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