Bill Status - 2026 Regular Session
Committee Activity
132 Bills Pending in Committee — House Government Organization
| Bill | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| SB 65 | Removing persons who perform drywall services from definition of “contractor” in Contractor Licensing Act | 02/23/26 |
| SB 66 | Modifying classes of state of preparedness declared by Governor or Legislature | 01/27/26 |
| SB 390 | Altering conditions for flood resiliency disbursements | 01/30/26 |
| SB 443 | Granting municipal fire marshals authority to assist in lawful execution of law-enforcement officer's official duties | 01/30/26 |
| SB 486 | Relating to WV Board of Barbers and Cosmetologists | 03/03/26 |
| SB 580 | Updating practice act for WV Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Technology Board | 02/27/26 |
| SB 583 | Creating emeritus physician license | 03/05/26 |
| SB 677 | Relating to professionals licensed by WV Board of Medicine | 03/05/26 |
| SB 714 | Relating generally to practice of veterinary medicine | 03/02/26 |
| SB 752 | Transferring authority for racing events from county commissions to DOT | 02/23/26 |
| SB 756 | Extending authority to state spending units | 02/19/26 |
| SB 757 | Relating to government construction contracts | 02/23/26 |
| SB 759 | Relating to agency changes to auctioneers | 02/26/26 |
| SB 894 | Reforming certain boards and commissions | 03/05/26 |
| SB 979 | Requiring Division of Highways publish project bids on its website | 03/02/26 |
| HB 4015 | Tourism Development Act Credit. | 01/15/26 |
| HB 4018 | Enhancing Flood Resiliency Disbursements | 01/15/26 |
| HB 4108 | Increasing transparency in the apportionment process for congressional and legislative districts | 01/14/26 |
| HB 4121 | Relating to reporting duties of county commission regarding ambulance services. | 01/28/26 |
| HB 4130 | Increase penalties for abuse of or cruelty to animals | 01/14/26 |
| HB 4141 | Award military veterans with a “Veterans” license plate | 01/28/26 |
| HB 4172 | Removing the Office of County Surveyor from election ballots | 01/14/26 |
| HB 4175 | To repeal the requirement for automobile inspection. | 01/14/26 |
| HB 4200 | Relating to authorizing the Department of Administration to promulgate a legislative rule relating to the One-Stop Shop Permitting Program. | 01/14/26 |
| HB 4201 | Relating to authorizing the Office of Technology to promulgate a legislative rule relating to cyber reporting. | 01/14/26 |
| HB 4202 | Relating to authorizing the Board of Risk and Insurance Management to promulgate a legislative rule relating to mine subsidence insurance. | 01/14/26 |
| HB 4203 | Relating to authorizing the Board of Risk and Insurance Management to promulgate a legislative rule relating to the public entities insurance program. | 01/14/26 |
| HB 4204 | Relating to authorizing the Board of Risk and Insurance Management to promulgate a legislative rule relating to Preferred Medical Liability and High Risk Medical Liability Program. | 01/14/26 |
| HB 4262 | Relating to authorizing the Division of Motor Vehicles to promulgate a legislative rule relating to motor vehicle equipment. | 01/14/26 |
| HB 4263 | Relating to authorizing the Division of Motor Vehicles to promulgate a legislative rule relating to compulsory motor vehicle liability insurance. | 01/14/26 |
| HB 4264 | Relating to authorizing the Division of Motor Vehicles to promulgate a legislative rule relating to special purpose vehicles. | 01/14/26 |
| HB 4469 | Establish residency requirements for county surveyor be a resident of the state and provide exemption for holding more than one office. | 01/28/26 |
| HB 4486 | Establish fines for any company or organization that knowingly hires an illegal alien | 01/19/26 |
| HB 4498 | Relating to clarifying the Right to Farm Act relating to residential agricultural operations and the protection of agriculture through Urban Beekeeping | 01/19/26 |
| HB 4518 | Require DMV and Parkways Auhority to coordinate records for plate transfers | 02/11/26 |
| HB 4524 | Relating to prohibitions on contracting with companies that boycott Israel | 01/19/26 |
| HB 4531 | Issuing identification documents to homeless individuals residing at homeless shelters | 02/11/26 |
| HB 4558 | Create mechanism for towing companies in WV to quickly access owner information. | 02/11/26 |
| HB 4594 | Reorganization of the Executive branch | 01/20/26 |
| HB 4595 | Approving short-term training programs for eligibility for federal Workforce Pell Grants | 01/20/26 |
| HB 4612 | Issuance of new DMV titles under certain requirment | 02/11/26 |
| HB 4613 | The State Resiliency Office | 01/20/26 |
| HB 4617 | Relating to requiring the Bureau of Social Service to file a legislative rule. | 01/20/26 |
| HB 4632 | Right to Keep Bees | 01/21/26 |
| HB 4679 | To prohibit counties, towns and municipalities from using taxpayer dollars to hire lobbyists to represent them at the State level | 01/21/26 |
| HB 4686 | Providing that a hunting license is only required for public land | 01/21/26 |
| HB 4688 | Eliminate the ban on baiting in all counties for all game animals | 01/21/26 |
| HB 4707 | Modifying compulsory housing for hotels and motels | 01/21/26 |
| HB 4711 | Accessory dwelling units | 01/21/26 |
| HB 4718 | Secure Roads and Safe Trucking Act | 01/22/26 |
| HB 4731 | Relating to establishing the By-Right Housing Development Act to streamline the approval process for development when that proposed development meets all the rules for such development in a given community | 01/22/26 |
| HB 4732 | Relating to zoning ordinances | 01/22/26 |
| HB 4735 | Creating Corporate Anti-Subsidy Act | 01/22/26 |
| HB 4736 | Repealing the wine and liquor operating fund and operations fee | 01/22/26 |
| HB 4737 | Relating to municipal regulation of stairway requirements in certain apartment buildings. | 01/22/26 |
| HB 4744 | To update and reflect current inflation rate for all County elected positions | 01/22/26 |
| HB 4747 | Creating the Certified Professional Midwife Licensing and Regulation Act | 01/22/26 |
| HB 4748 | Relating to creating a digital wallet to collect and organize learning and employment records | 01/22/26 |
| HB 4754 | Prohibiting municipal zoning regulations from imposing certain minimum lot sizes | 01/22/26 |
| HB 4756 | To provide automatic treble damages anytime a non-English speaking commercial truck driver causes an accident in WV | 06/29/26 |
| HB 4769 | Creating plans to protect West Virginia from major crises | 02/11/26 |
| HB 4800 | Clarifying the penalty of a dog attacking livestock by adding a proviso to include “any other livestock.” | 02/11/26 |
| HB 4806 | To raise the salary of Sheriffs | 01/26/26 |
| HB 4808 | Federally Approved Project Delivery Methods for Airport Capital Improvement Projects | 01/26/26 |
| HB 4814 | Relating to creating the Equipment Right to Repair Act | 01/26/26 |
| HB 4839 | Relating to compensation for sworn members of the WV State Police | 01/27/26 |
| HB 4854 | Prohibiting the state or any political subdivision from subsidizing any data center in West Virginia | 01/28/26 |
| HB 4876 | Relating generally to child labor | 01/28/26 |
| HB 4912 | Regarding emergency ambulance fees for owners of collocated rental units | 01/29/26 |
| HB 4913 | Working Farm Property Tax Protection Act | 01/29/26 |
| HB 4919 | To abolish the Department of Economic Development and the cabinet board position | 01/29/26 |
| HB 4924 | To prohibiting municipalities participating in the home rule program from establishing on discrimination ordinances that include protected classes in addition to what is designated in state statute. | 01/29/26 |
| HB 4925 | West Virginia Prime Act | 01/29/26 |
| HB 4932 | Providing for the use of “A.C.” as a name ending for an accounting corporation. | 02/11/26 |
| HB 4978 | Permitting Workforce WV to actively reach out to Unemployment Compensation filers with available jobs that fit their prior job history and salary range | 02/11/26 |
| HB 4992 | Relating to the creation of an alternative procurement procedure called the “general contractor/construction manager” procedure, and authorizing the Division of Highways to promulgate rules thereabout. | 01/30/26 |
| HB 5009 | Relating to zoning ordinances and their effects | 01/30/26 |
| HB 5017 | Establishing a one-time American Legion Post Support Grant Program | 02/02/26 |
| HB 5026 | Account for all federal unfunded mandates | 02/02/26 |
| HB 5033 | Pro-Growth Regulatory Reform Act of 2026 | 02/02/26 |
| HB 5131 | Establish food desert produce pilot program | 02/03/26 |
| HB 5136 | Authorizing certain motor vehicle manufactures to operate as new car dealers | 02/03/26 |
| HB 5151 | Creating the Office of Entrepreneurship within the Office of Economic Development | 02/03/26 |
| HB 5195 | Related to the authority of sheriff’s commission for collection of taxes. | 02/04/26 |
| HB 5200 | Creating Office of entrepreneurship | 02/05/26 |
| HB 5240 | Authorizing a temporary foreign brewers import license | 02/05/26 |
| HB 5251 | Adding “sexual orientation” and “gender identity” to the categories covered by the Human Rights Act and WV Fair Housing Act | 02/05/26 |
| HB 5272 | Appropriations from the state Revenue Shortfall Fund and the Income Tax Reserve Fund be utilized to initiate investments in flood prevention initiatives to reduce the impact of severe flooding | 02/05/26 |
| HB 5342 | Relating to the cancellation of contract by purchaser | 02/09/26 |
| HB 5347 | Relating to eligibility requirements for allocation from the Fire Protection Fund | 02/09/26 |
| HB 5352 | Prohibit the WV National Guard to be sent into combat OVERSEAS without a congressional Declaration of War. | 02/09/26 |
| HB 5383 | To require real estate agents to disclose water and sewer utility rates, if applicable, at the point of sale | 02/09/26 |
| HB 5392 | Public Adjuster Professional Standards Reform Act | 02/10/26 |
| HB 5403 | Relating to fire safety requirements for agritourism businesses. | 02/10/26 |
| HB 5404 | Creating an Office of Entrepreneurship | 02/10/26 |
| HB 5405 | Designate landowners who own 1,000 or more acres within West Virginia as institutional landowners. | 02/10/26 |
| HB 5420 | Require the teaching of classical informal logic in public middle schools and implmenting rquirements for teachers to teach logic courses | 02/10/26 |
| HB 5421 | To require drones used by state and county personnel to be produced in the United States | 02/10/26 |
| HB 5422 | Relating to Home Rule Reform | 02/10/26 |
| HB 5424 | Verifying legal employment status of workers. | 02/10/26 |
| HB 5425 | Relating to acquisitions of properties by land reuse agencies and urban renewal authorities. | 02/10/26 |
| HB 5426 | To add the Bradford Peat Pear (Pyrus calleryana) to the noxious weeds list | 02/10/26 |
| HB 5428 | Relating to providing traumatic event counseling for peace officers. | 02/10/26 |
| HB 5439 | Creaing a pollinator planting program | 02/11/26 |
| HB 5446 | Relating to the jurisdiction of the State Fire Marshal | 02/11/26 |
| HB 5486 | Relating to adding Juneteenth to the list of legal holidays and providing when it should be observed if it falls on a Sunday. | 02/13/26 |
| HB 5489 | Modifying the definition of contractor. | 02/13/26 |
| HB 5491 | Relating to open captioning for motion pictures | 02/13/26 |
| HB 5500 | To make allowances for bio-degradable farm/field products to escape the transport vehicle so to avoid potential fines | 02/13/26 |
| HB 5502 | Amending the Human Rights Act to allow regulation of traits associated with a person’s race only for nondiscriminatory purposes | 02/13/26 |
| HB 5513 | To prohibit cloud seeding in WV | 02/13/26 |
| HB 5526 | Clarifying Purchaser Requirements for Tax Abandoned Land Auctions by the Auditor | 02/13/26 |
| HB 5531 | Relating to leashed dogs and unmanned aerial vehicles for tracking or locating mortally wounded deer, elk, turkey, wild boar or bear | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5538 | To expand licensing opportunities and safety regulation in the esthetics industry | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5545 | Requiring county economic development committee members be state residents. | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5549 | Requiring Governor’s consent to accept certain grants | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5559 | To facilitate interstate practice of Regulated Social Workers by improving public access to competent Social Work Services. | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5570 | To exempt common carriers and contract carriers engaged in the business of transporting solid waste for commercial or industrial customers to disposal or recycling locations. | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5600 | Adding representation of the West Virginia Fire Marshal’s office to the LEPS committee. | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5601 | West Virginia Disaster Case Management Appropriation and Coordination Act | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5602 | Provide a statutory mechanism allowing property owners of undeveloped or unimproved land located within municipal boundaries to petition for annexation of their property into the county. | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5603 | To fine and hold legally responsible land owners from out of state who neglect their land | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5604 | To recognize bullion as legal tender | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5624 | Relating to asbestos abatement | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5632 | Relating to local permitting deadlines | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5640 | To provide a tax sale process reform by creating two distinct legal tracks | 02/17/26 |
| HB 5641 | To require state, county, municipal, and government-controlled entities to provide timely, public financial transparency through the West Virginia Checkbook system or a substantially similar public transparency platform | 02/17/26 |
| HB 5645 | Relating to Medicaid program integrity and work requirements | 02/17/26 |
| HB 5646 | To jumpstart the state’s State Resiliency and Flood Protection Act to allow the Resiliency Office to begin the work of assisting areas of the state prone to flooding, to undertake actions to reduce or prevent future flooding. | 02/17/26 |
| HB 5655 | Water and Wastewater operator education and experience requirements for certification. | 02/17/26 |
| HB 5662 | To extend hunting/fishing rights on private property, without a license, to grandchildren of the land owner | 02/17/26 |
| HB 5680 | Relating to establishing a comprehensive regulatory sunset and zero-based review system. | 02/17/26 |