Bill Status - 2026 Regular Session
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Delegate Gearheart sponsored 31 bills
| Bill | Title | Status | Committee | Step | Last Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HB 4004 | Creating the Recharge West Virginia Program | Signed | Effective from passage - (March 14, 2026) | ||
| HB 4012 | Relating to reducing the regulatory burden on utility companies when constructing and maintaining electric power generation and transmission facilities within this state | Pending | Concurrence | 03/14/26 | |
| HB 4370 | Allowing the concealed carry of firearms on and in Capitol grounds | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/15/26 |
| HB 4374 | Relating to Off Duty LEO and LEOSA Exemptions | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/15/26 |
| HB 4399 | Relating to disabled veteran taxpayers | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 01/16/26 |
| HB 4419 | Requiring certain non-discretionary procedures be strictly complied with by the West Virginia Parkways Authority before tolls, rents, fees or charges may be increased | Pending | Senate Finance | Committee | 03/10/26 |
| 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 4423 | Eliminating specific statutory restrictions on outdoor advertisement | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/16/26 |
| HB 4424 | To allow landowners to pay hunters to hunt their property | Pending | House Agriculture, Commerce, and Tourism | Committee | 01/16/26 |
| HB 4425 | To repeal the provision allowing for students to transfer from one school to another without losing eligibility. | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 11, 2026) | ||
| 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 4427 | Relating to “unencumbered” special revenue accounts to be surrendered to general revenue under certain circumstances | Pending | House Revenue | Committee | 01/29/26 |
| HB 4428 | Requiring 50 percent of all reappropriated revenue accounts to be surrendered to general revenue | Pending | House Revenue | Committee | 01/29/26 |
| HB 4429 | Create a prison work pilot program | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/16/26 |
| HB 4430 | Eliminating the authority of the West Virginia Parkways Authority to issue further parkway revenue, parkway revenue refunding, or special obligation bonds after July 1, 2025 | Pending | House Environment, Infrastructure, and Technology | Committee | 01/30/26 |
| 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 4546 | Providing for biennial reporting instead of annual reporting for business organizations. | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 12, 2026) | ||
| HB 4550 | To require the state and/or its agents to provide their appraisal to landowners involved in eminent domain | Pending | House Government Administration | Committee | 01/20/26 |
| HB 4766 | Change the Homestead Exemption | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 01/23/26 |
| HB 4909 | Relating to consumer protection from fraudulent telephone solicitation | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/29/26 |
| HB 5064 | Relating to municipalities that have failed to complete required financial audits for multiple years | Pending | House Local Government | Committee | 02/06/26 |
| HB 5089 | Relating to public school acceptance of student transcripts or other credentials | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 9, 2026) | ||
| HB 5174 | Legalize use of a 4" pan to pan for gold in the state | Pending | House Agriculture, Commerce, and Tourism | Committee | 02/06/26 |
| HB 5460 | Construction Cost Relief Act | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/12/26 |
| HB 5472 | Formally recognize Mine Rescue teams as first responders in West Virginia. | Pending | House Energy and Public Works | Committee | 02/12/26 |
| HB 5664 | To create the West Virginia Cares Fund | Pending | House Health and Human Resources | Committee | 02/17/26 |
| HB 5686 | Relating to the timing of payments of annually required deposit into an eligible recipient’s Hope Scholarship account | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 12, 2026) | ||
| 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 | |