The Senate honored local heroes this morning as they reconvened and passed five bills and introduced 10.
The Senate first honored local hero Melquan Brown, a high school student who saved a girl who had fallen through the ice of a pond, by adopting Senate Resolution 22. Brown attends Capitol High School in Charleston.
They then honored West Virginian military veterans with the adoption of Senate Resolution 23, which declared today Veteran’s Visibility Day, and Senate Resolution 24, which honored World War II veterans.
The senators were joined in the chamber by 21 West Virginia veterans.
They passed five bills, the first of which being Senate Bill 38, which would create a West Virginia Servicemembers Civic Relief Act. This bill would put the federal Servicemembers Civic Relief Act into state law.
The other four bills the Senate passed include: Senate Bill 218, which would provide early parole for certain non-violent inmates, Senate Bill 236, which would create an Aquaculture Development Act, Senate Bill 397, which would create a single dwelling residential housing index, and Senate Bill 436, which would replace Latin with the English equivalent in a portion of West Virginia Code.
Four bills will be in third reading tomorrow, including Senate Bill 89, Senate Bill 354, Senate Bill 382, and Senate Bill 391.
The Senate continued to honor veterans with the introduction of Senate Bill 574. This bill would establish December 7 as a special Memorial Day.
The following committees will meet today:
Natural Resouces-1 p.m. 208W
Pensions-2 p.m. 208W
Finance-3 p.m. 451M
Judiciary-3 p.m. 208W
The following committees will meet tomorrow:
Transportation and Infrastructure, hearing on snow removal and emergency response-9 a.m. 451M
Government Organization-10 a.m. 208W
Health and Human Resources-1 p.m. 451M
Education-2 p.m. 451M
Banking and Insurance-2 p.m. 208W
Finance-3 p.m. 451M
Judiciary-3 p.m. 208W
The Senate will reconvene tomorrow at 11 a.m.
