State Senate

Scheduled Committee Meetings

9 a.m.: Judiciary (208W)

• Listening Session regarding CPS and Child Welfare Issues

1 p.m.: Transportation and Infrastructure (451M)

• Com Sub. for SB 691: Relating to utility lines on DOH rights-of-way.
• SB 1059: Relating to agreements between solid waste motor carriers and commercial customers
• Com. Sub. for SB 979: Requiring Division of Highways publish project bids on its website
• Com. Sub. for SB 982: Creating Neighborhood Access Road Program

1 p.m.: Workforce (208W)

• Originating SCR 1: Requesting the Joint Committee on Government and Finance study the effectiveness and efficiency of the Public Service Commission
• SB 1038: Adjusting salaries for administrative law judges employed in WorkForce WV Board of Review
• SB 1053: Authorizing Unemployment Automation and Administration Fund to modernize and enhance WorkForce West Virginia
• Presentations

• Rebecca J Gillam, MSW, PhD, Portfolio Director, Home- and Community-based Services, West Virginia University Health Affairs Institute – Direct Care Workforce Pilot: Results and Opportunities
• Jeff Green, Deputy Executive Director, Workforce WV
• Vanessa Smith, The Store House – Health to Prosperity Transitional Housing and Workforce Pipeline

2 p.m.: Pensions (451M)

• Com. Sub. for SB 997: Allowing certain hospital staff members to begin withdrawing from retirement benefits in certain circumstances
• Com. Sub. for SB 977: Creating benefit for duty-related partial disability
• Com. Sub. for SB 978: Authorizing certain municipalities to become members of Municipal Police Officers and Firefighters Retirement System
• SB 1035: Suspending contribution of courts in judicial retirement system until certain conditions are met
• SB 676: Placing members of Division of Protective Services under state police retirement system

2 p.m.: Energy, Industry and Mining (208W)

• Subcommittee Report for HB 4026
• Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4026: Relating to expanding the requirements for integrated resource plans utility companies must file with the Public Service Commission
• Com. Sub. for SB 23: Relating to taxation of wind power projects
• Com. Sub. for SB 420: West Virginia First Energy Ac
• Com. Sub. for SB 1042: Requiring minimum ventilation quantity of 3,000 cubic feet in underground mines

3 p.m.: Finance (451M)

• Com. Sub. for SB 617: Banking and Financial Services Provider Protections for Eligible Adults from Financial Exploitation
• Com. Sub. for SB 745: Relating to requirements for school nutrition programs
• SB 950: Relating to mileage and expenses of judges
• Com. Sub. for SB 580: Updating practice act for WV Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Technology Board
• Com. Sub. for SB 774: Allowing certain county EMS officers to participate in EMS Retirement System

3 p.m.: Judiciary (208W)

• SB 986: Creating criminal penalties for child torture
• SB 197: Relating to crime of sexual abuse by parent, guardian, custodian, or person in position of trust to child
• SB 718: Increasing pay for magistrates
• SB 540: Relating to body-worn cameras for CPS workers
• SB 399: Creating Bring Them Home Fund
• Com. Sub. for HB 4354: Relating to necessity allowance
• SB 1029: Providing parents plain-language statements of immediate rights and ongoing rights

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

Senate Bills to be Introduced Monday, February 23, 2026

• SB 1063: Creating Economic Development Investment Fund (FN) (Jeffries; Economic Development then Finance)
• SB 1064: Redefining "long-term substitute" as it relates to public school personnel (Grady; Education)
• SB 1065: Reforming licenses related to sale of alcohol and nonintoxicating alcohol products (FN) (Rucker; Finance)
• SB 1066: Protecting burial rights and lot ownerships for cemeteries and burial grounds (Woodrum; Judiciary)
• SB 1067: Creating extended daycare program for elementary schools (Hamilton; Education)
• SB 1068: Permitting death penalty for murder of minors 16 years or younger (Azinger; Judiciary then Finance)
• SB 1069: Aligning Uniform Unclaimed Property Act with modern practices (FN) (Oliverio; Government Organization then Finance)
• SB 1070: Authorizing School Building Authority to fund grounds and site improvements (M. Maynard; Education)
• SB 1071: Creating Public Defense and Provisioning Act (Rose, Z. Maynard; Judiciary then Finance)
• SB 1072: Creating WV Land Use Association Division (FN) (Thorne; Judiciary then Finance)
• SB 1073: Classifying independent contractors and employees (Willis, Barrett, Bartlett, Helton, Martin, Rucker; Judiciary)
• SB 1074: Allowing newly hired emergency medical vehicle operators to participate in EMS Retirement System (FN) (Takubo; Pensions then Finance)
• SB 1075: Funding Tobacco Use Cessation Initiative (FN) (Takubo; Health and Human Resources then Finance)
• SB 1076: Authorizing municipalities to elect to participate in Municipal Police Officers and Firefighters Retirement System (FN) (Rucker; Pensions then Finance)
• SB 1077: Protecting vocational education agriculture programs (Smith; Education)
• SB 1078: Clarifying requirements of possession and administration of epinephrine in schools (Takubo; Health and Human Resources then Education)
• SB 1079: Requiring PEIA accept premium payments by credit card or state purchasing card (FN) (Barnhart; Finance)
• SR 46: Designating February 24, 2026, as WV Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation Day (Clements)
• SR 47: Recognizing Leadership Berkeley (Barrett, Rucker, Thorne, Willis)
• SR 48: Memorializing life of Honorable Sarah Abigail (Mullennex) Minear (Smith, Taylor, Azinger, Barnhart, Barrett, Bartlett, Chapman, Charnock, Clements, Deeds, Fuller, Garcia, Grady, Hamilton, Hart, Helton, Jeffries, M. Maynard, Z. Maynard, Martin, Morris, Oliverio, Phillips, Queen, Roberts, Rose, Rucker, Takubo, Tarr, Thorne, Weld, Willis, Woelfel, Woodrum)

* (FN) indicates the bill has a Fiscal Note

* (IB) indicates the bill is an Interim Bill

Committee Action on Bills from Saturday, February 21, 2026

No Senate Committees met on Saturday, February 21, 2026.