State Senate

Thursday, February 19, 2026 – 37th Day of Session

The Senate will convene at 11 a.m.

Scheduled Committee Meetings

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

• SB 913: Removing annual report requirement for WV Research Trust Fund
• SB 925: Providing Future Farmers of America-sanctioned activities not count toward limit of excused absences

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

• Com. Sub. for SB 714: Relating generally to Board of Veterinarians
• SB 765: Allowing retail liquor outlets discount certain liquor below minimum markup
• Com. Sub. for SB 856: Extending State Fire Marshal inspections to include municipalities with certified fire code
• SB 952: Transferring Court Security Fund
• Com. Sub. for SB 924: Streamlining and reforming Division of Personnel systems
• Com. Sub. for SB 672: Relating to acts for which WV Real Estate Commission may refuse, suspend, or revoke licenses

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

• SB 805: Relating to abortion pill reversal
• SB 795: Permitting parents and guardians to pay for independent medical evaluation of child in protective custody
• SB 862: Repealing Addiction Treatment Pilot Program
• SB 906: Permitting lawful prescription of crystalline polymorph psilocybin under FDA recommendations

3 p.m.: Finance (451M)

• Com. Sub. for SB 402: Workforce Readiness and Opportunity Act
• SB 749: Relating to county economic opportunity development districts
• SB 792: Eliminating requirement that Supreme Court of Appeals supply magistrates with copies of WV Code

3 p.m.: Judiciary (208W)

• Com. Sub. for SB 669: Relating to general powers of PSC
• Com. Sub. for SB 670: Adopting Uniform Protected Series Act
• SB 888: Creating Judicial Deference Reform Act
• SB 54: Establishing criminal penalties for abuse or neglect of incapacitated adults

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

Senate Bills to be Introduced Thursday, February 19, 2026

• SB 993: Providing requirements for midwife licensure (FN) (Woodrum; Health and Human Resources then Finance)
• SB 994: Relating to Medicaid reimbursement rates for certain mental health procedures (Takubo; Health and Human Resources then Finance)
• SB 995: Conducting oversight of Rural Health Transformation program (Helton; Finance)
• SB 996: Creating Jennings Randolph Lake State Park (FN) (Taylor, Smith; Natural Resources then Finance)
• SB 997: Allowing certain hospital staff members to begin withdrawing from retirement benefits in certain circumstances (FN) (Smith; Pensions)
• SB 998: Recruiting mental health professionals focusing on children and adolescents (FN) (Fuller; Health and Human Resources then Finance)
• SB 999: Third Amendment Reaffirmation and Protection Act (Weld; Judiciary)
• SB 1000: Creating Alternative Nicotine Products Regulatory Act (Rucker, Grady, Helton; Health and Human Resources)
• SB 1001: Establishing WV Nuclear Lifecycle and Advanced Fuel Cycle Development Act (Jeffries; Energy, Industry and Mining)
• SB 1002: Allowing counties and municipalities to create special assessment districts (Weld; Energy, Industry and Mining then Finance)
• SB 1003: Improving access to medical services in rural areas (FN) (Helton; Health and Human Resources then Finance)
• SB 1004: Adding voter approval requirement to close or consolidate schools (Jeffries, Grady; Education then Judiciary)
• SB 1005: Clarifying processes of royalty payments for wells in this state (Willis; Judiciary)
• SB 1006: Providing equal share of funds from fire and casualty premium tax to all departments (FN) (Morris; Government Organization then Finance)
• SB 1007: Relating to voting in WV elections while residing overseas (Morris; Judiciary)
• SB 1008: Relating to statute of limitations for asbestos and silica litigation (Helton; Judiciary)
• SB 1009: Providing immunity for those who work for Child Advocacy Centers while performing duties (Helton; Judiciary)
• SB 1010: Limiting landowner liability for operation of all-terrain vehicles (M. Maynard; Judiciary)
• SB 1011: Allowing volunteer fire departments to submit audit paperwork electronically (FN) (Helton; Government Organization)
• SB 1012: Developing juvenile inpatient substance use disorder treatment beds in Cabell County (FN) (Fuller; Health and Human Resources)
• SB 1013: Allowing certain municipal plan participants to use accrued leave toward credited service upon retirement (Morris; Pensions)
• SB 1014: Increasing Medicaid dental provider reimbursement rates (FN) (Oliverio, Takubo; Health and Human Resources then Finance)

* (FN) indicates the bill has a Fiscal Note

* (IB) indicates the bill is an Interim Bill

Committee Action on Bills from Wednesday, February 18, 2026

9:30 a.m.: Natural Resources

• Com. Sub. for SB 886: Permitting prescribed fire control on private property without burning permit
• Committee substitute, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

2 p.m.: Banking and Insurance

• Com. Sub. for SB 887: Relating to requirements for licensure and regulation of money service business
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

2 p.m.: Agriculture

• SB 97: Equipment Right to Repair Act
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Judiciary

• SB 927: Clarifying Commissioner of Agriculture's authority to regulate bees
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• SB 932: Specifying that cultivated meat products are adulterated foods
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Judiciary

3 p.m.: Judiciary

• SB 705: Creating offense of theft by conversion
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for SB 59: Clarifying residency requirements for voter registration
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for SB 558: Regarding penalties related to school bus safety
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for SB 905: Requiring election officials to capture and publish ballot images
• Bill referred to subcommittee – Senators Rucker (Chair), Garcia, Tarr, Charnock, Deeds appointed

Bills that Have Passed the Senate as of Wednesday, February 18, 2026 (94)

• SB 1: Small Business Growth Act (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• SB 4: Relating to crimes against public justice (House Judiciary)
• SB 15: Protecting coal and gas minerals from carbon capture practices (House Energy and Public Works)
• SB 30: Allowing 18 to 20-year-olds to carry concealed weapon without permit (House Judiciary)
• SB 55: Establishing criminal offense for obstructing or hindering home incarceration supervisor or social services worker (House Judiciary)
• SB 61: Prohibiting acceptance of illegal ballots cast in any election (House Judiciary)
• SB 66: Modifying classes of state of preparedness declared by Governor or Legislature (House Government Organization)
• SB 84: Prohibiting law enforcement from placing surveillance cameras on private property (House Judiciary)
• SB 104: Providing certain state mine inspectors with raise (House Energy and Public Works then House Finance)
• SB 137: Modifying parole eligibility for crime of second degree murder and voluntary manslaughter (House Judiciary)
• SB 155: Relating to adjunct teaching permits (House Education)
• SB 167: Relating to meetings for local levying bodies (House Government Organization)
• SB 173: Prohibiting abortifacients (House Judiciary)
• SB 185: Allowing appointment of more than one chief deputy by sheriff (Pending House introduction)
• SB 188: Changing length of term of state political party chair (House Judiciary)
• SB 207: Clarifying sheriff's compensation for collection of taxes (H Third Reading, 02-19)
• SB 208: Exempting certain military records from public release (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• SB 210: Modifying oversight provisions for Legislative Oversight Commission on Health and Human Resources Accountability (House Health and Human Resources)
• SB 231: Relating to value-based payment requirements (House Health of Human Resources then Finance)
• SB 233: Clarifying qualifications to be licensed to administer polygraphs (House Government Organization)
• SB 251: Authorizing Department of Administration to promulgate legislative rules (House Government Organization)
• SB 256: Authorizing DEP to promulgate legislative rules (H Second Reading, 02-19)

• SB 281: Authorizing Department of Homeland Security to promulgate legislative rules (House Judiciary)
• SB 309: Authorizing DOT to promulgate legislative rules (H Second Reading, 02-19)
• SB 374: Authorizing Department of Commerce to promulgate legislative rules (House Government Organization)

• SB 388: Requiring public elementary or secondary school make Aitken Bible available to certain classrooms (House Education then House Judiciary)
• SB 389: Historic Rehab Building Credit Act (House Finance)
• SB 390: Altering conditions for flood resiliency disbursements (House Government Organization then House Finance)
• SB 393: Updating corporate net income tax definitions (H First Reading, 02-19)
• SB 398: Removing full time requirement for health officers (Pending House introduction)
• SB 400: Updating personal income tax definitions and provision of law relating to gaming and gambling losses (H First Reading, 02-19)
• SB 403: Relating to expanding definition of "tourism attraction" (House Finance)
• SB 404: Relating to Department of Human Services authority to contract with certain providers (House Health and Human Resources)
• SB 426: Preventing damage to underground facilities (Pending House introduction)
• SB 427: Relating to loan form (House Finance)
• SB 440: Increasing penalty for transporting telecommunication devices into jails (House Judiciary)
• SB 443: Granting municipal fire marshals authority to assist in lawful execution of law-enforcement officer's official duties (House Government Organization then House Judiciary)
• SB 445: Adding Potomac State College as eligible institution for participation in Learn and Earn Program (House Education)
• SB 467: Allowing enforcement of Purple Heart parking spaces taken by non-Purple Heart recipients (House Energy and Public Works)
• SB 473: Creating felony offense of using electronic device to threaten violence (House Judiciary)
• SB 478: Second Amendment Reaffirmation and Protection Act (House Judiciary)
• SB 490: Approving short-term training programs for eligibility for federal Workforce Pell Grants (House Government Organization)

• SB 506: Permitting certain use of county-owned wireless tower (House Judiciary)
• SB 531: Establishing First Amendment Preservation Act (House Judiciary)
• SB 532: Relating to certified public accountants (House Finance)

• SB 536: Relating to qualifications for serving on certain academic boards (House Education)
• SB 543: Requiring Bureau for Social Services to file legislative rule (House Health then House Judiciary)
• SB 556: Modifying priority of insurance coverage for drivers of certain vehicles to make consistent with federal law (House Judiciary then House Finance)
• SB 570: Supplemental Appropriation to Department of Health, fund 8802 (House Finance)
• SB 573: Relating to requirements for disclosures and recordkeeping by persons making mortgage loans (House Finance)
• SB 574: Relating to bank merger by interstate branching (House Finance)
• SB 581: Eliminating requirement that commissioner approve joint account forms used by banking institutions (House Finance)
• SB 582: Relating to requirements for licensure as mortgage lender or broker (House Finance)

• SB 586: Modifying requirements for public water systems (House Government Organization)
• SB 592: WV Short Line Railroad Modernization Act (House Finance)
• SB 603: Relating to Property Valuation Training and Procedures Commission (Pending House introduction)
• SB 604: Extending Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementia Advisory Council sunset date (House Health)
• SB 607: Relating to federally approved project delivery methods for airport capital improvement projects (House Government Organization)
• SB 615: Requiring persons with illegal immigration status be turned over to ICE (House Judiciary)
• SB 622: Extending mine safety technology tax credit (House Finance)
• SB 625: Relating to responsibility of board of public service district that is being dissolved (House Energy and Public Works)
• SB 633: Relating to WV Commission on Holocaust Education (House Education)
• SB 640: Prohibiting release of certain personal information of contributors to political elections (H Second Reading, 02-19)
• SB 643: Discontinuing WV Supreme Court of Appeals Public Campaign Financing Program (House Judiciary)
• SB 645: Prohibiting surprise billing of ground emergency medical services by nonparticipating providers (House Health and Human Resources)
• SB 648: Strategic and Critical Resources Act (Pending House introduction)
• SB 671: Relating to WV Real Estate Commission (House Government Organization)
• SB 692: Authorizing green flashing warning lights on DOH vehicles (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)

• SB 694: Removing county residency requirement for county superintendent of schools (House Education)
• SB 703: Adopting Social Work Licensure Compact (Pending House introduction)

• SB 704: Prohibiting certain compensation for advising or assisting with veterans benefits (House Judiciary)
• SB 712: Allowing installation of cattle guards on certain public roads (House Energy and Public Works)
• SB 726: Removing cap for municipalities on their stabilization fund (House Finance)
• SB 756: Extending authority to state spending units (Pending House introduction)
• SB 772: Declaring certain claims against WV to be moral obligations (House Finance)
• SB 778: Relating to eligibility for homebound services for exceptional children (Pending House introduction)
• SB 781: Supplemental appropriation for Civil Contingent Fund, fund 0105 (House Finance)
• SB 784: Supplemental appropriation to Department of Human Services, fund 8793 (Pending House introduction)
• SB 785: Supplemental appropriation to Department of Health, fund 5163 (Pending House introduction)
• SB 786: Supplemental appropriation to Department of Human Services, fund 5094 (Pending House introduction)
• SB 793: Relating to courthouse closures on certain days (House Judiciary)
• SB 796: Relating to distribution of West Virginia reports (House Judiciary)
• SB 800: Clarifying policy of state regarding jury service (House Judiciary)
• SB 802: Relating to school preparation days (Pending House introduction)
• SB 804: Removing physical education requirements for certain middle and high school athletes (House Education)
• SB 821: Supplemental appropriation to Department of Administration, fund 2367 (Pending House introduction)
• SB 823: Supplementary appropriation to Department of Revenue, fund 7352 (Pending House introduction)
• SB 824: Supplementary appropriation to Department of Veterans' Assistance, fund 6703 (Pending House introduction)
• SB 825: Supplementary appropriation to Department of Administration, fund 0226 (House Finance)
• SB 826: Supplementary appropriation to Division of Natural Resources, fund 3211 (Pending House introduction)
• SB 831: Supplemental Appropriation to Department of Human Services, fund 8794 (Pending House introduction)
• SB 843: Supplemental Appropriation to Department of Health, fund 5144 (Pending House introduction)
• SB 868: Supplemental Appropriation for fiscal year ending June 30, 2026 (House Finance)

• SB 875: Supplemental appropriation to Department of Commerce, fund 8703 (Pending House introduction)

Bills that have Completed Legislation as of Wednesday, February 18, 2026 (4 – 3 Senate; 1 House)

• SB 1: Small Business Growth Act (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• SB 208: Exempting certain military records from public release (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• SB 692: Authorizing green flashing warning lights on DOH vehicles (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• HB 4474: Extending the Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementia Advisory Council sunset date (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)

Resolutions that Have Completed Legislation as of Wednesday, February 18, 2026 (4 – 1 Senate; 3 House)

• SCR 1: Requesting DOH name certain transportation infrastructure (Adopted, 01-29)
• 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)
• HCR 3: House Infrastructure Naming Resolution (Adopted, 01-29)

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.