Member's Press Release

Release Date: 02/19/2026
Contact: Jacque Bland at (304) 357-7999

State Senate

Senate Calendar and Committee Schedule for Friday, February 20, 2026

Friday, February 20, 2026 – 38th Day of Session

The Senate will convene at 11 a.m.

Senate Calendar

Scheduled Committee Meetings

9:30 a.m.: Military (208W)

Com. Sub. for SB 613: Extending interest rate cap to all obligations incurred during military service
Com. Sub. for SB 738: Clarifying eligibility for TRICARE program
Com. Sub. for SB 860: Relating to payment of funeral expenses for first responders
SB 944: Expanding categories of eligible federal law-enforcement officers authorized to enforce state laws
Com. Sub. for SB 945: Permitting Adjutant General to pay employees during federal government shutdown or furlough

12:30 p.m.: Committee on Rules (219M)

Com. Sub. for SB 493: Relating to open captioning for motion pictures

12:30 p.m.: Energy, Industry and Mining Subcommittee on HB 4026, Relating to expanding the requirements for integrated resource plans utility companies must file with the Public Service Commission (208W)

1:15 p.m.: Finance (451M)

Com. Sub. for SB 560: Relating to financing and state payments
SB 908: Relating to flexibility in setting lottery director's salary
SB 755: Removing state agencies' requirement to submit annual reports for certain businesses
SB 759: Relating to agency changes to auctioneers

1:15 p.m.: Judiciary (208W)

HB 4215: Department of Health Rules Bundle

Includes 64 CSR 19, Water Well Regulations; 64 CSR 45, Lead Abatement Licensing; 64 CSR 48, Emergency Medical Services; 64 CSR 51, Fees for Services; 64 CSR 57, Clinical Laboratory Practitioner Licensure; 64 CSR 67, Distribution of State Funds for Support of Local Boards of Health; 64 CSR 73, Basic Public Health Service Standards for Loca Boards of Health; 64 CSR 103, Expedited Partner Therapy; 64 CSR 115, Diabetes Self-Management Education; 65 CSR 29, Exemption from Certificate of Need

SB 900: Including certain correctional facilities as “targeted facility”
SB 794: Relating to appeals of orders or decrees of adoption
SB 950: Relating to mileage and expenses of judges
SB 880: Creating Recognizing Judea and Samaria Act

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

Senate Bills to be Introduced Friday, February 20, 2026

SB 1015: Establishing Drainage Relief Fund (FN) (Morris; Government Organization then Finance)
SB 1016: Creating Second Look Sentencing Act (Woodrum; Judiciary)
SB 1017: Establishing Charter School Direct Loan Program and Charter School Credit Enhancement Program (FN) (Rucker; School Choice then Finance)
SB 1018: Relating to clarifying definition of “farm” or “farmland” for real property tax assessment purposes (Rucker; Agriculture)
SB 1019: Requiring coverage for medically necessary treatment for cleft lip and cleft palate (FN) (Woodrum; Health and Human Resources then Finance)
SB 1020: Allowing up to five educational leave days within definition of "excused absence" (Oliverio; Education)
SB 1021: Creating limited purpose ordinance procedure for municipal elections (Taylor; Judiciary)
SB 1022: Removing electrical transformers as exempted aboveground storage tanks (M. Maynard; Energy, Industry and Mining)
SB 1023: Creating "responsible recreation” special license plate (FN) (M. Maynard; Transportation and Infrastructure than Finance)
SB 1024: Allowing recession or reversal of school closure decisions through July 15 (M. Maynard; Education)
SB 1025: Allowing CDL license renewal without medical retest under certain circumstances (M. Maynard; Judiciary)
SB 1026: Establishing crime of disturbing lawful meeting (Willis; Judiciary)
SB 1027: Modifying WV Invests Grant Program eligibility requirements (Willis, Grady, Rucker; Education then Finance)
SB 1028: Relating to financial assistance available for prescription drug (FN) (Rucker; Health and Human Resources then Finance)
SB 1029: Providing parents plain-language statements of immediate rights and ongoing rights (Willis; Judiciary)
SB 1030: Creating Decentralized Unincorporated Nonprofit Association Act (Rose; Judiciary)
SB 1031: Increasing cost of solid waste assessment fees (FN) (Clements; Government Organization then Finance)
SB 1032: Clarifying Office of Broadband will coordinate with Consumer Protection Division on certain consumer complaints (Hart; Government Organization)
SB 1033: Clarifying powers and duties of WV Commissioner of Agriculture over state owned land (Thorne; Government Organization)
SB 1034: Increasing amount of funding counties receive for HOPE Scholarship enrollments (FN) (Morris; Finance)
SB 1035: Suspending contribution of courts into judicial retirement system until certain conditions are met (FN) (Oliverio; Pensions then Finance)
SB 1036: Creating Sustainable Child-Serving Workforce and Foster Care Modernization Act (FN) (Helton; Health and Human Resources then Finance)
SB 1037: Repealing prohibition on death penalty (FN) (Bartlett; Judiciary then Finance)
SJR 21: Taxpayers' Bill of Rights (Willis; Judiciary then Finance)
SCR 4: Requesting Joint Committee on Government and Finance study security of WV elections (Rucker; Judiciary)

* (FN) indicates the bill has a Fiscal Note

* (IB) indicates the bill is an Interim Bill

Committee Action on Bills from Thursday, February 19, 2026

9:30 a.m.: Education

SB 913: Removing annual report requirement for WV Research Trust Fund
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

SB 925: Providing Future Farmers of America-sanctioned activities not count toward limit of excused absences
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

9:30 a.m.: Government Organization

Com. Sub. for SB 714: Relating generally to Board of Veterinarians
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

Com. Sub. for SB 765: Allowing retail liquor outlets discount certain liquor below minimum markup
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

Com. Sub. for SB 856: Extending State Fire Marshal inspections to include municipalities with certified fire code
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

SB 952: Transferring Court Security Fund
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

Com. Sub. for SB 924: Streamlining and reforming Division of Personnel systems
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

Com. Sub. for SB 672: Relating to acts for which WV Real Estate Commission may refuse, suspend, or revoke licenses
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

1 p.m.: Health and Human Resources

Com. Sub. for SB 805: Relating to abortion pill reversal
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

SB 795: Permitting parents and guardians to pay for independent medical evaluation of child in protective custody
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

SB 862: Repealing Addiction Treatment Pilot Program
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

3 p.m.: Finance

Com. Sub. for SB 402: Workforce Readiness and Opportunity Act
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

SB 749: Relating to county economic opportunity development districts
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

SB 792: Eliminating requirement that Supreme Court of Appeals supply magistrates with copies of WV Code
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

SB 935: Eliminating Business and Occupation tax exemption for certain coal-fired merchant power plants
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

3 p.m.: Judiciary

Com. Sub. for SB 669: Relating to general powers of PSC
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Com. Sub. for SB 670: Adopting Uniform Protected Series Act
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Com. Sub. for SB 961: Requiring for every regulation issued at least two be removed
Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

SB 888: Creating Judicial Deference Reform Act
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Com. Sub. for SB 54: Establishing criminal penalties for abuse or neglect of incapacitated adults
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Bills that Have Passed the Senate as of Thursday, February 19, 2026 (108 – 101 Senate; 7 House)

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 28: Allowing members of State Police retirement system to use accrued leave as credit toward retirement (Pending House introduction)
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 (House Judiciary)
SB 188: Changing length of term of state political party chair (House Judiciary)
SB 206: Updating retirement eligibility for certain sheriffs (Pending House introduction)
SB 207: Clarifying sheriff's compensation for collection of taxes (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
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 228: Relating to use of technology in child abuse and neglect investigations (Pending House introduction)
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 Third Reading, 02-20)

SB 281: Authorizing Department of Homeland Security to promulgate legislative rules (House Judiciary)
SB 309: Authorizing DOT to promulgate legislative rules (H Third Reading, 02-20)
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 Second Reading, 02-20)
SB 398: Removing full time requirement for health officers (House Health and Human Resources)
SB 400: Updating personal income tax definitions and provision of law relating to gaming and gambling losses (H Second Reading, 02-20)
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 (House Energy and Public Works)
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 549: Phasing in increase in daily rate of juror pay (Pending House introduction)
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 575: Relating to refusal review hearings (Pending House introduction)
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 (House Government Organization)
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 Third Reading, 02-20)
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 (House Energy and Public Works)
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 (House Government Organization)

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 717: Modifying disability and retirement benefits and procedures for municipal police and firefighters (Pending House introduction)
SB 724: Relating to home confinement officers’ participation in EMS retirement system (Pending House introduction)
SB 726: Removing cap for municipalities on their stabilization fund (House Finance)
SB 756: Extending authority to state spending units (House Government Organization)
SB 772: Declaring certain claims against WV to be moral obligations (House Finance)
SB 778: Relating to eligibility for homebound services for exceptional children (House Education)
SB 781: Supplemental appropriation for Civil Contingent Fund, fund 0105 (House Finance)
SB 784: Supplemental appropriation to Department of Human Services, fund 8793 (House Finance)
SB 785: Supplemental appropriation to Department of Health, fund 5163 (House Finance)
SB 786: Supplemental appropriation to Department of Human Services, fund 5094 (House Finance)
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 (House Education)
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 (House Finance)
SB 823: Supplementary appropriation to Department of Revenue, fund 7352 (House Finance)
SB 824: Supplementary appropriation to Department of Veterans' Assistance, fund 6703 (House Finance)
SB 825: Supplementary appropriation to Department of Administration, fund 0226 (House Finance)
SB 826: Supplementary appropriation to Division of Natural Resources, fund 3211 (House Finance)
SB 831: Supplemental Appropriation to Department of Human Services, fund 8794 (House Finance)
SB 843: Supplemental Appropriation to Department of Health, fund 5144 (House Finance)
SB 868: Supplemental Appropriation for fiscal year ending June 30, 2026 (House Finance)

SB 875: Supplemental appropriation to Department of Commerce, fund 8703 (House Finance)

HB 4196: To offer long-acting reversible contraception to patients receiving methadone and suboxone at the treatment facility for the methadone and suboxone (Passed Senate; pending House concurrence to Senate amendment)
HB 4335: Relating to Medicaid providers (Passed Senate; pending House concurrence to Senate amendment)
HB 4433: Prohibiting Human Smuggling and Trafficking (Passed Senate; pending House concurrence to Senate amendment)
HB 4474: Extending the Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementia Advisory Council sunset date (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 4696: Authorize the Department of Environmental Protection to deposit funds granted pursuant to federal programs (Passed Senate; pending House concurrence to Senate amendment)
HB 4740: Statutory Commitments in Rural Health Transformation Program (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 4982: Make West Virginia Healthy Act of 2026 (Passed Senate; pending House concurrence to Senate amendment)

Bills that have Completed Legislation as of Thursday, February 19, 2026 (6 – 4 Senate; 2 House)

SB 1: Small Business Growth Act (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
SB 207: Clarifying sheriff's compensation for collection of taxes (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)
HB 4740: Statutory Commitments in Rural Health Transformation Program (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)

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

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