Member's Press Release

Release Date: 02/07/2024
Contact: Jacque Bland at (304) 357-7999

State Senate

Senate Calendar and Committee Schedule for Thursday, February 8, 2024

Thursday, February 8, 2024 – 30th Day of Session

The Senate will convene at 11 a.m.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

SR 29: Designating February 8, 2024, as Tucker County Day
SR 30: Designating February 8, 2024, as WV Hospital Day
SR 31: Designating February 8, 2024, as WV American Academy of Pediatrics Child Health Advocacy Day

THIRD READING

There are no bills on Third Reading for Thursday, February 8, 2024.

SECOND READING

Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for SB 441: Restricting driving in left lane of multi-lane highways in WV
SB 546: Updating STEM scholarship program
Com. Sub. for SB 548: Clarifying appellate jurisdiction of Intermediate Court of Appeals
Com. Sub. for SB 595: Amending embalmer licensing requirements
Com. Sub. for SB 596: Relating to administration of WV Water Pollution Control Act and Underground Carbon Dioxide Sequestration and Storage
SB 600: Revising criteria for receiving reenlistment or retention bonus
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 5045: Related to the administration of the West Virginia Water Pollution Control Act, and Underground Carbon Dioxide Sequestration and Storage

FIRST READING

SB 351: Expanding the definition of "small arms" for purposes of taxation
SB 378: Prohibiting smoking in vehicle when minor 16 or under is present
Com. Sub. for SB 542: Amending procedure for filling vacancies in certain county offices having more than three commissioners
Com. Sub. for SB 587: Enabling State Fire Commission to propose legislative rules
Com. Sub. for SB 590: Political Subdivision Labor Regulatory Limitation Act
Com. Sub. for SB 614: Relating to elementary behavior intervention and safety
Com. Sub. for SB 616: Modifying definition of "family or household members" as it relates to domestic violence laws

Scheduled Committee Meetings

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

SB 530: Removing requirement for counties to draft and adopt zoning ordinances
SB 551: Modifying requirements related to levy of service fees
Com. Sub. for SB 629: Requiring builders to follow State Building Code when local inspection and enforcement not provided
HB 4976: Providing the contact information of the Inspector General on the agencies and boards websites of the executive departments

10 a.m.: Education (451M)

Presentation: Minecraft in Education by Microsoft
SB 568: Creating multi-tiered system for school absenteeism

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

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

Presentation: Paul Espenan, Senior Vice President, Environmental Health and Safety, DEP – Presentation on Diversified Energy

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

Agenda TBA

3 p.m.: Judiciary (208W)

SB 370: Updating Public Employees Grievance Board procedure that certain decisions be appealed to Intermediate Court of Appeals
Com. Sub. for SB 581: Requiring correctional facilities to provide free feminine hygiene products
Com. Sub. for SB 632: Relating to Dangerousness Assessment Advisory Board multi-disciplinary study group
Com. Sub. for SB 716: Relating to child support
SB 679: Regulating certain plant-based derivatives, hemp-derived cannabinoid products, and Kratom

3 p.m.: Finance (451M)

SB 620: Establishing WV Mothers and Babies Pregnancy Support Program
SB 628: Declaring certain claims as moral obligations of the State
Com. Sub. for HB 5157: Relating to contingent increase of tax rate on certain eligible acute care hospitals

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

Senate Bills to be Introduced Thursday, February 8, 2024

Committee Action on Bills from Wednesday, February 7, 2024

10 a.m.: Agriculture and Natural Resources

SB 617: Exempting certain meat processes from consumers sales and service tax
Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

1 p.m.: Economic Development

SB 669: Relating to county economic opportunity development districts
Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

SB 564: Modifying tax credits for certain apprenticeship training
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

2 p.m.: Pensions

SB 605: Requiring electronic funds transfer of retirement contributions by participating employers
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

SB 606: Relating to Natural Resources Police Officers Retirement System
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

SB 607: Clarifying Municipal Police Officers and Firefighters Retirement System surviving spouse benefits
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

SB 608: Emergency Medical Services Retirement System Act
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

SB 609: Deputy Sheriff Retirement System Act
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

3 p.m.: Judiciary

Com. Sub. for SB 578: Clarifying definition of burglary offense
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Com. Sub. for SB 577: Limiting landowner liability when land is used for recreational purposes
Committee substitute, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

3 p.m.: Finance

SB 658: Supplementing and amending appropriations to Department of Administration, Public Defender Services
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Bills that Have Passed the Senate as of Wednesday, February 7, 2024 (94 – 88 Senate; 6 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 (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
SB 36: Authorizing Department of Homeland Security to promulgate legislative rules (House Judiciary)
SB 50: Authorizing Department of Revenue to promulgate legislative rules (Pending House introduction)
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 (House Government Organization)
SB 269: Excluding test strips from definition of drug paraphernalia (Signed, 02-02)
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 (Senate amended House amendments and passed; pending House concurrence)
SB 318: Modifying process of when parental rights are terminated (H Second Reading, 02-08)
SB 320: Removing requirement for wineries to serve food when serving wine (House Government Organization)
SB 325: Relating to distribution of drugs to safety net providers and contract pharmacies (Pending House introduction)
SB 331: Eliminating cap on maximum amount of money in county's financial stabilization fund (House Political Subdivisions)
SB 354: Relating to the WV Advanced Energy and Economic Corridor Authority (H First Reading, 02-08)
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 (House Judiciary)
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 (H Second Reading, 02-08)
SB 429: WV Farm Use Vehicle Tag Placement Act (House Technology and Infrastructure)
SB 430: WV Rent-to-Own Act (House Government Organization)
SB 436: Prohibiting intentional motor vehicle emissions that create hazards (House Technology and Infrastructure)
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 (House Economic Development and Tourism)
SB 462: Updating definitions of certain terms used in Personal Income Tax Act (Signed, 02-07)
SB 466: Requiring State Board of Education develop Safety While Accessing Technology education program (House Education)
SB 474: Creating critical incident review team (House Judiciary)
SB 475: Relating to recovery residences (House Health and Human Resources)
SB 477: Prohibiting public disclosure of personal information on internet (House Judiciary)
SB 483: Amending Corporation Net Income Tax Act (Signed, 02-07)
SB 487: Requiring periodic review of professional development for teachers and education staff (House Education)
SB 504: Relating to felony offense of sexual intercourse, intrusion, or contact with student (House Judiciary)
SB 507: Relating to repeal of WV EDGE (Pending House introduction)
SB 516: Determining venue for custodial allocation actions independent of divorce (House Judiciary)
SB 529: Including Salem University in PROMISE Scholarship program (Pending House introduction)
SB 539: Creating cold case database (House Judiciary)
SB 540: Updating WV coordinate systems (Pending House introduction)
SB 543: Relating to research and economic development agreements for state institutions of higher education (H Second Reading, 02-08)
SB 547: Authorizing legislative rules for Higher Education Policy Commission (Pending House introduction)
SB 557: Relating to compensation for firefighters required to work holidays (Pending House introduction)
SB 571: Creating WV Corridor H Advanced Energy and Economic Corridor Authority (House Economic Development and Tourism)
HB 4026: Authorizing the Department of Administration to promulgate a legislative rule relating to state owned vehicles (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
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 (Signed, 02-07)
HB 4594: Relating to extending managed care (Passed Senate; pending House concurrence to Senate amendment)
HB 4801: Relating generally to the banking authority of the State Treasurer’s Office (Passed Senate; pending House concurrence to Senate amendment)

HB 5332: Excepting persons previously commissioned as a notary public from requirement to have a high school diploma or its equivalent in order to be recommissioned as a notary public (Signed, 02-07)

Resolutions that Have Been Adopted by the Senate as of Wednesday, February 7, 2024 (16)

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 (House Technology and Infrastructure)
SCR 14: US Army PFC William Gorman Memorial Bridge (House Technology and Infrastructure)
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 (House Technology and Infrastructure)
SCR 19: US Army PFC Henry W. Baldwin Memorial Bridge (House Technology and Infrastructure)
SCR 20: Proclaiming fourth Saturday of November to be annually designated as Ukrainian Holodomor-Genocide Remembrance Day (House Rules)
SCR 24: Recognizing First Responders Honor Board's nominees for Medal of Valor (Adopted, 02-06)

Bills that Have Completed Legislation as of Wednesday, February 7, 2024 (8 – 4 Senate; 4 House)

SB 31: Department of Human Services rule relating to collection and exchange of data related to overdoses (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
SB 269: Excluding test strips from definition of drug paraphernalia (Signed, 02-02)
SB 462: Updating definitions of certain terms used in Personal Income Tax Act (Signed, 02-07)
SB 483: Amending Corporation Net Income Tax Act (Signed, 02-07)
HB 4026: Authorizing the Department of Administration to promulgate a legislative rule relating to state owned vehicles (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 4252: Uniform Recognition and Enforcement of Canadian Domestic Violence Protective Orders Act (Signed, 02-07)
HB 4274: Renaming the Department of Health and Human Resources (Signed, 01-26)
HB 5332: Excepting persons previously commissioned as a notary public from requirement to have a high school diploma or its equivalent in order to be recommissioned as a notary public (Signed, 02-07)

Resolutions that Have Completed Legislation as of Wednesday, February 7, 2024 (5 – 3 Senate; 2 House)

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)
SCR 24: Recognizing First Responders Honor Board's nominees for Medal of Valor (Adopted, 02-06)

Bills Signed by the Governor as of Wednesday, February 7, 2024 (6 – 3 Senate; 3 House)

SB 269: Excluding test strips from definition of drug paraphernalia (Signed, 02-02)

SB 462: Updating definitions of certain terms used in Personal Income Tax Act (Signed, 02-07)
SB 483: Amending Corporation Net Income Tax Act (Signed, 02-07)
HB 4252: Uniform Recognition and Enforcement of Canadian Domestic Violence Protective Orders Act (Signed, 02-07)
HB 4274: Renaming the Department of Health and Human Resources (Signed, 01-26)

HB 5332: Excepting persons previously commissioned as a notary public from requirement to have a high school diploma or its equivalent in order to be recommissioned as a notary public (Signed, 02-07)

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

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