State Senate

Thursday, February 1, 2024 – 23rd Day of Session

The Senate will convene at 11 a.m.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

• SCR 23: US Navy LT Lewis Joseph D'Antoni Memorial Road
• SCR 24: Recognizing First Responders Honor Board's nominees of Medal of Honor
• SCR 25: US Army SGT Wyatt K. Hinton Memorial Bridge
• SR 20: Recognizing essential role of CASA for abused and neglected children
• SR 21: Designating February 1, 2024, as National Unclaimed Property Day
• SR 22: Designating February 1, 2024, as Sexual Violence Awareness Day

THIRD READING

• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 320: Removing requirement for wineries to serve food when serving wine

SECOND READING

• Com. Sub. for SB 50: Authorizing Department of Revenue to promulgate legislative rules
• Com. Sub. for SB 436: Prohibiting intentional motor vehicle emissions that create hazards
• Com. Sub. for SB 455: Relating generally to banking and contractual authority of State Treasurer’s Office
• Eng. HB 4026: Authorizing the Department of Administration to promulgate a legislative rule relating to state owned vehicles

FIRST READING

• Com. Sub. for SB 331: Eliminating cap on maximum amount of money in county's financial stabilization fund
• Com. Sub. for SB 466: Requiring State Board of Education develop Safety While Accessing Technology education program
• Com. Sub. for SB 539: Creating cold case database
• Eng. HB 4594: Relating to extending managed care

Scheduled Committee Meetings

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

• Com. Sub. for SB 540: Updating surveying coordinate system
• Com. Sub. for SB 557: Updating compensation for firefighters required to work holidays
• Com. Sub. for SB 541: Facilitating creation of home-based businesses

10 a.m.: Education (451M)

• SB 547: Authorizing legislative rules for Higher Education Policy Commission
• Com. Sub. for SB 563: Updating Center for Nursing to Office of Nursing Education and Workforce Development
• SB 507: Relating to repeal of WV EDGE
• SB 546: Updating STEM scholarship program
• SB 529: Including Salem University in PROMISE Scholarship program

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

• Com. Sub. for SB 596: Relating to administration of WV Water Pollution Control Act and Underground Carbon Dioxide Sequestration and Storage

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

• SB 444: Clarifying health insurance coverage for certain emergency services
• SB 453: Requiring pricing and payment transparency from pharmacy benefits managers contracting with PEIA
• HB 4595: Relating to the Legislative Oversight Commission on Health and Human Resources Accountability

3 p.m.: Judiciary (208W)

• Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for SB 325: Relating to distribution of drugs to safety net providers and contract pharmacies

3 p.m.: Finance (451M)

• Budget Presentation: Marshall University
• Budget Presentation: West Virginia University

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

Senate Bills to be Introduced Thursday, February 1, 2024

• SB 614: Specifying requirements for appropriate elementary behavior intervention and safety (Grady; Education)
• SB 615: Limiting statutory and common law actions for certain electric generating facilities (Trump, Smith, Swope; Judiciary)
• SB 616: Modifying definition of family subject to provisions of domestic violence laws (Trump; Judiciary)
• SB 617: Exempting certain meat processes from consumers sales and service tax (Smith, Woodrum, Deeds, Hamilton; Agriculture and Natural Resources then Finance)
• SCR 26: US Army PFC First Class Clarence William "Buck" Holliday Memorial Road (Deeds)
• SR 23: Designating February 2, 2024, as American Heart Association Day (Rucker, Takubo)
• SR 24: Recognizing February 2, 2024, as WV Home School Day (Takubo, Rucker)

* (FN) indicates the bill has a Fiscal Note

* (IB) indicates the bill is an Interim Bill

Committee Action on Bills from Wednesday, January 31, 2024

1 p.m.: Committee on School Choice

• SB 598: Relating to Hope Scholarship Program and micro schools
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

1 p.m.: Economic Development

• SB 543: Relating to research and economic development agreements for state institutions of higher education
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for SB 544: Raising threshold for bid requirement of municipal public works projects
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for SB 571: Creating WV Advanced Energy and Economic Corridor Authority Commission
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

2 p.m.: Outdoor Recreation

• SB 538: Creating exception for public nuisance
• Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• SB 577: Limiting landowner liability when land is used for recreational purposes
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Judiciary

3 p.m.: Judiciary

• Com. Sub. for SB 504: Modifying felony offense of sexual misconduct of school employee or volunteer
• Committee substitute, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for SB 516: Determining venue for custodial allocation actions independent of divorce
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Bills that Have Passed the Senate as of Wednesday, January 31, 2024 (74 – 72 Senate; 2 House)

• SB 2: Authorizing DEP to promulgate rules (House Judiciary)
• SB 17: Department of Health rule relating to public water systems operators (House Health and Human Resources)
• SB 31: Department of Human Services rule relating to collection and exchange of data related to overdoses (H First Reading, 02-01)
• SB 36: Authorizing Department of Homeland Security to promulgate legislative rules (House Judiciary)
• SB 60: Authorizing DOT to promulgate legislative 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 152: Displaying official US motto in public schools (House Education)
• 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 (House Government Organization)
• 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 (House Government Organization)
• SB 172: Revising requirements of local school improvement councils (House Education)
• SB 173: Modifying certain guidelines for motor vehicle dealers, distributors, wholesalers, and manufacturers (House Technology and Infrastructure)
• 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 189: Providing for substantial deference to state school superintendent's interpretations of school laws (House Education)
• SB 196: WV Rail Trails Program (House Government Organization)
• SB 217: Authorizing state and subdivisions to negotiate price for construction when all bids received exceed maximum budget (House Government Organization)
• SB 219: Relating to Uniform Controlled Substances Act (House Judiciary)
• SB 222: Exempting WV veterans from certain fees and charges at state parks (House Agriculture and Natural Resources)
• SB 240: Increasing fees charged by sheriff (House Government Organization)
• SB 261: WV Veterans' Home Loan Mortgage Program of 2024 (House Finance)
• SB 262: Clarifying procedure for administrative dissolution of corporations by Secretary of State (House Government Organization)
• SB 265: Increasing value at which municipal property must be sold through public auction (Pending House introduction)
• SB 269: Excluding test strips from definition of drug paraphernalia (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• SB 280: Allowing teachers in public schools to discuss scientific theories (House Education)
• SB 293: Creating the Glucagon for Schools Act (House Health and Human Resources)
• SB 300: Relating to organization of Office of Inspector General (H First Reading, 02-01)
• SB 318: Modifying process of when parental rights are terminated (Pending House introduction)
• SB 354: Relating to the WV Advanced Energy and Economic Corridor Authority (House Economic Development and Tourism)
• SB 357: Permitting dental hygienist to perform tobacco cessation education (House Health and Human Resources)
• SB 399: Creating crime of assault on a police dog (House Judiciary)
• SB 400: Creating limited waiver from certificate of public convenience and necessity requirement for certain water or sewer services projects (House Technology and Infrastructure)
• SB 402: Authorizing US Concealed Carry Association to provide concealed carry classes in WV (Pending House introduction)
• SB 426: WV Recreational Trails Development Act (House Government Organization)
• SB 428: Establishing appeals from administrative rulings are to be filed with Intermediate Court of Appeals (House Government Organization)
• SB 429: WV Farm Use Vehicle Tag Placement Act (House Technology and Infrastructure)
• SB 430: WV Rent-to-Own Act (House Government Organization)
• SB 438: Modifying roster requirements of authorizing entities (House Government Organization)
• SB 439: Authorizing certain 911 personnel to be members of Emergency Medical Services Retirement System under certain circumstances (House Pensions and Retirement)
• SB 445: Reducing certification periods and renewal fees for EMS personnel (House Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services)
• SB 451: Directing Prosecuting Attorneys Institute to make training available to certain new prosecuting attorneys (House Judiciary)
• SB 461: Relating to county economic opportunity development districts (Pending House introduction)
• SB 462: Updating definitions of certain terms used in Personal Income Tax Act (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• SB 474: Creating critical incident review team (Pending House introduction)
• SB 475: Relating to recovery residences (Pending House introduction)
• SB 477: Prohibiting public disclosure of personal information on internet (Pending House introduction)
• SB 483: Amending Corporation Net Income Tax Act (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• SB 487: Requiring periodic review of professional development for teachers and education staff (Pending House introduction)
• HB 4274: Renaming the Department of Health and Human Resources (Signed, 01-26)
• HB 4252: Uniform Recognition and Enforcement of Canadian Domestic Violence Protective Orders Act (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)

Resolutions that Have Been Adopted by the Senate as of Wednesday, January 31, 2024 (15)

• SCR 1: US Army PFC Leon Charles Trader Memorial Bridge (House Technology and Infrastructure)
• SCR 2: US Army PFC John Henry Trail Memorial Bridge (House Technology and Infrastructure)
• SCR 5: US Army 1LT Herschel Jarrell Memorial Road (House Technology and Infrastructure)
• SCR 6: US Army SSG Orland Jackson "Tom" Meikles Memorial Road (House Technology and Infrastructure)
• SCR 8: US Army Corporal Clemon Knapp Memorial Bridge (House Technology and Infrastructure)
• SCR 12: US Army Private Raymond Lee Perkins Memorial Bridge (House Technology and Infrastructure)
• SCR 15: Chief Edward "Eddie" Keesecker Memorial Bridge (House Technology and Infrastructure)
• SCR 10: Urging WV congressional delegation support legislation authorizing county governments to sell FEMA property (House Government Organization)
• SCR 11: US Marine Corps PFC Noel Harper Fields Memorial Bridge (Pending House introduction)
• SCR 14: US Army PFC William Gorman Memorial Bridge (Pending House introduction)
• SCR 16: Urging US Congress enact reforms to federal permitting policies to accelerate deployment of new energy infrastructure (Adopted, 01-24)
• SCR 17: Reaffirming support of WV Legislature for State of Israel and Jewish people (Adopted, 01-24)
• SCR 18: Stanley W. and Evelyn C. See Memorial Bridge (Pending House introduction)
• SCR 19: US Army PFC Henry W. Baldwin Memorial Bridge (Pending House introduction)
• SCR 20: Proclaiming fourth Saturday of November to be annually designated as Ukrainian Holodomor-Genocide Remembrance Day (House Rules)’

Action on House Bills in the Senate as of Wednesday, January 31, 2024 (39)

• HB 4017: To modify certain election laws, early voting laws, and absentee voting laws (Judiciary)
• HB 4026: Authorizing the Department of Administration to promulgate a legislative rule relating to state owned vehicles (S Second Reading, 02-01)
• HB 4190: Relating to the establishment of an alert system for missing cognitively impaired persons (Judiciary)
• HB 4205: Relating to changing the process of election litigation (Judiciary)
• HB 4252: Uniform Recognition and Enforcement of Canadian Domestic Violence Protective Orders Act (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• HB 4274: Renaming the Department of Health and Human Resources (Signed, 01-26)
• HB 4302: Modifying the criminal penalties imposed on a parent, guardian or custodian for child abuse (Judiciary)
• HB 4350: Relating to appointment of candidates after filing period (Government Organization)
• HB 4376: Relating to surgical smoke evacuation (Pending Senate introduction)
• HB 4428: Requiring candidates to live in the state or local election district for the office for which they are seeking (Judiciary)
• HB 4431: Permitting the cremation of unidentified remains (Health and Human Resources)
• HB 4432: Relating to midlevel practitioners (Health and Human Resources)
• 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 4434: Relating to restrictions on use or sale of motor vehicles based on power source (Transportation and Infrastructure)

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

• HB 4594: Relating to extending managed care (S First Reading, 02-01)
• HB 4595: Relating to the Legislative Oversight Commission on Health and Human Resources Accountability (Health and Human Resources)

• HB 4620: Removing the expiration date from the food handler card (Health and Human Resources)
• HB 4666: Relating to establishing criminal penalties for human trafficking (Judiciary)
• HB 4683: Requiring parents or guardians to participate in programs for juveniles in an out-of-home placement (Judiciary)
• HB 4697: Add protections for WV residents who reside out of state for certain time periods from non-renewal of licenses and registration (Transportation and Infrastructure)
• HB 4756: Creating a state Alzheimer’s plan task force (Health and Human Resources)
• HB 4759: Relating to E-Verify, the federal employment authorization program (Government Organization)
• HB 4764: Provide one trip temporary vehicle permits to be purchased and printed online (Transportation and Infrastructure)
• HB 4766: Require Division of Highways to place signage up 30 days prior to road closure (Transportation and Infrastructure)
• HB 4768: Relating to increasing the number of out-of-state medical students receiving in-state tuition rates who agree to practice for a specific time within West Virginia (Education)
• HB 4769: Clarifying appropriate and inappropriate duties for school counselors while also providing the definition of a school counselor (Education)
• HB 4776: Relating to adding elementary schools into school disciplinary measures (Pending Senate introduction)
• HB 4783: Relating to the practice of optometry (Health and Human Resources)
• HB 4793: Relating to moonshine (Government Organization)
• HB 4814: Relating to extending the reporting and sunset dates of the State Advisory Council on Postsecondary Attainment Goals (Education)
• HB 4817: Relating to updating the practice of nursing (Pending Senate introduction)
• HB 4830: To address the professional development of teachers (Pending Senate introduction)
• HB 4832: Relating to state superintendent’s reports regarding the finances of school districts (Pending Senate introduction)
• HB 4838: Require county boards of education to provide long-term substitute teachers, upon hiring, with certain information (Pending Senate introduction)
• HB 4860: Providing that a general education teacher may not be responsible for accommodation logs (Education)
• HB 4874: Relating to fatality and mortality review team (Health and Human Resources)

• HB 4908: Relating to permitting the state agencies to contract with the West Virginia public health Institute (Health and Human Resources)
• HB 4976: Providing the contact information of the Inspector General on the agencies and boards websites of the executive departments (Government Organization)

Bills that Have Completed Legislation as of Wednesday, January 31, 2024 (5 – 3 Senate; 2 House)

• SB 269: Excluding test strips from definition of drug paraphernalia (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• SB 462: Updating definitions of certain terms used in Personal Income Tax Act (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• SB 483: Amending Corporation Net Income Tax Act (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• HB 4252: Uniform Recognition and Enforcement of Canadian Domestic Violence Protective Orders Act (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• HB 4274: Renaming the Department of Health and Human Resources (Signed, 01-26)

Resolutions that Have Completed Legislation as of Wednesday, January 31, 2024 (4)

• 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)
• SCR 16: Urging US Congress enact reforms to federal permitting policies to accelerate deployment of new energy infrastructure (Adopted. 01-24)
• SCR 17: Reaffirming support of WV Legislature for State of Israel and Jewish people (Adopted. 01-24)

Bills Signed by the Governor as of Wednesday, January 31, 2024 (1 – 1 House)

• HB 4274: Renaming the Department of Health and Human Resources (Signed, 01-26)

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