State Senate

Thursday, January 13, 2022 – 2nd Day of Session

The Senate will convene at 11 a.m.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

• SCR 1: US Army PFC Billy Keith Ford Memorial Bridge
• SCR 2: John B. Short Memorial Bridge
• SCR 3: USMC CAPT Dempsey Stowers Memorial Bridge
• SCR 4: US Army SP4 Warner Ray Osborne Memorial Bridge
• SCR 5: US Marine Corps CPL James "Bud" Cox Memorial Bridge
• SCR 6: Holden 22 Coal Miners Memorial Bridge
• SCR 7: James "Big Jim" Shaffer Memorial Bridge
• SR 4: Urging US Army Corps of Engineers study clean energy production at Summersville dam

THIRD READING

There are no bills on Third Reading for Thursday, January 13, 2022.

SECOND READING

There are no bills on Third Reading for Thursday, January 13, 2022.

FIRST READING

There are no bills on Third Reading for Thursday, January 13, 2022.

Scheduled Committee Meetings

9 a.m.: Finance (451M)

• Budget Presentation: Governor’s Budget

2 p.m.: Education (451M)

• Presentation: Expansion and launch of “College for West Virginia” college-planning and financial aid resources

• Matt Turner, Executive Vice Chancellor for Administration, HEPC & CTCC
• Brian Weingart, Senior Director of Financial Aid, HEPC & CTCC

• Presentation: Students’ Right To Know Act Website

• Clinton Burch, Technical Education Officer, WVDE
• Adam Canter, Director of CTE Services & Support, WVDE

3 p.m.: Judiciary (208W)

• SB 244: Relating to appointment of judges to Intermediate Court of Appeals

3 p.m.: Finance (451M)

• Budget Presentation: Revenue Presentation

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

Senate Bills to be Introduced Thursday, January 13, 2022

• SB 251: Relating to unemployment compensation records (FN) (Roberts; Judiciary then Finance)
• SB 252: Relating generally to workers’ compensation (Trump; Judiciary)
• SB 253: Relating to voting precincts and redistricting (Trump; Judiciary)
• SB 254: Relating to crime of vehicular homicide (FN) (Trump; Judiciary then Finance)
• SB 255: Relating to state contracts with and investments in certain companies that boycott energy companies (Phillips, Grady, Martin, Maynard, Smith; Energy, Industry, and Mining)
• SB 256: Prohibiting civil rights violations based on disability, gender identity, or sexual orientation (Lindsay; Judiciary)
• SB 257: Increasing salaries for WV State Police (Lindsay; Government Organization then Finance)
• SB 258: Prohibiting legislators and part-time public officials from having interest in public contracts under certain circumstances (Lindsay; Government Organization)
• SB 259: Removing requirement of imminent lawless action to prerequisite for crime of intimidation (Lindsay; Judiciary)
• SB 260: Mandating extended supervision for defendants convicted of stalking and related felonious acts (Lindsay; Judiciary)
• SB 261: Requiring video cameras in certain special education classrooms (Nelson, Phillips, Rucker; Education)
• SB 262: Relating generally to financial institutions engaged in boycotts of energy companies (Phillips; Energy, Industry, and Mining)
• SB 263: Providing greater access to CDL examiners (FN) (Roberts; Transportation and Infrastructure then Finance)
• SB 264: Relating to conservation districts law of WV (Trump; Natural Resources then Government Organization)
• SB 265: Exempting certain irrevocable trusts from personal income tax (FN) (Weld; Finance)
• SB 266: Relating to adding definition of “ammunition” for purposes of obtaining state license to carry concealed deadly weapon (Rucker; Judiciary)
• SB 267: Relating to transportation of students in county board owned and insured vehicles (Weld; Education)
• SCR 8: US Army SGT Charles L. Toppings Memorial Road (Phillips, Stollings)
• SCR 9: Haynie Family Veterans Memorial Bridge (Plymale, Woelfel)
• SCR 10: US Air Force TSGT Franklin A. Bradford Bridge (Roberts)
• SCR 11: Dennis E. Davis Veterans Nursing Home (Roberts)
• SCR 12: Raymond Jarrell, Jr., Memorial Road (Roberts)
• SR 6: Designating January 14, 2022, as Fairmont State University Day at Legislature (Caputo, Weld)

* (FN) indicates the bill has a Fiscal Note

* (IB) indicates the bill is an Interim Bill

Bills that Have Passed the Senate as of Wednesday, January 12, 2022 (18)

• SB 8: Relating generally to state’s savings and investment programs (House Government Organization)
• SB 9: Providing continued eligibility for developmental disability services to dependents of military members (Pending House introduction)
• SB 10: Relating to WVU Rifle Team electronic application donation program (Pending House introduction)
• SB 22: Relating to exempting certain organizations from property taxation (Pending House introduction)
• SB 40: Prohibiting insurance coverage from requiring prior authorization for tests to stage cancer (Pending House introduction)
• SB 77: Allowing certain veterans park free at metered parking in any state municipality (Pending House introduction)
• SB 91: Creating "Choose Life" special registration plate supporting adoption (Pending House introduction)
• SB 98: Creating nonresident three-day fishing license (Pending House introduction)
• SB 99: Continuing authority to index license and stamp fees (Pending House introduction)
• SB 121: Prohibiting person criminally responsible for another's death to participate in burial arrangements (Pending House introduction)
• SB 129: Making it unlawful for public utility to prohibit customers from hiring contractors to construct, install, or maintain connections to public utility (Pending House introduction)
• SB 135: Relating to acquisition and disposition of property by urban development authority (Pending House introduction)
• SB 136: Updating language regarding Fairmont State alumni license plates (Pending House introduction)
• SB 141: Modifying requirement that racetrack participate in WV Thoroughbred Development Fund by certain date (Pending House introduction)
• SB 170: Providing WV veterans discounts on fees and charges at state parks (Pending House introduction)
• SB 172: Increasing compensation of elected county officials (Pending House introduction)
• SB 191: Allowing poll workers to work full and half days (Pending House introduction)
• SB 228: Providing tuition and fee waivers at state higher education institutions for volunteers who have completed service in AmeriCorps programs in WV (Pending House introduction)

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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