The Senate reconvened this morning and introduced Senate Bill 232, Senate Concurrent Resolution 2 and Senate Concurrent Resolution 3.
Senate Bill 232 would transfer responsibility for redeeming certain delinquent land sales from the County Clerk to the State Auditor.
Majority Leader Sen. Chafin (D – Mingo) addressed the chamber and asked Senators to encourage their constituents to testify for Senate hearings regarding the power outages that affected 220,000 people around Christmas. Sen. Chafin said West Virginia is paying approximately $75 million to repair damaged power lines and he would like to develop the record in order to ensure it is money well spent.
Outside the chamber, the Capitol was filled with informational boards as the legislature celebrated Physical Therapy Day and Health Sciences and Technology Academy Day. They were also joined by children from Raze, who were celebrating Tobacco Awareness Day.
The following committees will meet today:
Banking and Insurance-2 p.m. 208W
Education-2 p.m. 451M
Finance-3 p.m. -451M
The following committee will meet tomorrow:
Judiciary-3 p.m. 208W
The Senate will reconvene at 11 a.m. tomorrow.
