency of public and private school system (Subcommittee C – Civil Justice and Courts)
• SB 538: Updating procedure on appeals of level three decisions issued by Public Employees Grievance Board (Subcommittee C – Civil Justice and Courts)

• Com Sub for SB 123: Creating enhanced penalties for fleeing officer
• Com Sub for SB 484: Clarifying terms and offense of human smuggling
• Com Sub for SB 490: Patrol Officer Cassie Marie Johnson Memorial Act
• Com Sub for SB 532: Creating new crime of soliciting minor
• Com Sub for SB 515: Clarifying deadline to file annual report for companies authorized to do business in WV
• SB 529: Allowing businesses to register as limited liability limited partnerships

3 p.m.: Finance (451M)

• Budget Presentation: West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals

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

Senate Bills to be Introduced Monday, February 6, 2023

• SB 563: Providing whistleblower protections to healthcare workers who report unsafe patient care (Trump; Health and Human Resources then Judiciary)
• SB 564: Allowing PSC to authorize recovery of certain costs by utilities through issuance of consumer rate relief bonds (Tarr; Finance)
• SB 565: Firearm Industry Non-Discriminations Act (Hunt, Azinger, Barrett, Chapman, Clements, Deeds, Hamilton, Jeffries, Karnes, Maroney, Martin, Maynard, Oliverio, Phillips, Queen, Roberts, Rucker, Smith, Stover, Stuart, Taylor, Woodrum; Banking and Insurance then Judiciary)
• SB 566: Extending termination date of WV Advisory Council on Rare Diseases (Maroney; Health and Human Resources)
• SB 567: Defining and amending terms related to participating public employer (Stuart; Pensions then Finance)
• SB 568: Relating to Dangerousness Assessment Advisory Board (Trump, Deeds, Hunt, Rucker, Stover, Stuart, Taylor, Woelfel; Judiciary)
• SB 569: Rehabilitation of Blighted Properties Tax Credit Act (FN) (Weld; Economic Development then Finance)
• SB 570: Relating to Natural Resources Police Officer Retirement (Stover; Pensions then Finance)
• SB 571: Regulating fantasy gaming competitions and sports wagering through independent evaluations (Barrett; Government Organization then Judiciary)
• SB 572: Codifying common law cause of action on public nuisance (Maynard, Deeds, Stover, Taylor, Trump; Judiciary)
• SB 573: Relating to child support guidelines and Support Enforcement Commission (Maroney; Judiciary)
• SB 574: Establishing residency requirements for candidates seeking nomination to US Congress (Smith, Karnes, Rucker, Taylor; Judiciary)
• SCR 7: Amending Joint Rules of Senate and House of Delegates (Clements)
• SR 25: Designating February 7, 2023, as Sexual Assault Awareness Day at Legislature (Weld)

* (FN) indicates the bill has a Fiscal Note

* (IB) indicates the bill is an Interim Bill

Committee Action on Bills from Friday, February 3, 2023

11:30 a.m.: Judiciary

• Com. Sub. for SB 495: Providing correctional institutions and juvenile facilities video and audio records be confidential
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Bills that Have Passed the Senate as of Friday, February 3, 2023 (92 – 84 Senate; 8 House)

House Bills and Resolutions Pending in the Senate as of Friday, February 3, 2023 (37 Bills; 2 Resolutions)

• HB 2004: Prevent the use of payment card processing systems for surveillance of Second Amendment activity and discriminatory conduct (Pending Senate introduction)
• HB 2007: Prohibiting certain medical practices (Pending Senate introduction)
• HB 2008: Requiring local entities to enforce immigration laws (Pending Senate introduction)
• HB 2018: Permitting the managed care case coordinator to attend the multidisciplinary team meeting (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• HB 2029: Repealing the creation of an all-payer claims database (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• HB 2113: Modifying the criminal penalties imposed on a parent, guardian or custodian for child abuse (Judiciary)
• HB 2221: Relating to bankruptcy (Judiciary)
• HB 2310: Provide the Division of Motor Vehicles authority to develop an “Antique Fleet” program so that multiple antique motor vehicles may utilize a single registration plate (Transportation and Infrastructure)
• HB 2380: Relating to School Building Authority (Pending Senate introduction)
• HB 2412: Declaring November 14 every year, a special Memorial Day in remembrance of the Marshall University airplane crash (Government Organization)
• HB 2436: Relating to the implementation of an acuity-based patient classification system (Health and Human Resources)
• HB 2443: Relating to service employees with National Association for Pupil Transportation Certifications (Pending Senate introduction)
• HB 2506: Creating a title clearinghouse for non-resident businesses (Completed legislation; awaiting action by Governor)
• HB 2509: Creating the Uniform Premarital Agreement Act (Judiciary)
• HB 2526: Relating to reducing the personal income tax (Finance)
• HB 2530: Relating to the extension of the expiration of temporary registration plates from sixty days to ninety days (Passed Senate; pending House concurrence to Senate amendments)
• HB 2531: Requiring cooperation between the rail company and the Division of Highways when construction or maintenance activities are conducted by the company (Transportation and Infrastructure)
• HB 2533: Relating to a permanent windshield placard to be valid for the duration of the applicant’s life (Passed Senate; pending House concurrence to Senate amendments)
• HB 2564: Repeal of administrative hearing procedures for DUI offenses (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)

• HB 2569: Establishing the Motorsport Responsibility Act (Outdoor Recreation)
• HB 2596: To modify when a nonresident student’s transfer may be denied (Education)

• HB 2597: Amending performance evaluations of professional personnel (Education)
• HB 2602: Reestablishing certain specialized school service personnel classifications (Education)
• HB 2613: Relating to the administration of anesthetics (Health and Human Resources)
• HB 2754: Relating to immunizations performed in a pharmacy (Health and Human Resources)
• HB 2757: Relating to expanding institutional eligibility for the WV Invests Grant Program (Education)
• HB 2768: To require all state entities and Chapter 30 boards to use “.gov” domains and e-mail addresses (Pending Senate introduction)

• HB 2776: Updating meaning of federal adjusted gross income and certain other terms used in West Virginia Personal Income Tax Act (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• HB 2777: Updating federal taxable income and other terms in the West Virginia Corporation Net Income Tax Act (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)

• HB 2800: All relating to authorizing legislative rules regarding higher education (S First Reading, 02-06)
• HB 2835: Repeal outdated provisions of code relating to the West Virginia graduate college and Marshall University (S Third Reading, 02-06)

• HB 2850: Relating to students with exceptional needs (Education)

• HB 2870: Correcting a reference relating to siting certificates for certain electric generating facilities (Energy, Industry and Mining)

• HB 2890: Modifying student discipline (Education)
• HB 2941: To extend the end date of the State Advisory Council on Postsecondary Attainment Goals (Pending Senate introduction)

• HB 3061: Relating to updating the authority of the Foster Care Ombudsman (Health and Human Resources)
• HB 3091: Requiring counties provide fiscal information for State Auditor’s WV Checkbook website (Pending Senate introduction)

• HCR 11: Relating to Higher Education Consortium for Emerging Energy Technologies (Education)
• HCR 13: Make 2nd week of February of every year a week of recognition of the Boy Scouts of America (Outdoor Recreation)

Bills that Have Completed Legislation as of Friday, February 3, 2023 (13 – 7 Senate; 6 House)

• SB 83: Authorizing tactical medical professionals to carry firearms (Completed legislation; awaiting action by Governor)
• SB 132: Clarifying criminal offense of harassment (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• SB 143: Relating to Adopt-A-Stream Program (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• SB 161: Authorizing DNR to manage and dispose of property (Signed, 01-24)
• SB 162: Authorizing director of DNR to lease state-owned pore spaces in certain areas for carbon sequestration (Signed, 01-24)
• SB 207: Relating to state allocation of funding to regional councils (Completed legislation; awaiting action by Governor)
• SB 231: Transferring administration of WV Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Matching Funds Program to Department of Economic Development (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• HB 2018: Permitting the managed care case coordinator to attend the multidisciplinary team meeting (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• HB 2029: Repealing the creation of an all-payer claims database (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• HB 2506: Creating a title clearinghouse for non-resident businesses (Completed legislation; awaiting action by Governor)
• HB 2564: Repeal of administrative hearing procedures for DUI offenses (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• HB 2776: Updating meaning of federal adjusted gross income and certain other terms used in West Virginia Personal Income Tax Act (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• HB 2777: Updating federal taxable income and other terms in the West Virginia Corporation Net Income Tax Act (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)

Bills Signed by the Governor as of Friday, February 3, 2023 (2 – 2 Senate)

• SB 161: Authorizing DNR to manage and dispose of property (Signed, 01-24)
• SB 162: Authorizing director of DNR to lease state-owned pore spaces in certain areas for carbon sequestration (Signed, 01-24)

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

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