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Senate Committees - Recent Agendas

Senate Agriculture Committee

March 6, 2026
12:30 pm - 208-W

1. Call to Order

2. Roll Call - Establish Quorum

3. Approval of minutes

4. Eng. H. B. 4462 - Prohibition on cell-cultured products.

5. Other Business

Adjournment



Senate Banking and Insurance Committee

March 11, 2026
2:30 PM - 451-M

Eng. Com. Sub. for H.B. 5515 - Relating to modernizing and updating workers' compensation statutes.

Eng. H.B. 5463 - Relating to Decreasing Board of Education Limits.

Eng. Com. Sub. for H.B. 4869 - Establish narrow, clearly bounded guaranteed-issue rights for Medicare Supplement policies in West Virginia.

Eng. Com. Sub. for H.B. 5462 - Relating to Mine Subsidence.



Senate Economic Development Committee

March 10, 2026
1:00 pm - 208-W

Roll Call - Establish Quorum.

Approval of minutes from Previous meeting.

Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. 4001 - Creating TEAM-WV Corporation.

Eng. H. B. 4008 - Relating to Business Ready Sites Program

Other Business

Adjournment



Senate Education Committee

March 12, 2026
10:30 AM - Senate Finance Room 451-M
CANCELED

1. Call to Order

2. Roll Call

3. Approval of Minutes

4. HB4656 - Relating to chronic absenteeism

5. HB5321 - To guarantee timely educational evaluations and continuity of services for children entering foster care.

6. Other Business

7. Adjournment



Senate Finance Committee

March 12, 2026
3:00 pm - Room 451-M
1. Call to Order

2. Roll Call

3. Approval of Minutes

4. Committee Substitute for Committee Substitute for House Bill 5453 - To modify the school aid funding formula.

5. Committee Substitute for House Bill 4004 - Creating the Recharge West Virginia Program

6. Committee Substitute for Committee Substitute for House Bill 4006 - Creating the West Virginia Aerospace and Advanced Manufacturing Growth Act

7. Committee Substitute for House Bill 4009 - Relating to the creation of the Portable Benefit Account Act

8. Committee Substitute for Committee Substitute for House Bill 5412 Future Ready Education Act- 9. Other Business

10. Adjourn



Senate Government Organization Committee

March 10, 2026
9:00 AM - 208-W

1. Call to Order

2. Roll Call

3. Approval of minutes

4. HB 5063- To permit the county commission to appoint a county commissioner to a convention and visitor’s bureau as a voting member

5. HB 5087- Relating to Interstate Cosmetology Licensure Compact.

6. Strike and Insert for HB 4793- Creating the Barber Apprentice Program

7. Strike and Insert for HB 5638- Relating to the requirements of the state’s cyber security program and responsibilities and authority of the state chief information security officer

8. Strike and Insert for HB 4483- Relating to funeral service licensure and administration

9. HB 5653- To confirm the confidentiality of internal audit and other manuals, training materials, guidelines, thresholds, and procedures.

10. HB 4452- To remove Mortmain restrictions on religious organizations

11. HB 4801- Defining Permissible expenditures for municipalities and counties

12. HB 5622- Amendments to city charters

13. Strike and Insert for HB 4546- Providing for biennial reporting instead of annual reporting for business organizations.

14. HB 5613- Relating to authorizing the Fleet Management Division to use telematics

15. HB 5323- Relating to indexing of license and stamp fees

16. HB 4819- Relating to use of criminal records as disqualification from authorization to practice a particular profession

17. Other Business

18. Adjournment

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Senate Health and Human Resources Committee

March 10, 2026
1:00 PM - 451-M
I. Call to Order

II. Roll Call

III. Approval of Minutes

IV. HB5086 Relating to peer support services

V. HB5004 Relating generally to PANS and PANDAS

VI. HB5327 West Virginia ALS Care Services Act

VII. HB5096 Relating to removing services from requiring a certificate of need

VIII. HB4965 Relating to patient-centered treatment flexibility within the Public Employees Insurance Agency

IX. HB5015 Relating to the Respiratory Care Interstate Compact

X. HB5582 Extending program for drug screening of applicants for TANF

XI. HB5466 Relating to Abuse Prevention Program

XII. Other Business

XIII. Adjournment



Senate Judiciary Committee

March 11, 2026
3 PM - Senate Judiciary Committee Room, 208 West

AGENDA

Date: Wednesday, March 11, 2026 Time: 3:00 PM Location: Senate Judiciary Committee Room, 208 West

I. Call to Order

II. Roll Call

III. Approval of Minutes

IV. Bills to be Considered

1. Com. Sub. for H. B. 4852, Relating to regulation of foods. (CD)

2. H. B. 5484 - Creating the crime of conspiracy to deny medical treatment to victim of sexual offense. (JC)

3. H. B. 4198 - E-Verify Safe Harbor Act. (CF)

4. Com. Sub. for H. B. 4995, Require the use of video cameras in certain special education classrooms. (AC)

5. Com. Sub. for H. B. 4468 - Relating to confidentiality of court files and law-enforcement records. (JC)

6. H. B. 5214 - Relating to drug testing of parents who have had abuse and/or neglect claims substantiated against them prior to reunification.(JC)

7. H. B. 4025 - Exempting certain employees from the classified civil service system. (AC)

8. H. B. 5441 - Reforming State Personnel System. (AC)

9. H. B. 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. (JC)

10. Com. Sub. for H. B. 5101, The Joanna Phillips Domestic Violence Prevention Act. (AC)

11. Com. Sub. for H. B. 5319, Camping ban on certain public property. (CF)

12. H. B. 5660 - Updates to obtaining a license to carry deadly weapons statute. (CK)

13. H. B. 4106 - Allowing constitutional carry for 18- to 20-year-olds. (CK)

14. Com. Sub. for H. B. 4712, Increasing the criminal penalties for DUI causing death to be known as “Baylea’s Law.” (JC)

V. Other Business

VI. Adjournment

Note: Agenda and order are tentative and subject to change.



Senate Military Committee

March 5, 2026
12:30 pm - 208-W

1. Call to order

2. Roll Call - Establish Quorum

3. Approval of minutes

4. Eng. Committee Substitute for H. B. 4364 - Relating to concurrent juvenile jurisdiction on military installations.

5. Eng. Committee Substitute for H. B. 4366 - Relating to military interpersonal violence.

6. Other Business

7. Adjournment



Senate Pensions Committee

February 25, 2026
10am - 451-M

Senate Bills

SB 1074 - Allowing newly hired emergency medical vehicle operators to participate in EMS Retirement System.

SB 1076 - Authorizing municipalities to elect to participate in Municipal Police Officers and Firefighters Retirement Fund.



Senate Select Committee on School Choice

March 11, 2026
2:00 PM - 208-W
1. Call to Order

2. Roll Call

3. Approval of Minutes

4. HB4588 - Relating to participating in the federal tax credit scholarship program

5. HB5048 - To ensure virtual instruction for foster students while in temporary placement facilities.

6. Other Business

7. Adjournment



Senate Transportation and Infrastructure Committee

March 11, 2026
9 am - 451-M

Engrossed Com. Sub. for H.B. 4577 - Relating to Driver's Licenses.



Senate Workforce Committee

March 9, 2026
1:00 pm - 208-W

1. Call to Order

2. Roll Call - Establish Quorum

3. Approval of Minutes

4. Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. 5480 - Relating to establishing the West Virginia Youth Summer Employment and Career Readiness Program.

5. ORG2 Resolution – Requesting the Joint Committee on Government and Finance study the ongoing water crisis affecting the southern counties of WV.

6. Other Business

7. Adjournment



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