Standing Committee on the Judiciary - Agenda

03/10/2026, 12:00 P.M.

I. Call to Order

II. Roll Call

III. Approval of Minutes

IV. Reports from Subcommittees No Bills

V. Markup and Passage No Bills

VI. Committee Hearing

SJR9 - Citizenship Requirement to Vote in West Virginia Elections Amendment

SB705 - Creating offense of theft by conversion.

VII. Agency Review No Bills

VIII. Miscellaneous Business

IX. Adjournment

03/10/2026, 9:00 A.M.

I. Call to Order

II. Roll Call

III. Approval of Minutes

IV. Reports from Subcommittees No Bills

V. Markup and Passage

SB4 - Relating to crimes against public justice.

SB59 - Relating to voter eligibility and residency requirements.

SB182 - Relating to annexation by minor boundary adjustment.

SB200 - Increasing criminal penalties and fines for assault on certain public service workers, law-enforcement officers, and police animals.

SB440 - Increasing penalty for transporting telecommunication devices into jails.

SB481 - Relating to elections.

SB531 - Establishing First Amendment Preservation Act.

SB651 - Relating to sale of certain properties subject to delinquent tax liens.

SB723 - Clarifying law-enforcement cooperation with bordering states.

SB800 - Clarifying policy of state regarding jury service.

SB928 - Relating to manufacture, sale, and distribution of low-proof spirit alcohol products.

Com Sub for SB937 - Establishing community-based child welfare system program.

VI. Committee Hearing

SB197 - Relating to crime of sexual abuse by parent, guardian, custodian, or person in position of trust to child.

SB281 - Authorizing Department of Homeland Security to promulgate legislative rules.

(i) 149 CSR 02 - Governor’s Committee on Crime, Delinquency and Corrections, Law Enforcement Response Training and Certification.

(ii) 87 CSR 01 - Fire Commission rule relating to fire code.

(iii) 55 CSR 01 - State Emergency Response Commission, Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know.

(iv) 81 CSR 03 - State Police, West Virginia State Police Career Progression System.

(v) 81 CSR 05 - State Police, Contracted Police or Security Services.

(vi) 81 CSR 08 - State Police, West Virginia State Police Member Grievance Procedure.

SB499 - Requiring auto accident toxicology test be performed.

Com Sub for SB575 - Relating to refusal review hearings.

VII. Agency Review No Bills

VIII. Miscellaneous Business

IX. Adjournment