58th Day of Legislative Session – Here is Thursday’s Senate Agenda – The Panhandle News Network

Thursday, April 10, 2025 – 58th Day of Session

The Senate will convene at 10 a.m.

THIRD READING

Eng. HB 2120: Relating to forms and disclosures to the Ethics Commission (original similar to SB 479)
Eng. Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for HB 2164: To allow for public and private schools in West Virginia to employ security personnel – (Com. title amend. pending)
Eng. Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for HB 2167: Relating to public charter schools code provisions – (Com. amend. pending) – (With right to amend)
Eng. HB 2402: Relating to providing access to medical records; providing access to a minor’s medical record – (Com. amend. pending) – (With right to amend)
Eng. HB 2479: Relating to Management and control of county authority vested in board
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2491: Relating to conditions on holding online raffles
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2528: To permit students in Christian schools at the elementary and middle school level to participate in county level sport tournaments
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2576: NIL Protection Act
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2595: Non Profit Athletics Act
Eng. HB 2742: Relating to creating limited waiver from certificate of public convenience and necessity requirement for certain water or sewer services projects.
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2755: To provide that the West Virginia Board of Education may promulgate rules or policies to be submitted to the Legislature for review (original similar to SB 705)
Eng. HB 2776: Requiring Department of Health to report positive Alpha Gal tests to CDC – (Com. amend. pending) – (With right to amend)
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2880: Relating to parent resource navigators – (Com. amend. pending) – (With right to amend)
Eng. HB 2942: Administration of the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection Design-Build Pilot Program – (Com. title amend. pending)
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 3000: Relating to agency changes and updates to the West Virginia Commercial Feed Law.
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 3133: Permitting counties and municipalities to enter into memoranda of understanding for demolition of dilapidated structures
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 3144: Wireless Infrastructure and Facilities Siting and Co-location
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 3179: Funding for failing public utilities
Eng. HB 3187: Relating to the West Virginia Task Force on Artificial Intelligence
Eng. HB 3272: Relating to eviction proceedings
Eng. HB 3274: Relating to reports of circuit court proceedings
Eng. HB 3275: Update timing for appeals
Eng. HB 3373: To extend and revise the sunset provision in the Tourism Development Act to December 31, 2030
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 3440: Relating generally to removing and repealing obsolete provisions under the purview of the State Treasurer’s Office
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 3444: Relating to inflammation of the eyes of newborns.
Eng. HB 3515: Relating to appointment of officers of the West Virginia State Police – (With right to amend)

SECOND READING

Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2014: Certified Microgrid Program – (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2054: Relating to liability of vendors in private farmers markets – (Com. amend. pending)
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2066: Creating a crime for the destruction of first responder equipment. – (Com. amend. pending)
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2121: Deceased Disabled Veteran Real Property Exemption for Widowed Spouses – (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2267: Authorizing Department of Revenue to Promulgate Legislative Rules – (Com. amends. pending)
Eng. HB 2344: Relating generally to traffic safety – (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
Eng. Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for HB 2349: To offer long-acting reversible contraception to patients receiving methadone and suboxone at the treatment facility for the methadone and suboxone – (Com. title amend. pending)
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2351: Relating to compensation for panel attorneys – (Com. amends. pending)
Eng. HB 2358: Relating to postmortem examinations – (Com. amend. pending)
Eng. HB 2511: Relating to charitable bingo and alcohol sales and consumption while such bingo is taking places – (Com. amend. pending)
Eng. HB 2575: Relating to the establishment of a full-time Dementia Services Director position – (Com. amends. pending)
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2634: To double the criminal penalty for anyone found guilty of sexual assault on a minor – (Com. amend. pending)
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2695: Raleigh and Mason Counties Economic Opportunity Development Districts – (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2718: Relating to creating a State Advisory Council on Establishing a Military College
Eng. HB 2802: Relating to in-service training credits for law-enforcement officers
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2836: Relating to wild animal rehabilitation permits
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2961: To amend the law concerning ownership and possession of real property – (Com. amend. pending)
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2963: To ensure that the survivor of a merger, reorganization, purchase, or assumption of liabilities of a bank chartered by West Virginia is insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (original similar to SB 665)
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 3014: Relating generally to liability of hospital police
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 3016: Photo voter ID – (Com. amend. pending) (original similar to SB796)
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 3111: To provide pay increases to members of the judiciary – (Com. amend. pending)
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 3125: To remove restrictions from teachers receiving permanent teaching licenses
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 3174: Requiring municipalities take actions when potential customers apply for water and sewer service – (Com. amend. pending)
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 3181: Allow all law enforcement officers to purchase gun upon retirement – (Com. amend. pending)
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 3209: To provide at least one counselor for every 250 students in public schools and public charter schools in this state. (original similar to SB 915)
Eng. HB 3263: Relating to providing notification of utility service disruption to its’ customers – (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 3297: Establishing the Washington Center for Civics, Culture, and Statesmanship at West Virginia University – (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 3336: Well Plugging methods
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 3338: Allow child witness testify remotely in situations deemed traumatic by judge
Eng. HB 3344: Relating to the establishment of a grant program to fund the United States Food and Drug Administration’s drug development trials with ibogaine – (Com. amend. pending)
Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 3411: Relating to commissions; removing the legislative members; and eliminating expired commissions – (Com. amend. pending)
Eng. HB 3412: Relating to exemptions from disclosure of certain records; and exempting the legislative branch if it adopts its own rules – (Com. amend. pending)
Eng. HB 3424: Removing language regarding short term loans being provided to released inmates for costs related to reentry into the community (original similar to SB830)
Eng. HB 3492: Relating to municipal economic opportunity development districts. – (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
Eng. HB 3517: Relating generally to fiscal emergencies of local governments – (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)

Scheduled Committee Meetings

There are no committee meetings currently scheduled for Thursday, April 10, 2025.

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

Committee Action on Bills from Tuesday, April 8, 2025

Judiciary

Eng. HB 3434: Relating to the controlled substance schedules and to clean-up errors identified in the code sections
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 3338: Allow child witness testify remotely in situations deemed traumatic by judge
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Eng. HB 2802: Relating to in-service training credits for law-enforcement officers
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 3016: Photo voter ID
Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Eng. HB 2511: Relating to charitable bingo and alcohol sales and consumption while such bingo is taking places
Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2054: Relating to liability of vendors in private farmers markets
Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2961: To amend the law concerning ownership and possession of real property
Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2451: To facilitate the creation of home-based businesses
Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 3336: Well Plugging methods
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Eng. HB 3503: Relating to regulation by counties, municipalities, and political subdivisions of commercial horticulture under the Water Pollution Control Act
Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Eng. HB 3504: Relating to protecting critical infrastructure; and defining terms
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2710: Truth in Giving
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Eng. HB 3513: Relating to standards of liability and insurance requirements in certain civil actions
Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 3167: To require hair follicle drug testing of parents or guardians in cases of substantiated child abuse or neglect of a minor
Bill laid over

Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2066: Creating a crime for the destruction of first responder equipment
Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Eng. HB 3162: Providing that causes of action under Chapter 46A of the Code of West Virginia survive the death of the party
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2634: To double the criminal penalty for anyone found guilty of sexual assault on a minor
Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2816: Relating to clarifying secondary sources are not the law and public policy of West Virginia in certain instances
Bill laid over

Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 3294: Enacting the Bank Protections for Eligible Adults from Financial Exploitation Act
Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 3014: Relating generally to liability of hospital police
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Eng. HB 2347: Relating generally to the creation of mental hygiene regions by the Supreme Court of Appeals
Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 3164: Requiring registered sex offenders pay annual fee
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Finance

Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2121: Deceased Disabled Veteran Real Property Exemption for Widowed Spouses
Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2349: To offer long-acting reversible contraception to patients receiving methadone and suboxone at the treatment facility for the methadone and suboxone
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2718: Relating to creating a State Advisory Council on Establishing a Military College
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 3517: Relating generally to fiscal emergencies of local governments
Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2836: Relating to wild animal rehabilitation permits
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Eng. HB 3424: Removing language regarding short term loans being provided to released inmates for costs related to reentry into the community
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 3111: To provide pay increases to members of the judiciary
Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2267: Authorizing Department of Revenue to Promulgate Legislative Rules
Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Eng. HB 2575: Relating to the establishment of a full-time Dementia Services Director position
Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2351: Relating to compensation for panel attorneys
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 3174: Requiring municipalities take actions when potential customers apply for water and sewer service
Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 3209: To provide at least one counselor for every 250 students in public schools and public charter schools in this state
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 3297: Establishing the Washington Center for Civics, Culture, and Statesmanship at West Virginia University
Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 3344: Relating to the establishment of a grant program to fund the United States Food and Drug Administration’s drug development trials with ibogaine
Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Government Organization

Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 3181: Allow all law enforcement officers to purchase gun upon retirement
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Eng. HB 3263: Relating to providing notification of utility service disruption to its’ customers
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Eng. HB 2358: Relating to postmortem examinations
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 3411: Relating to commissions; removing the legislative members; and eliminating expired commissions
Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Eng. HB 3412: Relating to exemptions from disclosure of certain records; and exempting the legislative branch if it adopts its own rules
Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Banking and Insurance

Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2963: To ensure that the survivor of a merger, reorganization, purchase, or assumption of liabilities of a bank chartered by West Virginia is insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Bills that Have Passed the Senate as of Wednesday, April 9, 2025 (264 – 207 Senate; 57 House)

SB 1: Requiring utility work and road paving coordination (Passed House; pending Senate concurrence to House amendment)
SB 5: Establishing Adopt-A-Road program (House Energy and Public Works)
SB 8: Providing additional sites and devices for newborn safe surrender (Signed, 03-26)
SB 10: Exempting certain meat processes from consumers sales and service tax (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
SB 22: Applying penalties for nonpayment of royalties under terms of oil and natural gas leases (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
SB 29: Allowing physicians assistants to own practice (House Health and Human Resources)
SB 35: Permitting campus police officers to participate in Deputy Sheriffs Retirement System (H Second Reading, 04-10)
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 (Passed House; pending Senate concurrence to House amendment)
SB 54: Requiring age-appropriate instruction on Holocaust in public schools (House Education)
SB 67: Allowing motor vehicle racing on county or municipal roads under certain circumstances (House Energy and Public Works)
SB 75: Changing distribution of income from excess lottery fund (H Second Reading, 04-10)
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 85: Prohibiting use or sale of abortifacients (House Health and Human Resources)
SB 89: Creating alternative high-risk population public charter schools (House Education)
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 (House Energy and Public Works)
SB 102: Modifying form of certain deeds (H Second Reading, 04-10)
SB 103: Exempting certain records from public release (House Judiciary)
SB 105: Updating retirement eligibility for certain sheriffs (House Finance)
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 (House Finance)
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 (H Second Reading, 04-10)
SB 155: Establishing Summer Feeding for All Program (House Education)
SB 158: Modifying eligibility requirements for serving as member of State Board of Education (H Second Reading, 04-10)
SB 163: Including certain mental health disorders in existing public health programs (House Health and Human Resources)
SB 196: Lauren’s Law (H Second Reading, 04-10)
SB 197: Limiting requirements for issuance of professional teaching certificate (House Education)
SB 198: Prohibiting creation, production, distribution, or possession of artificially generated child pornography (Passed House; pending Senate concurrence to House amendment)
SB 199: Relating to elementary behavior intervention and safety (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
SB 225: Expanding powers of National Park Service law-enforcement officers (H Third Reading, 04-10)
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 249: Expanding employment and training requirements necessary for SNAP benefits (House Finance)
SB 252: Requiring coverage of home blood pressure monitoring devices for certain Medicaid recipients (House Finance)
SB 257: Providing protection for property owner when someone visiting private cemetery causes damage to property (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
SB 267: Extending time for renewal and restoration of commercial driver’s licenses (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
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 (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
SB 275: Removing requirement school cooks or custodians have high school diploma or equivalent (Senate amended House amendment; pending House concurrence)
SB 280: Displaying official US motto in public schools (H Second Reading, 04-10)
SB 282: Modifying provisions for employment of retired teachers as substitutes in areas of critical need and shortage (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
SB 283: Expanding grade levels of personal finance course requirements needed for graduation (Signed, 04-01)
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 292: Allowing doula services be covered by Medicaid and PEIA (House Health and Human Resources)
SB 299: Modifying WV regulations on pubertal modulation, hormonal therapy, and gender reassignment (H Second Reading, 04-10)
SB 325: Department of Health rule relating to general provisions of Medical Cannabis Program (Passed House; pending Senate concurrence to House amendment)
SB 336: Authorizing Department of Homeland Security to promulgate legislative rules (Signed, 04-01)
SB 358: Authorizing Department of Transportation to promulgate legislative rules (Signed, 03-20)
SB 369: Authorizing miscellaneous boards and agencies to promulgate legislative rules (Vetoed, 04-01; Amended and Repassed, 04-04)
SB 427: Permitting certain teenagers to work without obtaining work permit (H Second Reading, 04-10)
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 (H Third Reading, 04-10)
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 (Signed, 04-07)
SB 459: Requiring county planning commission members be state residents (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
SB 460: Relating to vaccine requirements (Rejected by House – Roll Call: 42-56-2, 03-24)
SB 462: Permitting Board of Occupational Therapy to require criminal history record checks (Signed, 03-24)
SB 464: Creating license plate for recipients of Medal of Valor (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
SB 470: Creating WV Athletic Freedom Act (House Education)
SB 474: Ending diversity, equity, and inclusion programs (H Second Reading, 04-10)
SB 482: Certified Professional Midwife Licensing and Regulation (H Second Reading, Inactive Calendar, 04-04)
SB 483: Increasing civil penalties for failure to file required campaign finance reports (H Second Reading, 04-10)
SB 485: Exempting West Virginia Secretary of State from competitive bidding process (Passed House; pending Senate concurrence to Senate amendment)
SB 486: Clarifying eligibility requirements to vote in WV elections (Signed, 03-26)
SB 487: Removing ineligible voters from active voter rolls (Signed, 03-25)
SB 488: Clarifying definition of electioneering (H Second Reading, 04-10)
SB 490: Prohibiting ranked-choice voting in elections in West Virginia (Signed, 03-18)
SB 492: Removing outdated provisions governing political committees (Signed, 04-01)
SB 496: Removing reflexology and other energy-based work from definition of “massage therapy” (Passed House; pending Senate concurrence to Senate amendment)
SB 500: Transferring audits of volunteer fire departments to Legislative Auditor (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
SB 501: Relating to loan form (House Finance)
SB 503: Allowing sheriffs to appoint more than one chief deputy with consent of county commission (H Second Reading, 04-10)
SB 505: Ensuring Reliable and Affordable Electricity Act (House Energy and Public Works)
SB 517: Requiring medical professionals to report injuries and side effects from vaccines to Bureau for Public Health (House Health and Human Resources)
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 (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
SB 525: Clarifying procedure for administrative dissolution of nonprofit corporations by Secretary of State (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
SB 526: Creating Pharmacist Prescribing Authority Act (H Second Reading, 04-10)
SB 529: Relating generally to liability insurance coverage for Board of Education (House Finance)
SB 531: Relating to offenses of assault and battery on athletic officials (H Second Reading, 04-10)
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 (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
SB 538: Allowing certain entities to purchase qualifying tax-delinquent properties before they are offered at public auction (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
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 553: Relating to offense of driving above speed limit on controlled access highway or interstate highway (House Judiciary)
SB 561: Relating to Uniform Special Deposits Act (H Second Reading, 04-10)
SB 565: Relating generally to practice of optometry (Passed House; pending Senate concurrence to Senate amendment)
SB 569: Establishing certain rights for purchasers of residential improvements (House Judiciary)
SB 570: Requiring economic impact statements for certain legislative rules (House Finance)
SB 573: Relating to restrictions on use or sale of motor vehicles based on power source (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
SB 576: Authorizing fixed odds racing in horse and dog racing (H Second Reading, 04-10)
SB 579: Relating to Home Rule Reform (House Judiciary)
SB 581: Relating to school attendance and student participation in 4-H activities (H Second Reading, 04-10)
SB 585: Relating to Cohen Craddock Student Athlete Safety Act (Finance)
SB 586: Relating to requirements for filling vacancies in certain elected federal, state, and county offices (H Second Reading, 04-10)
SB 587: Relating generally to government contracting (H Second Reading, 04-10)
SB 592: Relating generally to aboveground storage tanks (H Second Reading, 04-10)
SB 593: Preserving voting data from electronic voting machines (House Judiciary)
SB 595: Creating Mountain Bike Responsibility Act (House Judiciary)
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 (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
SB 617: Discouraging gang activity (Passed House; pending Senate concurrence to Senate amendment)
SB 621: Authorizing digital court records (Signed, 04-01)
SB 626: Relating to qualifications of regional airport authority members (House Government Organization)
SB 627: Removing prohibition against leasing state-owned pore spaces underlying lands designated as state parks (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
SB 632: Relating to surprise billing of out-of-network ambulance services (House Finance)
SB 639: Creating WV Small Business Appreciation and Acknowledgement Act (House Finance)
SB 646: Increasing non-traditional instruction days for WV teachers (House Education)
SB 649: Supplementing and amending appropriations to Department of Health, Office of Inspector General (House Finance)
SB 650: Relating to full-time interventionists (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
SB 652: Expanding cardiac arrest provisions to be applicable to elementary schools (H Second Reading, 04-10)
SB 655: Providing limited immunity for mental health providers who are involved in mental hygiene checks (House Judiciary)
SB 658: Prohibiting certain persons from receiving compensation for advising or assisting with veterans’ benefits (House Judiciary)
SB 663: Creating Fair Access to Financial Services Act (House Judiciary)
SB 677: Increasing fees charged by Commissioner of Securities for each offering (H Second Reading, 04-10)
SB 683: Relating to land sales by Auditor (House Government Organization)
SB 686: Relating to WV commercial feed law (House Government Organization)
SB 690: Authorizing county commissions to increase compensation of elected county officials (House Government Organization)
SB 701: Classifying forestry equipment for levy purposes (House Finance)
SB 705: Allowing Board of Education to promulgate rules for submission to Legislature (House Education)
SB 707: Providing increase in salary to WV Birth-to-Three contracted therapists and employees (House Finance)
SB 708: Providing state mine inspectors with raise (House Finance)
SB 710: Relating to the practice of teledentistry (H Second Reading, 04-10)
SB 712: Relating to retirement provisions of systems managed by CPRB (Passed House; pending Senate concurrence to House amendment)
SB 715: Relating to personally identifiable information of member, retirant, beneficiary, or alternate payee of retirement system (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
SB 716: Relating to failure to pay required contributions and interest payments for certain retirees who transfer between retirement systems (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
SB 718: Relating to hospital transparency (House Health and Human Resources)
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 (House Government Organization)
SB 722: Creating WV Short Line Railroad Modernization Act (H Third Reading, 04-10)
SB 723: Relating to clinical inpatient medical treatment centers for substance use disorder (House Finance)
SB 724: Relating to taxation (House Finance)
SB 726: Relating to medication-assisted treatment programs (House Health and Human Resources)
SB 725: Relating to unlawful expenditures by local fiscal bodies (House Finance)
SB 728: Relating generally to transfer on death deed (House Finance)
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 (H Third Reading, 04-10)
SB 736: Relating to publication of registered lobbyist information (Passed House; pending Senate concurrence to Senate amendment)
SB 738: Terminating Employee Suggestion Award Board (H Third Reading, 04-10)
SB 739: Relating to recovery residences (House Health and Human Resources)
SB 743: Adjusting percentage of tax retained by clerk of county commission for certain purposes (House Finance)
SB 746: Allowing State Board of Education to delegate its Medicaid provider status to public charter schools (H Third Reading, 04-10)
SB 747: Relating to Real Estate License Act (H Second Reading, 04-10)
SB 748: Creating Safer Communities Act (H First Reading, 04-10)
SB 761: Creating Joel Archer Substance Abuse Intervention Act (House Health and Human Resources)
SB 765: Establishing Troops-to-Teachers Program (Passed House; pending Senate concurrence to Senate amendment)
SB 790: Requiring quarterly reporting by certain water and wastewater utilities (H Second Reading, 04-10)
SB 794: Authorizing DOH to erect warning signs (H Second Reading, 04-10)
SB 800: Relating to insurance holding company systems (H Second Reading, 04-10)
SB 801: Creating WV Public Waterway Access Act (House Government Organization)
SB 810: Clarifying requirements for administration of anesthesia and chronic pain practice by certain licensed nurses (Completed legislation; awaiting action by Governor)
SB 820: Whistleblower Protection Fund Act Gov (House Government Organization)
SB 823: Clarifying and separating duties between Division of Emergency Management and DEP (Signed, 04-08)
SB 825: Permitting higher education institutions enter agreements with non-profit organizations for economic development and job creation (H Second Reading, 04-10)
SB 828: Clarifying requirements for persons employed by Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation include contracted vendor staff (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
SB 829: Modifying classes of state of preparedness declared by Governor or Legislature (House Government Organization)
SB 833: Excluding pharmaceutical medication from prior authorization gold card process (H Second Reading, 04-10)
SB 834: Relating to tax credit for qualified rehabilitated buildings investment (House Finance)
SB 837: Eliminating WV Office of Equal Opportunity (H Second Reading, 04-10)
SB 839: Requiring Division of Labor establish separate rules for residential or commercial plumbing (House Government Organization)
SB 844: Exempting non-native quail and partridge from game farm requirement if owned for agricultural purposes (H Third Reading, 04-10)
SB 848: Enacting bank protections for eligible adults from financial exploitation (House Finance)
SB 856: Removing certain reporting requirements to Joint Committee on Government and Finance (H Second Reading, 04-10)
SB 861: Updating references to reflect consolidation of Information Services and Communications Division into Office of Technology (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
SB 862: Repealing antiquated language related to Voluntary Gilding Dome Check-Off Program (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
SB 863: Removing reference to Information Services and Communications Division (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
SB 864: Clarifying inference of criminal intent in burglary prosecution (House Judiciary)
SB 866: Requiring WV Board of Education to promulgate legislative rule in consultation with WV Board of Physical Therapy (H Second Reading, 04-10)
SB 869: Creating Corridor H Advanced Energy and Economic Corridor Authority (House Energy and Public Works)
SB 871: Removing persons who perform drywall services from definition of “contractor” in Contractor Licensing Act (House Government Organization)
SB 874: Permitting current home confinement officers to participate in Emergency Medical Services Retirement System (House Finance)
SB 875: Relating to container labeling of nonintoxicating beer and nonintoxicating craft beer (House Judiciary)
SB 876: Terminating certain requirements for Tax Commissioner to submit reports, publish information, and provide notice (H Third Reading, 04-10)
SB 883: Providing director of WV Office of Miners’ Health, Safety and Training discretion and authority in certain appointments (H Second Reading, 04-10)
SB 886: Relating to Foster Child Bill of Rights (House Judiciary)
SB 890: Relating to auctioneers (House Government Organization)
SB 899: Protecting coal and gas minerals from carbon capture practices (House Energy and Public Works)
SB 904: Clarifying requirements for Commissioner of Bureau for Public Health (H Second Reading, Inactive Calendar, 04-09)
SB 907: Relating to high impact development projects (H Third Reading, 04-10)
SB 911: Relating to adjunct teaching permits (H Second Reading, 04-10)
SB 912: Relating to student growth assessment program (H Second Reading, 04-10)
SB 914: Relating to testing and attendance requirements for private, parochial, and church schools (H Second Reading, 04-10)
SB 933: Creating Small Business Protection Act (House Finance)
SB 934: Relating to low-proof spirit alcohol products (House Judiciary)
SB 937: Supplementing and amending appropriations to Department of Economic Development (Pending House introduction)
SB 939: Relating to testing for substance use disorder (H Third Reading, 04-10)
SB 940: Relating to Water Pollution Control Act (H Second Reading, 04-10)
SB 941: Clarifying authority regarding dams designed by US Conservation Service (H Second Reading, 04-10)
SB 942: Modifying requirements for diesel-powered equipment in mines (H Second Reading, 04-10)
SB 944: Creating WV Child First Advisory Committee (House Health and Human Resources)
HB 2002: Establishing One Stop Shop Permitting Process (Passed Senate; pending House concurrence to Senate amendment)
HB 2003: Prohibiting Cell phones in class (Passed Senate; pending House concurrence to Senate amendment)
HB 2008: Executive Branch Reorganization (Passed Senate; pending House concurrence to Senate amendment)
HB 2009: Relating to the merging and reorganizing of the executive branch (Passed Senate; pending House concurrence to Senate amendment)
HB 2011: To supplement, amend, and increase an existing item of appropriation in the aforesaid accounts for the designated spending unit for expenditure during the fiscal year 2025 (Passed Senate; pending House concurrence to Senate amendment)
HB 2013: Transfer of employees to classified exempt service (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 2026: Budget Bill (Passed Senate; pending House concurrence to Senate amendment)
HB 2042: Relating to allowing a guardian ad litem to request the appointment of a court appointed special advocate (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 2043: Relating to use of dog and/or drones for tracking or locating mortally wounded deer, elk, turkey, wild boar or bear (Signed, 04-08)
HB 2053: Relating to including the United States Space Force in the definition armed forces (Signed, 03-21)
HB 2067: West Virginia Firearms Liability Clarification Act (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 2123: Modifying the criminal penalties imposed on a parent, guardian or custodian for child abuse (House amended Senate amendment; pending Senate concurrence)
HB 2129: Creating the Parents Bill of Rights (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 2152: Prompt Payment Act of 2025 (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 2157: Provide one trip temporary vehicle permits to be purchased and printed online (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 2165: Allowing disabled purple heart recipients park free at municipal metered parking spaces (Passed Senate; pending House concurrence to Senate amendment)
HB 2172: Relating to adding an athletic trainer to the Board of Physical Therapy (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 2217: Relating to penalties for conspiracy to commit murder (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 2222: Relating to authorizing certain agencies of the Department of Administration to promulgate legislative rules (Signed, 03-26)
HB 2233: Authorizing the Department of Environmental Protection 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 (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 2354: Banning certain products from food in West Virginia (Signed, 03-24)
HB 2360: Clarifying the victims of crimes against law-enforcement officers (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 2387: To repeal the class A1 Pistol stamp for hunting (Signed, 04-08)
HB 2397: Prevent immediate family members from acting in a fiduciary capacity for the same governmental authority (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 2399: Relating to the taxation of managed timber (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 2411: To provide and change graduation requirements and change duties relating to academic content standards (House amended Senate amendment; pending Senate concurrence)
HB 2434: Relating to establishing the Stop Squatters Act (Passed Senate; pending House concurrence to Senate amendment)
HB 2441: To make those who fail drug test ineligible for unemployment (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 2444: Relating to limiting financial records of limited video lottery permittees that are subject to examination by Lottery Commission (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 2484: Clarifying the probationary period for paid municipal firefighters (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 2499: Training course for principals in public schools; informing teachers of their rights and protections; IEP format (Passed Senate; pending House concurrence to Senate amendment)
HB 2513: Enhancing training requirements for county boards of education members (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 2516: To repeal antiquated and inoperative portions of code (Signed, 04-08)
HB 2548: Clarifying duties of state superintendent regarding rule implementation (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 2678: Relating to school zones of public or private schools (Passed Senate; pending House concurrence to Senate amendment)
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 (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 2711: Relating to the repeal of the common law rule against perpetuities by extending it to 1,000 years for all trusts (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 2752: Relating to motorcycle safety (Passed Senate; pending House concurrence to Senate amendment)
HB 2761: Relating generally to magistrate courts (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 2773: Higher Ed Rules (Passed Senate; pending House concurrence to Senate amendment)
HB 2797: Relating to who may diagnose post-traumatic stress disorder as a compensable injury or disease under workers compensation (Passed Senate; pending House concurrence to Senate amendment)
HB 2866: Relating to fees and charges for municipality provided fire services (Passed Senate; pending House concurrence to Senate amendment)
HB 2867: Relating to Small Estates (Passed Senate; pending House concurrence to Senate amendment)
HB 2871: Relating to the crime of negligent homicide (Passed Senate; pending House concurrence to Senate amendment)
HB 2889: To permit a fairness hearing exemption to the registration requirements of the Uniform Securities Act (Passed Senate; pending House concurrence to Senate amendment)
HB 2897: Permitting the Legislative Auditor to conduct periodic performance and financial audits of the West Virginia Department of Education (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 2943: Administration of the West Virginia Hazardous Waste Management Act (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 2960: Allowing the Division of Highways to contract out snow removal to private companies on secondary roads in Monongalia and Preston counties (Passed Senate; pending House concurrence to Senate amendment)
HB 2964: Amending residency requirements for regional airport boards (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 3012: Relating to Lottery Money Distribution (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 3024: Guaranteed course transfer bill (Passed Senate; pending House concurrence to Senate amendment)
HB 3030: Administration of the West Virginia Water Pollution Control Act (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 3080: Military Spouse hiring preference (Passed Senate; pending House concurrence to Senate amendment)
HB 3089: Mandate the use of WV DMV electronic lien and title system for certain entities and persons (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 3152: Claims Bill (Passed Senate; pending House concurrence to Senate amendment)
HB 3156: Create exemption for Legislature for reporting requirements in Shared Services Section (Passed Senate; pending House concurrence to Senate amendment)
HB 3157: Relating to shortened procedure for road condition claims (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 3166: Requirements for School Safety Mapping Data (Passed Senate; pending House concurrence to Senate amendment)
HB 3192: To repeal obsolete, conflicting or inoperative provisions of code that pertain to higher education (Signed, 04-08)
HB 3277: Relating to defining terms for the West Virginia Hospital Finance Authority Act (Passed Senate; pending House concurrence to Senate amendment)
HB 3279: Relating to requirements for WVU and WVSU Board of Governors (Passed Senate; pending House concurrence to Senate amendment)
HB 3313: Providing more opportunities for high school students in community colleges (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 3342: Firearms Industry Nondiscrimination Act (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 3347: Supplemental Appropriation – Administration – Diamond Bldg. (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 3350: Supplemental Appropriation – DCR – Corrections – 0608 (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 3358: Supplemental Appropriation – FBGR – DHHR (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 3361: Supplemental Appropriation: Health, Birth to Three (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 3363: Supplemental Appropriation – Public Defender (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 3365: Supplemental Appropriation – HLTH – Birth to Three (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 3366: Supplemental Appropriation – FEDA – HLTH – OIG (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 3367: Supplemental Appropriation – SAPR – DNR (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 3368: Supplemental Appropriation – Administration – Lease Rental Payment (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 3370: Supplemental Appropriation – FEDA – HMSV – Summer EBT (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 3372: Supplemental Appropriation – FEDA – Veterans (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 3389: Exclude the Department of Tourism as a Governmental agency (Passed Senate; pending House concurrence to Senate amendment)
HB 3429: Prequalifying consultants for WVDEP – Abandon Mine Lands (Passed Senate; pending House concurrence to Senate amendment)
HB 3456: Relating to the powers and duties of the Commissioner of the Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation regarding Stevens Correctional Center (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)

Bills that Have Been Rejected by the Senate as of Wednesday, April 9, 2025 (3 – 2 Senate; 1 House)

SB 730: Establishing Forest Carbon Registry (Roll Call: 16-18; 04-02)
SB 916: Recognizing authority of Agriculture Commissioner to intervene in matters that negatively affect agritourism (Roll Call: 13-21; 03-31)
HB 3017: Compliance Audits of Tabulating Equipment (Roll Call: 16-18; 04-09)

Senate Resolutions that Have Been Adopted by the Senate as of Wednesday, April 9, 2025 (19)

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 (Adopted, 04-04)
SCR 4: Amending Joint Rules of Senate and House of Delegates (Adopted, 02-12)
SCR 5: U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant Robert Milford Payne Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 04-04)
SCR 6: US Army Major Jerome Lee Workman Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 04-03)
SCR 8: U.S. Army Sergeant Dennis Charles Hurley Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 04-04)
SCR 9: Becker Brothers, Eugene and Kermit Becker Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 04-03)
SCR 10: Donald Lucas and Ronald Lucas Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 04-04)
SCR 15: Opposing China’s use of UN Resolution 2758 against Taiwan (Adopted, 03-19)
SCR 16: US Army SPC Johnny Long Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 04-03)
SCR 17: US Marine Corps PVT Arlie Haught Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 04-03)
SCR 18: Recognizing intent to create WV Coal Renaissance Act (House Rules)
SCR 19: US Army ST4 Gregory Kent Stephens Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 04-04)
SCR 20: Recognizing and commending NCSL on its 50th anniversary (Adopted, 03-18)
SCR 23: Requesting Joint Committee on Government and Finance study WV Secondary School Activities Commission (House Education)
SJR 2: Incorporation of Churches or Religious Denominations Amendment (House Judiciary)
SJR 8: Citizenship Requirement to Vote in WV Elections Amendment (House Judiciary)

SJR 16: Homestead Exemption Increase Amendment (House Finance)

Action on House Bills in the Senate as of Wednesday, April 9, 2025 (242)

HB 2002: Establishing One Stop Shop Permitting Process (Passed Senate; pending House concurrence to Senate amendment)
HB 2003: Prohibiting Cell phones in class (Passed Senate; pending House concurrence to Senate amendment)
HB 2008: Executive Branch Reorganization (Passed Senate; pending House concurrence to Senate amendment)
HB 2009: Relating to the merging and reorganizing of the executive branch (Passed Senate; pending House concurrence to Senate amendment)
HB 2010: Real Estate Broker Office Requirement (Rules)
HB 2011: To supplement, amend, and increase an existing item of appropriation in the aforesaid accounts for the designated spending unit for expenditure during the fiscal year 2025. (Passed Senate; pending House concurrence to Senate amendment)
HB 2013: Transfer of employees to classified exempt service (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 2014: Certified Microgrid Program (S Second Reading, 04-10)
HB 2015: Relating to liability or other insurance coverage provided by the Board of Risk and Insurance Management to any entity for which such coverage is permissive under state code (Banking and Insurance)
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 2026: Budget Bill (Passed Senate; pending House concurrence to Senate amendment)
HB 2027: Relating to changing circumstances for when a child may be removed from a foster home (Health and Human Resources)
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 (House amended Senate amendment; pending Senate concurrence)
HB 2043: Relating to use of dog and/or drones for tracking or locating mortally wounded deer, elk, turkey, wild boar or bear (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 2047: Prohibiting cameras and recording devices in bedrooms and bathrooms of foster children (Health and Human Resources)
HB 2052: Eliminating the requirement that the apprenticeship training tax credit base be limited to wages paid to apprentices in the construction trades (Finance)
HB 2053: Relating to including the United States Space Force in the definition armed forces (Signed, 03-21)
HB 2054: Relating to liability of vendors in private farmers markets (S Second Reading, 04-10)
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 (S Second Reading, 04-10)
HB 2067: West Virginia Firearms Liability Clarification Act (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 2111: Establishing the Uniform Mortgage Modification Act (Judiciary)
HB 2117: Relating to when Mail In Ballots are Due (Government Organization)
HB 2120: Relating to forms and disclosures to the Ethics Commission (S Third Reading, 04-10)
HB 2121: Deceased Disabled Veteran Real Property Exemption for Widowed Spouses (S Second Reading, 04-10)
HB 2123: Modifying the criminal penalties imposed on a parent, guardian or custodian for child abuse (House amended Senate amendment; pending Senate concurrence)
HB 2129: Creating the Parents Bill of Rights (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
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 2145: Relating to terminating the authority of the Director of the Purchasing Division to impose a certain annual fee upon vendors (Government Organization)
HB 2152: Prompt Payment Act of 2025 (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 2156: Relating to time limits imposed on the Division of Highways to grant a highway entrance permit (Transportation and Infrastructure)
HB 2157: Provide one trip temporary vehicle permits to be purchased and printed online (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 2158: Relating to removal of a sunset clause for the West Virginia spay and neuter program (Rules)
HB 2159: Relating to the assessment of interest on overpayments by the Bureau for Medical Services (Finance)
HB 2164: To allow for public and private schools in West Virginia to employ security personnel (S Third Reading, 04-10)
HB 2165: Allowing disabled purple heart recipients park free at municipal metered parking spaces (Passed Senate; pending House concurrence to Senate amendment)
HB 2167: Relating to public charter schools code provisions (S Third Reading, 04-10)
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 (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)

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 2205: Relating to microreactor development (Energy, Industry and Mining)

HB 2217: Relating to penalties for conspiracy to commit murder (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 2222: Relating to authorizing certain agencies of the Department of Administration to promulgate legislative rules (Signed, 03-26)
HB 2233: Authorizing the Department of Environmental Protection to promulgate legislative rules (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 2267: Authorizing Department of Revenue to Promulgate Legislative Rules (S Second Reading, 04-10)
HB 2331: Relating to authorizing certain agencies of the Department of Commerce to promulgate legislative rules (House amended Senate amendment; pending Senate concurrence)
HB 2344: Relating generally to traffic safety (S Second Reading, 04-10)
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 (S Second Reading, 04-10)
HB 2351: Relating to compensation for panel attorneys (S Second Reading, 04-10)
HB 2354: Banning certain products from food in West Virginia (Signed, 03-24)
HB 2358: Relating to postmortem examinations (S Second Reading, 04-10)
HB 2360: Clarifying the victims of crimes against law-enforcement officers (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
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 2377: Relating to child welfare (Health and Human Resources)

HB 2382: Camping ban on certain public property (Rules)

HB 2387: To repeal the class A1 Pistol stamp for hunting (Signed, 04-08)

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 (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 2399: Relating to the taxation of managed timber (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 2402: Relating to providing access to medical records; providing access to a minor’s medical record (S Third Reading, 04-10)
HB 2410: Safeguard the Right-To-Try Cutting-Edge Medicine Act (Judiciary)
HB 2411: To provide and change graduation requirements and change duties relating to academic content standards (House amended Senate amendment; pending Senate concurrence)
HB 2434: Relating to establishing the Stop Squatters Act (Passed Senate; pending House concurrence to Senate amendment)

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 (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 2444: Relating to limiting financial records of limited video lottery permittees that are subject to examination by Lottery Commission (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 2451: To facilitate the creation of home-based businesses (Judiciary)
HB 2456: Pregnancy Support (Finance)
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 (S Third Reading, 04-10)
HB 2484: Clarifying the probationary period for paid municipal firefighters (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 2491: Relating to conditions on holding online raffles (S Third Reading, 04-10)
HB 2499: Training course for principals in public schools; informing teachers of their rights and protections; IEP format (Passed Senate; pending House concurrence to Senate amendment)
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 (S Second Reading, 04-10)
HB 2513: Enhancing training requirements for county boards of education members (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)

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

HB 2516: To repeal antiquated and inoperative portions of code (Signed, 04-08)

HB 2528: To permit students in Christian schools at the elementary and middle school level to participate in county level sport tournaments (S Third Reading, 04-10)

· HB 2548: Clarifying duties of state superintendent regarding rule implementation (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)

· HB 2551: Increase criminal penalties for trespassing livestock (Judiciary)

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

· HB 2566: Relating generally to allowing the Supreme Court of Appeals discretion to create uniform pay scales for all levels of judicial support staff (Government Organization)

HB 2571: Create mechanism for towing companies in WV to quickly access owner information (Transportation and Infrastructure)
HB 2575: Relating to the establishment of a full-time Dementia Services Director position (S Second Reading, 04-10)
HB 2576: NIL Protection Act (S Third Reading, 04-10)
HB 2595: Non Profit Athletics Act (S Third Reading, 04-10)

HB 2634: To double the criminal penalty for anyone found guilty of sexual assault on a minor (S Second Reading, 04-10)

HB 2635: To ensure that classroom sizes are equal without losing a teachers aide (Education)
HB 2645: Requiring certain non-discretionary procedures be strictly complied with by the West Virginia Parkways Authority before tolls, rents, fees or charges may be increased (Transportation and Infrastructure)
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 (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 (Passed Senate; pending House concurrence to Senate amendment)

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

· HB 2695: Raleigh and Mason Counties Economic Opportunity Development Districts (S Second Reading, 04-10)

· 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 (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)

· 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 (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)

HB 2718: Relating to creating a State Advisory Council on Establishing a Military College (S Second Reading, 04-10)

· HB 2720: To create the Southern Coalfield Resiliency and Revitalization Program (Economic Development)

HB 2736: Relating generally to Underground Facilities Damage prevention (Energy, Industry and Mining)

HB 2742: Relating to creating limited waiver from certificate of public convenience and necessity requirement for certain water or sewer services projects (S Third Reading, 04-10)

HB 2752: Relating to motorcycle safety (Passed Senate; pending House concurrence to Senate amendment)

· HB 2755: To provide that the West Virginia Board of Education may promulgate rules or policies to be submitted to the Legislature for review (S Third Reading, 04-10)

HB 2761: Relating generally to magistrate courts (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 2773: Higher Ed Rules (Passed Senate; pending House concurrence to Senate amendment)

· HB 2774: Coach Protection Act (Education)

· HB 2776: Requiring Department of Health to report positive Alpha Gal tests to CDC (S Third Reading, 04-10)

HB 2777: Relating to removing requirements to submit certain evidence on behalf of home-schooled children (Education)

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

· HB 2787: To permit the county commission of each county to lease, rent or to permit the use of a county owned wireless tower or any portion thereof, with exceptions (Government Organization)

· HB 2797: Relating to who may diagnose post-traumatic stress disorder as a compensable injury or disease under workers compensation (Passed Senate; pending House concurrence to Senate amendment)

HB 2802: Relating to in-service training credits for law-enforcement officers (S Second Reading, 04-10)

HB 2816: Relating to clarifying secondary sources are not the law and public policy of West Virginia in certain instances (Judiciary)

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

HB 2836: Relating to wild animal rehabilitation permits (S Second Reading, 04-10)

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

· HB 2866: Relating to fees and charges for municipality provided fire services (Passed Senate; pending House concurrence to Senate amendment)

HB 2867: Relating to Small Estates (Passed Senate; pending House concurrence to Senate amendment)
HB 2871: Relating to the crime of negligent homicide (Passed Senate; pending House concurrence to Senate amendment)

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

HB 2880: Relating to parent resource navigators (S Third Reading, 04-10)

HB 2881: Relating to the makeup of the State Police Child Abuse and Neglect Investigations Unit (Health and Human Resources)
HB 2889: To permit a fairness hearing exemption to the registration requirements of the Uniform Securities Act (Passed Senate; pending House concurrence to Senate amendment)

HB 2892: Relating to pedestrians standing in or near the right of way (Judiciary)

HB 2894: Prohibiting human trafficking of illegal aliens (Judiciary)

HB 2897: Permitting the Legislative Auditor to conduct periodic performance and financial audits of the West Virginia Department of Education (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)

· HB 2942: Administration of the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection Design-Build Pilot Program (S Third Reading, 04-10)

HB 2943: Administration of the West Virginia Hazardous Waste Management Act (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)

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 2958: To clarify what constitutes trespassing at an institution of higher education (Government Organization)

HB 2960: Allowing the Division of Highways to contract out snow removal to private companies on secondary roads in Monongalia and Preston counties (Passed Senate; pending House concurrence to Senate amendment)

· HB 2961: To amend the law concerning ownership and possession of real property (S Second Reading, 04-10)

HB 2963: To ensure that the survivor of a merger, reorganization, purchase, or assumption of liabilities of a bank chartered by West Virginia is insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (S Second Reading, 04-10)
HB 2964: Amending residency requirements for regional airport boards (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)

HB 2973: Regarding venue for legal actions against the West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission (Education)
HB 2978: Relating generally to the Municipal Bond Commission governance (Government Organization)

HB 2987: Relating to the Consumer Data Protection Act (Judiciary)

HB 3000: Relating to agency changes and updates to the West Virginia Commercial Feed Law (S Third Reading, 04-10)
HB 3001: Relating to county parks and recreation commission (Government Organization)
HB 3012: Relating to Lottery Money Distribution (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)

HB 3013: Relating to open captioning for motion pictures (Government Organization)
HB 3014: Relating generally to liability of hospital police (S Second Reading, 04-10)

HB 3016: Photo voter ID (S Second Reading, 04-10)

HB 3017: Compliance Audits of Tabulating Equipment (Rejected by Senate – Roll Call: 16-18, 04-09)

HB 3024: Guaranteed course transfer bill (Passed Senate; pending House concurrence to Senate amendment)
HB 3030: Administration of the West Virginia Water Pollution Control Act (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 3080: Military Spouse hiring preference (Passed Senate; pending House concurrence to Senate amendment)

HB 3084: Creating the Oral Health and Cancer Rights Act (Health and Human Resources)
HB 3089: Mandate the use of WV DMV electronic lien and title system for certain entities and persons (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 3090: Relating to coverage for the treatment of stuttering (Health and Human Resources)
HB 3092: Relating to financial assistance available for a prescription drug (Health and Human Resources)
HB 3111: To provide pay increases to members of the judiciary (S Second Reading, 04-10)

· HB 3125: To remove restrictions from teachers receiving permanent teaching licenses (S Second Reading, 04-10)

HB 3133: Permitting counties and municipalities to enter into memoranda of understanding for demolition of dilapidated structures (S Third Reading, 04-10)

· HB 3139: Relating to charter schools applications (Education)

HB 3142: Allowing health benefit plan sponsors to communicate electronically with covered persons (Health and Human Resources)

· HB 3144: Wireless Infrastructure and Facilities Siting and Co-location (S Third Reading, 04-10)

· HB 3145: Relating to duties of licensees under the West Virginia Real Estate License Act (Government Organization)

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

HB 3150: Health Science and Medical Student Loan Programs (Health and Human Resources)

HB 3152: Claims Bill (Passed Senate; pending House concurrence to Senate amendment)

HB 3156: Create exemption for Legislature for reporting requirements in Shared Services Section (Passed Senate; pending House concurrence to Senate amendment)

HB 3157: Relating to shortened procedure for road condition claims (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)

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 3164: Requiring registered sex offenders pay annual fee (Judiciary)

· HB 3166: Requirements for School Safety Mapping Data (Passed Senate; pending House concurrence to Senate amendment)

HB 3167: To require hair follicle drug testing of parents or guardians in cases of substantiated child abuse or neglect of a minor (Judiciary)

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

HB 3174: Requiring municipalities take actions when potential customers apply for water and sewer service (S Second Reading, 04-10)

HB 3179: Funding for failing public utilities (S Third Reading, 04-10)
HB 3181: Allow all law enforcement officers to purchase gun upon retirement (S Second Reading, 04-10)

· HB 3187: Relating to the West Virginia Task Force on Artificial Intelligence (S Third Reading, 04-10)

· HB 3189: Creating crime of attempting to smuggle contraband into federal correctional institutions within the state (Judiciary)

HB 3190: Controlled Substances and arrestable offenses (Judiciary)

HB 3192: To repeal obsolete, conflicting or inoperative provisions of code that pertain to higher education (Signed, 04-08)

HB 3209: To provide at least one counselor for every 250 students in public schools and public charter schools in this state (S Second Reading, 04-10)

HB 3263: Relating to providing notification of utility service disruption to its’ customers (S Second Reading, 04-10)

HB 3269: Reorganizing the Board of Banking and Financial Institutions, the Division of Financial Institutions, and the Lending and Credit Rate Board (Government Organization)

HB 3272: Relating to eviction proceedings (S Third Reading, 04-10)

HB 3274: Relating to reports of circuit court proceedings (S Third Reading, 04-10)
HB 3275: Update timing for appeals (S Third Reading, 04-10)

HB 3276: Provide mechanism for rate increases for water and sewer utilities (Energy, Industry and Mining)

HB 3277: Relating to defining terms for the West Virginia Hospital Finance Authority Act (Passed Senate; pending House concurrence to Senate amendment)

HB 3279: Relating to requirements for WVU and WVSU Board of Governors (Passed Senate; pending House concurrence to Senate amendment)

HB 3289: Relating to expungement of certain criminal convictions (Judiciary)

HB 3292: Relating to special stops required for on-track equipment (Transportation and Infrastructure)

HB 3294: Enacting the Bank Protections for Eligible Adults from Financial Exploitation Act (Judiciary)

HB 3297: Establishing the Washington Center for Civics, Culture, and Statesmanship at West Virginia University (S Second Reading, 04-10)

HB 3304: To create statues celebrating the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States (Finance)
HB 3305: Changing the limit on switching parties before filing to run for office from 60 days to 180 days prior to an election (Government Organization)
HB 3313: Providing more opportunities for high school students in community colleges (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)

HB 3336: Well Plugging methods (S Second Reading, 04-10)
HB 3338: Allow child witness testify remotely in situations deemed traumatic by judge (S Second Reading, 04-10)
HB 3342: Firearms Industry Nondiscrimination Act (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)

HB 3343: Relating to drugs and adding a provision relating to the scheduling of crystalline polymorph psilocybin approved by the Food and Drug Administration (Health and Human Resources)
HB 3344: Relating to the establishment of a grant program to fund the United States Food and Drug Administration’s drug development trials with ibogaine (S Second Reading, 04-10)
HB 3347: Supplemental Appropriation – Administration – Diamond Bldg. (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 3350: Supplemental Appropriation – DCR – Corrections – 0608 (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)

HB 3358: Supplemental Appropriation – FBGR – DHHR (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)

HB 3361: Supplemental Appropriation – Health, Birth to Three (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 3363: Supplemental Appropriation – Public Defender (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 3365: Supplemental Appropriation – HLTH – Birth to Three (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 3366: Supplemental Appropriation – FEDA – HLTH – OIG (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 3367: Supplemental Appropriation – SAPR – DNR (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 3368: Supplemental Appropriation – Administration – Lease Rental Payment (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 3370: Supplemental Appropriation – FEDA – HMSV – Summer EBT (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 3372: Supplemental Appropriation – FEDA – Veterans (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)

HB 3373: To extend and revise the sunset provision in the Tourism Development Act to December 31, 2030 (S Third Reading, 04-10)

HB 3389: Exclude the Department of Tourism as a Governmental agency (Passed Senate; pending House concurrence to Senate amendment)

HB 3411: Relating to commissions; removing the legislative members; and eliminating expired commissions (S Second Reading, 04-10)
HB 3412: Relating to exemptions from disclosure of certain records; and exempting the legislative branch if it adopts its own rules (S Second Reading, 04-10)
HB 3422: Relating to requiring the State Board of Education to design, test, and deploy an internet-based reporting system to be known as the School Choice Portal (Education)

HB 3424: Removing language regarding short term loans being provided to released inmates for costs related to reentry into the community (S Second Reading, 04-10)
HB 3429: Prequalifying consultants for WVDEP – Abandon Mine Lands (Passed Senate; pending House concurrence to Senate amendment)

HB 3433: Modifying language in the statute to make it consistent with W.Va. Code §5H-1-2(b) for survivor’s benefit payments (Government Organization)
HB 3434: Relating to the controlled substance schedules and to clean-up errors identified in the code sections (Judiciary)
HB 3439: Relating to registration of voters and voluntary registration of organ donors (Health and Human Resources)

HB 3440: Relating generally to removing and repealing obsolete provisions under the purview of the State Treasurer’s Office (S Third Reading, 04-10)
HB 3444: Relating to inflammation of the eyes of newborns (S Third Reading, 04-10)
HB 3446: Permitting public high school students submit FAFSA prior to graduation (Education)

HB 3456: Relating to the powers and duties of the Commissioner of the Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation regarding Stevens Correctional Center (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 3492: Relating to municipal economic opportunity development districts (S Second Reading, 04-10)
HB 3503: Relating to regulation by counties, municipalities, and political subdivisions of commercial horticulture under the Water Pollution Control Act (Government Organization)

· HB 3504: Relating to protecting critical infrastructure; and defining terms (Judiciary)

· HB 3505: Relating to insurance (Rules)

HB 3506: Relating to contributions to the retirement system for judges of courts of record (Pensions)
HB 3513: Relating to standards of liability and insurance requirements in certain civil actions (Judiciary)
HB 3514: Relating to persons convicted of a crime (Judiciary)
HB 3515: Relating to appointment of officers of the West Virginia State Police (S Third Reading, 04-10)
HB 3517: Relating generally to fiscal emergencies of local governments (S Second Reading, 04-10)

· HB 3519: Expiring funds to the unappropriated surplus balance of the State Fund, General Revenue (Finance)

Action on House Resolutions in the Senate as of Wednesday, April 9, 2025 (75)

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 (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 (Adopted, 04-03)

· HCR 9: Robert S. Pomeroy Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 04-02)

· HCR 10: USMC PFC Robert Thomas Taylor Memorial Road (Adopted, 04-02)

· 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 14: US Navy S1C Curtis Hatcher Memorial Road (Transportation and Infrastructure)

· HCR 15: US Marines PFC Delbert Carles Roles Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 04-03)

HCR 17: To place Purple Heart Signs at the entrances to the state (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 (Adopted, 04-02)

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

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

HCR 30: Pastor Roger D. Stewart and Brenda Runion Stewart Memorial Bridge (Transportation and Infrastructure)

· HCR 31: U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Quewanncoll “Que” Stephens, Sr. Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 04-03)

· 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 (Adopted, 04-03)

· 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 (Adopted, 04-02)

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

· HCR 41: Dedicating November 7th as “Clergy Appreciation Day” (Pending Senate introduction)

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

HCR 43: Ray William “Mutt” Sherman Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 04-04)

· HCR 44: Corporal Charles W. Wolfe Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 04-02)

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

· HCR 46: U.S. Army Ronald Gene Sypolt Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 04-02)

· 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 51: U.S. Army Roy Lee Hill Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 04-02)
HCR 52: Ronnie W. Matthews Memorial Bridge (Transportation and Infrastructure)

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

HCR 55: Vance Brothers Six Military Veterans Highway (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 (Adopted, 04-02)

· 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 70: Revolutionary War Patriot Patrick Board 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 76: PFC Charles Henry Moore Memorial Bridge (Transportation and Infrastructure)
HCR 77: Jim Sigmon Family Memorial Bridge (Transportation and Infrastructure)

· HCR 78: Urging the Commissioner of Highways to prioritize completion of I-73, the King Coal Highway (Adopted, 03-31)

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

HCR 82: U.S. Army PFC Paul Ralph Bittinger Sr. Memorial Bridge (Transportation and Infrastructure)

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

HCR 85: Lavern “Mousey” Testerman Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 04-02)
HCR 86: U. S. Army PFC Robert F. Mann Memorial Bridge (Transportation and Infrastructure)
HCR 87: Clark Brothers Memorial Bridge (Transportation and Infrastructure)
HCR 88: Honoring First Responders Honor Board’s Medal of Valor Nominees (Adopted, 04-03)
HCR 89: U. S. Army SP4 Kermit Harold Yoho Memorial Bridge (Transportation and Infrastructure)
HCR 90: Dragon Highway (Transportation and Infrastructure)
HCR 91: Charles Grant Hoke Memorial (Adopted, 04-02)
HCR 93: Scott Miller Hill Bypass (Transportation and Infrastructure)
HCR 96: Urging West Virginia’s members of Congress to ask the President not to cut funding for the Local Food in Schools and Child Care nutrition (Adopted, 04-09)
HCR 97: Creating the West Virginia Justice Reinvestment Taskforce (Judiciary)

Bills that Have Completed Legislation as of Wednesday, April 9, 2025 (94 – 43 Senate; 51 House)

SB 8: Providing additional sites and devices for newborn safe surrender (Signed, 03-26)
SB 10: Exempting certain meat processes from consumers sales and service tax (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
SB 22: Applying penalties for nonpayment of royalties under terms of oil and natural gas leases (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
SB 138: Enhancing penalties for fleeing officer (Signed, 03-24)
SB 199: Relating to elementary behavior intervention and safety (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
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 (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
SB 267: Extending time for renewal and restoration of commercial driver’s licenses (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
SB 270: Declaring sale and manufacture of firearms essential business during declared emergency (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
SB 282: Modifying provisions for employment of retired teachers as substitutes in areas of critical need and shortage (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
SB 283: Expanding grade levels of personal finance course requirements needed for graduation (Signed, 04-01)
SB 291: Extending time frame for pharmacies to register from annually to biennially (Signed, 03-24)
SB 336: Authorizing Department of Homeland Security to promulgate legislative rules (Signed, 04-01)
SB 358: Authorizing Department of Transportation to promulgate legislative rules (Signed, 03-20)
SB 369: Authorizing miscellaneous boards and agencies to promulgate legislative rules (Vetoed, 04-01; Amended and Repassed, 04-04)
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 458: Universal Professional and Occupational Licensing Act of 2025 (Signed, 04-07)
SB 459: Requiring county planning commission members be state residents (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
SB 462: Permitting Board of Occupational Therapy to require criminal history record checks (Signed, 03-24)
SB 464: Creating license plate for recipients of Medal of Valor (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
SB 486: Clarifying eligibility requirements to vote in WV elections (Signed, 03-26)
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 (Signed, 04-01)
SB 500: Transferring audits of volunteer fire departments to Legislative Auditor (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
SB 522: Clarifying procedure for administrative dissolution of limited liability companies by Secretary of State (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
SB 525: Clarifying procedure for administrative dissolution of nonprofit corporations by Secretary of State (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
SB 537: Establishing WV Mothers and Babies Pregnancy Support Program (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
SB 538: Allowing certain entities to purchase qualifying tax-delinquent properties before they are offered at public auction (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
SB 573: Relating to restrictions on use or sale of motor vehicles based on power source (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
SB 615: Eliminating accelerated tax payment requirements (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
SB 621: Authorizing digital court records (Signed, 04-01)
SB 627: Removing prohibition against leasing state-owned pore spaces underlying lands designated as state parks (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
SB 650: Relating to full-time interventionists (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
SB 715: Relating to personally identifiable information of member, retirant, beneficiary, or alternate payee of retirement system (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
SB 716: Relating to failure to pay required contributions and interest payments for certain retirees who transfer between retirement systems (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
SB 810: Clarifying requirements for administration of anesthesia and chronic pain practice by certain licensed nurses (Completed legislation; awaiting action by Governor)
SB 823: Clarifying and separating duties between Division of Emergency Management and DEP (Signed, 04-08)
SB 828: Clarifying requirements for persons employed by Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation include contracted vendor staff (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
SB 861: Updating references to reflect consolidation of Information Services and Communications Division into Office of Technology (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
SB 862: Repealing antiquated language related to Voluntary Gilding Dome Check-Off Program (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
SB 863: Removing reference to Information Services and Communications Division (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 2013: Transfer of employees to classified exempt service (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 2042: Relating to allowing a guardian ad litem to request the appointment of a court appointed special advocate (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 2043: Relating to use of dog and/or drones for tracking or locating mortally wounded deer, elk, turkey, wild boar or bear (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 2053: Relating to including the United States Space Force in the definition armed forces (Signed, 03-21)
HB 2067: West Virginia Firearms Liability Clarification Act (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 2129: Creating the Parents Bill of Rights (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 2152: Prompt Payment Act of 2025 (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 2157: Provide one trip temporary vehicle permits to be purchased and printed online (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 2172: Relating to adding an athletic trainer to the Board of Physical Therapy (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 2217: Relating to penalties for conspiracy to commit murder (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 2222: Relating to authorizing certain agencies of the Department of Administration to promulgate legislative rules (Signed, 03-26)
HB 2233: Authorizing the Department of Environmental Protection 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 (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 2354: Banning certain products from food in West Virginia (Signed, 03-24)
HB 2360: Clarifying the victims of crimes against law-enforcement officers (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 2387: To repeal the class A1 Pistol stamp for hunting (Signed, 04-08)
HB 2397: Prevent immediate family members from acting in a fiduciary capacity for the same governmental authority (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 2399: Relating to the taxation of managed timber (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 2441: To make those who fail drug test ineligible for unemployment (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 2444: Relating to limiting financial records of limited video lottery permittees that are subject to examination by Lottery Commission (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 2484: Clarifying the probationary period for paid municipal firefighters (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 2513: Enhancing training requirements for county boards of education members (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 2516: To repeal antiquated and inoperative portions of code (Signed, 04-08)

HB 2548: Clarifying duties of state superintendent regarding rule implementation (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
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 (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 2711: Relating to the repeal of the common law rule against perpetuities by extending it to 1,000 years for all trusts (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 2761: Relating generally to magistrate courts (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 2897: Permitting the Legislative Auditor to conduct periodic performance and financial audits of the West Virginia Department of Education (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 2943: Administration of the West Virginia Hazardous Waste Management Act (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 2964: Amending residency requirements for regional airport boards (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 3012: Relating to Lottery Money Distribution (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 3030: Administration of the West Virginia Water Pollution Control Act (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 3342: Firearms Industry Nondiscrimination Act (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)

HB 3089: Mandate the use of WV DMV electronic lien and title system for certain entities and persons (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 3157: Relating to shortened procedure for road condition claims (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)

HB 3192: To repeal obsolete, conflicting or inoperative provisions of code that pertain to higher education (Signed, 04-08)
HB 3313: Providing more opportunities for high school students in community colleges (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 3347: Supplemental Appropriation – Administration – Diamond Bldg. (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 3350: Supplemental Appropriation – DCR – Corrections – 0608 (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 3358: Supplemental Appropriation – FBGR – DHHR (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 3361: Supplemental Appropriation: Health, Birth to Three (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 3363: Supplemental Appropriation – Public Defender (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 3365: Supplemental Appropriation – HLTH – Birth to Three (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 3366: Supplemental Appropriation – FEDA – HLTH – OIG (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 3367: Supplemental Appropriation – SAPR – DNR (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 3368: Supplemental Appropriation – Administration – Lease Rental Payment (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 3370: Supplemental Appropriation – FEDA – HMSV – Summer EBT (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 3372: Supplemental Appropriation – FEDA – Veterans (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 3456: Relating to the powers and duties of the Commissioner of the Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation regarding Stevens Correctional Center (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)

Resolutions that Have Completed Legislation as of Wednesday, April 9, 2025 (37 – 14 Senate; 23 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 3: US Army Warrant Officer Joseph Rose III Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 04-04)
SCR 4: Amending Joint Rules of Senate and House of Delegates (Adopted, 02-12)
SCR 5: U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant Robert Milford Payne Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 04-04)
SCR 6: US Army Major Jerome Lee Workman Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 04-03)
SCR 8: U.S. Army Sergeant Dennis Charles Hurley Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 04-04)
SCR 9: Becker Brothers, Eugene and Kermit Becker Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 04-03)
SCR 10: Donald Lucas and Ronald Lucas Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 04-04)
SCR 15: Opposing China’s use of UN Resolution 2758 against Taiwan (Adopted, 03-19)
SCR 16: US Army SPC Johnny Long Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 04-03)
SCR 17: US Marine Corps PVT Arlie Haught Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 04-03)
SCR 19: US Army ST4 Gregory Kent Stephens Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 04-04)
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 8: PFC Lester E. Maynard Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 04-03)
HCR 9: Robert S. Pomeroy Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 04-02)
HCR 10: Donald Lucas & Ronald Lucas Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 04-02)
HCR 15: US Marines PFC Delbert Carles Roles Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 04-03)
HCR 27: BG Edmund “Frank” Roleff, WVNG Memorial Road (Adopted, 04-02)
HCR 31: U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Quewanncoll “Que” Stephens, Sr. Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 04-03)
HCR 34: U. S. Merchant Marine Joseph Ward Teter Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 04-03)
HCR 37: CPT Ray Leslie Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 04-02)
HCR 43: Ray William “Mutt” Sherman Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 04-04)
HCR 44: U.S. Army Corporal Charles W. Wolfe Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 04-02)
HCR 46: U.S. Army SP4 Ronald Gene Sypolt Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 04-02)
HCR 49: Resolution relating to use of industrial sites and the potential impacts on downstream facilities (Adopted, 03-03)
HCR 51: U.S. Army PFC Roy Lee Hill Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 04-02)
HCR 62: U.S. Army PFC Henry James Miller Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 04-02)
HCR 78: Urging the Commissioner of Highways to prioritize completion of I-73, the King Coal Highway (Adopted, 03-31)
HCR 85: U.S. Army Corporal Lavern “Mousey” Testerman Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 04-02)
HCR 88: Honoring First Responders Honor Board’s Medal of Valor Nominees (Adopted, 04-03)
HCR 91: U.S. Army Sergeant Major Charles Grant Hoke Memorial Road (Adopted, 04-02)
HCR 96: Urging West Virginia’s members of Congress to ask the President not to cut funding for the Local Food in Schools and Child Care nutrition (Adopted, 04-09)

Bills Signed by the Governor as of Wednesday, April 9, 2025 (26 – 17 Senate; 9 House)

SB 8: Providing additional sites and devices for newborn safe surrender (Signed, 03-26)
SB 138: Enhancing penalties for fleeing officer (Signed, 03-24)
SB 240: Updating crime of sexual extortion (Signed, 03-24)
SB 283: Expanding grade levels of personal finance course requirements needed for graduation (Signed, 04-01)
SB 291: Extending time frame for pharmacies to register from annually to biennially (Signed, 03-24)
SB 336: Authorizing Department of Homeland Security to promulgate legislative rules (Signed, 04-01)
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 458: Universal Professional and Occupational Licensing Act of 2025 (Signed, 04-07)
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 (Signed, 03-26)
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 (Signed, 04-01)
SB 621: Authorizing digital court records (Signed, 04-01)
SB 823: Clarifying and separating duties between Division of Emergency Management and DEP (Signed, 04-08)
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 2043: Relating to use of dog and/or drones for tracking or locating mortally wounded deer, elk, turkey, wild boar or bear (Signed, 04-08)
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 (Signed, 03-26)
HB 2354: Banning certain products from food in West Virginia (Signed, 03-24)
HB 2387: To repeal the class A1 Pistol stamp for hunting (Signed, 04-08)
HB 2516: To repeal antiquated and inoperative portions of code (Signed, 04-08)
HB 3192: To repeal obsolete, conflicting or inoperative provisions of code that pertain to higher education (Signed, 04-08)

Bills Vetoed by the Governor as of Wednesday, April 9, 2025 (1 – 1 Senate)

SB 369: Authorizing miscellaneous boards and agencies to promulgate legislative rules (Vetoed, 04-01; Amended and Repassed, 04-04)

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58th Day of Legislative Session – Here is Thursday’s Senate Agenda

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