With 15 days left in the 2022 session, the House passed nine bills and refused to concur with the Senate in House Bill 4333.
House Bill 4333 sunsets the Board of Hearing-Aid Dealers and Fitters. The Senate amended the bill to assign the regulation of hearing aid dealers and fitters to the Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology. The Senate’s amendment also added the requirement of a licensed hearing aid fitter on the Board. The House refused to concur with this amendment and has asked the Senate to recede.
House Bill 4492 merges the Public Port Authority, the WV State Rail Authority, the Division of Public Transit, and the WV State Aeronautics Commission into the West Virginia Division of Multimodal Transportation. The division will administer all federal and state programs related to public ports, railroad transportation and commerce, public transit, aeronautic, airports, and air navigation facilities in the state. The Secretary of the DOT will be the chief operating officer of the division. The Secretary will coordinate with the Secretary of the Department of Economic Development to facilitate economic development utilizing transportation facilities.
Senate Bill 221 creates an occupational therapy compact and establishes the Occupational Therapy Compact Commission.
House Bill 4510 requires third-grade students to be competent in reading and math before advancing to the fourth grade.
The House is in recess until 5:30 p.m. today.
Committees – Today
The Education Committee will meet at 2:15 p.m. in Room 434.
The Finance Committee will meet at 2:30 p.m. in Room 460.
The Judiciary Committee will meet at 3 p.m. in Room 410.
The Committee on Government Organization will meet at 3:15 p.m. in Room 215E.
The Rules Committee will meet at 5:15 p.m.
Committees – Monday, February 28, 2022
The Committee on Pensions and Retirement will meet at 1 p.m. in Room 460.
The Committee on Technology and Infrastructure will meet at 1 p.m. in Room 410.
The Education Committee will meet at 3 p.m. in Room 434.
Public Hearings
The Judiciary Committee will hold a Public Hearing on February 28, 2022 at 8:30 a.m. in the House Chamber for House Bill 4753 – Prohibiting locating certain homeless facilities near schools and certain daycares.
CANCELLED Public Hearing at 9:30 a.m. in the House Chamber for House Bill 2908 – Relating to disclosure of information by online marketplaces to inform consumers
The Government Organization Committee will hold a Public Hearing on February 28, 2022 at 6 p.m. in the House Chamber for House Bill 4840 – Relating to Office of Miners Health.
