Bill Status - 2026 Regular Session
Search Bills by Subject
There are 105 bill(s) regarding Elections
| Bill | Title | Status | Committee | Step | Last Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SB 59 | Relating to voter eligibility and residency requirements | Signed | Effective January 1, 2027 | ||
| SB 61 | Prohibiting acceptance of illegal ballots cast in any election | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/03/26 |
| SB 64 | Requiring resolutions for constitutional amendments include language to be on official ballots | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/14/26 |
| SB 90 | Prohibiting voters not affiliated with major political party from voting ballot of political party in primary election | Pending | Senate Government Organization | Committee | 01/14/26 |
| SB 98 | Requiring political action committee to disclose contributors' names and addresses to Secretary of State | Pending | Senate Government Organization | Committee | 01/14/26 |
| SB 112 | Restoring voting rights for person incarcerated for felony upon release | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/14/26 |
| SB 121 | Requiring full text of proposed constitutional amendments be included on official ballots | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/14/26 |
| SB 126 | Defining protections for election officials and election workers | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/14/26 |
| SB 188 | Changing length of term of state political party chair | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/17/26 |
| SB 481 | Relating to elections | Signed | Effective from passage - (March 12, 2026) | ||
| SB 520 | Preventing foreign financial contributions in domestic political processes | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/20/26 |
| SB 566 | Imposing limit of three terms on elected public officials in state | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/21/26 |
| SB 572 | Allowing election official trainees to be appointed as election officials | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/21/26 |
| SB 587 | Adjusting salary schedule for elected county officials | BL | Governor | ||
| SB 643 | Discontinuing WV Supreme Court of Appeals Public Campaign Financing Program | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 11, 2026) | ||
| SB 811 | Allowing individuals to change party voter registration during day of voting | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 02/06/26 |
| SB 812 | Prohibiting any person to operate unmanned aerial vehicle over polling place on election day | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 02/06/26 |
| SB 813 | Increasing civil penalties for failure to file required campaign finance reports | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 02/06/26 |
| SB 833 | Requiring Secretary of State notify respondent of election law complaint | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 02/09/26 |
| SB 834 | Prohibiting refunds of candidate filing fees | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 02/09/26 |
| SB 835 | Requiring candidates file campaign financial statements with county clerk | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 02/09/26 |
| SB 836 | Requiring contact information for chair of political committee | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 02/09/26 |
| SB 837 | Relating to filing of fraudulent financing statement | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 02/09/26 |
| SB 838 | Defining residence for purpose of registration and voting in WV | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 02/09/26 |
| SB 839 | Creating personal income tax credit for election officials in WV | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 02/09/26 |
| SB 851 | Providing for filing fee for write-in candidates | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 02/09/26 |
| SB 853 | Clarifying persons permitted to be present in polling place during election for non-voting activities | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 02/09/26 |
| SB 855 | Providing circumstances that qualified voter is authorized to vote absentee ballot by mail | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 02/09/26 |
| SB 865 | Clarifying definition of "electioneering" | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 02/09/26 |
| SB 902 | Removing barriers to voting for disabled voters | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 02/10/26 |
| SB 905 | Requiring election officials to capture and publish ballot images | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 02/10/26 |
| SB 976 | Authorizing optional use of county-wide voting centers on election day | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 02/17/26 |
| SB 1007 | Relating to voting in WV elections while residing overseas | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 02/19/26 |
| SB 1021 | Creating limited purpose ordinance procedure for municipal elections | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 02/20/26 |
| SB 1050 | Creating WV Task Force on Election Integrity | Pending | Senate Government Organization | Committee | 02/21/26 |
| HB 4080 | To provide for partisan races for mayoral and city council races, and provide for the election of mayors by citizens of a town or municipality. | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/27/26 |
| HB 4157 | Eliminating requirement for write-in candidates to register with Secretary of State in order to qualify write-in candidate votes to be counted. | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/14/26 |
| HB 4160 | Relating to federal involvement in elections | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/14/26 |
| HB 4164 | Election integrity and People’s vote protection act | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/14/26 |
| HB 4172 | Removing the Office of County Surveyor from election ballots | Pending | House Government Organization | Committee | 01/14/26 |
| HB 4173 | Requiring candidates to live in the state or local election district for the office for which they are seeking | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/14/26 |
| HB 4337 | Prohibit the use of school resources in election advocacy efforts and prohibit school employees from political activity during their work hours or on behalf of the school administration | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/15/26 |
| HB 4339 | Changing the local school board election from the Primary to the General | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/15/26 |
| HB 4376 | Say No to Good Old Boy Governance | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/15/26 |
| HB 4406 | Relating to formerly incarcerated individuals voting rights | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/16/26 |
| HB 4408 | To adjust the percent retained by the clerk of the county commission for funding election administration, infrastructure, and security, and other county clerk purposes | Pending | House Government Administration | Committee | 01/16/26 |
| HB 4417 | Relating to polling locations | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/16/26 |
| HB 4435 | Increasing the percentage of precincts to be audited during the election canvass | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/22/26 |
| HB 4444 | Convention of states delegates have penalties for deviating from what they were sent to convention for | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/16/26 |
| HB 4447 | Prohibiting the delivery of unsolicited absentee ballot applications to any person who has not specifically requested one from the county clerk | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/16/26 |
| HB 4457 | Permitting voters not affiliated with a major political party to vote the ballot of that political party in a primary election. | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/16/26 |
| HB 4469 | Establish residency requirements for county surveyor be a resident of the state and provide exemption for holding more than one office. | Pending | House Government Organization | Committee | 01/28/26 |
| HB 4470 | Relating to requiring election officials to capture and publish ballot images, and provide voters with the ability to affix a unique mark on their ballot to identify and verify their ballot cast in a statewide election in West Virginia | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/16/26 |
| HB 4522 | Banning Foreign-backed spending on State Ballot Issues | Pending | Senate Workforce | Committee | 02/10/26 |
| HB 4523 | To move the election of Supreme Court Justices to the general election | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/19/26 |
| HB 4525 | To change the election dates for intermediate court of appeals judges to the genreal elections | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/19/26 |
| HB 4526 | Provisions for election observers during any election and at any voting or ballot-reviewing and ballot-counting location within West Virginia | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/19/26 |
| HB 4547 | To remove barriers to voting for persons with disabilities | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/19/26 |
| HB 4600 | Require all ballots for primary and general elections be received not later than the close of the polls on election day. | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 02/11/26 |
| HB 4638 | Relating to registration of voters and voluntary registration of organ donors | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 8, 2026) | ||
| HB 4689 | Relating to allowing localities contiguous to the border of West Virginia to join the state via local elections | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/21/26 |
| HB 4691 | Relating to election integrity | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/21/26 |
| HB 4709 | Relating to changing the process of election litigation | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 02/19/26 |
| HB 4710 | Changing the limit on switching parties before filing to run for office from 60 days to 180 days prior to an election. | Pending | Concurrence | 03/13/26 | |
| HB 4744 | To update and reflect current inflation rate for all County elected positions | Pending | House Government Organization | Committee | 01/22/26 |
| HB 4751 | Relating to the time and place of holding primary elections | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/22/26 |
| HB 4764 | Disallow candidates for office if back taxes are owed | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/23/26 |
| HB 4788 | Allow school board members to run for the state legislature | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/23/26 |
| HB 4848 | Requiring certain disclosures of election expenditures | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/27/26 |
| HB 4864 | Providing for election reform and protections | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/28/26 |
| HB 4865 | Providing for a program allowing election official trainees to be appointed as election officials | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 12, 2026) | ||
| HB 4911 | Redefining political party | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/29/26 |
| HB 4934 | Verification of voter’s physical address by Secretary of State | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/29/26 |
| HB 4935 | Relating to requiring paper ballots in all elections | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/29/26 |
| HB 5000 | Prohibit the use of school resources in election advocacy efforts and prohibit school employees from political activity during their work hours or on behalf of the school administration | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/30/26 |
| HB 5023 | Relating to permitting a citizen of this state to vote in the election of a municipality in which the citizen does not reside | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/02/26 |
| HB 5037 | Protecting our Republic Act | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/02/26 |
| HB 5066 | Relating to prohibiting the release of addresses and names of employers of persons who make contributions to political elections | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5117 | Remove felonies from reason to disqualify from voting | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/03/26 |
| HB 5127 | Allowing the Secretary of State’s office to transmit electronically the total ballots cast, counted, and rejected | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/03/26 |
| HB 5133 | Permitting anyone age of 65 or older to vote absentee | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/03/26 |
| HB 5147 | Requiring full text of proposed Constitutional amendments be included on official ballots | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/03/26 |
| HB 5166 | To provide notice to any political committees violating the filing requirements prior to assessing any civil fines and giving the Secretary of State authority to grant additional time for compliance not to exceed an additional 14 days. | Pending | Concurrence | 03/13/26 | |
| HB 5167 | Creating the Taxpayer Accountability for Public Service Act. | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/04/26 |
| HB 5171 | Relating to salary schedule adjustments for elected county officials. | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/04/26 |
| HB 5203 | To forbid any municipality from issuing an ID for the purpose of voting in a municipal election | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 03/04/26 |
| HB 5217 | Providing for a filing fee for a write-in candidate | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/05/26 |
| HB 5218 | Providing that the Secretary of State shall notify a respondent of an election law complaint | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/05/26 |
| HB 5220 | Relating to clarifying persons permitted to be present in a polling place during an election period for non-voting activities that normally occur at that location | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/05/26 |
| HB 5221 | Relating to increasing the civil penalties for failure to file required campaign finance reports | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/05/26 |
| HB 5223 | Relating to requiring contact information for the chair of a political committee | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/05/26 |
| HB 5224 | Creating a personal income tax credit for election officials in West Virginia. | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/05/26 |
| HB 5225 | Relating to prohibiting any person to operate an unmanned aerial vehicle over a polling place on election day | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/05/26 |
| HB 5228 | Relating to clarifying the definition of electioneering | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 02/21/26 |
| HB 5231 | The purpose of this bill is to require counties to utilize separate voting machines from those used for voting in an election, and to require testing of the automatic tabulating equipment prior to its use in an election. | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/05/26 |
| HB 5234 | Relating to requiring certain information with an absentee ballot | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/12/26 |
| HB 5236 | The purpose of this bill is to ensure compliance with state law requiring ballot tabulating equipment to not be connected to the internet, by requiring random inspections by the Secretary of State, including all necessary reporting. | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/05/26 |
| HB 5273 | Relating to campaign financial statements by candidates for municipal office | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 02/21/26 |
| HB 5275 | Providing the circumstances that a qualified voter is authorized to vote an absentee ballot by mail | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/05/26 |
| HB 5386 | Relating to candidate’s certificate of announcement. | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/10/26 |
| HB 5401 | Relating to voting in West Virginia elections while residing overseas | Signed | Governor | 06/29/26 | |
| HB 5561 | Refer instances of election fraud to the attorney general for prosecution | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5565 | Relating to creating the State Election Poll Clerk Reimbursement Fund Account for county poll clerks to receive a stipend of $100 per day for each day they work during early voting and/or election day for general elections. | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5627 | To provide for a $100 tax credit per election for service by an election official to West Virginia Personal income tax liabilities. | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5639 | To address when district and gender designated seats cannot be filled during elections or when vacancies occur | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/17/26 |