HOUSE OF DELEGATES

BILLS TO BE INTRODUCED

Wednesday, January 28, 2026

HB4852. By Del. Worrell and Burkhammer - Relating to regulation of foods - To Health and Human Resources

HB4853. By Del. Worrell and Burkhammer - Relating to hospitals establishing protocols for providing trauma informed care to patients - To Health and Human Resources

HB4854. By Del. Dillon - Prohibiting the state or any political subdivision from subsidizing any data center in West Virginia - To Government Organization then Finance

HB4855. By Del. Dillon - To the elimination of the West Virginia Department of Education and providing direct funding for education (FN) - To Education then Finance

HB4856. By Del. Dillon, Adkins, Miller, Pritt, Masters, Ferrell, Foggin, Dittman and Ridenour - Requiring that all state agency P-card rebates received must go toward stabilizing the PEIA fund - To Finance

HB4857. By Del. Funkhouser - Increasing penalty for transporting telecommunicating devices into jails. - To the Judiciary

HB4858. By Del. Funkhouser - Determine credits for qualified rehabilitated buildings investment (FN) - To Finance

HB4859. By Del. Funkhouser - Allowing a county board of education participating in the operation of a multicounty vocational center to withdraw - To Education

HB4860. By Del. Dillon - Direct Classroom Funding Act - To Education then Finance

HB4861. By Del. Dillon, Dean, Bridges and Vance - Authorizing county boards to designate rural anchor schools. - To Education then Finance

HB4862. By Del. Linville - Relating to the responsibility of a board of a public service district to cooperate with a county commission in the sale of assets of a public service district that is being dissolved, sold or merged with another public service district. - To Energy and Public Works

HB4863. By Del. Butler, Ridenour, Pinson, Mazzocchi, Chiarelli, Heckert, Sheedy and Dean - The West Virginia Refugee Absorptive Capacity Act - To the Judiciary

HB4864. By Del. Butler, Mazzocchi, Chiarelli, Heckert, Dean and Ridenour - Providing for election reform and protections (FN) - To the Judiciary

HB4865. By Del. Funkhouser, Hornby, J. Cannon, Hillenbrand, Butler, Ridenour, Heckert, Clark, Rohrbach, Akers and Maynor [By Request of the Secretary of State] - Providing for a program allowing election official trainees to be appointed as election officials - To the Judiciary

HB4866. By Del. Ridenour, Butler, Martin, Anders, Dillon, Hillenbrand, Kump, Coop-Gonzalez, White, Kimble and T. Howell - Relating to creating the West Virginia Public Participation Protection Act - To the Judiciary

HB4867. By Del. Willis - To clarify the process of royalty payments for wells in this state. - To Energy and Public Works then the Judiciary

HB4868. By Del. Hite, G. Howell and Green - West Virginia Consumer Privacy Act of 2026 - To the Judiciary

HB4869. By Del. Green, Hanshaw (Mr. Speaker), Hott, Jeffries, Kyle, Rohrbach, Hall, Worrell, Hite, Ellington and Statler - Establish narrow, clearly bounded guaranteed-issue rights for Medicare Supplement policies in West Virginia. - To Finance

HB4870. By Del. G. Howell, Hornbuckle, Hanshaw (Mr. Speaker), Akers, Willis, Dittman, Ellington, McCormick, Rohrbach, Browning and J. Cannon - Determining campaign finance report deadlines during legislative sessions - To the Judiciary

HB4871. By Del. G. Howell, Pritt, Foggin, Dean, Stephens, Toney, Statler, Ellington, Campbell, Garcia and Dittman - Make available vegetarian meal option for students enrolled in schools, provided that such meals comply with all applicable federal nutritional guidelines (FN) - To Education

HB4872. By Del. Pritt - To allow for the reinstatement of retired Deputy Sheriffs to their former departments.  - To the Judiciary

HB4873. By Del. Pritt - To remove the 2 year timeframe for medical malpractice suits to be filed only for individuals who were minors when they had their procedures performed - To the Judiciary

HB4874. By Del. Pritt, Martin and Clay - Combining rolls of the Assessor’s Office and Division of Motor Vehicles (FN) - To Government Organization then Finance

HB4875. By Del. Pritt, Brooks, Clay, Miller, Toney and B. Smith - To provide a 25% pay increase for state school service personnel  (all salary scales) (FN) - To Finance

HB4876. By Del. Hite, G. Howell and Worrell - Relating generally to child labor - To Government Organization then the Judiciary

HB4877. By Del. Riley - Relating to modifying the priority of insurance coverage for drivers of certain vehicles to make consistent with federal law (FN) - To Finance

HB4878. By Del. Mazzocchi, Butler, Kimble, Crouse, T. Howell, Ridenour, Dillon, Funkhouser, Horst and Phillips - Relating to deadly force - To the Judiciary

HB4879. By Del. Ridenour, Adkins, Pritt, Street, Clay, Hillenbrand, Sheedy, Butler, McGeehan and Hite - To revise and update all provisions of state code relating to the West Virginia State Guard (FN) - To the Judiciary then Finance

HB4880. By Del. Ridenour, Adkins, McGeehan, Hillenbrand, Street, Pritt, Watt, Clay, Sheedy, Butler and Hite - Protection of deployed service members - To the Judiciary

HB4881. By Del. Ferrell, Sheedy, Pritt, Mallow, Phillips and Hall - Relating to obtaining title to abandoned or junked motor vehicles abandoned on the property or place of business of an automobile dealer  - To the Judiciary

HB4882. By Del. Dillon and Kump - Repealing vehicle inspection sticker requirements in WV (FN) - To Energy and Public Works then Finance

HB4883. By Del. Bridges, Roop, Dean, Clark, Young, Foggin, Vance, Pritt and Willis - Abolish the tax on overtime pay (FN) - To Finance

HB4884. By Del. Bridges, Vance, Foggin, Ward, Chiarelli and Pritt - To recalculate how child support payments are made - To the Judiciary

HB4885. By Del. Bridges, Roop, Vance and Pritt - To remove the state tax on gasoline at the pumps (FN) - To Finance

HB4886. By Del. Bridges, Roop and Willis - Relating to guidelines for home confinement - To the Judiciary

HB4887. By Del. Bridges, Roop, Dean, Young, Foggin, Vance, Eldridge and Willis - Authorizing sheriffs who are members of the public retirement system to retire upon attaining the age of sixty-two with eight or more years of services  (FN) - To Finance

HB4888. By Del. Bridges, Vance, Foggin, Chiarelli, Masters and Willis - To modify child support payments for working parents - To the Judiciary

HB4889. By Del. Bridges, Roop, Dean, Clark, Young, Foggin, Adkins, Vance and Pritt - To give state retirees a 10% increase (FN) - To Finance

HB4890. By Del. Bridges, Roop, Dean, Clark, Young, Foggin, Vance, Eldridge, Pritt and Willis - A 10% raise to non-uniformed corrections workers - To Finance

HB4891. By Del. Bridges, Roop, Dean, Vance and Pritt - To require all utility companies to absorb the costs of maintenance, upgrades, and repairs for their pipes, cables, utility poles, electrical lines, and other necessities without increasing rates or costs to consumers/customers. - To Energy and Public Works

HB4892. By Del. Stephens, Pritt, Adkins, Ellington, Willis, Campbell and Toney - To expand the provisionof the literacy-based promation act in order to provide certin intervention and implementation stratagies for literacy proficiency among students in grade 4 through grade 8 - To Education

HB4893. By Del. Stephens - Increase the penalties for contempt of court in a magistrate court - To the Judiciary

HB4894. By Del. Dillon - Relating to utility affordability and economic competitiveness (FN) - To Energy and Public Works then Finance

HB4895. By Del. White, Pinson, Butler, Coop-Gonzalez, Dillon, Anders, Ward, T. Howell, Ridenour, Hite and Worrell - Relating to establishing an unborn child tax credit (FN) - To Finance

HB4896. By Del. Pritt - Requiring the three Commissioners of the State Public Service Commission to be elected positions (FN) - To the Judiciary

HB4897. By Del. Masters - Utility Credit for Private Public-Access Recreation Spaces (FN) - To Energy and Public Works

HB4898. By Del. Pritt - Requiring the West Virginia Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to provide an inmate with one physical copy of their birth certificate and social security card upon release (FN) - To the Judiciary then Finance

HB4899. By Del. Pritt - Requiring all hospitals and medical offices to send a notice to all former or current patients when they turn 18, informing them that if they have had any negative or adverse side effects of a procedure that was performed on them as a child to contact the hospital or office to inform them of the issue - To Health and Human Resources then the Judiciary

HB4900. By Del. Pritt, Hamilton, Young and Bell - To mandate county boards of education to provide feminine hygiene products in all public elementary, middle, and high schools for female students - To Education then Finance

HB4901. By Del. Pritt, Masters, Dean, Green, Canterbury, Adkins, Clay and Brooks - Modifying the Occupational Pneumoconiois award categories for Worker’s Compensation - To the Judiciary

HB4902. By Del. Pritt, Brooks and Roop - Place Correction and Rehab state workers into a separate category from other state workers and increase their salary scales.  (FN) - To the Judiciary then Finance

HB4903. By Del. Pritt, Brooks and Roop - Provide a pay equity salary adjustment and increase to certain employees of the Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation (FN) - To the Judiciary then Finance