HOUSE OF DELEGATES
BILLS TO BE INTRODUCED
Wednesday, February 4, 2026
HB5160. By Del. Canterbury, Cooper, White, Ridenour and Dillon - Prohibition of geoengineering (FN) - To Energy and Public Works
HB5161. By Del. Holstein, Horst, Vance, Mallow and Moore - To create the West Virginia Rural Mobility and Transportation Access Act. (FN) - To Energy and Public Works
HB5162. By Del. Shamblin, Hall, Leavitt, Flanigan, Roop, Phillips, Hornby, Dittman and Moore - Relating to the sales of tax liens - To the Judiciary
HB5163. By Del. Hornby, Pritt, Stephens, Crouse, Ellington and White - Relating to exempting child-care programs operated by a county board of education exclusively for the children of its employees from certain licensing requirementsg - To Education
HB5164. By Del. Linville - Relating generally to the state fire marshal - To the Judiciary then Finance
HB5165. By Del. Holstein, Vance, Mallow, Moore and Lucas - To create the West Virginia Rural Property Safety and Clean Land Act. - To Energy and Public Works then the Judiciary
HB5166. By Del. Butler - To provide notice to any political committees violating the filing requirements prior to assessing any civil fines and giving the Secretary of State authority to grant additional time for compliance not to exceed an additional 14 days. (FN) - To the Judiciary
HB5167. By Del. Miller, Hanshaw (Mr. Speaker), Mallow, Fehrenbacher, Flanigan and Heckert - Creating the Taxpayer Accountability for Public Service Act. - To the Judiciary
HB5168. By Del. Statler - To increase funding for EMS first responders. (FN) - To Finance
HB5169. By Del. Willis - To provide a tax credit for new parents in this state in certain circumstances. (FN) - To Finance
HB5170. By Del. Anders and Kump - Relating to Capitol Carry - To the Judiciary
HB5171. By Del. Dean, Chiarelli, Ferrell, Hanshaw (Mr. Speaker), Mallow, Stephens, Sheedy, Hite, Eldridge, Pinson and Hornby - Relating to salary schedule adjustments for elected county officials. (FN) - To Finance
HB5172. By Del. Linville, Hanshaw (Mr. Speaker), Holstein, J. Cannon, G. Howell, Martin, Phillips, Dittman, Criss, Riley and Maynor - Relating to establishing the Low Earth Orbit Broadband Internet Connection Fund. (FN) - To Finance
HB5173. By Del. Holstein, T. Howell, Mallow and Moore - To create the West Virginia Rural Littering and Illegal Dumping Prevention Act. (FN) - To the Judiciary
HB5174. By Del. Eldridge, Gearheart, Leavitt, Parsons, D. Cannon, Masters, Watt and Sheedy - Legalize use of a 4" pan to pan for gold in the state - To Government Organization
HB5175. By Del. Criss - Relating to the Municipal Police Officers and Firefighters Retirement System. - To Finance
HB5176. By Del. Akers, Hornby, Martin, Linville, Ferrell, McGeehan, Heckert, Browning, Moore, Campbell and Maynor - Relating to creating the animal abuse database within the West Virginia State Police. (FN) - To the Judiciary
HB5177. By Del. G. Howell, Masters, Burkhammer, Jennings, Fehrenbacher, Hillenbrand, Heckert, Green, Canterbury, Campbell and Hite - Sales tax rebate for qualifying materials used in the construction of modest homes of 1 600 square feet or less (FN) - To Finance
HB5178. By Del. Lewis and Hamilton - To provide asset preservation for minors who earn income from artistic or creative services for us of their name, image, or likeness - To the Judiciary
HB5179. By Del. Clark, Lucas, Canterbury, Linville, Heckert, Adkins and Kyle - Relating to auctioneers (FN) - To Government Organization
HB5180. By Del. Canterbury, Cooper, Pritt and Campbell - When schools have events the school needs to sell tickets at the gate as well as online and accept cash - To Education
HB5181. By Del. Pushkin, Lewis and Garcia - Relating to removing the Certificate of Need moratorium on opioid treatment facilities - To Health and Human Resources
HB5182. By Del. Phillips, B Ward, Heckert, Masters, Marple, Martin, Funkhouser, Roop, Ridenour, Jennings and Flanigan [By Request of the WV Treasurer's Office] - Relating generally to authorizing security personnel employed by the State Treasurer to carry concealed weapons while performing his or her official duties - To the Judiciary
HB5183. By Del. Pushkin, Lewis, Garcia, Young and Hamilton - Directing the Supreme Court of Appeals to create a pilot domestic violence court in Kanawha County (FN) - To the Judiciary
HB5184. By Del. Pushkin, Lewis and Garcia - Prohibiting expanding drug and alcohol treatment facilities and services in certain counties - To Health and Human Resources
HB5185. By Del. Pushkin and Garcia - Increasing access to contraceptive drugs, devices, and procedures (FN) - To Health and Human Resources then Finance
HB5186. By Del. Pushkin and Garcia - Establishing of the West Virginia Public Participation Act - To the Judiciary
HB5187. By Del. Pushkin - Relating to the members of the Public Service Commission (FN) - To Energy and Public Works then the Judiciary
HB5188. By Del. Pushkin - Authorizing possession and smoking of medical cannabis by approved persons - To Health and Human Resources then the Judiciary
HB5189. By Del. Canterbury, Cooper, Pritt and Campbell - Relating to the use of technology in child abuse and neglect investigations - To Health and Human Resources
HB5190. By Del. Canterbury, Cooper and Campbell - Increase conservation funding by $300,000, with the increase only to be allocated based on the head count of cattle and/or large livestock (FN) - To Finance
HB5191. By Del. Canterbury, Cooper, Campbell and Pritt - To place rumble strips on all double-yellow lined roads and highways. (FN) - To Energy and Public Works
HB5192. By Del. Canterbury, Cooper and Pritt - School funding calculations should be the last three-year running average or the current enrollment, whichever is highest (FN) - To Education then Finance
HB5193. By Del. Canterbury, Cooper and Campbell - To eliminate adverse possession from the state code of West Virginia - To the Judiciary
HB5194. By Del. Canterbury and Cooper - To ban calculators and math computational devices from K-8 grade classrooms. - To Education
HB5195. By Del. Shamblin and Hall - Related to the authority of sheriff’s commission for collection of taxes. (FN) - To Government Organization
HB5196. By Del. Shamblin, Leavitt, Dittman, Hornby, Phillips, Roop, Moore and Flanigan - Relating to allowing intergovernmental agreements with the Land Stewardship Corporation - To Government Organization
HB5197. By Del. Shamblin, Dittman, Leavitt, Hall, Phillips, Flanigan, Roop, Hornby and Moore - Relating to Civil Action to Set Aside a Tax Deed - To the Judiciary
HB5198. By Del. Shamblin, Hall, Akers, Worrell, Ellington, Ferrell, Dittman and Moore - Relating to crimes against the intellectually disabled - To the Judiciary
HB5199. By Del. B. Smith, Parsons, Funkhouser, Ferrell, Sheedy, Jordan, G. Ward, G. Howell, Moore, Leavitt and Foggin - Relating to county parks and recreation commission - To Government Organization