State Senate

Tuesday, January 23, 2024 – 14th Day of Session

The Senate will convene at 11 a.m.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

• SR 8: Designating January 23, 2024, as Hunger Free WV Day at Legislature
• SR 9: Recognizing January 23, 2024, as Mountaineer Therapy Dogs' Day at Legislature

THIRD READING

• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 17: Department of Health rule relating to public water systems operators
• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 31: Department of Human Services rule relating to collection and exchange of data related to overdoses
• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 152: Displaying official US motto in public schools
• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 217: Authorizing state and subdivisions to negotiate price for construction when all bids received exceed maximum budget
• Eng. SB 240: Increasing fees charged by sheriff
• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 269: Excluding test strips from definition of drug paraphernalia
• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 280: Allowing teachers in public schools to discuss scientific theories
• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 293: Creating the Glucagon for Schools Act
• Eng. SB 438: Modifying roster requirements of authorizing entities

SECOND READING

• Com. Sub. for SB 300: Relating to organization of Office of Inspector General
• Com. Sub. for SB 354: Relating to the WV Advanced Energy and Economic Corridor Authority
• Com. Sub. for SB 399: Creating crime of assault on a police dog
• Com. Sub. for SB 400: Creating limited waiver from certificate of public convenience and necessity requirement for certain water or sewer services projects
• SB 426: WV Recreational Trails Development Act
• SB 439: Authorizing certain 911 personnel to be members of Emergency Medical Services Retirement System under certain circumstances
• SB 462: Updating definitions of certain terms used in Personal Income Tax Act
• SB 483: Amending Corporation Net Income Tax Act

FIRST READING

• Com. Sub. for SB 196: WV Rail Trails Program
• SB 262: Clarifying procedure for administrative dissolution of corporations by Secretary of State
• SB 357: Permitting dental hygienist to perform tobacco cessation education
• SB 428: Establishing appeals from administrative rulings are to be filed with Intermediate Court of Appeals
• SB 430: WV Rent-to-Own Act
• SB 448: Requiring age-appropriate instruction on Holocaust in public schools

Scheduled Committee Meetings

10 a.m.: Government Organization (208W)

• Com. Sub. for SB 321: Limiting municipalities’ authority to restrict purchase and storage of weapons and ammunition
• Com. Sub. for SB 331: Eliminating cap on maximum amount of money in county's financial stabilization fund
• Com. Sub. for SB 445: Reducing certification periods and renewal fees for EMS personnel
• SB 410: Requiring all state buildings provide private room for nursing or breastfeeding purposes

10 a.m.: Education (451M)

• SB 302: Authorizing child sexual abuse and sexual violence prevention program and in-service training in child sexual abuse prevention
• SB 468: Requiring course in public schools on human development
• SB 487: Requiring periodic review of professional development for teachers and education staff

10:45 a.m.: Committee on Rules (219M)

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

• Com. Sub. SB 231: Clarifying wind power projects taxation

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

• SB 325: Relating to distribution of drugs to safety net providers and contract pharmacies

3 p.m.: Judiciary (208W)

• Com. Sub. for SB 36: Department of Homeland Security

• Includes: SB 36, Governor's Committee on Crime, Delinquency, and Correction rule relating to law-enforcement training and certification standards; SB 37, Governor's Committee on Crime, Delinquency, and Correction rule relating to protocol for law-enforcement response to domestic violence; SB 38, Governor's Committee on Crime, Delinquency, and Correction rule relating to sexual assault forensic examinations; SB 39, Division of Emergency Management rule relating to industrial accident rapid response rule; SB 40, State Fire Commission rule relating to Fire Code; SB 41, State Fire Commission rule relating to certification and evaluation of local fire departments; SB 42, State Fire Commission rule relating to certification of fire chiefs; SB 43, State Fire Marshal rule relating to certification of electrical inspectors; SB 44, State Fire Marshal rule relating to supervision of fire protection work; SB 45, State Fire Marshal rule relating to electrician licensing rules; SB 46, State Fire Marshal rule relating to standards for certification and continuing education of certain building code officials, inspectors, and plans examiners; SB 47, State Fire Marshal rule relating to certification of home inspectors; SB 48, State Police rule relating to State Police member grievance procedures; SB 49, State Police rule relating to motor vehicle inspections

• Com. Sub. for SB 442: Providing for immunity for mental health providers who are involved in mental hygiene checks

3 p.m.: Finance (451M)

• Budget Presentation: West Virginia School Building Authority
• Budget Presentation: West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture, and History
• Budget Presentation: West Virginia National Guard

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

Senate Bills to be Introduced Tuesday, January 23, 2024

• SB 508: Exempting non-grantor trusts administered in state from personal income taxation (Weld; Finance)
• SB 509: Clarifying eligibility of nominees for President of United States (Tarr; Judiciary)
• SB 510: WV Children's Vision Act (FN) (Jeffries; Education then Finance)
• SB 511: Using DHHR group home funds to assist cadets attending Mountaineer ChalleNGe Academy (Maynard; Education then Finance)
• SB 512: Clarifying non-agricultural status of solar farms (Rucker; Agriculture and Natural Resources then Finance)
• SB 513: Changing distribution of income from excess lottery fund (FN) (Rucker; Finance)
• SB 514: Lung Cancer Prevention and Education Act (Takubo; Health and Human Resources then Finance)
• SB 515: Prohibiting public schools from requiring students to participate in sexual orientation instruction (Grady; Education then Judiciary)
• SB 516: Determining venue for custodial allocation actions independent of divorce (Woelfel, Trump, Caputo; Judiciary)
• SB 517: Requiring biological sex on birth certificates to be male or female (Takubo; Health and Human Resources)
• SB 518: Exempting certain hygiene products from sales tax (FN) (Woelfel, Caputo, Plymale; Finance)
• SB 519: Permitting Mountaineer ChalleNGe Academy cadets to enroll in accredited courses to obtain WV Education Information System Number (Maynard; Education)
• SB 520: Informed Consent for Vaccinations Protection Act (Maynard; Health and Human Resources then Finance)
• SB 521: Relating generally to payment of bus aides (Grady; Education then Finance)
• SB 522: Changing procedure for citations issued by county litter control officer (Woelfel, Plymale; Government Organization then Judiciary)
• SB 523: Requiring parental notification of school-based dispensaries of contraceptives to minors (Maynard; Health and Human Resources)
• SB 524: WV Monument and Memorial Protection Act of 2024 (Maynard; Government Organization)
• SB 525: Clarifying process for filling vacancies in Legislature (Maynard; Judiciary)
• SB 526: Verifying legal employment status of workers to governmental agencies (Woodrum; Government Organization)
• SB 527: Requiring parental notification of minors being prescribed contraceptives (Maynard; Health and Human Resources)
• SR 10: Commemorating 78th 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 Monday, January 22, 2024

1 p.m.: Military

• Com. Sub. for SB 222: Exempting WV veterans from certain fees and charges at state parks
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for SB 261: WV Veterans' Home Loan Mortgage Program of 2024
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

• Com. Sub. for SB 298: Providing tax credit to certain disabled veterans for lifetime hunting, trapping, and fishing license
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

1 p.m.: Transportation and Infrastructure

• SB 332: Relating to roadable aircraft on WV Highways
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

• Com. Sub. for SB 429: WV Farm Use Vehicle Tag Placement Act
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. SB 436: Relating to prohibition of certain additives in diesel fuel
• Bill laid over to a future meeting

• Com. Sub. for SCR 1: Leon Charles Trader Memorial Bridge; Com. Sub. for SCR 5: US Army 1LT Hershel Jarrell Memorial Road; Com. Sub. for SCR 6: Orland Jackson "Tom" Meikles Memorial Bridge; Com. Sub. for SCR 12: US Army PVT Raymond Lee Perkins Memorial Bridge
• Committee substitutes for the resolutions reported to the full Senate with the recommendation they each be adopted

• SCR 2: US Army PFC John Henry Trail Memorial Bridge; SCR 8: US Army Corporal Clemon Knapp Memorial Bridge; SCR 15: Chief Edward "Eddie" Keesecker Memorial Bridge
• Resolutions reported to the full Senate with the recommendation they each be adopted

3 p.m.: Judiciary

• Com. Sub. for SB 392: Relating to admissibility of evidence regarding alleged victim’s prior sexual history
• Bill not taken up

• Com. Sub. for SB 318: Modifying process of when parental rights are terminated
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Bills that Have Passed the Senate as of Monday, January 22, 2024 (35 – 34 Senate; 1 House)

• SB 2: Authorizing DEP to promulgate rules (House Judiciary)
• SB 142: Clarifying deadline to file annual report for companies authorized to do business in WV (House Government Organization)
• SB 143: Creating WV Guardian Program (House Education)
• SB 144: Requiring each county board to ensure that its meetings are open to public through in-person attendance and broadcast live on its website (House Judiciary)
• SB 146: Creating adult education taskforce (House Education)
• SB 147: Adding definition of “ammunition” for purposes of obtaining state license to carry concealed deadly weapon (House Judiciary)
• SB 148: Establishing auto-renewal program for wildlife licenses (House Government Organization)
• SB 149: Relating to municipalities required to be represented on county authority boards (House Political Subdivisions)
• SB 150: Clarifying when magistrate vacancies shall be filled (House Judiciary)
• SB 151: Clarifying terms and offense of human smuggling (House Judiciary)
• SB 154: Increasing penalties for drug possession and updating list of offenses (House Judiciary)
• SB 155: Creating Violent Crime Prevention Act (House Judiciary)
• SB 156: Requiring certain documents that contain wage records be considered confidential (Pending House introduction)
• SB 157: Requiring one-year residency within district or county to fill vacancy in Legislature (House Judiciary)
• SB 158: Enhancing penalties for fleeing officer (House Judiciary)
• SB 159: Prohibiting persons convicted of certain crimes against minors from holding positions on boards of education (House Judiciary)
• SB 160: Updating language and increasing penalties for indecent exposure (House Judiciary)
• SB 162: Establishing Summer Feeding for All Program (House Education)
• SB 163: Establishing aggravated felony offense of reckless driving resulting in death (House Judiciary)
• SB 164: Relating generally to trespassing (House Judiciary)
• SB 165: Creating pilot program for recovery residences in Cabell County (House Judiciary)
• SB 166: Updating contested elections procedures (House Judiciary)
• SB 168: Granting municipal fire marshal authority to assist law-enforcement officer (House Political Subdivisions)
• SB 169: Allowing physician assistants to own practice (House Health and Human Resources)
• SB 170: Relating to compensable diseases of certain firefighters covered by workers' compensation (House Fire Departments and Emergency Medical Services)
• SB 171: Prohibiting county commissions from adopting authorization that exceeds state law regarding agriculture operations (Pending House introduction)
• SB 172: Revising requirements of local school improvement councils (House Education)
• SB 173: Modifying certain guidelines for motor vehicle dealers, distributors, wholesalers, and manufacturers (Pending House introduction)
• SB 175: Updating offenses of extortion and attempted extortion (House Judiciary)
• SB 176: Relating to permissible expenditures by Water Development Authority from Infrastructure Fund (House Finance)
• SB 177: Protecting consumers against automatic renewals without consent (House Judiciary)
• SB 178: Relating to dental health care service plans (House Banking and Insurance)
• SB 179: Requiring sheriff to serve child abuse and neglect petitions (House Judiciary)
• SB 219: Relating to Uniform Controlled Substances Act (Pending House introduction)
• HB 4274: Renaming the Department of Health and Human Resources (Completed legislation; awaiting action by Governor)

Resolutions that Have Been Adopted by the Senate as of Monday, January 22, 2024 (3)

• SCR 10: Urging WV congressional delegation support legislation authorizing county governments to sell FEMA property (House Government Organization)
• SCR 16: Urging US Congress enact reforms to federal permitting policies to accelerate deployment of new energy infrastructure (House Rules)
• SCR 17: Reaffirming support of WV Legislature for State of Israel and Jewish people (House Rules)

Action on House Bills in the Senate as of Monday, January 22, 2024 (7)

• HB 4190: Relating to the establishment of an alert system for missing cognitively impaired persons (Judiciary)
• HB 4252: Uniform Recognition and Enforcement of Canadian Domestic Violence Protective Orders Act (Judiciary)
• HB 4274: Renaming the Department of Health and Human Resources (Completed legislation; awaiting action by Governor)
• HB 4302: Modifying the criminal penalties imposed on a parent, guardian or custodian for child abuse (Pending Senate introduction)
• HB 4428: Requiring candidates to live in the state or local election district for the office for which they are seeking (Pending Senate introduction)
• HB 4433: Relating to exempting the acquisition and utilization of a mobile facility which performs mammography or low density computerized tomography (Health and Human Resources)

• HB 4552: To ensure party affiliation is consistent with candidate’s voter registration (Pending Senate introduction)

Bills that Have Completed Legislation as of Monday, January 22, 2024 (1 – 1 House)

• HB 4274: Renaming the Department of Health and Human Resources (Completed legislation; awaiting action by Governor)

Resolutions that Have Completed Legislation as of Monday, January 22, 2024 (2)

• HCR 1: Raising a Joint Assembly to hear remarks of the Governor (Adopted, 01-10)
• HCR 13: Commemorating the life of Marilyn Kay Parsons (Adopted, 01-11)

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.

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