Tuesday, March 1, 2022 – 49th Day of Session
The Senate will convene at 11 a.m.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
- SCR 54: Requesting study of tolling statute of limitations on civil actions for Consumer Credit and Protection Act
- SR 43: Recognizing WV respiratory therapists during month of March
- SR 44: Recognizing Leadership Jefferson
- SR 45: Designating month of March as American Red Cross month
THIRD READING
- Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 64: Allowing county commissions to impose amusement tax – (With right to amend) (original similar to HB 4513)
- Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 100: Establishing secondary location for racetrack video lottery terminals – (With right to amend)
- Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 232: Relating to punishment for third offense felony
- Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 424: Relating generally to 2022 Farm Bill – (With right to amend) (original similar to HB 4332, HB 4554)
- Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 574: Relating to WV PEIA
- Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 590: Clarifying that tenancy includes persons who reside in sober living home
- Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 648: Relating to Cable Television Systems Act
- Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 662: Relating to creation, expansion, and authority of resort area district
- Eng. SB 721: Relating to municipalities required to be represented on county authority boards
- Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4084: Relating to advanced recycling
- Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4491: To establish requirements for carbon dioxide sequestration (original similar to SB 622)
SECOND READING
- Com. Sub. for SB 29: Providing fee for processing of criminal bonds
- Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for SB 181: Creating Core Behavioral Health Crisis Services System
- Com. Sub. for SB 205: Expanding PEIA Finance Board membership
- Com. Sub. for SB 223: Relating to procedure to settle decedents’ estates
- Com. Sub. for SB 266: Adding definition of “ammunition” for purposes of obtaining state license to carry concealed deadly weapon (original similar to HB 4086)
- Com. Sub. for SB 413: Clarifying crime of harassment to include stalking
- Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for SB 434: Updating authority to airports for current operations (original similar to HB 4592)
- SB 448: Developing policies and procedures for Statewide Interoperability Executive Committee (original similar to HB 4370)
- SB 456: Requiring county boards of education to develop seizure action plans
- Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for SB 468: Creating Unborn Child with Down Syndrome Protection and Education Act
- Com. Sub. for SB 498: Creating Anti-Racism Act of 2022
- Com. Sub. for SB 518: Allowing nurses licensed in another state to practice in WV (original similar to HB 4495)
- Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for SB 530: Encouraging public-private partnerships in transportation (original similar to HB 4531)
- Com. Sub. for SB 606: Relating to WV Medical Practice Act
- Com. Sub. for SB 610: Relating to duties, powers and responsibilities of DOT Secretary
- SB 617: Relating to qualifications for members of boards, commissions, and other entities
- Com. Sub. for SB 632: Making Office of Emergency Medical Services independent office within Executive Branch
- Com. Sub. for SB 645: Regulating private schools for students with disabilities
- Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for SB 647: Prohibiting discrimination in organ donation process
- Com. Sub. for SB 649: Requiring communication providers providing service or obtaining WV area codes to register with PSC
- Com. Sub. for SB 652: Requiring hospitals to receive patients transported to them by EMS providers
- Com. Sub. for SB 653: Relating to public higher education governance
- Com. Sub. for SB 655: Authorizing tactical medical professional to carry firearm with specific training requirements
- Com. Sub. for SB 656: Providing tax credit for certain corporations with child-care facilities for employees
- Com. Sub. for SB 659: Relating to nonintoxicating beer, wine, and liquor licenses and requirements
- Com. Sub. for SB 668: Clarifying eligibility for probation and parole conditions for sex offenses
- Com. Sub. for SB 671: Modernizing regulation of car-sharing services in WV – (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
- SB 680: Adding Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation employees to Survivor Benefits Act
- SB 686: Clarifying use of notes and bonds of WV Housing Development Fund
- SB 687: Relating to meetings among county boards of education
- SB 693: Clarifying meeting voting requirements for political party executive committees – (Com. title amend. pending)
- Com. Sub. for SB 697: Modifying and clarifying elements of kidnapping and unlawful restraint
- SB 703: Relating to controlled substances schedule
- Com. Sub. for SB 704: Allowing parents, grandparents, and guardians to inspect instructional materials in classroom
- SB 711: Establishing alternative educational opportunities for elective course credit
- SB 726: Relating to pre-trial diversion agreements and deferred prosecution agreements
- SB 727: Directing ABC Administration discontinue purchase of alcoholic liquors from Russian Federation
- SB 728: Requiring registered sex offenders pay annual fee
- SB 729: Relating to funding for infrastructure and economic development projects in WV
- SB 730: Divesting state-managed funds from companies engaged with Russia or Russian energy
- Eng. HB 4773: Adoption of the FCC customer service and technical standards and requiring certain cable operators to operate an in-state customer call center
Scheduled Committee Meetings
10 a.m.: Transportation and Infrastructure (451M)
- Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4345: Relating to motor vehicle registration cards by establishing electronic or mobile registration cards
- SCR 2: John B. Short Memorial Bridge
- SCR 4: US Army SP4 Warner Ray Osborne Memorial Bridge
- SCR 7: James “Big Jim” Shaffer Memorial Bridge
- SCR 8: US Army SGT Charles L. Toppings Memorial Road
- SCR 10: US Air Force TSGT Franklin A. Bradford Bridge
- SCR 12: Raymond Jarrell, Jr., Memorial Road
- SCR 14: US Army SSGT Elson M Kuhn Memorial Bridge
- SCR 16: William Gregory “Greg” White, P.E., Memorial Bridge
- SCR 18: US Army SSGT Fred E. Duty Memorial Highway
- SCR 19: US Army PVT Thomas D. Beckett, Sr., Memorial Bridge
- SCR 20: US Air Force LT COL Robert J. Hill Memorial Road
- SCR 22: US Army PFC Clifford O. Eckard Memorial Bridge
- SCR 24: USMC CPL Roger Lee Boothe Memorial Road
- SCR 25: Firefighter Marvin Layton Hughes Memorial Bridge
- SCR 26: US Army TEC5 William “Bill” Thurman King Memorial Bridge
- SCR 30: McClintic Family Bridge
- SCR 31: US Navy HM3 Roy Elmer “Doody” Moon Bridge
- SCR 32: Curtis “Pap” and Millie “Mammie” Asbury Memorial Bridge
- SCR 33: US Army SGT Lewis M. “Mike” Totten Memorial Road
- SCR 35: Ira “Noon” Copley and Marie Copley Memorial Bridge
- SCR 36: USMC CPL Harry Edward Dean, Jr., Memorial Bridge
- SCR 39: Walker Brothers’ Veteran Memorial Bridge
- SCR 40: Frye Brothers’ Memorial Bridge
- SCR 41: Henry Preston Hickman Memorial Bridge
- SCR 42: USMC SSGT Herbert “Herbie” D. Barnes Veteran Memorial Bridge
- SCR 43: US Navy S1 Paul McCue Bridge
- SCR 47: Fire Chief Lee Thomas Memorial Bridge
- SCR 48: US Army PFC Ronald Lee Berry Memorial Bridge
- SCR 50: US Army CPL John William (J.W.) Cruse Jr. Memorial Bridge
- SCR 51: Deputy Kenneth “Kenny” Ward Love, Sheriff Elvin Eugene “Pete” Wedge, and Jailer Ernest Ray “Ernie” Hesson Memorial Bridge
- HCR 1: Alex Perdue Memorial Bridge
- HCR 4: John B. Short Memorial Bridge
- HCR 6: Elmer Galford Memorial Road
- HCR 7: Daniel Edward Kolhton “Red” Haney Memorial Bridge
- HCR 8: U.S. Army Private Elmo Davis Memorial Road
- HCR 9: U.S. Army SSG James C. Vickers Silver Star Highway
- HCR 10: Lance CPL Leonard Joe Zelaski Memorial Bridge
- HCR 13: The Doctor Enrique Aguilar Memorial Bridge
- HCR 14: Colonel Ronald John ”Ron“ Chiccehitto Memorial Road
- HCR 15: Thomas Brothers Memorial Bridge
- HCR 16: World War II Veterans Toothman Brothers Memorial Bridge
- HCR 17: Daniel Okey Cunningham Memorial Bridge
- HCR 23: Requesting the Division of Highways to place at least 10 additional signs along highways entering West Virginia honoring fallen veterans and Gold Star Families
- HCR 25: SP5 Terry Lee McClanahan Memorial Bridge
- HCR 26: Charleston Police Officer Cassie Johnson: Fallen Heroes Memorial Bridge
- HCR 34: U.S. Navy Seaman 1st Class Byrne Lee Singleton Memorial Bridge
- HCR 35: David Allen Drake, Sr. Memorial Bridge
- HCR 36: John Calvin “J.C.” Baker Memorial Bridge
- HCR 37: U.S. Army Corporal Charles William “Bill” Knight Memorial Bridge
- HCR 38: “Dale Shaheen and George H. Hooker Memorial Bridge”
- HCR 40: USMC Cpl Guy Maywood Edwards Memorial Bridge
- HCR 45: U.S. Army SP4 Dennis Harvey Roberts Memorial Bridge
- HCR 46: U.S. Navy Seaman Donald Homer Wheeler Memorial Bridge
- HCR 47: U.S. Army CPL Billy Earl Duty Memorial Bridge
- HCR 48: WVSP Sergeant John S. Syner Memorial Road
- HCR 49: Charles M. “Charlie” Biggs Memorial Highway
- HCR 50: John Ellison Road
- HCR 52: U.S. Army SGT Roy E. Givens Memorial Road
- HCR 54: Mayor George Karos Bridge
- HCR 60: Fire Chief Lee Thomas Bridge
- HCR 61: Timothy Wayne Farley Memorial Bridge
- HCR 62: Raymond Jarrell, Jr., Memorial Road
- HCR 63: U.S. Army MSGT Donald Lewis Coen Memorial Bridge
- HCR 64: Robin W. Ames Memorial Road
- HCR 65: U.S. Army Major Jesse A. Jennings Memorial Bridge
- HCR 70: Calvin H. Shifflett Memorial Bridge
- HCR 71: White Angel Falls waterfall
- HCR 72: U.S. Army SP5 Dana V. Perkins Memorial Bridge
- HCR 73: Halstead Brothers WWII Veterans Memorial Bridge
- HCR 74: Judge Les Fury Memorial Bridge
- HCR 75: Pastor Glenn F. Lough Memorial Bridge
- HCR 76: U. S. Navy BM1 Farris Burton Memorial Bridge
- HCR 81: U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer Milford Arnold Cunningham Memorial Bridge
- HCR 82: Alleen Ledson Memorial Bridge
- HCR 83: U.S. Army SGT Charles L. Toppings Memorial Road
- HCR 84: U. S. Navy, Water Tender 3rd Class, V-6, Lewis Glenn Mills Memorial Boulevard
- HCR 85: McClintic Family Bridge
- HCR 87: Joseph Allen Wyatt, Fire Chief of Cowen VFD Memorial Intersection
- HCR 88: Lewis Joseph D’Antoni Memorial Road
10 a.m.: Military (208W)
- Eng. HB 4406: To establish the West Virginia Military Hall of Fame
- SCR 49: Establishing Honor Guard in each National Guard unit
1 p.m.: Health and Human Resources (451M)
- HB 2817: Donated Drug Repository Program
- HB 4252: To reduce copay cap on insulin and devices
- HB 4288: Relating to expanding the practice of auricular acudetox to professions approved by the acupuncturist board
- HB 4426: Repeal article 33-25G-1 et seq. creating provider sponsored networks
- HB 4631: Establishing a bone marrow and peripheral blood stem donation awareness program
- HB 4649: Transferring the operations of the West Virginia Children’s Health Insurance Program to the Bureau for Medical Services
- HB 4585: Relating to controlled substance monitoring; and removing a dispensing prohibition
- HB 4324: To update collaborative pharmacy practice agreements
2 p.m.: Education (451M)
- HB 4065: Allowing the Division of Natural Resources to teach hunter’s safety courses in school
- HB 4380: Relating to transportation of athletic teams
- HB 4535: Repeal section relating to school attendance and satisfactory academic progress as conditions of licensing for privilege of operation of motor vehicle
- HB 4291: Relating to authorizing legislative rules regarding higher education
- HB 4489: Require counties to post open positions on statewide job bank
2 p.m.: Government Organization (208W)
- HB 4286: Relating to exempting persons employed as attorneys from the civil service system
- HB 4517: Relating to the repealing requirements to display video ratings
- HB 4282: Relating to establishing next generation 911 services in this state
- HB 4087: Allowing variance in state fire code for certain buildings used solely for emergency equipment storage
3 p.m.: Finance (451M)
- SB 715: Decreasing and increasing existing items of appropriations from State Fund, General Revenue
- SB 716: Supplemental appropriation to DOE, WV BOE, Strategic Staff Development
- SB 717: Supplemental appropriation to Miscellaneous Boards and Commissions, Board of Medicine, Medical Licensing Board
- SB 718: Supplemental appropriation to Department of Administration, Travel Management, Aviation Fund
- SB 719: Supplemental appropriation to DHS, Fire Commission, Fire Marshal Fees
- SB 720: Supplementing and amending appropriations to Executive, Governor’s Office, Civil Contingent Fund
- SB 722: Expiring funds to DEP, Division of Environmental Protection, Reclamation of Abandoned and Dilapidated Property Program Fund
- SB 723: Making supplementary appropriation to Department of Agriculture, WV Spay Neuter Assistance Fund
- SB 724: Making supplementary appropriation to DHS, Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Authority
- SB 725: Supplementing and amending appropriations to DHS, WV State Police
3 p.m.: Judiciary (208W)
- SB 552: Relating to tax sale process
- HB 4596: Relating generally to additional persons qualifying for the provisions of the Law-Enforcement Officers Safety Act
- HB 2177: Permitting the issuance of a state issued identification card without a photo on the card under certain conditions
- HB 4583: Clarifying the definition of incapacity so that incarceration in the penal system or detention outside of the United States may not be inferred as resulting in a lack of capacity to execute a power of attorney
- HB 4578: Relating to authorizing the Superintendent of the State Police to administer the Handle with Care program
- HB 4141: Authorizing the Governor’s Committee on Crime, Delinquency and Corrections to promulgate a legislative rule relating to Law Enforcement Training and Certification Standards
o Includes: 149 CSR 02, Law Enforcement Training and Certification Standards; 87 CSR 01, Fire Code; 87 CSR 04, State Building Code; 87 CSR 10, Volunteer Fire Department Equipment and Training Grant Funding Disbursement; 87 CSR 11, Specialized Membership; 87 CSR 12, Junior Firefighters; 87 CSR 13, Certification of Fire Chiefs; 87 CSR 14, Use of Aqueous Film-Forming Foam (AFFF) for Fire Training Program Purposes; 103 CSR 04, Regulation of Fireworks and Related Explosive Materials; 81 CSR 03, Career Progression
** Committee times and agendas are subject to change **
Committee Action on Bills from Monday, February 28, 2022
9 a.m.: Judiciary
- Com. Sub. for SB 422: Relating to DNA data maintained for law-enforcement purposes
- Committee substitute, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass
- Com. Sub. for SB 671: Modernizing regulation of car-sharing services in WV
- Committee substitute, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass
1 p.m.: Education (451M)
- Com. Sub. for SB 498: Creating Anti-Racism Act of 2022
- Committee substitute, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass
1 p.m.: Government Organization
- Com. Sub. for SB 632: Transferring Office of Emergency Medical Services from DHHR to Department of Homeland Security
- Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass
- Com. Sub. for SB 608: Relating to assessment and taxation of real property occupied by certain family members
- Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance
2 p.m.: Judiciary
- Originating Bill 3: Relating to sexual offender annual registration fee
- Originating bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass
- Originating SCR 1: Studying Tolling of Statute of Limitations under WV Consumer Credit Protection Act
- Originating concurrent resolution reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it be adopted
- Originating Bill 4: Relating to banning Russian alcoholic beverages in the State of West Virginia
- Originating bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass
- Com. Sub. for SB 649: Requiring communication providers providing service or obtaining WV area codes to register with PSC
- Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass
- Com. Sub. for SB 434: Updating authority to airports for current operations
- Committee substitute, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass
- Com. Sub. for SB 697: Modifying and clarifying elements of kidnapping and unlawful restraint
- Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass
3 p.m.: Finance
- SB 686: Clarifying use of notes and bonds of WV Housing Development Fund
- Bill reported to full Senate with recommendation it do pass
- Com. Sub. for SB 29: Providing fee for processing of criminal bonds
- Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass
- Originating Bill 1: DOT/EDA Revolving Loan Fund
- Originating bill reported to full Senate with recommendation it do pass
- Originating Bill 2: Russian Divestment
- Originating bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass
- SB 250: Budget Bill
- Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass
Bills that Have Passed the Senate as of Monday, February 28, 2022 (193 – 172 Senate; 21 House)
- SB 1: Creating Mining Mutual Insurance Company (House Energy and Manufacturing)
- SB 2: Relating to unemployment benefits program (House Finance)
- SB 3: Requiring work search activities to qualify for unemployment benefits (House Finance)
- SB 4: Repealing ban on construction of nuclear power plants (Signed, 02-09)
- SB 5: Creating WV Unmanned Aircraft Systems Advisory Council (House Government Organization)
- SB 6: Establishing common law “veil piercing” claims not be used to impose personal liability (House Judiciary)
- SB 7: Relating to damages for medical monitoring (House Judiciary)
- SB 8: Relating generally to state’s savings and investment programs (Signed, 02-02)
- SB 9: Providing continued eligibility for developmental disability services to dependents of military members (House Health and Human Resources)
- SB 10: Relating to WVU Rifle Team electronic application donation program (House Agriculture and Natural Resources)
- SB 22: Relating to exempting certain organizations from property taxation (House Education)
- SB 25: Updating provisions of Medical Professional Liability Act (H Second Reading – Inactive Calendar, 03-01)
- SB 33: Protecting consumers against businesses using automatic renewals without consent (House Judiciary)
- SB 40: Prohibiting insurance coverage from requiring prior authorization for tests to stage cancer (House Health and Human Resources)
- SB 44: Requiring State Fire Commission propose rules for sprinkler protection for certain new buildings (House Fire Departments and Emergency Medical Services)
- SB 60: Allowing BOE create and provide course in family and consumer sciences in secondary schools (House Education)
- SB 71: Prohibiting political subdivisions from enacting certain ordinances, regulations, local policies, or other legal requirements (Pending House introduction)
- SB 77: Allowing certain veterans park free at metered parking in any state municipality (House Government Organization)
- SB 86: Creating criminal offense of sexual extortion (House Judiciary)
- SB 91: Creating “Choose Life” special registration plate supporting adoption (House Technology and Infrastructure)
- SB 98: Creating nonresident three-day fishing license (House Agriculture and Natural Resources)
- SB 99: Continuing authority to index license and stamp fees (House Agriculture and Natural Resources)
- SB 121: Prohibiting person criminally responsible for another’s death to participate in burial arrangements (House Judiciary)
- SB 129: Making it unlawful for public utility to prohibit customers from hiring contractors to construct, install, or maintain connections to public utility (House Technology and Infrastructure)
- SB 135: Relating to acquisition and disposition of property by urban development authority (House Judiciary)
- SB 136: Updating language regarding Fairmont State alumni license plates (House Technology and Infrastructure)
- SB 137: Requiring persons convicted of certain felonies on or after March 8, 1995, provide DNA samples (House Judiciary)
- SB 138: Relating to Board of Medicine composition (House Government Organization)
- SB 141: Modifying requirement that racetrack participate in WV Thoroughbred Development Fund by certain date (House Finance)
- SB 146: Relating to interpretations of school laws (House Judiciary)
- SB 151: Creating license plate recognizing linemen (House Transportation and Infrastructure)
- SB 170: Providing WV veterans discounts on fees and charges at state parks (House Agriculture and Natural Resources)
- SB 172: Increasing compensation of elected county officials (House Government Organization)
- SB 191: Allowing poll workers to work full and half days (Signed, 02-02)
- SB 192: Establishing Civil Air Patrol license plate (House Technology and Infrastructure)
- SB 213: Establishing licensed professional counseling compact (House Government Organization)
- SB 216: Creating Student Journalist Press Freedom Restoration Act (House Education)
- SB 221: Establishing occupational therapy compact (Completed; awaiting action by Governor)
- SB 228: Providing tuition and fee waivers at state higher education institutions for volunteers who have completed service in AmeriCorps programs in WV (House Finance)
- SB 229: Requiring impact statement in certain instances of school closing or consolidation (House Finance)
- SB 230: Relating generally to public employees grievance procedure (House Judiciary)
- SB 231: Relating generally to broadband connectivity (Pending House introduction)
- SB 242: Restricting authority to prevent or limit owner’s use of natural resources or real property in certain agricultural operations (House Judiciary)
- SB 244: Relating to appointment of judges to Intermediate Court of Appeals (Signed, 02-09)
- SB 245: Revising wage payment and collection (House Judiciary)
- SB 246: Requiring newly constructed public schools and public schools with major improvements to have water bottle filling stations (House Education)
- SB 247: Relating to certified community behavioral health clinics (House Finance)
- SB 253: Relating to voting precincts and redistricting (House Government Organization)
- SB 261: Requiring video cameras in certain special education classrooms (House Education)
- SB 262: Relating generally to financial institutions engaged in boycotts of energy companies (House Finance)
- SB 264: Relating to conservation districts law of WV (House Agriculture and Natural Resources)
- SB 268: Creating exemption from compulsory school attendance for child who participates in learning pod or micro school (House Education)
- SB 274: Requiring secretary of DHHR to allocate CPS workers by Bureau of Social Services’ district annually (House Health and Human Resources)
- SB 279: Authorizing DEP to promulgate legislative rules (Signed, 02-21)
- SB 312: Authorization for Department of Revenue to promulgate legislative rules (House Government Organization)
- SB 330: Authorizing DOT to promulgate legislative rules (House Government Organization)
- SB 334: Authorizing miscellaneous agencies and boards to promulgate rules (House Government Organization)
- SB 371: Authorizing miscellaneous boards and agencies to promulgate legislative rules (House Government Organization)
- SB 414: Creating special revenue account for statewide records management program (House Finance)
- SB 415: Capping severance tax collections in general revenue at specified percentage (House Finance)
- SB 417: Relating to authorized expenditures of revenues from certain state funds for fire departments (House Finance)
- SB 419: Establishing pilot project to evaluate impact of certain post-substance use disorder residential treatments (H Second Reading, 03-01)
- SB 420: Relating to distribution of certain taxes and surcharges to benefit volunteer and part-volunteer fire departments (Pending House introduction)
- SB 427: Permitting WV Board of Medicine investigators to carry concealed weapon (House Judiciary)
- SB 431: Relating generally to Uniform Controlled Substances Act (House Judiciary)
- SB 435: Awarding service weapon to retiree from Division of Protective Services (Signed, 02-16)
- SB 436: Correcting code citation for authority of State Fire Marshal (Signed, 02-18)
- SB 437: Providing for early discharge of parolees (Signed, 02-16)
- SB 438: Relating generally to WV Security for Public Deposits Act (House Finance)
- SB 439: Adopting Revised Uniform Athlete Agents Act of 2015 (House Judiciary)
- SB 440: Establishing Uniform Commercial Real Estate Receivership Act (House Judiciary)
- SB 441: Providing confidentiality of video and other records of correctional juvenile facilities (House Judiciary)
- SB 442: Relating to WV Public Employee Retirement System (House Pensions and Retirement)
- SB 443: Including police and firefighter as electors of trustees for certain pension funds (House Pensions and Retirement)
- SB 445: Modifying police and firemen’s pension plans for trustees (Completed; awaiting action by Governor)
- SB 449: Relating to Nonviolent Offense Parole Program (Signed, 02-16)
- SB 450: Updating definitions of WV Personal Income Tax Act (Signed, 02-21)
- SB 451: Updating definitions of WV Corporation Net Income Tax Act (Signed, 02-21)
- SB 452: Permitting civil remedies for unauthorized disclosure of intimate images (Completed; awaiting action by Governor)
- SB 463: Best Interests of Child Protection Act of 2022 (House Judiciary)
- SB 466: Relating to limitations on civil actions or appeals brought by inmates (Pending House introduction)
- SB 470: Relating generally to health care decisions (House Judiciary)
- SB 472: Relating to access to juvenile records by certain employees of Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation (House Judiciary)
- SB 476: Relating to imposition of minimum severance tax on coal (House Finance)
- SB 478: Relating to Neighborhood Investment Program (House Finance)
- SB 480: Relating to DEP Office of Oil and Gas (House Finance)
- SB 481: Relating to Adopt-A-Stream Program (House Agriculture and Natural Resources)
- SB 486: Allowing PERS retirees to designate special needs trust as beneficiary (House Judiciary)
- SB 487: Relating to Revenue Shortfall Reserve Fund and Revenue Shortfall Reserve Fund – Part B (House Finance)
- SB 489: Clarifying amount of deputy sheriff annual salary increase (House Finance)
- SB 492: Relating to electronic collection of tolls (House Government Organization)
- SB 493: Requiring county BOE make meetings available to public in-person and through internet (House Judiciary)
- SB 494: Creating Broadband Carrier Neutral and Open Access Infrastructure Development Fund (House Finance)
- SB 499: Authorizing legislative rules for School Building Authority (H Second Reading, 03-01)
- SB 505: Updating laws on licensure and regulation of money transmitters (House Judiciary)
- SB 508: Requiring certain attire for deer hunters with muzzleloaders (House Agriculture and Natural Resources)
- SB 509: Relating to county BOE employee personal leave (House Education)
- SB 515: Supplementing and amending appropriations of public moneys to Department of Administration, Public Defender Services (House Finance)
- SB 517: Expiring funds from unappropriated balance in State Excess Lottery Revenue Fund (House Finance)
- SB 520: Increasing financial penalties for ransomware attacks (House Government Organization)
- SB 522: Combining offices of WV State Americans with Disabilities Act and WV Equal Employment Opportunity (Pending House introduction)
- SB 523: Transferring oversight of Jobs Investment Trust Fund to WV Economic Development Authority (House Government Organization)
- SB 524: Placing duties and functions of certain boards and commissions under Department of Arts, Culture, and History (House Government Organization)
- SB 525: Expiring funds from unappropriated balance in Lottery Net Profits (House Finance)
- SB 526: Supplementing and amending appropriations to Department of Commerce, Office of Secretary (House Finance)
- SB 527: Supplementing and amending appropriations to Department of Administration, Office of Technology (House Finance)
- SB 528: Supplementing and amending appropriations to DHHR, Consolidated Medical Services Fund (House Finance)
- SB 529: Encouraging additional computer science education in WV schools (House Finance)
- SB 531: Increasing annual salaries of certain state employees (House Finance)
- SB 532: Requiring reports to Joint Committee on Pensions and Retirement every five years on deferred retirement option plans (House Pensions and Retirement)
- SB 533: Relating to funding for health sciences and medical schools in state (House Finance)
- SB 534: Clarifying that secondary source on insurance is not controlling authority (House Judiciary)
- SB 535: Providing for revocation of school personnel certification or licensure in certain circumstances (House Judiciary)
- SB 536: Relating generally to controlled substance criminal offenses (Pending House introduction)
- SB 537: Providing additional firefighters and security guards for National Guard (House Government Organization)
- SB 540: Allowing municipal fire departments provide retirees with service weapon in certain circumstances (House Judiciary)
- SB 541: Requiring homeschooled child’s academic assessment be submitted by certain date (House Education)
- SB 542: Transferring Broadband Enhancement Council from Department of Commerce to Department of Economic Development (House Government Organization)
- SB 543: Creating Unemployment Compensation Insurance Fraud Unit within Workforce WV (House Judiciary)
- SB 546: Expanding uses of fees paid by students at higher education institutions (House Finance)
- SB 548: Authorizing Workforce WV employers to obtain employment classifications and work locations (House Government Organization)
- SB 550: Relating to funding for higher education institutions (House Finance)
- SB 553: Relating to powers of WV Health Care Authority (House Health and Human Resources)
- SB 556: Removing outdated reference to federal officers’ peace-keeping authority (House Judiciary)
- SB 560: Defining Class 2 e-bikes (House Judiciary)
- SB 568: Relating to health insurance loss ratio information (House Judiciary)
- SB 570: Establishing training for law-enforcement in handling individuals with Alzheimer’s and dementias (House Judiciary)
- SB 571: Declaring certain claims to be moral obligations of state (House Finance)
- SB 573: Providing system where magistrates shall preside in certain instances outside normal court hours (House Judiciary)
- SB 575: Ensuring that imposition of certain sexual offenses apply to persons working in juvenile facilities (House Judiciary)
- SB 576: Relating to unemployment insurance and COVID-19 vaccination requirement (House Judiciary)
- SB 582: Creating WV Workforce Resiliency Act (Pending House introduction)
- SB 584: Relating to WV Infrastructure and Jobs Development Council (House Finance)
- SB 585: Creating administrative medicine license for physicians not practicing clinical medicine (House Health and Human Resources)
- SB 586: Relating to athletic eligibility of transfer students (Pending House introduction)
- SB 588: Relating to WV Rails to Trails Program (House Government Organization)
- SB 591: Relating to process for filling vacancies in state Legislature (House Judiciary)
- SB 593: Allowing Marshall University’s Forensic Analysis Laboratory access and participation in WV DNA database for certain purposes (House Judiciary)
- SB 595: Relating to Dangerousness Assessment Advisory Board (House Judiciary)
- SB 597: Relating to PSC underground facilities damage prevention and one-call system (House Government Organization)
- SB 598: Establishing partnerships and aid for at-risk veterans to combat suicide (House Government Organization)
- SB 603: Prohibiting licensure and re-licensure in WV if applicant is prohibited from practicing in another jurisdiction (Pending House introduction)
- SB 609: Allowing DOH Commissioner to accept ownership of rented and leased equipment (House Government Organization)
- SB 611: Removing cap on bidder’s contract bond (House Government Organization)
- SB 616: Relating to confidentiality of court files and law-enforcement records of certain enumerated offenses (House Judiciary)
- SB 619: Relating to rulemaking for unidentified and unclaimed remains in possession of Chief Medical Examiner (House Government Organization)
- SB 624: Making supplementary appropriation to DHHR, Division of Health, Laboratory Services (House Finance)
- SB 625: Making supplementary appropriation to DHHR, Division of Health, Vital Statistics Account (House Finance)
- SB 626: Supplementing, amending, and increasing existing items of appropriation from State Road Fund to DOT, DMV (House Finance)
- SB 627: Supplementing, amending, and increasing existing item of appropriation from State Road Fund to DOT, DOH (House Finance)
- SB 628: Supplementing and amending appropriations to Department of Commerce, DNR (House Finance)
- SB 629: Supplementing and amending appropriations to Department of Education, WV BOE, Vocational Division (House Finance)
- SB 630: Supplementing and amending appropriations to Higher Education Policy Commission, Administration – Control Account (House Finance)
- SB 633: Supplementing and amending appropriations to DHHR, Consolidated Medical Services Fund (House Finance)
- SB 634: Making supplementary appropriation to DHHR, Division of Health – Hospital Services Revenue Account Special Fund Capital Improvement, Renovation and Operations (House Finance)
- SB 636: Supplementing and amending appropriations to Department of Revenue, Office of Tax Appeals (House Finance)
- SB 637: Supplementing and amending appropriations to Executive, Governor’s Office – Civil Contingent Fund (House Finance)
- SB 638: Changing hearing and notice provisions for failing or distressed public utilities (Pending House introduction)
- SB 639: Providing 45-day waiting period on rate increases when water and sewer services are purchased from municipality (Completed; awaiting action by Governor)
- SB 640: Eliminating requirement of PSC to send certain recommended decisions by certified mail (House Government Organization)
- SB 641: Requiring Consolidated Public Retirement Board to set contributions to Deputy Sheriff’s Retirement System (House Pensions and Retirement)
- SB 643: Removing residency requirement of members appointed to county airport authority (House Government Organization)
- SB 650: Eliminating number of royalty owners required for utilization by operator for lawful use and development by co-tenants (House Energy and Manufacturing)
- SB 651: Allowing county BOE participating in operation of multicounty vocational center to withdraw (House Education)
- SB 669: Relating to contribution levels of certain judges who participate in retirement system (House Pensions and Retirement)
- SB 670: Permitting newly hired 911 personnel to participate in Emergency Medical Services Retirement System (House Pensions and Retirement)
- SB 685: Relating to WV Real Estate License Act (House Government Organization)
- SB 694: Relating to oil and gas conservation (Pending House introduction)
- SB 698: Relating to number and selection of members for Governor’s Veterans Council (Pending House introduction)
- SB 701: Including children and spouses of deceased active-duty officers in eligibility for War Orphan Education Program (Pending House introduction)
- SB 713: Removing statutory limit for Environmental Laboratory Certification Fund (Pending House introduction)
- SB 714: Relating to tie votes by Coal Mine Safety and Technical Review Committee (Pending House introduction)
- HB 2325: Removing the requirement of continuing education for barbers and cosmetologists (Signed, 02-21)
- HB 3220: Restrictions on Taxpayer funded lobbying (Completed; awaiting action by Governor)
- HB 3303: Relating to clarifying the process of filling vacancies on ballots (Completed; awaiting action by Governor)
- HB 3312: Establishing a memorial to child labor and child workers who died in the course of employment in this state (Signed, 02-28)
- HB 4024: Creating a cosmetology apprentice program that allows companies to train employees for practical real-world experience (Signed, 02-23)
- HB 4048: WV Keep, Bear and Drive with Arms Act (Completed; pending action by Governor)
- HB 4060: Repealing outdated sections of code relating to health (Completed; awaiting action by Governor)
- HB 4062: Removing the residency requirement for the Commissioner of the Division of Highways (Signed, 02-21)
- HB 4067: To make certain agency reports electronic or eliminating certain agency reports altogether (Signed, 02-23)
- HB 4074: Require schools provide eating disorder and self-harm training for teacher and students (Signed, 02-21)
- HB 4097: To prohibit nonpublic funding sources for election administration and related expenses without prior written approval by the State Election Commission (Passed Senate; pending House concurrence)
- HB 4114: Authorizing certain agencies of the Department of Administration to promulgate legislative rules (Completed; awaiting action by Governor)
- HB 4126: Authorizing certain agencies of the Department of Health and Human Resources to promulgate legislative rules (Passed Senate; pending House concurrence)
- HB 4264: Change designation of Glenville State College to “Glenville State University” (Signed, 02-23)
- HB 4276: WVU to create a Parkinson’s disease registry (Signed, 02-23)
- HB 4299: To prohibit the intentional interference with election processes and creating associated criminal penalties (Completed; awaiting action by Governor)
- HB 4301: Reforming membership requirements of Huntington Park and Recreation District Board (Signed, 02-16)
- HB 4308: Authorizing disclosure of juvenile information to Crime Victims Compensation Fund for investigation and award of benefits (Completed; awaiting action by Governor)
- HB 4312: Extending the option of electronic absentee ballot transmission to first responders in certain emergency circumstances (Completed; awaiting action by Governor)
- HB 4333: Relating to the sunset of the Board of Hearing-Aid Dealers and Fitters (House refuses to concur with Senate amendments; requests Senate to recede)
- HB 4369: Update the telepsychology compact (Completed; awaiting action by Governor)
Resolutions Adopted by the Senate as of Monday, February 28, 2022 (27 – 22 Senate; 5 House)
- SCR 1: US Army PFC Billy Keith Ford Memorial Bridge (House Rules)
- SCR 3: USMC CAPT Dempsey Stowers Memorial Bridge (House Rules)
- SCR 5: US Marine Corps CPL James “Bud” Cox Memorial Bridge (House Rules)
- SCR 6: Holden 22 Coal Miners Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 02-28)
- SCR 9: Haynie Family Veterans Memorial Bridge (House Rules)
- SCR 11: Dennis E. Davis Veterans Nursing Home (House Rules)
- SCR 13: US Army PFC Joseph Stanley McKinney Memorial Bridge (House Rules)
- SCR 15: US Army PVT Shirley E. Bailey Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 02-28)
- SCR 17: US Air Force SSGT Logan A. Young Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 02-28)
- SCR 21: Putnam County Veterans Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 02-28)
- SCR 23: USMC CPL Guy Maywood Edwards Memorial Bridge (House Rules)
- SCR 27: US Army TSGT Harold William Schmidle Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 02-28)
- SCR 28: US Army PVT Garland Lee Loudermilk Memorial Bridge (House Technology and Infrastructure)
- SCR 29: Nitro WW I Memorial Bridge (House Technology and Infrastructure)
- SCR 34: USMC SGTMAJ Herman H. Brawner Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 02-28)
- SCR 37: Harrison County Veterans Memorial Bridge (House Rules)
- SCR 38: Cox Brothers’ Veteran Memorial Bridge (House Rules)
- SCR 44: Clarifying 1972 Equal Rights Amendment (House Rules)
- SCR 45: US Army CPL John D. Doyle, Sr. Memorial Road (House Rules)
- SCR 46: Supporting North Central WV aviation and aerospace industries (Adopted, 02-28)
- SCR 52: Requesting study on establishing accredited school of veterinary medicine in WV (House Rules)
- SCR 53: Requesting Office of Miners’ Health, Safety, and Training study need for health, safety, and training division in energy producing facilities (Pending House introduction)
- HJR 102: Clarifying that the policy-making and rule-making authority of the State Board of Education is subject to legislative review, approval, amendment, or rejection (Adopted by Senate; pending House concurrence)
- HCR 27: Extending an invitation to His Excellency, the Governor, to deliver an address to the Legislature and raising a Joint Assembly therefor (Adopted, 01-27)
- HCR 28: Cpt. Billy Jake Smith Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 02-24)
- HCR 30: U.S. Army Pvt. Dallis H. Johnson WWII Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 02-25)
- HCR 59: Warrant Officer James G. Bosley Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 02-25)
- HCR 79: A resolution to designate February 21st as the official start day to National FFA Week in West Virginia (Adopted, 02-22)
House Bills and Resolutions Pending in the Senate as of Monday, February 28, 2022 (155 Bills; 58 Resolutions)
- HB 2096: Reinstating the film investment tax credit (Finance)
- HB 2177: Permitting the issuance of a state issued identification card without a photo on the card under certain conditions (Judiciary)
- HB 2184: Increasing the penalties for exposure of governmental representatives to fentanyl or any other harmful drug (Judiciary)
- HB 2257: Relating to extended supervision for certain drug offenders (Judiciary)
- HB 2325: Removing the requirement of continuing education for barbers and cosmetologists (Signed, 02-21)
- HB 2562: Relating to litter control (Judiciary)
- HB 2598: Modifying the inspection requirements and the definition of an above ground storage tank (Energy, Industry and Mining)
- HB 2631: Provide for WVDNR officers to be able to work “off duty” (Judiciary)
- HB 2798: Relating to requiring the Health Department to mandate mucopolysaccharidosis type 1 (MPS1) test for newborn babies, to be known as Embie’s Law (Health and Human Resources)
- HB 2817: Donated Drug Repository Program (Health and Human Resources)
- HB 2972: Allowing a person to manufacture a stated amount of alcoholic liquor for personal consumption (Judiciary)
- HB 3036: Sunsetting the Board of Sanitarians (Government Organization)
- HB 3082: Stabilizing funding sources for the DEP Division of Air Quality (Finance)
- HB 3122: Relating to the establishment and operation of regional water, wastewater and stormwater authorities (Government Organization)
- HB 3220: Restrictions on Taxpayer funded lobbying (Completed; awaiting action by Governor)
- HB 3223: Prohibit state, county, and municipal governments from dedicating or naming any public structure for a public official who is holding office at the time (Government Organization)
- HB 3231: Public Utilities not required to pay interest on security deposits (Finance)
- HB 3303: Relating to clarifying the process of filling vacancies on ballots (Completed; awaiting action by Governor)
- HB 3312: Establishing a memorial to child labor and child workers who died in the course of employment in this state (Signed, 02-28)
- HB 4002: Creating the Certified Sites and Development Readiness Program (Economic Development)
- HB 4003: Relating generally to commercial benefit of substances removed from waters of the state by the treatment of mine drainage (Energy, Industry and Mining)
- HB 4004: Relating to limiting an abortion to fifteen weeks’ gestation (Health and Human Resources)
- HB 4005: Relating to fetal body parts (Health and Human Resources)
- HB 4007: To reduce personal income tax rates (Finance)
- HB 4008: Relating to Higher Education Policy Commission funding formula (Education)
- HB 4019: Relating to deadlines for public charter schools (Education)
- HB 4024: Creating a cosmetology apprentice program that allows companies to train employees for practical real-world experience (Signed, 02-23)
- HB 4025: Providing exemption to severance tax for severing rare earth elements and other critical minerals (Finance)
- HB 4032: Modifying the criminal penalties imposed on a parent, guardian or custodian for child abuse (Judiciary)
- HB 4048: WV Keep, Bear and Drive with Arms Act (Completed; pending action by Governor)
- HB 4059: Clarifying that new Department of Health and Human Resources’ Deputy Commissioners are exempt from civil service (Health and Human Resources)
- HB 4060: Repealing outdated sections of code relating to health (Completed; awaiting action by Governor)
- HB 4062: Removing the residency requirement for the Commissioner of the Division of Highways (Signed, 02-21)
- HB 4065: Allowing the Division of Natural Resources to teach hunter’s safety courses in school (Education)
- HB 4067: To make certain agency reports electronic or eliminating certain agency reports altogether (Signed, 02-23)
- HB 4074: Require schools provide eating disorder and self-harm training for teacher and students (Signed, 02-21)
- HB 4077: Provide certain classes of property protections from creditor collections (Judiciary)
- HB 4084: Relating to advanced recycling (S Third Reading, 03-01)
- HB 4087: Allowing variance in state fire code for certain buildings used solely for emergency equipment storage (Government Organization)
- HB 4097: To prohibit nonpublic funding sources for election administration and related expenses without prior written approval by the State Election Commission (Passed Senate; pending House concurrence)
- HB 4098: Relating to Geothermal Energy Development (Energy, Industry and Mining)
- HB 4105: Relating to service employees with National Association for Pupil Transportation Certifications (Education)
- HB 4110: Relating to staffing levels at multi-county vocational centers (Education)
- HB 4111: Relating to the prescriptive authority of advance practice registered nurses (Judiciary)
- HB 4112: Provide consumers a choice for pharmacy services (Health and Human Resources)
- HB 4113: Public Health definitions and powers of secretary and commissioner (Health and Human Resources)
- HB 4114: Authorizing certain agencies of the Department of Administration to promulgate legislative rules (Completed; awaiting action by Governor)
- HB 4126: Authorizing certain agencies of the Department of Health and Human Resources to promulgate legislative rules (Passed Senate; pending House concurrence)
- HB 4141: Authorizing the Governor’s Committee on Crime, Delinquency and Corrections to promulgate a legislative rule relating to Law Enforcement Training and Certification Standards (Judiciary)
- HB 4242: Authorizing the Division of Labor to promulgate a legislative rule relating to Child Labor (Judiciary)
- HB 4252: To reduce copay cap on insulin and devices (Health and Human Resources)
- HB 4257: Require visitation immediately following a procedure in a health care facility (Health and Human Resources)
- HB 4259: Creating the West Virginia Small Business Jumpstart Act (Finance)
- HB 4262: Relating to licensure for polygraph examiners (Government Organization)
- HB 4263: Prohibit the practice of white bagging (Health and Human Resources)
- HB 4264: Change designation of Glenville State College to “Glenville State University” (Signed, 02-23)
- HB 4276: WVU to create a Parkinson’s disease registry (Signed, 02-23)
- HB 4282: Relating to establishing next generation 911 services in this state (Government Organization)
- HB 4286: Relating to exempting persons employed as attorneys from the civil service system (Government Organization)
- HB 4288: Relating to expanding the practice of auricular acudetox to professions approved by the acupuncturist board (Health and Human Resources)
- HB 4291: Relating to authorizing legislative rules regarding higher education (Education)
- HB 4295: To transfer the State Office of the National Flood Insurance Program from the Offices of the Insurance Commissioner to the Division of Emergency Management (Government Organization)
- HB 4296: To revise outdated provisions within Chapter 23 of the West Virginia Code, which pertains to workers’ compensation (Judiciary)
- HB 4297: To facilitate the sharing of information between the Department of Health and Human Resources and the State Auditor’s office in order to investigate reports of financial abuse and neglect of a vulnerable adult (Judiciary)
- HB 4299: To prohibit the intentional interference with election processes and creating associated criminal penalties (Completed; awaiting action by Governor)
- HB 4301: Reforming membership requirements of Huntington Park and Recreation District Board (Signed, 02-16)
- HB 4307: Increase some benefits payable from Crime Victims Compensation Fund (Finance)
- HB 4308: Authorizing disclosure of juvenile information to Crime Victims Compensation Fund for investigation and award of benefits (Completed; awaiting action by Governor)
- HB 4311: Creating criminal penalties for illegal voting activity (Judiciary)
- HB 4312: Extending the option of electronic absentee ballot transmission to first responders in certain emergency circumstances (Completed; awaiting action by Governor)
- HB 4324: To update collaborative pharmacy practice agreements (Health and Human Resources)
- HB 4329: To clarify the definition of an “interested person” for purposes of the West Virginia Small Estate Act (Judiciary)
- HB 4331: West Virginia’s Urban Mass Transportation Authority Act (Judiciary)
- HB 4333: Relating to the sunset of the Board of Hearing-Aid Dealers and Fitters (House refuses to concur with Senate amendments; requests Senate to recede)
- HB 4338: Reducing annual permit fee for each video lottery terminal owned or leased by a limited video lottery licensee (Finance)
- HB 4340: Relating to maximizing the opportunity to recover anatomical gifts for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, or education (Health and Human Resources)
- HB 4344: Relating to foster care (Health and Human Resources)
- HB 4345: Relating to motor vehicle registration cards by establishing electronic or mobile registration cards (Transportation and Infrastructure)
- HB 4348: Relating to Pharmacy Technicians (Health and Human Resources)
- HB 4351: Relating to the implementation of an acuity-based patient classification system (Health and Human Resources)
- HB 4352: Decreasing federal taxable income (Finance)
- HB 4355: Relating to the disclosure by state institutions of higher education of certain information regarding textbooks and digital courseware and certain charges assessed for those items (Education)
- HB 4360: Relating to WV Invest community service requirements (Education)
- HB 4369: Update the telepsychology compact (Completed; awaiting action by Governor)
- HB 4380: Relating to transportation of athletic teams (Education)
- HB 4389: Relating to repealing school innovation zones provisions superseded by Innovation in Education Act (Education)
- HB 4391: Relating generally to school nurses (Education)
- HB 4396: Reducing federal adjusted gross income relating to tolls for travel on West Virginia toll roads paid electronically (Finance)
- HB 4406: To establish the West Virginia Military Hall of Fame (Military)
- HB 4408: Relating to contracts for construction of recreational facilities in state parks and forests (Pending Senate introduction)
- HB 4410: Specifying allocation, apportionment and treatment of income of flow-through entities (Finance)
- HB 4418: Relating to the Small Business Supplier Certification Assistance Program (Economic Development)
- HB 4419: Allowing candidate committees and campaign committees to make contributions to affiliated state party executive committees (Pending Senate introduction)
- HB 4420: To modify definitions of school bus operators (Education)
- HB 4426: Repeal article 33-25G-1 et seq. creating provider sponsored networks (Health and Human Resources)
- HB 4430: Relating to definitions of base salary and overtime for police and firemen pensions (Pensions)
- HB 4433: Providing that retirement benefits are not subject to execution (Pensions)
- HB 4438: Applying current requirements for certain voting systems to be independent and non-networked to all voting systems that seek certification in West Virginia (Judiciary)
- HB 4448: Relating to coal mining and changing fees for permitting actions (Finance)
- HB 4451: Eliminating the requirement that otherwise qualified investment assets be located or installed at or within 2 miles of a preexisting manufacturing facility (Finance)
- HB 4460: Relating to authorizing application of the manufacturing investment tax credit and the manufacturing property tax adjustment credit against personal income tax (Finance)
- HB 4461: Relating to the consolidation of all administrative fees collected by the agency into the existing “Tax Administration Services Fund” (Finance)
- HB 4462: Relating to Deferred Retirement Option Plan evaluations (Pensions)
- HB 4465: Relating to the tax credit for apprenticeship training (Finance)
- HB 4470: Relating to consumers sales and service tax and use tax exemption for certain goods to be incorporated into a qualified, new or expanded warehouse or distribution facility (Finance)
- HB 4479: Establishing the Coalfield Communities Grant Facilitation Commission (Economic Development)
- HB 4484: Declaring certain claims against agencies of the state to be moral obligations of the state (Finance)
- HB 4488: Relating to coal mining and changing fees for permitting actions (Finance)
- HB 4489: Require counties to post open positions on statewide job bank (Education)
- HB 4491: To establish requirements for carbon dioxide sequestration (S Third Reading, 03-01)
- HB 4492: Creating the Division of Multimodal Transportation (Government Organization)
- HB 4496: Allowing interest and earnings on federal COVID-19 relief moneys to be retained in the funds or accounts where those moneys are invested (Finance)
- HB 4510: To provide that third grade students be competent in reading and math before moving on to fourth grade (Pending Senate introduction)
- HB 4516: To require medication-assisted treatment programs to have written policies concerning community relations (Pending Senate introduction)
- HB 4517: Relating to the repealing requirements to display video ratings (Government Organization)
- HB 4522: Relating to the expungement of criminal records (Judiciary)
- HB 4535: Repeal section relating to school attendance and satisfactory academic progress as conditions of licensing for privilege of operation of motor vehicle (Education)
- HB 4540: To update all retirement plans to comport with federal law (Pending Senate introduction)
- HB 4559: Providing for legislative rulemaking relating to the disposition of unidentified and unclaimed remains in the possession of the Chief Medical Examiner (Government Organization)
- HB 4562: Relating generally to the suspension and dismissal of school personnel by board and the appeals process (Education)
- HB 4566: Creating the Economic Enhancement Grant Fund (Finance)
- HB 4567: Relating to business and occupation or privilege tax (Finance)
- HB 4568: To allow phased rehabilitations of certified historic structures (Finance)
- HB 4578: Relating to authorizing the Superintendent of the State Police to administer the Handle with Care program (Judiciary)
- HB 4583: Clarifying the definition of incapacity so that incarceration in the penal system or detention outside of the United States may not be inferred as resulting in a lack of capacity to execute a power of attorney (Judiciary)
- HB 4585: Relating to controlled substance monitoring; and removing a dispensing prohibition (Health and Human Resources)
- HB 4591: Relating to accelerating the conversion of the state excise tax on the privilege of transferring real property into a county excise tax (Finance)
- HB 4596: Relating generally to additional persons qualifying for the provisions of the Law-Enforcement Officers Safety Act (Judiciary)
- HB 4604: Relating to abolishing the Workforce Development Initiative Program Advisory Council (Education)
- HB 4606: Authorizing programs to assist at-risk veterans and their families with existing resources to combat suicide (Military)
- HB 4607: To remove opioid treatment programs from requiring a certificate of need (Health and Human Resources)
- HB 4612: Decreasing the time period of eligibility for nonduty disability from ten to five or more years of service for Municipal Police Officers and Firefighters Retirement (Pending Senate introduction)
- HB 4613: Relating to increasing the multiplier for use in determining accrued benefit in the West Virginia Municipal Police Officers and Firefighters Retirement System (Pending Senate introduction)
- HB 4614: Providing optional retirement service credit for unused accrued annual or sick leave days for municipal police and firefighters (Pending Senate introduction)
- HB 4627: To provide for no more than two licensed laboratories for medical cannabis testing in this state (Health and Human Resources)
- HB 4631: Establishing a bone marrow and peripheral blood stem donation awareness program (Health and Human Resources)
- HB 4634: Relating to occupational licensing or other authorization to practice (Pending Senate introduction)
- HB 4636: Clarifying when business and occupation taxes owed to a city or municipality are considered to be remitted on time (Judiciary)
- HB 4643: Exempting certain health services from certificate of need (Health and Human Resources)
- HB 4644: Prohibiting the restriction, regulation, use or administration of lawn care and pest care products (Agriculture and Rural Development)
- HB 4649: Transferring the operations of the West Virginia Children’s Health Insurance Program to the Bureau for Medical Services (Health and Human Resources)
- HB 4657: Creating the Critical Mineral Investment Tax Credit Act of 2022 (Pending Senate introduction)
- HB 4660: Establishing the status of beds when an intermediate care facility for individuals with intellectual disabilities closes (Pending Senate introduction)
- HB 4662: Relating to licensure of Head Start facilities in this state (Pending Senate introduction)
- HB 4667: Prohibition on county, city, or municipality restrictions on advanced air mobility aircraft (Economic Development)
- HB 4668: Relating to air bag fraud (Judiciary)
- HB 4675: Relating to autonomous delivery vehicles (Economic Development)
- HB 4712: Require the prompt enrollment in payment plans for costs, fines, forfeitures, restitution, or penalties in circuit court and magistrate court (Judiciary)
- HB 4743: Relating to security and surveillance requirements of medical cannabis organization facilities (Health and Human Resources)
- HB 4758: Relating to developing and maintaining a database to track reclamation liabilities in the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection Special Reclamation Program (Energy, Industry and Mining)
- HB 4768: Relating to change hearing location and customer notice provisions (Government Organization)
- HB 4769: Eliminate the requirement to send recommended decisions by certified mail (Government Organization)
- HB 4773: Adoption of the FCC customer service and technical standards and requiring certain cable operators to operate an in-state customer call center (S Second Reading, 03-01)
- HB 4785: Relating to judicial vacancies (Judiciary)
- HB 4797: To create an EV Infrastructure Deployment Plan for West Virginia that describes how our state intends to use its share of NEVI Formula Program funds (Economic Development)
- HB 4827: Relating to the promotion and development of public-use vertiports (Pending Senate introduction)
- HJR 102: Clarifying that the policy-making and rule-making authority of the State Board of Education is subject to legislative review, approval, amendment, or rejection (Adopted by Senate; pending House concurrence)
- HCR 1: Alex Perdue Memorial Bridge (Transportation and Infrastructure)
- HCR 4: John B. Short Memorial Bridge (Transportation and Infrastructure)
- HCR 6: Elmer Galford Memorial Road (Transportation and Infrastructure)
- HCR 7: Kohlton Red Haney Memorial Bridge (Transportation and Infrastructure)
- HCR 8: U.S. Army Private Elmo Davis Memorial Road (Transportation and Infrastructure)
- HCR 9: James C. Vickers Silver Star Highway (Transportation and Infrastructure)
- HCR 10: Lance CPL Leonard Joe Zelaski Memorial Bridge (Transportation and Infrastructure)
- HCR 13: Doctor Enrique and Mrs. Sallie H. Aguilar Memorial Bridge (Transportation and Infrastructure)
- HCR 14: Colonel Ronald John ”Ron“ Chiccehitto Memorial Road (Transportation and Infrastructure)
- HCR 15: Thomas Brothers Memorial Bridge (Transportation and Infrastructure)
- HCR 16: World War II Veterans Toothman Brothers Memorial Bridge (Transportation and Infrastructure)
- HCR 17: Daniel Okey Cunningham Memorial Bridge (Transportation and Infrastructure)
- HCR 23: Requesting the Division of Highways to place at least 10 additional signs along highways entering West Virginia honoring fallen veterans and Gold Star Families (Transportation and Infrastructure)
- HCR 25: SP5 Terry Lee McClanahan Memorial Bridge (Transportation and Infrastructure)
- HCR 26: Officer Cassie Johnson Fallen Heroes Memorial Bridge (Transportation and Infrastructure)
- HCR 27: Extending an invitation to His Excellency, the Governor, to deliver an address to the Legislature and raising a Joint Assembly therefor (Adopted, 01-27)
- HCR 28: Cpt. Billy Jake Smith Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 02-24)
- HCR 30: U.S. Army Pvt. Dallis H. Johnson WWII Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 02-25)
- HCR 34: U.S. Navy Seaman 1st Class Byrne Lee Singleton Memorial Bridge (Transportation and Infrastructure)
- HCR 35: David Allen Drake, Sr. Memorial Bridge (Transportation and Infrastructure)
- HCR 36: John Calvin “J. C.” Baker Memorial Bridge (Transportation and Infrastructure)
- HCR 37: U.S. Army Corporal Charles William “Bill” Knight Memorial Bridge (Transportation and Infrastructure)
- HCR 38: To name the “Dale Shaheen and George H. Hooker Memorial Bridge” (Transportation and Infrastructure)
- HCR 40: To name the USMC Cpl Guy Maywood Edwards Memorial Bridge (Transportation and Infrastructure)
- HCR 45: U.S. Army SP4 Dennis Harvey Roberts Memorial Bridge (Transportation and Infrastructure)
- HCR 46: Donald Homer Wheeler Memorial Bridge (Transportation and Infrastructure)
- HCR 47: William Earl Duty Memorial Bridge (Transportation and Infrastructure)
- HCR 48: WVSP Sergeant John S. Syner Memorial Road (Transportation and Infrastructure)
- HCR 49: Charles M. Biggs Memorial Highway (Transportation and Infrastructure)
- HCR 50: John Ellison Road (Transportation and Infrastructure)
- HCR 52: Roy E. Givens Memorial Road (Transportation and Infrastructure)
- HCR 54: Mayor George Karos Bridge (Pending Senate introduction)
- HCR 58: February 14 as National Donor Day (Rules)
- HCR 59: Warrant Officer James G. Bosley Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 02-25)
- HCR 60: Fire Chief Lee Thomas Bridge (Transportation and Infrastructure)
- HCR 61: Timothy Wayne Farley Memorial Bridge (Transportation and Infrastructure)
- HCR 62: Raymond Jarrell, Jr., Memorial Road (Transportation and Infrastructure)
- HCR 63: U.S. Army MSGT Donald Lewis Coen Memorial Bridge (Transportation and Infrastructure)
- HCR 64: Robin W. Ames Memorial Road (Transportation and Infrastructure)
- HCR 65: U.S. Army Major Jesse A. Jennings Memorial Bridge (Transportation and Infrastructure)
- HCR 70: Calvin H. Shifflett Memorial Bridge (Transportation and Infrastructure)
- HCR 71: White Angel Falls waterfall (Transportation and Infrastructure)
- HCR 72: U.S. Army SP5 Dana V. Perkins Memorial Bridge (Transportation and Infrastructure)
- HCR 73: Halstead Brothers WWII Veterans Memorial Bridge (Transportation and Infrastructure)
- HCR 74: Judge Les Fury Memorial Bridge Transportation and Infrastructure)
- HCR 75: Pastor Glenn F. Lough Memorial Bridge (Transportation and Infrastructure)
- HCR 76: U. S. Navy BM1 Farris Burton Memorial Bridge (Transportation and Infrastructure)
- HCR 79: A resolution to designate February 21st as the official start day to National FFA Week in West Virginia (Adopted, 02-22)
- HCR 81: U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer Milford Arnold Cunningham Memorial Bridge (Transportation and Infrastructure)
- HCR 82: Alleen Ledson Memorial Bridge (Transportation and Infrastructure)
- HCR 83: U.S. Army SGT Charles L. Toppings Memorial Road (Transportation and Infrastructure)
- HCR 84: U. S. Navy, Water Tender 3rd Class, V-6, Lewis Glenn Mills Memorial Boulevard (Transportation and Infrastructure)
- HCR 85: McClintic Family Bridge (Transportation and Infrastructure)
- HCR 87: Joseph Allen Wyatt, Fire Chief of Cowen VFD Memorial Intersection (Transportation and Infrastructure)
- HCR 88: Lewis Joseph D’Antoni Memorial Road (Transportation and Infrastructure)
- HCR 89: Hajash Brothers Memorial Bridge (Pending Senate introduction)
- HCR 90: U.S. Army PVT Robert (Bob) Mullins Sr. Memorial Bridge (Pending Senate introduction)
Bills that Have Completed Legislation as of Monday, February 28, 2022 (33 – 15 Senate; 18 House)
- SB 4: Repealing ban on construction of nuclear power plants (Signed, 02-08)
- SB 8: Relating generally to state’s savings and investment programs (Signed, 02-02)
- SB 191: Allowing poll workers to work full and half days (Signed, 02-02)
- SB 221: Establishing occupational therapy compact (Completed; awaiting action by Governor)
- SB 244: Relating to appointment of judges to Intermediate Court of Appeals (Signed, 02-09)
- SB 279: Authorizing DEP to promulgate legislative rules (Signed, 02-21)
- SB 435: Awarding service weapon to retiree from Division of Protective Services (Signed, 02-16)
- SB 436: Correcting code citation for authority of State Fire Marshal (Signed, 02-18)
- SB 437: Providing for early discharge of parolees (Signed, 02-16)
- SB 445: Modifying police and firemen’s pension plans for trustees (Completed; awaiting action by Governor)
- SB 449: Relating to Nonviolent Offense Parole Program (Signed, 02-16)
- SB 450: Updating definitions of WV Personal Income Tax Act (Signed, 02-21)
- SB 451: Updating definitions of WV Corporation Net Income Tax Act (Signed, 02-21)
- SB 452: Permitting civil remedies for unauthorized disclosure of intimate images (Completed; awaiting action by Governor)
- SB 639: Providing 45-day waiting period on rate increases when water and sewer services are purchased from municipality (Completed; awaiting action by Governor)
- HB 2325: Removing the requirement of continuing education for barbers and cosmetologists (Signed, 02-21)
- HB 3312: Establishing a memorial to child labor and child workers who died in the course of employment in this state (Signed, 02-28)
- HB 3220: Restrictions on Taxpayer funded lobbying (Completed; awaiting action by Governor)
- HB 3303: Relating to clarifying the process of filling vacancies on ballots (Completed; awaiting action by Governor)
- HB 4024: Creating a cosmetology apprentice program that allows companies to train employees for practical real-world experience (Signed, 02-23)
- HB 4048: WV Keep, Bear and Drive with Arms Act (Completed; pending action by Governor)
- HB 4060: Repealing outdated sections of code relating to health (Completed; awaiting action by Governor)
- HB 4062: Removing the residency requirement for the Commissioner of the Division of Highways (Signed, 02-21)
- HB 4067: To make certain agency reports electronic or eliminating certain agency reports altogether (Signed, 02-23)
- HB 4074: Require schools provide eating disorder and self-harm training for teacher and students (Signed, 02-21)
- HB 4114: Authorizing certain agencies of the Department of Administration to promulgate legislative rules (Completed; awaiting action by Governor)
- HB 4264: Change designation of Glenville State College to “Glenville State University” (Signed, 02-23)
- HB 4276: WVU to create a Parkinson’s disease registry (Signed, 02-23)
- HB 4299: To prohibit the intentional interference with election processes and creating associated criminal penalties (Completed; awaiting action by Governor)
- HB 4301: Reforming membership requirements of Huntington Park and Recreation District Board (Signed, 02-16)
- HB 4308: Authorizing disclosure of juvenile information to Crime Victims Compensation Fund for investigation and award of benefits (Completed; awaiting action by Governor)
- HB 4312: Extending the option of electronic absentee ballot transmission to first responders in certain emergency circumstances (Completed; awaiting action by Governor)
- HB 4369: Update the telepsychology compact (Completed; awaiting action by Governor)
Resolutions that Have Completed Legislation as of Monday, February 28, 2022 (12 – 7 Senate; 5 House)
- SCR 6: Holden 22 Coal Miners Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 02-28)
- SCR 15: US Army PVT Shirley E. Bailey Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 02-28)
- SCR 17: US Air Force SSGT Logan A. Young Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 02-28)
- SCR 21: Putnam County Veterans Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 02-28)
- SCR 27: US Army TSGT Harold William Schmidle Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 02-28)
- SCR 34: USMC SGTMAJ Herman H. Brawner Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 02-28)
- SCR 46: Supporting North Central WV aviation and aerospace industries (Adopted, 02-28)
- HCR 27: Extending an invitation to His Excellency, the Governor, to deliver an address to the Legislature and raising a Joint Assembly therefor (Adopted, 01-27)
- HCR 28: Cpt. Billy Jake Smith Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 02-24)
- HCR 30: U.S. Army Pvt. Dallis H. Johnson WWII Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 02-25)
- HCR 59: Warrant Officer James G. Bosley Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 02-25)
- HCR 79: A resolution to designate February 21st as the official start day to National FFA Week in West Virginia (Adopted, 02-22)
Bills Signed by the Governor as of Monday, February 28, 2022 (20 – 11 Senate; 9 House)
- SB 4: Repealing ban on construction of nuclear power plants (Signed, 02-08)
- SB 8: Relating generally to state’s savings and investment programs (Signed, 02-02)
- SB 191: Allowing poll workers to work full and half days (Signed, 02-02)
- SB 244: Relating to appointment of judges to Intermediate Court of Appeals (Signed, 02-09)
- SB 279: Authorizing DEP to promulgate legislative rules (Signed, 02-21)
- SB 435: Awarding service weapon to retiree from Division of Protective Services (Signed, 02-16)
- SB 436: Correcting code citation for authority of State Fire Marshal (Signed, 02-18)
- SB 437: Providing for early discharge of parolees (Signed, 02-16)
- SB 449: Relating to Nonviolent Offense Parole Program (Signed, 02-16)
- SB 450: Updating definitions of WV Personal Income Tax Act (Signed, 02-21)
- SB 451: Updating definitions of WV Corporation Net Income Tax Act (Signed, 02-21)
- HB 2325: Removing the requirement of continuing education for barbers and cosmetologists (Signed, 02-21)
- HB 3312: Establishing a memorial to child labor and child workers who died in the course of employment in this state (Signed, 02-28)
- HB 4024: Creating a cosmetology apprentice program that allows companies to train employees for practical real-world experience (Signed, 02-23)
- HB 4062: Removing the residency requirement for the Commissioner of the Division of Highways (Signed, 02-21)
- HB 4067: To make certain agency reports electronic or eliminating certain agency reports altogether (Signed, 02-23)
- HB 4074: Require schools provide eating disorder and self-harm training for teacher and students (Signed, 02-21)
- HB 4264: Change designation of Glenville State College to “Glenville State University” (Signed, 02-23)
- HB 4276: WVU to create a Parkinson’s disease registry (Signed, 02-23)
- HB 4301: Reforming membership requirements of Huntington Park and Recreation District Board (Signed, 02-16)
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