State Senate

Friday, February 14, 2025 – 3rd Day of Session

The Senate will convene at 10 a.m.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

• SCR 5: US Marine Corps Sergeant Robert Milford Payne Memorial Bridge
• SR 5: Designating February 14, 2025, as National Organ Donor Day at Legislature

THIRD READING

There are no bills on Third Reading for Friday, February 14, 2025.

SECOND READING

There are no bills on Second Reading for Friday, February 14, 2025.

FIRST READING

There are no bills on First Reading for Friday, February 14, 2025.

Scheduled Committee Meetings

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

• Organizational Motions

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

• Organizational Motions

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

Senate Bills to be Introduced Friday, February 14, 2025

• SB 464: Creating license plate for recipients of Medal of Valor and their immediate family members (FN) (Morris, Deeds, Fuller, Hamilton; Transportation and Infrastructure then Finance)
• SB 465: Creating WV Treasurer's Investment in Precious Metals and Digital Currency Act (Rose; Banking and Insurance then Finance)
• SB 466: Making vaccinations voluntary and not mandatory (FN) (Willis; Health and Human Resources then Finance)
• SB 467: Setting forth requirements for foster child clothing allowances (Deeds; Health and Human Resources then Finance)
• SB 468: Establishing WV Defend the Guard Act (Rose; Military then Judiciary)
• SB 469: Creating WV Constitutional Carry Act of 2025 (Rose, Thorne; Judiciary)
• SB 470: Creating WV Athletic Freedom Act (Rose, Thorne; Education)
• SB 471: Creating Student-First School Funding Act (Rose, Thorne; Education then Finance)
• SB 472: Requiring transparency from Department of Human Services (Deeds; Health and Human Resources then Judiciary)
• SB 473: Limiting medical monitoring damages (Tarr; Judiciary)
• SB 474: [By Request of the Executive] Ending diversity, equity, and inclusion programs (Smith, Woelfel; Judiciary then Finance)
• SB 475: Creating Violent Crime Prevention Act (Stuart; Judiciary)
• SB 476: Relating to permissible expenditures by Water Development Authority from Infrastructure Fund (Phillips, Hart, Queen, Tarr; Finance)
• SB 477: Requiring ambulance at middle school or high school football game (Woelfel; Education then Finance)
• SB 478: Repealing athletic eligibility of transfer students (Woelfel; Education)
• SB 479: Relating to forms and disclosures to Ethics Commission (FN) (Woodrum; Government Organization then Finance)
• SB 480: Allowing licensed substitute and full-time teachers to serve as parent volunteers without additional background check (Woodrum; Education)
• SB 481: Allowing off-duty law-enforcement officers to carry concealed weapons at public schools and public school events (Woodrum, Oliverio; Judiciary)
• SB 482: Certified Professional Midwife Licensing and Regulation (Woodrum; Government Organization)
• SB 483: Increasing civil penalties for failure to file required campaign finance reports (Woodrum, Oliverio; Government Organization)
• SB 484: Relating to disclosures and penalties associated with use of synthetic media and artificial intelligence (Woodrum, Oliverio; Judiciary)
• SB 485: Exempting the West Virginia Secretary of State from competitive bidding process (Woodrum, Oliverio; Government Organization)
• SB 486: Clarifying eligibility requirements to vote in WV elections (Woodrum, Oliverio; Government Organization)
• SB 487: Removing ineligible voters from active voter rolls (Woodrum; Government Organization)
• SB 488: Clarifying definition of electioneering (Woodrum, Oliverio; Judiciary)
• SB 489: Relating to election law violation complaints and procedures (Woodrum, Oliverio; Judiciary)
• SB 490: Prohibiting ranked-choice voting in elections in West Virginia (Woodrum, Oliverio; Judiciary)
• SB 491: Relating to reporting requirements and spending thresholds for expenditures on elections (Woodrum, Oliverio; Government Organization)
• SB 492: Removing outdated provisions governing political committees (Woodrum, Oliverio; Government Organization)
• SB 493: Removing the amount limitations on contributions to all political committees (Woodrum; Government Organization)
• SB 494: Expanding time frame for certain electioneering communication reporting requirements (Woodrum, Oliverio; Government Organization)
• SB495: Requiring contact information for chair of political committee (Woodrum, Oliverio; Government Organization)
• SB 496: Removing reflexology and other energy-based work from definition of "massage therapy" (Thorne, Rucker; Government Organization)
• SB 497: Preventing home insurers from canceling policy for isolated event (Chapman; Banking and Insurance)
• SB 498: Permitting dedicated lottery tickets for special interests (FN) (Chapman; Finance)
• SB 499: [By Request of the Executive] Non-Profit Athletics Act (Smith, Woelfel; Education)
• SB 500: Transferring audits of volunteer fire departments to Legislative Auditor (FN) (Chapman; Government Organization)
• SB 501: Relating to loan form (Tarr; Banking and Insurance)
• SB 502: Relating to counties' ability to regulate floodplains under National Flood Insurance Program guidelines (Rucker; Government Organization)
• SB 503: Allowing sheriffs to appoint more than one chief deputy with consent of county commission (Helton; Judiciary)
• SB 504: Prohibiting camping in public places (Helton; Judiciary)
• SB 505: Ensuring Reliable and Affordable Electricity Act (Martin, Smith; Energy, Industry, and Mining then Government Organization)
• SJR 6: Elimination of Business Inventory Tax Amendment (Rose, Thorne; Judiciary then Finance)
• SJR 7: WV Educational Governance Accountability Amendment (Rose, Thorne; Judiciary then Finance)
• SCR 6: US Army Major Jerome Lee Workman Memorial Bridge (Deeds)
• SCR 7: Cohen Wade Craddock Memorial Bridge (Stuart)
• SCR 8: US Army E6 Dennis Charles Hurley Memorial Bridge (Phillips, Tarr)
• SCR 9: Becker Brothers, Eugene and Kermit Becker Memorial Bridge (Oliverio, Fuller, Taylor, Weld)
• SCR 10: Donald Lucas & Ronald Lucas Memorial Bridge (Stuart)
• SCR 11: Charlie Lee Jordan Memorial Bridge (Stuart)
• SR 6: Commemorating 75th anniversary of Sport Fish Restoration Program (Hamilton, Deeds, Garcia, Hart, Jeffries, Morris, Queen, Rose, Rucker, Tarr, Woodrum)

* (FN) indicates the bill has a Fiscal Note

* (IB) indicates the bill is an Interim Bill

Committee Action on Bills from Thursday, February 13, 2025

1 p.m.: Health and Human Resources

• Com. Sub. for SB 460: Relating to vaccine requirements
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for SB 29: Allowing physicians assistants to own practice
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

3 p.m.: Finance

• SB 454: Updating terms in Corporation Net Income Tax Act
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• SB 455: Updating terms used in WV Personal Income Tax Act
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Resolutions that Have Been Adopted by the Senate as of Thursday, February 13, 2025 (3)

• 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)

Action on House Bills in the Senate as of Thursday, February 13, 2025 (2)

• HB 2024: Updating the meaning certain terms used in West Virginia Personal Income Tax Act (Pending Senate introduction)
• HB 2025: Updating terms in the Corporation Net Income Tax Act (Pending Senate introduction)

Resolutions that Have Completed Legislation as of Thursday, February 13, 2025 (7 – 3 Senate; 4 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)
• 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)

Committee times and agendas are subject to change. Follow @WVSenClerk on Twitter for updates.

All Senate Committee meetings and floor sessions are available for both live streaming and to watch again in our archives. The link to the Senate’s archived video page can be found here:http://sg001-harmony.sliq.net/00289/Harmony/en/View/UpcomingEvents.

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