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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