HOUSE OF DELEGATES
BILLS TO BE INTRODUCED
Friday, January 16, 2026
HB4397. By Del. Burkhammer - Relating to privilege tax on holding a license to operate interactive wagering (FN) - To Government Organization
HB4398. By Del. Burkhammer - Relating to privilege tax on holding a license to operate sports wagering (FN) - To Government Organization
HB4399. By Del. D. Smith, Crouse, Hillenbrand, Ridenour, Sheedy, Watt, Gearheart, Marple, Pritt and Heckert - Relating to disabled veteran taxpayers - To Finance
HB4400. By Del. Riley - All relating generally to procurement by state spending units and local fiscal bodies of technology and technical infrastructure products and services - To Government Organization
HB4401. By Del. Riley, Maynor, McCormick and Heckert - To modify the calculation of the taxable wage base. (FN) - To Finance
HB4402. By Del. Heckert, Foggin and Hillenbrand - Relating to school protection officers (FN) - To Education then the Judiciary
HB4403. By Del. Heckert, Amos and Hillenbrand - West Virginia Homeless Shelter Oversight & Safety Act - To Health and Human Resources then the Judiciary
HB4404. By Del. Heckert, Hillenbrand, Amos and Foggin - Increase the allowance for volunteer and part-volunteer fire companies and Allowing fire departments to make an expenditure for educational and training supplies and fire prevention promotional materials - To Finance
HB4405. By Del. Heckert and Hillenbrand - Expanding the reasons that an executive director may create, merge, or dissolve a public defender corporation (FN) - To the Judiciary then Finance
HB4406. By Del. Heckert - Relating to formerly incarcerated individuals voting rights - To the Judiciary
HB4407. By Del. Heckert, Hillenbrand and Amos - Relating to loss of parental rights after a third petition for a child’s removal - To the Judiciary
HB4408. By Del. Heckert and Hillenbrand - To adjust the percent retained by the clerk of the county commission for funding election administration, infrastructure, and security, and other county clerk purposes (FN) - To Government Organization then Finance
HB4409. By Del. Heckert, Hillenbrand and Amos - Two party consent for legislative offices - To the Judiciary
HB4410. By Del. Heckert and Hillenbrand - Relating to special stops required for on-track equipment - To Energy and Public Works
HB4411. By Del. Chiarelli and Browning - To clarify what constitutes trespassing at an institution of higher education - To Education then the Judiciary
HB4412. By Del. Chiarelli and Pinson - Require pornography websites to utilize age verification methods to prevent minors from accessing content - To the Judiciary
HB4413. By Del. Chiarelli and Browning - Making syringe exchange service programs unlawful - To Health and Human Resources then the Judiciary
HB4414. By Del. Chiarelli and Young - Require registration of persons convicted of abuse - To the Judiciary
HB4415. By Del. Green, Jeffries, Hanshaw (Mr. Speaker), Pinson, Funkhouser, Butler, Brooks, Marple, Hott, Browning and Ward - Creating crime of attempting to smuggle contraband into federal correctional institutions within the state - To the Judiciary
HB4416. By Del. Hott - Classifying forestry equipment for levy purposes - To Finance
HB4417. By Del. Mallow - Relating to polling locations - To the Judiciary
HB4418. By Del. McCormick, Riley, Maynor, Kyle, Browning and Criss - Creating the “The Tax Efficiency Act of 2026” (FN) - To Finance
HB4419. By Del. Gearheart, Canterbury, Brooks, Butler, Pritt and Criss - Requiring certain non-discretionary procedures be strictly complied with by the West Virginia Parkways Authority before tolls, rents, fees or charges may be increased (FN) - To Energy and Public Works
HB4420. By Del. Gearheart, Ellington, Hall, Brooks, Pritt, Butler, Campbell, Moore and Criss - Relating generally to West Virginia Parkways Authority. - To Government Organization
HB4421. By Del. Gearheart, Ellington, Hall, Brooks, Pritt, Stephens, Butler, Moore, Jeffries and Criss - Providing guidelines for the West Virginia Parkways Authority to cease tolls on the West Virginia Turnpike upon completion of all bond payments - To Finance
HB4422. By Del. Gearheart, Ellington, Cooper, Linville, Hott, Pritt, Stephens, Brooks, Roop, Butler and Campbell - To permit students in eighth and ninth grade to attend summer school in order to raise their grades and establish academic eligibility to play sports in the fall. - To Education
HB4423. By Del. Gearheart, Hott, Pritt and Roop - Eliminating specific statutory restrictions on outdoor advertisement - To the Judiciary
HB4424. By Del. Gearheart, Cooper, Hott, Brooks, Roop, Butler, Campbell, Barnhart and Moore - To allow landowners to pay hunters to hunt their property (FN) - To Government Organization
HB4425. By Del. Gearheart, Pritt, Stephens, Roop and Campbell - To repeal the provision allowing for students to transfer from one school to another without losing eligibility. - To Education
HB4426. By Del. Gearheart, Ellington, Canterbury, Brooks, Pritt and Campbell - Ensure State Road Construction Account funds are in addition to general highways funds provided to the DOT districts - To Energy and Public Works then Finance
HB4427. By Del. Gearheart, Canterbury, Brooks and Butler - Relating to “unencumbered” special revenue accounts to be surrendered to general revenue under certain circumstances (FN) - To Finance
HB4428. By Del. Gearheart, Canterbury, Cooper and Butler - Requiring 50 percent of all reappropriated revenue accounts to be surrendered to general revenue - To Finance
HB4429. By Del. Gearheart, Ellington, Cooper, Roop and Butler - Create a prison work pilot program (FN) - To the Judiciary then Finance
HB4430. By Del. Gearheart, Canterbury, Brooks, Pritt and Butler - Eliminating the authority of the West Virginia Parkways Authority to issue further parkway revenue, parkway revenue refunding, or special obligation bonds after July 1, 2025 - To Energy and Public Works then Finance
HB4431. By Del. Gearheart, Ellington, Canterbury, Brooks, Pritt, Butler and Criss - Requiring the approval of the Legislature and the Governor before additional bonds may be issued by the Parkways Authority (FN) - To Energy and Public Works then Finance
HB4432. By Del. Gearheart, Ellington, Linville, Brooks, Butler and Pritt - Establishing certain tenant protections and landlord notice requirements at rental properties - To the Judiciary
HB4433. By Del. Ridenour, Butler, Mallow, Martin, Hillenbrand, Ward, Kimble and Jennings - Prohibiting Human Smuggling and Trafficking - To the Judiciary
HB4434. By Del. Ridenour, Martin, Ward, Hillenbrand, Kimble, Green, Jennings, Roop, Funkhouser, Kump and Phillips - Increasing penalties for Corruption - To the Judiciary
HB4435. By Del. Ridenour, Butler, Martin, Hillenbrand, Ward, Marple, Kimble, Jennings, Funkhouser, Kump and Phillips - Increasing the percentage of precincts to be audited during the election canvass - To the Judiciary
HB4436. By Del. Bell - To require children interviewed by Child Protective Services have their interviews conducted at a child advocacy center - To the Judiciary
HB4437. By Del. Sheedy, D. Cannon, McCormick, Adkins, Green, Watt, Vance, Clay, Willis, Jennings and Cooper - To allow Gold Star parents to receive one free Gold Star vehicle registration for personal use. (FN) - To Energy and Public Works
HB4438. By Del. Bell, G. Howell, Willis, Sheedy and Stephens - Relating to Sexual Abuse Prevention Screening, Hiring and Dismissal Requirements - To Education then the Judiciary
HB4439. By Del. Statler - Creating a special court cost fee on certain criminal convictions dedicated to the emergency medical services equipment and training fund (FN) - To Finance
HB4440. By Del. Statler - Permitting law enforcement to issue a citation when students are caught with nicotine in schools. - To Education then the Judiciary
HB4441. By Del. Sheedy, Willis and Cooper - To require anyone operating a vehicle that requires a CDL in WV to be able to read and speak the English language. - To Government Organization
HB4442. By Del. Sheedy - To require state employees making over $75,000 base salary are to become “at will employees of the state”, while all employees making under $75,000 base salary will have the rule of 80 retirement reinstated and accrued sick leave be used to extend service years upon retirement. (FN) - To Finance
HB4443. By Del. Sheedy, D. Cannon and Green - Allow municipality to order suspension of driver’s license when defendant fails to pay traffic fine (FN) - To the Judiciary
HB4444. By Del. Hillenbrand, Funkhouser, Brooks, Kimble and Ridenour - Convention of states delegates have penalties for deviating from what they were sent to convention for - To the Judiciary
HB4445. By Del. Hillenbrand, Mallow, Horst, Ridenour, Masters, Ferrell, Barnhart, Sheedy, Hite and Watt - Relating to sales and service tax exemption for small arms and small arms accessories - To Finance
HB4446. By Del. Hillenbrand, Mallow, Statler, Jennings, Dittman and Ridenour - Firefighter Pilot Program (FN) - To Education then Finance
HB4447. By Del. Hillenbrand, Funkhouser, Ridenour, Horst, Kimble and Masters - Prohibiting the delivery of unsolicited absentee ballot applications to any person who has not specifically requested one from the county clerk - To the Judiciary
HB4448. By Del. Hillenbrand, Pritt, Funkhouser, Coop-Gonzalez, Mazzocchi, Ridenour, Chiarelli, T. Howell, Kimble, Horst and White - Removing bona fide schools, public libraries, and museums from the list of exemptions from criminal liability relating to distribution and display to minor of obscene matter - To Education then the Judiciary
HB4449. By Del. Hillenbrand, Kump, Sheedy, Mallow, Bell, Ellington and Dean - Permitting cameras in classrooms (FN) - To Education then the Judiciary
HB4450. By Del. Hillenbrand, Brooks, Statler, Crouse, Chiarelli, Phillips, Heckert and Butler - Removing restrictions of taxpayers to access online curriculum, and allow for taxpayers to inspect additional instructional material adopted by the county board pursuant to including books in the classroom - To Education
HB4451. By Del. Hillenbrand, Ridenour, Heckert, Sheedy, Watt, Flanigan, White and Pritt - Relating to establishing the Veteran Justice Act allowing conditional opportunity for veterans to avoid a record conviction (FN) - To the Judiciary
HB4452. By Del. Hillenbrand, Chiarelli and Coop-Gonzalez - To remove Mortmain restrictions on religious organizations - To the Judiciary
HB4453. By Del. Foggin, Shamblin, Heckert, Dean, Clark and Bell - Regarding Teacher Pay (FN) - To Education then Finance
HB4454. By Del. Funkhouser, Horst, Ridenour, Roop, Foggin and Hillenbrand - To double the homestead tax exemption (FN) - To Finance
HB4455. By Del. Funkhouser, Horst, Ridenour, Roop, Foggin and Hillenbrand - Relating to taxation (FN) - To Finance
HB4456. By Del. Heckert, Hillenbrand, Flanigan and Hott - Relating to clarification of a law enforcement agency and cooperation between law enforcement agencies and personnel of states bordering this state - To the Judiciary
HB4457. By Del. Heckert, Foggin, Zatezalo, Anderson, Cooper, Flanigan, McCormick, Hite and Amos - Permitting voters not affiliated with a major political party to vote the ballot of that political party in a primary election. - To the Judiciary
HB4458. By Del. Heckert, Chiarelli, Flanigan, Cooper, Hillenbrand and Hott - Creating Substance Abuse Intervention Act - To Health and Human Resources then the Judiciary
HB4459. By Del. Heckert, Amos, Flanigan, Jennings, Chiarelli, Hillenbrand, Hott, McCormick and Funkhouser - Relating to Kratom (FN) - To Health and Human Resources then the Judiciary
HB4460. By Del. Hillenbrand, Horst, Kump, Ridenour, Rohrbach and Funkhouser - Relating to balancing urban and rural sewage treatment needs - To Energy and Public Works
HB4461. By Del. Hillenbrand, Rohrbach, Linville, Brooks, Sheedy, Crouse, Butler, Shamblin, Cooper, Hall and Funkhouser - Establishing limitations on billing practices of Internet or telecommunications providers that fail to provide subscribed customers service for five or more days - To Energy and Public Works then the Judiciary
HB4462. By Del. Heckert, Mallow, Clay, Amos, Browning, Hillenbrand, B. Smith, Chiarelli, Stephens and Drennan - Prohibition on cell-cultured products - To Government Organization
HB4463. By Del. Clark, Funkhouser, Masters, Horst, Miller, Flanigan, Ridenour, Roop, Pritt and Hillenbrand - Relating to the Board fo Sanitarians - To Government Organization
HB4464. By Del. Kyle and McCormick - Relating generally to Underground Facilities Damage prevention - To Energy and Public Works
HB4465. By Del. Foggin, Shamblin, Dean, Heckert and Bell - Regarding Substitute Teacher Pay (FN) - To Education then Finance
HB4466. By Del. Pritt, Clay and Brooks - Extend the public intoxication of alcohol code to include being under the impairment of narcotics in public (FN) - To the Judiciary
HB4467. By Del. Pritt, Crouse, Brooks, Drennan, Coop-Gonzalez, Dittman, Moore, T. Howell, White, Mazzocchi and Kimble - Relating to maternity leave for school employees - To Education then Finance
HB4468. By Del. Coop-Gonzalez, Akers, Parsons and McGeehan - Relating to confidentiality of court files and law-enforcement records - To the Judiciary
HB4469. By Del. Sheedy, Mallow, Ferrell, Crouse, Hillenbrand, Green, D. Cannon, Heckert and Bell - Establish residency requirements for county surveyor be a resident of the state and provide exemption for holding more than one office. - To Government Organization
HB4470. By Del. Hillenbrand, T. Howell, Kimble, Funkhouser, Moore and D. Cannon - Relating to requiring election officials to capture and publish ballot images, and provide voters with the ability to affix a unique mark on their ballot to identify and verify their ballot cast in a statewide election in West Virginia (FN) - To the Judiciary
HB4471. By Del. Green, Hott, Linville, Heckert, Moore, Jeffries, Zatezalo, Martin, Brooks, Hillenbrand and Mallow - Approved sewage systems for rental property - To Energy and Public Works
HB4472. By Del. Statler, McCormick, Chiarelli and Street - Clarifying that commercial real property insurance policies may be underwritten for less than replacement cost value of the insured property - To Finance
HB4473. By Del. Statler, Hanshaw (Mr. Speaker), Ellington, Akers and Toney - Relating to the West Virginia Supreme Court’s power to promulgate rules allowing for the limited practice of law by nonlawyers - To the Judiciary
HB4474. By Del. Hall, Drennan, Shamblin, G. Howell, Heckert, Browning, Amos, Hillenbrand and Campbell - Extending the Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementia Advisory Council sunset date. - To Health and Human Resources
HB4475. By Del. G. Howell, Canterbury, Cooper, Dittman, Burkhammer, Hite, Green, Masters, Ridenour, Ellington and Campbell - Disaster Recovery Acceleration Act - To Government Organization
HB4476. By Del. Hall, Shamblin and Amos - To provide for currency rounding on monetary transactions (FN) - To Finance
HB4477. By Del. G. Howell, Hanshaw (Mr. Speaker), Dittman, McGeehan, Hall, Canterbury, Hite, Masters, Ridenour, Ellington and Toney - To give attorney general prosecutorial power over county and municipal elected officials for election fraud, corruption, etc. - To the Judiciary
HB4478. By Del. G. Howell, Ward, Dittman, Heckert, Kyle, Barnhart, Linville, Bell, Brooks, Funkhouser and Ellington - Relating to racing facilities - To the Judiciary
HB4479. By Del. G. Howell, Canterbury, Cooper, Criss, Ward, Dittman, Hillenbrand, Hott, Campbell, Toney and J. Cannon - Timber Innovation and Manufacturing Boost for Economic Revitalization Act (FN) - To Finance
HB4480. By Del. G. Howell, Canterbury, Cooper, Ward, Dittman, Hillenbrand, Hott, Campbell, Toney and J. Cannon - Relating to Access Management and Entrances to State Highways (FN) - To Energy and Public Works
HB4481. By Del. Akers and Riley - WV Load Forecast Accountability Act - To Energy and Public Works
HB4482. By Del. McCormick, Kyle, Riley, Akers and Maynor - Updating the state tax rates relating to e-cigarettes, e-cigarette liquids, vapor products, vaping systems, and components or accessories for such devices, increasing penalties for violations (FN) - To Finance
HB4483. By Del. Amos, Browning and Heckert - Changing funeral director licensure from 2 years to 5 years - To Government Organization
HB4484. By Del. Clark, Funkhouser, Masters, Horst, Flanigan, Ridenour, Roop, Miller, Phillips, Pritt and Hillenbrand - To allow county commissions to have the same flexibility to sell or lease property as municipalities (FN) - To the Judiciary
HB4485. By Del. Bell, G. Howell and Stephens - Allow education employees to donate sick leave to co-workers for maternity leave - To Education then Finance