Workforce Committee reports House Bill 5582 to full Senate, removing sunset for DHS TANF drug‑screening program
March 04, 2026 | 2026 Legislature WV, West Virginia
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The Senate Workforce Committee voted to report the engrossed committee substitute for House Bill 5582 to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass as amended, but first be referred to the Committee on Health and Human Resources. The motion passed by voice vote after committee members adopted a strike‑and‑insert amendment and a title amendment.
Committee counsel explained the changes in the substitute, saying, “The bill is pretty straightforward. It just removes the current sunset provision for the Department of Human Services drug screening program, for TANF applicants.” Counsel added the introduced version of the bill would have extended the sunset to Dec. 31, 2030, while the committee substitute eliminates the sunset entirely and also ‘‘modifies the definition of a drug test to allow for the use of an oral fluid rinse in addition to urine samples,’’ and updates reporting language to the Joint Committee on Government Finance to reflect the removal of the sunset date.
Vice Chair moved the strike‑and‑insert amendment and, after a voice vote, the committee adopted it. A subsequent motion to report the engrossed committee substitute to the full Senate with the do‑pass recommendation (and under the original double committee reference to be first referred to Health and Human Resources) was made and adopted by voice vote. The committee also adopted a title amendment before moving on to other agenda items.
The action forwards the bill to the full Senate and routes it to the Health and Human Resources Committee as required by the double reference. The committee record shows only voice votes; numeric tallies or individual recorded votes were not provided in the transcript.
What happens next: the full Senate will receive the committee report and the bill will be considered under the Senate’s procedures and the additional referral to Health and Human Resources. No further committee action was recorded in this meeting.
Committee counsel explained the changes in the substitute, saying, “The bill is pretty straightforward. It just removes the current sunset provision for the Department of Human Services drug screening program, for TANF applicants.” Counsel added the introduced version of the bill would have extended the sunset to Dec. 31, 2030, while the committee substitute eliminates the sunset entirely and also ‘‘modifies the definition of a drug test to allow for the use of an oral fluid rinse in addition to urine samples,’’ and updates reporting language to the Joint Committee on Government Finance to reflect the removal of the sunset date.
Vice Chair moved the strike‑and‑insert amendment and, after a voice vote, the committee adopted it. A subsequent motion to report the engrossed committee substitute to the full Senate with the do‑pass recommendation (and under the original double committee reference to be first referred to Health and Human Resources) was made and adopted by voice vote. The committee also adopted a title amendment before moving on to other agenda items.
The action forwards the bill to the full Senate and routes it to the Health and Human Resources Committee as required by the double reference. The committee record shows only voice votes; numeric tallies or individual recorded votes were not provided in the transcript.
What happens next: the full Senate will receive the committee report and the bill will be considered under the Senate’s procedures and the additional referral to Health and Human Resources. No further committee action was recorded in this meeting.
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