Member's Press Release

Release Date: 04/10/2025
Contact: Jacque Bland at (304) 357-7999

State Senate

Senate Calendar and Committee Schedule for Thursday, April 10, 2025

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

The Senate will convene at 10 a.m.

SENATE CALENDAR

Scheduled Committee Meetings

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

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

Committee Action on Bills from Tuesday, April 8, 2025

Judiciary

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Finance

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Government Organization

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

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

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

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

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

Banking and Insurance

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

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

Completed Legislation

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

SB 8: Providing additional sites and devices for newborn safe surrender (Signed, 03-26)
SB 138: Enhancing penalties for fleeing officer (Signed, 03-24)
SB 240: Updating crime of sexual extortion (Signed, 03-24)
SB 283: Expanding grade levels of personal finance course requirements needed for graduation (Signed, 04-01)
SB 291: Extending time frame for pharmacies to register from annually to biennially (Signed, 03-24)
SB 336: Authorizing Department of Homeland Security to promulgate legislative rules (Signed, 04-01)
SB 358: Authorizing Department of Transportation to promulgate legislative rules (Signed, 03-20)
SB 443: Authorizing Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Board of Examiners to conduct criminal background checks for licensing (Signed, 03-24)
SB 456: Defining "men" and "women" (Signed, 03-12)
SB 458: Universal Professional and Occupational Licensing Act of 2025 (Signed, 04-07)
SB 462: Permitting Board of Occupational Therapy to require criminal history record checks (Signed, 03-24)
SB 486: Clarifying eligibility requirements to vote in WV elections (Signed, 03-26)
SB 487: Removing ineligible voters from active voter rolls (Signed, 03-25)
SB 490: Prohibiting ranked-choice voting in elections in West Virginia (Signed, 03-18)
SB 492: Removing outdated provisions governing political committees (Signed, 04-01)
SB 621: Authorizing digital court records (Signed, 04-01)
SB 823: Clarifying and separating duties between Division of Emergency Management and DEP (Signed, 04-08)
HB 2024: Updating the meaning certain terms used in West Virginia Personal Income Tax Act (Signed, 02-24)
HB 2025: Updating terms in the Corporation Net Income Tax Act (Signed, 02-24)
HB 2043: Relating to use of dog and/or drones for tracking or locating mortally wounded deer, elk, turkey, wild boar or bear (Signed, 04-08)
HB 2053: Relating to including the United States Space Force in the definition armed forces (Signed, 03-21)
HB 2222: Relating to authorizing certain agencies of the Department of Administration to promulgate legislative rules (Signed, 03-26)
HB 2354: Banning certain products from food in West Virginia (Signed, 03-24)
HB 2387: To repeal the class A1 Pistol stamp for hunting (Signed, 04-08)
HB 2516: To repeal antiquated and inoperative portions of code (Signed, 04-08)
HB 3192: To repeal obsolete, conflicting or inoperative provisions of code that pertain to higher education (Signed, 04-08)

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

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

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