HOUSE OF DELEGATES
BILLS TO BE INTRODUCED
Monday, January 19, 2026
HB4026. By Del. Street, Hillenbrand, Masters, Riley, Toney, Rohrbach, Willis, Holstein, Linville, Hornby and Hott - Relating to expanding the requirements for integrated resource plans utility companies must file with the Public Service Commission - To Energy and Public Works
HB4486. By Del. Ridenour, Martin, Butler, Mazzocchi, Hillenbrand, Ward, Holstein, Jennings, Kump, Maynor and Masters - Establish fines for any company or organization that knowingly hires an illegal alien (FN) - To Government Organization
HB4487. By Del. G. Howell, Sheedy, Bell, Jeffries and Willis - Allow for monthly payments on property taxes (FN) - To Finance
HB4488. By Del. G. Howell, Sheedy and Bell - To reduce West Virginia sales tax on gasoline and diesel to zero, and make up difference with increase in sales tax equivalent to rate of tax (FN) - To Finance
HB4489. By Del. G. Howell, Bell, Jeffries and Street - Authorizing the DMV to issue certain vital records in the custody of the state registrar (FN) - To Energy and Public Works then Finance
HB4490. By Del. G. Howell, Sheedy, Jeffries and Willis - To require customer service training to all public-facing employees in all governmental agencies (FN) - To Government Organization
HB4491. By Del. Riley - Relating to certification by the Public Service Commission of advanced small modular and micro nuclear reactors - To Energy and Public Works
HB4492. By Del. Lucas, Crouse, Worrell, Kyle and Shamblin - Limiting broker deposits to $500 - To Government Organization
HB4493. By Del. Lucas, Clark, Crouse, Worrell, Kyle and Shamblin - Relating to creating the West Virginia Abolishment of Wholesaling Act - To Government Organization
HB4494. By Del. Butler, Cooper, Masters, Ward, Pinson, Brooks, Dean, Dillon, Ridenour, Jennings and Dittman - Providing an exemption for a non-resident landowner, their spouse and their children from the requirement of purchasing a non-resident hunting hicense while hunting on their land in this state. (FN) - To Government Organization
HB4495. By Del. Amos and Heckert - To allow municipalities to regulate sober living housing in the cities - To Health and Human Resources then the Judiciary
HB4496. By Del. Flanigan, Brooks, Martin, Willis, Mallow, Butler, Akers, Maynor, Funkhouser, Roop and Hornby - To force any media/internet creator providing artificial intelligence created videos to have an identifying marker that allows viewers to know that the video is not real.
- To the Judiciary
HB4497. By Del. Amos and Heckert - To not entitle WV students to get aid from any WV schools unless they pass a college qualification exam in the 10th grade - To Education
HB4498. By Del. Linville, Clark and Hornby - Relating to clarifying the Right to Farm Act relating to residential agricultural operations and the protection of agriculture through Urban Beekeeping - To Government Organization
HB4499. By Del. Funkhouser, Canterbury, Masters, Ridenour, Roop, Street, Hillenbrand, Coop-Gonzalez, Ward, Chiarelli and Flanigan - Relating to eminent domain compensation - To the Judiciary
HB4500. By Del. Hite, Hornby, Masters, Clark, Horst and Maynor - Permitting the Berkeley County Commission to levy a special district excise tax for the benefit of the Berkeley County Economic Opportunity Development District under certain conditions. - To Finance
HB4501. By Del. Clark, Kump, Worrell, Hite, Funkhouser, Browning, Crouse and Horst - Relating to Dietitian Licensure Compact (FN) - To Government Organization
HB4502. By Del. Hott, Fehrenbacher, Chiarelli, Zatezalo, Anderson, Jennings, Heckert, Mallow, Green, G. Howell and Willis - Create license plate for autism awareness (FN) - To Energy and Public Works
HB4503. By Del. Hott, Fehrenbacher, G. Howell, Martin, Mallow, Heckert and Dittman - Prohibiting driving slow in left lane except under certain circumstances - To the Judiciary
HB4504. By Del. Hott, Fehrenbacher, Martin, Willis, Mallow, Heckert and Dittman - Relating to rules for hunting antlered deer (FN) - To Government Organization
HB4505. By Del. Hott, Chiarelli, Jennings, Mallow, Riley, Green, Brooks and Dittman - Requiring each county school board to employ at least one full time school nurse (FN) - To Education then Finance
HB4506. By Del. Hott, Fehrenbacher, Anderson, Zatezalo, Chiarelli, Heckert, Mallow, Green, Willis, Martin and Brooks - Allowing members of State Police retirement system to use accrued leave as credit towards retirement (FN) - To Finance
HB4507. By Del. Hott, Fehrenbacher, Chiarelli, Zatezalo, Jennings, Heckert, Mallow, Green, G. Howell, Brooks and Martin - Relating to allowing a personal income tax exemption for First Responders - To Finance
HB4508. By Del. Hott, Fehrenbacher, Riley, G. Howell, Mallow, Heckert, Jennings, Green and Dittman - Public Utility Stability Act. - To Energy and Public Works
HB4509. By Del. Hansen, Pushkin, Hornbuckle, Fluharty, Williams, Hamilton, Garcia and Lewis - Relating to restoring local jurisdiction to state political subdivisions over certain electric power facilities. - To Energy and Public Works then the Judiciary
HB4510. By Del. Brooks, Roop, Pritt, Green and Martin - Prohibit the requirement of a COVID-19 vaccination as a prerequisite for any state funded program or activity - To Health and Human Resources
HB4511. By Del. Brooks, Roop, Martin, Pritt, Green and Stephens - To require drug testing of foster parents prior to child placement. (FN) - To Health and Human Resources then the Judiciary
HB4512. By Del. Brooks, Martin, Pritt and Green - Requiring child protective services (“CPS”) workers to record, via audio, all interactions during CPS visits. - To Health and Human Resources then the Judiciary
HB4513. By Del. Brooks, Martin, Pritt and Green - Authorizing adjustment from federal adjusted gross income for certain law enforcement pension benefit payments - To Finance
HB4514. By Del. Brooks, Pritt, Green and Martin - Modify determination of high 3 years for Sheriff’s Retirement System (FN) - To Finance
HB4515. By Del. Ward, Burkhammer, Butler, White, Coop-Gonzalez, Pinson, Kimble, Ridenour, Bell, McGeehan and Jennings - To remedy an issue relating to the disaffiliation from religious denominations whilst retaining church property - To the Judiciary
HB4516. By Del. Kump - Enacting Water Quality Improvement Programs In Counties By Conservation Districts (FN) - To Government Organization
HB4517. By Del. Brooks, Pritt and Martin - To maximize the utility and accessibility of West Virginia’s child care tax credit for employers - To Health and Human Resources then Finance
HB4518. By Del. Brooks, Pritt, Martin and Green - Require DMV and Parkways Auhority to coordinate records for plate transfers (FN) - To Government Organization
HB4519. By Del. Brooks, Pritt, Martin and Green - Require full cash bail for offenders who are rearrested for certain crimes while out on bond and enhanced criminal penalties - To the Judiciary
HB4520. By Del. Brooks, Roop, Pritt, Martin and Green - Provide 25% Discount to WV Residents using State Parks (FN) - To Finance
HB4521. By Del. Brooks, Roop, Horst, Pritt, Green and Hanshaw (Mr. Speaker) - State to reimburse county for inmate costs when conviction results in credit for time served (FN) - To Finance
HB4522. By Del. Ridenour, Martin, Butler, Hillenbrand, Ward, Mallow, Jennings, Roop, Kump, Phillips and Masters - Banning Foreign backed spending on State Ballot Issues - To the Judiciary
HB4523. By Del. Ridenour, Ward, Mallow, Marple, Jennings, Funkhouser, Kump, Martin, Masters, Coop-Gonzalez and Mazzocchi - To move the election of Supreme Court Justices to the general election - To the Judiciary
HB4524. By Del. Ridenour, Martin, Mallow, Mazzocchi, Ward, Marple, Kimble, Jennings, Roop, Kump and Pinson - Relating to prohibitions on contracting with companies that boycott Israel - To Government Organization
HB4525. By Del. Ridenour, Butler, Mazzocchi, Martin, Ward, Mallow, Marple, Jennings, Funkhouser, Kump and Masters - To change the election dates for intermediate court of appeals judges to the genreal elections - To the Judiciary
HB4526. By Del. Brooks, Martin, Pritt, Mallow, Hillenbrand and B. Smith - Provisions for election observers during any election and at any voting or ballot-reviewing and ballot-counting location within West Virginia (FN) - To the Judiciary
HB4527. By Del. G. Howell, Bell, Jeffries, Street and Willis - Allow DMV to accept auto-renewals for vehicle registration (FN) - To Government Organization
HB4528. By Del. G. Howell, Sheedy, Bell, Jeffries, Street and Willis - Regarding release of juvenile following assault of law enforcement or first responder - To the Judiciary
HB4529. By Del. G. Howell, Sheedy, Jeffries and Willis - Relating to requiring local governments to provide matching funds for grants from the Reclamation of Abandoned and Dilapidated Properties Program (FN) - To Government Organization then Finance
HB4530. By Del. G. Howell, Jeffries, Street and Willis - Creating Retail Impact Intersection Improvement Fund (FN) - To Energy and Public Works
HB4531. By Del. G. Howell, Sheedy, Bell and Jeffries - Issuing identification documents to homeless individuals residing at homeless shelters - To Government Organization then Finance
HB4532. By Del. Burkhammer and Pinson - Providing identification documents to homeless youth - To Government Organization then Finance
HB4533. By Del. G. Howell - Including Potomac State College in the definition of community and technical college education program for participation in the “Learn and Earn Program” (FN) - To Education
HB4534. By Del. G. Howell, Mallow, Sheedy, Jeffries, Street and Willis - To ensure false claims on property titles are not fault of landowner - To the Judiciary
HB4535. By Del. G. Howell, Sheedy, Jeffries and Willis - Provide certain classes of property protections from creditor collections - To the Judiciary
HB4536. By Del. G. Howell, Sheedy, Jeffries, Street and Willis - Allow students who enroll and successfully complete a driver’s education course to waive testing at the DMV (FN) - To Education
HB4537. By Del. G. Howell, Sheedy, Jeffries and Willis - Requiring municipalities take actions when potential customers apply for water and sewer service. - To Energy and Public Works
HB4538. By Del. G. Howell and Sheedy - Regarding limited use of equipment to enforce speed limits in Division of Highways work zones - To the Judiciary
HB4539. By Del. G. Howell and Willis - Requiring health insurers provide price information to consumers timely prior to rate change (FN) - To Finance
HB4540. By Del. G. Howell, Sheedy, Bell, Jeffries and Willis - To require municipalities issuing tickets to charge the entire fee for tickets - To the Judiciary
HB4541. By Del. G. Howell, Jeffries and Willis - To require DOH, when abandoning a right of way, to notify the legislative representatives in the county or counties in which this right of way is located via email and first class mail in addition to publication in the newspaper (FN) - To Energy and Public Works
HB4542. By Del. Burkhammer - To extend conditional protection to employees of private child welfare agency or provider - To the Judiciary
HB4543. By Del. Burkhammer - Prohibit certain individuals from living within 5,000 feet of a school or daycare - To the Judiciary
HB4544. By Del. Burkhammer and Pinson - To create a homeless education coordinator in urban and rural counties. (FN) - To Education then Finance
HB4545. By Del. Burkhammer and Pinson - To require the Department of Human Services to provide child welfare workers with mobile technology that will permit them to conduct investigations and create a digital record. (FN) - To Health and Human Resources
HB4546. By Del. Criss - Require biennial reports for limited liability and foreign limited liability companies. (FN) - To the Judiciary
HB4547. By Del. Hansen - To remove barriers to voting for persons with disabilities - To the Judiciary
HB4548. By Del. Worrell, Flanigan, Pritt, Shamblin, Vance, Dean, Ferrell, Stephens, Bell and Heckert - WV building and constructions trades code enforcement West Virginia First - To Government Organization
HB4549. By Del. Shamblin, Flanigan, Pritt, Dean, Stephens, Heckert, Worrell, Clark, Browning, Willis and Roop - Local Government Freedom Act - To Government Organization
HB4550. By Del. Funkhouser, Clark, Pinson, Holstein, Street, Butler, Hornby, J. Cannon, Akers, Gearheart and Drennan - To require the state and/or its agents to provide their appraisal to landowners involved in eminent domain
- To Government Organization