HOUSE OF DELEGATES
BILLS TO BE INTRODUCED
Thursday, February 20, 2025
HB2636. By Del. Barnhart, Stephens, Shamblin and Ferrell - To allow municipalities to re-bid a project if a contractor is deemed to not be reputable - To Government Organization
HB2637. By Del. Barnhart, Shamblin, Stephens and Ferrell - Raising the threshold bid for county governments - To Government Organization then Local Governments
HB2638. By Del. Cooper, Heckert and Toney - Relating to child custody - To the Judiciary
HB2639. By Del. Cooper and Heckert - Prohibit use of calculators in grades K through 6 - To Education
HB2640. By Del. Cooper, Heckert, Toney and Roop - Changing the age requirement for State Troopers - To the Judiciary
HB2641. By Del. Fehrenbacher, Crouse, Hall, Barnhart, Heckert, Holstein, G. Howell, Dittman, Moore and Drennan - Provide a tax credit to for-profit and nonprofit corporations to encourage the continued operation of child-care facilities for the benefit of their employees - To Finance
HB2642. By Del. Maynor, Riley, Rohrbach, Hornby, Fehrenbacher and Barnhart - Relating to establishing a commercial property assessed capital expenditure financing program for localities - To Finance
HB2643. By Del. Gearheart, D. Smith, Hornby, Pritt, Ellington, Brooks, Ridenour and Butler - Providing guidelines for the West Virginia Parkways Authority to cease tolls on the West Virginia Turnpike upon completion of all bond payments - To Energy and Public Works then Finance then Enviroment, Infrastructure, and Technology
HB2644. By Del. Gearheart, Hornby, Ellington, Pritt and Brooks - Ensure State Road Construction Account funds are in addition to general highways funds provided to the DOT districts - To Energy and Public Works then Finance
HB2645. By Del. Gearheart, D. Smith, Ridenour, Ellington, Pritt, Brooks and Butler - Requiring certain non-discretionary procedures be strictly complied with by the West Virginia Parkways Authority before tolls, rents, fees or charges may be increased (FN) - To Energy and Public Works
HB2646. By Del. Gearheart, Canterbury, Hornby, Pritt, Ellington, Foggin, Drennan, Butler, Brooks, Ridenour and Funkhouser - To permit students in eighth and ninth grade to attend summer school in order to raise their grades and establish academic eligibility to play sports in the fall. - To Education
HB2647. By Del. Gearheart and Drennan - To repeal the provision allowing for students to transfer from one school to another without losing eligibility. - To Education
HB2648. By Del. Gearheart, D. Smith, Ellington and Brooks - Establishing certain tenant protections and landlord notice requirements at rental properties - To the Judiciary
HB2649. By Del. Gearheart, Canterbury, Hornby, Pritt, Ellington, Butler, Brooks, Ridenour and Funkhouser - Relating to adding elementary schools into school disciplinary measures - To Education
HB2650. By Del. Horst, Masters, D. Smith, Coop-Gonzalez, Hornby, Worrell, Maynor, Crouse, White and Bridges - To allow those with a concealed carry license to carry a concealed handgun in public school property and buildings. - To Education then the Judiciary
HB2651. By Del. Horst, Hornby, Heckert, Sheedy, Masters, Worrell, Maynor, W. Clark, Crouse, White and Statler - Making administration employees at the local board of education at will and pleasure employees - To Education
HB2652. By Del. Horst, Bridges, Funkhouser, White, W. Clark, Jeffries, Masters, Hornby, Worrell, Maynor and Crouse - To create the Protection of Shared Physical and Digital Property from Warrantless Searches Act
- To the Judiciary
HB2653. By Del. Akers and Lewis - Updating the West Virginia Law Institute - To the Judiciary
HB2654. By Del. Brooks and Green - To create the Food Safety Act - To Health and Human Resources then the Judiciary
HB2655. By Del. Pritt and Moore - To require all stop lights in WV to be reprogrammed to add a 3 second pause between when one set of lights turns red and the opposite set of lights turns green (FN) - To Energy and Public Works
HB2656. By Del. Pritt and T. Clark - To prohibit people taking their animals into a grocery store or a store that sells food if that animal is not a registered service animal - To the Judiciary
HB2657. By Del. Cooper, Heckert and Toney - Allow county school boards provide school on Saturday for students with failing grades - To Education then Finance
HB2658. By Del. Drennan, Crouse, Mallow, Butler, Rohrbach, Leavitt, Akers and Pinson - To make the fire board or county commission responsible for the operations of every fire department within their county - To Government Organization
HB2659. By Del. W. Clark, D. Smith, Riley, Kyle, Hall, Willis and Lucas - Adding a special permit for a non-profit entity to be a qualified permit holder in a private outdoor designated area - To Government Organization then Agriculture, Commerce and Tourism
HB2660. By Del. Funkhouser, Ridenour, W. Clark, Masters, Hornby and D. Cannon - Amending the duties of a purchaser to secure a deed - To Finance
HB2661. By Del. Burkhammer - Providing equal share of funds from the fire and casualty premium tax to part volunteer departments - To the Judiciary then Finance
HB2662. By Del. Masters, Hornby, Butler, Horst, Maynor, Mallow and Kimble - To create a felony vehicular homicide and Aggravated vehicular homicide - To the Judiciary
HB2663. By Del. Gearheart, Canterbury, Hornby and Butler - Relating to “unencumbered” special revenue accounts to be surrendered to general revenue under certain circumstances (FN) - To Finance
HB2664. By Del. Gearheart, D. Smith, Hornby, Ellington and Brooks - Require county school boards to have members elected per district (FN) - To the Judiciary
HB2665. By Del. Gearheart, Canterbury, Hornby and Brooks - Requiring 50 percent of all reappropriated revenue accounts to be surrendered to general revenue - To Finance
HB2666. By Del. Gearheart, Brooks, Ridenour and Funkhouser - To allow landowners to pay hunters to hunt their property (FN) - To Government Organization then Agriculture, Commerce and Tourism
HB2667. By Del. Gearheart, D. Smith, Hornby, Brooks, Ridenour and Butler - Requiring the approval of the Legislature and the Governor before additional bonds may be issued by the Parkways Authority (FN) - To Energy and Public Works then Finance then Enviroment, Infrastructure, and Technology
HB2668. By Del. Statler and Ellington - Requiring students in public high schools to complete a course of computer science instruction - To Education then Public Education
HB2669. By Del. Statler and Ellington - Allow off duty law enforcement officers to carry concealed weapons at public schools and at public school events. - To the Judiciary
HB2670. By Del. Funkhouser, W. Clark, Lucas, Ferrell, Butler, Horst, Hillenbrand, Miller, Masters, Ridenour and Browning - To double the homestead tax exemption - To Finance
HB2671. By Del. Funkhouser, Rohrbach, B. Smith, Ferrell, Butler, Hillenbrand, Masters, Miller, Ridenour, Flanigan and Browning - Creating an income tax deduction for gym memberships - To Finance
HB2672. By Del. Pritt - Requiring all hospitals and medical offices to send a notice to all former or current patients when they turn 18, informing them that if they have had any negative or adverse side effects of a procedure that was performed on them as a child to contact the hospital or office to inform them of the issue - To Health and Human Resources then the Judiciary
HB2673. By Del. Anders, White, Ridenour, Dillon, Kump, Kimble, Dean and Bridges - To require a guilty verdict, before any property of any type are taken from an individual - To the Judiciary
HB2674. By Del. Statler and Ellington - Allow licensed substitute and full time teachers to serve as parent volunteers without an additional background check. - To Education
HB2675. By Del. Gearheart, D. Smith, Brooks, Butler and Ridenour - Eliminating the authority of the West Virginia Parkways Authority to issue further parkway revenue, parkway revenue refunding, or special obligation bonds after July 1, 2024 - To Energy and Public Works then Finance then Enviroment, Infrastructure, and Technology
HB2676. By Del. Gearheart, Hornby, Butler and Drennan - Eliminating specific statutory restrictions on outdoor advertisement - To the Judiciary
HB2677. By Del. Gearheart, D. Smith, Hornby, Ellington, Brooks, Funkhouser, Drennan and Ridenour - To prohibit cell phone possession and usage by students during instructional time in grades K-12. - To Education
HB2678. By Del. Gearheart, Canterbury, Hornby, Ellington, Brooks, Funkhouser, Drennan, Butler and Ridenour - Relating to school zones of public or private schools - To Energy and Public Works
HB2679. By Del. Pritt - To allow for the reinstatement of retired Deputy Sheriffs to their former departments to aid in alleviating personnel shortages and to allow for those with decades of experience and knowledge to continue to serve their communities - To the Judiciary
HB2680. By Del. Gearheart, Funkhouser and Butler - Create a prison work pilot program (FN) - To the Judiciary then Finance
HB2681. By Del. Pritt, Brooks, Hillenbrand, Barnhart, Willis, Crouse, Canterbury, Eldridge, Hornby, Shamblin and Clay - Require all students to be taught how to properly handle, fold, treat, honor, display, and retire the American flag - To Education
HB2682. By Del. Pritt, Hornbuckle, Vance, Bridges, Holstein, Mazzocchi, Adkins, Hansen, Young, Eldridge and Canterbury - Modifying the Occupational Pneumoconiois award categories for Worker’s Compensation - To the Judiciary
HB2683. By Del. Hillenbrand, Akers, Funkhouser, Horst, Ridenour, White, Brooks, Moore, Holstein, Kimble and Maynor - To prohibit rank choice voting - To the Judiciary
HB2684. By Del. Pritt - To provide compensation to those who have been adversely affected by the actions of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeal’s Judicial Investigative Committee - To the Judiciary then Finance
HB2685. By Del. Pritt - To provide Sheriffs across the State of West Virginia the authority and discretion to appoint a qualified person to the position of Deputy Chief - To the Judiciary
HB2686. By Del. Pritt - Authorizing municipalities to place signage on state roads within their municipal jurisdiction and boundaries. - To Energy and Public Works then Enviroment, Infrastructure, and Technology
HB2687. By Del. Pritt - Relating to the Waiving of Certain DMV Fees for Volunteer Firefighters (FN) - To Energy and Public Works then Finance
HB2688. By Del. Bridges, Dean, Vance, Pritt, Ward, Sheedy, Horst, Stephens, Foggin, Barnhart and Hornby - Abolish the tax on overtime pay (FN) - To Finance
HB2689. By Del. Chiarelli, Pritt, Jeffries, Mazzocchi, Akers, Kimble, Phillips, Mallow, Street, Maynor and Funkhouser - Require pornography websites to utilize age verification methods to prevent minors from accessing content - To the Judiciary
HB2690. By Del. W. Clark, Fehrenbacher, Jeffries, Burkhammer, Hite, Ellington, Rohrbach and J. Cannon - Dental Insurance Transparency Act - To Finance
HB2691. By Del. White, Anders, Ridenour, Coop-Gonzalez, McGeehan, Kimble, Crouse, Kump, Mazzocchi, Dittman and Masters - To allow teachers and school employees to carry a firearm with a concealed carry permit - To Education then the Judiciary
HB2692. By Del. Young - Safe storage of firearms - To the Judiciary
HB2693. By Del. McGeehan - Relating to the management of personal service appropriations for vacant positions (FN) - To Government Organization then Finance then Government Adminstration
HB2694. By Del. Criss - Relating to the amount deposited into the State Lottery Fund for costs and expenses of administering the article - To Finance
HB2695. By Del. Maynor, Roop, Brooks, Toney, Willis and Hornby - Raleigh County Economic Opportunity Development District - To Finance
HB2696. By Del. Statler, Ellington and Toney - Relating to the West Virginia Supreme Court’s power to promulgate rules allowing for the limited practice of law by nonlawyers - To the Judiciary
HB2697. By Del. Dittman, Moore, Drennan, Pritt, Crouse, Mazzocchi, Petitto, Willis, Chiarelli, Stephens and Miller - To prohibit colleges, universities, and community colleges to charge for students for transcripts - To Education then Finance
HB2698. By Del. Horst, Crouse, Ridenour, Bridges, Masters, Worrell, Jeffries, White, Leavitt, Petitto and Miller - To repeal the requirement for automobile inspection. (FN) - To Government Organization then Finance
HB2699. By Del. Horst, Ridenour, Hornby, Masters, Crouse, White, Petitto, Bridges and Miller - To eliminate the dog tax (FN) - To Finance
HB2700. By Del. Horst, Ridenour, Masters, Crouse, White, Petitto, Miller and Bridges - To modify requirements of Funeral Service Directors/Embalmers - To Government Organization
HB2701. By Del. Horst - Relating to exempting a neighborhood hospital from certificate of need - To Health and Human Resources
HB2702. By Del. Akers and Maynor - Relating to vacancies in offices of state officials - To the Judiciary
HB2703. By Del. Funkhouser, Ridenour and Hornby - Requiring the Commissioner of Highways to develop a formula for allocating road funds among districts - To Energy and Public Works then Finance
HB2704. By Del. Funkhouser, Horst, Ridenour, Hornby, W. Clark, White, Hillenbrand, D. Cannon and Kyle - Revising the reimbursement and transportation process for post mental health involuntary commitment - To Health and Human Resources then the Judiciary
HB2705. By Del. Barnhart, Stephens, Shamblin, Foggin, Ferrell and Lucas - To allow Tier II teachers to be able to bank unused sick time towards retirement (FN) - To Finance
HB2706. By Del. Barnhart and Stephens - Providing that ad valorem taxes on oil and gas mineral rights shall only be assessed in the county where the property is physically located, regardless of where the well pad is located - To Finance
HB2707. By Del. W. Clark - Creating the Mountain Bike Responsibility Act - To the Judiciary
HB2708. By Del. Vance and Ferrell - To allow for the WVSSAC to pull coaching certificates of coaches who are found guilty of illegal recruiting - To Education then the Judiciary
HB2709. By Del. Akers, Crouse, Leavitt, Petitto, Shamblin, Hall, Drennan, Jeffries and J. Cannon - Permitting a voter with a change of address to vote in his or her new precinct without having to cast a provisional ballot - To the Judiciary
HB2710. By Del. Akers and Fehrenbacher - Truth in Giving - To the Judiciary
HB2711. By Del. Akers, Criss, Hott and Barnhart - Relating to the repeal of the common law rule against perpetuities by extending it to 1,000 years for all trusts - To the Judiciary
HB2712. By Del. White, Anders, Coop-Gonzalez, McGeehan, Ridenour, Ward, Dillon and Burkhammer - Removing abortion exemptions for rape and incest - To Health and Human Resources then the Judiciary
HB2713. By Del. Ward, Anders, Stephens, Bridges, T. Clark and Jennings - Relating to Pollution Control Facilities Tax treatment and Wind Power Projects (FN) - To Energy and Public Works then Finance
HB2714. By Del. Ward, Anders, Stephens, Bridges, T. Clark and Jennings - Establish setback from residential properties for new windmills being constructed throughout the state. - To Energy and Public Works then the Judiciary
HB2715. By Del. Ward, Stephens and Sheedy - Relating to county dog wardens - To Government Organization then Local Governments
HB2716. By Del. Barnhart, Bridges and Foggin - Create a credit against the severance tax to encourage private companies to make infrastructure improvements to highways, roads and bridges in this state (FN) - To Energy and Public Works then Finance then Economic Development
HB2717. By Del. Crouse, Dean, Horst, White, Brooks, Hornby, Masters, Amos, Petitto, Clay and T. Howell - To eliminate the process of vehicle inspection in West Virginia (FN) - To Energy and Public Works then Finance
HB2718. By Del. McGeehan, Hanshaw (Mr. Speaker), Masters, Worrell, Horst, Funkhouser, J. Cannon and Hornby - Relating to creating a State Advisory Council on Establishing a Military College (FN) - To Government Organization
HB2719. By Del. Hornby, Criss, Riley, J. Cannon, McCormick, Hillenbrand, Horst, Hite, Worrell, Crouse and Maynor - Campaign finance and reporting - To the Judiciary