Bill Status - 2022 Regular Session
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There are 69 bill(s) regarding Natural Resources
| Bill | Title | Status | Committee | Step | Last Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SB 1 | Creating Mining Mutual Insurance Company | Signed | Effective from passage - (March 12, 2022) | ||
| SB 10 | Relating to WVU Rifle Team electronic application donation program | Pending | Concurrence | 03/11/22 | |
| SB 56 | Creating Orphan Oil and Gas Well Prevention Act | Pending | Senate Energy, Industry and Mining | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| SB 65 | Protecting albino deer | Pending | Senate Natural Resources | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| SB 98 | Creating nonresident three-day fishing license | Pending | House Government Organization | Committee | 03/02/22 |
| SB 117 | Assessing wildlife impact fee on wind power projects | Pending | Senate Natural Resources | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| SB 143 | Relating to tax credit for disabled veterans for lifetime hunting, trapping, and fishing license | Pending | Senate Natural Resources | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| SB 145 | Exempting certain persons from hunting, trapping, and fishing license fees | Pending | Senate Natural Resources | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| SB 161 | Prohibiting Natural Resources Commission from establishing bag limit for antlered deer | Pending | Senate Natural Resources | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| SB 163 | Permitting certain veterans to hunt, trap, or fish in state without license | Pending | Senate Natural Resources | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| SB 170 | Providing WV veterans discounts on fees and charges at state parks | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 03/02/22 |
| SB 187 | Creating Natural Resources Anti-Commandeering Act | Pending | Senate Natural Resources | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| SB 209 | Creating Timber Co-tenancy Modernization and Majority Protection Act and Unknown and Unlocatable Timber Interest Owners Act | Pending | Senate Judiciary | 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 462 | Changing fees for permitting actions related to coal mining | Pending | Senate Finance | Committee | 01/26/22 |
| SB 469 | Clarifying persons may lawfully possess loaded rifles and shotguns in vehicles in certain instances | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/24/22 |
| SB 485 | Authorizing DNR to enter certain third-party contracts | Pending | Senate Finance | Committee | 02/23/22 |
| SB 502 | Including license classes to bear damage stamp for hunting license | Pending | Senate Natural Resources | Committee | 01/28/22 |
| SB 508 | Requiring certain attire for deer hunters with muzzleloaders | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 7, 2022) | ||
| SB 562 | Creating Adopt-A-Trail volunteer programs for public land under DNR jurisdiction | Pending | Senate Finance | Committee | 02/23/22 |
| SB 563 | Authorizing dispersed camping on state properties under DNR jurisdiction | Pending | Senate Natural Resources | Committee | 02/02/22 |
| SB 565 | Establishing resident and nonresident wildlife viewing stamps | Pending | Senate Natural Resources | Committee | 02/02/22 |
| SB 566 | Requiring Department of Commerce to develop plan for adventure travel recreation promotion in WV | Pending | Senate Economic Development | Committee | 02/02/22 |
| SB 567 | Exempting unmined rare earth metals and elements from taxation in WV | Pending | Senate Finance | Committee | 02/02/22 |
| SB 577 | Waiving fees for emergency responders disabled in line of duty for hunting, trapping, and fishing licenses | Pending | Senate Natural Resources | Committee | 02/03/22 |
| SB 579 | Defining standards for outfitters and guides and commercial jeep tours | Pending | Senate Economic Development | Committee | 02/03/22 |
| SB 694 | Relating to oil and gas conservation | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 7, 2022) | ||
| HB 2059 | Establishing a system for issuing permits for persons to provide rehabilitation of orphaned, sick and injured wildlife | Pending | House ANRS | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| HB 2129 | Establishing an industrial water extraction fee | Pending | House Energy | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| HB 2205 | Streamlining the process of abandoned mineral interests | Pending | House Energy | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| HB 2227 | Prohibiting blasting within 625 feet of an occupied dwelling | Pending | House Energy | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| HB 2229 | 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 | 01/12/22 |
| HB 2237 | Allowing free camping at state parks for certain resident veterans | Pending | House Veterans' Affairs and Homeland Security | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| HB 2493 | Providing valuation limitations for coal property taxation and clarifying the penalties for non-filers | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 01/27/22 |
| HB 2511 | Relating generally to hunting and fishing | Pending | House ANRS | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| HB 2568 | Relating to rules for hunting antlered deer | Pending | House ANRS | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| HB 2629 | Expanding the scope of hunting, fishing, and trapping benefits provided to former members of the United States Armed forces | Pending | House Veterans' Affairs and Homeland Security | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| HB 2631 | Provide for WVDNR officers to be able to work “off duty” | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 9, 2022) | ||
| HB 2775 | Relating to the beginning and expiration of hunting and fishing licenses | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/19/22 |
| HB 2853 | Provide for the unitization of interests in drilling units in connection with shallow horizontal oil or gas wells | Pending | House Energy | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| HB 3051 | Standardize gas and oil contracts | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| HB 3140 | Allowing disabled persons to operate small electric vehicles on the Greenbrier Trail | Pending | House ANRS | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| HB 3241 | Big Creek Cape Coalwood Commission | Pending | House Government Organization | 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 4025 | Providing exemption to severance tax for severing rare earth elements and other critical minerals | Pending | RECD | 03/12/22 | |
| HB 4029 | To require the Division of Forestry to create an online renewal process no later than July 1, 2022 | Pending | House ANRS | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| HB 4047 | Provide valuation limitations to the Tax Commissioner for coal properties and to clarify the penalty for non-filers | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| HB 4048 | WV Keep, Bear and Drive with Arms Act | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (May 24, 2022) | ||
| HB 4065 | Allowing the Division of Natural Resources to teach hunter’s safety courses in school | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 7, 2022) | ||
| HB 4069 | Establish rules and regulations for e-bikes in West Virginia that more closely comport to federal law | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/13/22 |
| HB 4073 | Permit lifetime hunting and fishing license for volunteer firefighters with five years of service | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/17/22 |
| HB 4075 | Exempt unmined rare earth metals/elements from taxation | Pending | House Energy | Committee | 01/13/22 |
| HB 4092 | Providing property tax relief to rare earth industries | Pending | House Energy | Committee | 01/14/22 |
| HB 4254 | Repeal chapter of code relating to Miners' Health Safety and Training | Pending | House Energy | Committee | 01/19/22 |
| HB 4258 | To allow landowners to pay hunters to hunt their property | Pending | House ANRS | Committee | 01/19/22 |
| HB 4336 | Providing for the valuation of natural resources property | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 9, 2022) | ||
| HB 4386 | Expand the scope of hunting, fishing, and trapping benefits provided to former members of the United States Armed forces | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/16/22 |
| HB 4387 | To allow honorably discharged veterans to have free lifetime hunting, fishing, and trapping license | Pending | House ANRS | Committee | 01/25/22 |
| HB 4408 | Relating to contracts for construction of recreational facilities in state parks and forests | Signed | Effective from passage - (March 12, 2022) | ||
| HB 4441 | Creating a Class M air rifle stamp | Pending | Concurrence | 03/11/22 | |
| HB 4464 | Revising requirements for bear damage stamp for hunting license. | Pending | House ANRS | Committee | 01/31/22 |
| HB 4486 | Required attire for deer hunters. | Pending | House ANRS | Committee | 02/01/22 |
| HB 4488 | Relating to coal mining and changing fees for permitting actions | BL | Governor | ||
| HB 4582 | To modify the E-bike legislation in West Virginia Code | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/08/22 |
| HB 4605 | Relating to West Virginia University Rifle Team electronic application donation program | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/09/22 |
| HB 4622 | Natural Gas Electric Generation Development Act | Pending | House Energy | Committee | 02/10/22 |
| HB 4687 | Relating to wild and wonderful restoration Task Force | Pending | House ANRS | Committee | 02/15/22 |
| HB 4758 | Relating to developing and maintaining a database to track reclamation liabilities in the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection Special Reclamation Program | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 6, 2022) | ||
| 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 |