Member's Press Release

Release Date: 02/15/2024
Contact: Jacque Bland at (304) 357-7999

State Senate

Senate Calendar and Committee Schedule for Friday, February 16, 2024

Friday, February 16, 2024 – 38th Day of Session

The Senate will convene at 9:30 a.m.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

SR 41: Designating February 16, 2024, as Adventure Travel Day
SR 42: Supporting Texas Governor Greg Abbott and Texas' constitutional right to self-defense

THIRD READING

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

SECOND 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

FIRST READING

SB 574: Supplemental appropriation to DOT, Division of Highways
Com. Sub. for SB 637: Prohibiting public disclosure of personal information on internet
Com. Sub. for SB 649: Clarifying per diem compensation for certain judges recalled to service
Com. Sub. for SB 688: Authorizing director of Division of Forestry to contract and manage forest land
Com. Sub. for SB 690: Establishing WV Agritourism Commission
SB 696: Supplementing and amending appropriations to Department of Homeland Security, Division of Emergency Management
SB 700: Supplementing and amending appropriations to Miscellaneous Boards and Commissions, Hospital Finance Authority
SB 701: Supplementing and amending appropriations to Department of Education, School Construction Fund
SB 703: Supplementing and amending appropriations to Department of Homeland Security, WV State Police
SB 707: Supplementing and amending appropriations to Department of Commerce, Division of Natural Resources
SB 708: Supplementing and amending appropriations to Department of Agriculture, WV Spay Neuter Assistance Fund
SB 709: Supplementing and amending appropriations to Department of Arts, Culture and History, National Coal Heritage Area Authority
SB 710: Supplementing and amending appropriations to State Board of Education, Aid for Exceptional Children
Com. Sub. for SB 740: Prohibiting digital manipulation of sexually explicit content to include minors
Com. Sub. for SB 741: Prohibiting creation, production, distribution or possession of artificially generated child pornography
SB 752: Authorizing Department of Agriculture to complete certain land transfers

Scheduled Committee Meetings

15 minutes Following End of Floor Session: Workforce (208W)

Presentation: Clinton Burch, State Assistant Superintendent of Schools

15 minutes Following the End of Workforce: Judiciary (208W)

Com. Sub. for SB 575: Assisted Reproduction Act

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

Senate Bills to be Introduced Friday, February 16, 2024

SB 811: Limiting liability of medical monitoring damages (Azinger; Judiciary)
SB 812: Placing age restrictions on distribution of pornographic material (Azinger; Judiciary)
SB 813: Allowing students to participate in non-school competitive activities (Grady; Education)
SB 814: Streamlining and simplifying state employee merit system (Woodrum; Government Organization)
SB 815: Requiring annual analysis of contracts from DHS and Bureau for Social Services (Takubo; Health and Human Resources)
SB816: Truth in Giving Act (Barrett; Judiciary)
SB 817: Modifying eligibility requirements for serving as member of State Board of Education (Chapman; Education then Judiciary)
SB 818: Providing pay raise for state road employees (Chapman, Maynard; Finance)
SB 819: Modifying requirements for public water systems or businesses having backflow preventers (Martin, Blair, Azinger, Barrett, Chapman, Clements, Deeds, Hamilton, Hunt, Jeffries, Karnes, Maynard, Nelson, Phillips, Queen, Roberts, Rucker, Smith, Stover, Stuart, Swope, Tarr, Taylor, Woelfel, Woodrum; Government Organization)
SB 820: Requiring automatic enrollment of substance abuse disorder population into managed care (Weld; Health and Human Resources then Finance)
SB 821: Establishing criminal penalties for abuse or neglect of incapacitated adults (Rucker, Barrett, Chapman, Clements, Deeds, Grady, Hamilton, Hunt, Karnes, Martin, Oliverio, Queen, Smith, Stover, Stuart, Tarr, Taylor, Weld, Woodrum; Judiciary)
SB 822: Defining terms for forest carbon capture use restrictions of landowners (Tarr; Finance)
SB 823: Prohibiting illegal entry into or illegal presence in this state by alien persons (Tarr; Judiciary)
SB 824: Increasing membership of WV Motorsport Committee (Maynard; Outdoor Recreation then Finance)
SB 825: Youth Mental Health Protection Act (Woelfel, Caputo; Health and Human Resources then Government Organization)
SB 826: Allowing depository institutions to provide FDIC coverage to county commissions through reciprocal deposit arrangements (Nelson; Banking and Insurance)
SB 827: Providing definition for regional distribution and dismantling center of salvage yards (Woodrum, Jeffries; Government Organization)
SB 828: Clarifying political party procedure and authority to select delegates for national convention (Woodrum; Government Organization)
SB 829: Modifying political party committee organization (Woodrum; Government Organization)
SB 830: Amending procedures for filling vacancies in state legislature (Woodrum; Government Organization)
SB 831: Ensuring financial assistance availability for prescription drugs (Takubo; Health and Human Resources)
SB 832: Preventing courts from ordering services at higher rate than Medicaid (Tarr; Judiciary)
SB 833: Supplementing and amending appropriations to Division of Culture and History (Blair, Woelfel; Finance) [By Request of the Executive]
SB 834: Increasing number of members of Motor Vehicle Dealers Advisory Board (Clements; Transportation and Infrastructure)
SB 835: Modifying payment for housing and maintenance of inmates (Tarr; Finance)
SB 836: Updating provisions of WV Uniform Trust Code to permit electronic execution of trust agreements (Trump; Judiciary)
SB 837: Reorganizing offices of Public Defender Corporations to conform to circuit reconfiguration (Weld, Trump; Judiciary)
SB 838: Requiring lending institutions, under certain circumstances, to utilize DMV electronic lien system (Clements; Transportation and Infrastructure)
SB 839: Providing county boards of education options for obtaining liability insurance coverage (Trump; Banking and Insurance then Finance)
SCR 30: Honoring Hershel "Woody" Williams as one of two WV statues in National Statuary Hall Collection (Tarr; Finance)
SR 43: Memorializing life of Honorable John Patton Fanning (Maynard, Swope, Blair, Azinger, Barrett, Boley, Caputo, Chapman, Clements, Deeds, Grady, Hamilton, Hunt, Jeffries, Karnes, Maroney, Martin, Nelson, Oliverio, Phillips, Plymale, Queen, Roberts, Rucker, Smith, Stover, Stuart, Takubo, Tarr, Taylor, Trump, Weld, Woelfel, Woodrum)
SR 44: Designating Monday, February 19, 2024, as Pancreatic Cancer Day (Hamilton)
SR 45: Recognizing 112th anniversary of Girl Scouts of USA (Grady)
SR 46: Affirming support for preservation of certain historic buildings across state (Maynard)

* (FN) indicates the bill has a Fiscal Note

* (IB) indicates the bill is an Interim Bill

Committee Action on Bills from Thursday, February 15, 2024

10 a.m.: Government Organization

SB 494: Uniform Unlawful Restriction in Land Records Act
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Judiciary

SB 726: Moving functions of Information Services and Communications Division into Office of Technology
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

SB 593: Prohibiting ranked choice voting
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Judiciary

Com. Sub. for SB 738: Authorizing State Fire Marshal to promulgate emergency rules relating to increased fees
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

SB 751: Creating online charitable raffles
Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Judiciary

Com. Sub. for SB 758: Relating to unlawful expenditures by local fiscal bodies
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

Com. Sub. for SB 722: Revising examination of records relating to limited video lottery
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

10 a.m.: Education

Com. Sub. for SB 727: Revising process for county boards of education to hire support staff
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

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
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

HB 4860: Providing that a general education teacher may not be responsible for accommodation logs
Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

1 p.m.: Health and Human Resources

Com. Sub. forSB 533: Allowing EMS agencies to triage, treat or transport patients to alternate destinations
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Com. Sub. forSB 667: Creating Physician Assistant Compact
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

SB 779: Imposing deadlines for autopsies and autopsy reports
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Com. Sub. forSB 785: Allowing Foster Care Ombudsman access to child protective records
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

2 p.m.: Transportation and Infrastructure

Com. Sub. for SB 583: Relating to employer liability and damages in civil actions involving commercial motor vehicles
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Judiciary

3 p.m.: Judiciary

Com. Sub. for SB 575: Assisted Reproduction Act
Bill laid over to a future meeting

Com. Sub. for SB 711: Adding federal agencies and agents allowed to enforce state law under certain circumstances
Committee substitute, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Com. Sub. for SB 630: Defining protections for election officials and election workers
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

3 p.m.: Finance

SB 683: Amending definition of "alternative fuel" under motor fuel excise tax
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Com. Sub. for SB 453: Requiring pricing and payment transparency from pharmacy benefits managers contracting with PEIA
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Bills that Have Passed the Senate as of Thursday, February 15, 2024 (131 – 120 Senate; 11 House)

Resolutions that Have Been Adopted by the Senate as of Thursday, February 15, 2024 (23)

Bills that Have Completed Legislation as of Thursday, February 15, 2024 (22 – 11 Senate; 11 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 5019: Relating to surrender and return of license not required for disqualifying or downgrading a driver’s license (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)

Resolutions that Have Completed Legislation as of Thursday, February 15, 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 Thursday, February 15, 2024 (8 – 4 Senate; 4 House)

SB 31: Department of Human Services rule relating to collection and exchange of data related to overdoses (Signed, 02-15)
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 (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 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.

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