Bill Status - 2022 Regular Session
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There are 43 bill(s) regarding Environment
| Bill | Title | Status | Committee | Step | Last Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SB 68 | Limiting DEP employees from entering private lands for environmental protection purposes only | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| SB 88 | Amending definition of "aboveground storage tank" | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| SB 119 | Relating to nonferrous metal sales and transportation to secondary recycler | Pending | Senate Energy, Industry and Mining | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| SB 458 | Establishing legal right to title of substances derived from drainage on mined lands | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 02/01/22 |
| SB 460 | Relating generally to air pollution control | Pending | Senate Finance | Committee | 01/21/22 |
| SB 461 | Removing statutory limit for Environmental Laboratory Certification Fund | Pending | Senate Finance | Committee | 01/26/22 |
| SB 462 | Changing fees for permitting actions related to coal mining | Pending | Senate Finance | Committee | 01/26/22 |
| SB 480 | Relating to DEP Office of Oil and Gas | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/22/22 |
| SB 481 | Relating to Adopt-A-Stream Program | Pending | House Government Organization | Committee | 03/02/22 |
| SB 622 | Establishing requirements for carbon dioxide sequestration | Pending | Senate Rules | Committee | 02/25/22 |
| SB 713 | Removing statutory limit for Environmental Laboratory Certification Fund | Signed | Effective from passage - (March 3, 2022) | ||
| HB 2102 | Relating to required notices for air quality permits prior to the permit being granted | Pending | House Government Organization | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| HB 2105 | West Virginia Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Control Act | Pending | House Workforce Development | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| HB 2234 | Requiring public hearing for applicant for air quality permit relating to facility of certain investment value | Pending | House Workforce Development | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| HB 2533 | Providing a tax credit for obtaining certain certifications by the United States Green Building Council Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design green building rating system | Pending | House Government Organization | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| HB 2562 | Relating to litter control | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/31/22 |
| HB 2598 | Modifying the inspection requirements and the definition of an above ground storage tank | Pending | Senate Energy, Industry and Mining | Committee | 02/16/22 |
| HB 2599 | Establish fee Retailers to Pay Wholesalers for purchase of plastic bags | Pending | House Small Business, Entrepreneurship and Economic Development | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| HB 2630 | Requiring DEP to reimburse fines paid by towns, villages and communities in certain instances | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| HB 2647 | Prohibiting the use of polystyrene containers | Pending | House Health and Human Resources | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| HB 2654 | Relating to rulemaking for healthcare plans | Pending | House Banking and Insurance | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| HB 2725 | Relating to funding for the DEP Office of Oil and Gas | Pending | House Energy | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| HB 2975 | Relating to Well Location Restrictions | Pending | House Energy | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| HB 2980 | Amend Groundwater Protection Act to cover Karst Terrain | Pending | House Health and Human Resources | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| HB 3082 | Stabilizing funding sources for the DEP Division of Air Quality | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 9, 2022) | ||
| HB 3235 | To establish the Vegetable Garden Protection Act | Pending | House ANRS | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| HB 3269 | To require the Department of Environmental Protection to assume responsibility of cost and permitting of dams that are deemed to be under state control | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| HB 4003 | Relating generally to commercial benefit of substances removed from waters of the state by the treatment of mine drainage | BL | Governor | ||
| HB 4039 | Allowing increased civil administrative penalties to be promulgated by legislative rules of by the Department of Environmental Protection | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| HB 4054 | Create the Orphan Well Prevention Act of 2022 | Pending | House Energy | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| HB 4055 | Clean Drinking Water Act of 2022 | Pending | House Health and Human Resources | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| HB 4083 | Altering the definition of an above ground storage tank | Pending | House Energy | Committee | 01/14/22 |
| HB 4084 | Relating to advanced recycling | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 1, 2022) | ||
| HB 4443 | Prohibiting certain devices which enhance a diesel-powered vehicle’s capacity to emit soot | Pending | House Technology and Infrastructure | Committee | 01/31/22 |
| HB 4452 | Provide a safe process for organic waste composting | Pending | House Health and Human Resources | Committee | 01/31/22 |
| HB 4480 | Granting to the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection Division of Air Quality the authority to invest the money held in certain funds | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/07/22 |
| HB 4481 | Relating to the Adopt-A-Stream Program | Pending | House Government Organization | Committee | 02/01/22 |
| HB 4482 | Relating to removing the statutory limit of $300,000.00 for the Environmental Laboratory Certification Fund | Pending | 3rd Reading | 03/12/22 | |
| HB 4488 | Relating to coal mining and changing fees for permitting actions | BL | Governor | ||
| HB 4491 | To establish requirements for carbon dioxide sequestration | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (May 30, 2022) | ||
| HB 4566 | Creating the Economic Enhancement Grant Fund | Signed | Effective from passage - (March 11, 2022) | ||
| HB 4640 | Relating to requiring disclosure of the lawful activity that is the basis of a permit application with the Department of Environmental Protection | Pending | House Energy | Committee | 02/11/22 |
| HB 4801 | Creating a hunter access program for private landowners to enter an agreement with the state to allow hunters to use their property | Pending | House ANRS | Committee | 02/15/22 |