Senate Agenda March 26th – 43rd Day of the 60-Day Legislative Session – The Panhandle News Network

Wednesday, March 26, 2025 – 43rd Day of Session

The Senate will convene at 11 a.m.

THIRD READING

Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 10: Exempting certain meat processes from consumers sales and service tax (original similar to HB 2146)
Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 35: Permitting campus police officers to participate in Deputy Sheriffs Retirement System
Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 54: Requiring age-appropriate instruction on Holocaust in public schools
Eng. SB 249: Expanding employment and training requirements necessary for SNAP benefits
Eng. SB 292: Allowing doula services be covered by Medicaid and PEIA
Eng. Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for SB 464: Creating license plate for recipients of Medal of Valor
Eng. Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for SB 474: Ending diversity, equity, and inclusion programs (original similar to HB 2005)
Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 526: Creating Pharmacist Prescribing Authority Act
Eng. Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for SB 587: Relating generally to government contracting
Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 617: Discouraging gang activity
Eng. Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for SB 646: Increasing non-traditional instruction days for WV teachers
Eng. Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for SB 652: Expanding cardiac arrest provisions to be applicable to elementary schools
Eng. SB 655: Providing limited immunity for mental health providers who are involved in mental hygiene checks (original similar to HB 3093)
Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 705: Allowing Board of Education to promulgate rules for submission to Legislature
Eng. SB 725: Relating to unlawful expenditures by local fiscal bodies
Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 899: Protecting coal and gas minerals from carbon capture practices

SECOND READING

Com. Sub. for SB 505: Ensuring Reliable and Affordable Electricity Act
Com. Sub. for SB 529: Relating generally to liability insurance coverage for Board of Education
Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for SB 570: Requiring economic impact statements for certain legislative rules
Com. Sub. for SB 690: Authorizing county commissions to increase compensation of elected county officials
Com. Sub. for SB 763: Creating Public Electrical Savings Act
Com. Sub. for SB 820: Whistleblower Protection Fund Act
Com. Sub. for SB 823: Clarifying and separating duties between Division of Emergency Management and DEP
Com. Sub. for SB 825: Permitting higher education institutions enter agreements with non-profit organizations for economic development and job creation
Com. Sub. for SB 829: Modifying classes of state of preparedness declared by Governor or Legislature
SB 839: Requiring Division of Labor establish separate rules for residential or commercial plumbing
SB 856: Removing certain reporting requirements to Joint Committee on Government and Finance
Com. Sub. for SB 861: Updating references to reflect consolidation of Information Services and Communications Division into Office of Technology
SB 862: Repealing antiquated language related to Voluntary Gilding Dome Check-Off Program
SB 863: Removing reference to Information Services and Communications Division
Com. Sub. for SB 864: Clarifying inference of criminal intent in burglary prosecution
Com. Sub. for SB 871: Removing persons who perform drywall services from definition of “contractor” in Contractor Licensing Act
SB 876: Terminating certain requirements for Tax Commissioner to submit reports, publish information, and provide notice
Eng. HB 2402: Relating to providing access to medical records; providing access to a minor’s medical record – (com. amend. pending)
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2411: To provide and change graduation requirements and change duties relating to academic content standards

FIRST READING

Com. Sub. for SB 225: Expanding powers of National Park Service law-enforcement officers
SB 866: Requiring WV Board of Education to promulgate legislative rule in consultation with WV Board of Physical Therapy

Scheduled Committee Meetings

9:30 a.m.: Natural Resources (208W)

Com. Sub. for SB 801: Creating WV Public Waterway Access Act
Eng. HB 2387: To repeal the class A1 Pistol stamp for hunting

1 p.m.: Select Committee on Substance Use Disorder and Mental Health (451M)

SB 739: Relating to recovery residences

2 p.m.: Agriculture (208W)

Com. Sub. SB 805: Relating to land use associations
SB 844: Exempting coturnix quail from game farm requirement if they are owned for agricultural purposes

2 p.m.: Banking and Insurance (451M)

Com. Sub. for SB 850: Creating Protecting Investors Act
SB 878: Reallocating portion of fire insurance and casualty premium tax to Municipal Pensions Security Fund in certain circumstances

3 p.m.: Judiciary (208W)

SB 728: Relating generally to transfer on death deed
Com. Sub. for SB 761: Creating Joel Archer Substance Abuse Intervention Act
SB 727: Directing study of child welfare system be conducted by independent third party
SB 85: Prohibiting use or sale of abortifacients

3 p.m.: Finance (451M)

Com. Sub. for SB 506: Relating to enhanced pay for teachers
Com. Sub. for SB 708: Providing state mine inspectors with raise
SB 576: Authorizing fixed odds racing in horse and dog racing
Com. Sub. for SB 874: Permitting current home confinement officers to participate in Emergency Medical Services Retirement System

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

Senate Resolutions to be Introduced Wednesday, March 26, 2025

SR 41: Designating March 27, 2025, as Local Food and Farm Day (Thorne, Hamilton)

Committee Action on Bills from Tuesday, March 25, 2025

Government Organization

Com. Sub. for SB 690: Authorizing county commissions to increase compensation of elected county officials
Committee substitute, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Com. Sub. for SB 871: Removing persons who perform drywall services from within the definition of “contractor” in Contractor Licensing Act
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

SB 862: Repealing antiquated language related to Voluntary Gilding Dome Check-Off Program
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

SB 863: Removing reference to Information Services and Communications Division
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

SB 876: Terminating certain requirements for Tax Commissioner to submit reports, publish information, and provide notice
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Com. Sub. for SB 861: Updating references to reflect consolidation of Information Services and Communications Division into Office of Technology
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

SB 856: Removing certain reporting requirements to Joint Committee on Government and Finance
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Com. Sub. for SB 823: Clarifying and separating duties between Division of Emergency Management and DEP
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Com. Sub. for SB 829: Modifying classes of state of preparedness declared by Governor or Legislature
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Education

SB 89: Creating alternative high-risk population public charter schools
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

SB 881: Modifying authority of certain higher education entities to sell and transfer property
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Government Organization

Com. Sub. for SB 529: Relating generally to liability insurance coverage for Board of Education
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

SB 866: Requiring WV Board of Education to promulgate legislative rule in consultation with WV Board of Physical Therapy
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Com. Sub. for SB 911: Relating to adjunct teaching permits
Committee substitute, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Pensions

SB 872: Allowing certain contracted counsel for executive agencies to purchase years of service in PERS
Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Economic Development

Com. Sub. for SB 825: Permitting higher education institutions enter agreements with non-profit organizations for economic development and job creation
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Com. Sub. for SB 834: Relating to tax credit for qualified rehabilitated buildings investment
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

Health and Human Resources

SB 252: Requiring coverage of home blood pressure monitoring devices for certain Medicaid recipients
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

Com. Sub. for SB 821: Requiring child protective services workers to wear body-worn cameras
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

Com. Sub. for SB 822: Requiring Department of Human Services use mobile technology to assist in certain investigations
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

SB 865: Relating to best interests of child standard
Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Judiciary

Com. Sub. for SB 887: Creating intermediate conservatorship or guardianship process prior to individual being involuntarily committed
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Judiciary

Com. Sub. for SB 905: Requiring PEIA and other health insurance providers to provide payment parity for certain services
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

SB 913: Relating to brain injury screening training
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

Com. Sub. for SB 922: Streamlining and enhancing early childhood education and child care services in WV
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

Judiciary

Com. Sub. for SB 225: Expanding powers of National Park Service law-enforcement officers
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Com. Sub. for SB 745: Strengthening and reforming lobbying requirements
Bill referred to subcommittee; Senators Helton (R-Fayette), Garcia (D-Marion), Taylor (R-Taylor), Deeds (R-Greenbrier), and Rose (R-Monongalia) appointed

Finance

SB 891: Creating State Central Legal Advertising website
Motion to report the bill to the full Senate failed

Com. Sub. for SB 934: Relating to low-proof spirit alcohol products
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Com. Sub. for SB 707: Providing increase in salary to WV Birth-to-Three contracted therapists and employees
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Com. Sub. for SB 833: Excluding pharmaceutical medication from prior authorization gold card process
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

Bills that Have Passed the Senate as of Tuesday, March 25, 2025 (120 – 111 Senate; 9 House)

SB 1: Requiring utility work and road paving coordination (Pending House introduction)
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 (H Second Reading, 03-26)
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 75: Changing distribution of income from excess lottery fund (House Government Organization)
SB 76: Increasing WV Natural Resources Police Officer Retirement System accrued benefit for certain members (House Finance)
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 100: Allowing members of State Police retirement system to use accrued leave as credit toward retirement (Pending House introduction)
SB 102: Modifying form of certain deeds (House Judiciary)
SB 103: Exempting certain records from public release (House Judiciary)
SB 105: Updating retirement eligibility for certain sheriffs (Pending House introduction)
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 128: Preventing courts from ordering services at higher rate than Medicaid (Pending House introduction)
SB 136: Increasing penalties and parole eligibility requirements for homicide (House Judiciary)
SB 138: Enhancing penalties for fleeing officer (Signed, 03-24)
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 (Passed House; pending Senate concurrence to House amendment)
SB 234: Increasing value at which municipal property must be sold through public auction (House Government Organization)
SB 240: Updating crime of sexual extortion (Signed, 03-24)
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 (House Education)
SB 283: Expanding grade levels of personal finance course requirements needed for graduation (Passed House; pending Senate concurrence to House amendment)
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 (Signed, 03-24)
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 (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
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 (Signed, 03-24)
SB 449: Permitting compressed air and rimfire shooting teams in public schools (House Education)
SB 450: Establishing WV Guardian Program (House Education)
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 (Rejected by House – 42-56-2, 03-24)
SB 462: Permitting Board of Occupational Therapy to require criminal history record checks (Signed, 03-24)
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 (Signed, 03-25)
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 (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
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 (H Second Reading, 03-26)
SB 525: Clarifying procedure for administrative dissolution of nonprofit corporations by Secretary of State (H Second Reading, 03-26)
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 579: Relating to Home Rule Reform (Pending House introduction)
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 595: Creating Mountain Bike Responsibility Act (Pending House introduction)
SB 598: Permitting judges to refer parents to prosecuting attorney for making certain false allegations in child custody proceedings (House Judiciary)
SB 601: Relating to fees and charges for municipality-provided fire services (House Finance)
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 615: Eliminating accelerated tax payment requirements (House Finance)
SB 621: Authorizing digital court records (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
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 683: Relating to land sales by Auditor (House Government Organization)
SB 686: Relating to WV commercial feed law (House Government Organization)
SB 710: Relating to the practice of teledentistry (House Health and Human Resources)
SB 712: Relating to retirement provisions of systems managed by CPRB (House Finance)
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 721: Authorizing use of unmanned aerial vehicles to track certain mortally wounded wild animals (Pending House introduction)
SB 731: Terminating Design Build Board (House Government Organization)
SB 733: Relating to membership composition of Legislative Oversight Commission on Department of Transportation Accountability (House Government Organization)
SB 734: Repealing section creating A. James Manchin Rehabilitation Environmental Action Plan (House Government Organization)
SB 736: Relating to publication of registered lobbyist information (House Government Organization)
SB 738: Terminating Employee Suggestion Award Board (House Government Organization)
SB 743: Adjusting percentage of tax retained by clerk of county commission for certain purposes (Pending House introduction)
SB 746: Allowing State Board of Education to delegate its Medicaid provider status to public charter schools (House Education)
SB 747: Relating to Real Estate License Act (Pending House introduction)
SB 800: Relating to insurance holding company systems (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 (Signed, 03-21)
HB 2129: Creating the Parents Bill of Rights (Passed Senate; pending House concurrence to Senate amendment)
HB 2222: Relating to authorizing certain agencies of the Department of Administration to promulgate legislative rules (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 2331: Relating to authorizing certain agencies of the Department of Commerce to promulgate legislative rules (Passed Senate; pending House concurrence to Senate amendment)
HB 2354: Banning certain products from food in West Virginia (Signed, 03-24)
HB 2441: To make those who fail drug test ineligible for unemployment (Passed Senate; pending House concurrence to Senate amendment)

Senate Resolutions that Have Been Adopted by the Senate as of Tuesday, March 25, 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 Rules)
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 Tuesday, March 25, 2025 (121)

HB 2003: Prohibiting Cell phones in class (Education)
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 2043: Relating to use of dog and/or drones for tracking or locating mortally wounded deer, elk, turkey, wild boar or bear (Pending Senate introduction)
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 (Signed, 03-21)
HB 2056: Relating to concurrent juvenile jurisdiction on military installations (Military)
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 2111: Establishing the Uniform Mortgage Modification Act (Judiciary)
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 (Passed Senate; pending House concurrence to Senate amendment)
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 (Rules)
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 certain agencies of the Department of Commerce to promulgate legislative rules (Passed Senate; pending House concurrence to Senate amendment)
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 2349: To offer long-acting reversible contraception to patients receiving methadone and suboxone at the treatment facility for the methadone and suboxone (Health and Human Resources)
HB 2354: Banning certain products from food in West Virginia (Signed, 03-24)
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 (Rules)
HB 2387: To repeal the class A1 Pistol stamp for hunting (Natural Resources)
HB 2389: Relating to Dietitian Licensure Compact (Government Organization)
HB 2393: Relating to requiring certain reporting from the Mountaineer Trail Network Authority each year (Economic Development)
HB 2397: Prevent immediate family members from acting in a fiduciary capacity for the same governmental authority (Government Organization)
HB 2402: Relating to providing access to medical records; providing access to a minor’s medical record (S Second Reading, 03-26)
HB 2411: To provide and change graduation requirements and change duties relating to academic content standards (S Second Reading, 03-26)

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 (Passed Senate; pending House concurrence to Senate amendment)
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 (Judiciary)
HB 2473: Increasing and maintaining the bracketed tax rates on the privilege of establishing or operating a health maintenance organization (Finance)
HB 2479: Relating to Management and control of county authority vested in board (Government Organization)
HB 2499: Training course for principals in public schools; informing teachers of their rights and protections; IEP format (Education)
HB 2501: Relating to exemptions of property in bankruptcy proceedings (Finance)
HB 2502: Establishing limitations on billing practices of Internet or telecommunications providers that fail to provide subscribed customers service for five or more days (Energy, Industry and Mining)
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 (Education)

· 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 2646: To permit students in eighth and ninth grade to attend summer school in order to raise their grades and establish academic eligibility to play sports in the fall (Pending Senate introduction)

· 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 2679: To allow for the reinstatement of retired Deputy Sheriffs to their former departments (Government Organization)

· 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 (Judiciary)

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

· HB 2773: Higher Ed Rules (Education)

· HB 2774: Coach Protection Act (Education)

· HB 2776: Requiring Department of Health to report positive Alpha Gal tests to CDC (Health and Human Resources)

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

· HB 2797: Relating to who may diagnose post-traumatic stress disorder as a compensable injury or disease under workers compensation (Health and Human Resources)

HB 2802: Relating to in-service training credits for law-enforcement officers (Judiciary)

· HB 2835: Relating to creating the West Virginia Infrastructure Deployment Clearinghouse (Economic Development)

· HB 2856: Providing for conservation easements to allow for broadband through easements either directly or under a conservation plan (Judiciary)

· HB 2867: Relating to Small Estates (Judiciary)

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

· HB 2878: To require railroad companies to provide alternative entry and exit ways (Transportation and Infrastructure)

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 2948: Relating to obtaining title to abandoned or junked motor vehicles abandoned on the property or place of business of an automobile dealer (Transportation and Infrastructure)
HB 2960: Allowing the Division of Highways to contract out snow removal to private companies on secondary roads in Monongalia and Preston counties (Pending Senate introduction)
HB 3000: Relating to agency changes and updates to the West Virginia Commercial Feed Law (Pending Senate introduction)

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

· HB 3024: Guaranteed course transfer bill (Education)

· 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 (Transportation and Infrastructure)

· HB 3125: To remove restrictions from teachers receiving permanent teaching licenses (Education)

· HB 3139: Relating to charter schools applications (Pending Senate introduction)

· HB 3144: Wireless Infrastructure and Facilities Siting and Co-location (Pending Senate introduction)

· HB 3146: Relating to special registration plates for military personnel (Transportation and Infrastructure)

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 3166: Requirements for School Safety Mapping Data (Education)

HB 3168: Allow customers to make changes to their accounts by phone or mail (Energy, Industry and Mining)

· HB 3187: Relating to the West Virginia Task Force on Artificial Intelligence (Economic Development)

HB 3190: Controlled Substances and arrestable offenses (Judiciary)
HB 3192: To repeal obsolete, conflicting or inoperative provisions of code that pertain to higher education (Education)
HB 3263: Relating to providing notification of utility service disruption to its’ customers (Transportation and Infrastructure)
HB 3272: Relating to eviction proceedings (Pending Senate introduction)

HB 3274: Relating to reports of circuit court proceedings (Judiciary)
HB 3275: Update timing for appeals (Judiciary)
HB 3277: Relating to defining terms for the West Virginia Hospital Finance Authority Act (Health and Human Resources)

HB 3292: Relating to special stops required for on-track equipment (Transportation and Infrastructure)
HB 3297: Establishing the Washington Center for Civics, Culture, and Statesmanship at West Virginia University (Finance)
HB 3313: Providing more opportunities for high school students in community colleges (Pending Senate introduction)

HB 3336: Well Plugging methods (Energy, Industry and Mining)
HB 3338: Allow child witness testify remotely in situations deemed traumatic by judge (Judiciary)

· HB 3504: Relating to protecting critical infrastructure; and defining terms (Pending Senate introduction)

Action on House Resolutions in the Senate as of Tuesday, March 25, 2025 (53)

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 5: William “Bill” Harrison Lowther Memorial Bridge c(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 46: U.S. Army Ronald Gene Sypolt Memorial Bridge (Transportation and Infrastructure)

· HCR 47: Clinton “Randy” Dean 101st Airborne Vietnam Veterans 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 50: Alfred E. Garrison Memorial Bridge (Transportation and Infrastructure)

· HCR 54: PFC Howard Bissett Memorial Bridge (Transportation and Infrastructure)

· HCR 56: Tom Bill Dudley Memorial Bridge (Transportation and Infrastructure)

· HCR 60: Janice Cosco Memorial Bridge Longest Serving Marion County Clerk (Transportation and Infrastructure)

· HCR 61: U.S. Navy Seaman First Class Guy Harlow Waugh Memorial Road (Transportation and Infrastructure)

· HCR 62: U.S. Army PFC Henry James Miller Memorial Bridge (Transportation and Infrastructure)

· HCR 63: Gary W. Spinks Memorial Bridge (Transportation and Infrastructure)

· HCR 67: 2nd LT Darwin Keith “Gus” Kyle Memorial Bridge (Transportation and Infrastructure)

· HCR 68: Jim Marcum and Airiel Wallace Memorial Bridge (Transportation and Infrastructure)

· HCR 69: Landen, Fannie, Katherine, Ab and Laura Baisden Family Memorial Bridge (Transportation and Infrastructure)

· HCR 71: Leonard N. Miller Memorial Bridge (Transportation and Infrastructure)

· HCR 72: Recognizing Black Lung Awareness Month (Energy, Industry and Mining)

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

· HCR 79: Donald Tackett Jr. Memorial Road (Transportation and Infrastructure)

· HCR 83: Benny Filiaggi III Memorial Bridge (Transportation and Infrastructure)

Bills that Have Completed Legislation as of Tuesday, March 25, 2025 (20 – 15 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 (Signed, 03-24)
SB 240: Updating crime of sexual extortion (Signed, 03-24)
SB 291: Extending time frame for pharmacies to register from annually to biennially (Signed, 03-24)
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 369: Authorizing miscellaneous boards and agencies 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 (Signed, 03-24)
SB 456: Defining “men” and “women” (Signed, 03-12)
SB 462: Permitting Board of Occupational Therapy to require criminal history record checks (Signed, 03-24)
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 (Signed, 03-25)
SB 490: Prohibiting ranked-choice voting in elections in West Virginia (Signed, 03-18)
SB 492: Removing outdated provisions governing political committees (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
SB 621: Authorizing digital court records (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
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 (Signed, 03-21)
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 (Signed, 03-24)

Resolutions that Have Completed Legislation as of Tuesday, March 25, 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 Tuesday, March 25, 2025 (13 – 9 Senate; 4 House)

SB 138: Enhancing penalties for fleeing officer (Signed, 03-24)
SB 240: Updating crime of sexual extortion (Signed, 03-24)
SB 291: Extending time frame for pharmacies to register from annually to biennially (Signed, 03-24)
SB 358: Authorizing Department of Transportation to promulgate legislative rules (Signed, 03-20)
SB 443: Authorizing Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Board of Examiners to conduct criminal background checks for licensing (Signed, 03-24)
SB 456: Defining “men” and “women” (Signed, 03-12)
SB 462: Permitting Board of Occupational Therapy to require criminal history record checks (Signed, 03-24)
SB 487: Removing ineligible voters from active voter rolls (Signed, 03-25)
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 (Signed, 03-21)
HB 2354: Banning certain products from food in West Virginia (Signed, 03-24)

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Senate Agenda March 26th – 43rd Day of the 60-Day Legislative Session

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