Bill Status - 2025 Regular Session
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There are 73 bill(s) regarding Counties
| Bill | Title | Status | Committee | Step | Last Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SB 9 | Eliminating tax exemption of state-owned real property | Pending | Senate Finance | Committee | 02/12/25 |
| SB 18 | Allowing county commissions to impose amusement tax | Pending | Senate Government Organization | Committee | 02/12/25 |
| SB 67 | Allowing motor vehicle racing on county or municipal roads under certain circumstances | Pending | House Energy and Public Works | Committee | 04/04/25 |
| SB 113 | Modifying responsibility for reimbursement of training cost of certain law-enforcement employees | Pending | Senate Finance | Committee | 02/12/25 |
| SB 181 | Requiring payments to court-appointed attorneys be reimbursed or denied within 30 days of voucher submission | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 02/12/25 |
| SB 211 | Relating to procedure for citations issued by county litter control officer | Pending | Senate Government Organization | Committee | 02/12/25 |
| SB 214 | Creating homeless education coordinator in counties designated by state board as urban county | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 02/12/25 |
| SB 223 | Establishing statewide health and safety fee for tourism and recreational activities by county commissions | Pending | Senate Government Organization | Committee | 02/12/25 |
| SB 236 | Distributing funds to volunteer fire departments in counties with excess levy or fees | Pending | Senate Government Organization | Committee | 02/12/25 |
| SB 459 | Requiring county planning commission members be state residents | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 6, 2025) | ||
| SB 502 | Relating to counties' ability to regulate floodplains under National Flood Insurance Program guidelines | Pending | Senate Government Organization | Committee | 02/14/25 |
| SB 503 | Allowing sheriffs to appoint more than one chief deputy with consent of county commission | Pending | RECD | 04/12/25 | |
| SB 532 | Making ad valorem taxes on property payable only to county in which property is located | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 03/13/25 |
| SB 536 | Relating to county economic opportunity development districts | Pending | Senate Economic Development | Committee | 02/19/25 |
| SB 560 | Allowing counties and municipalities to limit utility scale renewable energy facilities | Pending | Senate Economic Development | Committee | 02/20/25 |
| SB 601 | Relating to fees and charges for municipality-provided fire services | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 03/24/25 |
| SB 630 | Relating to reporting duties of county commission regarding ambulance services | Pending | Senate Government Organization | Committee | 02/28/25 |
| SB 743 | Adjusting percentage of tax retained by clerk of county commission for certain purposes | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 03/26/25 |
| SB 748 | Creating Safer Communities Act | Pending | 3rd Reading | 04/13/25 | |
| SB 814 | Allowing county commissions to establish fees for municipality-provided fire services | Pending | Senate Government Organization | Committee | 03/19/25 |
| SB 846 | Relating to heating, ventilation, and air-condition technicians employed by State Board of Education or county boards of education | Pending | Senate Government Organization | Committee | 03/20/25 |
| SB 927 | Providing county boards of education option to obtain professional or other liability insurance coverage from other insurance carriers licensed in WV | Pending | Senate Banking and Insurance | Committee | 03/24/25 |
| HB 2021 | To give County Sheriffs overall approval in requirements for the position of Bailiff | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 03/18/25 |
| HB 2030 | Modifying compulsory housing for hotels and motels | Pending | Senate Government Organization | Committee | 03/20/25 |
| HB 2032 | Removing the Office of County Surveyor from election ballots | Pending | House Local Government | Committee | 02/13/25 |
| HB 2044 | Allow an entity enrolled in PEIA to leave PEIA and have a 5 year window to return | Pending | House Banking and Insurance | Committee | 02/17/25 |
| HB 2090 | To modify deputy sheriff’s retirement pay and the cost of receiving certain reports | Pending | House Investments | Committee | 02/17/25 |
| HB 2092 | Require counties and municipalities to provide public notice for land or building purchases | Pending | House Local Government | Committee | 02/13/25 |
| HB 2181 | Relating to county or city sewer projects for privately owned sewers that are newly installed | Pending | House Energy and Public Works | Committee | 03/12/25 |
| HB 2189 | To modify local permitting deadlines for permits, licenses, variances, or other types of approval from a governing body or planning commission of a municipality or county | Pending | House Local Government | Committee | 02/17/25 |
| HB 2191 | Allowing counties to enter into trade-in transactions | Pending | House Local Government | Committee | 02/13/25 |
| HB 2457 | To require hospitals and or Counties to report costs associated with illegal or undocumented immigrants | Pending | House Health and Human Resources | Committee | 02/17/25 |
| HB 2465 | To prohibit counties, towns and municipalities from using taxpayer dollars to hire lobbyists to represent them at the State level | Pending | House Local Government | Committee | 02/17/25 |
| HB 2479 | Relating to Management and control of county authority vested in board | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 11, 2025) | ||
| HB 2495 | Moving the Berkeley County Roundhouse Authority to the Department of Arts, Culture, and History. | Pending | House Local Government | Committee | 02/24/25 |
| HB 2496 | To allow quarterly payments on real estate taxes | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/17/25 |
| HB 2512 | Creating three separate job titles for school bus operators | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/17/25 |
| HB 2540 | State to reimburse county for inmate costs when conviction results in credit for time served | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/18/25 |
| HB 2579 | 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 | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/18/25 |
| HB 2586 | 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 | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/18/25 |
| HB 2636 | To allow municipalities to re-bid a project if a contractor is deemed to not be reputable | Pending | House Government Organization | Committee | 02/20/25 |
| HB 2637 | Raising the threshold bid for county governments | Pending | House Government Organization | Committee | 03/21/25 |
| HB 2658 | To make the fire board or county commission responsible for the operations of every fire department within their county | Pending | House Government Organization | Committee | 02/20/25 |
| HB 2706 | 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 | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/20/25 |
| HB 2715 | Relating to county dog wardens | Pending | House Local Government | Committee | 02/20/25 |
| HB 2787 | To permit the county commission of each county to lease, rent or to permit the use of a county owned wireless tower or any portion thereof, with exceptions | Pending | Senate Government Organization | Committee | 04/03/25 |
| HB 2858 | Relating to a counties' ability to regulate floodplains under National Flood Insurance Program guidelines | Pending | House Government Organization | Committee | 02/24/25 |
| HB 2866 | Relating to fees and charges for municipality provided fire services | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 9, 2025) | ||
| HB 2898 | To make the fire board or county commission responsible for the operations of every fire department within their county | Pending | House Government Organization | Committee | 02/24/25 |
| HB 2922 | Safer Communities Act | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 03/31/25 |
| HB 2980 | Authorizing adjustment from federal adjusted gross income for certain law enforcement pension benefit payments | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/26/25 |
| HB 3001 | Relating to county parks and recreation commission | Pending | Senate Government Organization | Committee | 03/29/25 |
| HB 3009 | Addressing the number of ambulance squads needed per affected population in every county | Pending | House Agriculture, Commerce, and Tourism | Committee | 02/28/25 |
| HB 3057 | Limit amount a county tax assessor can increase assessed value of antique or classic cars | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/28/25 |
| HB 3060 | Allow local governments to hold property owners more accountable for upkeep of buildings | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/28/25 |
| HB 3061 | To challenge the necessity of needing a municipal or county license as well as a WV State license for doing business | Pending | House Local Government | Committee | 02/28/25 |
| HB 3110 | Allotting counties $5,000 per deputy position to only be used for deputy pay raises | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 03/04/25 |
| HB 3118 | To adjust the percent retained by the clerk of the county commission for funding election administration, infrastructure, and security, and other county clerk purposes | Pending | House Government Organization | Committee | 03/04/25 |
| HB 3127 | To fund the Deputy Sheriff’s Retirement Fund from the DMV in the form of a 50-cent payment from every registration sold/renewed in the state | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 03/04/25 |
| HB 3130 | To increase the protections for the welfare of domestic animals | Pending | House Agriculture, Commerce, and Tourism | Committee | 03/07/25 |
| HB 3132 | To change the requirements of dog breeding operations | Pending | House Agriculture, Commerce, and Tourism | Committee | 03/07/25 |
| HB 3133 | Permitting counties and municipalities to enter into memoranda of understanding for demolition of dilapidated structures | Signed | Effective from passage - (April 10, 2025) | ||
| HB 3203 | Relating to county commission vacancies | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 03/06/25 |
| HB 3212 | To reduce the business license fee for WV Volunteer Fire Departments to $250 | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 03/07/25 |
| HB 3255 | Authorizing counties to establish a county daycare | Pending | House Health and Human Resources | Committee | 03/07/25 |
| HB 3299 | To require drones used by state and county personnel to be produced in the United States | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 03/11/25 |
| HB 3419 | Emergency Medical Services Sales Tax | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 03/17/25 |
| HB 3420 | Authority to establish voluntary firefighter service fee and fund. | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 03/17/25 |
| HB 3435 | Prevent counties or municipalities from enacting rent price controls | Pending | House Government Organization | Committee | 03/17/25 |
| HB 3441 | County solid waste assessment fees authorized | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 03/17/25 |
| HB 3468 | Authorizing adjustment from federal adjusted gross income for certain law enforcement pension benefit payments | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 03/17/25 |
| HB 3473 | Relating to reporting duties of county commission regarding ambulance services. | Pending | House Government Organization | Committee | 03/17/25 |
| HB 3502 | 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 | Pending | House Government Organization | Committee | 03/18/25 |