Friday, March 21, 2025 – 38th Day of Session

 

The Senate will convene at 10 a.m.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

 

  • SR 39: Designating March as Kidney Disease Awareness Month
  • SR 40: Designating March 21, 2025, as WV Arts Day

 

THIRD READING

 

  • Eng. SB 75: Changing distribution of income from excess lottery fund
  • Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 76: Increasing WV Natural Resources Police Officer Retirement System accrued benefit for certain members
  • Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 601: Relating to fees and charges for municipality-provided fire services
  • Eng. SB 615: Eliminating accelerated tax payment requirements (original similar to HB 2012)
  • Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 683: Relating to land sales by Auditor
  • Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 710: Relating to the practice of teledentistry (original similar to HB 3196)
  • Eng. SB 733: Relating to membership composition of Legislative Oversight Commission on Department of Transportation Accountability
  • Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 746: Allowing State Board of Education to delegate its Medicaid provider status to public charter schools
  • Eng. Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for HB 2441: To make those who fail drug test ineligible for unemployment

 

SECOND READING

 

  • Com. Sub. for SB 1: Requiring utility work and road paving coordination
  • SB 100: Allowing members of State Police retirement system to use accrued leave as credit toward retirement
  • SB 105: Updating retirement eligibility for certain sheriffs (original similar to SB 192)
  • Com. Sub. for SB 578: Relating to pet food packages
  • SB 579: Relating to Home Rule Reform
  • SB 743: Adjusting percentage of tax retained by clerk of county commission for certain purposes
  • SB 747: Relating to Real Estate License Act (original similar to HB 2010)
  • Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2129: Creating the Parents Bill of Rights. – (Com. amend. pending)
  • Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2331: Relating to authorizing certain agencies of the Department of Commerce to promulgate legislative rules – (Com. amend. pending)

 

FIRST READING

 

  • Com. Sub. for SB 128: Preventing courts from ordering services at higher rate than Medicaid
  • Com. Sub. for SB 595: Creating Mountain Bike Responsibility Act
  • Com. Sub. for SB 721: Authorizing use of unmanned aerial vehicles to track certain mortally wounded wild animals
  • Com. Sub. for SB 800: Relating to insurance holding company systems
  • Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2158: Relating to removal of a sunset clause for the West Virginia spay and neuter program – (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)

Scheduled Committee Meetings

 

There are no committee meetings scheduled for Friday, March 21, 2025.

 

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

 

Senate Bills to be Introduced Friday, March 21, 2025

  • SB 859: Levying user fee on cigarettes to support EMS (FN) (Takubo; Health and Human Resources then Finance)
  • SB 860: Funding Tobacco Use Cessation Initiative (Takubo; Health and Human Resources then Finance)
  • SB 861: Updating references to reflect consolidation of Information Services and Communications Division into Office of Technology (Rucker; Government Organization)
  • SB 862: Repealing antiquated language related to Voluntary Gilding Dome Check-Off Program (Rucker; Government Organization)
  • SB 863: Removing reference to Information Services and Communications Division (Rucker; Government Organization)
  • SB 864: Clarifying inference of criminal intent in burglary prosecution (Deeds, Fuller, Hamilton, Morris, Phillips, Queen, Thorne; Judiciary)
  • SB 865: Relating to best interests of child standard (Chapman; Health and Human Resources then Judiciary)
  • SB 866: Requiring WV Board of Education to promulgate legislative rule in consultation with WV Board of Physical Therapy (Grady; Health and Human Resources)
  • SB 867: Prohibiting payment to residential substance use disorder treatment facilities that do not meet certain requirements (Helton; Health and Human Resources)
  • SB 868: Removing requirement of inspections and inspection stickers for non-commercial motor vehicles, trailers, semitrailers, pole trailers, or any combination thereof (Stuart; Finance)
  • SB 869: Creating Corridor H Advanced Energy and Economic Corridor Authority (FN) (Economic Development then Finance)
  • SB 870: Relating to fees imposed by municipalities (Rucker; Government Organization)
  • SB 871: Removing persons who perform drywall services from within the definition of “contractor” in Contractor Licensing Act (Rucker; Government Organization)
  • SB 872: Allowing certain contracted counsel for executive agencies to purchase years of service in Public Employees Retirement System (FN) (Oliverio; Pensions then Finance)
  • SB 873: Providing for process to address homeless population (Maynard; Health and Human Resources then Finance)
  • SB 874: Permitting current home confinement officers to participate in Emergency Medical Services Retirement System (Barrett; Pensions then Finance)
  • SB 875: Relating to container labeling of nonintoxicating beer and nonintoxicating craft beer (Garcia; Judiciary)
  • SB 876: Terminating certain requirements for Tax Commissioner to submit reports, publish information, and provide notice (Rucker; Government Organization)
  • SB 877: Requiring resolution passed by Legislature to include language to be included on official ballots (Rucker; Judiciary)
  • SB 878: Reallocating portion of fire insurance and casualty premium tax to Municipal Pensions Security Fund in certain circumstances (Oliverio; Banking and Insurance then Finance)
  • SB 879: Requiring public high school students submit FAFSA prior to graduation (Grady; Education)
  • SB 880: Relating to powers and duties of Commissioner of Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation regarding Stevens Correctional Center (FN) (Maynard; Judiciary then Finance)

* (FN) indicates the bill has a Fiscal Note

* (IB) indicates the bill is an Interim Bill

Committee Action on Bills from Thursday, March 20, 2025

 

9 a.m.: Military

  • Com. Sub. for SB 765: Establishing Troops to Teachers Program
  • Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Education

9:30 a.m.: Government Organization

  • Com. Sub. for SB 569: Relating to homeowners’ bill of rights
  • Committee substitute, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Judiciary

  • Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for SB 587: Relating generally to government contracting
  • Committee substitute for the committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

  • SB 593: Relating to electronic voting and preserving voting data
  • Bill laid over to a future meeting

  • Com. Sub. for SB 810: Clarifying requirements for administration of anesthesia
  • Bill laid over to a future meeting

9:30 a.m.: Education

  • Com. Sub. for SB 737: Creating WV Farm Equipment Repair Pilot Program
  • Committee substitute, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

  • Com. Sub. for SB 54: Requiring age-appropriate instruction on Holocaust in public schools
  • Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

  • SB 695: Requiring higher education institutions to accept Classic Learning Test
  • Bill laid over to a future meeting

  • Com. Sub. for SB 755: Establishing WV Secondary School Athletic Trainer and Career Technical Education Program Act
  • Bill laid over to a future meeting

  • Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2411: To provide and change graduation requirements and change duties relating to academic content standards
  • Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

1 p.m.: Economic Development

  • Com. Sub. for SB 626: Allowing members of regional airport boards to be residents of area in which airport is located
  • Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Government Organization

1 p.m.: Health and Human Resources

  • Com. Sub. for SB 718: Relating to hospital transparency
  • Committee substitute, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

  • Com. Sub. for SB 817: Regulating private alternative adolescent residential or outdoor programs
  • Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Judiciary

  • Eng. HB 2402: Relating to providing access to medical records; providing access to a minor’s medical record
  • Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

  • Com. Sub. for SB 811: Creating Child Care Subsidy Pilot Program
  • Bill not taken up

3 p.m.: Judiciary

  • Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2382: Camping ban on certain public property
  • Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

  • SB 655: Providing for immunity for mental health providers who are involved in mental hygiene checks
  • Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

  • Com. Sub. for SB 705: Allowing Board of Education to promulgate rules for submission to Legislature
  • Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Bills that Have Passed the Senate as of Thursday, March 20, 2025 (99 – 93 Senate; 6 House)

 

  • SB 5: Establishing Adopt-A-Road program (House Energy and Public Works)
  • SB 8: Providing additional sites and devices for newborn safe surrender (Completed legislation; awaiting action by Governor)
  • SB 22: Applying penalties for nonpayment of royalties under terms of oil and natural gas leases (House Judiciary)
  • SB 29: Allowing physicians assistants to own practice (House Health and Human Resources)
  • SB 37: Allowing certain Teachers Retirement System members to exchange unused leave for monetary compensation (House Finance)
  • SB 50: Requiring municipal elections to be held on same day as statewide elections (House Judiciary)
  • SB 83: Allowing Foster Care Ombudsman access to child protective records (House Health and Human Resources)
  • SB 92: Glucagon for Schools Act (House Education)
  • SB 102: Modifying form of certain deeds (House Judiciary)
  • SB 103: Exempting certain records from public release (House Judiciary)
  • SB 117: Exempting certain physicians from specified traffic laws when responding to emergencies (House Judiciary)
  • SB 121: Updating language and increasing penalties for indecent exposure (House Judiciary)
  • SB 124: Reducing statute of limitations on actions to recover on oral and written contracts (House Judiciary)
  • SB 136: Increasing penalties and parole eligibility requirements for homicide (House Judiciary)
  • SB 138: Enhancing penalties for fleeing officer (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
  • SB 139: Relating to filling of vacancies in Legislature (House Judiciary)
  • SB 151: Creating crime of assault on police dogs and other public safety animals (House Judiciary)
  • SB 154: Prohibiting sexual orientation instruction in public schools (House Education)
  • SB 155: Establishing Summer Feeding for All Program (House Education)
  • SB 196: Lauren’s Law (House Judiciary)
  • SB 198: Prohibiting creation, production, distribution, or possession of artificially generated child pornography (House Judiciary)
  • SB 199: Relating to elementary behavior intervention and safety (H First Reading, 03-21)
  • SB 234: Increasing value at which municipal property must be sold through public auction (House Government Organization)
  • SB 240: Updating crime of sexual extortion (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
  • SB 257: Providing protection for property owner when someone visiting private cemetery causes damage to property (House Judiciary)
  • SB 267: Extending time for renewal and restoration of commercial driver’s licenses (House Energy and Public Works)
  • SB 269: Modifying requirements for public water systems or businesses having backflow preventers (House Energy and Public Works)
  • SB 270: Declaring sale and manufacture of firearms essential business during declared emergency (House Judiciary)
  • SB 275: Removing requirement school cooks or custodians have high school diploma or equivalent (House Education)
  • SB 280: Displaying official US motto in public schools (House Education)
  • SB 282: Modifying provisions for employment of retired teachers as substitutes in areas of critical need and shortage (H First Reading, 03-21)
  • SB 283: Expanding grade levels of personal finance course requirements needed for graduation (H First Reading, 03-21)
  • SB 284: Relating to county board of education member orientation and compensation (House Education)
  • SB 291: Extending time frame for pharmacies to register from annually to biennially (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
  • SB 299: Modifying WV regulations on pubertal modulation, hormonal therapy, and gender reassignment (House Health and Human Resources)
  • SB 325: Department of Health rule relating to general provisions of Medical Cannabis Program (Health and Human Resources)
  • SB 336: Authorizing Department of Homeland Security to promulgate legislative rules (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
  • SB 358: Authorizing Department of Transportation to promulgate legislative rules (Signed, 03-20)
  • SB 369: Authorizing miscellaneous boards and agencies to promulgate legislative rules (H Third Reading, 03-21)
  • SB 427: Permitting certain teenagers to work without obtaining work permit (House Government Organization)
  • SB 443: Authorizing Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Board of Examiners to conduct criminal background checks for licensing (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
  • SB 449: Permitting compressed air and rimfire shooting teams in public schools (House Education)
  • SB 450: Establishing WV Guardian Program (Pending House introduction)
  • SB 456: Defining “men” and “women” (Signed, 03-12)
  • SB 458: Universal Professional and Occupational Licensing Act of 2025 (House Government Organization)
  • SB 459: Requiring county planning commission members be state residents (House Government Organization)
  • SB 460: Relating to vaccine requirements (H Second Reading, 03-21)
  • SB 462: Permitting Board of Occupational Therapy to require criminal history record checks (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
  • SB 482: Certified Professional Midwife Licensing and Regulation (House Government Organization)
  • SB 483: Increasing civil penalties for failure to file required campaign finance reports (House Judiciary)
  • SB 485: Exempting West Virginia Secretary of State from competitive bidding process (House Government Organization)
  • SB 486: Clarifying eligibility requirements to vote in WV elections (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
  • SB 487: Removing ineligible voters from active voter rolls (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
  • SB 488: Clarifying definition of electioneering (House Judiciary)
  • SB 490: Prohibiting ranked-choice voting in elections in West Virginia (Signed, 03-18)
  • SB 492: Removing outdated provisions governing political committees (H Second Reading, 03-21)
  • SB 496: Removing reflexology and other energy-based work from definition of “massage therapy” (House Government Organization)
  • SB 500: Transferring audits of volunteer fire departments to Legislative Auditor (House Government Organization)
  • SB 501: Relating to loan form (House Finance)
  • SB 503: Allowing sheriffs to appoint more than one chief deputy with consent of county commission (House Government Organization)
  • SB 521: Requiring party affiliations be listed for all candidates (House Judiciary)
  • SB 522: Clarifying procedure for administrative dissolution of limited liability companies by Secretary of State (House Government Organization)
  • SB 525: Clarifying procedure for administrative dissolution of nonprofit corporations by Secretary of State (House Government Organization)
  • SB 532: Making ad valorem taxes on property payable only to county in which property is located (House Finance)
  • SB 534: Clarifying qualifications to be licensed to administer polygraphs (House Government Organization)
  • SB 537: Establishing WV Mothers and Babies Pregnancy Support Program (House Health and Human Resources)
  • SB 538: Allowing certain entities to purchase qualifying tax-delinquent properties before they are offered at public auction (House Government Organization)
  • SB 547: Creating Charter Schools Startup Fund (House Education)
  • SB 548: Creating Safety and Violence Education for Students Act (House Education)
  • SB 552: Relating to Certified Business Expansion Development Program (House Energy and Public Works)
  • SB 561: Relating to Uniform Special Deposits Act (House Finance)
  • SB 565: Relating generally to practice of optometry (House Health and Human Resources)
  • SB 573: Relating to restrictions on use or sale of motor vehicles based on power source (House Energy and Public Works)
  • SB 581: Relating to school attendance and student participation in 4-H activities (House Education)
  • SB 586: Relating to requirements for filling vacancies in certain elected federal, state, and county offices (House Judiciary)
  • SB 592: Relating generally to aboveground storage tanks (House Energy and Public Works)
  • SB 598: Permitting judges to refer parents to prosecuting attorney for making certain false allegations in child custody proceedings (House Judiciary)
  • SB 606: Relating to notification of breast density (House Health and Human Resources)
  • SB 612: Making rules and regulations of PSC subject to legislative rule-making review procedures (House Energy and Public Works)
  • SB 621: Authorizing digital court records (H Second Reading, 03-21)
  • SB 627: Removing prohibition against leasing state-owned pore spaces underlying lands designated as state parks (House Energy and Public Works)
  • SB 649: Supplementing and amending appropriations to Department of Health, Office of Inspector General (House Finance)
  • SB 650: Relating to full-time interventionists (House Education)
  • SB 658: Prohibiting certain persons from receiving compensation for advising or assisting with veterans’ benefits (House Judiciary)
  • SB 686: Relating to WV commercial feed law (House Government Organization)
  • SB 712: Relating to retirement provisions of systems managed by CPRB (Pending House introduction)
  • SB 715: Relating to personally identifiable information of member, retirant, beneficiary, or alternate payee of retirement system (House Finance)
  • SB 716: Relating to failure to pay required contributions and interest payments for certain retirees who transfer between retirement systems (House Finance)
  • SB 719: Relating to age at which minor can consent to certain medical decisions and services (House Judiciary)
  • SB 731: Terminating Design Build Board (Pending House introduction)
  • SB 734: Repealing section creating A. James Manchin Rehabilitation Environmental Action Plan (Pending House introduction)
  • SB 736: Relating to publication of registered lobbyist information (Pending House introduction)
  • SB 738: Terminating Employee Suggestion Award Board (Pending House introduction)
  • HB 2024: Updating the meaning certain terms used in West Virginia Personal Income Tax Act (Signed, 02-24)
  • HB 2025: Updating terms in the Corporation Net Income Tax Act (Signed, 02-24)
  • HB 2042: Relating to allowing a guardian ad litem to request the appointment of a court appointed special advocate (Passed Senate; pending House concurrence to Senate amendment)
  • HB 2053: Relating to including the United States Space Force in the definition armed forces (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
  • HB 2222: Relating to authorizing certain agencies of the Department of Administration to promulgate legislative rules (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
  • HB 2354: Banning certain products from food in West Virginia (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)

Senate Resolutions that Have Been Adopted by the Senate as of Thursday, March 20, 2025 (7)

  • SCR 1: Adopting Joint Rules of Senate and House of Delegates (Adopted, 01-08)
  • SCR 2: Authorizing payment of joint expenses (Adopted, 01-08)
  • SCR 3: US Army Warrant Officer Joseph Rose III Memorial Bridge (House Energy and Public Works)
  • SCR 4: Amending Joint Rules of Senate and House of Delegates (Adopted, 02-12)
  • SCR 15: Opposing China’s use of UN Resolution 2758 against Taiwan (Adopted, 03-19)
  • SCR 18: Recognizing intent to create WV Coal Renaissance Act (House Energy and Public Works)
  • SCR 20: Recognizing and commending NCSL on its 50th anniversary (Adopted, 03-18)

Action on House Bills in the Senate as of Thursday, March 20, 2025 (85)

 

  • HB 2008: Executive Branch Reorganization (Government Organization)
  • HB 2009: Relating to the merging and reorganizing of the executive branch (Government Organization)
  • HB 2024: Updating the meaning certain terms used in West Virginia Personal Income Tax Act (Signed, 02-24)
  • HB 2025: Updating terms in the Corporation Net Income Tax Act (Signed, 02-24)
  • HB 2030: Modifying compulsory housing for hotels and motels (Government Organization)
  • HB 2042: Relating to allowing a guardian ad litem to request the appointment of a court appointed special advocate (Passed Senate; pending House concurrence to Senate amendment)
  • HB 2047: Prohibiting cameras and recording devices in bedrooms and bathrooms of foster children (Health and Human Resources)
  • HB 2053: Relating to including the United States Space Force in the definition armed forces (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
  • HB 2056: Relating to concurrent juvenile jurisdiction on military installations (Pending Senate introduction)
  • HB 2065: To allow Gold Star parents to receive one free Gold Star vehicle registration for personal use (Transportation and Infrastructure)
  • HB 2066: Creating a crime for the destruction of first responder equipment (Judiciary)
  • HB 2067: West Virginia Firearms Liability Clarification Act (Government Organization)
  • HB 2117: Relating to when Mail In Ballots are Due (Government Organization)
  • HB 2123: Modifying the criminal penalties imposed on a parent, guardian or custodian for child abuse (Judiciary)
  • HB 2129: Creating the Parents Bill of Rights (S Second Reading, 03-21)
  • HB 2131: Relating to changing the process of election litigation (Judiciary)
  • HB 2143: Require elementary school teachers to be certified in the science of reading (Education)
  • HB 2157: Provide one trip temporary vehicle permits to be purchased and printed online (Transportation and Infrastructure)
  • HB 2158: Relating to removal of a sunset clause for the West Virginia spay and neuter program (S First Reading, 03-21)
  • HB 2164: To allow for public and private schools in West Virginia to employ security personnel (Education)
  • HB 2165: Allowing disabled purple heart recipients park free at municipal metered parking spaces (Finance)
  • HB 2170: Allowing volunteer fire departments to use fire protection funding for certain purchases (Government Organization)
  • HB 2172: Relating to adding an athletic trainer to the Board of Physical Therapy (Government Organization)
  • HB 2190: Including Potomac State College in the definition of community and technical college education program for participation in the “Learn and Earn Program” (Education)
  • HB 2217: Relating to penalties for conspiracy to commit murder (Judiciary)
  • HB 2222: Relating to authorizing certain agencies of the Department of Administration to promulgate legislative rules (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
  • HB 2233: Authorizing the Department of Environmental Protection to promulgate legislative rules (Judiciary)
  • HB 2267: Authorizing Department of Revenue to Promulgate Legislative Rules (Judiciary)
  • HB 2331: Relating to authorizing the Office Miners’ Health, Safety, and Training to promulgate a legislative rule relating to the certification, recertification, and training of EMT-Miners and the certification of EMT-M instructors (S Second Reading, 03-21)
  • HB 2344: Relating generally to traffic safety (Transportation and Infrastructure)
  • HB 2347: Relating generally to the creation of mental hygiene regions by the Supreme Court of Appeals (Judiciary)
  • HB 2354: Banning certain products from food in West Virginia (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
  • HB 2358: Relating to postmortem examinations (Government Organization)
  • HB 2360: Clarifying the victims of crimes against law-enforcement officers (Judiciary)
  • HB 2362: Relating to recognizing the law-enforcement powers of correctional officers employed by the Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation (Government Organization)
  • HB 2363: Clarifying the groups of persons to whom the criminal prohibitions related to child pornography are inapplicable when such persons are performing their official or employment duties (Judiciary)
  • HB 2382: Camping ban on certain public property (Judiciary)
  • HB 2387: To repeal the class A1 Pistol stamp for hunting (Natural Resources)
  • HB 2393: Relating to requiring certain reporting from the Mountaineer Trail Network Authority each year (Pending Senate introduction)
  • HB 2397: Prevent immediate family members from acting in a fiduciary capacity for the same governmental authority (Pending Senate introduction)
  • HB 2402: Relating to providing access to medical records; providing access to a minor’s medical record (Health and Human Resources)
  • HB 2411: To provide and change graduation requirements and change duties relating to academic content standards (Education)
  • HB 2434: Relating to establishing the Stop Squatters Act (Judiciary)
  • HB 2437: Clarification of penalties for offenses involving Fentanyl (Substance Use Disorder and Mental Health)
  • HB 2441: To make those who fail drug test ineligible for unemployment (S Third Reading, 03-21)
  • HB 2444: Relating to limiting financial records of limited video lottery permittees that are subject to examination by Lottery Commission (Finance)
  • HB 2451: To facilitate the creation of home-based businesses (Pending Senate introduction)
  • HB 2473: Increasing and maintaining the bracketed tax rates on the privilege of establishing or operating a health maintenance organization (Finance)
  • HB 2501: Relating to exemptions of property in bankruptcy proceedings (Finance)
  • HB 2511: Relating to charitable bingo and alcohol sales and consumption while such bingo is taking places (Judiciary)
  • HB 2513: Enhancing training requirements for county boards of education members (Education)

·       HB 2515: Relating to elementary behavior intervention and safety (Education)

  • HB 2516: To repeal antiquated and inoperative portions of code (Education)

·       HB 2548: Clarifying duties of state superintendent regarding rule implementation (Pending Senate introduction)

·       HB 2560: Creating Infrastructure Ready Jurisdictions (Economic Development)

  • HB 2634: To double the criminal penalty for anyone found guilty of sexual assault on a minor (Judiciary)
  • HB 2635: To ensure that classroom sizes are equal without losing a teachers aide (Education)

·       HB 2653: Updating the West Virginia Law Institute (Judiciary)

  • HB 2659: Adding a special permit for a non-profit entity to be a qualified permit holder in a private outdoor designated area (Judiciary)

·       HB 2678: Relating to school zones of public or private schools (Transportation and Infrastructure)

·       HB 2702: Relating to vacancies in offices of state officials (Judiciary)

·       HB 2709: Permitting a voter with a change of address to vote in his or her new precinct without having to cast a provisional ballot (Government Organization)

·       HB 2710: Truth in Giving (Judiciary)

·       HB 2711: Relating to the repeal of the common law rule against perpetuities by extending it to 1,000 years for all trusts (Judiciary)

  • HB 2718: Relating to creating a State Advisory Council on Establishing a Military College (Finance)
  • HB 2742: Relating to creating limited waiver from certificate of public convenience and necessity requirement for certain water or sewer services projects (Government Organization)
  • HB 2752: Relating to motorcycle safety (Government Organization)

·       HB 2755: To provide that the West Virginia Board of Education may promulgate rules or policies to be submitted to the Legislature for review (Pending Senate introduction)

·       HB 2761: Relating generally to magistrate courts (Judiciary)

·       HB 2773: Higher Ed Rules (Pending Senate introduction)

·       HB 2774: Coach Protection Act (Education)

·       HB 2781: Relating to the meaning of residence for the Purpose of Bail (Judiciary)

  • HB 2802: Relating to in-service training credits for law-enforcement officers (Pending Senate introduction)

·       HB 2867: Relating to Small Estates (Judiciary)

·       HB 2871: Relating to the crime of negligent homicide (Judiciary)

  • HB 2881: Relating to the makeup of the State Police Child Abuse and Neglect Investigations Unit (Health and Human Resources)

·       HB 2942: Administration of the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection Design-Build Pilot Program (Finance)

·       HB 2943: Administration of the West Virginia Hazardous Waste Management Act (Finance)

  • HB 3017: Compliance Audits of Tabulating Equipment (Government Organization)

·       HB 3024: Guaranteed course transfer bill (Pending Senate introduction)

·       HB 3030: Administration of the West Virginia Water Pollution Control Act (Energy, Industry and Mining)

·       HB 3089: Mandate the use of WV DMV electronic lien and title system for certain entities and persons (Pending Senate introduction)

  • HB 3162: Providing that causes of action under Chapter 46A of the Code of West Virginia survive the death of the party (Banking and Insurance)
  • HB 3190: Controlled Substances and arrestable offenses (Pending Senate introduction)
  • HB 3192: To repeal obsolete, conflicting or inoperative provisions of code that pertain to higher education (Pending Senate introduction)

Action on House Resolutions in the Senate as of Wednesday, March 19, 2025 (33)

·       HCR 5: William “Bill” Harrison Lowther Memorial Bridge (Transportation and Infrastructure)

·       HCR 6: Private Sidney Washington Memorial Bridge (Transportation and Infrastructure)

·       HCR 7: U.S. Army Pfc John Wesley Meadows Memorial Bridge (Transportation and Infrastructure)

·       HCR 8: PFC Lester E. Maynard Memorial Bridge (Transportation and Infrastructure)

·       HCR 9: Robert S. Pomeroy Memorial Bridge (Transportation and Infrastructure)

·       HCR 10: USMC PFC Robert Thomas Taylor Memorial Road (Transportation and Infrastructure)

·       HCR 11: Thomas A. Azinger Memorial Bridge (Transportation and Infrastructure)

·       HCR 12: Charles “Charlie” Goff Memorial Bridge (Transportation and Infrastructure)

·       HCR 13: Corporal James E. Jackley Memorial Bridge (Transportation and Infrastructure)

·       HCR 15: US Marines PFC Delbert Carles Roles Memorial Bridge (Transportation and Infrastructure)

·       HCR 18: Paul J. Hofe Memorial Bridge (Transportation and Infrastructure)

·       HCR 20: Tustin Brothers Memorial Bridge (Transportation and Infrastructure)

·       HCR 21: U. S. Army Private Terry F. Tustin Memorial Bridge (Transportation and Infrastructure)

·       HCR 22: James M. Ellis Memorial Road (Transportation and Infrastructure)

·       HCR 23: US Army PFC Calvin E. Spade Memorial Bridge (Transportation and Infrastructure)

·       HCR 24: Postlethwait Brothers Memorial Bridge (Transportation and Infrastructure)

·       HCR 25: Waynesburg Pike Road (Transportation and Infrastructure)

·       HCR 26: Jimmy M. Hutchison Memorial Bridge (Transportation and Infrastructure)

·       HCR 27: BG Edmund “Frank” Roleff, WVNG Memorial Road (Transportation and Infrastructure)

·       HCR 28: Frank Lee Maddy Memorial Road (Transportation and Infrastructure)

·       HCR 29: Sheriff Jeremy Taylor Memorial Road (Transportation and Infrastructure)

·       HCR 31: U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Quewanncoll “Que” Stephens, Sr. Memorial Bridge (Transportation and Infrastructure)

·       HCR 32: U. S. Army PVT Leon ‘Deacon’ Stover Memorial Bridge (Transportation and Infrastructure)

·       HCR 34: U. S. Merchant Marine Joseph Ward Teter Memorial Bridge (Transportation and Infrastructure)

·       HCR 35: U.S. Air Force Thomas M. Oxley Memorial Road (Transportation and Infrastructure)

·       HCR 36: US. Marine Corps PFC Darrel Lee Burgess Memorial Bridge (Transportation and Infrastructure)

·       HCR 37: CPT Ray Leslie Memorial Bridge (Transportation and Infrastructure)

·       HCR 39: Gold Star Mother Catherine Blake Highway (Transportation and Infrastructure)

·       HCR 42: U.S. Army Corporal Kenneth H. Tinsley Bridge (Transportation and Infrastructure)

·       HCR 44: Corporal Charles W. Wolfe Memorial Bridge (Transportation and Infrastructure)

·       HCR 45: Charlotte Denise Seymour Hill Memorial Bridge (Transportation and Infrastructure)

  • HCR 49: Resolution relating to use of industrial sites and the potential impacts on downstream facilities (Adopted, 03-03)

·       HCR 78: Urging the Commissioner of Highways to prioritize completion of I-73, the King Coal Highway (Transportation and Infrastructure)

Bills that Have Completed Legislation as of Thursday, March 20, 2025 (17 – 12 Senate; 5 House)

  • SB 8: Providing additional sites and devices for newborn safe surrender (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
  • SB 138: Enhancing penalties for fleeing officer (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
  • SB 240: Updating crime of sexual extortion (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
  • SB 291: Extending time frame for pharmacies to register from annually to biennially (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
  • SB 358: Authorizing Department of Transportation to promulgate legislative rules (Signed, 03-20)
  • SB 336: Authorizing Department of Homeland Security to promulgate legislative rules (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
  • SB 443: Authorizing Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Board of Examiners to conduct criminal background checks for licensing (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
  • SB 456: Defining “men” and “women” (Signed, 03-12)
  • SB 462: Permitting Board of Occupational Therapy to require criminal history record checks (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
  • SB 486: Clarifying eligibility requirements to vote in WV elections (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
  • SB 487: Removing ineligible voters from active voter rolls (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
  • SB 490: Prohibiting ranked-choice voting in elections in West Virginia (Signed, 03-18)
  • HB 2024: Updating the meaning certain terms used in West Virginia Personal Income Tax Act (Signed, 02-24)
  • HB 2025: Updating terms in the Corporation Net Income Tax Act (Signed, 02-24)
  • HB 2053: Relating to including the United States Space Force in the definition armed forces (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
  • HB 2222: Relating to authorizing certain agencies of the Department of Administration to promulgate legislative rules (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
  • HB 2354: Banning certain products from food in West Virginia (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)

Resolutions that Have Completed Legislation as of Thursday, March 20, 2025 (10 – 5 Senate; 5 House)

  • SCR 1: Adopting Joint Rules of Senate and House of Delegates (Adopted, 01-08)
  • SCR 2: Authorizing payment of joint expenses (Adopted, 01-08)
  • SCR 4: Amending Joint Rules of Senate and House of Delegates (Adopted, 02-12)
  • SCR 15: Opposing China’s use of UN Resolution 2758 against Taiwan (Adopted, 03-19)
  • SCR 20: Recognizing and commending NCSL on its 50th anniversary (Adopted, 03-18)
  • HCR 1: Raising a Joint Assembly to open and publish election returns (Adopted, 01-08)
  • HCR 2: Extending an invitation to His Excellency, the Governor, to deliver an address to the Legislature and raising a Joint Assembly therefor (Adopted, 01-08)
  • HCR 3: Providing for an adjournment of the Legislature until February 12, 2025 (Adopted, 01-08)
  • HCR 4: Raising a Joint Assembly to hear remarks of the Governor (Adopted, 01-12)
  • HCR 49: Resolution relating to use of industrial sites and the potential impacts on downstream facilities (Adopted, 03-03)

Bills Signed by the Governor as of Thursday, March 20, 2025 (5 – 3 Senate; 2 House)

  • SB 358: Authorizing Department of Transportation to promulgate legislative rules (Signed, 03-20)
  • SB 456: Defining “men” and “women” (Signed, 03-12)
  • SB 490: Prohibiting ranked-choice voting in elections in West Virginia (Signed, 03-18)
  • HB 2024: Updating the meaning certain terms used in West Virginia Personal Income Tax Act (Signed, 02-24)
  • HB 2025: Updating terms in the Corporation Net Income Tax Act (Signed, 02-24)

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