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• I see Senator Hawley and Senator Champion. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
• Chair, Senator Pratt, the forecast is a forward-looking budget tool.
• Chair >> Senator Pratt, thank you. Uh Mr.
• Chair, Senator, >> Well, Mr.
• Senator Pratt. Senator Pratt.

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• . >> Senator Butler here. >> Senator Kley here. >> Senator Chestine here. >> Senator Coleman... >> Senator
• Figures... >> Senator Gavan... >> Senator Hatcher... >> Senator Hovie... >> Senator Kelly... >> Senator
• Senator Coleman... >> Senator Figures... >> Senator Gavan... >> Senator Hatcher... >> Senator Hovie..
• . >> Senator Kelly... >> Senator Melson here. >> Senator Roberts... >> Senator Sessions... >> Senator
• :12:23.920> Senator >> Senator Woods, Senator Weaver, Senator >> Senator Woods, Senator

Bills: HB303, SB360, SB325, HB477, SB329, HB381, SB330

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• The Senate is now under call. >> Senator Murphy. Mr.
• Remaining under motions and resolutions, I'm calling on Senator Murphy to designate special orders.
• <00:21:56.400> Senator Senator Coleman votes aye. Senator Senator Coleman votes aye.
• Senator Latz, Senator Mr. President. Senator Latz, Senator Weber. Weber. Weber.
• > Senator Senator Pappas followed by Senator Senator Pappas followed by Senator Johnson<03:40:

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• Senator<01:07:54.079> Birdell, Senator Birdell, Senator Birdell, >> thank<01:07:55.839><
• Hampshire Senate. here to introduce Hampshire Senate. here to introduce Senate<01:29:11.920> Bill<
• <01:29:14.400> Dan Senate Bill 607 on behalf of Senator Dan Senate Bill 607 on behalf of Senator
• Senator Inis's bill 607. Senator Inis's bill 607.
• last of the Senate bills in Senate HHS. last of the Senate bills in Senate HHS.

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• Senator<00:14:41.080> Ibler. Senator Ibler. Senator Ibler.
• Senator<00:21:17.440> Hoffman. Senator Hoffman. Senator Hoffman.
• Senator Abeler moves that Senate File Senator Abeler moves that Senate File 1131<01:06:31.560> as<
• Senator<01:19:45.840> Boldon. Senator Boldon. Senator Boldon.
• Senator<01:31:12.080> Abeler? Senator Abeler? Senator Abeler?

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• Um Senate File 3681, Senator Muhammad.
• Senator Kupec. >> Right. Senator Kupec.
• Senator >> Thank you, Senator Hoffman. Senator Rasmussen. Rasmussen. Rasmussen.
• Senator Buckland, >> Senator Muhammad.
• Senator Rarickson. Gronhagen. Senator Rarickson.

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• Senator >> Thank you, Senator Mchuan. Senator Jazinski. Jazinski. Jazinski.
• I have Senator Mchuan, then Senator Nelson.
• I have Senator Mchuan, then Senator Nelson.
• Senator<01:18:38.159> Johnson. Senator Johnson. Senator Johnson.
• Sen uh represent Senator<01:21:10.880> Jazinski. Senator Jazinski. Senator Jazinski.

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• Good morning and welcome to Senate EDNA.
• Thank you, Senator.
• Senator<00:18:11.120> Re. Senator Re. Senator Re.
• Senator Re, I'm sorry. Senator Re, I'm sorry. >> Thank<01:09:40.960> you.
• That that's my senator<01:18:08.400> rear. senator rear. senator rear.

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• Senator from Lewis. The Senate will come to order.
• I move the Senate amend the House amendment to Senate Bill 155.
• Senator from Lewis moves the Senate to amend the House amendment to Senate Bill 155.
• Senator from Lewis moves the Senate concur in the House amendment to Senate Bill 155 as amended.
• If not, the question for the Senate is whether the Senate concurs in the House amendment to Senate Bill

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Summary: The Senate first took up Senate Bill 155 on adjunct teaching permits. After adopting a Senate amendment to the House amendment, the chamber concurred in the House amendment as amended and passed the bill 33-0, with one member absent and not voting. The amendment was described as creating an exception so a criminal history check would not be required every year, and the bill was presented as a tool to help county boards fill vacancies, especially in shortage areas. The chamber then received a large number of committee reports and advanced several House bills on first reading. These included measures on creating the Team West Virginia Corporation, establishing the West Virginia Collaboratory, the Foster Youth Post-Secondary Transition Awareness Act, business-ready site programs, volunteer fire company allowances, extending qualified opportunity zones, natural resource police retirement, PEIA treatment flexibility, PANS/PANDAS, ALS care services, abuse prevention, the respiratory care interstate compact, peer support services, tax lien sales, the Neighborhood Investment Program, bonds for the Science and Culture Center, and a comprehensive energy development policy and plan. Several bills were reported as amended by committees, and one energy bill was referred to the Rules Committee. Additional committee action included reports on a bill to repeal the school-transfer eligibility protection, a load forecast accountability bill, oil and gas well plugging provisions, a TANF drug-screening extension, and a bill authorizing the Supreme Court of Appeals to create child protection commissioners. Most of these were advanced on first reading after unanimous consent. The Senate then moved to adjourn until the next day, with announcements of upcoming committee meetings before the chamber adjourned.

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• The Senate will come to order.
• Senator from Lewis. Senator from Lewis. Thank you, Mr. President.
• Senator Martin moved to amend the House amendment on page 7, Section 2B. Senator from Lewis.
• Senator from Lewis moves the Senate to concur in the House amendment to Senate Bill 155 as amended.
• If not, the question before the Senate is whether the Senate will concur in the House amendment to Senate

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• Sure, Senator. Further questions of counsel? Senator from Cabell.
• Chairman, I move that House Joint Resolution 42, as amended, be reported to the full Senate with the
• Questions on the motion that House Joint Resolution 42, as amended, be reported to the full Senate with
• Senate Bill 842 will be reported. Next item on the agenda: Senate Bill 846. Senate Bill 846.
• Those opposed to note, in the opinion of the Senate, the Senate of the Senate, adopt the committee substitute

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Summary: The Senate Finance Committee met with a quorum present and first approved the minutes from the prior meeting. It then reconsidered Committee Substitute for House Bill 5212, noting that an Education Committee amendment had been inadvertently omitted the day before; the vice chairman withdrew the prior motion to report the bill, and the committee returned to the bill with the technical Education Committee amendments pending. The transcript then moved through a long agenda of bills and supplemental appropriations, with the committee generally hearing brief explanations from counsel, occasional member questions, and then voting to adopt amendments and report measures to the full Senate. Among the substantive policy bills, the committee advanced House Bill 4007 on the Industrial Access Road Fund, allowing an additional possible $3 million transfer in a fiscal year, expanding eligible uses, and increasing county/municipal spending limits; House Bill 4765, which raises salaries for state police, teachers, and school service personnel and, via a strike-and-insert amendment, creates a market pay enhancement tied to county and regional income data; House Bill 5162, recodifying tax lien sale procedures and clarifying ownership and government-property tax treatment; House Bill 5382, extending the Neighborhood Investment Tax Credit Program to July 1, 2031; House Bill 5685, authorizing up to $150 million in revenue bonds backed by excess lottery funds for State Culture Center improvements; House Joint Resolution 42, placing a constitutional amendment on the ballot to raise the homestead exemption from $20,000 to $40,000; House Bill 4010, creating an airport hangar grant program and fund; House Bill 4404, increasing from $500 to $5,000 the amount volunteer fire departments may spend on training and fire prevention materials; House Bill 4592, requiring standardized campus safety mapping data for higher education institutions; House Bill 4784, extending and making retroactive a qualified opportunity zone business tax modification; and House Bill 5088, increasing retirement benefits for Division of Natural Resources police officers, with a one-time $4.25 million cash injection. The committee also reported several supplemental appropriations and originating bills, including Senate Bill 842 for the Spay Neuter Assistance Fund, Senate Bill 846 for Culture and History capital repairs, Senate Bill 872 for Natural Resources capital repairs (reduced to $10 million in committee substitute), Senate Bill 876 for Department of Health facilities, Senate Originating Bills 1 through 5 covering Culture and History, road funds, corrections IT and services, tobacco education, and the Adjutant General’s armory board transfer, respectively. Most items were adopted by voice vote; House Bill 4765’s strike-and-insert amendment was adopted after a division vote of 10-6. The committee then adjourned.

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• Senator: Okay. Thank you, sir. Further questions of counsel? Senator from Logan: Thank you, Mr.
• Senator, could you scroll down?
• Sure, Senator. Further questions of counsel? Senator from Cabell. Yeah, I'm, so Wayne would get...
• Chairman, I move that House Joint Resolution 42, as amended, be reported to the full Senate with the
• Yes, Senator. Okay.

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• Senator Azinger, nay. Senator Bartlett... Senator Asinger? No. Senator Bartlett? Nay.
• Senator Chapman? No. Senator Charnock? Yay. Senator Deeds? Aye. Senator Fuller? No. Senator Garcia?
• Senator Hart? Senator Garcia? Yay. Senator Hart? Nay. Senator Hilton? Nay. Senator May?
• Senator Maynard? Yay. Senator Rose? No. Senator Rucker? Nay. Senator Tarr? Senator Rucker, nay.
• Senator Tarr, yay. Senator Taylor, nay. Senator Weld, yay. Senator Willis? Mr.

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Summary: The committee first took up House Bill 4198, which would require employers to use E-Verify to confirm new hires’ work authorization and impose escalating penalties for violations, including warnings, debarment from state contracts, loss of business licenses, and other sanctions. Counsel and senators raised extensive drafting concerns, including circular language, conflicts with existing record-retention provisions, unclear references to “seeks to employ,” possible application to babysitters, lawn care, and other casual or household arrangements, and uncertainty about how the bill would work for employers who never actually complete a hire. The bill sponsor defended the measure as a way to strengthen compliance with existing law, protect employers who use E-Verify in good faith, and deter illegal hiring. After debate, a motion to table the bill failed on a roll call vote, 6 in favor and 10 opposed, and the chair then announced the bill would be sent to a subcommittee to be cleaned up, with instructions to resolve the drafting conflicts and other ambiguities. The committee then turned to House Bill 4710, with an amendment, which would require a person to be registered with a political party or as an independent 210 days before filing a certificate of candidacy. Counsel explained that the change would lengthen the current 60-day requirement and would affect both party-switching and independent candidacies, making it harder for candidates to change affiliation shortly before an election. Senators asked about how the 210-day period would work relative to the primary and general election filing deadlines, and counsel clarified that it would be measured backward from the relevant filing dates. The discussion focused on the practical effect of the bill as a “sore loser” measure and on the timing rules for candidacy filings.

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• Senator Charnock? Yeah. Senator Charnock? Yay. Senator Deeds? Aye. Senator Deeds? Senator Fuller?
• Senator Fuller? Senator Garcia? Yeah. Senator Garcia. Senator Hart? Senator Garcia. Yay.
• Senator Hart. Senator Hart. Nay. Senator Hilton. Senator Hilton. Nay. Senator May. Senator May.
• Senator Maynard. Senator Maynard. Yay. Senator Rose. Senator Rose. No. Senator Rucker.
• Senator Rucker. Nay. Senator Tarr. Senator Ta. Senator Rucker, nay. Senator Tarr, yay.

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Summary: The meeting transcript provided contains only brief pleasantries and does not include any substantive legislative discussion, bill references, testimony, votes, or actions taken. As a result, there is no committee or floor business to summarize. If you intended to provide a longer transcript, please resend it and I can produce a factual summary of the main topics, positions, and any recorded actions.

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• Senator from Jefferson, did you want to...? I don't really have questions.
• House Bill 537 be reported to the full Senate with a recommendation that it do pass.
• Senator from Greenbrier, thank you, Mr. Chairman.
• Senator from Jefferson: Thank you.
• Senator from Greenbrier moved the amendment. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

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Summary: The committee met, approved the March 5, 2026 minutes, and then took up several health- and human-services-related bills. House Bill 5086, concerning peer support programs for covered caregivers, was explained as creating training and testimonial privilege protections; the committee adopted an amendment clarifying that boards may still require participation in a board-designated professional health program, and then reported the bill to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass. House Bill 5004, an educational bill on PANS and PANDAS, was supported by the sponsor, who described his family’s experience and the importance of earlier diagnosis; it was reported to the Senate without amendment. House Bill 5327, which would require the Department of Human Services to create an ALS services program, also received supportive testimony from the sponsor and members, but the transcript reflects the bill being reported as House Bill 537; it was moved forward without amendment. The committee then considered House Bill 5096, which would remove personal care and intellectual/developmental disability waiver services from certificate-of-need review. The sponsor argued the change would reduce regulatory burden and expand access, while a county aging-program director testified that certificate-of-need revenues help fund senior meals and services and that eliminating the requirement would reduce important support for aging providers. After a division vote, the motion to report the bill failed 3-9. House Bill 4695, allowing PEIA patients to switch to an alternative medically appropriate covered treatment without new prior authorization if it costs no more than the original treatment, was explained as carrying an estimated $13 million annual cost to PEIA and was reported to the Senate. The committee also advanced House Bill 5582, enacting the Respiratory Care Interstate Compact, after discussion of a committee amendment removing a new-background-check-at-initial-licensure provision; the amendment was adopted and the bill was reported. Another House Bill 5582, concerning the TANF drug screening program, was described as removing the sunset date and allowing oral fluid testing in addition to urine samples; it too was reported. Finally, House Bill 5466 renamed the batterer intervention program as an abuse intervention program and allowed live synchronous virtual delivery with an in-person option; the sponsor said the change would expand access statewide, and the bill was reported to the Senate. The committee then adjourned.

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• Senator from Jefferson, did you want to... I don't really have questions.
• Senator from Greenbrier... Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
• House Bill 4965 be reported to the full Senate with recommendation that it do pass.
• Senator from Jefferson. Thank you. Just one quick question, counsel.
• Senator from Greenbrier moved the amendment. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

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Summary: The transcript contains only repeated expressions of thanks and does not include any substantive legislative discussion, bill references, testimony, motions, or votes. No committee or floor action can be identified from the provided text.