State Senate

Friday, February 24, 2023 – 45th Day of Session

The Senate will convene at 11 a.m.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

• SCR 19: Requesting Joint Committee on Government Organization study operations of Division of Personnel
• SCR 20: Requesting Joint Committee on Judiciary study operations of WV BRIM
• SR 38: Designating February 24, 2023, as Corrections Day at Legislature
• SR 39: Recognizing February 24, 2023, as WV Motorsports Day at Legislature

THIRD READING

• Eng. Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for SB 79: Relating to compensable diseases of certain firefighters covered by workers' compensation
• Eng. Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for SB 268: Relating to PEIA
• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 423: Increasing salary for certain state employees
• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 554: Exempting purchases made by Auditor and WV Enterprise Resource Planning Board from certain provisions of WV code
• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 616: WV Veterans' Home Loan Mortgage Program of 2023
• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 617: Relating to Intellectual and Development Disabilities Waiver Program Workforce Study
• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 646: Creating emeritus physician license
• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 649: Authorizing Berkeley County Council to change its name to Berkeley County Commission
• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 656: Verifying legal employment status of workers to governmental agencies
• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 657: WV Long-Term Care Insurance Act
• Eng. SB 678: Adding appropriations to DHHR, Division of Human Services
• Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 730: Expanding authority of Legislative Oversight Commission on Health and Human Resources Accountability

SECOND READING

• Com. Sub. for SB 462: Modifying certain guidelines for motor vehicle dealers, distributors, wholesalers, and manufacturers
• Com. Sub. for SB 469: Providing funding for CPR instruction to high school students
• SB 544: Increasing power purchase agreement cap.
• Com. Sub. for SB 558: Prohibiting law-enforcement agencies from posting booking photographs of certain criminal defendants on social media
• Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for SB 561: Relating to administration of WV Drinking Water Treatment Revolving Fund Act
• Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for SB 585: Prohibiting county commissions from adopting any authorization that exceeds state law regarding agricultural operations
• Com. Sub. for SB 613: Relating generally to certificates of need
• SB 619: Allowing teachers in public schools to teach intelligent design
• SB 625: Requiring certain transcripts to be accepted as record of student's performance for placement in micro school programs
• Com. Sub. for SB 665: Amending licensure requirements for massage therapist
• Com. Sub. for SB 676: Requiring report on Medicaid fees and managed care provider reimbursements compared to PEIA, Medicare, and surrounding states
• Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2993: Relating to rural emergency hospital licensure - (Com. amend. pending)
• Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 3113: Requiring high school students to complete course of study in personal finance - (Com. amend. pending)
• Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 3317: Relating to removing specific continuing education requirements - (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)

FIRST READING

• Com. Sub. for SB 267: Updating law regarding prior authorizations
• SB 438: Return to WV Tax Credit Act
• Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for SB 522: Allocating percentage of county excise taxes for funding improvements to election administration
• Com. Sub. for SB 534: Relating to nonintoxicating beer, nonintoxicating craft beer, cider, wine, and liquor license requirements
• Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for SB 590: Emergency Medical Services Retirement System Act
• Com. Sub. for SB 628: Revising provisions related to public charter schools
• Com. Sub. for SB 667: Requiring periodic performance audits of WV Secondary Schools Athletic Commission
• Com. Sub. for SB677: Clarifying role and responsibilities of State Resiliency Officer
• Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2062: Establish rules and regulations for e-bikes in West Virginia that more closely comport to federal law
• Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2820: To provide HOPE Scholarship recipients with the ability to play sports- (Com. amends. pending)
• Eng. HB 3307: Establishing the West Virginia-Ireland Trade Commission - (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
• Eng. HB 3428: Relating to the West Virginia Business Ready Sites Program - (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)

Scheduled Committee Meetings

9 a.m.: Agriculture and Natural Resources (208W)

• Originating Bill: Right to Repair Act

10 a.m.: Judiciary (208W)

• SB 581: Amending provisions of 2023 Farm Bill
• SB 92: Providing compensation to victims of abusive lawsuits
• SB 633: Requiring prompt appearances for persons detained on capiases

10 a.m.: Finance (451M)

• SB 150: Budget Bill

10:50 a.m.: Senate Committee on Rules (219M)

15 minutes following Floor Session: Judiciary (208W)

• SB 647: Changing time on child abuse registry for certain persons
• SB 123: Creating enhanced penalties for fleeing officer
• SB 197: Creating Paid Parental Leave Pilot Program

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

Committee Action on Bills from Thursday, February 23, 2023

9 a.m.: Government Organization

• Com. Sub. for SB 464: Authorizing locality pay to correctional officers working at facilities having critical staffing shortages
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

• Com. Sub. for SB 634: Increasing value at which municipal property must be sold through public auction
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for SB 62: Establishing secondary location for racetrack video lottery terminals
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for SB 91: Creating Fire Service Recruitment and Retention Fund
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Originating Bill 1: Authorizing DNR to issue lifetime nonresident hunting, fishing, and bear hunting licenses
• Originating bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Originating Bill 2: Requiring the state and its agencies to progress towards information technology modernization
• Originating bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Originating Bill 3: Ensuring that code properly reflects the department responsible for administration of certain programs
• Originating bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

9 a.m.: Education

• Originating Bill 1: Nontraditional School Week
• Originating bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for SB 422: Requiring public schools to publish curriculum online at beginning of each new school year
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for SB 688: Allowing BOE to hire retired teachers to assist with tutoring
• Committee substitute, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for SB 691: Using DHHR group home funds for cadet enrollment cost at Mountaineer ChalleNGe Academy
• Committee substitute, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

• HB 2005: Establishing the dual enrollment pilot program to be administered by the Higher Education Policy Commission and the Council for Community and Technical College Education in conjunction with the State Board of Education
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• HB 3218: Relating to requiring suicide prevention resources be printed on student identification cards
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

1 p.m.: Health and Human Resources

• Com. Sub. for SB 476: Increasing number of managed care organizations in Mountain Health Trust
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for SB 552: Relating to abortion
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Judiciary

• Com. Sub. for SB 650: Allowing physician assistants to own practice
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• SB 679: Requiring Office of Inspector General to promulgate rules concerning location of forensic group homes
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for SB 684: Maintaining nursing board standards and accreditation
• Bill laid over until next meeting

• Originating Bill: Relating to insurance copayments for certain services
• Originating bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

3 p.m.: Finance

• Com. Sub. for HB 3308: Authorizing PSC consider and issue financing orders to certain utilities to permit the recovery of certain costs through securitization via consumer rate relief bonds
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for SB 440: Authorizing DOH pay current obligations from State Road Fund
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for SB 576: Creating Securities Restitution Assistance Fund for victims of securities violations
• Committee substitute for the committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Originating Bill: Creating Emergency Medical Services Salary Enhancement Fund
• Originating bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• HB 2526: Relating to reducing the personal income tax
• Bill reported to the full Senate without recommendation

3:20 p.m.: Judiciary

• Com. Sub. for SB 572: Codifying common law cause of action on public nuisance
• Committee substitute, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for SB 660: Establishing aggravated felony offense of reckless driving resulting in death
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for SB 547: Increasing penalties for drug possession and updating list of offenses
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for SB 220: Kratom Consumer Protection Act
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for SB 681: Clarifying that juvenile competency determination process extends to status offenders
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for SB 573: Relating to child support guidelines and Support Enforcement Commission
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Bills that Have Passed the Senate as of Thursday, February 23, 2023 (198 – 176 Senate; 22 House)

Resolutions Adopted by the Senate as of Thursday, February 23, 2023 (8 – 6 Senate; 2 House)

• SCR 3: Dr. Roland P. Sharp Memorial Road (House Technology and Infrastructure)
• SCR 4: US Navy S1 Ira "Noon" Copley and Marie Copley Memorial Bridge (House Technology and Infrastructure)
• SCR 6: US Army SGT Vincent DiBacco Memorial Bridge (House Technology and Infrastructure)
• SCR 7: Amending Joint Rules of Senate and House of Delegates (Adopted, 02-14)
• SCR 8: US Army PV 2 Harold Richard Plumley Memorial Bridge (House Technology and Infrastructure)
• SCR 14: Supporting Medal of Valor nominees recommended by First Responders Honor Board (House Rules)
• HCR 13: Make 2nd week of February of every year a week of recognition of the Boy Scouts of America (Adopted, 02-17)
• HCR 29: Amending Joint Rule 13 of the Joint Rules of the Senate and House that clarifies that when two or more bills amending the same statute are passed in the same session, the last passed controls (Adopted, 02-16)

Bills Pending in Committee

Bills that Have Completed Legislation as of Thursday, February 23, 2023 (35 – 14 Senate; 21 House)

• SB 4: Creating Adopt-A-Trail volunteer programs for public land under DNR jurisdiction (Signed, 02-17)
• SB 10: Campus Self-Defense Act (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• SB 83: Authorizing tactical medical professionals to carry firearms (Signed, 02-09)
• SB 89: Requiring hospitals to staff qualified personnel to perform sexual assault forensic exams (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• SB 128: Clarifying authority of Governor and Legislature to proclaim and declare state of emergency and preparedness (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• SB 132: Clarifying criminal offense of harassment (Signed, 02-06)
• SB 143: Relating to Adopt-A-Stream Program (Signed, 02-06)
• SB 161: Authorizing DNR to manage and dispose of property (Signed, 01-24)
• SB 162: Authorizing director of DNR to lease state-owned pore spaces in certain areas for carbon sequestration (Signed, 01-24)
• SB 207: Relating to state allocation of funding to regional councils (Signed, 02-09)
• SB 231: Transferring administration of WV Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Matching Funds Program to Department of Economic Development (Signed, 02-06)
• SB 239: Requiring Commissioner of Bureau for Behavioral Health to engage certain providers and leaders to study homeless demographic (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• SB 241: Relating to Patient Brokering Act (Signed, 02-17)
• SB 275: Adding State Fire Marshals to statute included with law enforcement and first responders that receive information on school safety requirements (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• HB 2006: Relating to reorganizing the Department of Health and Human Resources (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• HB 2018: Permitting the managed care case coordinator to attend the multidisciplinary team meeting (Signed, 02-13)
• HB 2029: Repealing the creation of an all-payer claims database (Signed, 02-13)
• HB 2412: Declaring November 14 every year, a special Memorial Day in remembrance of the Marshall University airplane crash (Signed, 02-22)
• HB 2506: Creating a title clearinghouse for non-resident businesses (Signed, 02-13)
• HB 2530: Relating to the extension of the expiration of temporary registration plates from sixty days to ninety days (Signed, 02-15)
• HB 2533: Relating to a permanent windshield placard to be valid for the duration of the applicant’s life (Signed, 02-15)
• HB 2564: Repeal of administrative hearing procedures for DUI offenses (Signed, 02-14)
• HB 2596: To modify when a nonresident student’s transfer may be denied (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• HB 2602: Reestablishing certain specialized school service personnel classifications (Signed, 02-22)
• HB 2776: Updating meaning of federal adjusted gross income and certain other terms used in West Virginia Personal Income Tax Act (Signed, 02-14)
• HB 2777: Updating federal taxable income and other terms in the West Virginia Corporation Net Income Tax Act (Signed, 02-14)
• HB 2800: All relating to authorizing legislative rules regarding higher education (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• HB 2835: Repeal outdated provisions of code relating to the West Virginia graduate college and Marshall University (Signed, 02-17)
• HB 2845: Relating to removing expired provisions from the code (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)

• HB 2882: Making a supplemental appropriation to the Department of Economic Development (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• HB 3055: To create a vocational math class for students interested in careers in the trades (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• HB 3061: Relating to updating the authority of the Foster Care Ombudsman (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• HB 3122: Permitting certain types of rifles using an encapsulated propellant charge that loads from the breech (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• HB 3164: To extend the termination date of the West Virginia Advisory Council on Rare Diseases due to a delay in beginning its duties (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• HB 3272: Relating to the operation of private trust companies in West Virginia (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)

Resolutions that Have Completed Legislation as of Thursday, February 23, 2023 (3 – 1 Senate; 2 House)

• SCR 7: Amending Joint Rules of Senate and House of Delegates (Adopted, 02-14)
• HCR 13: Make 2nd week of February of every year a week of recognition of the Boy Scouts of America (Adopted, 02-17)
• HCR 29: Amending Joint Rule 13 of the Joint Rules of the Senate and House that clarifies that when two or more bills amending the same statute are passed in the same session, the last passed controls (Adopted, 02-16)

Bills Signed by the Governor as of Thursday, February 23, 2023 (20 – 9 Senate; 11 House)

• SB 4: Creating Adopt-A-Trail volunteer programs for public land under DNR jurisdiction (Signed, 02-17)
• SB 83: Authorizing tactical medical professionals to carry firearms (Signed, 02-09)
• SB 132: Clarifying criminal offense of harassment (Signed, 02-06)
• SB 143: Relating to Adopt-A-Stream Program (Signed, 02-06)
• SB 161: Authorizing DNR to manage and dispose of property (Signed, 01-24)
• SB 162: Authorizing director of DNR to lease state-owned pore spaces in certain areas for carbon sequestration (Signed, 01-24)
• SB 207: Relating to state allocation of funding to regional councils (Signed, 02-09)
• SB 231: Transferring administration of WV Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Matching Funds Program to Department of Economic Development (Signed, 02-06)
• SB 241: Relating to Patient Brokering Act (Signed, 02-17)
• HB 2018: Permitting the managed care case coordinator to attend the multidisciplinary team meeting (Signed, 02-13)
• HB 2029: Repealing the creation of an all-payer claims database (Signed, 02-13)
• HB 2412: Declaring November 14 every year, a special Memorial Day in remembrance of the Marshall University airplane crash (Signed, 02-22)
• HB 2506: Creating a title clearinghouse for non-resident businesses (Signed, 02-13)
• HB 2530: Relating to the extension of the expiration of temporary registration plates from sixty days to ninety days (Signed, 02-15)
• HB 2533: Relating to a permanent windshield placard to be valid for the duration of the applicant’s life (Signed, 02-15)
• HB 2564: Repeal of administrative hearing procedures for DUI offenses (Signed, 02-14)
• HB 2602: Reestablishing certain specialized school service personnel classifications (Signed, 02-22)
• HB 2776: Updating meaning of federal adjusted gross income and certain other terms used in West Virginia Personal Income Tax Act (Signed, 02-14)
• HB 2777: Updating federal taxable income and other terms in the West Virginia Corporation Net Income Tax Act (Signed, 02-14)
• HB 2835: Repeal outdated provisions of code relating to the West Virginia graduate college and Marshall University (Signed, 02-17)

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

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