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Delegate Heckert sponsored 159 bills:

Bill	Title	Status	Committee	Step	Last Action
HB 4009	Relating to the creation of the Portable Benefit Account Act	Signed	Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 12, 2026)
HB 4011	Relating to advanced recycling.	Pending	Senate Government Organization	Committee	02/11/26
HB 4028	Relating to sales tax on construction materials	Signed	Effective July 1, 2026
HB 4053	To establish the blue envelope program.	Signed	Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 11, 2026)
HB 4081	To create the Higher Education Health and Aid Grant.	Pending	Senate EDU	Committee	01/27/26
HB 4088	Relating to certified public accountants	Signed	Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (May 24, 2026)
HB 4179	To create felony charge for individuals who assault police officers or police dogs	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	02/11/26
HB 4196	To offer long-acting reversible contraception to patients receiving methadone and suboxone at the treatment facility for the methadone and suboxone	Signed	Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (May 21, 2026)
HB 4345	Relating to the preservation of missing persons records and evidence	Signed	Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 12, 2026)
HB 4352	Prohibiting cameras and recording devices in bedrooms and bathrooms of foster children	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	03/04/26
HB 4358	Establishing pilot program for Public Guardian Ad Litem Services	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	01/19/26
HB 4365	Relating to accessories to a crime	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	01/15/26
HB 4366	Relating to military interpersonal violence	Signed	Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 12, 2026)
HB 4368	Relating to military connected students	Pending	House EDU	Committee	01/15/26
HB 4370	Allowing the concealed carry of firearms on and in Capitol grounds	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	01/15/26
HB 4372	Permit teachers in K-12 schools be authorized to carry concealed firearms as a designated school protection officer	Pending	House EDU	Committee	01/15/26
HB 4373	To implement a Property Tax Poverty Exemption - School Excess Levy	Pending	House Finance	Committee	01/15/26
HB 4374	Relating to Off Duty LEO and LEOSA Exemptions	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	01/15/26
HB 4376	Say No to Good Old Boy Governance	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	01/15/26
HB 4382	Require collection agencies to provide a 30 day notice prior to wage garnishments.	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	02/09/26
HB 4390	Relating to the temporary payment to a kinship parent of a subsidy equal to that of a foster parent	Signed	Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 9, 2026)
HB 4393	Requiring the development and implementation of statewide prevention plan	Vetoed	Vetoed
HB 4399	Relating to disabled veteran taxpayers	Pending	House Finance	Committee	01/16/26
HB 4401	To modify the calculation of the taxable wage base.	Pending	House Finance	Committee	01/16/26
HB 4402	Relating to school protection officers	Pending	House EDU	Committee	02/18/26
HB 4403	West Virginia Homeless Shelter Oversight & Safety Act	Pending	House HHR	Committee	02/18/26
HB 4404	Increase the allowance for volunteer and part-volunteer fire companies and allowing fire departments to make an expenditure for educational and training supplies and fire prevention promotional materials	Signed	Effective from passage - (March 12, 2026)
HB 4405	Expanding the reasons that an executive director may create, merge, or dissolve a public defender corporation	Pending	House Finance	Committee	02/12/26
HB 4406	Relating to formerly incarcerated individuals voting rights	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	01/16/26
HB 4407	Relating to loss of parental rights after a third petition for a child’s removal	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	01/16/26
HB 4408	To adjust the percent retained by the clerk of the county commission for funding election administration, infrastructure, and security, and other county clerk purposes	Pending	House GAD	Committee	01/16/26
HB 4409	Two party consent for legislative offices	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	01/16/26
HB 4410	Relating to special stops required for on-track equipment	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	03/10/26
HB 4412	Require certain websites to utilize age verification methods to prevent minors from accessing content	Signed	Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 12, 2026)
HB 4436	To require children interviewed by Child Protective Services have their interviews conducted at a child advocacy center	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	01/16/26
HB 4450	Removing restrictions of taxpayers to access online curriculum, and allow for taxpayers to inspect additional instructional material adopted by the county board pursuant to including books in the classroom	Pending	House PED	Committee	01/19/26
HB 4451	Relating to establishing the Veteran Justice Act allowing conditional opportunity for veterans to avoid a record conviction	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	01/16/26
HB 4453	Regarding Teacher Pay	Pending	House EDU	Committee	01/16/26
HB 4456	Relating to clarification of a law enforcement agency and cooperation between law enforcement agencies and personnel of states bordering this state	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	02/05/26
HB 4457	Permitting voters not affiliated with a major political party to vote the ballot of that political party in a primary election.	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	01/16/26
HB 4458	Creating Substance Abuse Intervention Act	Pending	House PHL	Committee	02/11/26
HB 4459	Relating to Kratom	Pending	House HHR	Committee	02/18/26
HB 4462	Prohibition on cell-cultured products	Pending	Senate Agriculture	Committee	02/16/26
HB 4465	Regarding Substitute Teacher Pay	Pending	House EDU	Committee	01/16/26
HB 4466	Extend the public intoxication of alcohol code to include being under the impairment of narcotics in public	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	02/12/26
HB 4469	Establish residency requirements for county surveyor be a resident of the state and provide exemption for holding more than one office.	Pending	House GOV	Committee	01/28/26
HB 4471	Approved sewage systems for rental property	Pending	Senate Government Organization	Committee	03/04/26
HB 4474	Extending the Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementia Advisory Council sunset date.	Signed	Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (May 18, 2026)
HB 4478	Relating to racing facilities	Pending	House LGS	Committee	01/27/26
HB 4483	Relating to funeral service licensure and administration	Signed	Effective July 1, 2026
HB 4495	To allow municipalities to regulate sober living housing in the cities	Pending	House HHR	Committee	01/19/26
HB 4497	To not entitle WV students to get aid from any WV schools unless they pass a college qualification exam in the 10th grade	Pending	House EDU	Committee	01/19/26
HB 4502	Create license plate for autism awareness	Pending	House EPW	Committee	01/19/26
HB 4503	Prohibiting driving slow in left lane except under certain circumstances	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	01/19/26
HB 4504	Relating to rules for hunting antlered deer	Pending	House ACT	Committee	01/20/26
HB 4506	Allowing members of State Police retirement system to use accrued leave as credit towards retirement	Pending	House Finance	Committee	01/19/26
HB 4507	Relating to allowing a personal income tax exemption for First Responders	Pending	House Finance	Committee	01/19/26
HB 4508	Public Utility Stability Act.	Pending	House ENT	Committee	02/03/26
HB 4546	Providing for biennial reporting instead of annual reporting for business organizations.	Signed	Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 12, 2026)
HB 4548	WV building and constructions trades code enforcement West Virginia First	Pending	House GAD	Committee	01/20/26
HB 4549	Local Government Freedom Act	Pending	House LOC	Committee	01/21/26
HB 4568	Clarifying abuse of process	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	02/19/26
HB 4569	Updating law regarding prior authorizations	Pending	House HHR	Committee	01/20/26
HB 4571	Taxpayer Protection Act	Pending	House Finance	Committee	01/20/26
HB 4577	Relating to driver’s licenses	Signed	Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 12, 2026)
HB 4579	Relating to body-worn cameras	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	01/20/26
HB 4580	Relating to the establishment of a pilot program for the use of mobile devices in child abuse and neglect investigations.	Pending	House GAD	Committee	01/20/26
HB 4581	Relating to monthly status meeting of county entities	Pending	House HHR	Committee	01/20/26
HB 4582	Related to the authority of sheriff’s commission for collection of taxes	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	01/20/26
HB 4589	Clarifying that the time limitations provided for filing occupational pneumoconiosis claims do not apply or otherwise limit the ability of a claimant to obtain an evaluation from the Occupational Pneumoconiosis Board	Pending	House HHR	Committee	01/22/26
HB 4590	Awarding attorneys fees to prevailing party in eminent domain proceeding	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	01/20/26
HB 4600	Require all ballots for primary and general elections be received not later than the close of the polls on election day.	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	02/11/26
HB 4601	Relating to the Child Abuse and Neglect Investigations Unit	Pending	House Finance	Committee	02/04/26
HB 4602	Relating to requiring the Department of Human Services to establish a pilot program to contract for supplemental caseworker aide services for the Bureau for Social Services	Pending		Concurrence	03/13/26
HB 4603	Relating to the creation of the process of obtaining and adjudicating a pre-adjudicatory alternative disposition	Pending		Concurrence	03/13/26
HB 4604	Relating to abuse and neglect cases	Pending	House Finance	Committee	02/23/26
HB 4614	Relating to statewide prevention plan.	Pending	House HHR	Committee	01/20/26
HB 4616	Relating to the imposition of a time limitation on disposition decisions in child abuse and neglect proceedings	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	01/20/26
HB 4617	Relating to requiring the Bureau of Social Service to file a legislative rule.	Pending	House GOV	Committee	01/20/26
HB 4618	Relating to the temporary payment to a kinship parent of a subsidy equal to that of a foster parent.	Pending	House Finance	Committee	01/20/26
HB 4619	Relating to the creation of a special revenue account to expand in-state residential treatment capacity for children	Pending	House Finance	Committee	01/20/26
HB 4620	Relating to clothing and necessity allowance.	Pending	House Finance	Committee	01/20/26
HB 4621	Relating to requiring the circuit court to make certain designated findings of fact and conclusions of law in its juvenile child abuse and neglect orders	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	01/20/26
HB 4624	To permit the county commission of each county to lease, rent or to permit the use of a county owned wireless tower or any portion thereof, with exceptions	Pending	House HLS	Committee	02/06/26
HB 4625	Relating to quit claim deeds	Signed	Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 12, 2026)
HB 4626	Relating to the establishment of a grant program to fund the United States Food and Drug Administration’s drug development trials with ibogaine	Vetoed	Vetoed
HB 4627	Mandate free cancer screenings for professional firefighters.	Pending	House HHR	Committee	01/21/26
HB 4659	Transfer oversight of childcare from the Department of Human Services to the Department of Education	Pending	House EDU	Committee	01/21/26
HB 4664	Relating to increasing compensation for panel attorneys.	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	01/21/26
HB 4712	Increasing the criminal penalties for DUI causing death to be known as “Baylea’s Law.”	Signed	Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 12, 2026)
HB 4714	To create the West Virginia Inmate Litter Cleanup and Rehabilitation Act.	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	01/21/26
HB 4718	Secure Roads and Safe Trucking Act	Pending	House GOV	Committee	01/22/26
HB 4722	Relating to false judicial accusations after a determination of falsity	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	01/22/26
HB 4749	Relating to adding requirements to the foster child bill of rights	Signed	Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 3, 2026)
HB 4759	Modifing the rules for transferring students	Pending	House EDU	Committee	02/09/26
HB 4815	Allow community health center to provide sign-on bonus	Pending	House HHR	Committee	01/26/26
HB 4834	To permit women’s wrestling in public high schools as a sanctioned event	Pending	House EDU	Committee	02/17/26
HB 4863	The West Virginia Refugee Absorptive Capacity Act	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	01/28/26
HB 4864	Providing for election reform and protections	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	01/28/26
HB 4865	Providing for a program allowing election official trainees to be appointed as election officials	Signed	Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 12, 2026)
HB 4951	Requiring MDs and DOs to complete continuing education	Signed	Effective from passage - (March 14, 2026)
HB 4962	Drug-Related Nuisances	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	02/27/26
HB 4963	Relating to establishing an additional modification reducing federal adjusted gross income relating to taxes on tips and overtime	Pending	House Finance	Committee	01/29/26
HB 4971	Relating to preliminary planning for future electric substations near industrial parks on certain high voltage transmission lines	Pending	Senate Energy, Industry and Mining	Committee	02/26/26
HB 4973	Relating to raising the state minimum salary for teachers to $50,000 beginning in school year 2026-2027	Pending	House EDU	Committee	01/29/26
HB 4975	To consolidate county boards of education and create regional districts.	Pending	House EDU	Committee	01/29/26
HB 4978	Permitting Workforce WV to actively reach out to Unemployment Compensation filers with available jobs that fit their prior job history and salary range	Pending	House GOV	Committee	02/11/26
HB 4989	Professional Firefighter cancer screening	Pending	House Finance	Committee	02/23/26
HB 5003	Relating to the process for involuntary hospitalization	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	01/30/26
HB 5011	Allow removal of complaints from HRC to Circuit Court	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	01/30/26
HB 5025	Allowing the burning of obsolete farm structures.	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/11/26
HB 5030	Authorizing adjustment from federal adjusted gross income for certain law enforcement pension benefit payments	Pending	House Finance	Committee	02/02/26
HB 5059	Relating to cultural heritage institutions	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	03/05/26
HB 5086	Relating to peer support services	Signed	Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 12, 2026)
HB 5103	Relating to requiring the Office of Health Facility Licensure and Certification to inspect office-based medication-assisted treatment programs at least every 24 months	Pending	House HHR	Committee	02/10/26
HB 5104	Relating to requiring a parolee or probationer found to have suffered with addiction to participate in a support service	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/03/26
HB 5105	Relating to financial exploitation of a person in recovery	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	02/24/26
HB 5107	Relating to requiring a court to verify certain conditions are met before a child who has been removed from a home may be returned to that home	Pending	House HHR	Committee	02/03/26
HB 5167	Creating the Taxpayer Accountability for Public Service Act.	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/04/26
HB 5176	Relating to creating the animal abuse database within the West Virginia State Police.	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	02/19/26
HB 5177	Sales tax rebate for qualifying materials used in the construction of modest homes of 1 600 square feet or less	Pending	House Finance	Committee	02/04/26
HB 5179	Relating to auctioneers	Pending	House ACT	Committee	02/06/26
HB 5182	Relating generally to authorizing security personnel employed by the State Treasurer to carry concealed weapons while performing his or her official duties	BL	Governor
HB 5213	Relating to involuntary commitment process pilot program.	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/05/26
HB 5214	Relating to drug testing of parents who have had abuse and/or neglect claims substantiated against them prior to reunification.	Signed	Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 12, 2026)
HB 5217	Providing for a filing fee for a write-in candidate	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/05/26
HB 5218	Providing that the Secretary of State shall notify a respondent of an election law complaint	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/05/26
HB 5221	Relating to increasing the civil penalties for failure to file required campaign finance reports	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/05/26
HB 5223	Relating to requiring contact information for the chair of a political committee	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/05/26
HB 5224	Creating a personal income tax credit for election officials in West Virginia.	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/05/26
HB 5225	Relating to prohibiting any person to operate an unmanned aerial vehicle over a polling place on election day	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/05/26
HB 5226	Providing that in no case shall a filing fee paid be returned to the candidate	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/05/26
HB 5227	Relating to Secretary of State annual reports, fees, and veteran-owned business logotypes	Signed	Effective July 1, 2026
HB 5228	Relating to clarifying the definition of electioneering	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	02/21/26
HB 5273	Relating to campaign financial statements by candidates for municipal office	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	02/21/26
HB 5323	Relating to indexing of license and stamp fees	Signed	Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 10, 2026)
HB 5326	Raise cost of living threshold for retired municipal police officers	Pending	House Finance	Committee	02/09/26
HB 5331	To provide special consideration for municipalities to be allowed to join NPFRS for their paid firefighters	Pending	House Finance	Committee	02/09/26
HB 5341	To create a domestic violence registry	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	02/25/26
HB 5365	Relating to the regulation of pharmacy benefit managers providing services to the Public Employees Insurance Agency.	Pending	House BNK	Committee	02/16/26
HB 5368	Establish a registry for domestic violence offenders	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/09/26
HB 5397	Remove sales tax from firearm suppressors.	Pending	House Finance	Committee	02/10/26
HB 5400	Relating generally to punishment for child neglect resulting in death.	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/10/26
HB 5406	Relating to driving under the influence	Signed	Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 10, 2026)
HB 5426	To add the Bradford Peat Pear (Pyrus calleryana) to the noxious weeds list	Pending	House GOV	Committee	02/10/26
HB 5432	Relating to establishing disaster repair and recovery effort tax credit for taxpayers subject to the severance and business privilege tax in certain circumstances	Pending	House EPW	Committee	02/11/26
HB 5433	Require all state‑regulated health insurance plans to provide meaningful coverage for hearing aids and to cover at least one annual audiological evaluation.	Pending	House Finance	Committee	02/11/26
HB 5437	Creating the Vape Safety Act	Signed	Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 11, 2026)
HB 5460	Construction Cost Relief Act	Pending	House Finance	Committee	02/12/26
HB 5492	Relating to advance purchase agreements for electric substation transformers	Pending	House Finance	Committee	02/23/26
HB 5493	Provide a penalty of chemical castration or surgical castration for sex abuse crimes against minors.	Pending	House HHR	Committee	02/13/26
HB 5500	To make allowances for bio-degradable farm/field products to escape the transport vehicle so to avoid potential fines	Pending	House GOV	Committee	02/13/26
HB 5526	Clarifying Purchaser Requirements for Tax Abandoned Land Auctions by the Auditor	Pending	House GOV	Committee	02/13/26
HB 5563	To create the West Virginia Timely Transplant Referral and Coordination Act	Pending	Senate HHR	Committee	03/05/26
HB 5582	Extending program for drug screening of applicants for TANF	Signed	Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 12, 2026)
HB 5600	Adding representation of the West Virginia Fire Marshal’s office to the LEPS committee.	Pending	House GOV	Committee	02/16/26
HB 5605	Relating to drug testing of legislators	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/16/26
HB 5625	Relating to the licensure of radon mitigators, testers, contractors, and laboratories	Pending		3rd Reading	03/05/26
HB 5684	Relating to authorizing the Supreme Court of Appeals to create child protection commissioners	Signed	Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 12, 2026)

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