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There are 56 bill(s) regarding Municipalities

Bill Title Status Committee Step Last Action
SB 44 Requiring certain municipalities pay for incarceration of inmates Pending  Senate Government Organization Committee  01/11/23 
SB 65 Granting municipal fire marshal authority to assist law-enforcement officer Pending  House Political Subdivisions Committee  01/24/23 
SB 131 Allowing municipal fire marshals to receive service weapon upon retirement Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 2, 2023)
SB 148 Relating to municipalities required to be represented on county authority boards Pending  House Political Subdivisions Committee  01/16/23 
SB 213 Relating to responsibility for reimbursement of training cost of law-enforcement employees who leave original jurisdiction Pending  Senate Finance Committee  02/10/23 
SB 293 Increasing fees charged by sheriff Pending    2nd Reading  03/11/23 
SB 474 Requiring municipal pensions oversight board to propose legislative rules Pending  House Finance Committee  02/20/23 
SB 475 Modifying examinations for disability pensions Signed  Effective July 1, 2023
SB 477 Relating to financing municipal policemen's and firemen's pension and relief funds Pending  Senate Pensions Committee  01/26/23 
SB 550 Requiring state entities, local entities and law enforcement agencies to enforce immigration laws Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  02/02/23 
SB 556 Allowing sheriffs to collect additional funds for performing certain tasks Pending  Senate Government Organization Committee  02/03/23 
SB 591 Allowing counties and municipalities to jointly undertake development projects Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 2, 2023)
SB 634 Increasing value at which municipal property must be sold through public auction Pending  House Government Organization Committee  03/02/23 
SB 652 Modifying Municipal Home Rule appeals Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  02/16/23 
HB 2041 Authorize municipal courts to request the suspension of a driver’s license of a person who does not pay outstanding fees and costs Pending  House Government Organization Committee  01/11/23 
HB 2045 Dividing pretrial detention jail costs between arresting authorities Pending  House Jails and Prisons Committee  01/11/23 
HB 2119 Local Energy Efficiency Partnership Act Pending  House Energy Committee  01/11/23 
HB 2132 Providing that a municipal services user fee may not be imposed on employees of the state Pending  House Political Subdivisions Committee  01/11/23 
HB 2172 Allow local governments to hold property owners more accountable for upkeep of buildings Pending  House Political Subdivisions Committee  01/11/23 
HB 2240 Requiring urban renewal authorities to submit proposed urban renewal projects to the affected local county boards of health Pending  House Political Subdivisions Committee  01/11/23 
HB 2243 Creating a process by which voters may recall a county ordinance in a special election Pending  House Political Subdivisions Committee  01/11/23 
HB 2244 Providing a process by which a city may hold an election to recall an ordinance Pending  House Judiciary Committee  01/19/23 
HB 2283 Relating to authorized expenditures of revenues from certain state funds for fire departments Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 6, 2023)
HB 2299 To require that any municipality or county commission who intends to approve a location for a limited video lottery retailer must first announce their intention to do so and hold a public hearing before approval. Pending  House Political Subdivisions Committee  01/11/23 
HB 2336 Requiring local entities to enforce immigration laws Pending  House Judiciary Committee  01/11/23 
HB 2353 To create a tax reduction savings fund for municipalities Pending  House Political Subdivisions Committee  01/11/23 
HB 2386 Ban sanctuary cities in West Virginia Pending  House Political Subdivisions Committee  01/11/23 
HB 2525 Relating to charging fees for municipal services Pending  House Political Subdivisions Committee  01/12/23 
HB 2576 Municipalities may not assess a user fee when employee was not present in the municipality in the performance of his or her job Pending  House Judiciary Committee  02/03/23 
HB 2587 To reflect that County Sheriffs will be required to include a breakdown of the distribution of where a citizen’s taxes will be paid Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (May 31, 2023)
HB 2842 Repeal municipal license and tax when state license required Pending  House Government Organization Committee  02/10/23 
HB 2864 To require larger municipally owned public water and wastewater utilities to pass rates to meet the same standards as utilities regulated under Chapter 24 of the Code Pending  House Technology and Infrastructure Committee  01/20/23 
HB 2868 Establishing the Municipal Home Rule Program Pending  House Government Organization Committee  01/20/23 
HB 2891 Repeal domestic animal tax Pending  House Finance Committee  01/20/23 
HB 2939 Relating to filing of lien by municipalities for collection of refuse fees Pending    Concurrence  03/10/23 
HB 3051 Repeal of authority granted to municipalities to levy business and occupation or privilege tax Pending  House Finance Committee  01/25/23 
HB 3075 To clarify that municipal B and O taxes shall only apply to the owner of a contract, and not to subcontractors on a project Pending  House Finance Committee  02/16/23 
HB 3083 Prohibiting political subdivisions from enacting certain ordinances, regulations, local policies, local resolutions, or other legal requirements Pending  House Political Subdivisions Committee  01/26/23 
HB 3120 Split the jail bills among the cities, counties, and the state Pending  House Jails and Prisons Committee  01/27/23 
HB 3127 Requiring state entities, local entities and law enforcement agencies to cooperate with the enforcement of immigration laws Pending  House Judiciary Committee  01/27/23 
HB 3134 To raise the bid thresholds for municipal projects from $25,000 to $50,000 Pending  House Finance Committee  02/10/23 
HB 3170 Prohibiting municipalities in their permitting from charging other government entities for rights of way within municipal boundaries that are at least fifteen feet above ground level at their lowest point Pending  House Political Subdivisions Committee  01/31/23 
HB 3206 To establish a system to remediate fiscal emergencies of local governments, and to modernize the process for dissolution of municipal corporations in this State. Pending  House Judiciary Committee  02/16/23 
HB 3230 Allow the mayors of class three and four towns to also serve as the chief of police Pending  House Judiciary Committee  02/16/23 
HB 3243 Relating to examinations for disability pensions Pending  House Pensions and Retirement Committee  02/03/23 
HB 3244 Relating to Municipal Pensions Oversight Board proposing legislative rules Signed  Effective from passage - (March 6, 2023)
HB 3279 Relating to municipal home rule appeals Pending  House Judiciary Committee  02/14/23 
HB 3321 Limiting the imposition of municipal business and occupation taxes Pending  House Finance Committee  02/07/23 
HB 3327 Capping amount of moneys to third party vendors who collect business and occupation taxes on behalf of cities Pending  House Finance Committee  02/07/23 
HB 3342 Relating to cooperation between municipal and county economic development authorities Pending  Senate Economic Development Committee  03/01/23 
HB 3354 To authorize municipalities to combine operations with other municipalities and counties to provide governmental services Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 9, 2023)
HB 3361 Relating to the allocation of federal funds to county commissions and certain municipalities Pending  House Political Subdivisions Committee  02/10/23 
HB 3435 To revise the process for political subdivision to combine Pending  House Judiciary Committee  02/16/23 
HB 3466 Relating to increasing the services the sheriff may charge Pending  House Political Subdivisions Committee  02/14/23 
HB 3490 Relating to consolidation of local governments Pending  House Judiciary Committee  02/23/23 
HB 3538 Relating to limitations on the computation, imposition and collection of the business and occupation tax by municipalities Pending  House Finance Committee  02/14/23