HOUSE OF DELEGATES

BILLS TO BE INTRODUCED

Tuesday, February 18, 2025

HB2001. By Del. Hanshaw (Mr. Speaker) and Hornbuckle [By Request of the Executive] - Universal Professional and Occupational Licensing Act of 2025 - To Government Organization

HB2002. By Del. Hanshaw (Mr. Speaker) and Hornbuckle [By Request of the Executive] - Establishing One Stop Shop Permitting Process - To Energy and Public Works

HB2003. By Del. Hanshaw (Mr. Speaker) [By Request of the Executive] - Prohibiting Cell phones in class - To Education

HB2004. By Del. Hanshaw (Mr. Speaker) [By Request of the Executive] - Relating to Vaccine Requeirements - To Health and Human Resources

HB2005. By Del. Hanshaw (Mr. Speaker) [By Request of the Executive] - Ending DEI Programs - To Government Organization then Education

HB2006. By Del. Hanshaw (Mr. Speaker) [By Request of the Executive] - Defining Men and Women - To the Judiciary

HB2007. By Del. Hanshaw (Mr. Speaker) [By Request of the Executive] - Repeal Certificate of Need Process - To Health and Human Resources

HB2008. By Del. Hanshaw (Mr. Speaker) and Hornbuckle [By Request of the Executive] - Executive Branch Reorganization  - To Government Organization

HB2526. By Del. Foggin, W. Clark, Sheedy, McGeehan, Coop-Gonzalez, Hillenbrand, Ridenour, Roop, Pritt, Kyle and Heckert - Requiring usage of restrooms in public schools be based upon biological sex - To the Judiciary

HB2527. By Del. Brooks, Green, Pritt and Kump - To create a tuition reimbursement program for Corrections employees. (FN) - To Education then Finance

HB2528. By Del. Brooks and Pritt - To permit students in Christian schools at the elementary and middle school level to participate in county level sport tournaments - To Education

HB2529. By Del. Brooks, Green, Hillenbrand, Foggin, Masters, Pritt, Kump, Anders and Canterbury - Prohibit the requirement of a COVID-19 vaccination as a prerequisite for any state funded program or activity - To Health and Human Resources

HB2530. By Del. Brooks, Hillenbrand, Foggin, Masters, Pritt, McCormick, Kump and Canterbury - To allow for the deportation of illegal aliens to sanctuary city locations across the country. - To the Judiciary then Finance

HB2531. By Del. Brooks, Green, Foggin, Pritt, Masters and Kump - Increasing the Homestead Property Tax Exemption (FN) - To Finance

HB2532. By Del. Brooks, Pritt, Masters, Kump and Anders - Exempt those with 25 years holding an insurance license from attaining additional CEUs - To Finance

HB2533. By Del. Brooks, Green, Foggin, Pritt, McCormick, Masters and Kump - To require drug testing of foster parents prior to child placement. (FN) - To Health and Human Resources then the Judiciary

HB2534. By Del. Brooks, Green, Foggin, Pritt, Masters and Kump - Creating  Persons with Disabilities Registry (FN) - To Health and Human Resources then the Judiciary

HB2535. By Del. Brooks, Pritt, Kump and Mazzocchi - Creating additional sentences for convicted inmates who test positive for illegal substances or who are found to be in possession of illegal or controlled substances - To the Judiciary

HB2536. By Del. Brooks, Green, Foggin, Pritt, Masters, Kump and Mazzocchi - Require full cash bail for offenders who are rearrested for certain crimes while out on bond and enhanced criminal penalties  - To the Judiciary

HB2537. By Del. Brooks, Green, Foggin, Pritt and Kump - To make the posting of a summons in a conspicuous place on rental property acceptable service when a tenant is unavailable for personal service - To the Judiciary

HB2538. By Del. Brooks, Green, Foggin, McCormick, Masters, Kump and Anders - To exempt retired DNR Law Enforcement Division officers from paying state tax on pension payments (FN) - To Finance

HB2539. By Del. Brooks, Green, Foggin, Pritt, Masters, Kump and Anders - Provide 25% Discount to WV Residents using State Parks (FN) - To Finance

HB2540. By Del. Brooks, Green, Hillenbrand, Foggin, Maynor, Roop, B. Smith, Masters, Clay and Kump - State to reimburse county for inmate costs when conviction results in credit for time served (FN) - To Finance

HB2541. By Del. Brooks, Hillenbrand, Pritt, Masters, Kump, Anders and Canterbury - Provisions for election observers during any election and at any voting or ballot-reviewing and ballot-counting location within West Virginia  (FN) - To the Judiciary

HB2542. By Del. Brooks, Pritt, Green, Masters, Kump, Mazzocchi and Canterbury - Requiring child protective services (“CPS”) workers to record, via audio, all interactions during CPS visits. - To Health and Human Resources then the Judiciary

HB2543. By Del. Leavitt, McGeehan, Phillips, Rohrbach, Green, Hornby, Gearheart, D. Cannon, Akers, Ferrell and Maynor - Requiring economic impact statements for certain legislative rules - To Government Organization then Finance

HB2544. By Del. White, Anders, Ridenour, McGeehan, Crouse, Kump, Petitto, Hite, Hornby, Parsons and Dillon - To remove restrictions for supervising physicians for Nurse practioners or physician assistants in West Virginia - To Health and Human Resources

HB2545. By Del. Foggin, Sheedy and Roop - Allow corporal punishment in schools - To Education

HB2546. By Del. Foggin, Roop and Pritt - Eliminate Daylight Savings time in WV - To Government Organization

HB2547. By Del. Foggin, Lucas, Sheedy, Roop, Pritt, Heckert, Clay, Hall, Horst, Brooks and Willis - Raise cost of living threshold for retired municipal police officers

 (FN) - To Finance

HB2548. By Del. Hornby, Willis, Riley, Ellington, McGeehan, Phillips, Statler, Akers, Maynor, Chiarelli and Heckert - To bring the West Virginia Department of Education (WVDE) under rulemaking review of the Legislature - To Education

HB2549. By Del. Funkhouser, Ridenour and Linville - Change the term of the office of sheriff from 4 years to 6 years - To the Judiciary

HB2550. By Del. Funkhouser, Anders and Ridenour - Modifying the process by which a Defendant is entitled to a trial by jury in municipal court - To the Judiciary

HB2551. By Del. Foggin, Roop and Pritt - Increase criminal penalties for trespassing livestock - To the Judiciary

HB2552. By Del. Vance, Jeffries, Dean, Toney and Bridges - To provide a reduction of the tax for companies who have 75% or more of their workforce as West Virginia residents (FN) - To Finance

HB2553. By Del. Vance, Jeffries, Dean, Toney and Bridges - To exempt the first $20,000 of earnings from the state income tax for West Virginia residents (FN) - To Finance

HB2554. By Del. Vance, Jeffries and Dean - To require all West Virginia high school students to pass a Civics examination and the United States Naturalization Examination  (FN) - To Education

HB2555. By Del. Hansen and Young - Revising ethical standards for the public service commission - To Energy and Public Works then the Judiciary

HB2556. By Del. Burkhammer and Pinson - Relating to qualified immunity for employees of private child welfare agencies - To the Judiciary

HB2557. By Del. Linville, Chiarelli, Flanigan and Funkhouser - Remote Patient Outcome Improvement Act - To Health and Human Resources

HB2558. By Del. Linville, Flanigan, Funkhouser and Holstein - Requiring cooperation between the rail company and the Division of Highways when construction or maintenance activities are conducted by the company (FN) - To Energy and Public Works then the Judiciary

HB2559. By Del. Linville - Authorizing Division of Highways transfer of spending authority between appropriations - To Finance

HB2560. By Del. Linville, Browning, Chiarelli and Flanigan - Creating Infrastructure Ready Jurisdictions - To Energy and Public Works

HB2561. By Del. Linville, Funkhouser, Coop-Gonzalez, Chiarelli and Browning - Relating to municipal home rule appeals (FN) - To Government Organization then the Judiciary

HB2562. By Del. Linville, Chiarelli, Flanigan, Holstein, Anders, Masters and Funkhouser - Remove sales tax on gun safes and certain firearm safety devices (FN) - To Finance

HB2563. By Del. Linville, Chiarelli, Flanigan, Funkhouser and Browning - Provide that someone guilty of a crime where victim was a police officer in performance of duties is ineligible for parole - To the Judiciary

HB2564. By Del. Linville, Flanigan, Anders, Coop-Gonzalez and Browning - Relating generally to the Business and Public Area Libability Protection Act - To the Judiciary

HB2565. By Del. Linville, Chiarelli, Flanigan, Anders, Coop-Gonzalez, Funkhouser and Browning - Municipalities may not assess a user fee when employee was not present in the municipality in the performance of his or her job (FN) - To the Judiciary

HB2566. By Del. Riley - Relating generally to allowing the Supreme Court of Appeals discretion to create uniform pay scales for all levels of judicial support staff.  (FN) - To Government Organization

HB2567. By Del. Brooks, Foggin, Ridenour and Clay - Allowing death penalty for intentionally killing law-enforcement officer or first responder in line of duty (FN) - To the Judiciary then Finance

HB2568. By Del. Brooks, Green, Foggin, Masters, Clay, Toney and Kump - Eliminate net metering in WV  - To Energy and Public Works

HB2569. By Del. Brooks, Green and Pritt - To provide a tax credit for businesses who utilize recycling programs or recycling facilities (FN) - To Finance

HB2570. By Del. Brooks and Green - To enable National Park Service Officers to enforce WV and local laws in the National Parks in this state. - To the Judiciary

HB2571. By Del. Brooks, Green and Foggin - Create mechanism for towing companies in WV to quickly access owner information. - To Government Organization

HB2572. By Del. Brooks, Foggin, Pritt and Masters - To eliminate the restriction of hunting bears over bait - To Government Organization

HB2573. By Del. Coop-Gonzalez, McGeehan, Ridenour, Sheedy and Street - To amend the state tax code to provide an exemption from state income tax for families with four or more children - To Finance

HB2574. By Del. Coop-Gonzalez, Dillon, Funkhouser, Ridenour, Sheedy, Hillenbrand and Street - Relating to nondiscrimination at institutions of higher education - To Education then the Judiciary

HB2575. By Del. Hall, Pinson, Drennan, Stephens and Heckert - Relating to the establishment of a full-time Dementia Services Director position. - To Health and Human Resources

HB2576. By Del. Statler, Chiarelli, Worrell, Amos, Lucas, Linville, Riley, Ellington, Maynor, J. Cannon and McCormick - NIL Protection Act - To Education then the Judiciary

HB2577. By Del. White, Anders, Ridenour, Masters and Petitto - Reducing the amount of time someone can receive unemployment - To Finance

HB2578. By Del. White, Anders, Ridenour, Kump and Masters - Family Child Care Home Registration Requirements  - To Health and Human Resources

HB2579. By Del. Sheedy - To place a $1.00 charge on Uber, Lyft, Uber Eats, Door Dash, and all like services with the proceeds to be disbursed to the WVDOH and equally applied to each Counties Annual Budget - To Finance

HB2580. By Del. Sheedy - Exempting honorably discharged Veterans from “Hunter Safety Course” requirement for WV Hunting License - To Government Organization

HB2581. By Del. Sheedy - To eliminate additional fee from the WVDMV for honorably discharged veterans for “Veteran” vehicle registration plate (FN) - To Energy and Public Works then Finance

HB2582. By Del. Sheedy - Restoring the Rule of 80 for all State Employees.  - To Finance

HB2583. By Del. Sheedy - Relating generally to the modification of vehicle tires. - To Energy and Public Works

HB2584. By Del. Sheedy - Elimination of Statewide Contracts that are awarded to out of state vendors  (FN) - To Government Organization

HB2585. By Del. Sheedy - Relating generally to DOH employees.  (FN) - To Finance

HB2586. By Del. Sheedy - Requiring ten percent of all state revenues derived from sales tax, excise tax, severance tax, or generated by any other means be placed in General Revenue and returned to the County Division of Highways (FN) - To Finance

HB2587. By Del. Sheedy - Relating generally to “Flagger Ahead” signs and flaggers on public roads in the State of West Virginia. - To Energy and Public Works

HB2588. By Del. Sheedy - Requiring any motorized conveyance operating 10 MPH below the posted speed limit on any public road in the state to display emergency flashers. - To Energy and Public Works

HB2589. By Del. Sheedy - Relating generally to asphalt grindings or millings from any WVDOH Right of Way - To Energy and Public Works

HB2590. By Del. McGeehan, Anders, White, Chiarelli and Pritt - Exempting law-enforcement officers from payment of income and personal property taxes (FN) - To Finance

HB2591. By Del. McGeehan, Anders, White, Coop-Gonzalez, Dillon, Chiarelli and Pritt - Defend the Guard Act (FN) - To the Judiciary

HB2592. By Del. McGeehan, Anders, White and Pritt - Right to keep and bear arms - To the Judiciary

HB2593. By Del. McGeehan, Hornby, Anders, J. Cannon, Willis, Linville, Street and Pritt - Relating to the limitations on the financial relationships with foreign entities that have values antithetical to those of the State of West Virginia (FN) - To Government Organization then the Judiciary

HB2594. By Del. McGeehan and Anders - Relating to the hunting of coyotes - To Government Organization

HB2595. By Del. Riley, Ellington, Maynor, J. Cannon, Fehrenbacher, McCormick, Rohrbach, Chiarelli, Statler, Browning and Lucas - Non Profit Athletics Act - To Education then the Judiciary