Bill Status - 2026 Regular Session
Search Bills by Date Introduced
The search returned 110 bill(s) introduced on 01/20/26
| Bill | Title | Status | Committee | Step | Last Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SB 510 | Using criminal records as disqualification from practicing particular professions | Pending | Senate Workforce | Committee | 01/20/26 |
| SB 511 | Imposing time limitations on disposition decisions in abuse and neglect proceedings | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/20/26 |
| SB 512 | Relating to cost-sharing calculations on behalf of insured persons | Pending | Senate Finance | Committee | 01/20/26 |
| SB 513 | Requiring courts to interpret statutes and regulations | Pending | Senate Government Organization | Committee | 01/20/26 |
| SB 514 | Prohibiting geoengineering activities | Pending | Senate Natural Resources | Committee | 01/20/26 |
| SB 515 | Requiring drug testing for individuals receiving office-based medication-assisted treatment | Pending | Senate Health and Human Resources | Committee | 01/20/26 |
| SB 516 | Increasing state minimum salary for teachers | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 01/20/26 |
| SB 517 | Clarifying deadlines for autopsy reports | Pending | Senate Health and Human Resources | Committee | 01/20/26 |
| SB 518 | Relating to cost-sharing requirements for breast examinations | Pending | Senate Finance | Committee | 01/23/26 |
| SB 519 | Establishing insurance provisions requiring coverage for annual breast cancer screenings | Pending | Senate Banking and Insurance | Committee | 01/20/26 |
| SB 520 | Preventing foreign financial contributions in domestic political processes | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/20/26 |
| SB 521 | Developing and implementing statewide prevention plan | Pending | Senate Health and Human Resources | Committee | 01/20/26 |
| SB 522 | Creating WV Jobs Protection Act | Pending | Senate Government Organization | Committee | 01/20/26 |
| SB 523 | Increase circumstances where Department of Human Services is required to seek termination of parental rights | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/20/26 |
| SB 524 | Relating to monthly status meetings of county entities | Pending | Senate Finance | Committee | 01/23/26 |
| SB 525 | Establishing pilot program for use of mobile devices in child abuse and neglect investigations | Pending | Senate Health and Human Resources | Committee | 01/20/26 |
| SB 526 | Relating to PEIA Cost Sharing Provisions | Pending | Senate Banking and Insurance | Committee | 01/20/26 |
| SB 527 | Creating process of obtaining and adjudicating pre-adjudicatory alternative disposition | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/20/26 |
| SB 528 | Designating permanent daylight saving time as official time of state | Pending | Senate Government Organization | Committee | 01/20/26 |
| SB 529 | Requiring Department of Human Services to establish pilot program to contract for supplemental caseworker aide services | Pending | Senate Health and Human Resources | Committee | 01/20/26 |
| SB 530 | Relating to Child Abuse and Neglect Investigations Unit | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/20/26 |
| SB 531 | Establishing First Amendment Preservation Act | Signed | Effective July 1, 2026 | ||
| SB 532 | Relating to certified public accountants | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/05/26 |
| SB 533 | Relating to disaffiliation from religious denominations | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/20/26 |
| SB 534 | Relating to Kratom Consumer Protection Act | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/20/26 |
| SB 535 | Imposing one-year moratorium on approval of certain public utility rate increases | Pending | Senate Energy, Industry and Mining | Committee | 01/20/26 |
| SB 536 | Relating to qualifications for serving on certain academic boards | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/04/26 |
| SB 537 | Creating Closed Captioning Act | Pending | Senate Government Organization | Committee | 01/20/26 |
| SB 538 | Increasing compensation for panel attorneys | Pending | Senate Finance | Committee | 02/12/26 |
| SB 539 | Relating to abuse and neglect cases | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/20/26 |
| SB 540 | Relating to audio recording during CPS investigation | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 03/05/26 |
| SB 541 | Relating to circuit court's responsibilities in juvenile abuse and neglect proceedings | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 03/02/26 |
| SB 542 | Imposing time limitation on disposition decision in child abuse and neglect proceedings | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/20/26 |
| SB 543 | Requiring Bureau for Social Services to file legislative rule | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/25/26 |
| SB 544 | Relating to temporary increase in payment to kinship parent | Pending | Senate Finance | Committee | 01/23/26 |
| SB 545 | Creating special revenue account to expand in-state residential treatment capacity for children | Pending | Senate Finance | Committee | 01/20/26 |
| SB 546 | Relating to clothing and necessity allowance | Pending | Senate Finance | Committee | 01/28/26 |
| SB 547 | Creating Truth in Giving Act | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/20/26 |
| SB 548 | Requiring transparency of dental health care insurance products | Pending | Senate Banking and Insurance | Committee | 01/20/26 |
| HB 4551 | West Virginia Safe Trucking Act 2026 | Pending | House Government Administration | Committee | 01/20/26 |
| HB 4552 | Relating to the law-enforcement powers of correctional officers | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 12, 2026) | ||
| HB 4553 | To create a tuition reimbursement program for Corrections employees. | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/20/26 |
| HB 4554 | Creating Persons with Disabilities Registry | Pending | House Health and Human Resources | Committee | 01/20/26 |
| HB 4555 | Eliminate sales tax on tax preparation services | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 01/20/26 |
| HB 4556 | Eliminate net metering in WV | Pending | House Energy and Public Works | Committee | 01/20/26 |
| HB 4557 | To create the felony offense for protestors blocking passage on streets and highways. | Pending | House Energy and Public Works | Committee | 01/20/26 |
| HB 4558 | Create mechanism for towing companies in WV to quickly access owner information. | Pending | House Government Organization | Committee | 02/11/26 |
| 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 4561 | Clarifying the sheriff’s authority to hire within their office. | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 8, 2026) | ||
| HB 4562 | Change required service from 25 to 20 years for eligibility for minimum 1k retirement annuity | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 01/20/26 |
| HB 4563 | Require EZ Pass transponder be registered to person, not vehicle | Pending | Senate Finance | Committee | 03/10/26 |
| HB 4564 | Increasing the Homestead Property Tax Exemption | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 01/20/26 |
| HB 4565 | Exempt those with 25 years holding an insurance license from attaining additional CEUs | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 01/20/26 |
| HB 4566 | Increasing penalties for hit and run offenses | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/20/26 |
| HB 4567 | To require that all in person and online Vape and vape products require an ID scan, similarly to prescription controlled substances and certain cold medicines. | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/20/26 |
| HB 4568 | Clarifying abuse of process | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 02/19/26 |
| HB 4569 | Updating law regarding prior authorizations | Pending | House Health and Human Resources | Committee | 01/20/26 |
| HB 4570 | To make the posting of a summons in a conspicuous place on rental property acceptable service when a tenant is unavailable for personal service | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 02/09/26 |
| HB 4571 | Taxpayer Protection Act | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 01/20/26 |
| HB 4572 | Rural School Flexibility & Innovation Pilot Act | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/20/26 |
| HB 4573 | Foster Youth Post-Secondary Transition Awareness Act | Pending | Concurrence | 03/14/26 | |
| HB 4574 | Relating to providing for condition-based emergency funding for a financially distressed county. | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 01/20/26 |
| HB 4575 | Making Supplemental Appropriation to State Board of Education | Signed | Effective from passage - (February 27, 2026) | ||
| HB 4576 | Relating to the makeup of the State Police Child Abuse and Neglect Investigations Unit | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/20/26 |
| HB 4577 | Relating to driver’s licenses | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 12, 2026) | ||
| HB 4578 | To provide more local control over educational decisionmaking, differentiation of funding for counties, and to address operational efficiencies within education. | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/20/26 |
| HB 4579 | Relating to body-worn cameras | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/20/26 |
| HB 4580 | Relating to the establishment of a pilot program for the use of mobile devices in child abuse and neglect investigations. | Pending | House Government Administration | Committee | 01/20/26 |
| HB 4581 | Relating to monthly status meeting of county entities | Pending | House Health and Human Resources | Committee | 01/20/26 |
| HB 4582 | Related to the authority of sheriff’s commission for collection of taxes | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/20/26 |
| HB 4583 | Victims of Communism Day | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/20/26 |
| HB 4584 | Market pay for Teachers | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/20/26 |
| HB 4585 | Relating to the Volunteer Firefighter Tax Credit Act | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 01/20/26 |
| HB 4586 | Relating to government procurement of electric vehicles | Pending | House Government Administration | Committee | 01/20/26 |
| HB 4587 | Prohibiting public funds from supporting low-earning outcome postsecondary degree programs | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/23/26 |
| HB 4588 | Relating to participating in the federal tax credit scholarship program | Pending | Concurrence | 03/14/26 | |
| HB 4589 | Clarifying that the time limitations provided for filing occupational pneumoconiosis claims do not apply or otherwise limit the ability of a claimant to obtain an evaluation from the Occupational Pneumoconiosis Board | Pending | House Health and Human Resources | Committee | 01/22/26 |
| HB 4590 | Awarding attorneys fees to prevailing party in eminent domain proceeding | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/20/26 |
| HB 4591 | To recognize School Athletic Directors who have achieved a nationally recognized professional certification through the National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association (NIAAA). | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 02/25/26 |
| HB 4592 | Relating to college campus safety | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 12, 2026) | ||
| HB 4593 | Allow for PE classes to be optional for students who can demonstrate 5 or more weekly hours of outside physical activity | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/20/26 |
| HB 4594 | Reorganization of the Executive branch | Pending | House Government Organization | Committee | 01/20/26 |
| HB 4595 | Approving short-term training programs for eligibility for federal Workforce Pell Grants | Pending | House Government Organization | Committee | 01/20/26 |
| HB 4596 | Prohibiting subdivisions and local entities from adopting policies that prohibit or restrict cooperation with federal immigration law enforcement. | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/20/26 |
| HB 4597 | Increasing Homestead Exemption | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 01/20/26 |
| HB 4598 | Change Audit Log for annual subscription with Secretary of State | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/20/26 |
| HB 4599 | Relating to the WV Cares background check variance process | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 7, 2026) | ||
| 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 4601 | Relating to the Child Abuse and Neglect Investigations Unit | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/04/26 |
| HB 4602 | Relating to requiring the Department of Human Services to establish a pilot program to contract for supplemental caseworker aide services for the Bureau for Social Services | Pending | Concurrence | 03/13/26 | |
| HB 4603 | Relating to the creation of the process of obtaining and adjudicating a pre-adjudicatory alternative disposition | Pending | Concurrence | 03/13/26 | |
| HB 4604 | Relating to abuse and neglect cases | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/23/26 |
| HB 4605 | Relating to modifying the school aid formula to provide more support for schools under certain circumstances. | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/20/26 |
| HB 4606 | Relating to the meaning of residence for the purpose of bail | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 12, 2026) | ||
| HB 4607 | Relating to standards of private schools | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/20/26 |
| HB 4608 | School Board Election Date Act | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/20/26 |
| HB 4609 | Allowing Magistrates under certain circumstances to be able to order a mental evaluation | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/20/26 |
| HB 4610 | Safeguard the Right-To-Try Cutting-Edge Medicine Act | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 12, 2026) | ||
| HB 4611 | Creating the Hope to Help Community Schools Act of 2026. | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/20/26 |
| HB 4612 | Issuance of new DMV titles under certain requirment | Pending | House Government Organization | Committee | 02/11/26 |
| HB 4613 | The State Resiliency Office | Pending | House Government Organization | Committee | 01/20/26 |
| HB 4614 | Relating to statewide prevention plan. | Pending | House Health and Human Resources | Committee | 01/20/26 |
| HB 4615 | Relating to public drinking water storage tanks | Pending | House Energy and Public Works | Committee | 02/12/26 |
| HB 4616 | Relating to the imposition of a time limitation on disposition decisions in child abuse and neglect proceedings | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/20/26 |
| HB 4617 | Relating to requiring the Bureau of Social Service to file a legislative rule. | Pending | House Government Organization | Committee | 01/20/26 |
| HB 4618 | Relating to the temporary payment to a kinship parent of a subsidy equal to that of a foster parent. | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 01/20/26 |
| HB 4619 | Relating to the creation of a special revenue account to expand in-state residential treatment capacity for children | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 01/20/26 |
| HB 4620 | Relating to clothing and necessity allowance. | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 01/20/26 |
| HB 4621 | Relating to requiring the circuit court to make certain designated findings of fact and conclusions of law in its juvenile child abuse and neglect orders | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/20/26 |