Release Date: 01/19/2026
Contact: Jacque Bland at (304) 357-7999

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State Senate

Tuesday, January 27, 2026 – 14th Day of Session

 

The Senate will convene at 11 a.m.

 

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

 

• SR 14: Recognizing James and Lucille Pennington on receiving the 2025 West Virginia Logger of the Year award

 

THIRD READING

 

There are no bills on Third Reading for Tuesday, January 27, 2026.

 

SECOND READING

 

• Com. Sub. for SB 55: Establishing criminal offense for obstructing or hindering home incarceration supervisor or social services worker
• Com. Sub. for SB 281: Authorizing Department of Homeland Security to promulgate legislative rules
• Com. Sub. for SB 309: Authorizing DOT to promulgate legislative rules

 

FIRST READING

 

• Com. Sub. for SB 4: Relating to crimes against public justice
• Com. Sub. for SB 84: Prohibiting law enforcement from placing surveillance cameras on private property
• SB 388: Requiring public elementary or secondary school make Aitken Bible available to certain classrooms
• Com. Sub. for SB 390: Altering conditions for flood resiliency disbursements (original similar to HB 4018)
• Com. Sub. for SB 400: Updating personal income tax definitions and provision of law relating to gaming and gambling losses (original similar to HB 4024)
• SB 443: Granting municipal fire marshals authority to assist in lawful execution of law-enforcement officer's official duties
• SB 445: Adding Potomac State College as eligible institution for participation in Learn and Earn Program (original similar to HB 4533)

 

Scheduled Committee Meetings

 

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

• SB 102: Establishing Summer Feeding for All Program
• HB 4574: Relating to providing for condition-based emergency funding for a financially distressed county

 

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

• Com. Sub. for SB 167: Relating to meetings for local levying bodies
• SB 506: Permitting certain use of county-owned wireless tower

 

12:30 p.m.: Transportation and Infrastructure (451M)

• SCR 1: Requesting DOH name certain transportation infrastructure
• Presentation: DOH – Pavement Management System

 

12:30 p.m.: Workforce (208W)

• Com. Sub. for SB 233: Clarifying qualifications to be licensed to administer polygraphs
• Com. Sub. for SB 396: Creating WV Job training and Placement Act
• SB 402: Workforce Readiness and Opportunity Act
• Com. Sub. for SB 490: Approving short-term training programs for eligibility for federal Workforce Pell Grants

 

1:30 p.m.: Health and Human Resources (451M)

• SB 543: Requiring Bureau for Social Services to file legislative rule
• SB 546: Relating to clothing and necessity allowance

 

3 p.m.: Finance (451M)

• SB 403: Relating to expanding definition of "tourism attraction"
• SB 427: Relating to loan form
• Budget Presentation: West Virginia Department of Tourism
• Budget Presentation: West Virginia Bureau for Senior Services
• Budget Presentation: West Virginia State Treasurer

 

3 p.m.: Judiciary (208W)

• Com. Sub. for SB 61: Prohibiting acceptance of illegal ballots cast in any election
• Com. Sub. for SB 374: Division of Economic Development rule relating to tourism development districts

• Includes: SB 375, Division of Forestry rule relating to rules for certification of managed timberland; SB 376, Division of Labor rule relating to child labor; SB 377, Office of Miners' Health, Safety, and Training rule relating to submission and approval of comprehensive Mine Safety Program for coal mining operations in WV; SB 378, Division of Natural Resources rule relating to small arms hunting; SB 379, Division of Natural Resources rule relating to wildlife rehabilitation; SB 380, Division of Natural Resources rule relating to special boating; SB 381, Division of Natural Resources rule relating to defining terms used in hunting and trapping; SB 382, Division of Natural Resources rule relating to prohibitions when hunting and trapping; SB 383, Division of Natural Resources rule relating to deer hunting; SB 384, Division of Natural Resources rule relating to special migratory game bird hunting; SB 385, Division of Rehabilitation Services rule relating to Ron Yost Personal Assistance Services Act Board

 

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

 

Senate Bills to be Introduced Tuesday, January 27, 2026

 

• SB 600: Limiting family income for Hope Scholarship eligibility (FN) (Garcia, Woelfel; School Choice then Finance)
• SB 601: Authorizing medical parole for certain inmates (Garcia; Health and Human Resources then Judiciary)
• SB 602: Requiring repeat DUI offenders to carry ID indicating they may not purchase alcohol (FN) (Hamilton, Azinger, Bartlett, Charnock, Clements, Deeds, Helton, Roberts; Judiciary then Finance)
• SB 603: Changing requirements for property valuation training and procedures commission (Thorne; Government Organization)
• SB 604: Extending Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementia Advisory Council sunset date (Rucker; Government Organization)
• SB 605: Providing tax credit for homeschool students (FN) (Rucker; School Choice then Finance)
• SB 606: Relating to employee exemptions from employer-mandated vaccinations (Rucker; Health and Human Resources)
• SB 607: Relating to federally approved project delivery methods for airport capital improvement projects (Charnock, Takubo; Economic Development then Government Organization)
• SB 608: Relating to religious exemption to mandatory vaccination requirements (Rucker; Health and Human Resources)
• SB 609: Exempting students of higher education from compulsory vaccination requirements (Rucker; Health and Human Resources)
• SB 610: Relating to medical exemption to mandatory vaccination requirements (Rucker; Health and Human Resources)
• SB 611: Codifying common-law definition of involuntary manslaughter (Garcia; Judiciary)
• SB 612: Establishing November 7 as Victims of Communism Day (FN) (Rucker, Azinger, Bartlett, Deeds, Fuller, Hamilton, Helton, Martin, Morris, Queen, Rose, Thorne, Weld, Willis; Education then Finance)
• SB 613: Extending interest rate cap to all obligations incurred during military service (FN) (Willis; Military then Finance)
• SB 614: Including step-siblings in Best Interests of Child Protection Act of 2022 (Willis; Judiciary)
• SB 615: Requiring persons with illegal immigration status be turned over to ICE (Hart, Smith, Azinger, Chapman, Deeds, Fuller, Helton, Phillips, Rose, Thorne and Z. Maynard; Judiciary)
• SB 616: Terminating WV Contractor Licensing Board (FN) (Weld; Government Organization then Finance)
• SB 617: Banking and Financial Services Provider Protections for Eligible Adults from Financial Exploitation (FN) (Willis; Banking and Insurance then Finance)
• SB 618: Prohibiting public funds from supporting low-earning outcome postsecondary degree programs (FN) (Rucker; Education then Finance)
• SB 619: Creating Stop the Bleed Act (Takubo; Health and Human Resources then Education)
• SB 620: Exempting certain physicians from specified traffic laws when responding to emergencies (FN) (Takubo; Transportation and Infrastructure then Finance)
• SB 621: Providing tax credit to corporations for existing employer-provided child care facilities (FN) (Takubo; Health and Human Resources then Finance)
• SB 622: Extending mine safety technology tax credit (FN) (Phillips; Finance)
• SB 623: Establishing economic incentives for data centers to locate within WV (FN) (Helton; Economic Development then Finance)
• SB 624: Extending sunset date for modification to personal and corporate income tax for qualified businesses (FN) (Tarr; Finance)
• SB 625: Relating to responsibility of board of public service district that is being dissolved (Woodrum; Government Organization)
• SB 626: Removing Inspector General from inclusion in Department of Health (FN) (Helton; Health and Human Resources then Finance)
• SB 627: Replacing Build WV Act project cost with cap on new tax credit liability (FN) (Deeds; Economic Development then Finance)
• SB 628: Prohibiting online distribution of pornographic material to minors (Azinger; Judiciary
• SB 629: Prohibiting gender transition surgeries, treatments, and therapies to minors (Azinger; Health and Human Resources then Judiciary)
• SB 630: Protecting minors from exposure to indecent displays of sexually explicit nature (Azinger; Judiciary)
• SB 631: Relating to controlling interests in flood control dams and similar structures (Smith; Natural Resources)
• SB 632: Creating Atmospheric Intervention Oversight and Public Safety Act (FN) (Woodrum, Rucker; Natural Resources then Finance)
• SB 633: Relating to WV Commission on Holocaust Education (Woodrum, Oliverio, Rucker; Education)
• SB 634: Legalizing adult consumption of cannabis (FN) (Garcia; Judiciary then Finance)
• SR 15: Recognizing 154th anniversary of Glennville State University (Martin, Queen)
• SR 16: Designating January 27, 2026, as Civil Air Patrol Day at Legislature (Woodrum)
• SR 17: Designating January 27, 2026, as WV Banker’s Day at Legislature (Morris)
• SR 18: Designating January 27, 2026, as Sexual Violence Awareness Day at Legislature (Chapman, Charnock, Grady, Rucker) 

 

* (FN) indicates the bill has a Fiscal Note

* (IB) indicates the bill is an Interim Bill

 

Committee Action on Bills from Monday, January 26, 2026

 

No Senate committees met on Monday, January 26, 2026.

 

Bills that Have Passed the Senate as of Monday, January 26, 2026 (4)

 

• SB 15: Protecting coal and gas minerals from carbon capture practices (Pending House introduction)
• SB 66: Modifying classes of state of preparedness declared by Governor or Legislature (Pending House introduction)
• SB 137: Modifying parole eligibility for crime of second degree murder and voluntary manslaughter (Pending House introduction)
• SB 207: Clarifying sheriff's compensation for collection of taxes (Pending House introduction)

 

Action on House Bills in the Senate as of Monday, January 26, 2026 (7)

 

• HB 4007: Relating to industrial access roads (Pending Senate introduction)
• HB 4008: Relating to Business Ready Sites Program (Pending Senate introduction)
• HB 4081: To create the Higher Education Health and Aid Grant (Pending Senate introduction)
• HB 4335: Relating to Medicaid providers (Pending Senate introduction)
• HB 4352: Prohibiting cameras and recording devices in bedrooms and bathrooms of foster children (Pending Senate introduction)

• HB 4574: Relating to providing for condition-based emergency funding for a financially distressed county (Education then Finance)
• HB 4575: Making Supplemental Appropriation to State Board of Education (Finance)

 

Action on House Resolutions in the Senate as of Monday, January 26, 2026 (2)

 

• HCR 1: Extending an invitation to His Excellency, the Governor, to deliver an address to the Legislature and raising a Joint Assembly therefor (Adopted, 01-14)
• HCR 2: Amending Rule 31 of the Joint Rules of the Senate and House of Delegates (Adopted, 01-14)

 

Resolutions that Have Completed Legislation as of Monday, January 26, 2026 (2 – 2 House)

 

• HCR 1: Extending an invitation to His Excellency, the Governor, to deliver an address to the Legislature and raising a Joint Assembly therefor (Adopted, 01-14)
• HCR 2: Amending Rule 31 of the Joint Rules of the Senate and House of Delegates (Adopted, 01-14)

 

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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