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There are 59 bill(s) regarding Natural Resources

Bill Title Status Committee Step Last Action
SB 25 Establishing WV Coal Marketing Program Pending  Senate Finance Committee  01/30/26 
SB 50 Providing all coal severance tax be provided to county that produced coal Pending  Senate Energy, Industry and Mining Committee  01/14/26 
SB 141 Increasing WV Natural Resources Police Officer Retirement System accrued benefit for certain members Pending  House Finance Committee  03/02/26 
SB 198 Exempting certain persons from hunting, trapping, and fishing license fees Pending  Senate Natural Resources Committee  01/14/26 
SB 199 Providing waiver of fees for emergency responders disabled in line of duty for hunting, trapping, and fishing licenses Pending  Senate Natural Resources Committee  01/14/26 
SB 244 Making ad valorem taxes on property payable only to county in which property is located Pending  Senate Finance Committee  01/14/26 
SB 469 Requiring dredging of flood prone waterways Pending  Senate Natural Resources Committee  01/16/26 
SB 485 Establishing WV Behavior-Based E-Bike and Multi-Use Trail Mobility Act Pending  Senate Transportation and Infrastructure Committee  01/19/26 
SB 487 West Virginia Trails, Access, and Stewardship Act Pending  Senate Natural Resources Committee  01/19/26 
SB 632 Creating Atmospheric Intervention Oversight and Public Safety Act Pending  Senate Natural Resources Committee  01/27/26 
SB 635 Creating Mountain Bike Responsibility Act Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  01/28/26 
SB 655 Establishing Right to Race Act Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  01/29/26 
SB 682 Relating to operation of certain motorboats on lakes Pending  Senate Natural Resources Committee  01/30/26 
SB 685 Creating Natural Resources Anti-Commandeering Act Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  02/03/26 
SB 706 Modifying severance tax on newly drilled oil and natural gas wells Pending  Senate Finance Committee  02/10/26 
SB 708 Creating WV River Access and Bridge Modernization Act Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  02/12/26 
SB 722 Requiring warrant for DNR officials or officers to enter onto any private property Pending  Senate Natural Resources Committee  02/03/26 
SB 746 Establishing resident and nonresident wildlife viewing stamps Pending  Senate Natural Resources Committee  02/05/26 
SB 753 Establishing Adopt-A-Road program Pending  Senate Finance Committee  02/17/26 
SB 770 Establishing Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation Act Pending  Senate Transportation and Infrastructure Committee  02/05/26 
SB 886 Permitting prescribed fire control on private property without burning permit Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 12, 2026)
SB 934 Modifying accrued benefit of members of WV Natural Resources Police Officer Retirement System Pending  Senate Pensions Committee  02/12/26 
SB 996 Creating Jennings Randolph Lake State Park and Teter Creek Lake State Park Pending  Senate Finance Committee  02/25/26 
SB 1005 Clarifying processes of royalty payments for wells in this state Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  02/19/26 
HB 4030 Standardize gas and oil contracts Pending  House Judiciary Committee  01/14/26 
HB 4109 Removing cap on numbers of wells operators required to pay annual oversight fee Pending  House Energy and Public Works Committee  01/14/26 
HB 4126 To modify the funding distribution to the state park endowment fund and the State Parks Operational Fund Signed  Effective July 1, 2026
HB 4129 Relating to the prohibition of warrantless searches and seizures. Pending  House Judiciary Committee  01/14/26 
HB 4149 Relating to warrantless entry of private lands Pending  House Judiciary Committee  01/14/26 
HB 4155 To include all West Virginia correctional classifications in the Natural Resources Officer Pension System. Pending  House Finance Committee  01/14/26 
HB 4176 To allow youth and handicapped hunters to harvest a buck deer or doe during youth/handicapped special hunts Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 11, 2026)
HB 4355 To create a new hunting license stamp for upland game birds Pending  Senate Natural Resources Committee  02/21/26 
HB 4424 To allow landowners to pay hunters to hunt their property Pending  House Agriculture, Commerce, and Tourism Committee  01/16/26 
HB 4494 Providing an exemption for a non-resident landowner, their spouse and their children from the requirement of purchasing a non-resident hunting hicense while hunting on their land in this state. Pending  House Agriculture, Commerce, and Tourism Committee  01/20/26 
HB 4504 Relating to rules for hunting antlered deer Pending  House Agriculture, Commerce, and Tourism Committee  01/20/26 
HB 4513 Authorizing adjustment from federal adjusted gross income for certain law enforcement pension benefit payments Pending  House Finance Committee  01/19/26 
HB 4559 To eliminate the restriction of hunting bears over bait Pending  House Agriculture, Commerce, and Tourism Committee  01/20/26 
HB 4560 Move marina gas tax proceeds to DNR Law enforcement division Pending  House Finance Committee  01/20/26 
HB 4676 End open fields doctrine Pending  House Judiciary Committee  01/21/26 
HB 4677 To require a warrant for DNR officials or officers to enter onto any private property Pending  House Judiciary Committee  01/21/26 
HB 4683 Prevent depletion of groundwater and aquifers Pending  House Energy and Public Works Committee  01/21/26 
HB 4686 Providing that a hunting license is only required for public land Pending  House Government Organization Committee  01/21/26 
HB 4688 Eliminate the ban on baiting in all counties for all game animals Pending  House Government Organization Committee  01/21/26 
HB 4704 To exempt daylight fluorescent outer garments from sales Pending  House Finance Committee  01/21/26 
HB 4716 To enhance the flexibility, responsiveness, and economic development potential of the Industrial Access Road Fund Pending  House Energy and Public Works Committee  01/21/26 
HB 4867 To clarify the process of royalty payments for wells in this state. Pending  House Energy and Public Works Committee  01/28/26 
HB 4958 To create the Southern Coalfield Resiliency and Revitalization Program Pending  Senate Government Organization Committee  02/21/26 
HB 5002 In cases of mine rescues, designate miners as first responders Pending  House Energy and Public Works Committee  01/30/26 
HB 5025 Allowing the burning of obsolete farm structures. Pending  House Judiciary Committee  02/11/26 
HB 5030 Authorizing adjustment from federal adjusted gross income for certain law enforcement pension benefit payments Pending  House Finance Committee  02/02/26 
HB 5055 Changing the expiration date on Hunting and Fishing licenses to one year after purchase Pending  House Agriculture, Commerce, and Tourism Committee  02/06/26 
HB 5088 Relating to Natural Resource Police Officer Retirement Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 10, 2026)
HB 5160 Prohibition of geoengineering Pending  House Energy and Public Works Committee  02/04/26 
HB 5174 Legalize use of a 4" pan to pan for gold in the state Pending  House Agriculture, Commerce, and Tourism Committee  02/06/26 
HB 5340 Establishing a new classification for managed timberland leased for substantial income Pending  House Energy and Public Works Committee  02/09/26 
HB 5398 Relating to dates and deposits for Oil and Gas Well Plugging Pending    Concurrence  03/14/26 
HB 5439 Creaing a pollinator planting program Pending  House Government Organization Committee  02/11/26 
HB 5531 Relating to leashed dogs and unmanned aerial vehicles for tracking or locating mortally wounded deer, elk, turkey, wild boar or bear Pending  House Government Organization Committee  02/16/26 
HB 5662 To extend hunting/fishing rights on private property, without a license, to grandchildren of the land owner Pending  House Government Organization Committee  02/17/26