Day 20: Duty Called

The West Virginia Weakly Legislative Daybook for March 3, 2025

Giles Snyder

and

Dave Mistich

Mar 03, 2025

Today is Monday, March 3, 2025 — the 20th day of the West Virginia Legislature’s regular session.

Today is Farm Bureau, Agriculture and Forestry Day at the Capitol. It’s also Pharmacy Day.

If today’s Daybook seems a little thin and bereft of our usual commentary explaining this bill or that resolution, it’s because duty called at the day job.

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In the meantime and with apologies to the Scottish naturalist John Muir for abusing his quote about the pull of the mountains — when the day job calls, we must go.

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11:00 a.m. — The main thing that will be getting much of the attention on the Senate Floor today is the “defining men and women” bill requested by Gov. Morrisey. S. B. 456 is on third reading, meaning the Senate could pass it today. The House version has been put on the inactive calendar, meaning lawmakers — at least for now — have decided to run the Senate bill. There are a slew of other measures at various stages in the process on the Senate’s agenda, including S.B. 154, which would prohibit the instruction of sexual orientation in public schools. That measure will get its first reading on the floor. You can find the full Senate agenda here.
11:00 a.m. — On the House Floor, the bill addressing school discipline will be at the passage stage. H. B. 2515 is similar to a bill that died on Final Night last year. It lays out disciplinary procedures, including the removal of disruptive students as well as creating a statewide disciplinary policy. Find the rest of the House agenda here.
1:00 p.m. — Legislative photographer and motorsports enthusiast Perry Bennett will certainly be keeping an eye on the Senate Transportation and Infrastructure Committee this afternoon. SB 67 is on the panel’s docket. The bill would allow motor vehicle racing on county and municipal roads under certain circumstances.
2:00 p.m. — House and Senate Democrats are to hold a press conference to present their agenda aimed at children and families, clean drinking water and lowering utility bills.
3:00 p.m. — The Senate Judiciary Committee will tackle five bills on its agenda this morning, two of which deal with compensation for the state judicial branch:
- S. B. 589 - Providing pay increases to members of judiciary.
- S. B. 622 - Authorizing compensation for certain lower court staff.

Normally, we would highlight more bills that are making their way through the committee process, but … yeah, that pesky day job. If you feel like diving into them though, here are links to the committee schedules:

Senate Committee Schedule House Committe Schedule

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