Member's Press Release

Release Date: 02/14/2024
Contact: Jacque Bland at (304) 357-7999

State Senate

Senate Calendar and Committee Schedule for Thursday, February 15, 2024

Thursday, February 15, 2024 – 37th Day of Session

The Senate will convene at 11 a.m.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

SCR 28: Directing Secretary of State to remove President Joseph R. Biden Jr. from primary and general election ballot
SR 38: Recognizing value and supporting Small Town and Main Street development
SR 39: Designating February 15, 2024, as WV State University Day
SR 40: Designating February 15, 2024, as Angelman Syndrome Awareness Day

THIRD READING

Eng. SB 613: WV Residential Mortgage Lender, Broker and Servicer Act
Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 622: Changing time period of voting inactivity for removal from voter registration
Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 623: Requiring DMV to provide images of certain individuals to Secretary of State for voter identification purposes
Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 624: Cancelling voter registration records for individuals no longer WV residents
Eng. HB 5019: Relating to surrender and return of license not required for disqualifying or downgrading a driver’s license

SECOND READING

Com. Sub. for SB 375: Health Care Sharing Ministries Freedom to Share Act
Com. Sub. for SB 444: Relating to health insurance coverage for certain emergency services
Com. Sub. for SB 493: Relating to use of criminal records as disqualification from authorization to practice particular profession
SB 610: Clarifying authority of Water Development Authority in certain circumstances
SB 615: Limiting statutory and common law actions for certain electric generating facilities
Com. Sub. for SB 631: Prohibiting municipalities from disconnecting water service for nonpayment of stormwater fees
SB 635: Modifying rules regarding liquidation of property
Com. Sub. for SB 668: Increasing amount of certain controlled substances persons may purchase annually
Com. Sub. for SB 669: Relating to county economic opportunity development districts
SB 687: Clarifying Legislative Auditor's scope of authority
Com. Sub. for SB 714: Transferring duties and licensing from Board of Osteopathic Medicine to Board of Medicine
SB 732: Requiring cooperation between law-enforcement agencies and military authorities

FIRST READING

Com. Sub. for SB 292: Hunger-Free Campus Act
SB 395: Relating to valuation of industrial property and natural resources by Tax Commissioner
SB 602: Cardiac Emergency Response Plan Act
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4756: Creating a state Alzheimer’s plan task force
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4782: Preventing municipalities from targeting protected businesses with planning and zoning ordinances more restrictive than those placed upon other businesses
Eng. HB 4832: Relating to state superintendent’s reports regarding the finances of school districts
Eng. HB 5006: Relating to the administration of the A. James Manchin Rehabilitation Environmental Action Plan
Eng. HB 5261: Relating to the definition of small arms for purposes of taxation
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 5267: Relating to the Deputy Sheriff Retirement System
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 5273: Relating to the Emergency Medical Services Retirement System and clarifying payment upon death of member with less than 10 years of contributory service

Scheduled Committee Meetings

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

SB 494: Uniform Unlawful Restriction in Land Records Act
SB 726: Moving functions of Information Services and Communications Division into Office of Technology
SB 593: Prohibiting ranked choice voting
Com. Sub. for SB 738: Authorizing State Fire Marshal to promulgate emergency rules relating to increased fees
SB 751: Creating online charitable raffles
Com. Sub. for SB 758: Relating to unlawful expenditures by local fiscal bodies
Com. Sub. for SB 722: Revising examination of records relating to limited video lottery

10 a.m.: Education (451M)

SB 715: Stop the Bleed Act
SB 727: Revising process for county boards of education to hire support staff
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.
HB 4860: Providing that a general education teacher may not be responsible for accommodation logs

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

SB 528: Requiring DHS to provide investigative and assessment services
SB 533: Allowing EMS agencies to triage, treat or transport patients to alternate destinations
SB 667: Creating Physician Assistant Compact
SB 779: Imposing deadlines for autopsies and autopsy reports
SB 785: Allowing Foster Care Ombudsman access to child protective records

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

SB 583: Relating to employer liability and damages in civil actions involving commercial motor vehicles

3 p.m.: Judiciary (208W)

Com. Sub. for SB 575: Assisted Reproduction Act
Com. Sub. for SB 711: Adding federal agencies and agents allowed to enforce state law under certain circumstances
Com. Sub. for SB 630: Defining protections for election officials and election workers

3 p.m.: Finance (451M)

SB 683: Amending definition of "alternative fuel" under motor fuel excise tax
Com. Sub. for SB 581: Requiring correctional facilities to provide free feminine hygiene products
Com. Sub. for SB 453: Requiring pricing and payment transparency from pharmacy benefits managers contracting with PEIA

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

Senate Bills to be Introduced Thursday, February 15, 2024

SB 794: Modifying parole eligibility for crime of second-degree murder (Deeds; Judiciary)
SB 795: Limiting liability for accredited academic hospitals (Nelson; Banking and Insurance)
SB 796: West Virginia Bureau for Medical Services giving preference to instate providers of medical services (Takubo; Health and Human Resources)
SB 797: Allowing for testimony of spouses in criminal case (Deeds; Judiciary)
SB 798: Requiring utilities to hold at least 1/8 capital reserve for eligibility of additional state funding (Jeffries; Economic Development)
SB 799: Modifying parole eligibility for person serving sentence of first-degree murder (Weld; Judiciary)
SB 800: Providing water filtration equipment to residents whose water is deemed unsafe (FN) (Chapman; Finance)
SB 801: Imposing tax upon production of electricity from wind and solar (Phillips, Smith, Tarr; Economic Development; Finance)
SB 802: Amending Lemon Law on agricultural vehicles or equipment with horsepower unit of 20 or greater (Hamilton, Caputo, Deeds, Hunt, Jeffries, Karnes, Martin, Plymale, Stover, Swope; Agriculture and Natural Resources)
SB 803: Relating generally to assessment of real property (Woodrum; Judiciary)
SB 804: Replacing title of Department of Natural Resources, with Director of Division of Natural Resources (Woodrum; Agriculture and Natural Resources)
SB 805: Prohibition against payments to certain residential substance use disorder facilities and increasing treatment beds in certain counties (Maroney; Health and Human Resources then Finance)
SB 806: Removing certain required reports to Legislative Oversight Commission on Education Accountability (Grady; Education)
SB 807: West Virginia Precious Metals Reserve and Tax Payment Act (Woodrum, Banking and Insurance then Finance)
SB 808: Allocating funds to West Virginia Flatwater Trails Commission (FN) (Maynard; Economic Development then Finance)
SB 809: Transferring duties when holding organized events on public roads from county commissions to Department of Transportation (Maynard; Transportation and Infrastructure then Judiciary)
SB 810: Increasing penalty for voluntary manslaughter (Deeds; Judiciary)
SJR 9: Amending state constitution to preserve reproductive rights (Caputo; Judiciary then Finance)
SCR 29: Calling on Biden Administration, Federal Agencies, and Congress to reevaluate proposed restrictions on chemical industry (Blair, Barrett, Boley, Clements, Grady, Hamilton, Jeffries, Maynard, Nelson, Oliverio, Phillips, Queen, Roberts, Stuart, Takubo, Tarr, Taylor, Woodrum)
SR 41: Designating February 16, 2024, as Adventure Travel Day (Maynard)
SR 42: Supporting Texas Governor Greg Abbott and Texas' constitutional right to self-defense (Stuart, Azinger, Barrett, Boley, Chapman, Clements, Deeds, Grady, Hamilton, Hunt, Karnes, Martin, Maynard, Oliverio, Phillips, Queen, Roberts, Rucker, Smith, Stover, Swope, Taylor, Woodrum)

* (FN) indicates the bill has a Fiscal Note

* (IB) indicates the bill is an Interim Bill

Committee Action on Bills from Wednesday, February 14, 2024

10 a.m.: Agriculture and Natural Resources

SB 752: Authorizing Department of Agriculture to complete certain land transfers
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

1 p.m.: School Choice

SB 761: Providing greater access to unused buildings for public charter schools
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Education

1 p.m.: Economic Development

Com. Sub. forSB 688: Authorizing director of Division of Forestry to contract and manage forest land
Committee substitute, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Com. Sub. forSB 690: Establishing WV Agritourism Commission
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

2 p.m.: Pensions

Com. Sub. for SB 670: Reallocating portion of fire insurance and casualty premium tax to Municipal Pensions Security Fund in certain circumstances
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

3 p.m.: Judiciary

Com. Sub. for SB 637: Prohibiting public disclosure of personal information on internet
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Com. Sub. for SB 649: Clarifying per diem compensation for certain judges recalled to service
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

Com. Sub. for SB 740: Prohibiting digital manipulation of sexually explicit content to include minors
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Com. Sub. for SB 741: Prohibiting creation, production, distribution or possession of artificially generated child pornography
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

HJR 21: Amending the Constitution to prohibit persons not United States citizens from voting in any election held within this state
Resolution, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it be adopted; second reference to Finance

3 p.m.: Finance

SB 574: Supplemental appropriation to DOT, Division of Highways
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

SB 696: Supplementing and amending appropriations to Department of Homeland Security, Division of Emergency Management
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

SB 703: Supplementing and amending appropriations to Department of Homeland Security, WV State Police
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

SB 707: Supplementing and amending appropriations to Department of Commerce, Division of Natural Resources
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

SB 710: Supplementing and amending appropriations to State Board of Education, Aid for Exceptional Children
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

SB 700: Supplementing and amending appropriations to Miscellaneous Boards and Commissions, Hospital Finance Authority
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

SB 708: Supplementing and amending appropriations to Department of Agriculture, WV Spay Neuter Assistance Fund
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

SB 709: Supplementing and amending appropriations to Department of Arts, Culture and History, National Coal Heritage Area Authority
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

SB 701: Supplementing and amending appropriations to Department of Education, School Construction Fund
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Bills that Have Passed the Senate as of Wednesday, February 14, 2024 (126 – 116 Senate; 10 House)

Resolutions that Have Been Adopted by the Senate as of Wednesday, February 14, 2024 (22)

Bills that Have Completed Legislation as of Wednesday, February 14, 2024 (21 – 11 Senate; 10 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 171: Prohibiting county commissions from adopting authorization that exceeds state law regarding agriculture operations (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
SB 269: Excluding test strips from definition of drug paraphernalia (Signed, 02-02)
SB 300: Relating to organization of Office of Inspector General (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
SB 318: Modifying process of when parental rights are terminated (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
SB 354: Relating to the WV Advanced Energy and Economic Corridor Authority (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)

SB 428: Establishing appeals from administrative rulings are to be filed with Intermediate Court of Appeals (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)

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)
SB 543: Relating to research and economic development agreements for state institutions of higher education (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
SB 547: Authorizing legislative rules for Higher Education Policy Commission (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 4026: Authorizing the Department of Administration to promulgate a legislative rule relating to state owned vehicles (Signed, 02-13)
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 4594: Relating to extending managed care (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 4801: Relating generally to the banking authority of the State Treasurer’s Office (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 4976: Providing the contact information of the Inspector General on the agencies and boards websites of the executive departments (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 5045: Related to the administration of the West Virginia Water Pollution Control Act, and Underground Carbon Dioxide Sequestration and Storage (Completed legislation, awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 5153: Relating to revising, updating and streamlining the requirements governing the West Virginia Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Scholarship (Completed legislation, awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 5157: Relating to contingent increase of tax rate on certain eligible acute care hospitals (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
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.

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.

All Releases