HOUSE OF DELEGATES
BILLS TO BE INTRODUCED
Monday, February 17, 2025
HB2401. By Del. Steele - Relating to revising the criminal code generally - To the Judiciary
HB2402. By Del. Burkhammer, Mazzocchi, Worrell, Hite, Miller and Petitto - Relating to providing access to medical records; providing access to a minor’s medical record - To Health and Human Resources then the Judiciary
HB2403. By Del. Crouse, Lucas, Drennan, Horst, White, Brooks, Hornby, Dean, Amos, Petitto and Clay - Remove hormone blockers from transgender code - To Health and Human Resources
HB2404. By Del. Crouse, Moore, Drennan, Lucas, Brooks, Hornby, Dean, Masters, Amos, Clay and D. Cannon - Provide tax credit incentive to businesses and individuals that donate to pregnancy/birth centers - To Finance
HB2405. By Del. Crouse, Drennan, Lucas, Hornby, Horst, White, Brooks, Masters, Amos, Clay and D. Cannon - Provide tax credit for homeschool students - To Education then Finance
HB2406. By Del. Crouse, Drennan, Lucas, White, Brooks, Hornby, Masters, Amos, Petitto, Clay and D. Cannon - Eliminate woke, anti-women words from state government - To Health and Human Resources then Finance
HB2407. By Del. Crouse, D. Cannon, Masters, Lucas, W. Clark, Drennan, Horst, White, Brooks, Hornby and Dean - To remove income tax from overtime work (FN) - To Finance
HB2408. By Del. Crouse, Moore, Drennan, Horst, Brooks, Phillips, Hornby, Dean, Petitto, Clay and D. Cannon - To Prohibit Ranked Choice Voting in WV - To the Judiciary
HB2409. By Del. Hornby, Funkhouser, Maynor, Willis and Ward - Hospital Price Transparency Act - To Health and Human Resources then the Judiciary
HB2410. By Del. Hornby, Chiarelli, Horst, Crouse, Maynor, Willis and Ward - Safeguard the Right-To-Try Cutting-Edge Medicine Act - To Health and Human Resources then the Judiciary
HB2411. By Del. Hornby, Ellington, Horst, D. Smith, Chiarelli, Willis, Kyle, Crouse, Holstein, Maynor and Statler - To provide and change graduation requirements and change duties relating to academic content standards - To Education
HB2412. By Del. Hansen - Relating to allowing the use of degraded properties as an approved location to place solar panels utilized by power generating units - To Energy and Public Works then Finance
HB2413. By Del. Hansen - Removing cap on numbers of wells operators required to pay annual oversight fee - To Energy and Public Works then Finance
HB2414. By Del. Hansen - Relating to Well Location Restrictions - To Energy and Public Works
HB2415. By Del. Hansen - Increasing transparency in the apportionment process for congressional and legislative districts - To Government Organization then the Judiciary
HB2416. By Del. Hansen - Allowing increased civil administrative penalties to be promulgated by legislative rules of by the Department of Environmental Protection (FN) - To the Judiciary then Finance
HB2417. By Del. Hansen - Relating to requiring disclosure of the lawful activity that is the basis of a permit application with the Department of Environmental Protection - To Energy and Public Works
HB2418. By Del. Hansen and Young - Creating the WV Energy Efficiency Jobs Creation Act - To Energy and Public Works then the Judiciary
HB2419. By Del. Hansen and Young - Establishing a community solar program for subscribers to gain credits against their utility bills - To Energy and Public Works then the Judiciary
HB2420. By Del. Hansen and Young - Relating to power generating plant sites - To Energy and Public Works then Finance
HB2421. By Del. Hansen and Young - Amending surface mining reclamation requirements - To Energy and Public Works then Finance
HB2422. By Del. Chiarelli, Hornby, Willis, D. Smith, McCormick, J. Cannon and Holstein - Require all municipal elections be held on the same election day in November that other state elections are on - To Government Organization then the Judiciary
HB2423. By Del. Sheedy, Horst, Hornby, Stephens, Barnhart, Mallow, Willis, Bridges, Pritt and Foggin - To prohibit compensation for assisting a person to obtain veterans benefits except as permitted under Federal Law - To the Judiciary
HB2424. By Del. Anders, White, Ridenour, Kump, Kimble, T. Howell, Dean and Bridges - Eliminate Governor’s Power for Shutdown - To the Judiciary
HB2425. By Del. Anders, White, Ridenour, Kump, Kimble, T. Howell, Dean and Bridges - Relating to Constitutional Carry - To the Judiciary
HB2426. By Del. Anders, White, Ridenour, Dillon, Kump, Kimble, T. Howell, Dean and Bridges - Relating to illegal immigrants - To the Judiciary
HB2427. By Del. Anders, Kump, White, Kimble, Dillon, Dean and Bridges - Relating to Capitol Carry - To the Judiciary
HB2428. By Del. Anders, White, Ridenour, Kump, T. Howell, Dean and Bridges - Protecting Due Process in Firearm Confiscation Related to Protective Orders - To the Judiciary
HB2429. By Del. Anders, White, Dillon, Kump, Kimble, T. Howell, Dean and Bridges - To require a warrant for DNR officials or officers to enter onto any private property - To the Judiciary
HB2430. By Del. Anders, White, Kimble, Dillon, Dean and Bridges - To create state civil liability for pharmaceutical companies for vaccine injuries from the Covid 19 vaccines - To the Judiciary
HB2431. By Del. Anders, White, Coop-Gonzalez, Kump, Kimble, Dean and Bridges - Fourth Amendment Restoration Act - To the Judiciary
HB2432. By Del. Ridenour, Gearheart, Butler, Funkhouser, Ward, Hillenbrand, Phillips, Kump, Roop, Jennings and Shamblin - Including certain Federal Law enforcement agencies in federal officers' peace-keeping authority statute - To the Judiciary
HB2433. By Del. Hornby, Willis, Crouse, Chiarelli, Heckert and Maynor - Allowing Magistrates under certain circumstances to be able to order a mental evaluation
- To the Judiciary
HB2434. By Del. Hornby, Maynor, Crouse, Willis, Ward, Chiarelli and Holstein - Relating to establishing the Stop Squatters Act - To the Judiciary
HB2435. By Del. Crouse, Moore, Pinson, Drennan, Lucas, White, Horst, Heckert, Brooks, Phillips and Hornby - To repeal a provision of the code relating to the limitation on bringing an action to enter upon or recover lands - To the Judiciary
HB2436. By Del. Horst, Masters, Worrell, W. Clark, Crouse, White, Funkhouser, Leavitt, Bridges, Zatezalo and Moore - Determining Bond requirments for certain crimes - To the Judiciary
HB2437. By Del. Akers, Pritt, Chiarelli, Horst, McCormick, Kyle, T. Howell, Phillips, D. Smith, Maynor and Heckert - Clarification of penalties for offenses involving Fentanyl - To the Judiciary
HB2438. By Del. Toney, Statler, Vance, Ellington, Shamblin, Dittman and Rohrbach - Make all state inmates regardless of sex members of the state convict road force (FN) - To the Judiciary
HB2439. By Del. Toney, Statler, Vance, Ellington, Shamblin, Dittman and Rohrbach - Provide wardens with ability to use inmates to perform work in the upkeep local cemeteries (FN) - To the Judiciary
HB2440. By Del. Hite and Hornby - Relating to the time and place of holding primary elections - To the Judiciary
HB2441. By Del. Street - To make those who fail drug test ineligible for unemployment (FN) - To the Judiciary
HB2442. By Del. Hite, W. Clark, Hornby, D. Smith and Vance - Relating to entry upon or recovery of lands. - To the Judiciary
HB2443. By Del. Hite and Vance - Clarifying where convicted sex offenders may reside. - To the Judiciary
HB2444. By Del. Criss - Relating to limiting financial records of limited video lottery permittees that are subject to examination by Lottery Commission - To the Judiciary
HB2445. By Del. Horst, Masters, Crouse, White, Jennings, Bridges, Mazzocchi, Coop-Gonzalez, Moore, Phillips and Kimble - To remove qualified immunity from officers serving no-knock warrants - To the Judiciary
HB2446. By Del. Horst, Coop-Gonzalez, Masters, Worrell, Jeffries, Crouse, White, Bridges, Mazzocchi, Phillips and Ridenour - Preserving and protecting the right to keep and bear arms - To the Judiciary
HB2447. By Del. Hansen - Relating to modernization of procedures for voting in public elections - To the Judiciary
HB2448. By Del. Anders, White, Coop-Gonzalez, Ridenour, Dillon, Kump, Kimble, T. Howell, Dean and Bridges - Prohibit the shutdown of churches or places of worship - To the Judiciary
HB2449. By Del. Anders, White, Ridenour, Kump, Kimble, Dean and Bridges - End open fields doctrine - To the Judiciary
HB2450. By Del. Anders, White, Ridenour, Kump, Kimble, Dean and Bridges - Relating to the Second Amendment Preservation Act - To the Judiciary
HB2451. By Del. Hornby, Horst, Chiarelli, Willis, Kyle, Green, Brooks, Crouse and Maynor - To facilitate the creation of home-based businesses - To Energy and Public Works
HB2452. By Del. Hornby, Crouse and Willis - Protecting Religious Homeschooling Act (FN) - To Finance
HB2453. By Del. Hornby, Horst, Kyle, Crouse, Willis and Ward - Allow teachers to bank personal and sick days (FN) - To Education then Finance
HB2454. By Del. Hornby, Young, Horst, W. Clark, Willis, Street, Chiarelli, Maynor, D. Smith and Crouse - Relating to clarifying the Right to Farm Act relating to residential agricultural operations and the protection of agriculture - To Government Organization
HB2455. By Del. Hornby, Crouse, Maynor and Willis - Relating to creating the Birth Freedom Act - To Health and Human Resources
HB2456. By Del. Riley, Pinson, Funkhouser, Phillips, Linville, Burkhammer, McGeehan, Kimble, Drennan, Worrell and Hott - Pregnancy Support - To Finance
HB2457. By Del. Horst, Funkhouser, Hornby, Sheedy, Heckert, Masters, Worrell, Jeffries, Crouse, White and Bridges - To require hospitals and or Counties to report costs associated with illegal or undocumented immigrants - To Health and Human Resources
HB2458. By Del. Hornby, Chiarelli, Horst, Sheedy, Crouse, Maynor and Willis - School Board Election Date Act - To Education then the Judiciary
HB2459. By Del. Hornby, Horst, Leavitt, Chiarelli, Willis, Kyle, Brooks, Green, DeVault and Crouse - Relating to WV Secondary School Activities - To Education then the Judiciary
HB2460. By Del. Hornby, Chiarelli, Leavitt, Willis, Green, Brooks, Crouse, Holstein and Maynor - Any state permitting, county regulations or municipality shall treat private schools the same as public schools when it comes to building permits, fees charged, safety standards, waste water management, septic systems, and the timeliness of permitting process - To Education
HB2461. By Del. Anders, White, Coop-Gonzalez, Ridenour, Kump, Kimble, T. Howell, Linville, Dean and Bridges - Relating to prohibiting the use or sale of abortifacients - To Health and Human Resources then the Judiciary
HB2462. By Del. Anders, White, Ridenour, Kump, Kimble, T. Howell, Dean and Bridges - To make April 19th, Patriots Day in West Virginia - To Education
HB2463. By Del. Anders, White, Ridenour, Kump, Kimble, Linville, Dean and Bridges - To make gold, silver, and crypto currency legal tender in WV (FN) - To Finance
HB2464. By Del. Anders, White, Ridenour, Kump, Kimble, Linville, Dean and Bridges - To create the State Bank of West Virginia (FN) - To Finance
HB2465. By Del. Anders, White, Ridenour, Kump, Kimble, Dean and Bridges - To prohibit counties, towns and municipalities from using taxpayer dollars to hire lobbyists to represent them at the State level - To Government Organization then the Judiciary
HB2466. By Del. Anders, White, Ridenour, Kump, Kimble, T. Howell, Dean and Bridges - To eliminate the use of puberty blockers for any minor under the age of 18 - To Health and Human Resources
HB2467. By Del. Anders, White, Dillon, Kimble, T. Howell, Dean and Bridges - To eliminate the Personal Income tax in WV (FN) - To Finance
HB2468. By Del. Anders, White, Coop-Gonzalez, Ridenour, Kimble, Dean and Bridges - To abolish the Department of Economic Development and the cabinet board position - To Government Organization
HB2469. By Del. Anders, White, Dillon, Kump, Kimble, T. Howell, Dean and Bridges - Relating to “Rain Tax” - To Energy and Public Works
HB2470. By Del. Anders, White, Ridenour, Dillon, Kump, Kimble, T. Howell, Dean and Bridges - Providing that a hunting license is only required for public land - To Government Organization
HB2471. By Del. Anders, White, Ridenour, Dillon, Kump, Kimble, T. Howell, Dean and Bridges - Eliminate all state and county subsidies or tax breaks for solar compounds or wind compounds or other renewable energy corporations (FN) - To Energy and Public Works then Finance
HB2472. By Del. Anders, White and Ridenour - Eliminate the ban on baiting in all counties for all game animals - To Government Organization
HB2473. By Del. Criss and Rohrbach - Increasing and maintaining the bracketed tax rates on the privilege of establishing or operating a health maintenance organization - To Finance
HB2474. By Del. Pritt, Moore, Bridges, T. Clark, Stephens, Chiarelli, Brooks, Ferrell, McCormick and Drennan - To provide a 25% pay increase for state school service personnel (all salary scales). - To Finance
HB2475. By Del. Pritt, Clay, T. Clark, Stephens, Chiarelli, Brooks, Ferrell, Crouse, McCormick and Drennan - To provide a raise for special education aides, as well as a raise for self-contained special education teachers. (FN) - To Education then Finance
HB2476. By Del. Pritt, Moore, Bridges, T. Clark, Stephens, Chiarelli, Brooks, Ferrell, McCormick and Drennan - To provide a 25% pay increase for state teachers (all salary scales) - To Education then Finance
HB2477. By Del. Pritt, Moore, Bridges, T. Clark, Stephens, Chiarelli, Brooks, Ferrell, Crouse and Drennan - To increase the COLA by 15% for all retired state employees - To Finance
HB2478. By Del. White, Anders, Ridenour, McGeehan, Kimble, Crouse, Mazzocchi, Willis, Masters, Petitto and W. Clark - Clarifying eligibility for the HOPE Scholarship. - To Education then Finance
HB2479. By Del. Maynor, Petitto, J. Cannon, Hornby, Holstein, Chiarelli, Browning, Jeffries, Gearheart, Roop and Dean - Relating to Management and control of county authority vested in board - To Education
HB2480. By Del. Heckert, Criss, Fehrenbacher, Riley, Green, Foggin and Browning - To consolidate school boards from 55 counties to 11 counties - To Education
HB2481. By Del. Crouse, Moore, Lucas, Horst, White, Heckert, Brooks, Phillips, Hornby, D. Smith and D. Cannon - Businesses in WV must accept cash - To Finance
HB2482. By Del. Horst, Bridges, D. Smith, Funkhouser, Hornby, Sheedy, Masters, Worrell, Jeffries, Crouse and Mazzocchi - To allow youth and handicapped hunters to harvest a buck deer or doe during youth/handicapped special hunts - To Government Organization
HB2483. By Del. Pritt, Brooks and Stephens - Permitting county boards of education to send parents of students who are chronically disruptive the pro-rated amount of their education and to remove them from the school system for a year to continue their education - To Education then Finance
HB2484. By Del. Crouse, Akers, Heckert, Drennan, Phillips, Hornby, Worrell, Mallow, Kelly and Chiarelli - Changing the probationary period from six months to one year for elextricians or mechanics - To Government Organization
HB2485. By Del. Burkhammer - Exempt an existing hospital under certificate of need to move their facility up to 10 miles to a new location - To Health and Human Resources
HB2486. By Del. Pritt, Hornbuckle, Pushkin, Young, Hamilton, Lewis, Garcia, Williams, Fluharty and Hansen - Relating to addressing School Discipline in Public Schools - To Education
HB2487. By Del. Pritt, Crouse and T. Clark - Eliminate Daylight Savings Time in WV
- To Government Organization
HB2488. By Del. Pritt, Brooks, Dittman, Clay, Moore, T. Clark, Chiarelli, Roop, T. Howell and Adkins - Direct the WV DOT to conduct a safety study about suicide deaths on the New River Gorge Bridge and the potential costs and effectiveness of suicide safety nets and suicide safety system installed on the bridge. - To Energy and Public Works
HB2489. By Del. Butler, Moore, Masters, B. Smith, Kimble, T. Howell, Drennan, Hillenbrand, Ridenour, Mazzocchi and Ward - Providing for election reform and protections - To the Judiciary
HB2490. By Del. Pritt, Holstein and Moore - Requiring the West Virginia Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to provide an inmate with one physical copy of their birth certificate and social security card upon release (FN) - To the Judiciary then Finance
HB2491. By Del. Crouse, D. Smith, Jennings, Moore, Horst, Heckert, Phillips, Hornby, Street and Hillenbrand - Relating to conditions on holding online raffles - To the Judiciary
HB2492. By Del. Pritt, Clay, T. Clark and Brooks - Place Correction and Rehab state workers into a separate category from other state workers and increase their salary scales. (FN) - To the Judiciary then Finance
HB2493. By Del. Rohrbach, Fehrenbacher, Hott, D. Smith, Hornby, Green, Phillips, Jeffries, J. Cannon and Riley - Creating the Sound Science in Regulations Act - To Health and Human Resources
HB2494. By Del. Hite, Vance and W. Clark - Relating generally to child labor. - To Government Organization then the Judiciary
HB2495. By Del. Hite and Hornby - Moving the Berkeley County Roundhouse Authority to the Department of Arts, Culture, and History. - To Government Organization
HB2496. By Del. Street - To allow quarterly payments on real estate taxes - To Finance
HB2497. By Del. Hite, W. Clark and Hornby - Mandating executive branch agencies, the State Police, and county boards of education implement a Locality Pay adjustment on July 1, 2026 (FN) - To Finance
HB2498. By Del. Pritt - Relating to utility rate increases - To Energy and Public Works then Finance
HB2499. By Del. Pritt - To require principals to have additional training in certain subjects. - To Education
HB2500. By Del. Pritt - Relating to hiring of teachers - To Education
HB2501. By Del. Roop - Relating to exemptions of property in bankruptcy proceedings - To Finance
HB2502. By Del. Hillenbrand, Crouse, Butler, Shamblin, Hall, Sheedy, Cooper, Linville, Brooks, Rohrbach and Holstein - Establishing limitations on billing practices of Internet or telecommunications providers that fail to provide subscribed customers service for five or more days - To Energy and Public Works then the Judiciary
HB2503. By Del. Burkhammer, Mazzocchi, Hite, Hamilton, Pinson, Worrell, Miller, Pushkin, Petitto, Heckert and Chiarelli - Relating to necessity allowance - To Health and Human Resources then Finance
HB2504. By Del. Pritt - Relating to teacher fundraising - To Education
HB2505. By Del. Pritt - Relating to the tax exemption of a citizen who paid to have a cat or dog spayed or neutered. - To Finance
HB2506. By Del. Linville, Hillenbrand, Sheedy, Clay, Pritt, Butler, Brooks, Hite, Ridenour, Roop and Holstein - Relating to vehicles exempt from payment of registration fees for certain veterans (FN) - To Energy and Public Works then Finance
HB2507. By Del. Toney, Statler, Vance, Ellington, Shamblin, Dittman and Rohrbach - To modify the teacher retirement system so that Tier 2 teachers may use annual/sick leave towards retirement (FN) - To Finance
HB2508. By Del. Toney, Statler, Vance, Ellington, Shamblin and Dittman - Permit beneficiary under the State Teachers Retirement System to convert to the maximum life annuity if the spouse dies within the first five years of the beneficiary’s retirement (FN) - To Finance
HB2509. By Del. Toney, Shamblin, Dittman and Cooper - Relating to increasing the services the sheriff may charge - To Finance
HB2510. By Del. Horst, Phillips, Sheedy, Moore, Bridges, Crouse, Hornby, Heckert, Masters, Worrell and Jeffries - To allow for the use of drones with thermal imaging for the recovery of big game. - To Government Organization
HB2511. By Del. Linville, Hillenbrand, Sheedy, Clay, Butler, Hite, Ridenour, D. Smith, Roop and Kimble - Relating to charitable bingo and alcohol sales and consumption while such bingo is taking places - To the Judiciary
HB2512. By Del. Toney, Vance, Cooper, Shamblin and Dittman - Creating three separate job titles for school bus operators (FN) - To Education then Finance
HB2513. By Del. Toney and Vance - Enahancing training requirements for county boards of education members - To Education
HB2514. By Del. Ellington, Statler, Hornby, Crouse, Willis, Dittman, Toney and Campbell - To remove reference to one-time reports that have already been given. - To Education
HB2515. By Del. Ellington, Statler, Hornby, Crouse, Willis, Dittman, Toney and Campbell - Relating to elementary behavior intervention and safety - To Education
HB2516. By Del. Ellington, Statler, Hornby, Crouse, Willis, Dittman, Toney and Campbell - To repeal antiquated and inoperative portions of code. - To Education
HB2517. By Del. Kimble, White, Anders, Coop-Gonzalez, Masters, Mazzocchi, T. Howell, Butler, Jeffries, Phillips and McGeehan - Relating to voluntary private school immunization - To Health and Human Resources
HB2518. By Del. Anders, White, Ridenour, Dean and Bridges - Eliminate state taxes on tobacco, vape, alcohol products, and gambling - To Finance
HB2519. By Del. Toney, Ellington, Vance, Shamblin, Dittman and Cooper - Raising salaries for school service personnel (FN) - To Education then Finance
HB2520. By Del. Toney, Vance and Cooper - Changing the recommended guidelines for full-day and half-day cooks to the minimum ratio of one cook for every 110 meals (FN) - To Education then Finance
HB2521. By Del. Toney, Vance, Ellington, Shamblin, Dittman and Cooper - To provide a 5% cost of living increase for state retirees who make under $60,000 per year (FN) - To Finance
HB2522. By Del. Toney, Vance, Ellington, Shamblin, Dittman, Cooper and Rohrbach - Modifying the West Virginia State Police Retirement System (FN) - To Finance
HB2523. By Del. Riley - Eliminate double taxation on foreign income at the state level (FN) - To Finance
HB2524. By Del. Steele - Providing that a municipal services user fee may not be imposed on employees of the state - To Finance
HB2525. By Del. Coop-Gonzalez, Anders, White, Kump, Chiarelli, Brooks, T. Clark, Ridenour, Horst, Foggin and Leavitt - Relating to the display of the Ten Commandments in public schools - To Education then the Judiciary