HOUSE OF DELEGATES

BILLS TO BE INTRODUCED

Thursday, January 29, 2026

HB4904. By Del. Pritt, Crouse and Bell - Relating to critical vacancies in public education  - To Education

HB4905. By Del. Pritt, Crouse and Bell - Removing fees teachers have to pay in order to obtain any teaching license, certification, or additional continuing education credit hours (reporting fee) to the state Board of Education (FN) - To Education

HB4906. By Del. Roop - To exempt individuals over 70 from real estate taxes beginning tax year 2027  (FN) - To Finance

HB4907. By Del. Burkhammer - Restricting the use of pesticides - To Health and Human Resources

HB4908. By Del. Anders, Dillon, Ridenour and Kump - To require a guilty verdict, before any property of any type are taken from an individual - To the Judiciary

HB4909. By Del. B. Smith, Flanigan, Pritt, Fehrenbacher, Masters, Akers, Adkins, Gearheart, Funkhouser, Hillenbrand and Hornby - Relating to consumer protection from fraudulent telephone solicitation - To the Judiciary

HB4910. By Del. Anders, Dillon and White - To oppose the use of eminent domain in West Virginia for private corporation benefit - To the Judiciary

HB4911. By Del. Anders and Kump - Redefining political party - To the Judiciary

HB4912. By Del. Hillenbrand, Watt and Ridenour - Regarding emergency ambulance fees for owners of collocated rental units - To Government Organization

HB4913. By Del. Anders, Kump, Clark, White, Brooks, Bell, Hornby, Kimble and Dillon - Working Farm Property Tax Protection Act - To Government Organization then Finance

HB4914. By Del. Anders, White, Kimble, T. Howell, Mazzocchi, Kump and Dillon - West Virginia Education Freedom and Parental Empowerment Act - To Education then Finance

HB4915. By Del. Anders, Kimble, T. Howell, Mazzocchi and Dillon - Sudden Death Reporting and Stransparency Act (FN) - To Health and Human Resources then the Judiciary

HB4916. By Del. Anders and Kump - Eliminate state taxes on tobacco, vape, alcohol products, and gambling - To Finance

HB4917. By Del. Anders, White, Coop-Gonzalez and Kump - Relating to the termination of the authority’s certificate of need program - To Health and Human Resources

HB4918. By Del. Anders, Kump, Hornby, Clark, Ferrell and Dillon - Mandate the number of School days or hours required - To Education

HB4919. By Del. Anders and Dillon - To abolish the Department of Economic Development and the cabinet board position  - To Government Organization

HB4920. By Del. Anders, Dillon and Kump - To nullify any ATF powers by the federal government to regulate intrastate firearm sales in West Virginia (FN) - To the Judiciary

HB4921. By Del. Anders and Dillon - Relating to the Second Amendment Preservation Act - To the Judiciary

HB4922. By Del. Anders, Dillon, White, Foggin and Kump - To exempt all WV residents 65 and older from personal property taxes and real estate property taxes effective Jan 1, 2027 (FN) - To Finance

HB4923. By Del. Anders, Dillon, Kump, White and Horst - Protecting Due Process in Firearm Confiscation Related to Protective Orders (FN) - To the Judiciary

HB4924. By Del. Anders, Coop-Gonzalez, Foggin, Kump, Dillon and Horst - To prohibiting municipalities participating in the home rule program from establishing  on discrimination ordinances that include protected classes in addition to what is designated in state statute. - To Government Organization then the Judiciary

HB4925. By Del. Anders, White, Foggin, Kump, Dillon and Horst - West Virginia Prime Act (FN) - To Government Organization then Health and Human Resources

HB4926. By Del. Anders, Foggin, Kump and Dillon - Second Amendment Reaffirmation and Protection Act - To the Judiciary

HB4927. By Del. Anders, White, Foggin and Dillon - To eliminate the Personal Income tax in WV (FN) - To Finance

HB4928. By Del. Anders, White, Foggin, Kump and Dillon - To end double taxation on rental properties  (FN) - To Finance

HB4929. By Del. Leavitt - Creating the Truth in Taxation Act (FN) - To Finance

HB4930. By Del. Leavitt - Creating exemption from sales tax for diapers and baby items (FN) - To Finance

HB4931. By Del. Anders, Dillon, White, Foggin, Kimble, T. Howell, Mazzocchi, Kump and Coop-Gonzalez - Relating to the protection of firearm owner privacy and prohibition of registries - To the Judiciary

HB4932. By Del. Funkhouser, Holstein, Butler, Hillenbrand, Ridenour, Phillips, Mallow, Flanigan, Martin, Roop and B. Smith [By Request of the Secretary of State] - Providing for the use of “A.C.” as a name ending for an accounting corporation. - To Government Organization

HB4933. By Del. Pritt - Relating to the tax exemption of a citizen who paid to have a cat or dog spayed or neutered (FN) - To Finance

HB4934. By Del. Dillon -  Verification of voter’s physical address by  Secretary of State - To the Judiciary

HB4935. By Del. Dillon - Relating to requiring paper ballots in all elections (FN) - To the Judiciary

HB4936. By Del. Pritt, Brooks, Crouse and Bell - Removing the 140 day a year cap placed on the amount of days a year a retired teacher can work before having their retirement penalized - To Finance

HB4937. By Del. Pritt, Crouse and Bell - Establish mandated monthly half days for students to all allow school staff planning time - To Education

HB4938. By Del. Pritt, Crouse and Bell - Require county boards of education to train at least one professional staff member at each school in a grant writing procedures.  - To Education

HB4939. By Del. Pritt, Crouse and Bell - To provide $10,000 a year salary increase for any teacher who goes through the National Board Certification process and becomes nationally certified - To Education then Finance

HB4940. By Del. Pritt, Crouse and Bell - Relating to teacher fundraising - To Education

HB4941. By Del. Pritt, Crouse, Bell and Moore - To provide a raise for special education aides, as well as a raise for self-contained special education teachers (FN) - To Education then Finance

HB4942. By Del. Pritt, Crouse, Moore and Drennan - To establish requirements for adult supervision on county school buses - To Education then Finance

HB4943. By Del. Pritt, Crouse, Moore and Barnhart - Require all students to be taught how to properly handle, fold, treat, honor, display, and retire the American flag - To Education

HB4944. By Del. Pritt and Brooks - To determine the salaries of all county Superintendent of School based on population.  (FN) - To Education then Finance

HB4945. By Del. Pritt and Brooks - Prohibit the use of electronic devices for learning in all classrooms grades 3 and below - To Education

HB4946. By Del. Pritt and Crouse - Authorizing a pilot program for a four day school week - To Education

HB4947. By Del. Kimble, Mazzocchi, Ridenour, Green, T. Howell, Burkhammer, Butler, White, Phillips, Pritt and Jeffries - Allow Religious Exemptions for vaccines - To Health and Human Resources then the Judiciary

HB4948. By Del. Anders, Kump, Masters, Kimble and Dillon - To create a buffer zone between a data center and residence, school or house of worship - To Energy and Public Works

HB4949. By Del. Rohrbach, Fehrenbacher, Hornby, Hott, Leavitt and Zatezalo - Relating to Legislative Rules regarding chemicals of emerging concern - To Energy and Public Works

HB4950. By Del. Hornby - To establish the West Virginia Freedom and Innovation Pilot Act of 2026 - To Education then Finance

HB4952. By Del. Crouse - Related to the establishment of the Charter School Direct Loan Program and the Charter School Credit Enhancement Program within the West Virginia Economic Development Authority  (FN) - To Education then Finance

HB4953. By Del. Vance and Brooks - To require all West Virginia high school students to pass a Civics examination and the United States Naturalization Examination  (FN) - To Education

HB4954. By Del. Vance, Brooks and Flanigan - To provide a reduction of the tax for companies who have 75% or more of their workforce as West Virginia residents (FN) - To Finance

HB4955. By Del. Vance and Brooks - To ensure that classroom sizes are equal without losing a teachers aide (FN) - To Education then Finance

HB4956. By Del. Vance and Martin - To change the beginning of the school year to the Tuesday after Labor Day and the end of the school year to the Friday before Memorial Day. - To Education

HB4957. By Del. Vance and Martin - To change the amount of days in a school year from 180 to 160. - To Education

HB4958. By Del. Vance, Martin, Toney, Rohrbach, Green, Dean, Holstein, Brooks and Flanigan - To create the Southern Coalfield Resiliency and Revitalization Program (FN) - To Government Organization

HB4959. By Del. Vance, Martin and Flanigan - Limiting amount event tickets can be sold for above original price - To the Judiciary

HB4960. By Del. Young - Provide an increase in salary to WV Birth to Three contracted therapists and employees (FN) - To Health and Human Resources then Finance

HB4961. By Del. Young - Cap the amount of family income eligible for Hope Scholarships - To Finance

HB4962. By Del. Rohrbach, Criss, Heckert, Lucas, Chiarelli, Hornby, McCormick, Shamblin and Amos - Drug-Related Nuisances  (FN) - To the Judiciary

HB4963. By Del. Hall, Holstein, Shamblin, Cooper, Chiarelli, Heckert and Amos [By Request of the WV Treasurer's Office] - Relating to establishing an additional modification reducing federal adjusted gross income relating to taxes on tips and overtime (FN) - To Finance

HB4964. By Del. Burkhammer - To establish a phased implementation of a Community-Based Child Welfare system in West Virginia. (FN) - To Health and Human Resources

HB4965. By Del. Kimble - Relating to patient-centered treatment flexibility within teh Public Employees Insurance Agency (FN) - To Health and Human Resources

HB4966. By Del. Vance, Martin and Brooks - Increase the penalty for adults who buy vapes and cartiges for underage children - To the Judiciary

HB4967. By Del. Vance, Martin, Mallow and Brooks - To allow for the WVSSAC to pull coaching certificates of coaches who are found guilty of illegal recruiting - To Education then the Judiciary

HB4968. By Del. Vance, Martin and Mallow - To exempt the first $20,000 of earnings from the state income tax for West Virginia residents (FN) - To Finance

HB4969. By Del. Vance, Brooks and Flanigan - To increase the pay for retired state employees by 5% over three years beginning in 2025 (FN) - To Finance

HB4970. By Del. Vance and Brooks - To require all state employees, county employees, and employees of county school boards to be subject to random drug testing (FN) - To Education then the Judiciary

HB4971. By Del. G. Howell, Eldridge, Flanigan, Clay, Statler, Willis, Heckert, Green, Fehrenbacher, Amos and Parsons - Relating to requiring electric substations near industrial parks for certain high voltage transmission lines (FN) - To Energy and Public Works

HB4972. By Del. Linville - To expressly prohibit motorcycle lane splitting and lane filtering in West Virginia while preserving a motorcycle’s full use of a lane - To the Judiciary

HB4973. By Del. Heckert, Chiarelli and Amos [By Request of the WV Treasurer's Office] - Relating to raising the state minimum salary for teachers to $50,000 beginning in school year 2026-2027 - To Education then Finance

HB4974. By Del. Masters and Horst - Relating generally to persons porhibited from possessing firearms. - To the Judiciary

HB4975. By Del. Heckert, Crouse, Watt and Clark - To consolidate county boards of education and create regional districts. - To Education

HB4976. By Del. Linville - To add definitions for special plates of Class G Vehicles - To Energy and Public Works

HB4977. By Del. Flanigan, Stephens, Roop, Mallow, Rohrbach, Shamblin, Pritt, Phillips, Martin, Ferrell and Akers - Relating to authorizing municipalities to adopt an ordinance to recover demolition costs as special tax assessments (FN) - To Government Organization

HB4978. By Del. Linville, Green, Heckert, Stephens, Riley, Phillips, Leavitt, Fehrenbacher and Browning - Permitting Workforce WV to actively reach out to Unemployment Compensation filers with available jobs that fit their prior job history and salary range - To Government Organization

HB4979. By Del. Ridenour, Adkins, Clay, Hillenbrand, Sheedy, Butler, T. Howell, Watt, Mazzocchi, Kimble and White - Reinstituting the maintenance of actions for alienation of affection and criminal conversation - To the Judiciary

HB4980. By Del. Ridenour, Butler, Dillon, Hillenbrand, Anders, Mazzocchi, Kump, White and T. Howell - To establish civil liability for judges who knowingly violate the law, conduct unlawful hearings, or abuse litigants in the performance of their duties - To the Judiciary

HB4981. By Del. Riley and Criss - Relating to designating a psychiatric hospital that treats exclusively civil and forensic patients committed to it from the state or from state hospitals a state-designated hospital for purposes of the statute - To Finance

HB4982. By Del. Worrell - Relating generally to the reestablishment of a statewide Healthy Lifestyles program (FN) - To Health and Human Resources