Bill Status - 2026 Regular Session
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Delegate Hornby sponsored 98 bills
| Bill | Title | Status | Committee | Step | Last Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HB 4006 | Creating the West Virginia Aerospace and Advanced Manufacturing Growth Act | Pending | 3rd Reading | 03/14/26 | |
| HB 4009 | Relating to the creation of the Portable Benefit Account Act | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 12, 2026) | ||
| HB 4010 | Providing a statutory program for loaning financial assistance to local airports for airplane hangar construction in this state | Pending | RECD | 03/14/26 | |
| 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 4013 | Relating to the Mountaineer Flexible Tax Credit Act of 2026 | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 01/15/26 |
| HB 4026 | Relating to expanding the requirements for integrated resource plans utility companies must file with the Public Service Commission | RQST | CONF | 03/11/26 | |
| HB 4080 | To provide for partisan races for mayoral and city council races, and provide for the election of mayors by citizens of a town or municipality. | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/27/26 |
| HB 4087 | To create a West Virginia-Ireland Education Alliance. | Signed | Effective March 17, 2026 | ||
| HB 4198 | E-Verify Safe Harbor Act | Pending | Concurrence | 03/14/26 | |
| HB 4345 | Relating to the preservation of missing persons records and evidence | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 12, 2026) | ||
| HB 4395 | Relating to investigations of allegations of child safety violations for school personnel. | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 11, 2026) | ||
| HB 4496 | To force any media/internet creator providing artificial intelligence created videos to have an identifying marker that allows viewers to know that the video is not real. | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/19/26 |
| HB 4498 | Relating to clarifying the Right to Farm Act relating to residential agricultural operations and the protection of agriculture through Urban Beekeeping | Pending | House Government Organization | Committee | 01/19/26 |
| HB 4500 | Permitting the Berkeley County Commission to levy a special district excise tax for the benefit of the Berkeley County Economic Opportunity Development District under certain conditions. | Pending | Senate Rules | Committee | 02/24/26 |
| 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 4552 | Relating to the law-enforcement powers of correctional officers | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 12, 2026) | ||
| HB 4567 | To require that all in person and online Vape and vape products require an ID scan, similarly to prescription controlled substances and certain cold medicines. | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/20/26 |
| HB 4568 | Clarifying abuse of process | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 02/19/26 |
| HB 4577 | Relating to driver’s licenses | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 12, 2026) | ||
| HB 4578 | To provide more local control over educational decisionmaking, differentiation of funding for counties, and to address operational efficiencies within education. | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/20/26 |
| HB 4591 | To recognize School Athletic Directors who have achieved a nationally recognized professional certification through the National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association (NIAAA). | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 02/25/26 |
| HB 4592 | Relating to college campus safety | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 12, 2026) | ||
| HB 4593 | Allow for PE classes to be optional for students who can demonstrate 5 or more weekly hours of outside physical activity | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/20/26 |
| HB 4605 | Relating to modifying the school aid formula to provide more support for schools under certain circumstances. | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/20/26 |
| HB 4606 | Relating to the meaning of residence for the purpose of bail | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 12, 2026) | ||
| HB 4607 | Relating to standards of private schools | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/20/26 |
| HB 4608 | School Board Election Date Act | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/20/26 |
| HB 4609 | Allowing Magistrates under certain circumstances to be able to order a mental evaluation | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/20/26 |
| HB 4610 | Safeguard the Right-To-Try Cutting-Edge Medicine Act | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 12, 2026) | ||
| HB 4627 | Mandate free cancer screenings for professional firefighters. | Pending | House Health and Human Resources | Committee | 01/21/26 |
| 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 4671 | Relating to illegal immigrants | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/21/26 |
| HB 4685 | Relating to Capitol Carry | Pending | House Judiciary | 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 4694 | To require that when a person’s driver’s license expires, the bar code on the back of the license expires as well. | Pending | House Government Administration | Committee | 01/23/26 |
| HB 4695 | To double the criminal penalty for anyone found guilty of sexual assault on a minor | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 02/12/26 |
| HB 4708 | Clarifying how substitute teachers may serve for extended periods. | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/21/26 |
| HB 4713 | To provide an exemption of taxes on income derived from tips | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 01/21/26 |
| HB 4746 | Relating to establishment of the First Amendment Preservation Act | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/22/26 |
| HB 4749 | Relating to adding requirements to the foster child bill of rights | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 3, 2026) | ||
| HB 4751 | Relating to the time and place of holding primary elections | 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 4772 | Medicaid eligibility verification | Pending | Senate Health and Human Resources | Committee | 03/05/26 |
| HB 4784 | Extending the Qualified Opportunity Zones until July 1, 2032. | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 10, 2026) | ||
| 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 4801 | Defining Permissible expenditures for municipalities and counties | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 10, 2026) | ||
| HB 4810 | Relating to dental health care service plans | Pending | House Health and Human Resources | Committee | 01/29/26 |
| HB 4819 | Relating to use of criminal records as disqualification from authorization to practice a particular profession | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 10, 2026) | ||
| HB 4834 | To permit women’s wrestling in public high schools as a sanctioned event | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/17/26 |
| HB 4841 | Allow county commissions to formally petition the Division of Highways regarding the repair of local roads | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 01/27/26 |
| HB 4865 | Providing for a program allowing election official trainees to be appointed as election officials | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 12, 2026) | ||
| HB 4909 | Relating to consumer protection from fraudulent telephone solicitation | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/29/26 |
| HB 4913 | Working Farm Property Tax Protection Act | Pending | House Government Organization | Committee | 01/29/26 |
| HB 4918 | Mandate the number of School days or hours required | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/29/26 |
| HB 4949 | Relating to Legislative Rules regarding chemicals of emerging concern | Pending | House Energy and Public Works | Committee | 01/29/26 |
| HB 4950 | To establish the West Virginia Freedom and Innovation Pilot Act of 2026 | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/17/26 |
| HB 4962 | Drug-Related Nuisances | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 02/27/26 |
| HB 4989 | Professional Firefighter cancer screening | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/23/26 |
| HB 4990 | Relating to crimes using gift cards | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 12, 2026) | ||
| HB 4995 | Require the use of video cameras in certain special education classrooms | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 11, 2026) | ||
| HB 4996 | Relating to bail in cases involving terroristic threats to schools or children | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 12, 2026) | ||
| HB 4997 | Relating to residency restrictions for persons convicted of terroristic threats | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 02/17/26 |
| HB 5005 | Providing liability protection for video cameras in certain classrooms. | Pending | House Public Education | Committee | 02/02/26 |
| 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 5027 | Relating to eminent domain and use of property taken. | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/02/26 |
| 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 5066 | Relating to prohibiting the release of addresses and names of employers of persons who make contributions to political elections | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5162 | Relating to the sales of tax liens | Pending | Senate Rules | Committee | 03/12/26 |
| 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 5171 | Relating to salary schedule adjustments for elected county officials. | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/04/26 |
| HB 5176 | Relating to creating the animal abuse database within the West Virginia State Police. | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 02/19/26 |
| HB 5196 | Relating to allowing intergovernmental agreements with the Land Stewardship Corporation | Pending | House Local Government | Committee | 02/06/26 |
| HB 5197 | Relating to Civil Action to Set Aside a Tax Deed | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 02/21/26 |
| HB 5200 | Creating Office of entrepreneurship | Pending | House Government Organization | Committee | 02/05/26 |
| HB 5203 | To forbid any municipality from issuing an ID for the purpose of voting in a municipal election | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 03/04/26 |
| HB 5212 | Relating to financial aid for post-secondary education. | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 12, 2026) | ||
| HB 5244 | To institute the Learn and Earn program for four-year schools. | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/05/26 |
| HB 5345 | To require child care subsidy payments in West Virginia to be based on enrollment rather than daily attendance | Pending | House Health and Human Resources | Committee | 02/12/26 |
| HB 5351 | Relating to modernization of fees generated from emergency communication service users | Pending | 3rd Reading | 03/05/26 | |
| 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 5356 | Modify Funding to Mountaineer ChalleNGe Academy | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 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 | Pending | House Energy and Public Works | Committee | 02/09/26 |
| HB 5359 | To provide a funding stream from property taxes collected as a result of new high voltage electric transmission projects being constructed to lower electric rates to benefit West Virginians | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/09/26 |
| HB 5391 | Amending the Emergency Medical Services Retirement System. | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/10/26 |
| HB 5453 | To modify the school aid funding formula. | Pending | Concurrence | 03/14/26 | |
| HB 5455 | Relating to special license plates | Pending | House Energy and Public Works | Committee | 02/11/26 |
| HB 5471 | To provide pay increases to members of the judiciary | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/20/26 |
| 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 5510 | Eliminate the requirement for private wedding venues to own or lease 2 acres in rural location. | Pending | 3rd Reading | 03/14/26 | |
| HB 5537 | Repealing obsolete and outdated sections of the Education code. | Pending | Concurrence | 03/14/26 | |
| HB 5543 | Authorizing the State Treasurer to coordinate SMART529 program with federal Trump accounts | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5554 | To modify the building fund for state parties. | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 03/04/26 |
| 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 5661 | Increasing Medicaid dental provider reimbursement rates. | HHR | 02/23/26 | ||
| HB 5668 | Establishing the Central West Virginia Economic Development and Rural Revitalization Act | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/17/26 |