Member's Press Release

Release Date: 04/07/2025
Contact: Jacque Bland at (304) 357-7999

State Senate

Senate Calendar and Committee Schedule for Monday, April 7, 2025

Monday, April 7, 2025 – 55th Day of Session

The Senate will convene at 11 a.m.

SENATE CALENDAR

Scheduled Committee Meetings

* Additional Committee meetings may be announced from the floor during Monday’s floor session

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

HB 3279: Relating to requirements for WVU and WVSU Board of Governors
Strike and Insert for HB 2002: Establishing One Stop Shop Permitting Process
HB 3342: Firearms Industry Nondiscrimination Act
HB 3456: Relating to the powers and duties of the Commissioner of the Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation regarding Stevens Correctional Center
HB 2484: Clarifying the probationary period for paid municipal firefighters
Strike and Insert for HB 2866: Relating to fees and charges for municipality provided fire services
HB 3503: Relating to regulation by counties, municipalities, and political subdivisions of commercial horticulture under the Water Pollution Control Act
Strike and Insert for HB 3145: Relating to duties of licensees under the West Virginia Real Estate License Act
HB 3017: Compliance Audits of Tabulating Equipment

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

HB 3209: To provide at least one counselor for every 250 students in public schools and public charter schools in this state
HB 2777: Relating to removing requirements to submit certain evidence on behalf of home-schooled children
HB 3125: To remove restrictions from teachers receiving permanent teaching licenses
HB 2003: Prohibiting Cell phones in class

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

Eng. Com. Sub. HB 2571: Create mechanism for towing companies in WV to quickly access owner information.
Eng. HB 2645: Requiring certain non-discretionary procedures be strictly complied with by the West Virginia Parkways Authority before tolls, rents, fees or charges may be increased
Eng. HB 2344: Relating generally to traffic safety
Eng. Com. Sub. HB 2878: To require railroad companies to provide alternative entry and exit ways
Eng. HB 2948: Relating to obtaining title to abandoned or junked motor vehicles abandoned on the property or place of business of an automobile dealer
Eng. HB 3292: Relating to special stops required for on-track equipment

3 p.m.: Judiciary (208W)

HB 3434: Relating to the controlled substance schedules and to clean-up errors identified in the code sections
HB 3272: Relating to eviction proceedings
HB 3274: Relating to reports of circuit court proceedings
HB 3275: Update timing for appeals
HB 2054: Relating to liability of vendors in private farmers markets
HB 2802: Relating to in-service training credits for law-enforcement officers
HB 3338: Allow child witness testify remotely in situations deemed traumatic by judge
HB 2894: Prohibiting human trafficking of illegal aliens
HB 2451: To facilitate the creation of home-based businesses
HB 3164: Requiring registered sex offenders pay annual fee
HB 3515: Relating to appointment of officers of the West Virginia State Police
HB 2511: Relating to charitable bingo and alcohol sales and consumption while such bingo is taking places
HB 2755: To provide that the West Virginia Board of Education may promulgate rules or policies to be submitted to the Legislature for review

3 p.m.: Finance (451M)

Com. Sub. for HB 3350: Supplemental Appropriation – DCR – Corrections – 0608
Com. Sub. for HB 2152: Prompt Payment Act of 2025
Com. Sub. for HB 2960: Allowing the Division of Highways to contract out snow removal to private companies on secondary roads in Monongalia and Preston counties
HB 2165: Allowing disabled purple heart recipients park free at municipal metered parking spaces
HB 2444: Relating to limiting financial records of limited video lottery permittees that are subject to examination by Lottery Commission

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

Committee Action on Bills from Friday, April 4, 2025

Finance

Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2164: To allow for public and private schools in West Virginia to employ security personnel
Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 3012: Relating to Lottery Money Distribution
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 3152: Claims Bill
Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 3166: Requirements for School Safety Mapping Data
Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2011: To supplement, amend, and increase an existing item of appropriation in the aforesaid accounts for the designated spending unit for expenditure during the fiscal year 2025
Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Eng. HB 2942: Administration of the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection Design-Build Pilot Program
Bill, as amended, reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Eng. HB 2943: Administration of the West Virginia Hazardous Waste Management Act
Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Eng. HB 3361: Supplemental Appropriation – Health, Birth to Three

Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass

Bills that Have Passed the Senate as of Friday, April 4, 2025 (232 – 206 Senate; 26 House)

Bills that Have Completed Legislation as of Friday, April 4, 2025 (44 – 26 Senate; 18 House)

SB 8: Providing additional sites and devices for newborn safe surrender (Signed, 03-26)
SB 10: Exempting certain meat processes from consumers sales and service tax (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
SB 138: Enhancing penalties for fleeing officer (Signed, 03-24)
SB 199: Relating to elementary behavior intervention and safety (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
SB 240: Updating crime of sexual extortion (Signed, 03-24)
SB 267: Extending time for renewal and restoration of commercial driver's licenses (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
SB 282: Modifying provisions for employment of retired teachers as substitutes in areas of critical need and shortage (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
SB 283: Expanding grade levels of personal finance course requirements needed for graduation (Signed, 04-01)
SB 291: Extending time frame for pharmacies to register from annually to biennially (Signed, 03-24)
SB 336: Authorizing Department of Homeland Security to promulgate legislative rules (Signed, 04-01)
SB 358: Authorizing Department of Transportation to promulgate legislative rules (Signed, 03-20)
SB 369: Authorizing miscellaneous boards and agencies to promulgate legislative rules (Vetoed, 04-01; Amended and Repassed, 04-04)
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 458: Universal Professional and Occupational Licensing Act of 2025 (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
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 (Signed, 04-01)
SB 522: Clarifying procedure for administrative dissolution of limited liability companies by Secretary of State (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
SB 525: Clarifying procedure for administrative dissolution of nonprofit corporations by Secretary of State (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
SB 573: Relating to restrictions on use or sale of motor vehicles based on power source (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
SB 621: Authorizing digital court records (Signed, 04-01)
SB 823: Clarifying and separating duties between Division of Emergency Management and DEP (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
SB 828: Clarifying requirements for persons employed by Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation include contracted vendor staff (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 2043: Relating to use of dog and/or drones for tracking or locating mortally wounded deer, elk, turkey, wild boar or bear (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 2053: Relating to including the United States Space Force in the definition armed forces (Signed, 03-21)
HB 2129: Creating the Parents Bill of Rights (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 2172: Relating to adding an athletic trainer to the Board of Physical Therapy (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 2222: Relating to authorizing certain agencies of the Department of Administration to promulgate legislative rules (Signed, 03-26)
HB 2233: Authorizing the Department of Environmental Protection to promulgate legislative rules (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 2354: Banning certain products from food in West Virginia (Signed, 03-24)
HB 2387: To repeal the class A1 Pistol stamp for hunting (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 2441: To make those who fail drug test ineligible for unemployment (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 2513: Enhancing training requirements for county boards of education members (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 2516: To repeal antiquated and inoperative portions of code (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)

HB 2548: Clarifying duties of state superintendent regarding rule implementation (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)

HB 3192: To repeal obsolete, conflicting or inoperative provisions of code that pertain to higher education (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 3347: Supplemental Appropriation – Administration – Diamond Bldg. (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 3363: Supplemental Appropriation – Public Defender (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)
HB 3368: Supplemental Appropriation – Administration – Lease Rental Payment (Completed legislation; awaiting action by the Governor)

Resolutions that Have Completed Legislation as of Friday, April 4, 2025 (36 – 14 Senate; 22 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 3: US Army Warrant Officer Joseph Rose III Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 04-04)
SCR 4: Amending Joint Rules of Senate and House of Delegates (Adopted, 02-12)
SCR 5: U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant Robert Milford Payne Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 04-04)
SCR 6: US Army Major Jerome Lee Workman Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 04-03)
SCR 8: U.S. Army Sergeant Dennis Charles Hurley Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 04-04)
SCR 9: Becker Brothers, Eugene and Kermit Becker Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 04-03)
SCR 10: Donald Lucas and Ronald Lucas Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 04-04)
SCR 15: Opposing China's use of UN Resolution 2758 against Taiwan (Adopted, 03-19)
SCR 16: US Army SPC Johnny Long Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 04-03)
SCR 17: US Marine Corps PVT Arlie Haught Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 04-03)
SCR 19: US Army ST4 Gregory Kent Stephens Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 04-04)
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 8: PFC Lester E. Maynard Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 04-03)
HCR 9: Robert S. Pomeroy Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 04-02)
HCR 10: Donald Lucas & Ronald Lucas Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 04-02)
HCR 15: US Marines PFC Delbert Carles Roles Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 04-03)
HCR 27: BG Edmund “Frank” Roleff, WVNG Memorial Road (Adopted, 04-02)
HCR 31: U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Quewanncoll “Que” Stephens, Sr. Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 04-03)
HCR 34: U. S. Merchant Marine Joseph Ward Teter Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 04-03)
HCR 37: CPT Ray Leslie Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 04-02)
HCR 43: Ray William “Mutt” Sherman Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 04-04)
HCR 44: U.S. Army Corporal Charles W. Wolfe Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 04-02)
HCR 46: U.S. Army SP4 Ronald Gene Sypolt Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 04-02)
HCR 49: Resolution relating to use of industrial sites and the potential impacts on downstream facilities (Adopted, 03-03)
HCR 51: U.S. Army PFC Roy Lee Hill Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 04-02)
HCR 62: U.S. Army PFC Henry James Miller Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 04-02)
HCR 78: Urging the Commissioner of Highways to prioritize completion of I-73, the King Coal Highway (Adopted, 03-31)
HCR 85: U.S. Army Corporal Lavern “Mousey” Testerman Memorial Bridge (Adopted, 04-02)
HCR 88: Honoring First Responders Honor Board’s Medal of Valor Nominees (Adopted, 04-03)
HCR 91: U.S. Army Sergeant Major Charles Grant Hoke Memorial Road (Adopted, 04-02)

Bills Signed by the Governor as of Friday, April 4, 2025 (20 – 15 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 (Signed, 04-01)
SB 291: Extending time frame for pharmacies to register from annually to biennially (Signed, 03-24)
SB 336: Authorizing Department of Homeland Security to promulgate legislative rules (Signed, 04-01)
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)
SB 492: Removing outdated provisions governing political committees (Signed, 04-01)
SB 621: Authorizing digital court records (Signed, 04-01)
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)

Bills Vetoed by the Governor as of Friday, April 4, 2025 (1 – 1 Senate)

SB 369: Authorizing miscellaneous boards and agencies to promulgate legislative rules (Vetoed, 04-01; Amended and Repassed, 04-04)

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

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