Bill Status - 2020 Regular Session
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There are 86 bill(s) regarding Natural Resources
| Bill | Title | Status | Committee | Step | Last Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SB 36 | Establishing Mountaineer Trail Network Recreation Authority | Pending | Senate Economic Development | Committee | 01/08/20 |
| SB 41 | Encouraging landowners make land available for recreation purposes by limiting landowner liability | Pending | Senate Natural Resources | Committee | 01/08/20 |
| SB 58 | Relating generally to directing certain amendments to DEP rules relating to Air Quality and Water Resources | Pending | Senate Energy, Industry and Mining | Committee | 01/08/20 |
| SB 60 | Creating Office of Outdoor Recreation | Pending | Senate Economic Development | Committee | 01/08/20 |
| SB 82 | Creating Orphan Oil and Gas Well Prevention Act | Pending | Senate Energy, Industry and Mining | Committee | 01/08/20 |
| SB 84 | Allowing for expedited oil and gas well permitting and permit modifications upon payment of fee | Pending | Senate Energy, Industry and Mining | Committee | 01/08/20 |
| SB 91 | Permitting certain veterans to hunt, trap, or fish in state without license | Pending | Senate Natural Resources | Committee | 01/08/20 |
| SB 104 | Creating Timber Cotenancy Modernization and Majority Protection Act and Unknown and Unlocatable Timber Interest Owners Act | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/08/20 |
| SB 160 | Creating Voluntary WVU Rifle Team Check-Off Program on hunting and fishing licenses | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/27/20 |
| SB 161 | Relating to Division of Forestry members' salaries | Pending | Senate Government Organization | Committee | 01/09/20 |
| SB 185 | Exempting certain persons from hunting, trapping, and fishing fees | Pending | Senate Natural Resources | Committee | 01/09/20 |
| SB 186 | Relating to certain pension benefits exempt from state taxation | Pending | Senate Pensions | Committee | 01/09/20 |
| SB 198 | Creating Oil and Gas Abandoned Well Plugging Fund | Pending | Senate Energy, Industry and Mining | Committee | 01/09/20 |
| SB 274 | Authorizing year-round hunting of coyote | Pending | Senate Natural Resources | Committee | 01/10/20 |
| SB 290 | Creating Underground Mining Subsidence Damage Act | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/10/20 |
| SB 316 | Relating to oil and gas conservation commission membership | Pending | House Energy | Committee | 02/06/20 |
| SB 468 | Relating to eligibility for license or permit application | Pending | House ANRS | Committee | 01/28/20 |
| SB 469 | Increasing replacement costs for game and protected species | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/22/20 |
| SB 470 | Relating to use of crossbow to hunt | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (May 11, 2020) | ||
| SB 481 | Allowing primitive camping on state property | Pending | Senate Natural Resources | Committee | 01/15/20 |
| SB 486 | Permitting ABCC licensees operating at state park locations pay in arrears | Pending | Senate Natural Resources | Committee | 01/15/20 |
| SB 487 | Providing exception that all DNR payments be deposited within 24 hours | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (May 11, 2020) | ||
| SB 488 | Relating to membership of Oil and Gas Conservation Commission | Pending | Senate Government Organization | Committee | 01/15/20 |
| SB 500 | Relating to Class Y special crossbow hunting permit | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (May 12, 2020) | ||
| SB 501 | Adding protection, operation of North Bend Rail Trail, Greenbrier River Trail, and Elk River Trail to Parks and Recreation Section of DNR | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (May 12, 2020) | ||
| SB 516 | Allowing DNR procure architect-engineer services | Pending | Senate Natural Resources | Committee | 01/16/20 |
| SB 517 | Creating State Parks and Recreation Endowment Fund | Signed | Effective from passage - (March 6, 2020) | ||
| SB 520 | Creating Natural Gas Liquids Economic Development Act of 2020 | Pending | Senate Economic Development | Committee | 01/16/20 |
| SB 524 | Prohibiting Natural Resources Commission from establishing bag limit for antlered deer | Pending | Senate Natural Resources | Committee | 01/17/20 |
| SB 533 | Relating to lifetime hunting, fishing, and trapping licenses for certain foster or adoptive children | Pending | Senate Natural Resources | Committee | 01/17/20 |
| SB 537 | Relating to hunting, trapping, and fishing licenses | Pending | Senate Natural Resources | Committee | 01/20/20 |
| SB 550 | Permitting leashed dogs track mortally wounded deer or bear | Pending | House ANRS | Committee | 02/03/20 |
| SB 554 | Relating to termination, expiration, or cancellation of oil or natural gas leases | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (May 31, 2020) | ||
| SB 644 | Assessing wildlife impact fee on wind power projects | Pending | Senate Natural Resources | Committee | 01/29/20 |
| SB 645 | Protecting albino deer | Pending | Senate Natural Resources | Committee | 01/29/20 |
| SB 669 | Establishing WV Greenways and Trails Act | Pending | Senate Natural Resources | Committee | 01/31/20 |
| SB 677 | Expanding jurisdiction of Legislative Claims Commission | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/31/20 |
| SB 802 | Relating to public utilities generally | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 5, 2020) | ||
| SB 818 | Empowering WV transfer Little Beaver State Park to Raleigh County Commission | Pending | Senate Natural Resources | Committee | 02/17/20 |
| SB 836 | Providing rule-making power to DNR for purposes of regulating training dogs that pursue bear | Pending | Senate Natural Resources | Committee | 02/17/20 |
| SB 840 | Creating statutory fee for modifying permits issued by DEP Office of Oil and Gas | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/27/20 |
| HB 2030 | Permitting honorably discharged veterans to hunt, trap or fish in this state without first obtaining a license | Pending | House ANRS | Committee | 01/08/20 |
| HB 2055 | Prohibiting drilling units from being established without consent of all owners | Pending | House Energy | Committee | 01/08/20 |
| HB 2110 | Reallocating and dedicating the natural gas and oil severance tax revenues annually to the natural gas and oil-producing counties of origin | Pending | House Energy | Committee | 01/08/20 |
| HB 2111 | Relating to pension benefits exempt from state income taxation | Pending | House Pensions and Retirement | Committee | 01/08/20 |
| HB 2137 | Requiring persons who are in the business of purchasing precious metals and precious gems to photograph those purchases and to transmit the photographs to law-enforcement | Pending | House Small Business, Entrepreneurship and Economic Development | Committee | 01/08/20 |
| HB 2150 | Providing a fee discount for certain nonresident hunting, fishing and trapping licenses for native nonresidents | Pending | House ANRS | Committee | 01/08/20 |
| HB 2151 | Relating to the beginning and expiration of hunting and fishing licenses | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/11/20 |
| HB 2334 | Establishing an industrial water extraction fee | Pending | House Energy | Committee | 01/08/20 |
| HB 2373 | Streamlining the process of abandoned mineral interests | Pending | House Energy | Committee | 01/08/20 |
| HB 2404 | Providing an increase in compensation for natural resources police officers | Pending | House ANRS | Committee | 01/08/20 |
| HB 2442 | Increasing compensation for conservation officers | Pending | House ANRS | Committee | 01/08/20 |
| HB 2578 | Allowing children in the custody of the state in any foster home, group home or other facility or residence to hunt and fish without a license | Pending | House ANRS | Committee | 01/08/20 |
| HB 2599 | Awarding service weapons to special natural resources police officers upon retirement | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/08/20 |
| HB 2636 | Exempting volunteer firefighters from fees for hunting, fishing and trapping licenses and permits | Pending | House Fire Departments and Emergency Medical Services | Committee | 01/08/20 |
| HB 2641 | Requiring owners of oil and gas wells to install and maintain separate meters that calculate the amount of production from those wells | Pending | House Energy | Committee | 01/08/20 |
| HB 2858 | Permitting the taking of bait fish with a net not exceeding 12 foot in radius | Pending | House ANRS | Committee | 01/08/20 |
| HB 3032 | Modifying the types of bolts and arrows that may be used in crossbow hunting | Pending | House ANRS | Committee | 01/08/20 |
| HB 3053 | Relating to rules for hunting antlered deer | Pending | House ANRS | Committee | 01/08/20 |
| HB 4029 | Creating a Class VI hunting permit to safely accommodate visually impaired hunters | Pending | House ANRS | Committee | 01/08/20 |
| HB 4090 | Creating the Oil and Gas Abandoned Well Plugging Fund | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 1, 2020) | ||
| HB 4091 | Allowing for expedited oil and gas well permitting upon payment of applicable expedited fees | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (May 5, 2020) | ||
| HB 4116 | Permitting the tracking of wounded or injured deer or bear with leashed dogs | Pending | House ANRS | Committee | 01/13/20 |
| HB 4127 | Relating generally to hunting and fishing | Pending | House ANRS | Committee | 01/13/20 |
| HB 4381 | Relating to lifetime hunting, fishing and trapping licenses for adopted children | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (May 17, 2020) | ||
| HB 4456 | Allowing a member of a volunteer fire department to purchase a resident lifetime hunting, fishing, and trapping license | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 01/28/20 |
| HB 4499 | Relating to multicounty trail network authorities | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 5, 2020) | ||
| HB 4505 | Creating the State Parks and Recreation Endowment Fund | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/04/20 |
| HB 4506 | Relating to procurement of architect-engineer services by the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources | Pending | House ANRS | Committee | 01/23/20 |
| HB 4507 | Exempting certain Division of Natural Resources sections from the requirement that all payments must be deposited in a bank within 24 hours | Pending | House ANRS | Committee | 01/23/20 |
| HB 4513 | Increasing the replacement costs required of a person causing injury or death of game or protected species | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (May 29, 2020) | ||
| HB 4514 | Permitting the use of leashed dogs to track mortally wounded deer or bear | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 5, 2020) | ||
| HB 4515 | Relating to wildlife resources, eligibility for license or permit application | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (May 21, 2020) | ||
| HB 4520 | Relating to the North Bend Rail Trail, Greenbrier River Rail and the Elk River Trail | Pending | House ANRS | Committee | 01/23/20 |
| HB 4523 | Removing the limitation of number of apprentice hunting and trapping licenses a person may purchase | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 5, 2020) | ||
| HB 4537 | Permitting DNR to issue up to 100 permits for boats greater than 10 horsepower on Upper Mud River Lake | Pending | Senate Finance | Committee | 03/03/20 |
| HB 4545 | Permitting the Alcohol Beverage Control Commission licensees operating at state park locations to pay in arrears on invoices | Pending | House ANRS | Committee | 01/27/20 |
| HB 4549 | Relating to the use of a crossbow to hunt | Pending | House ANRS | Committee | 01/27/20 |
| HB 4675 | Permitting persons who routinely shoot or discharge firearms at a public shooting range to assist in its maintenance and upkeep | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/04/20 |
| HB 4678 | Keeping reptiles and amphibians from being included on the Dangerous Wild Animal Board's list | Pending | House ANRS | Committee | 02/04/20 |
| HB 4767 | Establishing a system for issuing permits for persons to provide rehabilitation of orphaned, sick and injured wildlife | Pending | House ANRS | Committee | 02/10/20 |
| HB 4810 | Requiring earlier start of buck deer hunting season | Pending | House ANRS | Committee | 02/11/20 |
| HB 4812 | Permitting the resident lineal descendants of landowners to hunt, trap or fish on that resident landowner's property without a license | Pending | House ANRS | Committee | 02/11/20 |
| HB 4827 | Orphan Oil and Gas Well Prevention Act | Pending | House Energy | Committee | 02/11/20 |
| HB 4845 | Increasing the community service hours a person may be ordered to perform upon conviction of or pleading guilty to littering | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/11/20 |
| HB 4855 | Allowing discounts and free camping at state parks for certain resident veterans | Pending | House Veterans' Affairs and Homeland Security | Committee | 02/11/20 |