State Senate

Scheduled Committee Meetings

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

• SB 1048: Transferring responsibility of school position eliminations to WV Board of Education
• SB 1004: Adding voter approval requirement to close or consolidate schools
• SB 929: Requiring State Auditor issue notice of noncompliance to county boards for untimely reports
• SB 1020: Allowing up to five educational leave days within definition of "excused absence"

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

• Com. Sub. for SB 587: Adjusting salary schedule for elected county officials
• Com. Sub. for SB 1006: Providing equal share of funds from fire and casualty premium tax to all departments
• Com. Sub. for SB 651: Relating to sale of certain properties subject to delinquent tax liens
• SB 1015: Establishing Drainage Relief Fund
• Com. Sub. for SB 762: Relating to comprehensive reform of state’s water infrastructure systems
• Com. Sub. for SB 701: Relating to authority of sheriff's commission for collection of taxes

10:30 a.m.: Health and Human Resources Subcommittee on SB 114, Paid Parental Leave Act (Senate Clerk’s Conference Room, 215M)

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

• SB 1036: Creating Sustainable Child-Serving Workforce and Foster Care Modernization Act
• SB 44: Relating to sale of homemade food items
• SB 619: Creating Stop the Bleed Act
• SB 906: Permitting lawful prescription of crystalline polymorph psilocybin under FDA recommendations
• SB 993: Providing requirements for midwife licensure
• SB 1003: Improving access to medical services in rural areas
• SB 1055: Conducting rate study for substance use disorder
• SB 744: Relating to Critical Incident Review Team
• SB 897: Relating to licensure and certification of alcohol and drug counselors

1 p.m.: Economic Development (208W)

• Com. Sub. for SB 939: Creating WV Reshoring Manufacturing Act
• SB 893: Providing tax credits for expenditures and activities related to biochar manufacturing
• Com. Sub. for SB 1062: Creating TEAM-WV

3 p.m.: Finance (451M)

• Com. Sub. for SB 676: Allowing certain Capitol police officers to participate in WV State Police Retirement System
• 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
• Com. Sub. for SB 657: Creating Cohen Craddock Student Athlete Safety Act
• Com. Sub. for SB 697: Relating to state road system

3 p.m.: Judiciary (208W)

• SB 901: Creating truancy pre-trial diversion program
• SB 541: Requiring circuit courts make certain findings fact and conclusions of law as it relates to court’s order
• SB 523: Increase circumstances where Department of Human Services is required to seek termination of parental rights
• Com. Sub. for HB 4022: CPS Allocation
• SJR 8: Sheriff's Succession Amendment
• SJR 21: Taxpayers' Bill of Rights Amendment

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

Senate Resolutions to be Introduced Tuesday, February 24, 2026

• SR 49: Commending volunteers for their recovery efforts for flooding at Chief Logan State Park (Phillips and Z. Maynard)

Committee Action on Bills from Monday, February 23, 2026

1 p.m.: Transportation and Infrastructure

• Com Sub. for SB 691: Relating to utility lines on DOH rights-of-way
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• SB 1059: Relating to agreements between solid waste motor carriers and commercial customers
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for SB 979: Requiring Division of Highways publish project bids on its website
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for SB 982: Creating Neighborhood Access Road Program
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

1 p.m.: Workforce

• Originating SCR 1: Requesting the Joint Committee on Government and Finance study the effectiveness and efficiency of the Public Service Commission
• Originating concurrent resolution reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it be adopted

• Com. Sub. for SB 1038: Adjusting salaries for administrative law judges employed in WorkForce WV Board of Review
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

• Com. Sub. for SB 1053: Authorizing Unemployment Automation and Administration Fund to modernize and enhance WorkForce West Virginia
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

2 p.m.: Pensions

• Com. Sub. for SB 997: Allowing certain hospital staff members to begin withdrawing from retirement benefits in certain circumstances
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for SB 977: Creating benefit for duty-related partial disability
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

• Com. Sub. for SB 978: Authorizing certain municipalities to become members of Municipal Police Officers and Firefighters Retirement System
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

• Com. Sub. for SB 1035: Suspending contribution of courts in judicial retirement system until certain conditions are met
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

• Com. Sub. for SB 676: Placing members of Division of Protective Services under state police retirement system
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

2 p.m.: Energy, Industry and Mining

• Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4026: Relating to expanding the requirements for integrated resource plans utility companies must file with the Public Service Commission
• Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for SB 23: Relating to taxation of wind power projects
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

• Com. Sub. for SB 420: West Virginia First Energy Act
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

• Com. Sub. for SB 1042: Requiring minimum ventilation quantity of 3,000 cubic feet in underground mines
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

3 p.m.: Finance

• Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for SB 617: Banking and Financial Services Provider Protections for Eligible Adults from Financial Exploitation
• Committee substitute for the committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for SB 745: Relating to requirements for school nutrition programs
• Committee substitute, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• SB 950: Relating to mileage and expenses of judges
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for SB 580: Updating practice act for WV Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Technology Board
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• Com. Sub. for SB 774: Allowing certain county EMS officers to participate in EMS Retirement System
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

3 p.m.: Judiciary

• Com. Sub. for SB 986: Creating criminal penalties for child torture
• Committee substitute referred to subcommittee – Senators Weld (Chair), Garcia, Rucker, Deeds, Chapman appointed

• SB 197: Relating to crime of sexual abuse by parent, guardian, custodian, or person in position of trust to child
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

• SB 718: Increasing pay for magistrates
• Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

• Com. Sub. for SB 540: Relating to body-worn cameras for CPS workers
• Committee substitute, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

• Com. Sub. for SB 399: Creating Bring Them Home Fund
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

• Com. Sub. for HB 4354: Relating to necessity allowance
• Committee substitute, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Finance

• Com. Sub. for SB 1029: Providing parents plain-language statements of immediate rights and ongoing rights
• Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Committee Action on Bills from Saturday, February 21, 2026

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