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Bill | Title | Date |
| SB 15 | Strengthening protections for certain natural resource interests affected by carbon capture and underground carbon storage projects | 02/23/26 |
| SB 420 | West Virginia First Energy Act | 03/10/26 |
| SB 625 | Relating to responsibility of board of public service district that is being dissolved | 02/10/26 |
| SB 669 | Relating to general powers of PSC | 03/05/26 |
| SB 935 | Eliminating business and occupation tax exemption for certain coal-fired merchant power plants | 02/26/26 |
| HB 4038 | Relating generally to coal fired energy plants and wind power | 01/14/26 |
| HB 4109 | Removing cap on numbers of wells operators required to pay annual oversight fee | 01/14/26 |
| HB 4110 | Creating the WV Energy Efficiency Jobs Creation Act | 01/14/26 |
| HB 4111 | Establishing a community solar program for subscribers to gain credits against their utility bills | 01/14/26 |
| HB 4153 | West Virginia Skilled and Ready to Work Internship and Apprenticeship Incentive Act | 01/14/26 |
| HB 4194 | Community Air Monitoring | 01/14/26 |
| HB 4195 | Placing a two year a cap on electrical utility rates | 01/14/26 |
| HB 4205 | Relating to authorizing the Department of Environmental Protection to promulgate a legislative rule relating to alternative emission limitations during startup and shutdown operations. | 01/14/26 |
| HB 4206 | Relating to authorizing the Department of Environmental Protection to promulgate a legislative rule relating to ambient air quality standards. | 01/14/26 |
| HB 4207 | Relating to authorizing the Department of Environmental Protection to promulgate a legislative rule relating to standards of performance for new stationary sources. | 01/14/26 |
| HB 4208 | Relating to authorizing the Department of Environmental Protection to promulgate a legislative rule relating to control of air pollution from combustion of solid waste. | 01/14/26 |
| HB 4209 | Relating to authorizing the Department of Environmental Protection to promulgate a legislative rule relating to control of air pollution from hazardous waste treatment, storage, and disposal facilities. | 01/14/26 |
| HB 4210 | Relating to authorizing the Department of Environmental Protection to promulgate a legislative rule relating to emission standards for hazardous air pollutants | 01/14/26 |
| HB 4211 | Relating to authorizing the Department of Environmental Protection to promulgate a promulgate a legislative rule relating to cross-state air pollution to control annual nitrogen oxides emissions, annual sulfur dioxide emissions, and ozone season nitrogen oxides emissions. | 01/14/26 |
| HB 4212 | Relating to authorizing the Division of Water and Waste Management to promulgate a legislative rule relating to hazardous waste management system. | 01/14/26 |
| HB 4213 | Relating to authorizing the Department of Environmental Protection to promulgate a legislative rule relating to requirements governing water quality standards. | 01/14/26 |
| HB 4214 | Relating to authorizing the Department of Environmental Protection to promulgate a legislative rule relating to carbon dioxide sequestration fee schedule. | 01/14/26 |
| HB 4323 | Relating to authorizing the Division of Economic Development to promulgate a legislative rule relating to Tourism Development Districts. | 01/14/26 |
| HB 4324 | Relating to authorizing the Division of Forestry to promulgate a legislative rule relating to rules for the certification of managed timberland. | 01/14/26 |
| HB 4325 | Relating to authorizing the Division of Labor to promulgate a legislative rule relating to child labor. | 01/14/26 |
| HB 4326 | Relating to authorizing the Office of Miners' Health, Safety, and Training to promulgate a legislative rule relating to the submission and approval of a comprehensive Mine Safety Program for coal mining operations in the state of West Virginia. | 01/14/26 |
| HB 4327 | Relating to authorizing the Division of Natural Resources to promulgate a legislative rule relating to small arms hunting. | 01/14/26 |
| HB 4328 | Relating to authorizing the Division of Natural Resources to promulgate a legislative rule relating to wildlife rehabilitation. | 01/14/26 |
| HB 4329 | Relating to authorizing the Division of Natural Resources to promulgate a legislative rule relating to special boating. | 01/14/26 |
| HB 4330 | Relating to authorizing the Division of Natural Resources to promulgate a legislative rule relating to defining terms used in hunting and trapping. | 01/14/26 |
| HB 4331 | Relating to authorizing the Division of Natural Resources to promulgate a legislative rule relating to prohibitions when hunting and trapping. | 01/14/26 |
| HB 4332 | Relating to authorizing the Division of Natural Resources to promulgate a legislative rule relating to deer hunting. | 01/14/26 |
| HB 4333 | Relating to authorizing the Division of Natural Resources to promulgate a legislative rule relating to special migratory game bird hunting. | 01/14/26 |
| HB 4334 | Relating to authorizing the Rehabilitation Services to promulgate a legislative rule relating to the Ron Yost Personal Assistance Services Act Board | 01/14/26 |
| HB 4379 | To enable the Public Service Commission to authorize accelerated rate recovery for advanced transmission technology projects | 01/15/26 |
| HB 4385 | Cap a utility provider’s rates increases at no more than 5% per year | 01/15/26 |
| HB 4389 | Relating to requiring the Public Service Commission to prepare and submit a report to the Governor and the Joint Committee on Government and Finance including the effects of a performance-based rate making system on West Virginia regulated utilities and rates charged to ratepayers | 01/15/26 |
| HB 4480 | Relating to Access Management and Entrances to State Highways | 01/16/26 |
| HB 4491 | Relating to certification by the Public Service Commission of advanced small modular and micro nuclear reactors | 01/19/26 |
| HB 4502 | Create license plate for autism awareness | 01/19/26 |
| HB 4509 | Relating to restoring local jurisdiction to state political subdivisions over certain electric power facilities. | 01/19/26 |
| HB 4530 | Creating Retail Impact Intersection Improvement Fund | 01/19/26 |
| HB 4541 | To require DOH, when abandoning a right of way, to notify the legislative representatives in the county or counties in which this right of way is located via email and first class mail in addition to publication in the newspaper | 01/19/26 |
| HB 4556 | Eliminate net metering in WV | 01/20/26 |
| HB 4557 | To create the felony offense for protestors blocking passage on streets and highways. | 01/20/26 |
| HB 4615 | Relating to public drinking water storage tanks | 02/12/26 |
| HB 4631 | Internet Reliability Act | 01/21/26 |
| HB 4635 | To require Public Service Commission to hear requests for rate adjustments from public electrical utilities and issue a recommendation to legislature | 01/21/26 |
| HB 4639 | Repeal code relating to inspection of vehicles | 01/21/26 |
| HB 4642 | Relating to establishing the West Virginia Clean Water Act of 2025 | 01/21/26 |
| HB 4653 | Changing rates of public utilities | 01/21/26 |
| HB 4675 | Relating to “Rain Tax” | 01/21/26 |
| HB 4683 | Prevent depletion of groundwater and aquifers | 01/21/26 |
| HB 4684 | Eliminate all state and county subsidies or tax breaks for solar compounds or wind compounds or other renewable energy corporations | 01/21/26 |
| HB 4700 | To require railroad companies to provide alternative entry and exit ways | 01/21/26 |
| HB 4716 | To enhance the flexibility, responsiveness, and economic development potential of the Industrial Access Road Fund | 01/21/26 |
| HB 4719 | To eliminate the process of vehicle inspection in West Virginia | 01/22/26 |
| HB 4728 | To require motorists traveling 10 mph or more below the speed limit to activate hazard lights. | 01/22/26 |
| HB 4741 | To require operators of gas and oil wells to withhold royalty taxes due from the lease holder and remit said withholdings to the appropriate County Tax Office. | 01/22/26 |
| HB 4743 | Relating generally to asphalt grindings or millings from any WVDOH Right of Way | 01/22/26 |
| HB 4745 | Relating to electric rates | 01/22/26 |
| HB 4763 | Relating generally to “Flagger Ahead” signs and flaggers on public roads in the State of West Virginia. | 01/22/26 |
| HB 4805 | Relating to environmental clean-up for motor vehicle crashes | 01/26/26 |
| HB 4822 | To redirect data center tax revenue to PEIA, counties, and schools | 01/26/26 |
| HB 4824 | Relating to utility rate increases | 01/26/26 |
| HB 4825 | Authorizing municipalities to place signage on state roads within their municipal jurisdiction and boundaries. | 01/26/26 |
| HB 4832 | Relating to the use of state water resources | 01/26/26 |
| HB 4835 | Adjusting the timing of traffic lights on divided highways | 01/29/26 |
| HB 4862 | Relating to the responsibility of a board of a public service district to cooperate with a county commission in the sale of assets of a public service district that is being dissolved, sold or merged with another public service district. | 02/02/26 |
| HB 4867 | To clarify the process of royalty payments for wells in this state. | 01/28/26 |
| HB 4882 | Repealing vehicle inspection sticker requirements in WV | 01/28/26 |
| HB 4891 | To require all utility companies to absorb the costs of maintenance, upgrades, and repairs for their pipes, cables, utility poles, electrical lines, and other necessities without increasing rates or costs to consumers/customers. | 01/28/26 |
| HB 4894 | Relating to utility affordability and economic competitiveness | 03/02/26 |
| HB 4948 | To create a buffer zone between a data center and residence, school or house of worship | 01/29/26 |
| HB 4949 | Relating to Legislative Rules regarding chemicals of emerging concern | 01/29/26 |
| HB 4985 | Relating to strategic and critical resources, state preemption of local regulation, and foreign ownership and restricted commerce entities | 01/30/26 |
| HB 4991 | West Virginia First Energy Act | 01/30/26 |
| HB 4994 | Relating to utility lines on the Division of Highways rights of way | 02/04/26 |
| HB 5002 | In cases of mine rescues, designate miners as first responders | 01/30/26 |
| HB 5008 | Relating to a State Water Resources Management Plan | 01/30/26 |
| HB 5013 | Requiring the Commissioner of Highways to develop a formula for allocating road funds among districts | 01/30/26 |
| HB 5018 | All lanes, cul-de-sacs, dead end roads, city streets and non-through routes with an ADT of less than 10 per .1 mile be eliminated from WVDOH maintenance. ROW will be maintained on paper only and county WVDOH budgets will not be reduced. | 02/02/26 |
| HB 5024 | Relating to the Waiving of Certain DMV Fees for Volunteer Firefighters | 02/02/26 |
| HB 5038 | Establishing the Affordable Electricity and Economic Growth Act of 2026 to facilitate coke production and steel-making in the state | 02/02/26 |
| HB 5039 | Fueling Modern Life | 02/02/26 |
| HB 5040 | Establishing Comprehensive Highway Paving Plan | 02/02/26 |
| HB 5041 | Electric Utility Meter choice | 02/02/26 |
| HB 5069 | Establish setback from residential properties for new windmills being constructed throughout the state. | 02/03/26 |
| HB 5081 | Related to establishing a free business registration holiday | 02/03/26 |
| HB 5129 | Change the powers of the West Virginia Water Development Authority regarding funding of Infrastructure Projects | 02/03/26 |
| HB 5139 | Authorizing municipal fire departments specialized license plates | 02/03/26 |
| HB 5152 | Relating to the disconnection of residential utility during a State of Emergency | 02/03/26 |
| HB 5159 | Relating to withholding tax on income of nonresidents from natural resources royalty payments | 02/03/26 |
| HB 5160 | Prohibition of geoengineering | 02/04/26 |
| HB 5161 | To create the West Virginia Rural Mobility and Transportation Access Act. | 02/04/26 |
| HB 5165 | To create the West Virginia Rural Property Safety and Clean Land Act. | 02/04/26 |
| HB 5187 | Relating to the members of the Public Service Commission | 02/04/26 |
| HB 5201 | Requiring DOH public notification of traffic change 48 hours in advance | 02/05/26 |
| HB 5202 | Relating to permitting access to funding for public water utilities subject to the Public Service Commission’s jurisdiction | 02/05/26 |
| HB 5262 | 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 | 02/05/26 |
| HB 5264 | Establishing workers cooperative corporations | 02/05/26 |
| HB 5328 | Relating to regulatory classification of bars, taverns, and restaurants. | 02/09/26 |
| HB 5340 | Establishing a new classification for managed timberland leased for substantial income | 02/09/26 |
| HB 5357 | Tree removal at state expense | 02/09/26 |
| HB 5358 | Authorizing the West Virginia Commissioner of Highways to offer locality pay to Division of Highways employees working in certain jurisdictions | 02/09/26 |
| HB 5409 | Relating to the ownership of water and minerals in dissolved or undissolved form in produced liquids and solids related to oil and gas drilling. | 02/10/26 |
| HB 5410 | Relating to requiring quarterly reporting by water and wastewater utilities that are political subdivisions of the state to their governing bodies. | 02/10/26 |
| HB 5411 | Establishing the Energy Freedom and Fairness Act | 02/10/26 |
| HB 5414 | New Oil and Gas Well Plugging Assurance Act | 02/10/26 |
| HB 5415 | New and existing Orphan Well Prevention Act | 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 | 02/11/26 |
| HB 5455 | Relating to special license plates | 02/11/26 |
| HB 5472 | Formally recognize Mine Rescue teams as first responders in West Virginia. | 02/12/26 |
| HB 5485 | Relating to increasing the state minimum wage. | 02/13/26 |
| HB 5509 | Mountain Homes Act | 02/13/26 |
| HB 5514 | To eliminate Real ID | 02/13/26 |
| HB 5535 | Relating to tow truck lighting | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5539 | West Virginia Coal Miners Employment Act | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5542 | Repeal WV Right to Work | 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 | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5574 | Relating to the public service commission. | 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 | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5585 | Relating to authorizing the use of Revenue Shortfall Reserve Funds for public health emergencies. | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5590 | Create a limited and predictable water-quantity review framework for High Impact Data Centers (HIDCs) in West Virginia. | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5611 | Certified Microgrid Program | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5626 | Relating to establishing rates for and recovering costs of by public utilities | 02/20/26 |
| HB 5634 | To create the Last-Mile Broadband for Coalfield Counties Act. | 02/17/26 |
| HB 5642 | To create the West Virginia Water and Wastewater Utility Sustainabilty Act | 02/17/26 |
| HB 5648 | Relating to the regulation and oversight of the provision of electricial power to consumers in this State | 03/02/26 |
| HB 5657 | Electric Choice and Competition Act | 02/17/26 |
| HB 5666 | Edit the phrase at top of state-issued driver’s licenses and IDs from “Not for REAL ID Purposes” to “Authorized for all West Virginia State ID Purposes.” | 02/17/26 |
| HB 5667 | Directed Transfer from Water Development Authority and Department of Economic Development. | 02/17/26 |
| HB 5676 | Relating to Forced Pooling and negotiating with unleased owners. | 02/17/26 |
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