Member's Press Release

Release Date: 03/12/2026
Contact: Jacque Bland at (304) 357-7999

State Senate

Senate Calendar and Committee Schedule for Thursday, March 12, 2026

Thursday, March 12, 2026 – 58th Day of Session

The Senate will convene at 11 a.m.

Senate Calendar

Scheduled Committee Meetings

10:30 a.m.: Education (451M)

HB 4656: Relating to chronic absenteeism
HB 5321: To guarantee timely educational evaluations and continuity of services for children entering foster care

10:30 a.m.: Energy, Industry and Mining (208W)

Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4012: Relating to reducing the regulatory burden on utility companies when constructing and maintaining electric power generation and transmission facilities within this state

10:45 a.m.: Committee on Rules (219M, Senate President’s Conference Room)

3 p.m.: Finance (451M)

Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for HB 5453: To modify the school aid funding formula
Com. Sub. for HB 4004: Creating the Recharge West Virginia Program
Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for HB 4006: Creating the West Virginia Aerospace and Advanced Manufacturing Growth Act
Com. Sub. for HB 4009: Relating to the creation of the Portable Benefit Account Act

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

Committee Action on Bills from Wednesday, March 11, 2026

9 a.m.: Transportation and Infrastructure

Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4577: Relating to Driver's Licenses
Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

9:30 a.m.: Natural Resources

Originating SCR 1: Studying the reasons for the decline in the eastern gray fox population in West Virginia and find ways to stabilize and rebound gray fox populations
Originating concurrent resolution reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it be adopted

Originating SCR 2: Studying the economic feasibility of requiring hunters to purchase an upland game bird stamp along with the purchase of a standard hunting license prior to hunting upland game birds in wildlife management areas in the state
Originating concurrent resolution reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it be adopted

Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4176: To allow youth and handicapped hunters to harvest a buck deer or doe during youth/handicapped special hunts
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

10 a.m.: Education

HB 5537: Repealing obsolete and outdated sections of the Education code
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

HB 4656: Relating to chronic absenteeism
Bill reported without recommendation as to passage, but with recommendation it be referred back to Education; second reference to Finance

1:15 p.m.: Energy, Industry and Mining

HB 2012: Relating to reducing the regulatory burden on utility companies when constructing and maintaining electric power generation and transmission facilities within this state
Bill reported without recommendation as to passage, but with recommendation it be referred back to Energy, Industry and Mining

2 p.m.: Select Committee on School Choice

Strike and Insert Amendment for HB 4588: Relating to participating in the federal tax credit scholarship program
Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

HB 5048: To ensure virtual instruction for foster students while in temporary placement facilities
Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

2:30 p.m.: Banking and Insurance

Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 5515: Relating to modernizing and updating workers' compensation statutes
Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Eng. HB 5463: Relating to Decreasing Board of Education Limits
Motion to report the bill to the full Senate rejected; bill not reported

Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4869: Establish narrow, clearly bounded guaranteed-issue rights for Medicare Supplement policies in West Virginia
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 5462: Relating to Mine Subsidence
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

3 p.m.: Finance

Com. Sub. for HB 5438: To modify the foundation allowance to improve instructional programs
Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Com. Sub. for HB 4004: Creating the Recharge West Virginia Program
Bill laid over

Com. Sub. for HB 4009: Relating to the creation of the Portable Benefit Account Act
Bill laid over

Com. Sub. for HB 4087: To create a West Virginia-Ireland Education Alliance
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Com. Sub. for HB 4191: Relating to providing child care generally
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Strike and Insert Amendment for Com. Sub. for HB 5074: Relating to changing the allocation of proceeds in the Medical Cannabis Program Fund
Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Strike and Insert Amendment for Com. Sub. for HB 5353: To bring virtual currency kiosks within the purview of money transmission licensure and create disclosure requirements and daily transaction limitations for new and existing customers.
Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for HB 4006: Creating the West Virginia Aerospace and Advanced Manufacturing Growth Act
Bill laid over

Com. Sub. for HB 4245: Authorizing Certain Agencies of the Department of Revenue to Promulgate Legislative Rules
Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Com. Sub. for HB 5168: To increase funding for EMS first responders
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Com. Sub. for HB 4418: Creating “The Tax Efficiency Act of 2026”
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Strike and Insert Amendment for Com. Sub. for HB 5527: Relating to Wellness Reimbursement Programs
Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Strike and Insert Amendment for HB 5687: Relating to reducing the tax rate imposed on the gross value of metallurgical coal produced in this state
Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

3 p.m.: Judiciary

Strike and Insert Amendment for Com. Sub. for HB 4852: Relating to regulation of foods
Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Strike and Insert Amendment for HB 5484: Creating the crime of conspiracy to deny medical treatment to victim of sexual offense
Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Strike and Insert Amendment for HB 4198: E-Verify Safe Harbor Act
Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Com. Sub. for HB 4995: Require the use of video cameras in certain special education classrooms
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Com. Sub. for HB 4468: Relating to confidentiality of court files and law-enforcement records
Motion to report the bill to the full Senate rejected; bill not reported

HB 5214: Relating to drug testing of parents who have had abuse and/or neglect claims substantiated against them prior to reunification
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

HB 4025: Exempting certain employees from the classified civil service system
Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Strike and Insert Amendment for HB 5441: Reforming State Personnel System
Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Strike and Insert Amendment for HB 4602: Relating to requiring the Department of Human Services to establish a pilot program to contract for supplemental caseworker aide services for the Bureau for Social Services
Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Strike and Insert Amendment for Com. Sub. for HB 5101: The Joanna Phillips Domestic Violence Prevention Act
Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Strike and Insert Amendment for HB 4106: Allowing constitutional carry for 18- to 20-year-olds
Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Strike and Insert Amendment for Com. Sub. for HB 4712: Increasing the criminal penalties for DUI causing death to be known as “Baylea’s Law”
Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Bills that Have Passed the Senate as of Wednesday, March 11, 2026 (322 – 258 Senate; 64 House)

Bills that have Completed Legislation as of Wednesday, March 11, 2026 (77 – 37 Senate; 40 House)

Bills Signed by the Governor as of Wednesday, March 11, 2026 (23 – 14 Senate; 9 House)

SB 1: Small Business Growth Act (Signed, 02-23)
SB 207: Clarifying sheriff's compensation for collection of taxes (Signed, 02-25)
SB 208: Exempting certain military records from public release (Signed, 02-25)
SB 210: Modifying oversight provisions for Legislative Oversight Commission on Health and Human Resources Accountability (Signed, 03-10)
SB 251: Authorizing Department of Administration to promulgate legislative rules (Signed, 03-02)
SB 256: Authorizing DEP to promulgate legislative rules (Signed, 03-02)
SB 309: Authorizing DOT to promulgate legislative rules (Signed, 02-27)
SB 374: Authorizing Department of Commerce to promulgate legislative rules (Signed, 03-10)
SB 393: Updating corporate net income tax definitions (Signed, 03-02)
SB 400: Updating personal income tax definitions and provision of law relating to gaming and gambling losses (Signed, 03-02)
SB 640: Prohibiting release of certain personal information of contributors to political elections (Signed, 03-02)
SB 692: Authorizing green flashing warning lights on DOH vehicles (Signed, 02-25)
SB 749: Relating to county economic opportunity development districts (Signed, 03-10)
SB 862: Repealing Addiction Treatment Pilot Program (Signed, 03-10)
HB 4088: Relating to certified public accountants (Signed, 03-02)
HB 4196: To offer long-acting reversible contraception to patients receiving methadone and suboxone at the treatment facility for the methadone and suboxone (Signed, 02-27)
HB 4215: Department of Health Rules Bundle (Signed, 03-09)
HB 4335: Relating to Medicaid providers (Signed, 02-28)
HB 4474: Extending the Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementia Advisory Council sunset date (Signed, 02-25)
HB 4575: Making Supplemental Appropriation to State Board of Education (Signed, 03-09)
HB 4696: Authorize the Department of Environmental Protection to deposit funds granted pursuant to federal programs (Signed, 02-25)
HB 4740: Statutory Commitments in Rural Health Transformation Program (Signed, 02-27)
HB 4982: Make West Virginia Healthy Act of 2026 (Signed, 02-28)

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

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