Monday, March 24, 2025 – 41st Day of Session

 

The Senate will convene at 11 a.m.

THIRD READING

 

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

 

SECOND READING

 

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

 

FIRST READING

 

  • Com. Sub. for SB 54: Requiring age-appropriate instruction on Holocaust in public schools
  • Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for SB 587: Relating generally to government contracting
  • SB 655: Providing for immunity for mental health providers who are involved in mental hygiene checks (original similar to HB 3093)
  • Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2382: Camping ban on certain public property. (Com. amend. pending)
  • Eng. HB 2402: Relating to providing access to medical records; providing access to a minor’s medical record – (Com. amend. pending)
  • Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2411: To provide and change graduation requirements and change duties relating to academic content standards

Scheduled Committee Meetings

 

9:30 a.m.: Government Organization (208W)

  • Com. Sub. For SB 810: Clarifying requirements for administration of anesthesia
  • Com. Sub. For SB 820: Whistleblower Protection Fund Act
  • Com. Sub. For SB 802: Establishing absent voter ballot tracking system to display status of early ballots and absent voter ballots to voters
  • Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. SB 570: Requiring economic impact statements for certain legislative rules
  • SB 839: Requiring Division of Labor establish separate rules for residential or commercial plumbing
  • SB 855: Relating to incentive program to promote beverage container recycling

9:30 a.m.: Education (451M)

  • SB 755: Establishing WV Secondary School Athletic Trainer and Career Technical Education Program Act
  • SB 261: Reorganizing School Building Authority as School Maintenance Authority
  • SB 89: Creating alternative high-risk population public charter schools

10:50 a.m.: Committee on Rules (219M – Senate President’s Conference Room)

1 p.m.: Workforce (208W)

  • Presentations

o   Tim Thomas, General Manager, Mountain Transit Authority

o   Paula Smith, Executive Director, TriRiver Transit Authority

1 p.m.: Transportation and Infrastructure (451M)

  • SB 722: Creating WV Short Line Railroad Modernization Act
  • SB 792: Requiring drivers to observe same safety requirements regarding railroad crossing when on-track equipment is present
  • Com. Sub. for SB 794: Designating certain roads as permitting high clearance 4×4 vehicles only
  • SB 807: Exempting automobiles 25 years or older from personal property taxes

2 p.m.: Energy, Industry and Mining (208W)

  • Com. Sub. for SB 505: Ensuring Reliable and Affordable Electricity Act
  • Com. Sub. for SB 730: Establishing Forest Carbon Registry
  • Com. Sub. for SB 763: Creating Public Electrical Savings Act

2 p.m.: Pensions (451M)

  • Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for SB 589: Providing pay increases to members of judiciary
  • SB 874: Permitting current home confinement officers to participate in Emergency Medical Services Retirement Plan

3 p.m.: Judiciary (208W)

  • Com. Sub for SB 617: Discouraging gang activity
  • HB 2123: Modifying the criminal penalties imposed on a parent, guardian or custodian for child abuse
  • Com. Sub. for SB 761: Creating Joel Archer Substance Abuse Intervention Act

3 p.m.: Finance (451M)

  • Com. Sub. for SB 464: Creating license plate for recipients of Medal of Valor
  • Com. Sub. for SB 585: Relating to Cohen Craddock Student Athlete Safety Act
  • Com. Sub. for SB 646: Increasing non-traditional instruction days for WV teachers
  • SB 840: Relating to nonresident income tax for natural resources royalty payments received from lessees
  • SB 725: Relating to unlawful expenditures by local fiscal bodies
  • Com. Sub. for SB 474: Ending diversity, equity, and inclusion programs
  • Com. Sub. for SB 439: Relating to taxation of wind power projects
  • SB 577: Clarifying prohibited practices by manufacturer, factory branch, distributor, or distributor branch when providing new motor vehicle to dealer

 

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

 

Senate Bills to be Introduced Monday, March 24, 2025

·       SB 881: Modifying authority of certain higher education entities to sell and transfer property (Woodrum, Oliverio; Education then Government Organization)

·       SB 882: Relating to utilities (Phillips, Hart; Energy, Industry and Mining then Finance)

·       SB 883: Providing director of WV Office of Miners’ Health, Safety and Training discretion and authority in certain appointments (Phillips; Energy, Industry and Mining)

·       SB 884: Relating to liability for injury or damage resulting from intoxication (Grady; Judiciary)

·       SB 885: Creating Tax Expenditure Limitation Act (Willis, Rose; Finance)

·       SB 886: Relating to foster child bill of rights (Chapman; Health and Human Resources)

·       SB 887: Creating intermediate conservatorship or guardianship process prior to individual being involuntarily committed (Chapman; Health and Human Resources then Judiciary)

·       SB 888: Relating to testing for individuals in drug treatment (Takubo; Health and Human Resources then Judiciary)

·       SB 889: Creating Sustaining Opportunities for Academics in Rural Schools Act (Rucker; Education then Finance)

·       SB 890: Relating to agency changes to auctioneers (FN) (Thorne; Government Organization then Finance)

·       SB 891: Creating State Central Legal Advertising website (Helton, Barrett, Roberts; Finance)

·       SB 892: Relating to property valuation (Woodrum; Government Organization then Finance)

·       SB 893: Establishing offense of assault upon service animal (Weld; Judiciary)

·       SB 894: Relating to King Coal Highway Economic Advisory Board Act (Hart, Rose; Economic Development then Finance)

·       SB 895: Relating generally to jurisdiction of Public Service Commission (Hart, Smith, Rose; Judiciary)

·       SB 896: Relating to Community School Protection Act (Hart; Education then Finance)

·       SB 897: Creating Community Schools Support Act (Hart; Education then Finance)

·       SB 898: Allowing DOH to contract for snow removal on secondary roads in Monongalia and Preston counties (FN) (Oliverio, Rose; Transportation and Infrastructure then Finance)

·       SB 899: Protecting coal and gas minerals from carbon capture practices (Rose, Smith, Azinger, Hart, Martin, Thorne, Willis; Energy, Industry and Mining)

·       SB 900: Limiting sale of vape products in WV (Stuart; Judiciary then Health and Human Resources)

·       SB 901: Maynard  Requiring Department of Health to report positive Alpha Gal tests to CDC          (Health and Human Resources)

·       SB 902: Securing WV baseload coal generation and ratepayer protection (Helton; Energy, Industry and Mining then Finance)

·       SB 903: Relating to Tobacco Products Excise Tax Act (FN) (Takubo; Health and Human Resources then Finance)

·       SB 904: Clarifying duties and responsibilities of Secretary of Department of Health, Commissioner of Bureau for Public Health, and State Health Officer (Deeds; Health and Human Resources)

·       SB 905: Requiring Public Employees Insurance Agency and other health insurance providers to provide payment parity for same services provided by behavioral health, mental health, and medical and surgical health care providers (Chapman; Health and Human Resources then Finance)

·       SB 906: Creating Community Schools Funding Formula Revision Act (Hart; Education then Finance)

·       SB 907: Relating to High Impact Development Projects (Jeffries; Economic Development)

·       SB 908: Requiring the Secretary of the Department of Economic Development to establish a WV Produced or Manufactured Program (Stuart; Economic Development)

·       SB 909: Relating to Medicaid reimbursement rates for certain mental health diagnostic and therapeutic procedures (Takubo; Health and Human Resources then Finance)

·       SB 910: Increasing fee under Uniform Securities from 20 percent to 30 percent (Smith; Finance)

·       SB 911: Relating to adjunct teaching permits (Grady; Education)

·       SB 912: Relating to student growth assessment program (Grady; Education)

·       SB 913: Relating to brain injury screening training (Chapman; Health and Human Resources then Finance)

·       SB 914: Relating to testing and attendance requirements for private, parochial, and church schools (Roberts, Rucker; Education)

·       SB 915: Providing at least one counselor for every 250 students in public schools and public charter schools (Roberts; Education then Finance)

·       SB 916: Creating Agro-Tourism Modernization Act. (FN) (Rucker; Government Organization then Finance)

·       SB 917: Creating limitation of civil liability for academic medical centers and teaching hospitals affiliated with medical and dental schools (Rucker; Government Organization then Finance)

·       SB 918: Establishing non-denominational chapel within WV State Capitol building (FN) (Maynard; Government Organization then Finance)

·       SB 919: Requiring CPS workers to record, via audio, all interactions during CPS visits (Maynard; Health and Human Resources then Finance)

·       SB 920: Establishing Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation Commission (Maynard; Natural Resources then Finance)

·       SB 921: Creating the West Virginia Emergency Medical Services Oversight and Support Act (FN) (Maynard; Government Organization then Finance)

·       SB 922: Relating to streamlining and enhancing early childhood education and childcare services in WV (FN) (Maynard; Health and Human Resources then Finance)

·       SB 923: Creating the West Virginia Litter Control and Environmental Cleanup Act (FN) (Maynard; Natural Resources then Finance)

·       SB 924: Creating West Virginia Country Roads Mapping and Marketing (Maynard; Transportation and Infrastructure then Finance)

·       SB 925: Creating needs based assessment for EMS (Maynard; Health and Human Resources then Finance)

·       SB 926: Requiring WV Department of Education to include optional Firefighter One Class as part of curriculum in grades 9 through 12 (Maynard; Education)

·       SB 927: Providing county boards of education option to obtain professional or other liability insurance coverage from other insurance carriers licensed in WV (Azinger; Banking and Insurance then Finance)

·       SB 928: Clarifying restrictions of lawful carry of deadly weapons surrounding State Capitol Complex grounds (Maynard; Government Organization then Finance)

·       SB 929: Restoring Private Schools Act (Hart, Roberts, Rose; Education)

·       SB 930: Creating WV constitutional Schools Act (Hart; Education then Finance)

·       SB 931: Relating to King Coal Highway Economic Advisory Board (FN) (Hart; Economic Development then Finance)

·       SB 932: Combining Legislative Auditor with State Auditor (Chapman; Government Organization then Finance)

·       SB 933: Reducing regulatory burdens on small entrepreneurs, independent contractors, and sole proprietors while updating outdated revenue thresholds (FN) (Queen; Finance)

·       SB 934: Relating to Low Proof Spirits (Queen; Judiciary)

·       SCR 21: Requesting study of sexual assault crime rates in WV (Deeds)

* (FN) indicates the bill has a Fiscal Note

* (IB) indicates the bill is an Interim Bill

Bills that Have Passed the Senate as of Friday, March 21, 2025 (108 – 101 Senate; 7 House)

 

  • SB 5: Establishing Adopt-A-Road program (House Energy and Public Works)
  • SB 8: Providing additional sites and devices for newborn safe surrender (Completed legislation; awaiting action by Governor)
  • SB 22: Applying penalties for nonpayment of royalties under terms of oil and natural gas leases (House Judiciary)
  • SB 29: Allowing physicians assistants to own practice (House Health and Human Resources)
  • SB 37: Allowing certain Teachers Retirement System members to exchange unused leave for monetary compensation (House Finance)
  • SB 50: Requiring municipal elections to be held on same day as statewide elections (House Judiciary)
  • SB 75: Changing distribution of income from excess lottery fund (Pending House introduction)
  • SB 76: Increasing WV Natural Resources Police Officer Retirement System accrued benefit for certain members (Pending House introduction)
  • SB 83: Allowing Foster Care Ombudsman access to child protective records (House Health and Human Resources)
  • SB 92: Glucagon for Schools Act (House Education)
  • SB 102: Modifying form of certain deeds (House Judiciary)
  • SB 103: Exempting certain records from public release (House Judiciary)
  • SB 117: Exempting certain physicians from specified traffic laws when responding to emergencies (House Judiciary)
  • SB 121: Updating language and increasing penalties for indecent exposure (House Judiciary)
  • SB 124: Reducing statute of limitations on actions to recover on oral and written contracts (House Judiciary)
  • SB 136: Increasing penalties and parole eligibility requirements for homicide (House Judiciary)
  • SB 138: Enhancing penalties for fleeing officer (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
  • SB 139: Relating to filling of vacancies in Legislature (House Judiciary)
  • SB 151: Creating crime of assault on police dogs and other public safety animals (House Judiciary)
  • SB 154: Prohibiting sexual orientation instruction in public schools (House Education)
  • SB 155: Establishing Summer Feeding for All Program (House Education)
  • SB 196: Lauren’s Law (House Judiciary)
  • SB 198: Prohibiting creation, production, distribution, or possession of artificially generated child pornography (House Judiciary)
  • SB 199: Relating to elementary behavior intervention and safety (H Second Reading, 03-24)
  • SB 234: Increasing value at which municipal property must be sold through public auction (House Government Organization)
  • SB 240: Updating crime of sexual extortion (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
  • SB 257: Providing protection for property owner when someone visiting private cemetery causes damage to property (House Judiciary)
  • SB 267: Extending time for renewal and restoration of commercial driver’s licenses (House Energy and Public Works)
  • SB 269: Modifying requirements for public water systems or businesses having backflow preventers (House Energy and Public Works)
  • SB 270: Declaring sale and manufacture of firearms essential business during declared emergency (House Judiciary)
  • SB 275: Removing requirement school cooks or custodians have high school diploma or equivalent (House Education)
  • SB 280: Displaying official US motto in public schools (House Education)
  • SB 282: Modifying provisions for employment of retired teachers as substitutes in areas of critical need and shortage (House Education)
  • SB 283: Expanding grade levels of personal finance course requirements needed for graduation (H Second Reading, 03-24)
  • SB 284: Relating to county board of education member orientation and compensation (House Education)
  • SB 291: Extending time frame for pharmacies to register from annually to biennially (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
  • SB 299: Modifying WV regulations on pubertal modulation, hormonal therapy, and gender reassignment (House Health and Human Resources)
  • SB 325: Department of Health rule relating to general provisions of Medical Cannabis Program (Health and Human Resources)
  • SB 336: Authorizing Department of Homeland Security to promulgate legislative rules (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
  • SB 358: Authorizing Department of Transportation to promulgate legislative rules (Signed, 03-20)
  • SB 369: Authorizing miscellaneous boards and agencies to promulgate legislative rules (Passed House; pending Senate concurrence to House amendment)
  • SB 427: Permitting certain teenagers to work without obtaining work permit (House Government Organization)
  • SB 443: Authorizing Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Board of Examiners to conduct criminal background checks for licensing (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
  • SB 449: Permitting compressed air and rimfire shooting teams in public schools (House Education)
  • SB 450: Establishing WV Guardian Program (House Education)
  • SB 456: Defining “men” and “women” (Signed, 03-12)
  • SB 458: Universal Professional and Occupational Licensing Act of 2025 (House Government Organization)
  • SB 459: Requiring county planning commission members be state residents (House Government Organization)
  • SB 460: Relating to vaccine requirements (H Third Reading, 03-24)
  • SB 462: Permitting Board of Occupational Therapy to require criminal history record checks (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
  • SB 482: Certified Professional Midwife Licensing and Regulation (House Government Organization)
  • SB 483: Increasing civil penalties for failure to file required campaign finance reports (House Judiciary)
  • SB 485: Exempting West Virginia Secretary of State from competitive bidding process (House Government Organization)
  • SB 486: Clarifying eligibility requirements to vote in WV elections (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
  • SB 487: Removing ineligible voters from active voter rolls (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
  • SB 488: Clarifying definition of electioneering (House Judiciary)
  • SB 490: Prohibiting ranked-choice voting in elections in West Virginia (Signed, 03-18)
  • SB 492: Removing outdated provisions governing political committees (H Third Reading, 03-24)
  • SB 496: Removing reflexology and other energy-based work from definition of “massage therapy” (House Government Organization)
  • SB 500: Transferring audits of volunteer fire departments to Legislative Auditor (House Government Organization)
  • SB 501: Relating to loan form (House Finance)
  • SB 503: Allowing sheriffs to appoint more than one chief deputy with consent of county commission (House Government Organization)
  • SB 521: Requiring party affiliations be listed for all candidates (House Judiciary)
  • SB 522: Clarifying procedure for administrative dissolution of limited liability companies by Secretary of State (House Government Organization)
  • SB 525: Clarifying procedure for administrative dissolution of nonprofit corporations by Secretary of State (House Government Organization)
  • SB 532: Making ad valorem taxes on property payable only to county in which property is located (House Finance)
  • SB 534: Clarifying qualifications to be licensed to administer polygraphs (House Government Organization)
  • SB 537: Establishing WV Mothers and Babies Pregnancy Support Program (House Health and Human Resources)
  • SB 538: Allowing certain entities to purchase qualifying tax-delinquent properties before they are offered at public auction (House Government Organization)
  • SB 547: Creating Charter Schools Startup Fund (House Education)
  • SB 548: Creating Safety and Violence Education for Students Act (House Education)
  • SB 552: Relating to Certified Business Expansion Development Program (House Energy and Public Works)
  • SB 561: Relating to Uniform Special Deposits Act (House Finance)
  • SB 565: Relating generally to practice of optometry (House Health and Human Resources)
  • SB 573: Relating to restrictions on use or sale of motor vehicles based on power source (House Energy and Public Works)
  • SB 581: Relating to school attendance and student participation in 4-H activities (House Education)
  • SB 586: Relating to requirements for filling vacancies in certain elected federal, state, and county offices (House Judiciary)
  • SB 592: Relating generally to aboveground storage tanks (House Energy and Public Works)
  • SB 598: Permitting judges to refer parents to prosecuting attorney for making certain false allegations in child custody proceedings (House Judiciary)
  • SB 601: Relating to fees and charges for municipality-provided fire services (Pending House introduction)
  • 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 (Pending House introduction)
  • SB 621: Authorizing digital court records (H Third Reading, 03-24)
  • SB 627: Removing prohibition against leasing state-owned pore spaces underlying lands designated as state parks (House Energy and Public Works)
  • SB 649: Supplementing and amending appropriations to Department of Health, Office of Inspector General (House Finance)
  • SB 650: Relating to full-time interventionists (House Education)
  • SB 658: Prohibiting certain persons from receiving compensation for advising or assisting with veterans’ benefits (House Judiciary)
  • SB 683: Relating to land sales by Auditor (Pending House introduction)
  • SB 686: Relating to WV commercial feed law (House Government Organization)
  • SB 710: Relating to the practice of teledentistry  (Pending House introduction)
  • SB 712: Relating to retirement provisions of systems managed by CPRB (Pending House introduction)
  • SB 715: Relating to personally identifiable information of member, retirant, beneficiary, or alternate payee of retirement system (House Finance)
  • SB 716: Relating to failure to pay required contributions and interest payments for certain retirees who transfer between retirement systems (House Finance)
  • SB 719: Relating to age at which minor can consent to certain medical decisions and services (House Judiciary)
  • SB 731: Terminating Design Build Board (House Government Organization)
  • SB 733: Relating to membership composition of Legislative Oversight Commission on Department of Transportation Accountability (Pending House introduction)
  • SB 734: Repealing section creating A. James Manchin Rehabilitation Environmental Action Plan (House Government Organization)
  • SB 736: Relating to publication of registered lobbyist information (House Government Organization)
  • SB 738: Terminating Employee Suggestion Award Board (House Government Organization)
  • SB 746: Allowing State Board of Education to delegate its Medicaid provider status to public charter schools (Pending House introduction)
  • HB 2024: Updating the meaning certain terms used in West Virginia Personal Income Tax Act (Signed, 02-24)
  • HB 2025: Updating terms in the Corporation Net Income Tax Act (Signed, 02-24)
  • HB 2042: Relating to allowing a guardian ad litem to request the appointment of a court appointed special advocate (Passed Senate; pending House concurrence to Senate amendment)
  • HB 2053: Relating to including the United States Space Force in the definition armed forces (Signed, 03-21)
  • HB 2222: Relating to authorizing certain agencies of the Department of Administration to promulgate legislative rules (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
  • HB 2354: Banning certain products from food in West Virginia (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
  • HB 2441: To make those who fail drug test ineligible for unemployment (Passed Senate; pending House concurrence to Senate amendment)

Senate Resolutions that Have Been Adopted by the Senate as of Friday, March 21, 2025 (7)

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

*Action on House Bills in the Senate as of Friday, March 21, 2025 (102)

 

  • HB 2003: Prohibiting Cell phones in class (Pending Senate introduction)
  • HB 2008: Executive Branch Reorganization (Government Organization)
  • HB 2009: Relating to the merging and reorganizing of the executive branch (Government Organization)
  • HB 2024: Updating the meaning certain terms used in West Virginia Personal Income Tax Act (Signed, 02-24)
  • HB 2025: Updating terms in the Corporation Net Income Tax Act (Signed, 02-24)
  • HB 2030: Modifying compulsory housing for hotels and motels (Government Organization)
  • HB 2042: Relating to allowing a guardian ad litem to request the appointment of a court appointed special advocate (Passed Senate; pending House concurrence to Senate amendment)
  • HB 2047: Prohibiting cameras and recording devices in bedrooms and bathrooms of foster children (Health and Human Resources)
  • HB 2053: Relating to including the United States Space Force in the definition armed forces (Signed, 03-21)
  • HB 2056: Relating to concurrent juvenile jurisdiction on military installations (Military)
  • HB 2065: To allow Gold Star parents to receive one free Gold Star vehicle registration for personal use (Transportation and Infrastructure)
  • HB 2066: Creating a crime for the destruction of first responder equipment (Judiciary)
  • HB 2067: West Virginia Firearms Liability Clarification Act (Government Organization)
  • HB 2117: Relating to when Mail In Ballots are Due (Government Organization)
  • HB 2123: Modifying the criminal penalties imposed on a parent, guardian or custodian for child abuse (Judiciary)
  • HB 2129: Creating the Parents Bill of Rights (S Third Reading, 03-24)
  • HB 2131: Relating to changing the process of election litigation (Judiciary)
  • HB 2143: Require elementary school teachers to be certified in the science of reading (Education)
  • HB 2157: Provide one trip temporary vehicle permits to be purchased and printed online (Transportation and Infrastructure)
  • HB 2158: Relating to removal of a sunset clause for the West Virginia spay and neuter program (S Second Reading, 03-24)
  • HB 2164: To allow for public and private schools in West Virginia to employ security personnel (Education)
  • HB 2165: Allowing disabled purple heart recipients park free at municipal metered parking spaces (Finance)
  • HB 2170: Allowing volunteer fire departments to use fire protection funding for certain purchases (Government Organization)
  • HB 2172: Relating to adding an athletic trainer to the Board of Physical Therapy (Government Organization)
  • HB 2190: Including Potomac State College in the definition of community and technical college education program for participation in the “Learn and Earn Program” (Education)
  • HB 2217: Relating to penalties for conspiracy to commit murder (Judiciary)
  • HB 2222: Relating to authorizing certain agencies of the Department of Administration to promulgate legislative rules (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
  • HB 2233: Authorizing the Department of Environmental Protection to promulgate legislative rules (Judiciary)
  • HB 2267: Authorizing Department of Revenue to Promulgate Legislative Rules (Judiciary)
  • HB 2331: Relating to authorizing the Office Miners’ Health, Safety, and Training to promulgate a legislative rule relating to the certification, recertification, and training of EMT-Miners and the certification of EMT-M instructors (S Third Reading, 03-24)
  • HB 2344: Relating generally to traffic safety (Transportation and Infrastructure)
  • HB 2347: Relating generally to the creation of mental hygiene regions by the Supreme Court of Appeals (Judiciary)
  • HB 2349: To offer long-acting reversible contraception to patients receiving methadone and suboxone at the treatment facility for the methadone and suboxone (Pending Senate introduction)
  • HB 2354: Banning certain products from food in West Virginia (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
  • HB 2358: Relating to postmortem examinations (Government Organization)
  • HB 2360: Clarifying the victims of crimes against law-enforcement officers (Judiciary)
  • HB 2362: Relating to recognizing the law-enforcement powers of correctional officers employed by the Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation (Government Organization)
  • HB 2363: Clarifying the groups of persons to whom the criminal prohibitions related to child pornography are inapplicable when such persons are performing their official or employment duties (Judiciary)
  • HB 2382: Camping ban on certain public property (S First Reading, 03-24)
  • HB 2387: To repeal the class A1 Pistol stamp for hunting (Natural Resources)
  • HB 2389: Relating to Dietitian Licensure Compact (Pending Senate introduction)
  • HB 2393: Relating to requiring certain reporting from the Mountaineer Trail Network Authority each year (Economic Development)
  • HB 2397: Prevent immediate family members from acting in a fiduciary capacity for the same governmental authority (Government Organization)
  • HB 2402: Relating to providing access to medical records; providing access to a minor’s medical record (S First Reading, 03-24)
  • HB 2411: To provide and change graduation requirements and change duties relating to academic content standards (S First Reading, 03-24)
  • HB 2434: Relating to establishing the Stop Squatters Act (Judiciary)
  • HB 2437: Clarification of penalties for offenses involving Fentanyl (Substance Use Disorder and Mental Health)
  • HB 2441: To make those who fail drug test ineligible for unemployment (Passed Senate; pending House concurrence to Senate amendment)
  • HB 2444: Relating to limiting financial records of limited video lottery permittees that are subject to examination by Lottery Commission (Finance)
  • HB 2451: To facilitate the creation of home-based businesses (Judiciary)
  • HB 2473: Increasing and maintaining the bracketed tax rates on the privilege of establishing or operating a health maintenance organization (Finance)
  • HB 2479: Relating to Management and control of county authority vested in board (Pending Senate introduction)
  • 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 (Pending Senate introduction)
  • HB 2511: Relating to charitable bingo and alcohol sales and consumption while such bingo is taking places (Judiciary)
  • HB 2513: Enhancing training requirements for county boards of education members (Education)

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

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

·       HB 2548: Clarifying duties of state superintendent regarding rule implementation (Education)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

·       HB 2710: Truth in Giving (Judiciary)

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

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

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

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

·       HB 2773: Higher Ed Rules (Education)

·       HB 2774: Coach Protection Act (Education)

·       HB 2776: Requiring Department of Health to report positive Alpha Gal tests to CDC (Pending Senate introduction)

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

·       HB 2797: Relating to who may diagnose post-traumatic stress disorder as a compensable injury or disease under workers compensation (Pending Senate introduction)

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

·       HB 2835: Relating to creating the West Virginia Infrastructure Deployment Clearinghouse (Pending Senate introduction)

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

·       HB 2867: Relating to Small Estates (Judiciary)

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

·       HB 2878: To require railroad companies to provide alternative entry and exit ways (Pending Senate introduction)

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

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

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

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

·       HB 3024: Guaranteed course transfer bill (Education)

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

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

·       HB 3125: To remove restrictions from teachers receiving permanent teaching licenses (Pending Senate introduction)

·       HB 3146: Relating to special registration plates for military personnel (Pending Senate introduction)

  • HB 3162: Providing that causes of action under Chapter 46A of the Code of West Virginia survive the death of the party (Banking and Insurance)

·       HB 3166: Requirements for School Safety Mapping Data (Pending Senate introduction)

·       HB 3187: Relating to the West Virginia Task Force on Artificial Intelligence (Pending Senate introduction)

  • HB 3190: Controlled Substances and arrestable offenses (Judiciary)
  • HB 3192: To repeal obsolete, conflicting or inoperative provisions of code that pertain to higher education (Education)
  • HB 3263: Relating to providing notification of utility service disruption to its’ customers (Pending Senate introduction)
  • HB 3292: Relating to special stops required for on-track equipment (Pending Senate introduction)
  • HB 3297: Establishing the Washington Center for Civics, Culture, and Statesmanship at West Virginia University (Pending Senate introduction)

Action on House Resolutions in the Senate as of Friday, March 21, 2025 (37)

  • 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 (Transportation and Infrastructure)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Bills that Have Completed Legislation as of Friday, March 21, 2025 (17 – 12 Senate; 5 House)

  • SB 8: Providing additional sites and devices for newborn safe surrender (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
  • SB 138: Enhancing penalties for fleeing officer (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
  • SB 240: Updating crime of sexual extortion (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
  • SB 291: Extending time frame for pharmacies to register from annually to biennially (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
  • SB 358: Authorizing Department of Transportation to promulgate legislative rules (Signed, 03-20)
  • SB 336: Authorizing Department of Homeland Security to promulgate legislative rules (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
  • SB 443: Authorizing Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Board of Examiners to conduct criminal background checks for licensing (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
  • SB 456: Defining “men” and “women” (Signed, 03-12)
  • SB 462: Permitting Board of Occupational Therapy to require criminal history record checks (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
  • SB 486: Clarifying eligibility requirements to vote in WV elections (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
  • SB 487: Removing ineligible voters from active voter rolls (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
  • SB 490: Prohibiting ranked-choice voting in elections in West Virginia (Signed, 03-18)
  • HB 2024: Updating the meaning certain terms used in West Virginia Personal Income Tax Act (Signed, 02-24)
  • HB 2025: Updating terms in the Corporation Net Income Tax Act (Signed, 02-24)
  • HB 2053: Relating to including the United States Space Force in the definition armed forces (Signed, 03-21)
  • HB 2222: Relating to authorizing certain agencies of the Department of Administration to promulgate legislative rules (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
  • HB 2354: Banning certain products from food in West Virginia (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)

Resolutions that Have Completed Legislation as of Friday, March 21, 2025 (10 – 5 Senate; 5 House)

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

Bills Signed by the Governor as of Friday, March 21, 2025 (5 – 3 Senate; 2 House)

  • SB 358: Authorizing Department of Transportation to promulgate legislative rules (Signed, 03-20)
  • SB 456: Defining “men” and “women” (Signed, 03-12)
  • SB 490: Prohibiting ranked-choice voting in elections in West Virginia (Signed, 03-18)
  • HB 2024: Updating the meaning certain terms used in West Virginia Personal Income Tax Act (Signed, 02-24)
  • HB 2025: Updating terms in the Corporation Net Income Tax Act (Signed, 02-24)
  • HB 2053: Relating to including the United States Space Force in the definition armed forces (Signed, 03-21)

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Author: mkavalek@wvradio.com