Bill Status - 2026 Regular Session
Search Bills by Date Introduced
The search returned 120 bill(s) introduced on 02/16/26
| Bill | Title | Status | Committee | Step | Last Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SB 944 | Expanding categories of eligible federal law-enforcement officers authorized to enforce state laws | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 12, 2026) | ||
| SB 945 | Permitting Adjutant General to pay employees during federal government shutdown or furlough | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 9, 2026) | ||
| SB 946 | Relating to hospital facility fee oversight | Pending | Senate Health and Human Resources | Committee | 02/16/26 |
| SB 947 | Providing birth certificate copies to homeless individuals under 18 | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 12, 2026) | ||
| SB 948 | Allowing firearms on Capitol Complex with exceptions | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 02/16/26 |
| SB 949 | Creating Uniform Assignment for Benefit of Creditors Act | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 02/16/26 |
| SB 950 | Relating to mileage and expenses of judges | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 12, 2026) | ||
| SB 951 | Closing Parent Education and Mediation Fund | Pending | Senate Finance | Committee | 02/16/26 |
| SB 952 | Transferring Court Security Fund | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 12, 2026) | ||
| SB 953 | Relating to disaffiliation from religious denominations while retaining property | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 02/16/26 |
| SB 954 | Relating to health insurance for living organ donors | Pending | House Health and Human Resources | Committee | 03/02/26 |
| SB 955 | Relating to hotel occupancy tax | Pending | Senate Government Organization | Committee | 02/16/26 |
| SB 956 | Authorizing physician assistants to own business | Pending | House Health and Human Resources | Committee | 03/05/26 |
| SB 957 | Relating to minimum number of council members for certain municipalities | Pending | Senate Government Organization | Committee | 02/16/26 |
| SB 958 | Closing Enforcement of Guardianship and Conservatorship Act Fund | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 02/16/26 |
| SB 959 | Closing Parent Education Fund | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5529 | Relating to performance-based contracting for child placing agencies | Pending | Committee | 02/24/26 | |
| HB 5530 | Relating to the composition of the Critical Incident Review Team | Pending | House Health and Human Resources | Committee | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5531 | Relating to leashed dogs and unmanned aerial vehicles for tracking or locating mortally wounded deer, elk, turkey, wild boar or bear | Pending | House Government Organization | Committee | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5532 | Prohibiting counties from double-taxing rental properties | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5533 | West Virginia Federal Constitutional Authority Clarification Act | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5534 | To reduce all titled vehicle personal property taxation values, except for mobile homes, from a Class IV assessment valuation to a Class II | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5535 | Relating to tow truck lighting | Pending | House Energy and Public Works | Committee | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5536 | West Virginia Constitutional Authority Clarification Act | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5537 | Repealing obsolete and outdated sections of the Education code. | Pending | Concurrence | 03/14/26 | |
| HB 5538 | To expand licensing opportunities and safety regulation in the esthetics industry | Pending | House Government Organization | Committee | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5539 | West Virginia Coal Miners Employment Act | Pending | House Energy and Public Works | Committee | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5540 | Relating to due process and rights | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5541 | Relating to the protection of personal information for elected officials | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5542 | Repeal WV Right to Work | Pending | House Energy and Public Works | Committee | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5543 | Authorizing the State Treasurer to coordinate SMART529 program with federal Trump accounts | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5544 | Creating deductions for contributions to Trump accounts | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5545 | Requiring county economic development committee members be state residents. | Pending | House Government Organization | Committee | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5546 | Requiring medical professionals to report injuries and side effects from vaccines to Bureau for Public Health | Pending | House Health and Human Resources | Committee | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5547 | To Protect Newborn Genetic Privacy Rights | Pending | House Health and Human Resources | Committee | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5548 | Stop Non-Consensual Distribution of Intimate Deep Fake Media Act | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5549 | Requiring Governor’s consent to accept certain grants | Pending | House Government Organization | Committee | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5550 | Relating to shelter for animals | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5551 | Protecting State Licensing and ID Act | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5552 | To require drones used by state and county personnel to be produced in the United States | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5553 | Relating to participation in federal prescription drug pricing programs. | Pending | House Health and Human Resources | Committee | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5554 | To modify the building fund for state parties. | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 03/04/26 |
| HB 5555 | Modifying the process of mandatory reporting. | Introduced | 02/16/26 | ||
| HB 5556 | Creating an external reference pricing pilot program for prescription drugs. | Pending | House Health and Human Resources | Committee | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5557 | Require advertising materials be submitted with the initial public offering statement. | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 03/04/26 |
| HB 5558 | To create the West Virginia Child Investment Account Matching Program. | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5559 | To facilitate interstate practice of Regulated Social Workers by improving public access to competent Social Work Services. | Pending | House Government Organization | Committee | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5560 | To have retirment benefits of former law enforcement in the PERS to be exempt from state income taxes. | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5561 | Refer instances of election fraud to the attorney general for prosecution | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5562 | Relating to establishing a process for the Department of Highways to receive complaints from the public relating to public road hazards | Pending | House Energy and Public Works | Committee | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5563 | To create the West Virginia Timely Transplant Referral and Coordination Act | Pending | Senate Health and Human Resources | Committee | 03/05/26 |
| HB 5564 | Relating to deputy sheriffs’ vacation time | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 12, 2026) | ||
| HB 5565 | Relating to creating the State Election Poll Clerk Reimbursement Fund Account for county poll clerks to receive a stipend of $100 per day for each day they work during early voting and/or election day for general elections. | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5566 | To establish a centralized tax lien registry to improve tax collection efficiency, enhance transparency, support economic development, and reduce administrative burden. | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5567 | Biometric Information Privacy Act | Pending | House Health and Human Resources | Committee | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5568 | Relating to the payment of services rendered in proceedings under Chapter 49 | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5569 | To reinstate the discount on insurance for retired firefighters hired after 2010 | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/23/26 |
| HB 5570 | To exempt common carriers and contract carriers engaged in the business of transporting solid waste for commercial or industrial customers to disposal or recycling locations. | Pending | House Government Organization | Committee | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5571 | To provide a pay equity salary adjustment for non-uniformed employees of the Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5572 | Creating Vape and Smoke Shop Location and Operating Requirements Act | Pending | House Health and Human Resources | Committee | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5573 | Rural Medical Residency Program concentrating on obstetrics and gynecology for rural hospitals, can be funded from the Rural Health Inititive or other sources funded by the legislature. | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5574 | Relating to the public service commission. | Pending | House Energy and Public Works | Committee | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5575 | West Virginia Special Olympics Program. | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5576 | Relating to Socially Necessary Services (SNS) Accountability and Streamlining Act | Pending | House Health and Human Resources | Committee | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5577 | Strengthen school bullying laws. | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5578 | To fund the Deputy Sheriff’s Retirement Fund from the DMV in the form of a 50-cent payment from every registration sold/renewed in the state | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5579 | To waive the one-time $10 fee for a Veterans license plate to any first-time applicants who have an Honorable Discharge from any branch of the United States Military | Pending | House Energy and Public Works | Committee | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5580 | Relating to liability of the local emergency telephone systems. | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5581 | Relating to newborn screening (Dawson’s Law) | Pending | House Health and Human Resources | Committee | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5582 | Extending program for drug screening of applicants for TANF | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 12, 2026) | ||
| HB 5583 | West Virginia Seal of Civic Literacy Act. | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5584 | Relating to require county school boards to provide one day in-service training to prepare county employees for annual competency tests. | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5585 | Relating to authorizing the use of Revenue Shortfall Reserve Funds for public health emergencies. | Pending | House Energy and Public Works | Committee | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5586 | Relating to granting an across-the-board raise for all classroom teachers. | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5587 | To authorize cameras in school buses to send red light violators footage directly to the applicable law enforcement agency for ticketing and enforcement | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 03/05/26 |
| HB 5588 | Establish a regulated framework for the medical use of psilocybin to treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) | Pending | House Health and Human Resources | Committee | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5589 | Relating to cooperation with federal immigration authorities. | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5590 | Create a limited and predictable water-quantity review framework for High Impact Data Centers (HIDCs) in West Virginia. | Pending | House Energy and Public Works | Committee | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5591 | Relating to dispensing of ivermectin | Pending | House Health and Human Resources | Committee | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5592 | Ivermectin over the counter | Pending | House Health and Human Resources | Committee | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5593 | Making ivermectin available over the counter in West Virginia | Pending | House Health and Human Resources | Committee | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5594 | Require all American flags offered for retail sale in the State be manufactured in the United States of America. | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5595 | Eliminating property tax payments for fully disabled veterans. | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5596 | Revising the statute to add costs for misdemeanor and felony convictions to be deposited into the West Virginia State Police Forensic Laboratory Fund | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5597 | Revising the statute to add costs for misdemeanor and felony convictions to be deposited into the West Virginia State Police Forensic Laboratory Fund | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5598 | To increase state sales tax to 8% and abolish personal income tax. | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5599 | To make the possession of fentanyl a felony offense | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5600 | Adding representation of the West Virginia Fire Marshal’s office to the LEPS committee. | Pending | House Government Organization | Committee | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5601 | West Virginia Disaster Case Management Appropriation and Coordination Act | Pending | House Government Organization | Committee | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5602 | Provide a statutory mechanism allowing property owners of undeveloped or unimproved land located within municipal boundaries to petition for annexation of their property into the county. | Pending | House Government Organization | Committee | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5603 | To fine and hold legally responsible land owners from out of state who neglect their land | Pending | House Government Organization | Committee | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5604 | To recognize bullion as legal tender | Pending | House Government Organization | Committee | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5605 | Relating to drug testing of legislators | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5606 | Establishing the “Stay in State” tax credit | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5607 | Expanding the amount of promise scholarship funds awarded to persons majoring in science, technology, engineering and mathematics | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5608 | Prohibiting use of a person’s credit history in certain insurance transactions | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5609 | Relating to Good Samaritan Food Donation Act | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5610 | Authorizing Monitoring Devices in Long-term Care Facilities | Pending | House Health and Human Resources | Committee | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5611 | Certified Microgrid Program | Pending | House Energy and Public Works | Committee | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5612 | Relating to property valuations of properties located on the State Capitol Complex | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 8, 2026) | ||
| HB 5613 | Relating to authorizing the Fleet Management Division to use telematics | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 10, 2026) | ||
| HB 5614 | Relating to the Truth in Giving Act | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5615 | Relating to Teleheatlh | Pending | House Health and Human Resources | Committee | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5616 | Modifying years of service experience to include service personnel. | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5617 | To allow authorized retailers, qualified as workforce training community centes, to retain a portion of consumer sales and use taxes | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5618 | Federal Court Decision Striking Down Certificate of Need Moratorium. | Pending | House Health and Human Resources | Committee | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5619 | Display of National motto and Ten Commandments | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5620 | To restore local control in the decision making process in regard to data centers | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5621 | Prosecutor FOIA Bill | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5622 | Amendments to city charters. | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 10, 2026) | ||
| HB 5623 | Youth Mental Health Protection Act | Pending | House Health and Human Resources | Committee | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5624 | Relating to asbestos abatement | Pending | House Government Organization | Committee | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5625 | Relating to the licensure of radon mitigators, testers, contractors, and laboratories | Pending | 3rd Reading | 03/05/26 | |
| HB 5626 | Relating to establishing rates for and recovering costs of by public utilities | Pending | House Energy and Public Works | Committee | 02/20/26 |
| HB 5627 | To provide for a $100 tax credit per election for service by an election official to West Virginia Personal income tax liabilities. | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5628 | Relating to mitigating the abrupt loss of child care assistance resulting from modest increases in family income | Pending | House Health and Human Resources | Committee | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5629 | Relating generally to the West Virginia Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. | Pending | Senate Government Organization | Committee | 03/05/26 |
| HB 5630 | Relating generally to providing notice for amendments to a zoning ordinance. | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 02/27/26 |
| HB 5631 | Relating to the Tobacco Products Excise Tax Act | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5632 | Relating to local permitting deadlines | Pending | House Government Organization | Committee | 02/16/26 |