Bill Status - 2025 Regular Session
Committee Activity
224 Bills Pending in Committee — Senate Judiciary
| Bill | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| SB 7 | Creating crime of desecration of deceased human body | 02/12/25 |
| SB 13 | Establishing residency requirements for candidates seeking nomination and election to US Congress | 02/12/25 |
| SB 15 | Requiring Department of Human Services file petition to terminate parental rights under certain circumstances | 02/12/25 |
| SB 19 | Providing civil and criminal immunity for use of force in defense of self, real and personal property | 02/12/25 |
| SB 24 | Requiring certain probationers to participate in work release program and six months in work release center | 02/12/25 |
| SB 27 | Clarifying felony of exhibiting obscene matter to minor | 02/12/25 |
| SB 32 | Uniform Antitrust Pre-Merger Notification Act | 02/12/25 |
| SB 38 | Uniform Unlawful Restriction in Land Records Act | 02/18/25 |
| SB 45 | Relieving railroad companies of liability during parades under certain circumstances | 02/12/25 |
| SB 58 | Permitting State Tax Division investigators carry concealed weapons | 02/12/25 |
| SB 63 | Authorizing restitution to victims of securities fraud | 02/12/25 |
| SB 68 | Limiting landowner liability when land is used for certain purposes | 02/12/25 |
| SB 70 | Clarifying process for filling vacancies in Legislature | 02/12/25 |
| SB 73 | Clarifying that tenancy includes persons who reside in sober living home | 02/12/25 |
| SB 74 | Creating pilot program for recovery residences in Cabell County | 02/12/25 |
| SB 79 | Uniform Mortgage Modification Act | 02/12/25 |
| SB 81 | Establishing criminal offense for crimes against public justice workers | 02/12/25 |
| SB 82 | Establishing criminal penalties for abuse or neglect of incapacitated adults | 02/12/25 |
| SB 98 | Adding grievance and appellate procedures for individuals participating in DMV safety and treatment program | 02/12/25 |
| SB 111 | Requiring correctional facilities to provide free feminine hygiene products | 02/12/25 |
| SB 112 | Prohibiting acceptance of illegal ballots cast in any election | 02/12/25 |
| SB 120 | Establishing and administering DNA identification system | 02/12/25 |
| SB 125 | Clarifying when magistrate vacancies shall be filled | 02/12/25 |
| SB 127 | Establishing revocation of authority for spending by agency in support of challenge to WV law | 02/12/25 |
| SB 131 | Modifying prohibitions on illegal immigrants entering or residing in WV | 02/12/25 |
| SB 133 | Prohibiting ranked choice voting in elections | 02/12/25 |
| SB 134 | Prohibiting camping in public places | 02/12/25 |
| SB 145 | Relating to real property conveyed by land installment agreement | 02/12/25 |
| SB 146 | Providing for substantial deference to state school superintendent's interpretations of school laws | 02/12/25 |
| SB 147 | Establishing aggravated felony offense of reckless driving resulting in death | 02/12/25 |
| SB 150 | Creating felony offense of cruelty to animals | 02/12/25 |
| SB 159 | Prohibiting certain medical exams on anesthetized patients | 02/12/25 |
| SB 166 | Requiring CPS to give parents written copy of their rights in certain circumstances | 02/12/25 |
| SB 170 | Stop Non-Consensual Distribution of Intimate Deep Fake Media Act | 02/12/25 |
| SB 173 | Permitting hotels and public lodging establishments to provide human trafficking awareness training for employees | 02/19/25 |
| SB 178 | Imposing limit of three terms on elected public officials in state | 02/12/25 |
| SB 181 | Requiring payments to court-appointed attorneys be reimbursed or denied within 30 days of voucher submission | 02/12/25 |
| SB 184 | Prohibiting pre-conviction forfeiture of someone merely accused of crime | 02/12/25 |
| SB 186 | Modifying witness fee and mileage rate paid by state to match federal court system | 02/12/25 |
| SB 188 | Increasing penalty for voluntary manslaughter | 02/12/25 |
| SB 189 | Allowing for testimony of spouses in criminal case | 02/12/25 |
| SB 194 | Modifying parole eligibility for crime of second-degree murder | 02/12/25 |
| SB 195 | Providing reports to DMV on mental and physical disabilities for driver's license | 02/12/25 |
| SB 200 | Placing limitations on concealed carry permit | 02/12/25 |
| SB 201 | Anti-Racism Act of 2025 | 02/12/25 |
| SB 202 | Establishing crime of sexual assault in fourth degree | 02/12/25 |
| SB 207 | Prohibiting certain funding and involvement or attendance of minors to drag shows | 02/12/25 |
| SB 210 | Defining protections for election officials and election workers | 02/12/25 |
| SB 213 | Establishing revocation of authority for spending by agency in support of challenge to WV law | 02/12/25 |
| SB 222 | Updating offenses of extortion and attempted extortion | 02/12/25 |
| SB 226 | Prohibiting ranked choice voting in any election held in WV | 02/12/25 |
| SB 229 | WV Sexual Assault Survivors' Child Protection Act | 02/12/25 |
| SB 230 | Relating to DNA collection from those convicted of crimes | 02/12/25 |
| SB 235 | Authorizing DMV to provide images of certain individuals to Secretary of State for voter identification | 02/12/25 |
| SB 239 | Second Look Sentencing Act | 02/12/25 |
| SB 242 | Equipment Right to Repair Act | 03/06/25 |
| SB 244 | Creating WV Women's Bill of Rights | 02/12/25 |
| SB 246 | Violent Crime Prevention Act | 02/12/25 |
| SB 254 | Prohibiting digital manipulation of sexually explicit content including minors | 02/12/25 |
| SB 260 | Clarifying residency requirements for voter registration | 02/12/25 |
| SB 263 | Relating to use of criminal records as disqualification from authorization to practice particular profession | 03/11/25 |
| SB 271 | Natural Resources Anti-Commandeering Act | 03/11/25 |
| SB 273 | Preventing public water and sewer utilities from prohibiting customer from constructing, installing, or maintaining connection to public utility | 02/12/25 |
| SB 276 | Making adult cabaret performance criminal offense in certain circumstances | 02/12/25 |
| SB 278 | Prohibiting obscene materials in or within 2,500 feet of WV schools | 02/12/25 |
| SB 286 | Granting parents access to health records of minor child | 02/19/25 |
| SB 287 | Increasing protection for minors when victims of human trafficking | 02/12/25 |
| SB 288 | Limiting liability of employers for persons whose criminal records are expunged | 02/12/25 |
| SB 293 | Prohibiting distribution of pornographic material to minors | 02/12/25 |
| SB 301 | Department of Administration rule relating to general administration of records management and preservation | 02/13/25 |
| SB 302 | Department of Administration rule relating to retention and disposal scheduling | 02/13/25 |
| SB 303 | Department of Administration rule relating to management of records maintained by Records Center | 02/13/25 |
| SB 304 | Department of Administration rule relating to exemptions from management services provided by Fleet Management Division | 02/13/25 |
| SB 305 | Department of Administration rule relating to financial services reporting | 02/13/25 |
| SB 306 | Information Services and Communications Division rule relating to plan of operation | 02/13/25 |
| SB 307 | Information Services and Communications Division rule relating to telecommunications payments by spending units | 02/13/25 |
| SB 308 | Office of Technology rule relating to plan of operation | 02/13/25 |
| SB 309 | Office of Technology rule relating to telecommunications payments made by state spending units | 02/13/25 |
| SB 310 | Public Defender Services rule relating to payment of fees and reimbursement of expenses for court-appointed attorneys | 02/13/25 |
| SB 311 | DEP rule relating to hazardous waste management system | 02/13/25 |
| SB 312 | DEP rule relating to ambient air quality standards | 02/13/25 |
| SB 313 | DEP rule relating to standards of performance for new stationary sources | 02/13/25 |
| SB 314 | DEP rule relating to control of air pollution from hazardous waste treatment, storage, and disposal facilities | 02/13/25 |
| SB 315 | DEP rule relating to emission standards for hazardous air pollutants | 02/13/25 |
| SB 316 | DEP rule relating to requirements governing water quality standards | 02/13/25 |
| SB 317 | DEP rule relating to underground injection control | 02/13/25 |
| SB 318 | DEP rule relating to water pollution control permit fee schedules | 02/13/25 |
| SB 338 | State Emergency Response Commission rule relating to Emergency Planning Grant Program | 02/20/25 |
| SB 341 | Alcohol Beverage Control Commissioner rule relating to private club licensing | 02/13/25 |
| SB 342 | Alcohol Beverage Control Commissioner rule relating to sale of wine and hard cider | 02/13/25 |
| SB 343 | Alcohol Beverage Control Commissioner rule relating to tobacco products in vending machines | 02/13/25 |
| SB 344 | Alcohol Beverage Control Commissioner rule relating to distilleries, mini-distilleries, and micro-distilleries | 02/13/25 |
| SB 345 | Alcohol Beverage Control Commissioner rule relating to retail enforcement of select plant-based derivatives and derivative products, including hemp and kratom | 02/13/25 |
| SB 346 | Alcohol Beverage Control Commissioner rule relating to nonintoxicating beer licensing and operations procedures | 02/13/25 |
| SB 347 | Insurance Commissioner rule relating to Medicare Supplement Insurance | 02/13/25 |
| SB 348 | Lottery Commission rule relating to WV Lottery Sports Wagering Rule | 02/13/25 |
| SB 349 | Tax Department rule relating to payment of taxes by electronic funds transfer | 02/13/25 |
| SB 350 | Tax Department rule relating to alternative resolution of tax disputes | 02/13/25 |
| SB 351 | Tax Department rule relating to consumers sales and service tax and use tax | 02/13/25 |
| SB 352 | Tax Department rule relating to exchange of information pursuant to written agreement | 02/13/25 |
| SB 401 | Real Estate Commission rule relating to application of waiver of initial licensing fees for certain individuals | 02/25/25 |
| SB 411 | Office of Miners' Health, Safety, and Training rule relating to certification, recertification, and training of EMT-Miners and certification of EMT-M instructors | 02/13/25 |
| SB 412 | DNR rule relating to transporting and selling wildlife parts and pelts | 02/13/25 |
| SB 413 | DNR rule relating to boating | 02/13/25 |
| SB 414 | DNR rule relating to special boating | 02/13/25 |
| SB 415 | DNR rule relating to public use of campgrounds and campsites in WV state parks, forests, and rail trails | 02/13/25 |
| SB 416 | DNR rule relating to special projects and grants for WV state parks, forests, and rail trails | 02/13/25 |
| SB 417 | DNR rule relating to prohibitions when hunting and trapping | 02/13/25 |
| SB 418 | DNR rule relating to general hunting | 02/13/25 |
| SB 419 | DNR rule relating to special waterfowl hunting | 02/13/25 |
| SB 420 | DNR rule relating to special fishing | 02/13/25 |
| SB 421 | DNR rule relating to catching and selling baitfish | 02/13/25 |
| SB 422 | DNR rule relating to falconry | 02/13/25 |
| SB 425 | Relating to partisan judge and magistrate elections | 02/13/25 |
| SB 428 | Patrolman Cassie Marie Johnson Memorial Act | 02/13/25 |
| SB 431 | Protecting minors from exposure to indecent displays of sexually explicit nature | 02/13/25 |
| SB 435 | Updating WV Law Institute | 02/13/25 |
| SB 438 | Creating WV Intrastate Energy Use Act | 02/13/25 |
| SB 440 | Requiring each judicial candidate to file as partisan candidate | 02/13/25 |
| SB 444 | Establishing 3-year mandatory prison sentence for person convicted of illegal possession of Schedule I and Schedule II drugs | 02/13/25 |
| SB 445 | Permitting state legislators to carry concealed handguns while on Capitol grounds | 02/13/25 |
| SB 463 | Creating new penalty and procedure for simple possession of certain Schedule I or II substances | 02/13/25 |
| SB 469 | Creating WV Constitutional Carry Act of 2025 | 02/14/25 |
| SB 472 | Requiring transparency from Department of Human Services | 03/19/25 |
| SB 473 | Limiting medical monitoring damages | 02/14/25 |
| SB 475 | Creating Violent Crime Prevention Act | 02/14/25 |
| SB 481 | Allowing off-duty law-enforcement officers to carry concealed weapons at public schools and public school events | 02/14/25 |
| SB 504 | Prohibiting camping in public places | 02/14/25 |
| SB 507 | Prohibiting drag shows from being performed in front of minors | 02/17/25 |
| SB 508 | Creating mental hygiene regions by Supreme Court of Appeals | 02/17/25 |
| SB 509 | Modifying criminal penalties imposed on parent, guardian, or custodian for child abuse | 02/17/25 |
| SB 514 | Requiring full text of proposed Constitutional amendments be included on official ballots | 02/18/25 |
| SB 519 | Adopting statewide public camping ban | 02/18/25 |
| SB 520 | Relating to locality pay | 02/18/25 |
| SB 524 | Clarifying persons permitted to be present in polling place during election period for non-voting activities | 02/19/25 |
| SB 527 | Relating to assault and battery on emergency service personnel, law-enforcement officers, and correctional employees | 02/19/25 |
| SB 528 | Relating to crime of sexual abuse by parent, guardian, custodian, or person in position of trust to child | 02/19/25 |
| SB 530 | Creating the West Virginia Land Sovereignty Act | 02/19/25 |
| SB 539 | Removing certain entities from list of exemptions from criminal liability relating to distribution and display of obscene matter to minor | 02/19/25 |
| SB 540 | Relating to annexation by minor boundary adjustment | 02/19/25 |
| SB 541 | Sentencing guidelines for fentanyl | 02/19/25 |
| SB 543 | Clarifying oversight by Attorney General of political subdivision’s hiring of private attorney under contingency fee or contract to sue | 02/19/25 |
| SB 550 | Relating generally to Office of State Fire Marshal | 02/20/25 |
| SB 551 | Increasing penalty for murder in second degree | 02/20/25 |
| SB 564 | Prohibiting voters not affiliated with major political party from voting ballot of political party in primary election | 03/05/25 |
| SB 567 | Prohibiting employment termination of employee who defends themselves from attack inside workplace | 02/21/25 |
| SB 574 | Prohibiting diversity, equity, and inclusion policies | 02/24/25 |
| SB 591 | Creating Criminal Forfeiture Process Act to replace West Virginia Contraband Forfeiture Act | 02/25/25 |
| SB 594 | Relating to right to try individualized treatments | 03/14/25 |
| SB 596 | Relating to parents' Bill of Rights | 02/25/25 |
| SB 605 | Requiring certain public or private entities that own, lease, or oversee water or electric supply utility to implement utility continuity rate credit program | 02/26/25 |
| SB 609 | Relating to trespassing on premises of higher education institution | 02/26/25 |
| SB 614 | Authorizing over-the-counter sale of Ivermectin | 03/12/25 |
| SB 619 | Authorizing judge or chief judge to fill prospective vacancy in office of magistrate | 02/27/25 |
| SB 620 | Relating to time for appeal in Intermediate Court of Appeals | 02/27/25 |
| SB 623 | Specifying circumstances in which senior judges and justices may be recalled to service | 02/27/25 |
| SB 624 | Relating to vacancies in offices of state officials | 02/27/25 |
| SB 625 | Relating to judges disqualifying themselves in certain instances | 02/27/25 |
| SB 633 | Protecting Kids from Porn Act | 02/28/25 |
| SB 641 | Updating time frame for scheduling of hearing on petition for eviction | 03/03/25 |
| SB 642 | Relating to vacancies in office of magistrate | 03/03/25 |
| SB 643 | Restoring voting rights for person incarcerated for felony upon release | 03/03/25 |
| SB 645 | Requiring petition of qualified voters for defeated amendment to be reconsidered regarding city charters | 03/03/25 |
| SB 651 | Creating WV Black Lung Program | 03/03/25 |
| SB 656 | Relating to impeding, threatening, or harassing first responders | 03/03/25 |
| SB 659 | Creating Parents' Bill of Rights | 03/03/25 |
| SB 664 | Establishing First Amendment Preservation Act | 03/04/25 |
| SB 689 | State Sovereignty Act of 2025 | 03/12/25 |
| SB 691 | Restricting access to crime records | 03/04/25 |
| SB 694 | Protecting state and local government systems and data from foreign entities | 03/11/25 |
| SB 704 | Relating to reports of circuit court proceedings | 03/05/25 |
| SB 706 | Bringing Department of Education under rule-making review of Legislature | 03/05/25 |
| SB 713 | Creating WV Workplace Security Act | 03/06/25 |
| SB 727 | Directing study of child welfare system be conducted by independent third party | 03/07/25 |
| SB 740 | Establishing Stop Squatters Act | 03/12/25 |
| SB 742 | Relating generally to jurisdiction in magistrate courts | 03/12/25 |
| SB 751 | Prohibiting manufacture, sale, or distribution of cultivated meat products | 03/20/25 |
| SB 753 | Relating to dog racing requirements | 03/13/25 |
| SB 757 | Creating private cause of action for deprivation of right granted by state constitution or by state law | 03/14/25 |
| SB 776 | Creating Firearms Industry Nondiscrimination Act | 03/20/25 |
| SB 796 | Establishing legal voter identification standards | 03/18/25 |
| SB 802 | Establishing system for tracking receipt and status of absentee voter ballots | 03/24/25 |
| SB 806 | Reorganizing several provisions of bail statutes | 03/19/25 |
| SB 812 | Establishing, defining, and creating criminal penalties for terrorist acts and groups | 03/19/25 |
| SB 813 | Extending time frame for Department of Human Services to identify relatives and fictive kin | 03/19/25 |
| SB 817 | Regulating private alternative adolescent residential or outdoor programs | 03/21/25 |
| SB 827 | Updating requirements for parole hearings and notifications | 03/20/25 |
| SB 836 | Modifying requirements for payment of property taxes by co-owners or other interested parties | 03/20/25 |
| SB 838 | Prohibiting law enforcement from placing surveillance cameras on private property | 03/20/25 |
| SB 841 | Prohibiting state entities from promoting or engaging in any activity related to sexual orientation or gender transitioning | 03/20/25 |
| SB 843 | Allowing Board of Education to prohibit individuals on sex offender registry from being on school property | 03/20/25 |
| SB 845 | Relating to National Guard Servicemember's Medical Readiness Act | 03/20/25 |
| SB 851 | Creating Child Protection Investigations Reform Act | 03/20/25 |
| SB 858 | Relating to controlled substance schedules and to clean-up errors identified in code sections | 03/20/25 |
| SB 865 | Relating to best interests of child standard | 03/26/25 |
| SB 877 | Requiring resolution passed by Legislature to include language to be included on official ballots | 03/21/25 |
| SB 880 | Relating to powers and duties of Commissioner of Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation regarding Stevens Correctional Center | 03/21/25 |
| SB 884 | Relating to liability for injury or damage resulting from intoxication | 03/24/25 |
| SB 887 | Creating intermediate conservatorship or guardianship process prior to individual being involuntarily committed | 03/25/25 |
| SB 893 | Establishing offense of assault upon service animal | 03/24/25 |
| SB 895 | Relating generally to jurisdiction of PSC | 03/24/25 |
| SB 900 | Limiting sale of vape products in WV | 03/24/25 |
| HB 2111 | Establishing the Uniform Mortgage Modification Act | 03/25/25 |
| HB 2131 | Relating to changing the process of election litigation | 03/18/25 |
| HB 2363 | Clarifying the groups of persons to whom the criminal prohibitions related to child pornography are inapplicable when such persons are performing their official or employment duties | 02/26/25 |
| HB 2410 | Safeguard the Right-To-Try Cutting-Edge Medicine Act | 04/03/25 |
| HB 2551 | Increase criminal penalties for trespassing livestock | 04/03/25 |
| HB 2653 | Updating the West Virginia Law Institute | 03/07/25 |
| HB 2659 | Adding a special permit for a non-profit entity to be a qualified permit holder in a private outdoor designated area | 03/18/25 |
| HB 2702 | Relating to vacancies in offices of state officials | 03/18/25 |
| HB 2781 | Relating to the meaning of residence for the Purpose of Bail | 03/13/25 |
| HB 2816 | Relating to clarifying secondary sources are not the law and public policy of West Virginia in certain instances | 04/09/25 |
| HB 2856 | Providing for conservation easements to allow for broadband through easements either directly or under a conservation plan | 03/24/25 |
| HB 2892 | Relating to pedestrians standing in or near the right of way | 04/02/25 |
| HB 2894 | Prohibiting human trafficking of illegal aliens | 04/01/25 |
| HB 2948 | Relating to obtaining title to abandoned or junked motor vehicles abandoned on the property or place of business of an automobile dealer | 04/08/25 |
| HB 2987 | Relating to the Consumer Data Protection Act | 03/27/25 |
| HB 3145 | Relating to duties of licensees under the West Virginia Real Estate License Act | 04/08/25 |
| HB 3167 | To require hair follicle drug testing of parents or guardians in cases of substantiated child abuse or neglect of a minor | 04/09/25 |
| HB 3189 | Creating crime of attempting to smuggle contraband into federal correctional institutions within the state | 04/03/25 |
| HB 3190 | Controlled Substances and arrestable offenses | 03/21/25 |
| HB 3289 | Relating to expungement of certain criminal convictions | 03/27/25 |
| HB 3292 | Relating to special stops required for on-track equipment | 04/08/25 |
| HB 3514 | Relating to persons convicted of a crime | 04/03/25 |