HOUSE OF DELEGATES

BILLS TO BE INTRODUCED

Monday, February 24, 2025

HB2727. By Del. Canterbury, Zatezalo, Cooper, Campbell, Marple, Stephens, Kump, G. Howell, Anderson, Linville and Rohrbach - Require at least one person of the WVU Board of Governors and of the West Virginia State University with a background in agriculture or agricultural field - To Education

HB2813. By Del. Amos and Browning - Limiting the amount of carbohydrates served to children during a school day to a total of 75g per day - To Education

HB2814. By Del. Ridenour, Butler, Mazzocchi, Foggin, DeVault, Jennings, Mallow, Ward, Burkhammer, Dillon and T. Howell - Creating plans to protect West Virginia from major crises - To Government Organization

HB2815. By Del. Funkhouser, Hornby, Holstein, Street, Roop, Ridenour, Bridges, Dean and Vance - Raise the Penalties for Murder and attempted Murder - To the Judiciary

HB2816. By Del. Funkhouser, Ridenour, Horst, J. Cannon, Linville and Masters - Relating to clarifying secondary sources are not the law and public policy of West Virginia in certain instances - To the Judiciary

HB2817. By Del. Funkhouser, Flanigan, Ridenour, Horst and Linville - To require that political action committees (“PACs”) have the same reporting requirement as candidates for public office.  - To the Judiciary

HB2818. By Del. D. Cannon - Requiring county economic development committee members be state residents. - To Government Organization

HB2819. By Del. Crouse and White - Creating penalties for county and state boards of education for providing misinformation to parents, custodians, reviewers, or any other individual through any form of communication - To Education then the Judiciary

HB2820. By Del. Young - To allow patients to refuse residents and medical students from observing or performing medical care on patients - To Health and Human Resources

HB2821. By Del. Young and Lewis - Provide for statewide participation in the federal Community Eligibility Provision for its duration - To Education then Finance

HB2822. By Del. Young and Lewis - Relating to the Disconnection of Residential Utility during a State of Emergency  - To Energy and Public Works then the Judiciary

HB2823. By Del. Young - Permitting anyone over 65 to vote absentee - To the Judiciary

HB2824. By Del. Young and Hamilton - Requiring medical insurance providers to include infertility services in their policies (FN) - To Health and Human Resources then Finance

HB2825. By Del. Young, Lewis and Hamilton - Establish food desert produce pilot program (FN) - To Government Organization

HB2826. By Del. Young and Hamilton - Creating the Katherine Johnson and Dorothy Vaughan Fair Pay Act - To the Judiciary

HB2827. By Del. Young - Relating to wholesale importation of prescription drugs (FN) - To Health and Human Resources then Government Organization

HB2828. By Del. Young - Relating to landlord and tenant - To the Judiciary

HB2829. By Del. Young - Relating to statute of limitations for discrimination - To the Judiciary

HB2830. By Del. Young and Lewis - Small Business Investment Grant Fund (FN) - To Finance

HB2831. By Del. Young and Lewis - Creating the Prescription Drug Affordability Board - To Health and Human Resources then Finance

HB2832. By Del. Young, Lewis and Hansen - Remove felonies from reason to disqualify from voting - To the Judiciary

HB2833. By Del. Young and Hamilton - Hunger-Free Campus Act (FN) - To Education then Finance

HB2834. By Del. White, Anders, Ridenour, Coop-Gonzalez, Parsons, B. Smith, T. Howell, Pinson and Dillon - Requiring moment of silence at beginning of each school day - To Education then the Judiciary

HB2835. By Del. Linville, J. Cannon, Phillips, Hillenbrand, Bridges, Holstein and Moore - Relating to creating the West Virginia Infrastructure Deployment Clearinghouse (FN) - To Energy and Public Works

HB2836. By Del. Rohrbach, Hornby, Amos, Funkhouser, Browning, Chiarelli, Holstein, Bridges, Pritt, Pinson and Dean - Relating to wild animal rehabilitation permits (FN) - To Government Organization

HB2837. By Del. Mazzocchi - Relating to clarifying the amount of experience required in the hiring of professional education personnel - To Education

HB2838. By Del. Young - To mandate county boards of education to provide feminine hygiene products in all public elementary, middle, and high schools for female students - To Education then Finance

HB2839. By Del. Pritt, Dittman, Young, Adkins, Moore, Drennan, Ferrell, Hamilton, Crouse, Petitto and Rohrbach - To mandate county boards of education to provide feminine hygiene products in all public elementary, middle, and high schools for female students (FN) - To Education then Finance

HB2840. By Del. Pritt and Stephens - Relating to critical vacancies in public education  - To Education

HB2841. By Del. Pritt and Crouse - To determine the salaries of all county Superintendent of Scholl based on population.  (FN) - To Education then Finance

HB2842. By Del. Young - Establish Food Waste Task Force (FN) - To Health and Human Resources then Government Organization

HB2843. By Del. Young - Relating to vintage distilled spirits - To the Judiciary

HB2844. By Del. Young - Creating the Office of Entrepreneurship within the Office of Economic Development (FN) - To Government Organization then Finance

HB2845. By Del. Young - Relating to Social Media privacy and educational institutions - To Education then the Judiciary

HB2846. By Del. Young - To implement trauma-informed practices in schools (FN) - To Education then Finance

HB2847. By Del. Young, Pushkin and Lewis - Agricultural Right to Repair Act (FN) - To the Judiciary

HB2848. By Del. Young, Pushkin and Lewis - Requiring non-publicly owned utilities to notify customers by text correspondence that they have turned off their service and an estimated time of when it will be turned back on. - To Energy and Public Works

HB2849. By Del. Young - Relating to retirement (FN) - To Finance

HB2850. By Del. Young, Lewis, Pushkin and Hansen - Creating the Paid Parental Leave Pilot Program (FN) - To Government Organization then Finance

HB2851. By Del. Young - Automatic renewal and continuous service offers - To the Judiciary

HB2852. By Del. Young and Lewis - Relating to portable benefit plans - To Finance

HB2853. By Del. Young and Hansen - Establishing the right to contraception - To Health and Human Resources then the Judiciary

HB2854. By Del. Young, Pushkin and Lewis - Removing certain drugs from schedule one - To Health and Human Resources then the Judiciary

HB2855. By Del. Statler, Ellington and Toney - To define a statewide common definition of first-generation status for college admission - To Education

HB2856. By Del. Linville and Hillenbrand - Providing for conservation easements to allow for broadband through easements either directly or under a conservation plan  - To Energy and Public Works

HB2857. By Del. Hansen and Williams - Workplace bullying accountability - To the Judiciary

HB2858. By Del. Hansen - Relating to a counties' ability to regulate floodplains under National Flood Insurance Program guidelines - To Government Organization

HB2859. By Del. Young - MAHA - Menstral Labeling Act - To Health and Human Resources then the Judiciary

HB2860. By Del. Young - Permitting civil remedies for the unauthorized disclosure of intimate images - To the Judiciary

HB2861. By Del. Young, Pushkin and Lewis - Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders Insurance Coverage Protection Act (FN) - To Health and Human Resources then Finance

HB2862. By Del. T. Clark, Canterbury, Browning, DeVault, Jennings, Roop, Heckert, Moore, Dittman, Drennan and Adkins - Exempting ambulances from tolls (FN) - To Finance

HB2863. By Del. Brooks, Clay, Maynor, Roop, Toney and Flanigan - Clarifying the sheriff’s authority to hire within their office. - To Government Organization

HB2864. By Del. Sheedy, Rohrbach, Ferrell, Eldridge, Parsons, Cooper and Hillenbrand - Creating a poster providing contact information and resource information on veteran benefits and services - To Government Organization

HB2865. By Del. Hornby, Maynor, Funkhouser, Street, J. Cannon, Akers, Holstein and Chiarelli - Relating to penalties for murder and attempted murder - To the Judiciary

HB2866. By Del. Burkhammer - Relating to fees and charges for munipality provided fire services - To Government Organization

HB2867. By Del. Roop, Drennan, Marple, Foggin, Pritt, Cooper, Brooks, Rohrbach, Kump, Canterbury and Maynor - Relating to Small Estates - To the Judiciary

HB2868. By Del. Funkhouser, Hornby and Horst - Prohibiting counties from double-taxing rental properties - To Finance

HB2869. By Del. Funkhouser, Hornby, W. Clark, J. Cannon, Holstein, Masters, Hillenbrand, Mallow, Horst, Roop and Marple - Clarify the Meaning of Residence for the Purpose of Bail - To the Judiciary

HB2870. By Del. Funkhouser, Hornby, J. Cannon, Holstein, Masters, W. Clark, Chiarelli, Hillenbrand, Mallow, Horst and Roop - Correcting the Issue of Fleeing DUI - To the Judiciary

HB2871. By Del. Funkhouser, Hornby, Holstein, Masters, W. Clark, J. Cannon, Chiarelli, Hillenbrand, Mallow, Horst and Roop - Relating to the crime of negligent homicide - To the Judiciary

HB2872. By Del. Holstein - Give a 10-day right to appeal to the Supreme Court of Appeals a Secretary of State decision to not certify a candidacy. - To the Judiciary

HB2873. By Del. Holstein, Martin, Chiarelli and Kump - Prohibiting certain foreign ownership of land  - To the Judiciary

HB2874. By Del. Holstein, J. Cannon and Hornby - Require that any student in the 11th or 12th grade, who has been placed in a “free/elective/assistant” period, be informed of online college course opportunities available for them - To Education

HB2875. By Del. Holstein, Chiarelli and Hornby - To create the American Campuses Act - To Education

HB2876. By Del. Horst, Dean, Crouse, Cooper, DeVault, Mallow, Hornby, Brooks, Maynor, Masters and Jeffries - Increase the number of Natural Resouces Commission members - To Government Organization

HB2877. By Del. Pritt and T. Clark - Combining rolls of the Assessor’s Office and Division of Motor Vehicles - To Government Organization then Finance

HB2878. By Del. Holstein, Dillon and Chiarelli - To require railroad companies to provide alternative entry and exit ways - To Energy and Public Works

HB2879. By Del. Holstein, J. Cannon and Hornby - Relating to the creation of the West Virginia Math & Science Teacher Scholarship Act (FN) - To Education then Finance

HB2880. By Del. Burkhammer, Kimble, Mazzocchi and Pinson - Relating to parent resource navigators - To Health and Human Resources

HB2881. By Del. Burkhammer, Pinson, Kimble and Mazzocchi - Relating to the makeup of the State Police Child Abuse and Neglect Investigations Unit - To the Judiciary

HB2882. By Del. Sheedy, Eldridge, Flanigan, Stephens, Roop and Chiarelli - Allow municipality to order suspension of driver’s license when defendant fails to pay traffic fine (FN) - To the Judiciary

HB2883. By Del. W. Clark, Funkhouser, Pritt, Stephens, Shamblin, Ferrell, Chiarelli and Hite - Relating to the creation of an ENDS product directory - To Health and Human Resources then the Judiciary

HB2884. By Del. Street, Bridges, Dillon and Chiarelli - Relating to valuation of specialized high-technology property - To Finance

HB2885. By Del. Stephens, Willis, T. Clark, Lucas, Barnhart, Chiarelli, Hillenbrand, DeVault, Ferrell, Leavitt and Brooks - Allow the use of unused employee sick time in retirement calculation - To Finance

HB2886. By Del. Shamblin, Hall and Kelly - Allowing municipalities to exempt from civil service protection by ordinance - To Government Organization

HB2887. By Del. Hansen, Lewis, Williams, Garcia, Hornbuckle, Young, Pushkin, Fluharty and Hamilton - Relating to legalizing cannabis production, sales and adult consumption - To the Judiciary then Finance

HB2888. By Del. T. Clark, Moore, Jennings, DeVault, Dittman, Drennan, Barnhart, Foggin, Adkins, Browning and Bridges - Relating to road maintenance and repair (FN) - To Energy and Public Works

HB2889. By Del. Criss and Barnhart - To permit a fairness hearing exemption to the registration requirements of the Uniform Securities Act.  - To Finance

HB2890. By Del. Toney and Vance - Relating to clarifying county boards of education members’ compensation rate - To Education

HB2891. By Del. Shamblin, Hall and Kelly - Require high school graduates to complete at least 20 hours of community service - To Education

HB2892. By Del. Shamblin, Hall, Chiarelli, Heckert and Akers - Relating to pedestrians standing in or near the right of way - To the Judiciary

HB2893. By Del. Shamblin - Second Look Sentencing Act  - To the Judiciary

HB2894. By Del. Ridenour, Butler, Ward, Jennings, Hillenbrand, Mallow, Kimble, Maynor, Phillips and Akers - Prohibiting human traffiking of illegal aliens - To the Judiciary

HB2895. By Del. Amos, Hornby and Browning - To ascertain the value of any item of tangible machinery and equipment personal property used in business activity - To Finance

HB2896. By Del. Pritt and T. Clark - Requiring the three Commissioners of the State Public Service Commission to be elected positions (FN) - To the Judiciary

HB2897. By Del. Ellington, Statler, Hornby, Crouse, Willis, Dittman, Toney and Campbell - Permitting the Legislative Auditor to conduct periodic performance and financial audits of the West Virginia Department of Education - To Education then Government Organization

HB2898. By Del. Burkhammer - To make the fire board or county commission responsible for the operations of every fire department within their county (FN) - To Government Organization

HB2899. By Del. G. Howell - Creating the legislative oversight committee on aviation development - To Government Organization

HB2900. By Del. Young, Hansen and Lewis - Establishing the Family and Medical Leave Insurance Benefits Act (FN) - To Finance

HB2901. By Del. Young and Holstein - Allowing the Secretary of State’s office to transmit electronically the total ballots cast, counted, and rejected - To the Judiciary

HB2902. By Del. Young - Employer discriminatory practices  - To the Judiciary

HB2903. By Del. Young, Pushkin and Lewis - To prohibit convienence fees for tenant’s of rental properties  - To the Judiciary

HB2904. By Del. Young and Lewis - To make it explicit that both the lottery fund and the excess lottery fund can be utilized for early childhood education throughout West Virginia (FN) - To Finance

HB2905. By Del. Young and Lewis - Relating to fines for local fire departments

 

 - To the Judiciary

HB2906. By Del. Young - Preservation of hair during chemotherapy - To Finance

HB2907. By Del. Young and Hansen - Prohibiting civil rights violations based on disability, gender identity or sexual orientation - To the Judiciary

HB2908. By Del. Young, Pushkin, Hansen and Lewis - Change the powers of the West Virginia Water Development Authority regarding funding of Infrastructure Projects (FN) - To Energy and Public Works then Finance

HB2909. By Del. Young - Relating to law enforcement warrant for third party information - To the Judiciary

HB2910. By Del. Young, Pushkin and Lewis - Second Look Sentencing Act (FN) - To the Judiciary

HB2911. By Del. Young and Lewis - Regarding continuing education requirements and compensation of Guardians Ad Litem - To the Judiciary then Finance

HB2912. By Del. Young - To provide for the coordination of programs to prevent and treat obesity - To Health and Human Resources then Finance

HB2913. By Del. Young, Hansen and Lewis - To allow a $1,000 refundable child tax credit for all eligible for the federal tax credit (FN) - To Finance

HB2914. By Del. Young and Lewis - Authorizing municipal fire departments specialized license plates - To Energy and Public Works

HB2915. By Del. Young and Lewis - Exempting county school buses from paying the toll fees (FN) - To Education then Finance

HB2916. By Del. Young and Lewis - Prohibits tax preparation software companies from charging fee for electronically filing State tax returns. - To the Judiciary

HB2917. By Del. Young - To amend the section of child marriage under 18 - To the Judiciary

HB2918. By Del. Young - Men’s Equality Act (FN) - To Health and Human Resources then Finance

HB2919. By Del. Young and Lewis - Creating online voters' guide (FN) - To the Judiciary

HB2920. By Del. Young - Exempting certain hygiene products from sales tax (FN) - To Finance

HB2921. By Del. Young - Require Correctional Facilities to provide free feminine hygiene products  (FN) - To Finance

HB2922. By Del. Hite, Statler, Kyle, Jennings, Ward, Dean, Vance, Miller, Burkhammer and Hott - Safer Communities Act (FN) - To Government Organization then Finance

HB2923. By Del. Canterbury, Cooper, Amos, Pritt, Campbell, Marple, Stephens, Mazzocchi, Rohrbach, Roop and T. Clark - To place rumble strips on all double-yellow lined roads and highways. (FN) - To Energy and Public Works

HB2924. By Del. Canterbury, Zatezalo, Marple, Gearheart, Stephens, Kump, Mazzocchi, Hillenbrand, Linville, Rohrbach and Eldridge - To eliminate adverse possession from the state code of West Virginia - To the Judiciary

HB2925. By Del. Chiarelli, Heckert, McCormick, Shamblin, Ferrell, Criss, Hornby, Rohrbach, Ridenour and Maynor - Relating to a statewide panhandling ban - To the Judiciary

HB2926. By Del. Pritt, Stephens and Clay - Removing fees teachers have to pay in order to obtain any teaching license, certification, or additional continuing education credit hours (reporting fee) to the state Board of Education - To Education

HB2927. By Del. Pritt and Stephens - Moving the school system from a 5 day work week into a 4 day work week. - To Education

HB2928. By Del. Hornbuckle, Hanshaw (Mr. Speaker), Riley, Fluharty, Young, Hamilton, Garcia, Lewis, Hansen, Pushkin and Fehrenbacher - The Young Professional Tax Credits - To Finance

HB2929. By Del. Canterbury - To ban caluclators and math computational devices from K-8 grade classrooms. - To Education

HB2930. By Del. Pritt and Stephens - Removing the 140 day a year cap placed on the amount of days a year a retired teacher can work before having their retirement penalized - To Finance

HB2931. By Del. Pritt and Stephens - Establish mandated monthly half days for students to all allow school staff planning time - To Education

HB2932. By Del. Pritt and Stephens - To set the salary of the Associate Superintendent of Schools.  - To Education

HB2933. By Del. Pritt, Canterbury, Stephens and Crouse - To set the salary of the State Superintendent of Schools (FN) - To Education then Finance

HB2934. By Del. Pritt, Fehrenbacher, Barnhart, Dittman, Chiarelli, Shamblin, D. Cannon, Hornbuckle, Holstein, W. Clark and Willis - Housing assistance for children aging out of foster care system  - To Health and Human Resources