State Senate

Monday, March 31, 2025 – 48th Day of Session

The Senate will convene at 11 a.m.

SENATE CALENDAR

Scheduled Committee Meetings

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

• Originating Bill 1: Relating to zoning ordinance and definition of use of property
• Strike and Insert for HB 2397: Prevent immediate family members from acting in a fiduciary capacity for the same governmental authority
• Strike and Insert for HB 2067: West Virginia Firearms Liability Clarification Act
• HB 2172: Relating to adding an athletic trainer to the Board of Physical Therapy

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

• SB 914: Relating to testing and attendance requirements for private, parochial, and church schools
• SB 912: Relating to student growth assessment program
• Originating Resolution: WVSSAC Reform Act
• HB 2513: Enhancing training requirements for county boards of education members
• HB 2499: Training course for principals in public schools; informing teachers of their rights and protections; IEP format
• HB 2548: Clarifying duties of state superintendent regarding rule implementation

Time TBA: Judiciary (208W)

• Com. Sub. for SB 58: Permitting State Tax Division investigators carry concealed weapons
• Originating Bill 1: Prohibiting sales of unauthorized vape products
• Originating Bill 2: Declaring apiaries to be an agricultural operation

3 p.m.: Finance (451M)

• Com. Sub. for SB 834: Relating to tax credit for qualified rehabilitated buildings investment
• SB 933: Creating Small Business Protection Act
• Com. Sub. for SB 89: Creating alternative high-risk population public charter schools
• SB 163: Including certain mental health disorders in existing public health programs
• Com. Sub. for SB 252: Requiring coverage of home blood pressure monitoring devices for certain Medicaid recipients
• Com. Sub. for SB 604: Requiring Department of Human Services to notify PSC that person is eligible for discount on utility bills
• Com. Sub. for SB 639: Creating WV Small Business Appreciation and Acknowledgement Act
• Com. Sub. for SB 726: Relating to medication-assisted treatment programs
• Com. Sub. for SB 755: Establishing WV Secondary School Athletic Trainer and Career Technical Education Program Act
• Com. Sub. for SB 794: Authorizing DOH to erect warning signs
• SB 832: Providing for administration of cost-sharing calculations
• Com. Sub. for SB 723: Relating to clinical inpatient medical treatment centers for substance use disorder

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

Senate Resolutions to be Introduced on Monday, March 31, 2025

• SR 43: Designating April 1, 2025, as Rural Health Day (Takubo)

Bills that Have Passed the Senate as of Saturday, March 29, 2025 (169)

Bills that Have Completed Legislation as of Saturday, March 29, 2025 (21 – 16 Senate; 5 House)

• SB 8: Providing additional sites and devices for newborn safe surrender (Signed, 03-26)
• SB 138: Enhancing penalties for fleeing officer (Signed, 03-24)
• SB 240: Updating crime of sexual extortion (Signed, 03-24)
• SB 283: Expanding grade levels of personal finance course requirements needed for graduation (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• SB 291: Extending time frame for pharmacies to register from annually to biennially (Signed, 03-24)
• SB 358: Authorizing Department of Transportation to promulgate legislative rules (Signed, 03-20)
• SB 336: Authorizing Department of Homeland Security to promulgate legislative rules (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• SB 369: Authorizing miscellaneous boards and agencies to promulgate legislative rules (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• SB 443: Authorizing Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Board of Examiners to conduct criminal background checks for licensing (Signed, 03-24)
• SB 456: Defining "men" and "women" (Signed, 03-12)
• SB 462: Permitting Board of Occupational Therapy to require criminal history record checks (Signed, 03-24)
• SB 486: Clarifying eligibility requirements to vote in WV elections (Signed, 03-26)
• SB 487: Removing ineligible voters from active voter rolls (Signed, 03-25)
• SB 490: Prohibiting ranked-choice voting in elections in West Virginia (Signed, 03-18)
• SB 492: Removing outdated provisions governing political committees (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• SB 621: Authorizing digital court records (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
• HB 2024: Updating the meaning certain terms used in West Virginia Personal Income Tax Act (Signed, 02-24)
• HB 2025: Updating terms in the Corporation Net Income Tax Act (Signed, 02-24)
• HB 2053: Relating to including the United States Space Force in the definition armed forces (Signed, 03-21)
• HB 2222: Relating to authorizing certain agencies of the Department of Administration to promulgate legislative rules (Signed, 03-26)
• HB 2354: Banning certain products from food in West Virginia (Signed, 03-24)

Resolutions that Have Completed Legislation as of Saturday, March 29, 2025 (10 – 5 Senate; 5 House)

• SCR 1: Adopting Joint Rules of Senate and House of Delegates (Adopted, 01-08)
• SCR 2: Authorizing payment of joint expenses (Adopted, 01-08)
• SCR 4: Amending Joint Rules of Senate and House of Delegates (Adopted, 02-12)
• SCR 15: Opposing China's use of UN Resolution 2758 against Taiwan (Adopted, 03-19)
• SCR 20: Recognizing and commending NCSL on its 50th anniversary (Adopted, 03-18)
• HCR 1: Raising a Joint Assembly to open and publish election returns (Adopted, 01-08)
• HCR 2: Extending an invitation to His Excellency, the Governor, to deliver an address to the Legislature and raising a Joint Assembly therefor (Adopted, 01-08)
• HCR 3: Providing for an adjournment of the Legislature until February 12, 2025 (Adopted, 01-08)
• HCR 4: Raising a Joint Assembly to hear remarks of the Governor (Adopted, 01-12)
• HCR 49: Resolution relating to use of industrial sites and the potential impacts on downstream facilities (Adopted, 03-03)

Bills Signed by the Governor as of Saturday, March 29, 2025 (16 – 11 Senate; 5 House)

• SB 8: Providing additional sites and devices for newborn safe surrender (Signed, 03-26)
• SB 138: Enhancing penalties for fleeing officer (Signed, 03-24)
• SB 240: Updating crime of sexual extortion (Signed, 03-24)
• SB 291: Extending time frame for pharmacies to register from annually to biennially (Signed, 03-24)
• SB 358: Authorizing Department of Transportation to promulgate legislative rules (Signed, 03-20)
• SB 443: Authorizing Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Board of Examiners to conduct criminal background checks for licensing (Signed, 03-24)
• SB 456: Defining "men" and "women" (Signed, 03-12)
• SB 462: Permitting Board of Occupational Therapy to require criminal history record checks (Signed, 03-24)
• SB 486: Clarifying eligibility requirements to vote in WV elections (Signed, 03-26)
• SB 487: Removing ineligible voters from active voter rolls (Signed, 03-25)
• SB 490: Prohibiting ranked-choice voting in elections in West Virginia (Signed, 03-18)
• HB 2024: Updating the meaning certain terms used in West Virginia Personal Income Tax Act (Signed, 02-24)
• HB 2025: Updating terms in the Corporation Net Income Tax Act (Signed, 02-24)
• HB 2053: Relating to including the United States Space Force in the definition armed forces (Signed, 03-21)
• HB 2222: Relating to authorizing certain agencies of the Department of Administration to promulgate legislative rules (Signed, 03-26)
• HB 2354: Banning certain products from food in West Virginia (Signed, 03-24)

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

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