The Senate has passed four bills to be sent to the House for further consideration.
SB 243 would repeal statutory language authorizing a minor over age of fourteen years to nominate a guardian in domestic relation matters.
SB 288 would double the penalties for child abuse offenses.
SB 360 would create a legislative coalition to study and report to the Legislature on diabetes in the state.
SB 398 would create The Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act to regulate the practice of volunteer health practitioners during an emergency and create a registration system that grants reciprocity to licenses issued to volunteer health practitioners in other states during an emergency.
Of those bills on third reading, SB 339 was requested to lie over for one day before voting.
Members of the Senate also adopted SR 48 to congratulate the Charleston Catholic High School golf team for winning the 2016 Class A State Golf Championship, and SR 49 to designate today as Civil Air Patrol Day in West Virginia.
Senate Bills 362, 414, 461, 467, 472, 479, 499, 523, 533, 572, 585, 595 and 684 were advanced from second reading, and SB 18 was requested to lie over one day in second reading.
Of those bills advanced, Senator Craig Blair made an amendment to SB 479 that would clarify that retail licensees may not sell liquor between the hours of 12 a.m. and 1 p.m. on Sundays and at any time on Christmas day, or between the hours of 12:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. on all other days.
Committee Meetings Today
Agriculture and Rural Development: 2 p.m. in 208W
Banking and Insurance: 2 p.m. in 451M
Judiciary: 3 p.m. in 208W
Finance: 3 p.m. in 451M
Tax Reform: 5:30 p.m. in 451M
Committee Meetings Tomorrow
Finance: 9:30 a.m. in 451M
Energy, Industry and Mining: 1 p.m. in 208W
Health and Human Resources: 1 p.m. in 451M
Government Organization: 2 p.m. in 208W
Education: 2 p.m. in 451M
Judiciary: 3 p.m. in 208W
Finance: 3 p.m. in 451M
The Senate is adjourned until 11 a.m. tomorrow.
