Bill Status - 2026 Regular Session
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Delegate Ellington sponsored 71 bills
| Bill | Title | Status | Committee | Step | Last Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HB 4002 | Establishing the West Virginia Collaboratory | Vetoed | Vetoed | ||
| HB 4008 | Relating to Business Ready Sites Program | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 10, 2026) | ||
| HB 4028 | Relating to sales tax on construction materials | Signed | Effective July 1, 2026 | ||
| HB 4081 | To create the Higher Education Health and Aid Grant. | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 01/27/26 |
| HB 4368 | Relating to military connected students | Pending | House Education | 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 Education | Committee | 01/15/26 |
| HB 4420 | Relating generally to West Virginia Parkways Authority. | Pending | House Government Administration | Committee | 01/16/26 |
| HB 4421 | Providing guidelines for the West Virginia Parkways Authority to cease tolls on the West Virginia Turnpike upon completion of all bond payments | Pending | Senate Finance | Committee | 03/10/26 |
| HB 4422 | To permit students in eighth and ninth grade to attend summer school in order to raise their grades and establish academic eligibility to participate in extracurricular activities in the fall | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 01/30/26 |
| HB 4426 | Ensure State Road Construction Account funds are in addition to general highways funds provided to the DOT districts | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/12/26 |
| HB 4429 | Create a prison work pilot program | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/16/26 |
| HB 4431 | Requiring the approval of the Legislature and the Governor before additional bonds may be issued by the Parkways Authority | Pending | House Environment, Infrastructure, and Technology | Committee | 01/30/26 |
| HB 4432 | Establishing certain tenant protections and landlord notice requirements at rental properties | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/16/26 |
| HB 4449 | Permitting cameras in classrooms | Pending | House Public Education | Committee | 01/19/26 |
| HB 4473 | Relating to the West Virginia Supreme Court’s power to promulgate rules allowing for the limited practice of law by nonlawyers | Pending | House Legal Services | Committee | 01/19/26 |
| HB 4475 | Disaster Recovery Acceleration Act | Pending | House Local Government | Committee | 01/16/26 |
| HB 4477 | To give the Secretary of State authority to refer allegations of violations of election laws to West Virginia Prosecuting Attorneys Institute. | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 03/04/26 |
| HB 4478 | Relating to racing facilities | Pending | House Legal Services | Committee | 01/27/26 |
| HB 4572 | Rural School Flexibility & Innovation Pilot Act | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/20/26 |
| HB 4573 | Foster Youth Post-Secondary Transition Awareness Act | Pending | Concurrence | 03/14/26 | |
| HB 4656 | Relating to chronic absenteeism | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 03/11/26 |
| HB 4659 | Transfer oversight of childcare from the Department of Human Services to the Department of Education | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/21/26 |
| HB 4660 | To move any remaining sixth grade classifications from elementary schools to middle schools. | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/23/26 |
| HB 4690 | To repeal obsolete and outdated sections of the Education code. | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/21/26 |
| HB 4693 | To declassify Community and Technical Education (“CTE”) teaching positions to allow for counties to provide additional funding for certain positions. | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/19/26 |
| HB 4761 | Raise the Penalties for Murder and attempted Murder | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/22/26 |
| HB 4762 | Providing veterinarian and veterinary technician reciprocity | Pending | House Agriculture, Commerce, and Tourism | Committee | 01/23/26 |
| HB 4766 | Change the Homestead Exemption | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 01/23/26 |
| HB 4768 | Relating to updating definitions to incorporate federal law changes to qualified higher education expenses for purposes of 529 accounts | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 10, 2026) | ||
| HB 4788 | Allow school board members to run for the state legislature | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/23/26 |
| HB 4798 | Permitting teachers to wear a “mobile alert button” for emergency situations, to be known as “Alyssa’s Law.” | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 8, 2026) | ||
| HB 4810 | Relating to dental health care service plans | Pending | House Health and Human Resources | Committee | 01/29/26 |
| HB 4869 | Establish narrow, clearly bounded guaranteed-issue rights for Medicare Supplement policies in West Virginia. | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 11, 2026) | ||
| HB 4870 | Determining campaign finance report deadlines during legislative sessions | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/28/26 |
| HB 4871 | Make available vegetarian meal option for students enrolled in schools, provided that such meals comply with all applicable federal nutritional guidelines | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/17/26 |
| HB 4892 | To expand the provisionof the literacy-based promation act in order to provide certin intervention and implementation stratagies for literacy proficiency among students in grade 4 through grade 8 | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/28/26 |
| HB 5005 | Providing liability protection for video cameras in certain classrooms. | Pending | House Public Education | Committee | 02/02/26 |
| HB 5010 | Prohibiting institutions of higher education and affiliate organizations from accepting gifts partnerships, or other funding relationships from foreign adversaries. | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/30/26 |
| HB 5011 | Allow removal of complaints from HRC to Circuit Court | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/30/26 |
| HB 5012 | Providing for in-year school personnel movement to meet school needs. | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 11, 2026) | ||
| HB 5047 | To create the Mobile Career and Technical Education Classroom Program. | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/02/26 |
| HB 5074 | Relating to changing the allocation of proceeds in the Medical Cannabis Program Fund. | Vetoed | Vetoed | ||
| HB 5089 | Relating to public school acceptance of student transcripts or other credentials | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 9, 2026) | ||
| HB 5098 | Creation of the MOBILE ID. | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/03/26 |
| HB 5163 | Relating to exempting child-care programs operated by a county board of education exclusively for the children of its employees from certain licensing requirements | Pending | Senate Finance | Committee | 03/09/26 |
| HB 5198 | Relating to crimes against the intellectually disabled | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 02/24/26 |
| HB 5200 | Creating Office of entrepreneurship | Pending | House Government Organization | Committee | 02/05/26 |
| HB 5212 | Relating to financial aid for post-secondary education. | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 12, 2026) | ||
| HB 5325 | Creating an emeritus license status for retired physicians, podiatric physicians and physician assistants who meet eligibility criteria. | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 9, 2026) | ||
| HB 5330 | Allow expedited partner treatment for bacterial vaginitis | Pending | House Health and Human Resources | Committee | 02/09/26 |
| HB 5355 | If a person who is not certified is holding a teaching position in a WV public school - that position has to come up for bid every year until it is held by a certified person. | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/09/26 |
| HB 5365 | Relating to the regulation of pharmacy benefit managers providing services to the Public Employees Insurance Agency. | Pending | House Banking and Insurance | Committee | 02/16/26 |
| 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 5442 | Relating to training on the uses and indications of certain drugs for pregnant women. | Pending | House Health and Human Resources | Committee | 02/11/26 |
| HB 5453 | To modify the school aid funding formula. | Pending | Concurrence | 03/14/26 | |
| HB 5458 | Relating to professionals to be licensed by the West Virginia Board of Medicine | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 7, 2026) | ||
| HB 5459 | Relating to a tax on managed care organizations | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 9, 2026) | ||
| HB 5464 | West Virginia First Live Racing Jobs Act of 2026 | Pending | Senate Finance | Committee | 03/06/26 |
| HB 5472 | Formally recognize Mine Rescue teams as first responders in West Virginia. | Pending | House Energy and Public Works | Committee | 02/12/26 |
| HB 5478 | Establish a statewide pilot program to improve kindergarten readiness. | 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 Health and Human Resources | Committee | 02/13/26 |
| HB 5499 | Relating to school system fiscal and governance early warning, stabilization, and accountability. | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/13/26 |
| HB 5510 | Eliminate the requirement for private wedding venues to own or lease 2 acres in rural location. | Pending | 3rd Reading | 03/14/26 | |
| HB 5525 | To create the “Southern West Virginia Clean Water Fund” to be used in water emergencies or to upgrade infrastructure so residences can get clean water. | Pending | 2nd Reading | 03/05/26 | |
| 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 5537 | Repealing obsolete and outdated sections of the Education code. | Pending | Concurrence | 03/14/26 | |
| 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 5678 | To provide amendments to the Build WV Act | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/17/26 |
| HB 5687 | Relating to reducing the tax rate imposed on the gross value of metallurgical coal produced in this state | Pending | Concurrence | 03/13/26 | |