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Senator Deeds sponsored 171 bills   

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SB 1 Small Business Growth Act Signed  Effective from passage - (February 16, 2026)
SB 2 Uniform Child Abduction Prevention Act Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  01/14/26 
SB 3 Allowing Supreme Court of Appeals discretion to create uniform pay scales for all levels of judicial support staff Pending  Senate Finance Committee  01/14/26 
SB 4 Relating to crimes against public justice Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 12, 2026)
SB 5 Exempting WV campus police officer retirement income from personal income tax after specified date Pending  Senate Pensions Committee  01/14/26 
SB 11 Allowing certain Teachers Retirement System members to exchange unused leave for monetary compensation Pending  Senate Finance Committee  01/30/26 
SB 28 Allowing members of State Police retirement system to use accrued leave as credit toward retirement Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 10, 2026)
SB 30 Allowing 18 to 20-year-olds to carry concealed weapon without permit Pending  House Judiciary Committee  02/12/26 
SB 44 Relating to sale of homemade food items Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 12, 2026)
SB 54 Establishing criminal penalties for abuse or neglect of incapacitated adults Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 12, 2026)
SB 81 Permitting State Tax Division investigators carry concealed weapons Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  01/14/26 
SB 102 Establishing Summer Feeding for All Program Pending  Senate Finance Committee  01/28/26 
SB 132 Increasing retirement benefit multiplier of Deputy Sheriff Retirement System Act Pending  Senate Pensions Committee  01/14/26 
SB 135 Clarifying conditions for pretrial release and maximum bail amount for certain defendants Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  01/14/26 
SB 136 Providing reports to DMV on mental and physical disabilities for driver's license Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  01/14/26 
SB 137 Modifying parole eligibility for crime of second degree murder and voluntary manslaughter Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 9, 2026)
SB 138 Modifying retirement and disability benefits for dependents of certain State Police retirees Pending  Senate Pensions Committee  01/14/26 
SB 139 Allowing for testimony of spouses in certain criminal cases Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  01/14/26 
SB 140 Increasing penalty for voluntary manslaughter Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  01/14/26 
SB 141 Increasing WV Natural Resources Police Officer Retirement System accrued benefit for certain members Pending  House Finance Committee  03/02/26 
SB 155 Relating to adjunct teaching permits Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 12, 2026)
SB 157 Reorganizing several provisions of bail statutes Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  01/14/26 
SB 160 Creating mental hygiene regions by Supreme Court of Appeals Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  01/14/26 
SB 166 Relating to eligibility for WV Invests Grant Program Pending  Senate Finance Committee  01/20/26 
SB 179 Creating crime of attempting to smuggle contraband into federal correctional institutions within state Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  01/14/26 
SB 196 Relating generally to liability insurance coverage for board of education Pending  Senate Finance Committee  01/30/26 
SB 197 Relating to crime of sexual abuse by parent, guardian, custodian, or person in position of trust to child Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 12, 2026)
SB 200 Increasing criminal penalties and fines for assault on certain public service workers, law-enforcement officers, and police animals Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 11, 2026)
SB 206 Updating retirement eligibility for certain sheriffs Pending  House Finance Committee  02/20/26 
SB 228 Relating to use of technology in child abuse and neglect investigations Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 12, 2026)
SB 231 Relating to value-based payment requirements Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 12, 2026)
SB 233 Clarifying qualifications to be licensed to administer polygraphs Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 9, 2026)
SB 388 Requiring public elementary or secondary school make Aitken Bible available to certain classrooms Pending  House Education Committee  01/30/26 
SB 396 Creating WV Job training and Placement Act Pending  Senate Finance Committee  01/28/26 
SB 419 Removing cap on number of investigators and examiners in Tax Department Pending  Senate Finance Committee  01/15/26 
SB 425 Requiring minimum time be served for first degree murder before parole eligibility Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  01/15/26 
SB 428 Creating three separate job titles for school bus operators Pending  Senate Finance Committee  01/21/26 
SB 429 Child Care Workforce Scholarship Act Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  01/15/26 
SB 430 Relating generally to State Fire Marshal Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  01/16/26 
SB 431 Prohibiting sale of certain Kratom products Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  01/16/26 
SB 432 Issuing identification documents to homeless youth residing in WV shelters Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  01/16/26 
SB 433 Relating generally to reimbursement for costs of incarceration Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  01/16/26 
SB 434 PEIA Stability and Sustainability Act of 2026 Pending  Senate Banking and Insurance Committee  01/16/26 
SB 435 Requiring health policies cover oral health medical procedures due to side effect from cancer Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  01/16/26 
SB 436 Relating to statewide prevention plan Pending  Senate Finance Committee  01/21/26 
SB 437 Fair State Aid Formula Act of 2026 Pending  Senate Finance Committee  02/13/26 
SB 438 Relating to circumstances of parental rights Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  01/16/26 
SB 439 Creating Residential Treatment Capacity Expansion Fund Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  01/16/26 
SB 440 Increasing penalty for transporting telecommunication devices into jails Pending    2nd Reading  03/11/26 
SB 441 Issuing identification documents to homeless individuals residing at homeless shelters Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  01/16/26 
SB 442 Creating homeless education coordinator position in counties designated by State Board as urban county Pending  Senate Education Committee  01/16/26 
SB 443 Granting municipal fire marshals authority to assist in lawful execution of law-enforcement officer's official duties Pending  House Government Organization Committee  01/30/26 
SB 473 Creating felony offense of using electronic device to threaten violence PPI    Committee  03/12/26 
SB 493 Relating to open captioning for motion pictures Pending    RECD  03/14/26 
SB 499 Requiring auto accident toxicology test be performed Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 12, 2026)
SB 511 Imposing time limitations on disposition decisions in abuse and neglect proceedings Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  01/20/26 
SB 516 Increasing state minimum salary for teachers Pending  Senate Education Committee  01/20/26 
SB 521 Developing and implementing statewide prevention plan Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  01/20/26 
SB 523 Increase circumstances where Department of Human Services is required to seek termination of parental rights Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  01/20/26 
SB 524 Relating to monthly status meetings of county entities Pending  Senate Finance Committee  01/23/26 
SB 525 Establishing pilot program for use of mobile devices in child abuse and neglect investigations Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  01/20/26 
SB 526 Relating to PEIA Cost Sharing Provisions Pending  Senate Banking and Insurance Committee  01/20/26 
SB 527 Creating process of obtaining and adjudicating pre-adjudicatory alternative disposition Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  01/20/26 
SB 529 Requiring Department of Human Services to establish pilot program to contract for supplemental caseworker aide services Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  01/20/26 
SB 530 Relating to Child Abuse and Neglect Investigations Unit Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  01/20/26 
SB 532 Relating to certified public accountants Pending  House Finance Committee  02/05/26 
SB 533 Relating to disaffiliation from religious denominations Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  01/20/26 
SB 534 Relating to Kratom Consumer Protection Act Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  01/20/26 
SB 537 Creating Closed Captioning Act Pending  Senate Government Organization Committee  01/20/26 
SB 538 Increasing compensation for panel attorneys Pending  Senate Finance Committee  02/12/26 
SB 539 Relating to abuse and neglect cases Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  01/20/26 
SB 540 Relating to audio recording during CPS investigation Pending  House Judiciary Committee  03/05/26 
SB 541 Relating to circuit court's responsibilities in juvenile abuse and neglect proceedings Pending  House Judiciary Committee  03/02/26 
SB 542 Imposing time limitation on disposition decision in child abuse and neglect proceedings Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  01/20/26 
SB 543 Requiring Bureau for Social Services to file legislative rule Pending  House Judiciary Committee  02/25/26 
SB 544 Relating to temporary increase in payment to kinship parent Pending  Senate Finance Committee  01/23/26 
SB 545 Creating special revenue account to expand in-state residential treatment capacity for children Pending  Senate Finance Committee  01/20/26 
SB 546 Relating to clothing and necessity allowance Pending  Senate Finance Committee  01/28/26 
SB 549 Phasing in increase in daily rate of juror pay Pending  House Finance Committee  02/20/26 
SB 558 Relating to school bus safety violations by vehicle operators Vetoed  Vetoed
SB 561 Relating to disaffiliation from religious denominations Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  01/21/26 
SB 562 Establishing Food Is Medicine Program under Medicaid Pending  Senate Finance Committee  02/11/26 
SB 568 Creating Oral Health and Cancer Rights Act Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  01/21/26 
SB 575 Relating to refusal review hearings Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 12, 2026)
SB 587 Adjusting salary schedule for elected county officials BL  Governor   
SB 602 Requiring repeat DUI offenders to carry ID indicating they may not purchase alcohol Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  01/27/26 
SB 612 Establishing November 7 as Victims of Communism Day Pending  Senate Education Committee  01/27/26 
SB 613 Extending interest rate cap to all obligations incurred during military service Pending  Senate Finance Committee  02/20/26 
SB 615 Requiring persons with illegal immigration status be turned over to ICE Pending  House Judiciary Committee  02/10/26 
SB 617 Banking and Financial Services Provider Protections for Eligible Adults from Financial Exploitation Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 12, 2026)
SB 619 Creating Stop the Bleed Act Pending  Senate Education Committee  02/24/26 
SB 627 Relating to Build WV Act Pending  Senate Finance Committee  01/30/26 
SB 632 Creating Atmospheric Intervention Oversight and Public Safety Act Pending  Senate Natural Resources Committee  01/27/26 
SB 633 Relating to WV Commission on Holocaust Education Pending  House Education Committee  02/12/26 
SB 637 Establishing tax credit for certain physicians who locate to practice in WV Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  01/28/26 
SB 638 Creating Forensic Pathology Recruitment Program Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  01/28/26 
SB 642 Clarifying requirements before assessor can be nominated for property valuation Pending  Senate Government Organization Committee  01/28/26 
SB 643 Discontinuing WV Supreme Court of Appeals Public Campaign Financing Program Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 11, 2026)
SB 645 Prohibiting surprise billing of ground emergency medical services by nonparticipating providers Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 11, 2026)
SB 646 Relating to WV employer-provided or sponsored child care tax credit program Pending  Senate Finance Committee  02/13/26 
SB 647 Allowing physician assistants to own practice Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  01/28/26 
SB 648 Strategic and Critical Resources Act Signed  Effective from passage - (March 14, 2026)
SB 649 Requiring coverage of home blood pressure monitoring devices for certain Medicaid recipients Vetoed  Vetoed
SB 657 Creating Cohen Craddock Student Athlete Safety Act Pending  House Education Committee  03/05/26 
SB 662 Relating to colorectal cancer prevention Pending  Senate Finance Committee  02/18/26 
SB 669 Relating to general powers of PSC Pending  House Energy and Public Works Committee  03/05/26 
SB 670 Adopting Uniform Protected Series Act Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 12, 2026)
SB 673 Increasing tax on vapes and e-cigarettes Pending  Senate Finance Committee  01/30/26 
SB 676 Allowing certain Capitol Police officers to participate in WV State Police Retirement System Pending  House Finance Committee  02/27/26 
SB 677 Relating to professionals licensed by WV Board of Medicine Pending  House Government Organization Committee  03/05/26 
SB 682 Relating to operation of certain motorboats on lakes Pending  Senate Natural Resources Committee  01/30/26 
SB 688 Establishing offense of assault or injury of service animal Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  01/30/26 
SB 693 Classifying forestry equipment for levy purposes Pending  Senate Finance Committee  02/05/26 
SB 694 Removing county residency requirement for county superintendent of schools Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 7, 2026)
SB 696 Permitting women's wrestling in certain public schools Pending  Senate Education Committee  02/02/26 
SB 697 Relating to state road system Vetoed  Vetoed
SB 705 Creating offense of theft by conversion Vetoed  Vetoed
SB 707 Relating to crimes involving abuse or desecration of human remains Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  02/02/26 
SB 708 Creating WV River Access and Bridge Modernization Act Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  02/12/26 
SB 712 Allowing installation of cattle guards on certain public roads Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 8, 2026)
SB 715 Requiring state agencies give first consideration to veterans and disabled law-enforcement officers when hiring Pending  House Judiciary Committee  03/05/26 
SB 716 Reducing participation required to receive volunteer firefighter tax credit Pending  Senate Finance Committee  02/03/26 
SB 717 Modifying disability and retirement benefits and procedures for municipal police and firefighters Signed  Effective July 1, 2026
SB 718 Increasing pay for magistrates Pending  Senate Finance Committee  02/24/26 
SB 719 Relating to Municipal Police Officers and Firefighters Retirement System Signed  Effective from passage - (March 12, 2026)
SB 720 WV Comprehensive Student and Family Support Act Pending  Senate Education Committee  02/03/26 
SB 723 Clarifying law-enforcement cooperation with bordering states Signed  Effective from passage - (March 14, 2026)
SB 724 Relating to home confinement officers’ participation in EMS retirement system Signed  Effective July 1, 2026
SB 726 Removing cap for municipalities on their stabilization fund Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 10, 2026)
SB 738 Clarifying eligibility for TRICARE program Pending  Senate Finance Committee  02/20/26 
SB 742 Modifying requirements for involuntary hospitalization BL  Governor   
SB 744 Relating to Critical Incident Review Team Vetoed  Vetoed
SB 758 Providing extra state aid to school districts for students enrolled in certain schools Pending  Senate Education Committee  02/05/26 
SB 761 Relating to in-state production of value-added forest products Pending  Senate Finance Committee  02/12/26 
SB 766 Creating Caregiver Tax Credit Act Pending  Senate Finance Committee  02/13/26 
SB 774 Allowing certain county EMS officers to participate in EMS Retirement System PPI    Committee  03/13/26 
SB 797 Continuing of independent living and transitional support services for youth Pending  Senate Finance Committee  02/11/26 
SB 804 Removing physical education requirements for certain middle and high school athletes Pending  House Education Committee  03/08/26 
SB 860 Relating to payment of funeral expenses for first responders Pending  Senate Finance Committee  02/20/26 
SB 880 Recognizing Judea and Samaria Pending  House Judiciary Committee  02/26/26 
SB 886 Permitting prescribed fire control on private property without burning permit Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 12, 2026)
SB 889 Requiring recreational facilities have AED accessible Pending  Senate Education Committee  02/09/26 
SB 890 Changing certain school calendar requirements from days or months to hours Signed  Effective July 1, 2027
SB 895 Removing time limits for filing or modifying claims for massive fibrosis Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  02/10/26 
SB 899 Permitting certain teachers to be certified to work as school principals Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 12, 2026)
SB 900 Including certain correctional facilities as "targeted facility" Pending    Concurrence  03/14/26 
SB 903 Increasing number of days before nursing homes must report abandoned property to administrator Pending  Senate Government Organization Committee  02/10/26 
SB 906 Permitting lawful prescription of crystalline polymorph psilocybin under FDA recommendations Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 12, 2026)
SB 918 Relating to civil service promotion criteria for municipal law-enforcement officers Pending  Senate Government Organization Committee  02/11/26 
SB 934 Modifying accrued benefit of members of WV Natural Resources Police Officer Retirement System Pending  Senate Pensions Committee  02/12/26 
SB 938 Clarifying powers, duties, and responsibilities of certain public health officials Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  02/13/26 
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 947 Providing birth certificate copies to homeless individuals under 18 Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 12, 2026)
SB 985 Relating to registration and enforcement of kratom products Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 12, 2026)
SB 990 Creating WV ALS Care Services Act Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  02/18/26 
SB 995 Conducting oversight of Rural Health Transformation program Pending  Senate Finance Committee  02/19/26 
SB 1000 Regulating vape and smoke shop retailers Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  03/05/26 
SB 1009 Providing immunity for those who work for Child Advocacy Centers while performing duties Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  02/19/26 
SB 1011 Allowing volunteer fire departments to submit audit paperwork electronically Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 10, 2026)
SB 1019 Requiring coverage for medically necessary treatment for cleft lip and cleft palate Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  02/20/26 
SB 1026 Increasing criminal penalties and fines for disturbing religious worship Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 12, 2026)
SB 1029 Providing parents plain-language statements of immediate rights and ongoing rights Pending  House Judiciary Committee  03/02/26 
SB 1033 Clarifying powers and duties of Commissioner of Agriculture over state-owned land Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 12, 2026)
SB 1038 Adjusting salaries for certain administrative law judges Signed  Effective from passage - (March 14, 2026)
SB 1044 Requiring Board of Education to promulgate rule that sets forth common graduation requirements Pending  House Education Committee  03/03/26 
SB 1061 Authorizing reassignment of school personnel in certain instances Pending  House Education Committee  03/03/26 
SB 1062 Creating TEAM-WV Pending  Senate Economic Development Committee  02/21/26 
SB 1064 Redefining "long-term substitute" as it relates to public school personnel Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 12, 2026)
SB 1080 Requiring amount of reduction of state aid be appropriated in support of certain low-enrollment county school districts Pending  Senate Finance Committee  02/24/26 
SB 1083 Requiring registration as sex offender for conviction of indecent exposure to certain minors Pending  House Judiciary Committee  03/05/26