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Committee counsel told members the substitute is \"virtually identical in intent and purpose\" to the SLPA bill considered earlier but includes an additional repeal: it would repeal an older section of code described in the hearing as \"thirty-twenty eight-fifteen\" (noted in the transcript as 30-28-15) because that section duplicates a more current provision described as 30-28-8. Counsel also said the substitute removed four subsections (F, G, H and I) from the proposed new section because those provisions already appear in Article 1 of Chapter 30, which contains provisions that apply to multiple licensing boards, including a moral-turpitude standard.

Senators asked whether the requirement for fingerprinting and background checks would apply only to those who wish to participate in the compact; counsel confirmed that the language is intended to require checks only for compact privileges. Committee members also asked about the interplay with West Virginia’s rational-nexus standard for licensure denial; counsel said the rational-nexus standard governs state licensure but that compact requirements may be different and that compact participation does not negate the state's rational-nexus statute. Counsel and other senators noted that many compacts create a multistate database of licensees and that the background checks help populate that database.

After agreeing to the committee substitute language by voice vote, the vice chair moved that the substitute be reported to the full Senate with a recommendation that it pass; the committee approved the motion by voice vote and the chair announced \"the ayes have it.\" No roll-call tally appears in the transcript.

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The bill text presented to the committee would create a new code section titled the West Virginia Park, Preserve, or Reserve (as described in the committee substitute) and apply to monuments and memorials that commemorate military, labor, civil rights and Native American history. The substitute says no person or entity may prevent the responsible governmental body from taking measures to preserve, maintain, repair or restore such items, with a limited exemption for items under the control of the Department of Transportation when interference with construction, maintenance or operation of the transportation system occurs. The substitute also made a technical title change and removed earlier language referencing waivers from the State Historic Preservation office.

Committee members pressed staff on several scope questions. Senators asked whether the word \"significant\" appears in the bill’s language; the staff intern (Davis) and counsel said the word is not in the committee substitute. Members asked whether the bill would bar local governments or county commissions from removing monuments on their property; counsel stated the committee substitute, as written, does not provide a mechanism for removal and would prevent local removal in many cases. Members pursued whether presently existing statutes governing the State Capitol Building and Capitol Complex — cited in the hearing as a separate code section that governs renovations and improvements to the Capitol — would conflict with SB 71. Counsel and other members said the separate Capitol code section applies specifically to the Capitol Building and complex, and that the other section concerns renovations or improvements at the Capitol; they debated whether the two code provisions could be read together or whether the effective date or sequencing should be adjusted to avoid contradiction.

Several members raised practical concerns about municipal and county autonomy. One senator argued municipalities and counties own the property where some monuments sit and that communities should be able to remove a monument \"for good cause.\" Counsel and other senators acknowledged that the substitute applies to existing statues and may apply to newly erected statues but said the language was not always clear about future cases; staff said some questions about new monuments and later-discovered misconduct by commemorated individuals remain unresolved with the current draft.

Rather than vote on the substitute that day, the committee chair named a subcommittee to work on the bill’s problems and to propose fixes. The chair named the senior senator from the sixth and the junior senator from the sixteenth and said the senator from Cabell would be included in absentia. The committee then moved on to the next agenda item.

Next steps: the named subcommittee will review SB 71’s draft language and return proposed changes to the full committee; no final committee vote on the committee substitute was recorded in the transcript.

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Committee counsel explained the change is specific to compact privileges and that the Board currently does not require criminal background checks for in-state licensure. Counsel said West Virginia is a member state of the SLPA compact, located in Article 32A of Chapter 30 according to the counsel’s description, and that many occupational licensure compacts require such background checks to populate a multistate database of credentialed practitioners. Counsel told the committee the FBI has in recent years required explicit statutory authorization for fingerprint-based background checks, so the committee substitute provides that authorization for compact purposes on request of the SLPA board.

Committee members asked clarifying questions about whether the background check is required for all licensees (counsel: it is not) and whether the requirement would automatically disqualify a licensee (counsel: it would not be automatic). After agreeing to the committee substitute language by voice vote, the vice chair moved to report the substitute to the full Senate with a recommendation that it pass; the committee approved that motion by voice vote. The transcript records only the voice votes and the chair’s ruling that \"the ayes have it;\" no roll-call tallies were recorded in the transcript.

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