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Senate hears committee reports and advances multiple House bills on first reading
Summary
Committee chairs reported recommendations on a series of House bills (including bills to create Team West Virginia Corporation and the West Virginia Collaboratory); the Senate approved many unanimous-consent first readings and advanced the bills to the next stage, and several committee meetings were scheduled before adjournment.
The West Virginia Senate received multiple committee reports and, under routine unanimous-consent requests with no floor objections, read and advanced numerous House bills to first reading.
The Committee on Economic Development reported on an engrossed committee substitute for House Bill 4,001 (creating the Team West Virginia Corporation) and recommended passage but noted a double committee reference and referral to the Finance Committee. The Committee on Education reported favorably on an engrossed committee substitute for House Bill 4,002 (establishing the West Virginia Collaboratory) and on House Bill 45 73 (Foster Youth Postsecondary Transition Awareness Act). The clerk identified each committee report and named the reporting chairs as read into the record.
Other committees (Finance; Energy, Industry and Mining; Health and Human Resources; Judiciary) reported on a range of bills including measures on volunteer fire company allowances, extension of qualified opportunity zones to 07/01/2032, natural resource police officer retirement, load-forecast accountability, oil and gas well-plugging deposits and multiple health-related measures. Most bills were taken up for first reading and advanced without substantive floor debate; where required, bills were referred to additional committees (for example, referral to Rules was requested on one bill). Committee chairs announced meeting times: the Rules Committee will meet at 10:45 a.m. in the Senate President Conference Room, Transportation and Infrastructure at 9 a.m. in Room 451 M, and Education at 10 a.m. in Room 451 M. The Senate adjourned until 11 a.m. tomorrow.
These actions represent procedural advancement of legislation rather than final passage for the listed House bills; the transcript records first readings and committee referrals but not floor passage for these items.
