The Senate Judiciary Committee has referred two bills and one amended committee substitute to the full Senate after meeting 3 p.m. Monday with the recommendation for passage.
The bills are SB 230 and SB 233, and the committee substitute is for SB 127.
SB 230 relates to West Virginia officials carrying concealed firearms nationwide.
SB 233 excludes from protection oral communications uttered in child care centers under the Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance Act.
The committee substitute for SB 127 is a bundle of four bills that authorizes the Department of Revenue to promulgate legislative rules. The bundle was amended by Senator Robert Beach (D-Monongalia) and approved by the committee.
Following completion of the agenda, Senator Mike Romano (D-Harrison) made a motion for all witnesses to be sworn in before testifying to the committee in future meetings. The motion was approved after it was made clear that counsels were not included in the requirment to be sworn in.
The meeting was then adjourned.
