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Actions, Suits and Liens (14 Bills)
HB 2088 - Relating to admissibility of certain evidence in a civil action for damages
HB 2478 - Modifying the Fair Trade Practices Act
HB 2642 - Clarifying what constitutes an action requiring service to the Attorney General and notice to the Legislature
HB 2725 - Relating to preventing compensatory damage awards for medical expenses from including certain sums
HB 3011 - Prohibiting provisions within settlement agreements that prevent the disclosure of factual information related to a claim filed in a civil action
HB 3082 - Repealing antiquated provisions relating to gaming activities
HB 4006 - Civil Liability for Employers Hiring Ex-Offenders Act
HB 4057 - Creating a cause of action for injuries suffered in a gun- free zone
HB 4106 - Biometric Information Privacy Act
HB 4147 - Providing compensation to victims of abusive lawsuits
HB 4151 - Relating to standard of review in First Amendment violations
HB 4370 - Establishing limits applicable to the award of damages for medical monitoring
HB 4433 - Relating to deeds of trust
HB 4452 - Modifying the notice requirements for the redemption of delinquent properties
HB 4559 - Modifying the limitations on civil actions against the perpetrator of sexual assault or sexual abuse upon a minor
HB 4603 - Relating to choice of law provisions in franchise agreements
HB 4640 - Foster Care Support Fund
HB 4653 - Requiring disclosure of nonpublic personal information required in employment cases
HB 4686 - Providing that West Virginia Emergency Medical Services Retirement Fund moneys are exempt from tax, and are not subject to garnishment
HB 4699 - Relating to unfair or deceptive telemarketing acts or practices
HB 4717 - Seizure and Forfeiture Reporting Act
HB 4726 - West Virginia Public Participation Protection Act
HB 4807 - Relating to arrests of addicted or mentally ill persons that are a danger to themselves or others
HB 4850 - Creating a process by which voters may recall a county ordinance in a special election
HB 4857 - Relating to the addition of mandatory, inter-board reporting by licensees or registrants of the boards of medicine
HB 4874 - Eliminating the statute of limitations for claims arising from certain sex related injuries
HB 4919 - Requiring certain identifying information of the judgment debtor
HB 4944 - Establishing a procedure to name a kinship legal guardian

Acts (1 Bills)
HB 2113 - Intrastate Coal and Use Act
HB 2143 - West Virginia Firearms Freedom Act
HB 2162 - West Virginia Native American Tribes Unique Recognition, Authentication and Listing Act
HB 2611 - Ensuring Patient Safety Act

Agriculture (21 Bills)
HB 2119 - Prohibiting the performing of an onychectomy or flexor tendonectomy procedure on a cat
HB 2461 - Relating to cruelty to animals
HB 2468 - Department of Agriculture Capital Improvements Fund
HB 2528 - Relating to employees of the Commissioner of Agriculture
HB 2643 - West Virginia Farm Fresh Raw Milk Act
HB 2644 - Allowing an owner of Japanese quail to keep them as pets without having to obtain a license
HB 2774 - Relating to the right to farm
HB 2796 - Relating to analysis of samples of industrial hemp production
HB 2869 - West Virginia Healthy Food Crop Block Grant Program
HB 2948 - West Virginia Agriculture Investment Fund and the West Virginia Agriculture Investment Program
HB 2981 - Relating generally to the Rural Rehabilitation Loan Program
HB 2999 - Relating to state certification of industrial hemp and medical cannabis seed
HB 3004 - Amending the industrial hemp development act consistent with federal law
HB 3033 - Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program Fund
HB 4023 - Allowing county commissions to require the registration of cats
HB 4065 - Relating to donations to West Virginia 4 H Program or the Future Farmers of America when renewing driver's license
HB 4095 - Defining the term milk
HB 4169 - Relating to the protection of animal and crop facilities
HB 4180 - Relating to the seed certification program within the Department of Agriculture
HB 4438 - Relating to the licensing of advance deposit wagering
HB 4634 - Southern West Virginia Lake Development Study Commission Act
HB 4693 - Expanding the scope of the Veterans to Agriculture Program
HB 4744 - Relating to the powers and duties of the West Virginia Commissioner of Highways
HB 4769 - Greyhound Racing Industry Viability Assessment Act
HB 4800 - Transferring the Division of Forestry from the Department of Commerce to the Department of Agriculture
HB 4880 - Providing increased protections for the welfare of domestic animals

Alcohol (10 Bills)
HB 2127 - Providing for career development and establishing a pay scale for Alcohol Beverage Commission inspectors, enforcement agents and supervisors

Alcoholic Liquors and Beers (6 Bills)
HB 2168 - Authorizing a temporary foreign brewers import license
HB 2392 - Allowing the Alcohol Beverage Control Commissioner to issue special one-day licenses for charitable events
HB 2394 - Requiring licensees authorized to serve alcoholic liquors or nonintoxicating beer to have certain liability insurance coverage
HB 2883 - Expanding the definitions of locations where enhanced penalties for selling controlled substances to a minor are applicable
HB 2916 - Expanding the ability of hard cider manufactures to produce hard cider in this state
HB 3098 - Allowing the same business owner to brew and sell beer to also distill and sell liquor
HB 3099 - Relating to eliminating payments to the Alcohol Beverage Control Commissioner from distilleries and mini-distilleries
HB 3149 - Relating to manufacturing and producing hard cider in West Virginia
HB 4055 - Allowing Class IV municipalities to receive proceeds on the purchase of liquor from retail licensees
HB 4074 - Allowing the issuance of special licenses for one-day charitable events for the sale, serving, and auctioning of beer, and alcoholic liquors
HB 4158 - Allowing a person to manufacture a stated amount of alcoholic liquor for personal consumption
HB 4159 - Relating to the manufacture and sale of hard cider
HB 4174 - Relating to expiring rules of the Alcohol Beverage Control Commission
HB 4195 - Normalization of Cannabis Act
HB 4371 - Relating to when a municipality's approval is not required for an event licensed by the Alcohol Beverage Control Commission
HB 4388 - Limiting the Alcohol Beverage Control Commissioner's authority to restrict advertising
HB 4524 - Making the entire state "wet" or permitting the sale of alcoholic liquors for off-premises consumption
HB 4545 - Permitting the Alcohol Beverage Control Commission licensees operating at state park locations to pay in arrears on invoices
HB 4560 - Relating to deliveries by a licensed wine specialty shop
HB 4625 - Relating to the normalization of cannabis laws
HB 4663 - Eliminating certain payments to the Alcohol Beverage Control Commissioner from distilleries and mini-distilleries
HB 4697 - Removing the restriction that a mini-distillery use raw agricultural products originating on the same premises
HB 4698 - Allowing a bar to purchase liquor from a distillery or a mini-distillery
HB 4721 - Relating generally to forfeiture of contraband
HB 4727 - Permitting mini-distilleries to import produce in excess of established limits
HB 4728 - Removing statutory language requiring mini-distilleries to grow agricultural products
HB 4770 - Changing the beginning time for beer and wine sales on Sunday from one p.m. to 10 a.m.
HB 4882 - Authorizing limited sampling and limited sale of wine for off-premises consumption to wineries not licensed in the state

Animals (25 Bills)
HB 2582 - Exempting all veterans of the Armed Forces or any reserve component thereof from having to obtain a hunting, trapping fishing license

Appropriations (28 Bills)
HB 3080 - Redirecting a percentage of any surplus to state institutions of higher education to restore their state allocation funding levels
HB 4526 - Making a supplementary appropriation to the Department of Veterans' Assistance- Veterans Home
HB 4582 - Declaring certain claims against agencies of the state to be moral obligations of the state
HB 4665 - Reducing the amount of rebate going to the Purchasing Improvement Fund

Athletics (1 Bills)
HB 2141 - Providing for the use of neck braces by football players

Banking and Finance (1 Bills)
HB 4406 - Relating to the reproduction of checks and other records
HB 4410 - Permitting directors and executive officers of a banking institution to borrow from a banking institution with which he or she is connected
HB 4621 - West Virginia FinTech Regulatory Sandbox Act
HB 4922 - First Time Home Buyer Savings Account Act

Banks and Banking (35 Bills)
HB 2613 - Prohibiting the number of inquiries reflected in a credit report, credit score report or CLUE report from adversely affecting an application for insurance

Boards and Commissions (23 Bills)
HB 2039 - Requiring county boards of education to employ a certified library media specialist in each county school
HB 2122 - Relating to more equitable disbursement of funds to county boards
HB 2125 - Giving the Insurance Commissioner the power to regulate and penalize self-insured employers
HB 2153 - Relating to social determinants of health
HB 2544 - Authorizing local boards of health to assess, charge and collect increased environmental fees for restaurants
HB 2663 - Exempting buildings or structures utilized exclusively for agricultural purposes from the provisions of the State Building Code
HB 2863 - Establishing an advisory council on rare diseases
HB 2896 - Establishing a program to monitor and regulate dangerous pharmaceutical distribution practices
HB 2923 - Reforming the practice of securing state insurance
HB 4011 - Reorganizing various boards and authorities for the licensing and oversight of trades, occupations, and professions
HB 4012 - West Virginia Contractor Act
HB 4020 - Removing authority of municipalities to require occupational licensure if licensure for the occupation is required by the state
HB 4048 - Eliminating history of barbering course from certification requirements
HB 4051 - Authorizing the West Virginia Tourism Office to enter into an agreement with the Division of Highways to provide staff at the welcome centers
HB 4099 - Eliminating the permit for shampoo assistants
HB 4121 - Relating to state boards of examination or registration
HB 4187 - Relating to licensure qualifications
HB 4353 - Creating a rational nexus requirement between prior criminal conduct and initial licensure decision making
HB 4356 - Relating to the administration of anesthetics
HB 4358 - Relating to the licensing of electricians
HB 4375 - Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists Compact
HB 4423 - Permitting a nursing home to use trained individuals to administer medication
HB 4426 - Relating to permits issued by the Board of Barbers and Cosmetologists
HB 4444 - Establishing Medals of Valor and Medals for Bravery for emergency medical services, firefighters, and law-enforcement officers
HB 4579 - Relating to the state employee merit system
HB 4589 - Conducting study for an appropriate memorial for West Virginians killed in the War on Terror
HB 4608 - Relating to the duties of the law-enforcement training and certification subcommittee
HB 4644 - Separating the Fire Marshal from the Fire Commission
HB 4655 - Permitting military personnel in areas where on-the-job emergency medicine is part of the training to be granted automatic EMS or EMT certification
HB 4658 - Relating to complaints against public agencies to obtain records through the Freedom of Information Act
HB 4716 - Ban-the-Box Act
HB 4747 - Extending electronic submission of various applications and forms for nonprofit and charitable organizations, professionals and licensees
HB 4749 - Providing more efficient application processes for private investigators, security guards, and firms
HB 4860 - Discontinuing the Board of Landscape Architects and transferring its duties and authority to the Board of Registration for Professional Engineers
HB 4863 - Relating to termination of the West Virginia Nursing Home Administrators Licensing Board
HB 4884 - Relating to a charitable or public service organization must submit a certifying statement attesting to its status
HB 4926 - Establishing the emergency service authority for Fayette County
HB 4934 - Relating to creation of the unlicensed practice review board
HB 4936 - Terminating the State Board of Registration of Foresters

Child Welfare (2 Bills)
HB 2161 - Prohibiting sexual offenders from residing within one thousand feet of a school or childcare facility
HB 2577 - Authorizing insurance to married workers without children at reduced rates under the West Virginia Public Employees Insurance Act
HB 2631 - Relating to qualifying children of state employees, receiving income of $25,000 per year or less, for the West Virginia Children's Health Insurance Program

Civil Service (3 Bills)
HB 2130 - Establishing seniority rights for public employees

Compacts (1 Bills)
HB 4758 - Solemn Covenant of the States to Award Prizes for Curing Diseases

Constitutional Officers (1 Bills)
HB 2989 - State Settlement and Recovered Funds Accountability Act
HB 4031 - Increasing the salaries of the Secretary of State, Auditor, Treasurer, and Attorney General
HB 4396 - Relating to reporting suspected governmental fraud
HB 4420 - Creating the Opioid Litigation Fund
HB 4454 - Authorizing an order of restitution to the state for reimbursement of costs incurred for misuse of public funds
HB 4932 - Requiring the random drug testing of legislators and members of the Board of Public Works

Consumer Protection (2 Bills)
HB 2024 - Allowing a home improvement transaction to be performed under an oral contract
HB 2129 - Prohibiting the use of a credit score in casualty insurance rate filings
HB 2163 - Relating to consumer protection of new manufactured home warranties
HB 2180 - Relating to the Consumer Credit and Protection Act
HB 2198 - Relating to pyramid promotional schemes
HB 2341 - West Virginia Residential Furniture and Children's Products Flame Retardants Act
HB 2380 - Protecting consumers from surprise bills by health care providers
HB 2478 - Modifying the Fair Trade Practices Act
HB 2996 - Repealing the article on unfair trade practices
HB 2997 - Conforming the state Consumer Credit and Protection Act to the federal Fair Debt Collection and Practices Act
HB 4025 - Creating a State Central Legal Advertising Website
HB 4403 - Establishing limitations on billing practices of Internet providers relating to customer outages
HB 4679 - Providing notice of the type and cost of electrical outlets specified for that work in the National Electrical Code
HB 4949 - Occupational Board Reform Act

Corporations (95 Bills)
HB 2887 - Establishing a West Virginia business growth in low-income communities tax credit
HB 3060 - Amending the definition of mortgage loan originator
HB 4015 - Relating to Broadband Enhancement and Expansion
HB 4394 - Making permanent the right of first refusal land reuse agencies and municipal land banks have on tax-delinquent properties
HB 4411 - Relating to the West Virginia Residential Mortgage Lender, Broker and Servicer Act
HB 4714 - Increasing the monetary threshold for requiring nonprofit organizations to register as a charitable organization
HB 4809 - Relating to charitable raffles

Corporations and Business Entities (1 Bills)
HB 2576 - Establishing a tax credit for new businesses that locate in the state

Corrections (2 Bills)
HB 2368 - Relating to education to children and adults housed in correctional facilities and regional jails
HB 2535 - Relating to purchasing exemptions and procedures
HB 2640 - Making all inmates regardless of sex eligible to work on a state convict road force
HB 2764 - Relating to the financial responsibility of inmates in relation to civil awards
HB 2888 - Allowing the Executive Director of the West Virginia Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Authority to establish a work program
HB 3008 - Reentry Task Force
HB 3133 - Relating to requiring a parolee or probationer found to have suffered with addiction to participate in a support service
HB 4442 - Requiring certain municipalities to pay for the incarceration of inmates
HB 4470 - Relating to persons 18 years of age or older in the custody of the Bureau of Juvenile Services
HB 4496 - Removing the specific mandate of the Board of Risk and Insurance Management to purchase liability insurance for the Division of Corrections
HB 4509 - Transferring the Parole Board to the Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation for purposes of administrative and other support
HB 4510 - Prohibiting bodily intrusion by an inmate upon any person at any correctional facility
HB 4556 - Authorizing the Commissioner of the Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation to approve home plans for inmates
HB 4818 - Making it a criminal offense to escape or attempt to escape from the custody of a Community Corrections program
HB 4840 - Dividing pretrial detention jail costs between arresting authorities
HB 4903 - Requiring that free feminine hygiene products be provided to female prisoners in jails
HB 4916 - Relating to charges assessed against inmates for services

Counties (1 Bills)
HB 2025 - Requiring the Human Rights Commission, when investigating a complaint of discrimination, to specifically include an examination of the intent of the person
HB 2044 - Relating to pecuniary interest of county and district officers, teachers and school officials in contracts
HB 2312 - Authorizing county commissions to initiate collection actions for emergency ambulance service
HB 2444 - Prosecuting Attorney’s Detectives Act
HB 2808 - Requiring local entities to enforce immigration laws
HB 2840 - Allowing a county commission in certain counties to impose an amusement tax to support medical care
HB 2881 - Altering the color scheme for county vehicle registration plates
HB 2967 - Permitting a county to retain the excise taxes for the privilege of transferring title of real estate
HB 3055 - Permitting levies to pass with a majority of the vote
HB 3130 - Creating three separate job titles for school bus operators
HB 4034 - Prohibiting outdoor concerts later than 11:00 p.m. if the amphitheater is located within 500 feet of a residential dwelling
HB 4038 - Prohibiting county airport authorities from making or adopting rules prohibiting possession of firearms in public
HB 4070 - Compensating counties for state-owned lands through payments in lieu of taxes
HB 4137 - Allowing counties to store and maintain voter registration records in a digital format
HB 4144 - Relating to vacancies in the office of county commissioner
HB 4145 - Prohibiting the regulation and licensing of occupations by local government
HB 4157 - Prohibiting the regulation and licensing of occupations by local government
HB 4350 - Relating to the Deputy Sheriff Retirement System Act
HB 4355 - Allowing municipalities and counties to post their annual financial statements on the Internet
HB 4357 - Relating to governmental websites
HB 4384 - West Virginia Monument and Memorial Protection Act of 2020
HB 4396 - Relating to reporting suspected governmental fraud
HB 4521 - Requiring rules of local boards of health to be approved by the county commission; exceptions
HB 4531 - County Budget Flexibility Act
HB 4544 - Relating to possession of any controlled substance on the premises of or within 200 feet of a public library
HB 4555 - Relating to municipal or county taxation of hotel rooms booked through a marketplace facilitator
HB 4633 - Expanding county commissions' ability to dispose of county or district property
HB 4713 - Relating to annexation by minor boundary adjustment
HB 4792 - Relating to the board of public works assessing a flat fee on land owned by a railroad, telegraph, telephone, or pipeline under certain conditions
HB 4840 - Dividing pretrial detention jail costs between arresting authorities
HB 4850 - Creating a process by which voters may recall a county ordinance in a special election
HB 4879 - Granting jurisdiction to supervise youth sport league events to county boards of education and the Secondary School Activities Commission
HB 4880 - Providing increased protections for the welfare of domestic animals
HB 4903 - Requiring that free feminine hygiene products be provided to female prisoners in jails

County Officials (1 Bills)
HB 2044 - Relating to pecuniary interest of county and district officers, teachers and school officials in contracts
HB 2876 - Relating to the commission allowed to a sheriff for collection of taxes
HB 3034 - Relating to Deputy Sheriff Retirement System
HB 4144 - Relating to vacancies in the office of county commissioner
HB 4529 - Relating to the collection of assessments and the priority of liens on property within a resort area
HB 4821 - Relating to the transportation for the mentally ill or substance abuser
HB 4918 - Permitting the clerk of a circuit court to charge and collect a fee to search electronic records that requires special programming

Courts (9 Bills)
HB 2029 - Relating to Public Defender Services
HB 2109 - Extending the maximum period of confinement a judge may impose for certain, first-time probationary violations
HB 2133 - Creating an additional magistrate court deputy clerk position for Marion County
HB 2164 - Clarifying that appeals to the Supreme Court are a matter of right
HB 2197 - Increasing the salaries of circuit court judges, family court judges, and magistrates
HB 2212 - Requiring bail bondsman and bail bond enforcer be subject to random drug testing
HB 2221 - Reducing the cost of the fee for a state license to carry a concealed weapon
HB 2222 - Requiring the Insurance Commissioner to regulate professional bondsmen
HB 2495 - Authorizing certain West Virginia courthouse security officers to carry concealed firearms
HB 2517 - Permitting salary increases for full time official court reporters based upon years of service
HB 2922 - Relating to requirements to obtain a final order of discharge and dismissal for possession of opiates or opioids
HB 3029 - Requiring court reporters be licensed
HB 3039 - Relating to a court's consideration of the expression of a preference by a child in certain child custody matters
HB 3064 - Establishing an intravenous drug user treatment and commitment process
HB 3073 - Authorizing a court administrator to make determinations of financial eligibility for public defender services
HB 4109 - Relating to the choice of law used for contractual interpretations when deciding the comity of a legal decision in a foreign country
HB 4173 - Directing the Supreme Court of Appeals to create a pilot domestic violence court in Kanawha County
HB 4550 - Providing salary increases for magistrates, family court judges, circuit court judges, and Supreme Court justices
HB 4704 - Repealing statutory provisions that provide immunity from criminal prosecution or liability
HB 4706 - Relating to reports concerning funds due to unknown or unlocatable interest owners
HB 4782 - Public Participation Protection Act
HB 4913 - Providing a procedure for modification of a prison sentence when a person has served at least 10 years
HB 4919 - Requiring certain identifying information of the judgment debtor
HB 4944 - Establishing a procedure to name a kinship legal guardian

Courts -- Magistrate (2 Bills)
HB 2091 - Increasing the minimum number of magisterial districts in a county

Creditors and Debtors (2 Bills)
HB 2129 - Prohibiting the use of a credit score in casualty insurance rate filings

Crime (1 Bills)
HB 2033 - Establishing procedures for carrying out the death sentence
HB 2044 - Relating to pecuniary interest of county and district officers, teachers and school officials in contracts
HB 2047 - Relating to penalties incurred from obstructing, fleeing from and making false statements to law-enforcement
HB 2066 - Establishing an alternative methodology for pretrial release of persons charged with crimes
HB 2109 - Extending the maximum period of confinement a judge may impose for certain, first-time probationary violations
HB 2158 - Relating to alternate sentencing for nonviolent felony offenders
HB 2185 - Relating to the removal of animals left unattended in motor vehicles
HB 2194 - Creating a domestic violence registry
HB 2195 - Creating the West Virginia Sentencing Commission
HB 2215 - Making it a felony to knowingly expose another individual to HIV
HB 2221 - Reducing the cost of the fee for a state license to carry a concealed weapon
HB 2376 - Relating to the legalization of marijuana
HB 2382 - Making it a misdemeanor for a person to knowingly allow a felony drug offense to be committed on his or her property
HB 2419 - Relating to the authorization to release a defendant or a person arrested upon his or her own recognizance
HB 2453 - Relating to eligibility for parole
HB 2471 - Increasing criminal penalties for impersonation of law-enforcement officers or officials
HB 2488 - Relating to the theft of consumer identity protections
HB 2494 - Relating to the ineligibility for home incarceration for offenders under certain circumstances
HB 2502 - Prohibiting registered sex offenders from participating in Halloween activities
HB 2505 - Relating to the ineligibility for probation of certain defendants
HB 2508 - Relating to certain defendants ineligible for probation
HB 2526 - Creating an offense for public intoxication due to drug use
HB 2527 - Relating to forgery and other crimes concerning lottery tickets
HB 2562 - Requiring the issuance of a search warrant before a driver of a motor vehicle can be made to submit to a secondary blood test
HB 2563 - Relating to civil asset forfeiture
HB 2571 - Providing that the sale and purchase of copper as scrap metal may not be completed with the payment of cash
HB 2602 - Including possession of known stolen property in the offense of receiving or transferring stolen property
HB 2712 - Relating to death penalty for first degree murder
HB 2752 - Adding to the persons who have access to the information kept by the Board of Pharmacy
HB 2814 - Making it a felony to transport certain drugs into the state with intent to deliver
HB 2820 - Relating to criminal penalties for reckless driving
HB 2822 - Creating an enhanced penalty for certain aggravated serious traffic offenses
HB 2835 - Changing provisions regarding polygraph examinations of sex offenders
HB 2883 - Expanding the definitions of locations where enhanced penalties for selling controlled substances to a minor are applicable
HB 2892 - Including digital and virtual information in the definition of property that can be searched and seized by a warrant
HB 2915 - Restricting the performance of abortions and acquiring, providing, receiving, otherwise transferring, or using fetal body parts
HB 2959 - Relating to unlawful panhandling and solicitation
HB 3066 - Relating to extended supervision for certain drug offenders
HB 3069 - Relating to the right of certain persons to limit possession of firearms on premises
HB 3124 - Prohibiting civil rights violations based on disability, gender identity or sexual orientation
HB 3134 - Establishing criminal penalties for negligent homicide, and increasing criminal penalties for reckless driving
HB 4002 - Creating a felony crime relating to drug delivery resulting in death
HB 4008 - Relating to the authorization to release a defendant or a person arrested upon his or her own recognizance
HB 4024 - Eliminating the permit requirement for storing a concealed handgun in a vehicle on school property for persons 21 or older
HB 4045 - Relating to provisions of the "Habitual Offender" statute
HB 4067 - Relating to crimes against property
HB 4076 - Removing the permit requirement for a person over 21 to possess a concealed handgun in a motor vehicle on school property
HB 4093 - Eliminating the prohibition against carrying firearms on the grounds of the State Capitol Complex
HB 4098 - Second Amendment Sanctuary Law
HB 4119 - Establishing the crime of torture
HB 4125 - Creating a felony penalty of life without mercy for the first degree murder of a law-enforcement officer
HB 4166 - Prohibiting certain sex offenders from being in a supervisory position over children
HB 4167 - Allowing victims of certain crimes to get a restraining order prohibiting convicted persons from contacting or living in proximity to the victim
HB 4169 - Relating to the protection of animal and crop facilities
HB 4184 - Relating to criminal trespass
HB 4199 - Statewide Sexual Assault Evidence Collection Kit Tracking System
HB 4354 - Adding nabiximols to the permitted list of distributed and prescribed drugs
HB 4362 - Relating to penalties for neglect, emotional abuse or death caused by a caregiver
HB 4379 - Authorizing home incarceration supervisors to carry firearms
HB 4392 - Increasing the penalties for exposure of governmental representatives to fentanyl or any other harmful drug
HB 4393 - Relating to making suffocation and asphyxiation crimes
HB 4395 - Removing the requirement that a veterinarian access and report to the controlled substance monitoring database
HB 4399 - Prohibiting civil rights violations based on gender identity or sexual orientation
HB 4430 - Creating the misdemeanor offense of falsely filing a complaint against a law-enforcement office
HB 4432 - Removing the one-time limit on the expungement of certain criminal convictions
HB 4455 - Permitting fees from the Central Abuse Registry to be used for costs relating to information technology support and infrastructure
HB 4469 - Increasing the minimum criminal penalty for a driver who, in an impaired state, causes the death of a minor
HB 4509 - Transferring the Parole Board to the Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation for purposes of administrative and other support
HB 4510 - Prohibiting bodily intrusion by an inmate upon any person at any correctional facility
HB 4532 - Expanding felony hate crime protections to individuals on the basis of perceived or actual sexual orientation
HB 4533 - Strengthening the criminal penalty for assault on governmental representatives
HB 4536 - Prohibiting certain sex offenders from being in a supervisory position over children
HB 4539 - Relating to the cultivation of medical cannabis
HB 4592 - Extending periods of limitations for commencing certain criminal and civil sexual offenses
HB 4611 - Relating to fireworks
HB 4635 - Vulnerable Child Protection Act
HB 4638 - Modifying the authority of medical examiners regarding the disposition of bodies
HB 4668 - Creating the misdemeanor crime of trespass for entering a structure that has been condemned
HB 4699 - Relating to unfair or deceptive telemarketing acts or practices
HB 4707 - Clarifying that a legislator's immunity from arrest and trial is subject to the language of the state constitution
HB 4717 - Seizure and Forfeiture Reporting Act
HB 4759 - Creating a duty to disclose by owners of property that knew or should have known that crystal methamphetamine production was occurring
HB 4765 - Reducing the criminal penalty for possession of small amounts of marijuana or paraphernal
HB 4779 - Relating to the criminal offense of therapeutic deception
HB 4808 - Relating to persons from another state storing firearms in this state
HB 4818 - Making it a criminal offense to escape or attempt to escape from the custody of a Community Corrections program
HB 4845 - Increasing the community service hours a person may be ordered to perform upon conviction of or pleading guilty to littering
HB 4852 - Relating to the penalties for the manufacture, delivery, possession, or possession with intent to manufacture or deliver methamphetamine
HB 4858 - Classifying "marihuana" and tetrahydrocannabinols as a Schedule IV controlled substance
HB 4872 - Modifying the criminal penalties imposed on a parent, guardian or custodian for child abuse
HB 4880 - Providing increased protections for the welfare of domestic animals
HB 4883 - Relating to criminal procedure
HB 4902 - Requiring higher education institutions to adopt policies and programs relating to sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking
HB 4913 - Providing a procedure for modification of a prison sentence when a person has served at least 10 years
HB 4945 - Creating a criminal penalty for an agent or sworn officer who refuses or fails to enforce the Compact Agreement on Detainers in immigration cases

Crimes (49 Bills)
HB 2218 - Modifying the definition of child abuse or neglect to exclude accidental injury
HB 2610 - Creating a criminal felony offense of aggravated assault or battery of a child or a person who is mentally incapacitated
HB 2689 - Relating to replacing the present crime of burglary with the crime of home invasion

Disabilities (2 Bills)
HB 2134 - Requiring retail establishments offering gasoline or other motor fuel to provide refueling assistance and refueling access to persons with a disability
HB 2633 - Issuing a special registration plate for persons who are residents of this state and who have a family member diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder

Domestic Relations (126 Bills)
HB 2188 - Nullifying certain adoption orders
HB 2348 - Authorizing magistrates to order emergency removal of child when parent’s drug use creates unsafe environment
HB 2460 - Creating a statutory right to petition circuit and family courts for sibling visitation
HB 2682 - Establishing a bill of rights for foster parents
HB 3039 - Relating to a court's consideration of the expression of a preference by a child in certain child custody matters
HB 3074 - Ensuring that legal or biological parents have equal access to any and all copies of birth registry forms
HB 4041 - Allowing deductions to determine adjusted gross income for student loan payments or mortgage payments in determining child support
HB 4046 - Relating to abolishing spousal support
HB 4080 - Relating to petition for legal adoption
HB 4129 - Relating to adoption
HB 4648 - The Parenting Fairness Act of 2020
HB 4830 - Modifying the factors to be used by the court in making a determination as to whether to grant visitation to a grandparent

Drugs and Drug Paraphernalia (17 Bills)
HB 2177 - Relating to drug testing of legislators

Economic Development (1 Bills)
HB 2076 - Providing a tax credit for obtaining certain certifications by the United States Green Building Council Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design green building rating system
HB 2085 - Requiring urban renewal authorities to submit proposed urban renewal projects to the affected local county boards of health
HB 2160 - Economic and Community Development Task Force
HB 2939 - West Virginia Call Center Jobs Act of 2019
HB 2941 - Reinstating the film investment tax credit
HB 3097 - West Virginia Innovation Free-Trade Business Technology Property Valuation Act and the West Virginia Innovation Free-Trade Tax Credit Act
HB 3099 - Relating to eliminating payments to the Alcohol Beverage Control Commissioner from distilleries and mini-distilleries
HB 3129 - Be Exceptional Starting Today Act
HB 4364 - Creating a tax credit for hiring an ex-felon
HB 4519 - Establishing a summer youth intern pilot program within Department of Commerce
HB 4574 - Establishing Just Transition support for coal and timber related jobs
HB 4621 - West Virginia FinTech Regulatory Sandbox Act
HB 4634 - Southern West Virginia Lake Development Study Commission Act
HB 4641 - Establishing authority for creation of tourism development districts
HB 4663 - Eliminating certain payments to the Alcohol Beverage Control Commissioner from distilleries and mini-distilleries
HB 4676 - West Virginia Saving Money and Reducing Time Prize Program
HB 4733 - Extending tax credits for certain tourism development and expansion projects
HB 4871 - Economic and Community Development Task Force

Education (1 Bills)
HB 2370 - Exempting personal income earned by individuals working as teachers at primary and secondary schools from personal income tax
HB 2374 - Discontinuing the use of common core standards and assessments in the state
HB 2395 - Providing school days to register and transport students to vote
HB 2742 - Making available elective courses on the history of the Old and New Testaments of the Bible
HB 2747 - Allowing parents or the school to serve sweets during the holidays if the school receives parental or guardian consent
HB 2778 - Providing that school nutrition plans include take home meals for low income students

Education (And Related Subheadings) (5 Bills)
HB 2039 - Requiring county boards of education to employ a certified library media specialist in each county school
HB 2426 - Giving local authorities the authority to decrease the speed limit on streets and highways where school buses travel in its jurisdiction

Education -- Retirement (1 Bills)
HB 2104 - Increasing benefits of retired state personnel and retired teachers
HB 2152 - Permitting teachers under the State Teachers Retirement System to teach college level courses without loss of benefits

Education (And Related Subheadings) (1 Bills)
HB 2126 - Requiring county boards of education to provide released time for professional educators and service personnel when serving in an elected municipal or county office

Education (Higher) (7 Bills)
HB 2021 - Relating to relocation or closure of state higher education institutions
HB 2034 - Prohibiting West Virginia institutions of higher learning and state agencies from discriminating against graduates of private, nonpublic or home schools by requiring them to submit to alternative testing
HB 2059 - Expanding the amount of PROMISE scholarship funds awarded to persons majoring in science, technology, engineering and mathematics
HB 2065 - Expiring the PROMISE Scholarship Program, and establishing the Promise for All Scholarship Program
HB 2072 - Relating to tuition and fees at community and technical colleges
HB 2350 - Permitting public employees the right to collectively bargain
HB 2377 - Making Promise scholarships available for students pursuing certificates or degrees through an accredited community and technical college
HB 2455 - Redirecting excise tax revenue on bottled soft drinks from West Virginia University schools to the Public Employees Insurance Agency
HB 2519 - The Campus Self Defense Act
HB 2520 - Relating to the Antihazing Law
HB 2586 - Providing programs to train firefighters and emergency medical technicians
HB 2604 - Permitting service credit in the Teachers Retirement System to persons with alternative school teaching experience
HB 2862 - Relating to the Underwood-Smith scholarship and loan assistance program and teacher scholarship and loan program
HB 3048 - Permitting adjunct professors to serve on the institutional governing boards
HB 3125 - Coordinating a plan to provide the first two years of post-secondary education for free
HB 4022 - Clarifying the qualifications of the Chancellor of the Higher Education Policy Commission
HB 4077 - Increasing the amount of the bond required to be posted by proprietary schools
HB 4085 - Relating to PROMISE Scholarship Program requirements
HB 4365 - Granting of college credit hours for learning English as a second language
HB 4389 - Relating to transfer for program credits earned at two-year colleges or community and technical colleges
HB 4483 - Establishing a higher education scholarship program for foster children
HB 4597 - Creating a Campus Mentors pilot program
HB 4624 - Permitting public employees the right to collectively bargain
HB 4636 - Expanding tuition and fee waivers or adjustments for senior citizens
HB 4720 - Qualifying not-for-profit private baccalaureate institutions for the Advanced Career Education Programs and the WV Invests Grant Program
HB 4723 - Permitting a certified behavioral analyst to be eligible for the student loan repayment program
HB 4729 - Requiring higher education institutions to use previous versions or editions of instructional materials
HB 4737 - Clarifying student eligibility for state-sponsored financial aid
HB 4750 - Katherine Johnson College Award Program
HB 4788 - Requiring that no later than July 1, 2020, credits earned at two-year colleges transfer for credit at any other state institution of higher education
HB 4849 - Establishing a matrix necessary for an institution of higher education to become exempt from the Higher Education Policy Commission
HB 4876 - Updating the definition of "exempt schools"
HB 4901 - Mountaineer Games Sports League
HB 4902 - Requiring higher education institutions to adopt policies and programs relating to sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking
HB 4906 - Granting Purple Heart recipients, their spouses or unmarried widows, children and grandchildren a 100 percent tuition waiver
HB 4907 - Granting members of a Gold Star Family a 100 percent tuition waiver
HB 4908 - Granting veterans, and spouses and children of a veteran with documented wartime service a 75 percent tuition
HB 4910 - Relating to partial tuition waivers for veterans and their families
HB 4921 - Authorizing student athletes to be compensated for use of their name, image or likeness
HB 4927 - Transferring the West Virginia Network for Educational Telecomputing to the Board of Governors for Marshall University
HB 4939 - Relating to senior citizens attending college classes at state institutions without receiving college credit
HB 4943 - Establishing matrix necessary for an institution of higher education to become exempt from the Higher Education Policy Commission

Education (K12) (3 Bills)
HB 2002 - Education Savings Account Act
HB 2013 - Providing a bonus for teachers willing to teach in certain critical needs areas
HB 2022 - Permitting county boards of education to accumulate instructional days and use them when needed
HB 2093 - Relating to seniority rights and school consolidation
HB 2100 - Establishing a pilot program to develop school-based mental and behavioral health services
HB 2322 - Providing a salary increase for special education teachers
HB 2327 - Relating to public school education in dating violence, domestic abuse and sexual violence prevention
HB 2345 - Developing a resource for use by parents to monitor and track deaf and hard-of-hearing children’s receptive and expressive language
HB 2350 - Permitting public employees the right to collectively bargain
HB 2367 - Creating a state program allowing high school students advance to getting a college degree or technical training while in high school
HB 2368 - Relating to education to children and adults housed in correctional facilities and regional jails
HB 2383 - Creating a pilot program for expansion of school-based mental health and school-based diversion
HB 2386 - School Consolidation Task Force
HB 2397 - Requiring county school boards to provide adequate mental health and counseling services
HB 2425 - Defining a work day for school service personnel and removing a provision relating to employment of licensed practical nurses
HB 2433 - Modifying the school calendar to begin not earlier than September 1 and end no later than June 7
HB 2448 - Middle School Technical Education Program Act
HB 2457 - Educational Equality Act
HB 2464 - Requiring free feminine hygiene products in grades 6 through 12
HB 2549 - Relating to compulsory school attendance
HB 2551 - Requiring the State Board of Education to develop a method for funding student transportation costs as a stand-alone consideration
HB 2561 - Expanding the eligibility for service on county school boards
HB 2593 - Limiting the increase or decrease of state funding to a county board of education
HB 2604 - Permitting service credit in the Teachers Retirement System to persons with alternative school teaching experience
HB 2606 - Requiring 30 minutes of unstructured play time daily for students in kindergarten through grade 5
HB 2615 - Requiring the state board of education to develop an elective course on Vocational Agriculture
HB 2620 - Modifying the contact requirements with a student’s guardians upon accrual of unexcused absences
HB 2630 - Requiring each county school board to employ at least one full time school nurse
HB 2632 - Tim Tebow Act
HB 2710 - Prohibiting manufacturing plants from locating within two air miles of an existing public school
HB 2713 - Expunging records of unsubstantiated complaints made by the Department of Health and Human Resources against teachers
HB 2719 - Establishing an optional bus operator in residence program for school districts
HB 2758 - Establishing minimum numbers of school counselors
HB 2766 - Relating to a student not advancing to the next grade by teacher recommendation
HB 2775 - Requiring each high school student to complete a full credit course of study in personal finance
HB 2794 - Establishing the Summer Feeding for All initiative
HB 2824 - Relating to teacher to pupil ratio in grades first through third
HB 2842 - Increasing the amount that a faculty senate of a public school may allocate to a classroom teacher or librarian for academic materials
HB 2847 - Relating to exemptions from mandated immunizations
HB 2852 - Increasing the expenditure for academic materials, supplies, and equipment
HB 2859 - Authorizing certain teachers to use alternative teaching programs
HB 2860 - Relating to mandatory drug testing of all classes of employees in K through 12 schools
HB 2870 - Reducing the number of students and schools that a school nurse must serve
HB 2919 - Establishing an Education Employees Fund
HB 2938 - Relating to vocational and technical education programs
HB 2963 - Modifying the school calendar
HB 3006 - Providing school day to register and transport students to vote
HB 3058 - Granting full time employees of county boards of education three months of paid leave following the birth of a child
HB 3114 - Eliminating the requirement that schools be closed on election days
HB 3118 - Relating to mandatory drug testing for state legislators and teachers
HB 3127 - Relating to the Secondary School Activities Commission and participation by home schooled students
HB 3128 - Changing the recommended guidelines for full-day and half-day cooks to the minimum ratio of one cook for every 110 meals
HB 3130 - Creating three separate job titles for school bus operators
HB 4036 - Requiring the State Board of Education to develop curriculum content for a semester-long financial literacy course
HB 4069 - West Virginia Student Religious Liberties Act
HB 4084 - Relating to teacher salary enhancement
HB 4089 - Requiring cursive writing to be taught
HB 4105 - Requiring that public schools have full-time trainers on staff
HB 4112 - Requiring county school boards to provide adequate mental health evaluations, and counseling services
HB 4115 - Requiring compulsory immunization of public school children
HB 4140 - Granting tax credits for parents and legal guardians whose children are in a home schooling program or private school
HB 4148 - Authorizing the suspension or dismissal of school personnel who retaliate against a student or parent who has made a complaint
HB 4153 - Forbidding displays relating to sexuality in public school facilities and forbidding the teaching of sexuality in public schools
HB 4165 - West Virginia Remembers Program
HB 4183 - Relating to mandatory drug testing of all classes of employees in K through 12 schools
HB 4193 - Allowing private entities to lease buildings to local school boards in cases of emergency
HB 4366 - Changing the school aid formula allowances for instructional technology and for AP and dual credit courses
HB 4367 - Adding speech pathologists to the step increase for special education teachers
HB 4378 - Relating to disciplining teachers
HB 4398 - Relating to required courses of instruction
HB 4408 - Requiring the State Board of Education to develop and implement an online database for the employment of school principals
HB 4440 - Prohibiting the home schooling of children in certain circumstances
HB 4457 - Requiring air conditioning on all school buses
HB 4475 - Requiring the State Board of Education to provide for the routine education of all professional educators
HB 4492 - West Virginia Children's Vision Act
HB 4497 - Requiring an external defibrillator device at any secondary school athlete event
HB 4518 - Relating to minimum salaries for teachers
HB 4519 - Establishing a summer youth intern pilot program within Department of Commerce
HB 4535 - Relating to student aide class titles
HB 4538 - Modifying the definitions and pay grades of certain school cafeteria personnel
HB 4546 - Relating to tuberculosis testing for school superintendents
HB 4564 - Relating to participation in school sports
HB 4568 - Requiring the State Board of Education to provide for the routine education of all professional educators
HB 4596 - Declaring a shortage of qualified bus operators and allowing retired bus operators to accept employment
HB 4614 - Requiring seat belts on every new school bus
HB 4623 - Requiring all schools to instruct students on the Holocaust and other genocides
HB 4624 - Permitting public employees the right to collectively bargain
HB 4649 - Relating to implementation of trauma-informed practices in schools
HB 4656 - Requiring test in civics to graduate high school or obtain GED
HB 4659 - Relating to the West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission
HB 4681 - Requiring schools to offer elective vocational courses in middle schools
HB 4682 - Increasing annuity payment by one percent for certain retirants under a Consolidated Public Retirement Board retirement system
HB 4692 - Relating to calculation of the school aid formula based on net enrollment
HB 4712 - Consolidating the 55 county school boards into 10 district school boards
HB 4724 - Providing a tax credit to encourage new teachers to remain in the state
HB 4740 - Designating social workers in the DHHR to help improve or maintain school attendance and performance, health and well-being
HB 4745 - Replacing minimum minutes of instructional time required per day with a requirement for an average of five hours per day
HB 4753 - Requiring the authority to obtain approval from county board of education for agreements that involve tax revenues expended for public schools
HB 4755 - Requiring a vote on school closure or consolidation in certain circumstances
HB 4771 - Requiring "Mine War History Day" be observed in schools every year
HB 4780 - Permitting county boards to offer elective courses of instruction on the Bible
HB 4785 - Providing school days to register and transport students to vote
HB 4804 - Relating to comprehensive systems of support for teacher and leader induction and professional growth
HB 4825 - Requiring students to compete only against students of the same biological gender
HB 4836 - Adopting and implementing a "Heat and Humidity Practice Policy" for all interscholastic athletic events
HB 4841 - Relating to public school faculty senates
HB 4843 - Relating to public school education assessment of students for dyslexia and dyscalculia
HB 4854 - Changing the method of filling vacancies in county boards of education
HB 4879 - Granting jurisdiction to supervise youth sport league events to county boards of education and the Secondary School Activities Commission
HB 4890 - Relating to the removal of standardized testing in public schools
HB 4914 - Providing pay raises to public school teachers
HB 4917 - Changing student to school nurse staffing ratios
HB 4923 - Establishing a ratio of one counselor for every 250 students
HB 4925 - Requiring the Secondary Schools Athletic Commission to recognize preparatory athletic programs
HB 4937 - Relating to home school students
HB 4938 - Allowing state employees to take paid leave to attend parent-teacher conferences for their children
HB 4942 - Establishing that the educational instructional term for students shall begin no earlier than Labor Day
HB 4950 - Requiring county boards of education to provide one social worker for each 1000 students

Elected Officials (1 Bills)
HB 2126 - Requiring county boards of education to provide released time for professional educators and service personnel when serving in an elected municipal or county office
HB 2176 - Prohibiting chairmen of state political parties during or up to one year after the termination of their employment as chairmen of those political parties from registering as lobbyists

Elections (5 Bills)
HB 2008 - Relating to nonpartisan election of justices of the Supreme Court of Appeals
HB 2169 - Allowing a group of affiliated voters to become a recognized political party under certain criteria
HB 2217 - Requiring all local special elections to be held on the days and hours of general, primary or state-wide elections
HB 2309 - Allowing municipalities to cancel elections when only one person is running
HB 2395 - Providing school days to register and transport students to vote
HB 2432 - Electing members of county school boards on a nonpartisan basis in general elections
HB 2456 - Relating to the definition of a political party for all state and local elections
HB 2605 - Relating to the regular election of officers on state general election day
HB 2753 - Permitting stand-in candidates for gubernatorial and presidential contests
HB 2990 - Redistricting of the Senate
HB 3006 - Providing school day to register and transport students to vote
HB 3041 - Relating to electioneering or distributing literature at early voting locations
HB 3077 - Permitting election day registration of voters
HB 3094 - Relating to political affiliation of elected officials
HB 4044 - Prohibiting payroll deductions to electioneering organizations
HB 4056 - Requiring all local and state special elections to be held on the days and hours of general or primary or state elections
HB 4073 - Relating to disclosure of fundraising contributions during a legislative session
HB 4096 - Requiring candidates to live in the state or local election district for the office for which they are seeking
HB 4137 - Allowing counties to store and maintain voter registration records in a digital format
HB 4164 - Taxation With Representation Act
HB 4203 - Prohibiting charging your campaign interest for personal loans to your campaign
HB 4372 - Providing for political party platforms to be placed on ballots for certain primary elections
HB 4386 - Relating to political party committees
HB 4402 - Relating to designation of early voting locations
HB 4471 - West Virginia Native American Tribes Unique Recognition, Authentication and Listing Act
HB 4575 - Implementing The Agreement Among the States to Elect the President and Vice President by National Popular Vote
HB 4593 - Authorizing the assignment of poll workers to serve more than one precinct under certain circumstances
HB 4594 - Allowing poll workers to be appointed to work in precincts outside their county
HB 4631 - Requiring the return of certain campaign contributions if an elected official switches political parties
HB 4708 - Expanding the definition of political party for the purposes of election law
HB 4742 - Establishing a vote by mail program
HB 4755 - Requiring a vote on school closure or consolidation in certain circumstances
HB 4774 - Providing that the Division of Motor Vehicles identification cards be issued at no cost
HB 4785 - Providing school days to register and transport students to vote
HB 4846 - Requiring penetration test for online election systems
HB 4895 - Relating to the contests of county, district, and municipal elections
HB 4951 - Limiting individual contributions to a political candidate to $1,000

Energy (31 Bills)
HB 2102 - Relating generally to horizontal well control standards
HB 2131 - Establishing the Legislative Oversight Commission on Energy Workers Safety
HB 2138 - Prohibiting blasting within six hundred twenty-five feet of an occupied dwelling
HB 2537 - West Virginia Black Lung Program
HB 2568 - Increasing the tax on the privilege of severing natural gas and oil
HB 2812 - Allowing the Office of Miners' Health, Safety and Training to inspect the records of employers of certified persons for compliance purposes
HB 2832 - Requiring drug testing companies to have contractor IDs and mandatory safety training before performing work on mine property
HB 4091 - Allowing for expedited oil and gas well permitting upon payment of applicable expedited fees
HB 4172 - Providing for solar energy production on formerly mined land
HB 4465 - Relating to a tax rebate for facilities or processes that result in additional employment and an additional demand for electrical power
HB 4562 - Renewable Energy Facilities Program
HB 4615 - West Virginia Critical Infrastructure Protection Act
HB 4661 - Relating to the powers of the Public Service Commission and the regulation of natural gas utilities
HB 4673 - Relating to the Public Energy Authority Act of West Virginia

Environment (108 Bills)
HB 2073 - Implementing the recommendations of the studies required by the Natural Gas and Horizontal Well Control Act
HB 2076 - Providing a tax credit for obtaining certain certifications by the United States Green Building Council Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design green building rating system
HB 2496 - Shifting funding from the Landfill Closure Assistance Fund to local solid waste authorities
HB 2544 - Authorizing local boards of health to assess, charge and collect increased environmental fees for restaurants
HB 2555 - Banning plastic bags
HB 2556 - Relating to required notices for air quality permits prior to the permit being granted
HB 2711 - Requiring public hearing for applicant for air quality permit relating to facility of certain investment value
HB 3120 - West Virginia Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Control Act
HB 4079 - Altering the definition of an aboveground storage tank
HB 4087 - Allowing access to the Department of Environmental Protection's electronic submission system
HB 4443 - Shifting funding from the Landfill Closure Assistance Fund to local solid waste authorities
HB 4446 - Relating to inspections of surface coal mining operations
HB 4484 - Relating to the Hazardous Waste Management Fund
HB 4534 - Relating to rulemaking for healthcare plans
HB 4542 - Clean Drinking Water Act of 2020
HB 4565 - Prohibiting the use of polystyrene containers
HB 4690 - Relating to solid waste facilities
HB 4787 - Allowing increased civil administrative penalties to be promulgated by legislative rules of by the Department of Environmental Protection
HB 4816 - Removing the provisions for self-bonding
HB 4870 - Prohibiting certain devices which enhance a diesel-powered vehicle's capacity to emit soot

Environmental Protection (1 Bills)
HB 2113 - Intrastate Coal and Use Act

Estates and Trusts (41 Bills)
HB 2552 - Relating to the intestate share of a decedent's surviving spouse
HB 4374 - Relating to the administration of estates and trusts
HB 4929 - Relating to the administrative closing of stale or unprogressed estates
HB 4933 - Relating to the administration of trusts

Ethics (39 Bills)
HB 2044 - Relating to pecuniary interest of county and district officers, teachers and school officials in contracts
HB 2176 - Prohibiting chairmen of state political parties during or up to one year after the termination of their employment as chairmen of those political parties from registering as lobbyists
HB 2497 - Relating to the whistle-blower law
HB 3119 - Relating generally to the ethical standards for elected and appointed officials and public employees
HB 4064 - Requiring a lobbyist who is registered to represent multiple clients to immediately notify clients in writing of a conflict of interest
HB 4674 - Act to Counter Boycotts, Divestments and Sanctions of Israel
HB 4915 - Increasing the period for which violations may be considered for filing of an ethics complaint

Finance and Administration (1 Bills)
HB 2035 - Requiring purchases to be made at lowest retail price available at level of quality sought by the spending unit
HB 2144 - Relating to debarment of vendors seeking to provide goods and services to the state and its subdivisions
HB 2166 - Prohibiting employees of the state who have convictions for driving under the influence from driving or operating state owned vehicle
HB 2756 - Requiring contractors performing work for government contracts on computers use software to verify the hours
HB 2769 - Citizen and State Accountability Act
HB 2972 - Authorizing local units of government to adopt local energy efficiency partnership programs
HB 3051 - Relating to requiring state, county, and municipal government agencies to provide all employees an annual statement of total compensation
HB 4001 - Creating West Virginia Impact Fund
HB 4042 - Requiring agencies exempt from some or all of state purchasing requirements to adopt procedural rules
HB 4118 - Creating a state-wide email address directory
HB 4130 - Relating to competitive bidding for government construction contracts arising out of declared states of emergency
HB 4141 - Requiring the Department of Administration to publish its comprehensive annual financial report by the end of December
HB 4142 - Providing that the Jobs Investment Trust Board be part of the Department of Commerce
HB 4390 - Relating to records management of public records
HB 4434 - West Virginia health care workforce sustainability study
HB 4437 - Relating to the West Virginia Pay Card program
HB 4449 - Requiring state purchases of certain items to be made from authorized dealers in this state
HB 4463 - Relating to prequalification of vendors for state contracts
HB 4506 - Relating to procurement of architect-engineer services by the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources
HB 4507 - Exempting certain Division of Natural Resources sections from the requirement that all payments must be deposited in a bank within 24 hours
HB 4527 - Creating a special revenue account designated the Military Authority Fund
HB 4552 - Relating to state accounting system transaction fees
HB 4617 - Requiring the State Auditor to conduct financial audits of state agencies and departments
HB 4660 - Requiring state agencies to maintain updated records of all financial transactions in a searchable website
HB 4706 - Relating to reports concerning funds due to unknown or unlocatable interest owners
HB 4762 - Requiring publication of continually updated records of state financial transactions in a publicly accessible, searchable website
HB 4766 - Changing the hourly threshold for exemption of part-time employees from classified service
HB 4811 - Relating to requirements for state contracts
HB 4869 - Requiring a public entity accepting a bid on a public contract to notify all municipalities and counties
HB 4877 - Declaring November 14 every year, a special Memorial Day in remembrance of the Marshall University airplane crash
HB 4911 - Providing that military veterans or gold star families may not be charged fees at the State Capitol or fined for not paying fees for parking

Fire Fighting and Prevention (2 Bills)
HB 2107 - Providing meetings and conference rights for members of municipal fire departments
HB 2208 - Reducing federal adjusted gross income for volunteer fire department and rescue squad members

Firearms (2 Bills)
HB 2143 - West Virginia Firearms Freedom Act

Fuel (2 Bills)
HB 2134 - Requiring retail establishments offering gasoline or other motor fuel to provide refueling assistance and refueling access to persons with a disability

Funds (1 Bills)
HB 2776 - Providing one-time supplements to all annuitants when they reach the age of seventy

Governmental Agencies (3 Bills)
HB 2176 - Prohibiting chairmen of state political parties during or up to one year after the termination of their employment as chairmen of those political parties from registering as lobbyists
HB 2581 - Requiring recipients of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program be issued a photo identification card

Governor -- Bills Requested By (24 Bills)
HB 4021 - Budget Bill, making appropriations of public money out of the treasury in accordance with section fifty-one, article six of the Constitution
HB 4135 - Updating meaning of federal adjusted gross income and certain other terms used in West Virginia Personal Income Tax Act
HB 4485 - Reorganizing and redesignating the Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety as the Department of Homeland Security
HB 4486 - Making supplementary appropriations from the State Fund, General Revenue, special revenue funds, and state road funds
HB 4487 - Expiring funds to the balance of the Department of Health and Human Resources, Division of Human Services
HB 4488 - Expiring funds to the unappropriated surplus balance in the State Fund, General Revenue, and making a supplementary appropriation to DHHR
HB 4489 - Expiring funds to the balance of the Department of Health and Human Resources - Medical Services Program Fund
HB 4490 - Making a supplementary appropriation to the Department of Administration, to the DHHR, and to the Department of Veterans' Assistance
HB 4643 - Creating in the State Treasury a special account known as Medicaid Families First Reserve Fund
HB 4783 - Making a supplementary appropriation to the Department of Education
HB 4961 - Making a supplementary appropriation to the Bureau of Senior Services
HB 4962 - Making a supplementary appropriation to the Public Service Commission, Consumer Advocate Fund
HB 4963 - Supplementary appropriation to the Department of Transportation, A. James Manchin Fund, and to the State Rail Authority
HB 4964 - Supplementing, amending and adding a new appropriation to the Department of Transportation, Aeronautics Commission
HB 4965 - Supplementing and amending the appropriations of public moneys to the Department of Health and Human Resources, Division of Health
HB 4972 - Making a supplementary appropriation to the Department of Health and Human Resources, Division of Human Services, Energy Assistance
HB 4973 - Making a supplementary appropriation to the Department of Health and Human Resources, Division of Human Services
HB 4974 - Supplementary appropriation to the Department of Health and Human Resources, Division of Health – West Virginia Birth-to-Three Fund
HB 4975 - Making a supplementary appropriation to the School Building Authority, Debt Service Fund
HB 4976 - Making a supplementary appropriation to the School Building Authority
HB 4979 - Expiring funds to the balance of the Department of Commerce, West Virginia Development Office, Marketing and Communications Operating Fund

Hazardous Materials (60 Bills)
HB 2136 - Clarifying that the county or regional solid waste authority that may impose and collect an additional solid waste assessment fee is the county or region where the waste originates

Health (28 Bills)
HB 2074 - Life at Conception Act of 2019
HB 2077 - Prohibiting smoking in an enclosed motor vehicle when a child under the age of eight is present
HB 2080 - Authorizing possession and smoking of medical cannabis by approved persons
HB 2214 - Requiring applicants for new and renewed drivers’ licenses to be asked if they desire to be organ donors
HB 2227 - Nondiscrimination in Involuntary Denial of Treatment Act
HB 2319 - Creating a state-administered wholesale drug importation program
HB 2323 - Raising the legal age for purchase of tobacco and tobacco products
HB 2331 - Relating to legalizing cannabis production, sales and adult consumption
HB 2337 - Assessing the health impact of any new, or modification to, rule proposed by the Secretary of the Department of Environmental Protection
HB 2345 - Developing a resource for use by parents to monitor and track deaf and hard-of-hearing children’s receptive and expressive language
HB 2383 - Creating a pilot program for expansion of school-based mental health and school-based diversion
HB 2428 - Creating a state administered wholesale drug importation program
HB 2430 - Prohibiting forcing currently owner-occupied residences to be required to participate in a public sewer or public water system
HB 2537 - West Virginia Black Lung Program
HB 2544 - Authorizing local boards of health to assess, charge and collect increased environmental fees for restaurants
HB 2581 - Requiring recipients of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program be issued a photo identification card
HB 2652 - Relating to public health
HB 2656 - Health Care Choice Act
HB 2729 - Recognition of Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact
HB 2817 - Youth Mental Health Protection Act
HB 2847 - Relating to exemptions from mandated immunizations
HB 2903 - Fetal Heartbeat Act
HB 2915 - Restricting the performance of abortions and acquiring, providing, receiving, otherwise transferring, or using fetal body parts
HB 2950 - Relating to employees of local boards of health
HB 2961 - Permitting the commissioner to require a water supply system be equipped with a backflow prevention assembly
HB 2978 - Improving the quality of West Virginia’s Medicaid program
HB 2983 - Relating to therapeutic rights of minors
HB 2987 - Relating to Involuntary treatment for alcohol and other drug abuse
HB 2988 - Relating to tobacco usage restrictions
HB 3019 - Health Care Transparency Act
HB 3028 - Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act
HB 3042 - Requiring prescriptions be made by electronic means
HB 3049 - Improving dissemination of boiled water advisories to affected communities
HB 4003 - Relating to telehealth insurance requirements
HB 4007 - Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act
HB 4009 - Relating to the process for involuntary hospitalization
HB 4028 - Relating to licensure of hospitals
HB 4037 - Fetal Heartbeat Act
HB 4052 - Persistent Symptoms Act
HB 4054 - Vapor Products Warning Notice
HB 4059 - Increasing access to long acting reversible contraception
HB 4063 - Relating to compulsory immunizations
HB 4066 - Raising the legal age for the purchase of tobacco, tobacco products
HB 4078 - Relating to insulin cost management
HB 4108 - Relating generally to certificates of need for health care services
HB 4114 - Informed Consent Protection Act
HB 4124 - Exempting certain health services from certificate of need
HB 4161 - Making it illegal to scleral tattoo a person
HB 4175 - Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act
HB 4186 - Removing marijuana as a tested substance from the screening requirements
HB 4368 - Relating to the Medical Cannabis Act
HB 4387 - Donated Drug Repository Program
HB 4391 - Redefining certain definitions, including the definition of "Life-prolonging intervention"
HB 4422 - The Patient Brokering Act
HB 4423 - Permitting a nursing home to use trained individuals to administer medication
HB 4424 - Combining the presently existing five regional command centers of the office of Emergency Medical Services into a single state-wide center
HB 4467 - Relating to the posting of information regarding the West Virginia Tobacco Quitline
HB 4468 - The Genealogical Record Integrity Act of 2020
HB 4481 - Relating to health care decisions
HB 4492 - West Virginia Children's Vision Act
HB 4493 - Relating to age verification requirements for delivery sales of tobacco
HB 4497 - Requiring an external defibrillator device at any secondary school athlete event
HB 4498 - Relating to a Woman's Right to Know
HB 4511 - Relating to exemptions for the United States Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Foster Homes
HB 4521 - Requiring rules of local boards of health to be approved by the county commission; exceptions
HB 4539 - Relating to the cultivation of medical cannabis
HB 4540 - Authorizing the appointment, qualifications, certification, authority, compensation, and training of hospital police officers
HB 4546 - Relating to tuberculosis testing for school superintendents
HB 4567 - Relating to the use of medical cannabis
HB 4580 - Eliminating the certificate of need program
HB 4581 - Relating to West Virginia Clearance for Access: Registry and Employment Screening
HB 4583 - Requiring Accountable Pharmaceutical Transparency, Oversight, and Reporting Act
HB 4605 - Transferring state facilities to comprehensive regional mental health centers
HB 4609 - Limiting minors' access to gender reassignment surgery or hormone replacement therapy
HB 4612 - Modifying legislative rules for vital statistics relating to death certificates
HB 4620 - Redefining definition of "recovery residence"
HB 4632 - Relating to cost sharing in prescription epinephrine drugs
HB 4637 - Relating to health care decisions
HB 4642 - Relating to uniform credentialing for health practitioners
HB 4652 - Relating to tobacco usage restrictions
HB 4680 - West Virginia Housing Development Fund loan program for recovery residences
HB 4688 - Transferring 0.5 percent of Medicaid surplus funds to the Emergency Medical Services Equipment and Training Fund
HB 4710 - Authorizing law-enforcement agencies to create a referral program for voluntary treatment of addiction
HB 4711 - Developing a program for individuals suffering from a substance abuse disorder who voluntarily seek treatment for that abuse
HB 4731 - Establishing the Minority Health Advisory Team
HB 4746 - Establishing a registry of persons with a communication disability
HB 4754 - Including ulcerative colitis as a "serious medical condition"
HB 4758 - Solemn Covenant of the States to Award Prizes for Curing Diseases
HB 4764 - Increasing the excise tax on E-cigarettes
HB 4773 - Creating a workgroup to investigate and recommend screening protocols for adverse childhood trauma in this state
HB 4778 - Creating the First Responders Mental Health Advisory Board
HB 4799 - Patient Safety and Transparency Act
HB 4814 - Requiring parents or guardians to participate in programs for juveniles in an out-of-home placement
HB 4822 - Relating to the licensure of hospitals
HB 4828 - Creating a Children's Health Insurance Program buy-in program for children of families above 300 percent of the federal poverty level
HB 4831 - Establishing a comprehensive addiction recovery center certification and grant program in this state
HB 4851 - Screening for adverse childhood experiences
HB 4858 - Classifying "marihuana" and tetrahydrocannabinols as a Schedule IV controlled substance
HB 4878 - Creating a policy on vaccine preventable diseases
HB 4879 - Granting jurisdiction to supervise youth sport league events to county boards of education and the Secondary School Activities Commission
HB 4881 - Permitting individuals who have certain qualifications to operate as tactical emergency medicine providers
HB 4888 - Food Freedom Act
HB 4896 - Relating to oversight of syringe exchange programs by the Department of Health and Human Resources
HB 4901 - Mountaineer Games Sports League
HB 4920 - Relating to powers and duties of the Commissioner of the Bureau for Public Health
HB 4924 - Women's Health Protection Act
HB 4926 - Establishing the emergency service authority for Fayette County
HB 4928 - Requiring medical insurance providers to include infertility services in their policies

Holidays (7 Bills)
HB 2747 - Allowing parents or the school to serve sweets during the holidays if the school receives parental or guardian consent

Human Rights (1 Bills)
HB 2025 - Requiring the Human Rights Commission, when investigating a complaint of discrimination, to specifically include an examination of the intent of the person
HB 2050 - Prohibiting confidential settlement terms of a contested case involving sexual harassment, sexual abuse, or sexual assault
HB 2062 - The Healthy and Safe Workplace Act
HB 2074 - Life at Conception Act of 2019
HB 2320 - Establishing a special memorial day to be known as Juneteenth honoring human rights and the end of slavery in the United States
HB 2335 - Family Protection Act
HB 2406 - Exempting persons with valid religious objections from having their photographs taken and placed on government licenses
HB 2553 - The Motion Picture Open Captioning Act
HB 2741 - Relating to unlawful discriminatory practices in categories covered by the Human Rights Act and the Fair Housing Act
HB 2763 - Relating to unlawful discriminatory practices in categories covered by the Human Rights Act and the Fair Housing Act
HB 2899 - Creating the West Virginia Intrastate Commerce Improvement Act
HB 2985 - West Virginia Faith Freedom Act
HB 4168 - Preserving and protecting the right to keep and bear arms
HB 4200 - Prohibiting discrimination based on age or sexual orientation
HB 4201 - Relating to unlawful discriminatory practices in categories covered by the Human Rights Act and the Fair Housing Act
HB 4377 - The Protection of Vulnerable Adults from Financial Exploitation Act
HB 4508 - Making it illegal to discriminate based on hair texture or hair style
HB 4570 - The Motion Picture Open Captioning Act
HB 4718 - West Virginia Indian Tribes Recognition Act
HB 4743 - Creating a Small Business and Minority Populations Economic and Workforce Development Taskforce
HB 4763 - Establishing special memorial day to be known as Juneteenth honoring human rights and the end of slavery in the United States
HB 4894 - Pay Transparency Act of 2020
HB 4948 - Prohibiting discrimination based upon age and sexual orientation, or gender identity

Human Services (5 Bills)
HB 2007 - Eliminating the certificate of need program
HB 2154 - Creating a litigation practice license for social workers
HB 2328 - Relating to designation of social workers in the Department of Health and Human Services
HB 2336 - Relating to the state’s Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services Intellectual/Developmental Disability Waiver
HB 2381 - Exempting certain contracts between the Department of Health and Human Resources and West Virginia University, Marshall University or the School for Osteopathic Medicine from state purchasing requirements
HB 2447 - Exempting certain kindergartens, preschools and school education programs that are operated by a private school from state licensure requirements
HB 2664 - The West Virginia Refugee Absorptive Capacity Act
HB 2669 - West Virginia Child Advocate for the Protection of Children Act
HB 2683 - Establishing a bill of rights of children in foster care
HB 2893 - Increasing minimum salaries for Bureau for Child Support Enforcement attorneys
HB 2902 - Relating to wages of persons with disabilities
HB 2978 - Improving the quality of West Virginia’s Medicaid program
HB 4018 - Requiring able-bodied adults receiving Medicaid benefits to be participating with the requirements of a work, education, or volunteer program
HB 4387 - Donated Drug Repository Program
HB 4447 - Creating the shared table initiative for senior citizens who suffer from food insecurity
HB 4459 - Allowing a personal income tax deduction for a foster care child
HB 4470 - Relating to persons 18 years of age or older in the custody of the Bureau of Juvenile Services
HB 4557 - Relating to centers and institutions that provide the care and treatment of mentally ill or intellectually disabled individuals
HB 4566 - Establishing a tax deduction against corporation net income tax for retail food distributors that donate to school "backpack programs"
HB 4573 - Relating to Medicaid subrogation liens of the Department of Health and Human Resources
HB 4591 - Amending the definition of "financial exploitation" to include the use of undue influence
HB 4605 - Transferring state facilities to comprehensive regional mental health centers
HB 4630 - Providing a tax credit for families who have foster children
HB 4640 - Foster Care Support Fund
HB 4669 - Exempting participants in the Jobs and Hope program from Medicaid forfeiture for one year after certain conditions are met
HB 4695 - The Closed Captioning Act
HB 4752 - Initiating a State Employment First Policy to facilitate integrated employment of disabled persons
HB 4768 - Providing a $1,000 pay increase for full-time adult protective service workers
HB 4789 - Affordable Medicaid Buy-In Program
HB 4793 - Adding entities which may take possession of a child voluntarily relinquished
HB 4796 - Requiring the Public Employees Agency and other health insurance providers to provide mental health parity
HB 4821 - Relating to the transportation for the mentally ill or substance abuser
HB 4851 - Screening for adverse childhood experiences
HB 4920 - Relating to powers and duties of the Commissioner of the Bureau for Public Health
HB 4931 - Providing a tax credit for families who have foster children

Infrastructure (18 Bills)
HB 2099 - Relating to the transfer of certain revenues derived from lottery activities generally, restoring distribution to the West Virginia Infrastructure Fund to 2013 rates and decreasing the funds available for grants therefrom

Insurance (12 Bills)
HB 2053 - Providing that state retirees’ insurance benefits be restored to the benefit levels that existed in 2015
HB 2063 - Prohibiting use of a person's credit history in certain insurance transactions
HB 2213 - Mountain State Employee Compensation Realignment Act
HB 2222 - Requiring the Insurance Commissioner to regulate professional bondsmen
HB 2224 - Relating to insurance coverage for breast cancer screening
HB 2310 - Repealing the Public Employees Insurance Agency Finance Board
HB 2332 - Relating to insurance unfair trade practices
HB 2393 - Fixing the premium cost sharing at no less than 80 percent for the employer and no more than 20 percent for the employee
HB 2394 - Requiring licensees authorized to serve alcoholic liquors or nonintoxicating beer to have certain liability insurance coverage
HB 2656 - Health Care Choice Act
HB 2754 - Establishing certain requirements for dental insurance
HB 2810 - Modifying the method of calculation of the employer and employee contribution percentages for public employee insurance premiums
HB 2873 - Establishing an insurance program for health and medical insurance coverage to be offered in counties with limited insurance providers
HB 3038 - Increasing access to contraceptive drugs, devices, and procedures
HB 3052 - Ensuring coverage for residents with preexisting conditions
HB 3078 - Relating generally to paid family and medical leave
HB 3136 - Relating to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
HB 4043 - Preventing state, county and municipal agencies from covering any portions of Public Employee Insurance Act premiums for spouse
HB 4058 - Relating to pharmacy benefit managers
HB 4061 - Health Benefit Plan Network Access and Adequacy Act
HB 4062 - Reducing the cost of prescription drugs
HB 4146 - Relating to credit for reinsurance
HB 4149 - Relating to insurance
HB 4150 - Preventing taxpayer subsidization of health insurance covering elective abortions
HB 4162 - Requiring Medicaid and insurance coverage for treatment of pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders
HB 4171 - Relating to the assignment of certain benefits in dental care insurance coverage
HB 4192 - Relating to the establishment of an insurance innovation process
HB 4198 - Permitting a person to obtain a 12-month supply of contraceptive drugs
HB 4359 - Modifying the filing fees for insurers
HB 4361 - Relating to insurance law violations
HB 4385 - Family and Medical Leave Insurance Benefits Act
HB 4436 - Clarifying that The American Law Institute's Restatement of the Law, Liability Insurance is not a source of West Virginia insurance law
HB 4448 - Relating to the transfer of moneys from the Insurance Commission Fund into the Workers' Compensation Old Fund
HB 4466 - Certificates of Insurance Act
HB 4474 - Relating to peer-to-peer car sharing programs
HB 4477 - West Virginia Mutual to Mutual Insurance Holding Company Act
HB 4496 - Removing the specific mandate of the Board of Risk and Insurance Management to purchase liability insurance for the Division of Corrections
HB 4502 - Relating to insurance adjusters
HB 4528 - Relating to the surcharge on fire and casualty insurance policies
HB 4553 - Requiring certain health insurance providers to provide fertility services coverage
HB 4554 - Relating to insurance coverage for insulin
HB 4572 - Allowing WVCHIP flexibility in rate setting to establish cost savings
HB 4588 - Requiring access to coverage of individuals with preexisting conditions
HB 4739 - Relating to the regulation of pharmacy services administrative organizations
HB 4796 - Requiring the Public Employees Agency and other health insurance providers to provide mental health parity
HB 4826 - Permitting former members of the Legislature to remain eligible for insurance plans at full cost to the member and at no cost to the state
HB 4875 - Requiring certain insurance providers to enter into provider service agreements with a health care provider
HB 4898 - Imposing a general data mining service tax on commercial data operators
HB 4928 - Requiring medical insurance providers to include infertility services in their policies

Insurance -- Health (6 Bills)
HB 2575 - Freezing PEIA employee premiums for three years
HB 2577 - Authorizing insurance to married workers without children at reduced rates under the West Virginia Public Employees Insurance Act
HB 2613 - Prohibiting the number of inquiries reflected in a credit report, credit score report or CLUE report from adversely affecting an application for insurance
HB 2631 - Relating to qualifying children of state employees, receiving income of $25,000 per year or less, for the West Virginia Children's Health Insurance Program
HB 2649 - Providing state health care services for all active and inactive duty military personnel

Insurance -- Motor Vehicles (4 Bills)
HB 2613 - Prohibiting the number of inquiries reflected in a credit report, credit score report or CLUE report from adversely affecting an application for insurance

Insurance (And Related Subheadings) (52 Bills)
HB 2125 - Giving the Insurance Commissioner the power to regulate and penalize self-insured employers
HB 2129 - Prohibiting the use of a credit score in casualty insurance rate filings

Juveniles (65 Bills)
HB 2096 - Relating to the juvenile justice reform oversight committee
HB 2317 - Requiring the release of an unemancipated minor's medical records for drug testing
HB 2383 - Creating a pilot program for expansion of school-based mental health and school-based diversion
HB 2460 - Creating a statutory right to petition circuit and family courts for sibling visitation
HB 2578 - Allowing children in the custody of the state in any foster home, group home or other facility or residence to hunt and fish without a license
HB 2983 - Relating to therapeutic rights of minors
HB 4092 - Relating to foster care
HB 4094 - Continuing the Foster Care Ombudsman
HB 4107 - Requiring the Department of Health and Human resources to pay the attorney fees of an adoptive parent in a subsidized adoption
HB 4128 - Relating to child protective caseworkers
HB 4469 - Increasing the minimum criminal penalty for a driver who, in an impaired state, causes the death of a minor
HB 4470 - Relating to persons 18 years of age or older in the custody of the Bureau of Juvenile Services
HB 4536 - Prohibiting certain sex offenders from being in a supervisory position over children
HB 4551 - Relating to subsidized adoption
HB 4572 - Allowing WVCHIP flexibility in rate setting to establish cost savings
HB 4585 - Providing immunity from civil or criminal liability for making good faith reports of suspected or known instances of child abuse or neglect
HB 4670 - Relating to the juvenile restorative justice programs
HB 4842 - Exempting child-care programs for out-of-school time summer camp operated by county parks and recreation commissions from the certification
HB 4897 - Child Care Access Work Group
HB 4940 - Providing a tax credit for families who have foster children

Labor (1 Bills)
HB 2023 - Repealing provision prohibiting employers from discriminating for use of tobacco products
HB 2045 - Removing the requirement for contactors to file payroll information on public improvement construction projects
HB 2056 - Repealing the West Virginia Workplace Freedom Act and restoring prior law
HB 2057 - Reestablishing prevailing wages for certain state government contracts
HB 2125 - Giving the Insurance Commissioner the power to regulate and penalize self-insured employers
HB 2350 - Permitting public employees the right to collectively bargain
HB 2646 - Providing a safe harbor for employers to correct underpayment or nonpayment of wages and benefits due to separated employees
HB 2871 - Increasing the state minimum wage
HB 2939 - West Virginia Call Center Jobs Act of 2019
HB 4012 - West Virginia Contractor Act
HB 4040 - Reducing the number of hours of experience needed to qualify as a journeyman sprinkler fitter
HB 4068 - Increasing the state minimum wage
HB 4086 - Removing certain requirements related to wages for construction of public improvements
HB 4110 - Repealing the West Virginia Jobs Act
HB 4181 - Moving provisions relating to the licensing of contractors to Chapter 30 of this code
HB 4186 - Removing marijuana as a tested substance from the screening requirements
HB 4189 - Relating generally to the payment of salary or wages under the Parental Leave Act
HB 4196 - Enacting fair workweek employment standards
HB 4364 - Creating a tax credit for hiring an ex-felon
HB 4606 - Listing contractor classifications on a contractor license
HB 4624 - Permitting public employees the right to collectively bargain
HB 4791 - Altering the definition of a specialty contractor under the West Virginia Contractor Licensing Act
HB 4798 - Creating an exemption under the West Virginia Contractor Licensing Act for work performed by certain subcontracted specialty contractors
HB 4867 - Relating to psychophysiological detection of deception examinations by law-enforcement officers
HB 4900 - Enacting fair workweek employment standards
HB 4905 - Ban-the-Box Act
HB 4909 - Requiring seats to be provided for employees

Law Enforcement (1 Bills)
HB 2137 - Requiring persons who are in the business of purchasing precious metals and precious gems to photograph those purchases and to transmit the photographs to law-enforcement
HB 2333 - Relating to career progression of members of the State Police

Law Enforcement -- State Police (2 Bills)
HB 2105 - Establishing a minimum number of troopers to provide basic law enforcement services, and providing members of the West Virginia State Police a $580 salary increase at the end of two years of service
HB 2106 - Requiring that State Police officers be compensated for time when they are required to be on standby and providing a stipend for housing cost for certain officers
HB 2135 - Requiring the Superintendent of the State Police to implement a plan to increase the number of troopers

Legal Gaming (35 Bills)
HB 2527 - Relating to forgery and other crimes concerning lottery tickets
HB 2932 - Transferring regulation and licensing of charitable bingo, charitable raffles, and charitable raffle boards
HB 4010 - Changing the licensing requirement for certain casino employees
HB 4191 - Permitting wagering on the results of certain professional or collegiate sports or athletic events
HB 4435 - Granting counties and municipalities a portion of the net terminal income from racetrack video lottery
HB 4438 - Relating to the licensing of advance deposit wagering
HB 4599 - Discontinuing the West Virginia Racing Commission special account known as the West Virginia Greyhound Breeding Development Fund
HB 4647 - Relating to limited video lottery permit holders
HB 4760 - Modifying video lottery retailer licensing eligibility requirements

Legislature (22 Bills)
HB 2147 - Limiting pay of members of the Legislature when a budget bill has not been passed
HB 2176 - Prohibiting chairmen of state political parties during or up to one year after the termination of their employment as chairmen of those political parties from registering as lobbyists
HB 2445 - Creating the Independent Redistricting Commission of the Joint Committee on Government and Finance
HB 2705 - Redistricting of the Senate into 16 two-member senatorial districts and redistricting the House into 96 single member districts
HB 2904 - Implementing drug testing for legislators of the State of West Virginia
HB 2928 - Relating to the Public Service Commission
HB 3117 - Prohibiting the Legislature from negotiating with illegal strikers
HB 3118 - Relating to mandatory drug testing for state legislators and teachers
HB 4351 - Requiring the random drug testing of legislators
HB 4380 - Updating the regulatory board review schedule
HB 4441 - Providing that political party caucus meetings are not exempt from open proceedings requirements
HB 4494 - Tobacco Use Cessation Initiative
HB 4582 - Declaring certain claims against agencies of the state to be moral obligations of the state
HB 4645 - Establishing the Office of Regulatory and Fiscal Affairs under the Joint Committee on Government and Finance
HB 4932 - Requiring the random drug testing of legislators and members of the Board of Public Works

Legislature--Rule Making (2 Bills)
HB 2303 - State Tax Department, rule relating to payment of taxes by electronic funds transfer
HB 4803 - Relating to certification of electrical inspectors

Libraries (1 Bills)
HB 2039 - Requiring county boards of education to employ a certified library media specialist in each county school

Licenses (3 Bills)
HB 2150 - Providing a fee discount for certain nonresident hunting, fishing and trapping licenses for native nonresidents

Local and Special Laws (7 Bills)
HB 4582 - Declaring certain claims against agencies of the state to be moral obligations of the state
HB 4646 - Transferring property located in the Union Carbide Corporation Tech Center to the City of South Charleston

Military Affairs (4 Bills)
HB 2582 - Exempting all veterans of the Armed Forces or any reserve component thereof from having to obtain a hunting, trapping fishing license
HB 2649 - Providing state health care services for all active and inactive duty military personnel

Military and Veterans (45 Bills)
HB 2030 - Permitting honorably discharged veterans to hunt, trap or fish in this state without first obtaining a license
HB 2058 - Exempting retirement income of members of certain uniformed services from state income tax
HB 2064 - Relating to a five percent bid preference on certain state contracts for businesses owned fifty-one percent by honorably discharged resident veterans
HB 2330 - Allowing honorably discharged veterans who possess certain military ratings to qualify to take an examination for licensing as a plumber, electrician, and sprinkler fitter
HB 2427 - Paying a monthly allotment to certain veterans
HB 2672 - Exempting honorably discharged veterans of the from payment of fees and costs for a license to carry deadly weapons
HB 2732 - Defend the Guard Act
HB 4030 - Increasing limit for application for original appointment as a firefighter to 40 years of age for honorably discharged veterans
HB 4032 - Creating a procedure that allows a fireworks retailer to combine and pay all applicable fees in a single payment
HB 4138 - Prescribing methods of support for families of veterans to attend funeral services
HB 4194 - Exempting recipients of the distinguished Purple Heart medal from payment of the vehicle registration fee
HB 4197 - Model Veterans Treatment Court Act
HB 4511 - Relating to exemptions for the United States Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Foster Homes
HB 4526 - Making a supplementary appropriation to the Department of Veterans' Assistance- Veterans Home
HB 4817 - West Virginia Monument and Memorial Protection Act of 2020
HB 4912 - Relating to West Virginia service medals
HB 4930 - Relating to military service credit for retirement purposes

Mines and Minerals (42 Bills)
HB 2113 - Intrastate Coal and Use Act
HB 2131 - Establishing the Legislative Oversight Commission on Energy Workers Safety

Motor Vehicles (6 Bills)
HB 2060 - Relating to the procedures for driver’s license suspension and revocation in criminal proceedings for driving under the influence of alcohol, controlled substances or drugs
HB 2094 - Exempting motor vehicles from personal property tax
HB 2166 - Prohibiting employees of the state who have convictions for driving under the influence from driving or operating state owned vehicle
HB 2207 - Requiring that a state employee with a commercial driver’s license have a current medical evaluation certification
HB 2214 - Requiring applicants for new and renewed drivers’ licenses to be asked if they desire to be organ donors
HB 2338 - Allowing the owner of an antique military vehicle to display alternate registration insignia
HB 2417 - Clarifying that a vehicle may not be backed into a public street or highway unless it does not interfere with other traffic
HB 2429 - Creating the Vehicle Registration Scofflaw Elimination Program
HB 2458 - Providing that West Virginia will not participate in the REAL ID Act of 2005
HB 2512 - Authorizing the Department of Motor Vehicles to issue certain vital records in the custody of the State Registrar
HB 2596 - Providing for a special “Don’t Tread On Me” license plate
HB 2616 - Providing a maximum repair cost for insured owners of motor vehicles if a collision with a deer caused the damage
HB 2627 - Removing all costs and fees from a Silver Star registration plate
HB 2653 - Creating a presidential service registration plate
HB 2723 - Placing penalty points on driver’s licenses for using electronic communications devices while operating a motor vehicle
HB 2784 - Extending the expiration of driver's licenses for active military members' spouses
HB 2820 - Relating to criminal penalties for reckless driving
HB 2822 - Creating an enhanced penalty for certain aggravated serious traffic offenses
HB 2851 - Providing a special license plate to support adoption
HB 2930 - Relating to emergency vehicles
HB 2935 - Relating to licensing of drivers utilizing bioptic telescopic devices
HB 2942 - Relating to the contents of driver’s license
HB 4016 - Requiring motor vehicles safety inspections every three years instead of each year
HB 4035 - Relating to posting of the alcoholic content of gasoline
HB 4047 - Relating to activities of an automotive collector
HB 4050 - Establishing requirements for a Division of Motor Vehicles office or Division of Motor Vehicles Now kiosk to be present in a county
HB 4060 - Removing the registration fee for a vehicle operating on a combination of electricity and petrochemical fuels
HB 4065 - Relating to donations to West Virginia 4 H Program or the Future Farmers of America when renewing driver's license
HB 4113 - Relating to motor fuel excise taxes
HB 4117 - Authorizing a special vehicle registration plate for "2nd Amendment" enthusiasts
HB 4131 - Authorizing municipal fire departments specialized license plates
HB 4132 - Authorizing certain motor vehicle manufacturers to operate as new car dealers
HB 4133 - Clarifying display of the name on the face of a driver's license
HB 4194 - Exempting recipients of the distinguished Purple Heart medal from payment of the vehicle registration fee
HB 4425 - Relating generally to the issuance of driver licenses
HB 4450 - Relating to instruction permits issued by the Division of Motor Vehicles
HB 4464 - Relating to driving privileges and requirements for persons under the age of 18
HB 4469 - Increasing the minimum criminal penalty for a driver who, in an impaired state, causes the death of a minor
HB 4478 - Creating a lifetime ban for commercial drivers involved in human trafficking
HB 4479 - Removing the authority of the Commissioner of the Division of Motor Vehicles to set documentary charges
HB 4495 - Extending the validity of a level one instruction driver's permit
HB 4504 - Relating to renewal application requirements for individuals with permanent disabilities
HB 4512 - Creating a work permit driver's license program
HB 4522 - Allowing division to accept documents compliant with Real ID Act for proof of identity
HB 4541 - Relating to an occupational limited license
HB 4548 - Eliminating the ability of a person's driver's license to be suspended for the failure to pay court fines and costs
HB 4571 - Establishing a special plate with a medical condition diagnosis
HB 4577 - Establishing regulation of electric bicycles
HB 4595 - Identifying anatomical organ donors on drivers' or chauffers' license
HB 4602 - Increasing the penalty for DUI causing death when a child is present
HB 4639 - Changing frequency of mandatory state inspections of motor vehicles
HB 4667 - Relating to motor vehicle crash reports
HB 4671 - Relating to DMV organ donation registry
HB 4700 - Prohibiting vehicles from driving slow in the left lane
HB 4703 - Establishing a special registration plate for recognizing and honoring families affected by Alzheimer's disease
HB 4722 - West Virginia Emergency Contact Information Registry
HB 4725 - Requiring motor vehicle inspections only every three years and exempting certain vehicles
HB 4736 - Relating to qualifications for a commercial driver's license permit
HB 4741 - Reducing the motor fuel excise tax
HB 4774 - Providing that the Division of Motor Vehicles identification cards be issued at no cost
HB 4794 - Issuing specialty motor vehicle registration plates for businesses owning a fleet of 25 or more vehicles
HB 4802 - Eliminating the ability of a person's driver's license to be suspended for the failure to pay court fines
HB 4824 - Revising requirements relating to the issuance and renewal of handicap vehicle placards
HB 4837 - Eliminating the ability of a person's driver's license to be suspended for the failure to pay court fines and costs
HB 4954 - Updating highway and vehicle laws to include electric bicycles

Motor Vehicles (And Related Subheadings) (1 Bills)
HB 2426 - Giving local authorities the authority to decrease the speed limit on streets and highways where school buses travel in its jurisdiction

Municipalities (20 Bills)
HB 2085 - Requiring urban renewal authorities to submit proposed urban renewal projects to the affected local county boards of health
HB 2107 - Providing meetings and conference rights for members of municipal fire departments
HB 2117 - Relating to the approval of the Historic Landmarks Commission
HB 2118 - Relating to the power of local government authorities to regulate vehicular traffic within their borders
HB 2120 - Providing local government the authority to place video cameras at road intersections
HB 2216 - Defining the term minor boundary adjustment
HB 2808 - Requiring local entities to enforce immigration laws
HB 2881 - Altering the color scheme for county vehicle registration plates
HB 2973 - Local Energy Efficiency Partnership Act
HB 3043 - Clarifying that municipalities may enact ordinances for rates, fees, and charges based upon actual use of services
HB 4020 - Removing authority of municipalities to require occupational licensure if licensure for the occupation is required by the state
HB 4027 - Providing that a municipal services user fee may not be imposed on employees of the state
HB 4034 - Prohibiting outdoor concerts later than 11:00 p.m. if the amphitheater is located within 500 feet of a residential dwelling
HB 4097 - Requiring program to assist eligible homeowners maintain their homes free of conditions that are unsafe
HB 4145 - Prohibiting the regulation and licensing of occupations by local government
HB 4157 - Prohibiting the regulation and licensing of occupations by local government
HB 4355 - Allowing municipalities and counties to post their annual financial statements on the Internet
HB 4357 - Relating to governmental websites
HB 4376 - Prohibiting municipalities from limiting the rights of persons to purchase, possess, transfer, own, carry, transport, sell or store deadly weapons
HB 4384 - West Virginia Monument and Memorial Protection Act of 2020
HB 4396 - Relating to reporting suspected governmental fraud
HB 4409 - Relating to transferring remaining funds from the Volunteer Fire Department Workers' Compensation Premium Subsidy Fund
HB 4429 - Relating to the distribution of the assets remaining in a municipal policemen's or firemen's pension
HB 4442 - Requiring certain municipalities to pay for the incarceration of inmates
HB 4451 - Relating to charging fees for municipal services
HB 4544 - Relating to possession of any controlled substance on the premises of or within 200 feet of a public library
HB 4555 - Relating to municipal or county taxation of hotel rooms booked through a marketplace facilitator
HB 4662 - Providing a process by which a city may hold an election to recall an ordinance
HB 4666 - Relating to competitive bids for intergovernmental relations and urban mass transportation
HB 4713 - Relating to annexation by minor boundary adjustment
HB 4715 - Authorizing municipalities to take action to grant certain fire department employees limited power of arrest
HB 4772 - Authorizing ordinances allowing the municipal court to place a structure, dwelling or building into receivership under certain circumstances
HB 4795 - Authorizing ordinances that allow the municipal court to place a structure, dwelling or building into receivership
HB 4797 - Authorizing municipalities to enact ordinances that allow the municipal court to place a structure, dwelling or building into receivership
HB 4802 - Eliminating the ability of a person's driver's license to be suspended for the failure to pay court fines
HB 4819 - Modernizing the process for dissolution of municipal corporations
HB 4840 - Dividing pretrial detention jail costs between arresting authorities
HB 4850 - Creating a process by which voters may recall a county ordinance in a special election
HB 4856 - Establishing a system to remediate local fiscal emergencies
HB 4859 - Accounting for state funds distributed to volunteer and part-volunteer fire companies and departments
HB 4946 - Eliminating the requirement that municipal police civil service commissions certify a list of three individuals for every position vacancy

Natural Resources (2 Bills)
HB 2030 - Permitting honorably discharged veterans to hunt, trap or fish in this state without first obtaining a license
HB 2055 - Prohibiting drilling units from being established without consent of all owners
HB 2110 - Reallocating and dedicating the natural gas and oil severance tax revenues annually to the natural gas and oil-producing counties of origin
HB 2111 - Relating to pension benefits exempt from state income taxation
HB 2137 - Requiring persons who are in the business of purchasing precious metals and precious gems to photograph those purchases and to transmit the photographs to law-enforcement
HB 2150 - Providing a fee discount for certain nonresident hunting, fishing and trapping licenses for native nonresidents
HB 2151 - Relating to the beginning and expiration of hunting and fishing licenses
HB 2334 - Establishing an industrial water extraction fee
HB 2373 - Streamlining the process of abandoned mineral interests
HB 2404 - Providing an increase in compensation for natural resources police officers
HB 2442 - Increasing compensation for conservation officers
HB 2578 - Allowing children in the custody of the state in any foster home, group home or other facility or residence to hunt and fish without a license
HB 2599 - Awarding service weapons to special natural resources police officers upon retirement
HB 2636 - Exempting volunteer firefighters from fees for hunting, fishing and trapping licenses and permits
HB 2641 - Requiring owners of oil and gas wells to install and maintain separate meters that calculate the amount of production from those wells
HB 2858 - Permitting the taking of bait fish with a net not exceeding 12 foot in radius
HB 3032 - Modifying the types of bolts and arrows that may be used in crossbow hunting
HB 3053 - Relating to rules for hunting antlered deer
HB 4029 - Creating a Class VI hunting permit to safely accommodate visually impaired hunters
HB 4090 - Creating the Oil and Gas Abandoned Well Plugging Fund
HB 4091 - Allowing for expedited oil and gas well permitting upon payment of applicable expedited fees
HB 4116 - Permitting the tracking of wounded or injured deer or bear with leashed dogs
HB 4127 - Relating generally to hunting and fishing
HB 4381 - Relating to lifetime hunting, fishing and trapping licenses for adopted children
HB 4456 - Allowing a member of a volunteer fire department to purchase a resident lifetime hunting, fishing, and trapping license
HB 4499 - Relating to multicounty trail network authorities
HB 4505 - Creating the State Parks and Recreation Endowment Fund
HB 4506 - Relating to procurement of architect-engineer services by the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources
HB 4507 - Exempting certain Division of Natural Resources sections from the requirement that all payments must be deposited in a bank within 24 hours
HB 4513 - Increasing the replacement costs required of a person causing injury or death of game or protected species
HB 4514 - Permitting the use of leashed dogs to track mortally wounded deer or bear
HB 4515 - Relating to wildlife resources, eligibility for license or permit application
HB 4520 - Relating to the North Bend Rail Trail, Greenbrier River Rail and the Elk River Trail
HB 4523 - Removing the limitation of number of apprentice hunting and trapping licenses a person may purchase
HB 4537 - Permitting DNR to issue up to 100 permits for boats greater than 10 horsepower on Upper Mud River Lake
HB 4545 - Permitting the Alcohol Beverage Control Commission licensees operating at state park locations to pay in arrears on invoices
HB 4549 - Relating to the use of a crossbow to hunt
HB 4675 - Permitting persons who routinely shoot or discharge firearms at a public shooting range to assist in its maintenance and upkeep
HB 4678 - Keeping reptiles and amphibians from being included on the Dangerous Wild Animal Board's list
HB 4767 - Establishing a system for issuing permits for persons to provide rehabilitation of orphaned, sick and injured wildlife
HB 4810 - Requiring earlier start of buck deer hunting season
HB 4812 - Permitting the resident lineal descendants of landowners to hunt, trap or fish on that resident landowner's property without a license
HB 4827 - Orphan Oil and Gas Well Prevention Act
HB 4845 - Increasing the community service hours a person may be ordered to perform upon conviction of or pleading guilty to littering
HB 4855 - Allowing discounts and free camping at state parks for certain resident veterans

Oil and Gas (1 Bills)
HB 2131 - Establishing the Legislative Oversight Commission on Energy Workers Safety

Parks and Recreation (1 Bills)
HB 2140 - Providing a ten percent discount to residents at state parks and forests
HB 2150 - Providing a fee discount for certain nonresident hunting, fishing and trapping licenses for native nonresidents

Professions and Occupations (1 Bills)
HB 2052 - Prohibiting chairmen of state political parties during or up to one year after the termination of their employment as chairmen of those political parties from registering as lobbyists
HB 2119 - Prohibiting the performing of an onychectomy or flexor tendonectomy procedure on a cat
HB 2192 - Requiring pawnbrokers to providing certain information to law-enforcement agencies
HB 2199 - Requiring pawnbrokers to providing certain information to law-enforcement agencies
HB 2203 - West Virginia Contractor Licensing Act
HB 2347 - Providing long-term care and substance abuse treatment
HB 2401 - Licensing the practice of athletic training
HB 2443 - Granting the West Virginia Board of Examiners for Registered Professional Nurses the sole authority for the accreditation of nursing schools
HB 2634 - Requiring school bus aides, who are trained in preventing bullying and providing a safe environment for students while being transported on a school bus, to be present on school buses
HB 2681 - Providing guidance for prosecuting attorneys in cases involving abused and neglected children
HB 3023 - Including home confinement officers in definition of law-enforcement officers
HB 3029 - Requiring court reporters be licensed
HB 3042 - Requiring prescriptions be made by electronic means
HB 3089 - Modifying licensing requirements for the practice of telemedicine and surgery or podiatry
HB 4011 - Reorganizing various boards and authorities for the licensing and oversight of trades, occupations, and professions
HB 4075 - Allowing a funeral service licensee to solicit business whether after death or while death is impending
HB 4122 - Reorganizing various boards and authorities for the licensing and oversight of trades, occupations, and professions
HB 4123 - Clarifying that 911 telecommunication workers are included in the definition of those individuals who perform "emergency services" during a disaster
HB 4128 - Relating to child protective caseworkers
HB 4145 - Prohibiting the regulation and licensing of occupations by local government
HB 4155 - Relating generally to the regulation of plumbers
HB 4156 - Reducing the recertification fee for emergency medical services personnel
HB 4157 - Prohibiting the regulation and licensing of occupations by local government
HB 4179 - Recognition of Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact
HB 4181 - Moving provisions relating to the licensing of contractors to Chapter 30 of this code
HB 4185 - Exempting from licensure as an electrician a person who installs low voltage electrical wiring
HB 4188 - Removing the requirement of continuing education for barbers and cosmetologists
HB 4360 - Exempting certain persons from heating, ventilating, and cooling system licensing requirements
HB 4427 - Relating to the Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact
HB 4453 - Expanding the eligibility requirements for private investigator and security guard licensure
HB 4500 - Exempting from personal property taxation, vehicles of certain volunteer firefighters
HB 4604 - Removing the requirement that real estate brokers, associate brokers and salespeople maintain a main office
HB 4606 - Listing contractor classifications on a contractor license
HB 4607 - Authorizing the operation of mobile shops for hair, nail, cosmetology, and aesthetics services
HB 4694 - Requiring that land surveyors record survey plats at the county courthouse
HB 4734 - Rewriting the article on registered professional nurses
HB 4747 - Extending electronic submission of various applications and forms for nonprofit and charitable organizations, professionals and licensees
HB 4751 - Providing a tax credit for dues paid to trade associations
HB 4777 - Relating to the right of disposition of remains
HB 4779 - Relating to the criminal offense of therapeutic deception
HB 4781 - Repealing the article regulating the practice of radiologic technologists
HB 4784 - Relating to disposal of unused, unwanted or expired medications
HB 4805 - Providing adequate opportunities for state employees to obtain continuing education credits for professional licenses and registrations
HB 4813 - Relating to veterinary technicians or animal euthanasia technicians
HB 4834 - Prohibiting state nursing boards from limiting the number of students a nursing school may admit
HB 4835 - Requiring all boards to be located in the same area and office space
HB 4839 - Requiring the Board of Canvassers to reasonably ascertain whether a provisional or challenged ballot must be counted
HB 4865 - Requiring certain boards that seek to increase a fee or seek to impose a new fee to also submit cost saving measures
HB 4866 - Relating to conspiracy to commit violations of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act
HB 4868 - Restricting the authority of the Board of Barbers and Cosmetologists to regulate the use of commonly available, retail beauty products
HB 4934 - Relating to creation of the unlicensed practice review board
HB 4949 - Occupational Board Reform Act

Public Employees (34 Bills)
HB 2130 - Establishing seniority rights for public employees
HB 2132 - Increasing the amount of annual and incremental salary increases for eligible state employees
HB 2133 - Creating an additional magistrate court deputy clerk position for Marion County
HB 2577 - Authorizing insurance to married workers without children at reduced rates under the West Virginia Public Employees Insurance Act
HB 2628 - Including volunteer firefighters within the Public Employees Insurance Act
HB 2650 - Establishing seniority rights for public employees
HB 2748 - Increasing the amount of retirement income to be excluded from the gross income of individuals receiving retirement benefits under the West Virginia Public Employees Retirement System

Public Safety (26 Bills)
HB 2031 - Permitting persons who have been issued state licenses to carry concealed deadly weapons to carry those weapons on the grounds of the State Capitol Complex
HB 2032 - Permitting the carrying of concealed weapons on the campus of a state institution of higher education
HB 2070 - Permitting persons who are twenty-one years of age or older to operate or be a passenger on a motorcycle without a helmet
HB 2097 - Relating to the hunting of coyotes
HB 2155 - Relating to Capitol Complex security access
HB 2170 - Right to keep and bear arms
HB 2171 - Increasing frequency of the State Police updating the state sex offender registry
HB 2341 - West Virginia Residential Furniture and Children's Products Flame Retardants Act
HB 2350 - Permitting public employees the right to collectively bargain
HB 2473 - Prohibiting the private ownership or operation of a prison
HB 2502 - Prohibiting registered sex offenders from participating in Halloween activities
HB 2563 - Relating to civil asset forfeiture
HB 2645 - Relating to power of security guards to arrest individuals
HB 2685 - Refugee Information Act
HB 2757 - Authorizing the Governor to seek the return of fugitives
HB 2765 - Allowing firearms-qualified tax division investigators to carry firearms
HB 2920 - Creating state and local law-enforcement review boards
HB 4004 - Creating the West Virginia Sentencing Commission
HB 4013 - Establishing an intravenous drug user treatment and commitment process
HB 4033 - West Virginia Emergency Responder Service Tax Credit Act
HB 4039 - Providing limitations on nuisance actions against fire department and emergency medical services
HB 4040 - Reducing the number of hours of experience needed to qualify as a journeyman sprinkler fitter
HB 4071 - Relating to the authority of county commissions to establish enhanced emergency telephone systems and change the fee
HB 4123 - Clarifying that 911 telecommunication workers are included in the definition of those individuals who perform "emergency services" during a disaster
HB 4134 - Exempting nonpaid volunteers at a volunteer fire department who volunteer for fundraising from workers' compensation benefits
HB 4139 - Firearm Protection Act
HB 4168 - Preserving and protecting the right to keep and bear arms
HB 4170 - Granting state police troopers a pay increase
HB 4176 - West Virginia Intelligence/Fusion Center Act
HB 4179 - Recognition of Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact
HB 4182 - West Virginia Civil Authority Act
HB 4383 - Facilitating Business Rapid Response to State Declared Disasters Act of 2020
HB 4401 - Establishing the State Resiliency Office and State Resiliency Officer
HB 4409 - Relating to transferring remaining funds from the Volunteer Fire Department Workers' Compensation Premium Subsidy Fund
HB 4412 - Relating to education benefits to members of the West Virginia Army National Guard and West Virginia Air National Guard
HB 4455 - Permitting fees from the Central Abuse Registry to be used for costs relating to information technology support and infrastructure
HB 4456 - Allowing a member of a volunteer fire department to purchase a resident lifetime hunting, fishing, and trapping license
HB 4476 - Providing for the timely and efficient collection, submission, testing, retention, and disposition of forensic evidence in sexual assault cases
HB 4482 - Repealing the section of code relating to unlawful military organizations
HB 4501 - Relating to the ability to refuse offenders for commitment to a jail
HB 4527 - Creating a special revenue account designated the Military Authority Fund
HB 4563 - Creating a law-enforcement transparency board
HB 4586 - Establishing the Office of Administrative Hearings within the Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety
HB 4618 - Relating to deadly weapons for sale or hire
HB 4624 - Permitting public employees the right to collectively bargain
HB 4644 - Separating the Fire Marshal from the Fire Commission
HB 4667 - Relating to motor vehicle crash reports
HB 4679 - Providing notice of the type and cost of electrical outlets specified for that work in the National Electrical Code
HB 4683 - Better Safe than Sorry Act of 2020
HB 4688 - Transferring 0.5 percent of Medicaid surplus funds to the Emergency Medical Services Equipment and Training Fund
HB 4732 - Requiring that State Police officers be compensated for time when they are required to be on standby
HB 4776 - Increasing the pension awards to immediate family members of a deceased trooper that was disabled in the course of duty
HB 4820 - Relating to inventory of firearms owned by state agencies
HB 4821 - Relating to the transportation for the mentally ill or substance abuser
HB 4840 - Dividing pretrial detention jail costs between arresting authorities
HB 4844 - Reforming the fees charged to wireless telephone subscribers for public safety systems to comply with federal law
HB 4859 - Accounting for state funds distributed to volunteer and part-volunteer fire companies and departments
HB 4893 - Special Needs Registry
HB 4899 - Prohibiting the use of class B fire-fighting foam for testing purposes if the foam contains a certain class of fluorinated organic chemicals
HB 4926 - Establishing the emergency service authority for Fayette County

Public Service Commission (1 Bills)
HB 2124 - Expanding the authority of motor carrier inspectors
HB 2202 - Relating to net metering
HB 2430 - Prohibiting forcing currently owner-occupied residences to be required to participate in a public sewer or public water system
HB 2660 - Relating to the manner in which actual investment of capital and costs and a natural gas utility’s expedited cost recovery are calculated
HB 2722 - Requiring the use of statutory income tax rates for ratemaking purposes for certain public utilities
HB 2898 - Relating to billing practices of public utilities
HB 2928 - Relating to the Public Service Commission
HB 2974 - Exempting businesses relating to transporting certain used tires to storage, disposal, or recycling locations from provisions of chapter
HB 3075 - Terminating the Public Service Commission
HB 3076 - Transferring jurisdiction over vehicle weight enforcement and excess weight permit issuances to the State Police
HB 3092 - Creating a pilot program to encourage utility infrastructure development to certain lands
HB 4026 - Exempting businesses transporting scrap tires, waste tires, or other used tires, from certain statutory provisions
HB 4049 - Establishing Next Generation 911 services in this state
HB 4154 - Relating to the Public Service Commission
HB 4178 - Requiring calls which are recorded be maintained for a period of five years
HB 4431 - Relating to notice of discontinuance of service by a utility
HB 4516 - Establishing Next Generation 911 services in this state
HB 4587 - Modernizing the Public Service Commission's regulation of solid waste motor carriers and solid waste facilities
HB 4619 - Approving plans proposed by electric utilities to install middle-mile broadband fiber
HB 4657 - Eliminating the sunset and legislative review provisions relating to common carriers by motor vehicles
HB 4673 - Relating to the Public Energy Authority Act of West Virginia
HB 4685 - Relating to the regulatory authority of the Public Service Commission over make-ready pole access and use
HB 4823 - Developing a plan for periodic audits of the expenditure of the fees from the emergency 911 telephone system and wireless enhanced 911
HB 4833 - Relating to emergency telephone systems
HB 4844 - Reforming the fees charged to wireless telephone subscribers for public safety systems to comply with federal law
HB 4853 - Relating to a customer constructing a connection or other infrastructure necessary for the customer to connect to the public utility
HB 4886 - Requiring the PSC and the DOH to submit reports concerning activity on the Coal Resource Transportation Road System
HB 4953 - Providing the PSC with authority to order the acquisition of failing utilities and a variety of tools to assist distressed and failing utilities

Real and Personal Property (17 Bills)
HB 2085 - Requiring urban renewal authorities to submit proposed urban renewal projects to the affected local county boards of health
HB 2123 - Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act
HB 2163 - Relating to consumer protection of new manufactured home warranties
HB 2180 - Relating to the Consumer Credit and Protection Act
HB 2187 - Requiring that lien releases filed with county clerk’s office include the Deed of Trust Book and page numbers
HB 2563 - Relating to civil asset forfeiture
HB 2590 - Relating to payment of taxes by co owner or others
HB 2696 - Creating an additional index system for state-owned lands
HB 2802 - Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act
HB 2944 - Relating to paving contracts
HB 3046 - Relating to compensation paid to landowners when interest in property taken by eminent domain is for a nongovernmental entity
HB 3056 - Providing protections, under certain circumstances, to owners of livestock and other domestic animals
HB 3062 - Relating to sale of delinquent tax liens
HB 4005 - West Virginia Intellectual Property and Trade Secrets Act
HB 4081 - Uniform Partition of Heirs' Property Act
HB 4088 - Disposition of funds from certain oil and natural gas wells due to unknown or unlocatable interest owners
HB 4576 - Establishing a procedure for correcting errors in deeds, deeds of trust and mortgages
HB 4701 - Establishing a comprehensive framework for the management of all real property assets of the state
HB 4717 - Seizure and Forfeiture Reporting Act
HB 4761 - Reducing to one year the deadline for right to set aside deed
HB 4832 - Establishing additional requirements of unit owners' associations
HB 4838 - Requiring an owner to offer tenant right to purchase housing accommodations before selling to others

Real Property (1 Bills)
HB 2094 - Exempting motor vehicles from personal property tax
HB 2139 - Allowing quarterly payment of real and personal property taxes

Records and Papers (27 Bills)
HB 2024 - Allowing a home improvement transaction to be performed under an oral contract
HB 2142 - Issuing identification documents to homeless individuals residing at homeless shelters
HB 2679 - Relating to state issued identification cards
HB 4369 - Relating to the termination, expiration, or cancellation of oil or natural gas leases
HB 4458 - Requiring state agencies to publish and maintain state grant opportunities and awards on their websites
HB 4576 - Establishing a procedure for correcting errors in deeds, deeds of trust and mortgages
HB 4660 - Requiring state agencies to maintain updated records of all financial transactions in a searchable website
HB 4747 - Extending electronic submission of various applications and forms for nonprofit and charitable organizations, professionals and licensees
HB 4748 - Relating to the increase of fees that private nongovernment notary publics may charge for notarial acts
HB 4774 - Providing that the Division of Motor Vehicles identification cards be issued at no cost

Resolutions (14 Bills)
HB 4622 - Prohibiting the establishment of a constitution or legal system superior or parallel to the West Virginia Constitution and the West Virginia Code
HB 4743 - Creating a Small Business and Minority Populations Economic and Workforce Development Taskforce

Resolutions (Naming) (1 Bills)
HB 4702 - Providing that signs on bridges named for deceased members of the military identify the rank and branch of military with all medal awards

Retirement (20 Bills)
HB 2051 - Annual retirement annuity adjustment West Virginia State Police Retirement System
HB 2418 - Including family court judges in the Judges’ Retirement System
HB 2431 - Relating to eligibility in the Public Employees Retirement System for those newly elected or appointed members of the State Legislature
HB 2580 - Reducing state income taxes for state and federal retirees by increasing the exemption on retirement income
HB 2595 - Establishing the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources Police Officer Retirement System
HB 2604 - Permitting service credit in the Teachers Retirement System to persons with alternative school teaching experience
HB 2748 - Increasing the amount of retirement income to be excluded from the gross income of individuals receiving retirement benefits under the West Virginia Public Employees Retirement System
HB 2785 - Reopening period to allow purchase of State Teachers Retirement System service credit following transfer
HB 2818 - Reopening period to allow purchase of State Teachers Retirement System service credit by transfer
HB 3010 - Establishing a 911 Emergency Services Retirement System
HB 3030 - Relating to the West Virginia Public Employees Retirement Act
HB 3034 - Relating to Deputy Sheriff Retirement System
HB 3035 - Members of certain state, county, and municipal public employee retirement plans option to purchase credit for Peace Corps service
HB 3036 - Relating to the West Virginia State Police Retirement System
HB 4111 - Relating to awards and benefits for disability under the Deputy Sheriff Retirement Act
HB 4136 - Relating to deputy sheriff retirement system act
HB 4350 - Relating to the Deputy Sheriff Retirement System Act
HB 4363 - Establishing the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources Police Officer Retirement System
HB 4429 - Relating to the distribution of the assets remaining in a municipal policemen's or firemen's pension
HB 4627 - Increasing the monthly retirement annuity for certain retirants
HB 4654 - Establishing a class of employees within the West Virginia Public Employees Retirement System consisting of 911 staff
HB 4829 - Relating to transfers to State Teachers Retirement System
HB 4848 - Permitting retirement credit for persons who served in other law-enforcement before becoming a member of the State Police
HB 4861 - Redefining the term "less than honorable service" to include certain misdemeanors for disqualification for public retirement plan benefits
HB 4930 - Relating to military service credit for retirement purposes

Retirement -- Education Personnel (2 Bills)
HB 2104 - Increasing benefits of retired state personnel and retired teachers
HB 2152 - Permitting teachers under the State Teachers Retirement System to teach college level courses without loss of benefits

Retirement -- Public Employees (14 Bills)
HB 2104 - Increasing benefits of retired state personnel and retired teachers
HB 2111 - Relating to pension benefits exempt from state income taxation

Retirement (And Related Subheadings) (1 Bills)
HB 2111 - Relating to pension benefits exempt from state income taxation

Roads and Highways (2 Bills)
HB 2426 - Giving local authorities the authority to decrease the speed limit on streets and highways where school buses travel in its jurisdiction

Roads and Transportation (2 Bills)
HB 2012 - Establishing country roads accountability and transparency
HB 2027 - Requiring that patching repair of hard surfaced roads, highways and streets be by use of mechanical rollers
HB 2112 - Relating to failure to maintain state and public roads
HB 2159 - Requiring paving contracts for state highways to have special requirements to prevent potholes
HB 2387 - Requiring the Commissioner of Highways to verify legal employment status of contractors and vendor’s employees for certain road and bridge contracts
HB 2487 - Pothole app and map
HB 2565 - Collecting a user fee from oil and gas producers who use secondary roads in the state
HB 2629 - Ending tolls on the West Virginia Turnpike effective July 1, 2019
HB 2723 - Placing penalty points on driver’s licenses for using electronic communications devices while operating a motor vehicle
HB 2735 - Relating to state road construction
HB 2762 - Modernizing rental car transactions
HB 2836 - Providing a special license plate for spay and neuter advocates
HB 2877 - Relating to charging a fee for parking in an accessible parking space bearing the international symbol of access
HB 2897 - Relating to driving restrictions in school zones
HB 2924 - Permitting the West Virginia Tourism Office to decide to contract with the Division of Highways to sell advertising space on the WV511 website
HB 4017 - Establishing country roads accountability and transparency
HB 4083 - Requiring the West Virginia Parkways Authority to accept the use of credit and debit cards for paying tolls
HB 4120 - Requiring the Commissioner of Highways to develop a formula for allocating road funds among districts
HB 4474 - Relating to peer-to-peer car sharing programs
HB 4503 - Conforming West Virginia law to federal distance requirements for location of salvage yards
HB 4530 - Authorizing daily passenger rental car companies to charge reasonable administrative fees
HB 4561 - Exempting law enforcement and emergency vehicles from paying turnpike tolls
HB 4595 - Identifying anatomical organ donors on drivers' or chauffers' license
HB 4613 - Allowing the Division of Highways use money in the Gas Field Highway Repair and Horizontal Drilling Waste Study Fund
HB 4651 - Clarifying the powers and duties of the Division of Highways in acquiring property for state road purposes
HB 4671 - Relating to DMV organ donation registry
HB 4672 - Providing adequate pull-off parking space along the state's highway interstate system for those semitrailers and other vehicles that must stop
HB 4684 - Providing changing stations for persons with disabilities in all rest areas
HB 4696 - Exempting school buses with students on board from paying turnpike tolls
HB 4730 - Relating to special license plates for vehicles titled in the name of the Division of Public Transit
HB 4744 - Relating to the powers and duties of the West Virginia Commissioner of Highways
HB 4806 - Including rumble strips on construction projects involving two lane secondary roads
HB 4847 - Requiring the commissioner to establish a website for state residents to submit road maintenance requests
HB 4862 - Including emergency response vehicles in the single fee program for EZ Pass transponders
HB 4935 - Developing a searchable website with detailed information about current and planned Division of Highways projects

Rule Making Authority (4 Bills)
HB 4204 - Department of Administration, rules for the general administration of records managements and preservation
HB 4205 - Department of Administration, rules for retention and disposal scheduling
HB 4206 - Department of Administration, rules for the managements of records maintained by the records center
HB 4207 - Department of Administration, exemptions from management services provided by the fleet management division
HB 4208 - Commissioner of Agriculture, animal disease control
HB 4209 - Commissioner of Agriculture, fresh food act
HB 4210 - Commissioner of Agriculture, poultry rules for hatcheries, growers and contractors pertaining to poultry disease control and eradication
HB 4211 - Commissioner of Agriculture, grade "A" pasteurized milk
HB 4212 - Commissioner of Agriculture, WV manufacture-grade milk
HB 4213 - Commissioner of Agriculture, WV exempted dairy farms and milk and milk products processing rules
HB 4214 - Commissioner of Agriculture, West Virginia spay neuter assistance program
HB 4215 - Commissioner of Agriculture, captive cervid farming
HB 4216 - West Virginia Board of Dentistry, rule for the West Virginia Board of Dental Examiners
HB 4217 - Authorizing the Department of Environmental Protection to promulgate legislative rules
HB 4218 - Department of Environmental Protection, standards of performance for new stationary sources
HB 4219 - Department of Environmental Protection, emission standards for hazardous air pollutants
HB 4220 - Department of Environmental Protection, control of ozone season nitrogen oxides emissions
HB 4221 - Department of Environmental Protection, groundwater protection rules for coal mining operations
HB 4222 - Department of Environmental Protection, hazardous waste management system
HB 4223 - Department of Environmental Protection, voluntary remediation and redevelopment rule
HB 4224 - Division of Forestry, sediment control during commercial timber-harvesting operations-licensing
HB 4225 - Division of Forestry, sediment control during commercial timber-harvesting operations-logger certification
HB 4226 - Department of Health and Human Resources, primary care seed money grants
HB 4227 - Department of Health and Human Resources, pilot program for drug screening of applicants for cash assistance
HB 4228 - Division of Highways, transportation of hazardous wastes upon the roads and highways
HB 4229 - Insurance Commission, Medicare supplement insurance
HB 4230 - Insurance Commission, pharmacy auditing entities and pharmacy benefit managers
HB 4231 - Division of Labor, supervision of plumbing work
HB 4232 - Division of Labor, regulation of heating, ventilating and cooling work
HB 4233 - Office of Miner's Health, Safety and Training, substance abuse screening, standards and procedures
HB 4234 - Office of Miner's Health, Safety and Training, rules governing the certification, recertification and training of EMT-miners and EMT-M instructors
HB 4235 - Division of Motor Vehicles, state vehicle title, registration and relicensing project of 2018
HB 4236 - Division of Natural Resources, commercial whitewater outfitters
HB 4237 - Division of Natural Resources, transporting and selling wildlife pelts and parts
HB 4238 - Division of Natural Resources, boating rule
HB 4239 - Division of Natural Resources, special requirements concerning boating
HB 4240 - Division of Natural Resources, defining the terms used in all hunting and trapping
HB 4241 - Division of Natural Resources, prohibitions when hunting and trapping
HB 4242 - Division of Natural Resources, catching and selling bait fish
HB 4243 - Division of Natural Resources, falconry
HB 4244 - Board of Occupational Therapy, fees for services rendered by the board
HB 4245 - Board of Occupational Therapy, consideration of prior criminal convictions in initial licensure determinations
HB 4246 - Board of Pharmacy, Board of Pharmacy rules for immunizations administered by pharmacists and pharmacy interns
HB 4247 - Board of Examiners for Registered Professional Nurses, requirements for registration and licensure and conduct
HB 4248 - Board of Respiratory Care, consideration of prior criminal convictions in initial licensure determinations
HB 4249 - State Auditor, local government purchasing card program
HB 4250 - State Conservation Committee, state conservation committee grant program
HB 4251 - State Tax Department, payment of taxes by electronic funds transfer
HB 4252 - Authorizing miscellaneous agencies and boards to promulgate legislative rules
HB 4253 - Board of Acupuncture, fees for the board of acupuncture
HB 4254 - Board of Acupuncture, auricular detoxification therapy certificate
HB 4255 - Board of Acupuncture, application for waiver of initial licensing fees for certain individuals
HB 4256 - Board of Acupuncture, consideration of prior criminal convictions in initial licensure determinations
HB 4257 - Department of Administration, financial services reporting
HB 4258 - Board of Architects, registration of architects
HB 4259 - Board of Architects, fees for registration of architects
HB 4260 - Commissioner of Agriculture, auctioneers
HB 4261 - Commissioner of Agriculture, employment reference and inquiries and background checks
HB 4262 - Commissioner of Agriculture, industrial hemp
HB 4263 - Commissioner of Agriculture, hemp products
HB 4264 - Commissioner of Agriculture, farmers markets
HB 4265 - Board of Chiropractic Examiners, application for waiver of initial licensing fees for certain individuals
HB 4266 - Board of Chiropractic Examiners, consideration of prior criminal convictions in initial licensure determinations
HB 4267 - Department of Commerce, small business innovation research and small business technology transfer matching funds program
HB 4268 - Board of Examiners in Counseling, application for waiver of initial licensing fees for certain individuals
HB 4269 - West Virginia Board of Dentistry, dental advertising
HB 4270 - Department of Environmental Protection, control of air pollution from hazardous waste treatment, storage and disposal facilities
HB 4271 - Board of Licensed Dietitians, licensure and renewal requirements
HB 4272 - Board of Licensed Dietitians, application for waiver of initial licensing fees for certain individuals
HB 4273 - Election Commission, corporate and membership organization political activity
HB 4274 - Election Commission, regulation of campaign finance
HB 4275 - Authorizing Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety promulgate legislative rules relating to the Fire Commission
HB 4276 - Fire Commission, rule relating to state building code
HB 4277 - Board of Funeral Service Examiners, applications for waiver of initial licensing fees for certain individuals
HB 4278 - Board of Funeral Service Examiners, consideration of prior criminal convictions in initial licensure determinations
HB 4279 - Department of Health and Human Resources, public water systems
HB 4280 - Department of Health and Human Resources, fees for permits
HB 4281 - Department of Health and Human Resources, vital statistics
HB 4282 - Department of Health and Human Resources, emergency medical services
HB 4283 - Department of Health and Human Resources, primary care center uncompensated care grants
HB 4284 - Department of Health and Human Resources, medical cannabis program--general provisions
HB 4285 - Department of Health and Human Resources, medical cannabis program--growers/processors
HB 4286 - Department of Health and Human Resources, medical cannabis program-laboratories
HB 4287 - Department of Health and Human Resources, medical cannabis program-dispensaries
HB 4288 - Department of Health and Human Resources, medical cannabis program-safe harbor letter
HB 4289 - Department of Health and Human Resources, collection and exchange of data related to overdoses
HB 4290 - Department of Health and Human Resources, minimum licensing requirements for residential child care and treatment facilities
HB 4291 - Department of Health and Human Resources, qualifications for a provisional license to practice as a social worker
HB 4292 - Health Care Authority, critical access hospitals
HB 4293 - Board of Hearing Aid Dealers, application for waiver of initial licensing fees for certain individuals
HB 4294 - Board of Hearing Aid Dealers, consideration of prior criminal convictions in initial licensure determinations
HB 4295 - Division of Highways, use of state road rights of way and adjacent areas
HB 4296 - Division of Highways, small wireless facilities on Division of Highways rights-of-way
HB 4297 - Insurance Commission, credit for reinsurance
HB 4298 - Board of Landscape Architects, consideration of prior criminal convictions in initial licensure determinations
HB 4299 - Massage Therapy Licensure Board, application for waiver of initial licensing fees for certain individuals
HB 4300 - Massage Therapy Licensure Board, consideration of prior criminal convictions in initial licensure determinations
HB 4301 - Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Technology Board of Examiners, rules relating to board
HB 4302 - Board of Medicine, licensure, disciplinary and complaint procedures, continuing education, physician assistants
HB 4303 - Board of Medicine, waiver of initial licensing fees for certain initial licensure applicants
HB 4304 - Division of Motor Vehicles, safety and treatment program
HB 4305 - Division of Natural Resources, special boating rule
HB 4306 - Division of Natural Resources, public use of campgrounds in West Virginia State Parks and State Forests and campsites in State Rail Trails
HB 4307 - Division of Natural Resources, special projects and grants for West Virginia State Parks, State Forests, and State Rail Trails
HB 4308 - Division of Natural Resources, special fishing rule
HB 4309 - Nursing Home Administrators Licensing Board, nursing home administrators
HB 4310 - Board of Occupational Therapy, application for waiver of initial licensing fees for certain individuals
HB 4311 - Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, rules of the commission
HB 4312 - Board of Optometry, rules for the West Virginia Board of Optometry
HB 4313 - Board of Osteopathic Medicine, osteopathic physician assistants
HB 4314 - Board of Osteopathic Medicine, waiver of initial licensing fees for certain initial licensure applicants
HB 4315 - Board of Pharmacy, licensure and practice of pharmacy
HB 4316 - Board of Pharmacy, record keeping and automated data processing systems
HB 4317 - Board of Pharmacy, Board of Pharmacy rules for registration of pharmacy technicians
HB 4318 - Board of Pharmacy, Board of Pharmacy rules for centralized prescription processing
HB 4319 - Board of Pharmacy, regulations governing pharmacy permits
HB 4320 - Board of Pharmacy, regulations governing pharmacists
HB 4321 - Board of Pharmacy, application for waiver of initial licensing fees for certain individuals
HB 4322 - Board of Physical Therapy, general provisions for physical therapist and physical therapist assistants
HB 4323 - Board of Physical Therapy, fees for physical therapist and physical therapist assistant
HB 4324 - Board of Physical Therapy, general provisions for athletic trainers
HB 4325 - Board of Physical Therapy, fees for athletic trainers
HB 4326 - Board of Physical Therapy, application for waiver of initial licensing fees for certain individuals
HB 4327 - Board of Registration for Professional Engineers, examination, licensure and practice of professional engineers
HB 4328 - Board of Professional Surveyors, examination and licensing of professional surveyors in West Virginia
HB 4329 - Board of Psychologists, consideration of prior criminal convictions in initial licensure determinations and application for fee waiver
HB 4330 - Public Defender Services, payment of fees and reimbursement of expenses of court appointed attorneys
HB 4331 - Racing Commission, thoroughbred racing
HB 4332 - Real Estate Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board, requirements for licensure and certification
HB 4333 - Real Estate Commission, application for waiver of initial licensing fees for certain individuals
HB 4334 - Real Estate Commission, consideration of prior criminal convictions in initial license eligibility determination
HB 4335 - Board of Examiners for Registered Professional Nurses, request for waiver of initial licensing fees for certain individuals
HB 4336 - West Virginia Board of Respiratory Care, establishment of fees
HB 4337 - West Virginia Board of Respiratory Care, student limited permit
HB 4338 - Board of Sanitarians, waiver of initial application fees and criteria for initial licensure
HB 4339 - Board of Social Work, qualifications for the profession of social work
HB 4340 - Board of Social Work, fee schedule
HB 4341 - Board of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, licensure of speech-pathology and audiology
HB 4342 - Board of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, disciplinary and complaint procedures for speech-language pathology and audiology
HB 4343 - State Tax Department, consumer sales and service tax
HB 4344 - State Tax Department, exchange of information pursuant to written agreement
HB 4345 - Board of Veterinary Medicine, organization and operation and licensing of veterinarians
HB 4346 - Board of Veterinary Medicine, registration of veterinary technicians
HB 4347 - Board of Veterinary Medicine, schedule of fees
HB 4348 - Department of Environmental Protection, West Virginia surface mining reclamation rule

Rules (1 Bills)
HB 4174 - Relating to expiring rules of the Alcohol Beverage Control Commission

Safety (10 Bills)
HB 2131 - Establishing the Legislative Oversight Commission on Energy Workers Safety
HB 2135 - Requiring the Superintendent of the State Police to implement a plan to increase the number of troopers
HB 2138 - Prohibiting blasting within six hundred twenty-five feet of an occupied dwelling
HB 2141 - Providing for the use of neck braces by football players
HB 2161 - Prohibiting sexual offenders from residing within one thousand feet of a school or childcare facility
HB 2634 - Requiring school bus aides, who are trained in preventing bullying and providing a safe environment for students while being transported on a school bus, to be present on school buses

Salaries (28 Bills)
HB 2105 - Establishing a minimum number of troopers to provide basic law enforcement services, and providing members of the West Virginia State Police a $580 salary increase at the end of two years of service
HB 2106 - Requiring that State Police officers be compensated for time when they are required to be on standby and providing a stipend for housing cost for certain officers
HB 2127 - Providing for career development and establishing a pay scale for Alcohol Beverage Commission inspectors, enforcement agents and supervisors
HB 2132 - Increasing the amount of annual and incremental salary increases for eligible state employees
HB 2213 - Mountain State Employee Compensation Realignment Act
HB 2308 - Katherine Johnson Fair Pay Act of 2019
HB 2404 - Providing an increase in compensation for natural resources police officers
HB 2442 - Increasing compensation for conservation officers
HB 2463 - Increasing the minimum wage based upon increases in the consumer price index
HB 3051 - Relating to requiring state, county, and municipal government agencies to provide all employees an annual statement of total compensation
HB 3138 - Relating to increasing salaries of certain state officers
HB 4428 - Katherine Johnson and Dorothy Vaughan Fair Pay Act of 2020
HB 4461 - Requiring the Governor to fix the salaries of certain state appointed officers after the office is vacated or after July 1
HB 4885 - "Katherine Johnson and Dorothy Vaughan Fair Pay Act"

Senior Citizens (2 Bills)
HB 2625 - Establishing reimbursement rates for congregate and in-home meals
HB 2776 - Providing one-time supplements to all annuitants when they reach the age of seventy
HB 4377 - The Protection of Vulnerable Adults from Financial Exploitation Act
HB 4801 - Establishing reimbursement rates for congregate and in-home meals
HB 4930 - Relating to military service credit for retirement purposes

State Personnel (4 Bills)
HB 2051 - Annual retirement annuity adjustment West Virginia State Police Retirement System
HB 2053 - Providing that state retirees’ insurance benefits be restored to the benefit levels that existed in 2015
HB 2054 - Giving all honorably discharged veterans ten extra points when successfully completing a civil service examination
HB 2166 - Prohibiting employees of the state who have convictions for driving under the influence from driving or operating state owned vehicle
HB 2213 - Mountain State Employee Compensation Realignment Act
HB 2310 - Repealing the Public Employees Insurance Agency Finance Board
HB 2325 - Relating to net neutrality for state government
HB 2350 - Permitting public employees the right to collectively bargain
HB 2393 - Fixing the premium cost sharing at no less than 80 percent for the employer and no more than 20 percent for the employee
HB 2438 - Relating generally to survivor benefits for emergency response providers
HB 2455 - Redirecting excise tax revenue on bottled soft drinks from West Virginia University schools to the Public Employees Insurance Agency
HB 2491 - Providing certain employees of the Highways increases in annual pay
HB 2497 - Relating to the whistle-blower law
HB 2570 - Providing that schools be closed for two weeks during the holiday season preceding Christmas Day and following New Year’s Day
HB 2713 - Expunging records of unsubstantiated complaints made by the Department of Health and Human Resources against teachers
HB 2765 - Allowing firearms-qualified tax division investigators to carry firearms
HB 2810 - Modifying the method of calculation of the employer and employee contribution percentages for public employee insurance premiums
HB 3051 - Relating to requiring state, county, and municipal government agencies to provide all employees an annual statement of total compensation
HB 4579 - Relating to the state employee merit system
HB 4590 - Allowing current state employees who are appointed to a state office which has a salary set by the code to retain their higher salary
HB 4598 - Establishing seniority rights for public employees
HB 4616 - Creating a customer service quality reporting system for public officials and public employees
HB 4624 - Permitting public employees the right to collectively bargain
HB 4658 - Relating to complaints against public agencies to obtain records through the Freedom of Information Act
HB 4677 - Making public school teachers state employees
HB 4704 - Repealing statutory provisions that provide immunity from criminal prosecution or liability
HB 4766 - Changing the hourly threshold for exemption of part-time employees from classified service
HB 4768 - Providing a $1,000 pay increase for full-time adult protective service workers

Taxation (2 Bills)
HB 2026 - Relating to gasoline and fuel excise tax
HB 2058 - Exempting retirement income of members of certain uniformed services from state income tax
HB 2068 - Providing counties the power to establish a county sales tax under certain circumstances
HB 2071 - Exempting a percentage of social security benefits from personal income tax
HB 2075 - Exempting certain law-enforcement officers from payment of income and personal property taxes
HB 2076 - Providing a tax credit for obtaining certain certifications by the United States Green Building Council Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design green building rating system
HB 2087 - Reallocating and dedicating three percent of oil and gas severance tax revenues to the oil and gas producing counties
HB 2098 - Home Instruction Tax Relief Act
HB 2101 - Modifying the tax on soft drinks to only cover sugary drinks
HB 2108 - Creating the West Virginia Earned Income Tax Credit
HB 2149 - Relating to the Farm-To-Food Bank Tax Credit
HB 2156 - Creating a tax credit for improving facades in historic districts
HB 2157 - Relating to the right of municipalities and counties to buy real estate for delinquent taxes
HB 2168 - Authorizing a temporary foreign brewers import license
HB 2201 - Relating to personal income taxes
HB 2211 - Budget and Spending Transparency Act
HB 2228 - Allowing counties and municipalities to levy a sales tax on food and beverages sold at restaurants
HB 2318 - Changing the persons responsible for the taxes on soft drinks and soft drink syrups
HB 2334 - Establishing an industrial water extraction fee
HB 2339 - Establishing the “Stay in State” tax credit
HB 2340 - West Virginia Earned Income Tax Credit
HB 2344 - Livable Home Tax Credit
HB 2370 - Exempting personal income earned by individuals working as teachers at primary and secondary schools from personal income tax
HB 2371 - Abolishing the Personal Income Tax
HB 2372 - Continuing personal income tax adjustment to gross income of certain retirees receiving pensions from defined pension plans
HB 2375 - Save the Hospitals Act
HB 2402 - Exempting social security benefits from personal income tax
HB 2403 - Exempting firefighters and volunteer firefighters from payment of income and real and personal property taxes
HB 2454 - Allowing low income senior citizens to receive certain tax credits without filing a state income tax return
HB 2455 - Redirecting excise tax revenue on bottled soft drinks from West Virginia University schools to the Public Employees Insurance Agency
HB 2457 - Educational Equality Act
HB 2477 - Establishing different rates of taxation for tobacco products for certain border counties
HB 2489 - Relating to the removal of the severance tax on oil and gas produced from low producing oil and natural gas wells
HB 2529 - Exempting social security benefits from state personal income tax
HB 2543 - Increasing the tax on the privilege of severing natural gas and oil
HB 2548 - Creating a healthy living tax credit against the personal income tax
HB 2569 - Reinstating the film tax credits
HB 2574 - Repealing the soft drink tax
HB 2576 - Establishing a tax credit for new businesses that locate in the state
HB 2580 - Reducing state income taxes for state and federal retirees by increasing the exemption on retirement income
HB 2590 - Relating to payment of taxes by co owner or others
HB 2623 - Requiring the assessor of each county to, within three months of a deed filing in the county clerk's office of each county, prepare a new property tax ticket
HB 2659 - Establishing a tax on the production of natural gas to fund the public employees insurance program
HB 2678 - Eliminating the personal property tax on new vehicles
HB 2724 - Small Business Tax Credit
HB 2749 - Relating to quarterly payment of real and personal property taxes
HB 2765 - Allowing firearms-qualified tax division investigators to carry firearms
HB 2797 - Relating to modification reducing federal adjusted gross income for social security benefits
HB 2876 - Relating to the commission allowed to a sheriff for collection of taxes
HB 2927 - Establishing a tax credit for a taxpayer family member of a child in the custody of the taxpayer due to the addiction of one or both parents
HB 2941 - Reinstating the film investment tax credit
HB 2957 - Permitting residential customers to deduct up to 50 percent of their electric utility payments from their federal adjusted gross income
HB 2967 - Permitting a county to retain the excise taxes for the privilege of transferring title of real estate
HB 3009 - The Young Professional Tax Credits
HB 3013 - College Graduate Tax Credit
HB 3015 - West Virginia Residential Incentive Tax Credit Act
HB 3026 - Establishing a tax credit for businesses who hire, promote and develop women and minorities into executive, professional or administrative roles
HB 3043 - Clarifying that municipalities may enact ordinances for rates, fees, and charges based upon actual use of services
HB 3062 - Relating to sale of delinquent tax liens
HB 3063 - Relating to a home Instruction and private school tax credit
HB 3071 - Relating to electronic cigarettes
HB 3081 - Relating to Good Samaritan Food Donation Act
HB 3097 - West Virginia Innovation Free-Trade Business Technology Property Valuation Act and the West Virginia Innovation Free-Trade Tax Credit Act
HB 3137 - Relating to the personal income tax fund
HB 4014 - Providing new graduates of an in-state or out-of-state higher educational institution, or trade school, a $1,000 tax credit
HB 4019 - Downstream Natural Gas Manufacturing Investment Tax Credit Act of 2020
HB 4053 - Granting tax credits for parents and legal guardians whose children are in a home schooling program or private school
HB 4055 - Allowing Class IV municipalities to receive proceeds on the purchase of liquor from retail licensees
HB 4070 - Compensating counties for state-owned lands through payments in lieu of taxes
HB 4072 - Removing the income cap for eligibility for the exemption from state taxation of social security benefits
HB 4082 - Classifying single family real estate property as Class II property
HB 4090 - Creating the Oil and Gas Abandoned Well Plugging Fund
HB 4113 - Relating to motor fuel excise taxes
HB 4126 - Providing taxpayers repaying their own student loans a modification
HB 4140 - Granting tax credits for parents and legal guardians whose children are in a home schooling program or private school
HB 4152 - Allowing a personal income tax deduction for a stillborn child
HB 4177 - Allowing sheriffs to keep electronic copies of receipts for the payment of taxes
HB 4190 - Relating to definitions in excise tax on privilege of transferring real property
HB 4202 - Allowing a personal income tax deduction for a stillborn child
HB 4349 - Exempting sales of small arms and small arms ammunition from state sales and use taxes
HB 4373 - Establishing a tax credit for families who suffer the loss of a stillborn child
HB 4382 - Reinstating the film investment tax credit
HB 4383 - Facilitating Business Rapid Response to State Declared Disasters Act of 2020
HB 4407 - Exempting from the sales tax all-terrain vehicles and utility terrain vehicles used as farm equipment
HB 4421 - Natural Gas Liquids Economic Development Act
HB 4439 - Clarifying the method for calculating the amount of severance tax attributable to the increase in coal production
HB 4445 - Economic Diversification Act of 2020
HB 4459 - Allowing a personal income tax deduction for a foster care child
HB 4460 - Relating to the valuation of natural resources property
HB 4462 - Adjusting the calculation of business and occupation tax on producing or selling electricity from solar energy facilities
HB 4465 - Relating to a tax rebate for facilities or processes that result in additional employment and an additional demand for electrical power
HB 4473 - Providing tax credits to provide vehicles to certain persons
HB 4547 - Providing tax credits to expand access to gainful employment by providing vehicles to certain low-income persons
HB 4555 - Relating to municipal or county taxation of hotel rooms booked through a marketplace facilitator
HB 4558 - Creating a personal income tax credit for volunteer firefighters in West Virginia
HB 4566 - Establishing a tax deduction against corporation net income tax for retail food distributors that donate to school "backpack programs"
HB 4569 - Imposing a health care related provider tax on certain health care organizations
HB 4584 - Providing a tax exemption for income from a qualified retirement plan used to pay for long-term care
HB 4610 - Relating to withholding tax on income of nonresidents from natural resources royalty payments
HB 4626 - West Virginia Development Achievements Transparency Act
HB 4628 - Allowing certain deductions to be made from individual personal income tax refunds to the Make-A-Wish Foundation
HB 4629 - Exempting certain hygiene products from sales tax
HB 4630 - Providing a tax credit for families who have foster children
HB 4650 - Lowering the excise tax on cigarettes
HB 4686 - Providing that West Virginia Emergency Medical Services Retirement Fund moneys are exempt from tax, and are not subject to garnishment
HB 4689 - West Virginia Technology Attraction Act and the West Virginia Information and Technology Investment Act
HB 4709 - Relating to pollution control facilities tax treatment
HB 4724 - Providing a tax credit to encourage new teachers to remain in the state
HB 4730 - Relating to special license plates for vehicles titled in the name of the Division of Public Transit
HB 4738 - Creating a tax credit for improving facades in historic districts
HB 4741 - Reducing the motor fuel excise tax
HB 4749 - Providing more efficient application processes for private investigators, security guards, and firms
HB 4751 - Providing a tax credit for dues paid to trade associations
HB 4757 - Establishing tax credits for lead abatement in child occupied residences
HB 4764 - Increasing the excise tax on E-cigarettes
HB 4775 - Reinstating the film industry investment tax credit
HB 4873 - Relating to the right of municipalities and counties to buy real estate for delinquent taxes
HB 4887 - Relating to revocation, cancellation, or suspension of business registration certificates
HB 4889 - Collecting a tax from manufacturers and distributors of opium and opiate drugs to be used for funding addiction and prevention
HB 4891 - College Graduate Tax Credit
HB 4892 - Reducing personal income tax rates when personal income tax reduction fund is funded at a certain threshold
HB 4904 - Creating the Taxpayer Protection Act
HB 4940 - Providing a tax credit for families who have foster children
HB 4941 - Providing a credit against personal income tax for classroom teachers for nonreimbursed costs of supplies
HB 4947 - Repealing additional registration fees for alternative fuel vehicles
HB 4952 - Granting tax credits for employees of the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources Child Protective Services

Taxation -- Personal & Corporate Income Tax (37 Bills)
HB 2111 - Relating to pension benefits exempt from state income taxation
HB 2139 - Allowing quarterly payment of real and personal property taxes

Taxation -- Property (145 Bills)
HB 2139 - Allowing quarterly payment of real and personal property taxes

Tourism (2 Bills)
HB 2150 - Providing a fee discount for certain nonresident hunting, fishing and trapping licenses for native nonresidents

Transportation (28 Bills)
HB 2633 - Issuing a special registration plate for persons who are residents of this state and who have a family member diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder

Unemployment Compensation (1 Bills)
HB 4104 - Clarifying the definition of an employee for the purposes of unemployment compensation and workers' compensation

Uniform Laws (15 Bills)
HB 2086 - Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act
HB 2306 - Revised Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act
HB 4197 - Model Veterans Treatment Court Act

Utilities (7 Bills)
HB 2430 - Prohibiting forcing currently owner-occupied residences to be required to participate in a public sewer or public water system
HB 2573 - Relating to payment for the construction of any expanded or upgraded public service district facilities in certain circumstances
HB 2911 - Permitting third party ownership of on-site renewable and alternative generating facilities
HB 2928 - Relating to the Public Service Commission
HB 3072 - Permitting customers and developers to enter into solar power purchase agreements

Workers Compensation (118 Bills)
HB 2321 - Allowing workers’ compensation benefits for first responders diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder
HB 2588 - Relating to occupational pneumoconiosis claims
HB 3040 - Repealing the law which makes prime contractors liable for the failure of subcontractors to make proper payments for workers’ compensation
HB 4134 - Exempting nonpaid volunteers at a volunteer fire department who volunteer for fundraising from workers' compensation benefits
HB 4400 - Allowing workers' compensation benefits for first responders diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder
HB 4405 - Relating to occupational pneumoconiosis
HB 4409 - Relating to transferring remaining funds from the Volunteer Fire Department Workers' Compensation Premium Subsidy Fund
HB 4413 - Relating to whom Workers' Compensation Fund is disbursed
HB 4687 - Relating to workers' compensation and injuries received by a volunteer or part-volunteer firefighter
HB 4705 - Including three types of cancer for which rebuttable presumption of injury from employment exists for firefighters

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