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There are 49 bill(s) regarding Natural Resources

Bill Title Status Committee Step Last Action
SB 66 Creating Voluntary WVU Rifle Team Check-Off Program on hunting and fishing licenses Pending  House Finance Committee  03/25/21 
SB 86 Creating Office of Outdoor Recreation Pending  Senate Economic Development Committee  02/10/21 
SB 114 Permitting certain veterans to hunt, trap, or fish in state without license Pending  Senate Natural Resources Committee  02/10/21 
SB 313 Authorizing year-round hunting of coyote Pending  Senate Natural Resources Committee  02/17/21 
SB 323 Prohibiting Natural Resources Commission from establishing bag limit for antlered deer Pending  Senate Natural Resources Committee  02/17/21 
SB 362 Creating Orphan Oil and Gas Well Prevention Act Pending  Senate Energy, Industry and Mining Committee  02/19/21 
SB 381 Creating nonresident three-day fishing license Pending  House Government Organization Committee  03/26/21 
SB 394 Exempting certain persons from hunting, trapping, and fishing license fees Pending  Senate Natural Resources Committee  02/22/21 
SB 403 Creating Timber Co-tenancy Modernization and Majority Protection Act and Unknown and Unlocatable Timber Interest Owners Act Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  02/23/21 
SB 404 Modifying well work permits issued by DEP Office of Oil and Gas Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 16, 2021)
SB 407 Assessing wildlife impact fee on wind power projects Pending  Senate Natural Resources Committee  02/23/21 
SB 450 Protecting albino deer Pending  Senate Natural Resources Committee  02/25/21 
SB 473 Permitting primitive camping at state campgrounds Pending  Senate Natural Resources Committee  02/26/21 
SB 502 Providing lifetime hunting, fishing, and trapping license to residents, adopted, and foster children under 15 Signed  Effective from passage - (April 9, 2021)
SB 513 Relating generally to natural resources and modifying definitions of certain terms Pending  Senate Natural Resources Committee  03/01/21 
SB 514 Providing criteria for Natural Resource Commission appointment and compensation Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 4, 2021)
SB 520 Allowing foster parents to purchase lifetime hunting, trapping, and fishing licenses for foster children Pending  Senate Natural Resources Committee  03/02/21 
SB 538 Providing for unitization of interests in drilling units in connection with shallow horizontal oil or gas wells Pending  Senate Energy, Industry and Mining Committee  03/03/21 
SB 586 Providing WV veterans discounts on fees and charges at state parks Pending  House Finance Committee  03/24/21 
SB 616 Abolishing environmental advocate within DEP Pending  Senate Energy, Industry and Mining Committee  03/10/21 
SB 637 Removing salt from list and definition of minerals for severance tax purposes Pending  Senate Finance Committee  03/12/21 
SB 681 Creating Natural Resources Anti-Commandeering Act Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  03/22/21 
SB 709 Establishing Adventure Travel Recreation Program within DNR Pending  Senate Natural Resources Committee  03/22/21 
SB 712 Relating to oversight fees for certain gas-producing wells Pending  Senate Finance Committee  03/26/21 
SB 716 Encouraging public access and use of state roads and trails Pending  Senate Finance Committee  03/27/21 
HB 2035 Permitting the resident lineal descendants of landowners to hunt, trap or fish on that resident landowner’s property without a license Pending  House ANRS Committee  02/10/21 
HB 2059 Establishing a system for issuing permits for persons to provide rehabilitation of orphaned, sick and injured wildlife Pending  House ANRS Committee  02/10/21 
HB 2129 Establishing an industrial water extraction fee Pending  House Energy Committee  02/10/21 
HB 2205 Streamlining the process of abandoned mineral interests Pending  House Energy Committee  02/10/21 
HB 2227 Prohibiting blasting within 625 feet of an occupied dwelling Pending  House Energy Committee  02/10/21 
HB 2229 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 Pending  House Small Business, Entrepreneurship and Economic Development Committee  02/10/21 
HB 2237 Allowing free camping at state parks for certain resident veterans Pending  House Finance Committee  03/18/21 
HB 2493 Providing valuation limitations for coal property taxation and clarifying the penalties for non-filers Pending  Senate Finance Committee  03/31/21 
HB 2497 Eliminate permit needed to hunt trap or fish for veterans who suffer PTSD Pending  House Veterans' Affairs and Homeland Security Committee  02/15/21 
HB 2511 Relating generally to hunting and fishing Pending  House ANRS Committee  02/15/21 
HB 2568 Relating to rules for hunting antlered deer Pending  House ANRS Committee  02/17/21 
HB 2581 Providing for the valuation of natural resources property and an alternate method of appeal of proposed valuation of natural resources property Signed  Effective from passage - (April 10, 2021)
HB 2601 Allow a person to verify proof of hunting or fishing license electronically by their telephone Pending  House ANRS Committee  02/19/21 
HB 2629 Expanding the scope of hunting, fishing, and trapping benefits provided to former members of the United States Armed forces Pending  House Veterans' Affairs and Homeland Security Committee  02/22/21 
HB 2631 Provide for WVDNR officers to be able to work “off duty” Pending  House Judiciary Committee  03/10/21 
HB 2773 Permitting DNR to issue up to 100 permits for boats greater than 10 horsepower on Upper Mud River Lake Signed  Effective from passage - (April 8, 2021)
HB 2775 Relating to the beginning and expiration of hunting and fishing licenses Pending  House Judiciary Committee  03/18/21 
HB 2853 Provide for the unitization of interests in drilling units in connection with shallow horizontal oil or gas wells Pending  House Energy Committee  03/02/21 
HB 2867 To establish Natural Resources Commission appointment criteria and allow for reimbursement of expenses related to discharge of official duties Pending  House ANRS Committee  03/03/21 
HB 3051 Standardize gas and oil contracts Pending  House Judiciary Committee  03/10/21 
HB 3140 Allowing disabled persons to operate small electric vehicles on the Greenbrier Trail Pending  House ANRS Committee  03/15/21 
HB 3171 To provide a fifty percent reduction in fees and charges relating to state parks for West Virginia veterans Pending  House Veterans' Affairs and Homeland Security Committee  03/15/21 
HB 3185 To allow all licensed hunters in the 4 trophy counties to automatically qualify to use a crossbow, after age 65 Pending  House ANRS Committee  03/16/21 
HB 3241 Big Creek Cape Coalwood Commission Pending  House Government Organization Committee  03/16/21