The Senate passed one bill and adopted a two concurrent resolutions during Monday morning’s floor session.
Senate Bill 164 was passed by the body today. The legislation relates generally to trespassing and stipulates that anyone criminally convicted of trespassing is liable to the victim in an amount equal to twice the the monetary value of any damage or waste caused to the property, including cleanup. This bill now heads to the House of Delegates for consideration.
Senator Tom Takubo (R- Kanawha, 17) presided over the floor session this morning so that Senate President Craig Blair ( R- Berkeley, 15) could speak from the floor to urge the adoption of Senate Concurrent Resolution 16, which urges Congress to enact reforms to federal permitting policies to accelerate deployment of new energy infrastructure.
Blair spoke of the delays in the permitting process and advocated for the body sending a message to Congress that the process needs to be streamlined to help new energy business and infrastructure become more efficient.
Bills introduced today can be found here.
The day’s calendar can be found here.
The Senate is adjourned until tomorrow, Jan. 16, at 11 a.m.
Judiciary will meet at 3 p.m. in 208W.
Finance will meet at 3:15 p.m. in 451M.
Education will meet tomorrow at 10 a.m. in 451M.
Government Organization will meet tomorrow at 10 a.m. in 208W
