The Senate Convened today at 11 a.m.
The Senate agreed to the Houses request for conference committee for S. B. 46 and appointed Senator Sue Cline (R – Wyoming, 09), Senator Ron Stollings (D – Boone, 07) and Senator Tom Takubo (R – Kanawha, 17).
The Senate concured and passed S. B. 102, S. B. 133, S. B. 272, S. B. 319, S. B. 365, S. B. 404, S. B. 427, S. B. 441, S. B. 456, S. B. 499 and S. B. 515.
The Senate refused to concur with the House’s amendments to S. B. 545 and requested the House recede its amendments.
H. B. 4016 – Relating to combatting waste, fraud, and misuse of public funds through investigations, accountability and transparency – was passed unanimously and sent to the House to concur.
H. B. 4035 – Creating a legislative coalition to study and report to the Legislature on palliative care – was passed unanimously and sent to the House to concur.
H. B. 4042 – Redefining school zone to facilitate placement of school zone signs – was passed unanimously and sent to the House to concur.
H. B. 4183 – Relating generally to standardized testing requirements for nonpublic schools – was passed unanimously and sent to the House to concur.
H. B. 4275 – Relating to the law-enforcement authority of the director and officers of the division of protective services – was passed unanimously and now awaits action by the Governor.
H. B. 4400 – Relating to the West Virginia Physicians Mutual Insurance Company – was passed unanimously and now awaits action by the Governor.
H. B. 4546 – Relating to where an application for a marriage license may be made – was passed unanimously and now awaits action by the Governor. The bill would allow for a person, regardless of the county or state they live in to apply for a W. Va. marriage licences for any county.
Bills on Second Reading:
- S. B. 152 – The Budget Bill
- S. B. 633
- S. B. 634
- H. B. 2028
- H. B. 4214 was amended on the floor.
- H. B. 4276
- H. B. 4336
- H. B. 4376
- H. B. 4379
- H. B. 4401 was amended on the floor.
- H. B. 4453
- H. B. 4529
- H. B. 4571
- H. B. 4618 was amended on the floor.
- H. B. 4627 was amended on the floor.
Bills on First Reading:
- S. B. 635
- H. B. 2008
- H. B. 2869
- H. B. 2799
- H. B. 3089
- H. B. 4006
- H. B. 4036
- H. B. 4157
- H. B. 4166
- H. B. 4251
- H. B. 4350
- H. B. 4389
- H. B. 4394
- H. B. 4407 was read a first time and rereferred to the Education Committee.
- H. B. 4428
- H. B. 4431
- H. B. 4447
- H. B. 4465
- H. B. 4468
- H. B. 4558
The Senate is in recess until 5 p.m.
Committees meeting today:
Health and Human Resources at 1:45 p.m. 451M
Judiciary at 3 p.m 208W
Update 6:55 p.m.
The Senate reconvened at 5:30 p.m.
The body recieved a message from the Governor that would extend the 2nd Regular Session of the 83rd Legislature by one day to Sunday, March 11 to work on the Budget Bill, S. B. 152.
The body then recieved committee reports and read the following reports for the first time:
- H. B. 2655
- H. B. 4009
- H. B. 4156
- H. B. 4187
- H. B. 4217
- H. B. 4270
- H. B. 4338
- H. B. 4392
- H. B. 4424
- H. B. 4603
- H. B. 4629
The following bills were read for a first time then rereferred to their previous committee:
- H. B. 4001
- H. B. 4002
- H. B. 4011
- H. B. 4150
- H. B. 4233
- H. B. 4309
- H. B. 4320
- H. B. 4324
- H. B. 4345
- H. B. 4486
- H. B. 4488
The Senate adjourned until tomorrow at 11 a.m.
Committees meeting tonight:
Education immediately following the floor session in 451M
Committees meeting tomorrow:
Judiciary at 9:30 208W
