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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