West Virginia

2026 Regular Session·2,946 bills·Adjourned March 14, 2026

Track legislation moving through West Virginia. Browse 2,946 bills and resolutions during the 2026 Regular Session, each with a plain-language summary, current status from introduction to enactment, sponsors, and voting history.

Bills

Regulating vape and smoke shop retailers

The purpose of this bill is to create the "Alternative Nicotine Product Regulatory Act of 2026" and the Alternative Nicotine Products Compliance Fund.

Relating to cultural heritage institutions

The purpose of this bill is to authorize cultural heritage institutions to claim title to certain property in possession of the cultural heritage institution after providing certain notices.

Medicaid eligibility verification

The purpose of this bill is to require Bureau of Medical Services to verify and remove deceased Medicaid enrollees; the bill requires data matches with official death records; mandates the termination of eligibility upon proof of an enrollee's death; authorizes data-sharing agreements and annual audits; requires an annual report to the Legislature; and provides an effective date.

Homestead Exemption Increase Amendment

The purpose of this resolution is to increase the Homestead Exemption from $20,000 to not less than the first $25,000 and to provide for periodic additional increases until such time as the exemption reaches $40,000 of the Homestead Exemption.

Relating to public adjusters

The purpose of this bill is to create application, licensure, and examination requirements for public adjusters and to create standards of conduct which govern public adjusters.

Relating to audio recording during CPS investigation

The purpose of this bill is to require local child protective workers to use body worn camera while conducting abuse and neglect investigations.This bill was recommended for introduction by the Joint Committee on Children and Families.

Creating emeritus physician license

The purpose of this bill is to The purpose of this bill is to create an emeritus physician license for retired physicians. The bill provides that when granted, a license is valid for life, unless revoked by the West Virginia Board of Medicine.

Sheriff's Succession Amendment

The purpose of this resolution is to amend the sheriff's succession amendment to permit a person appointed to fill a term of sheriff to be eligible for election to two consecutive terms if the appointed term is less than two years.

Relating to modernization of fees generated from emergency communication service users

The purpose of this bill is to modernize fees generated from emergency communication service users.

Allowing newly hired emergency medical vehicle operators to participate in EMS Retirement System

The purpose of this bill is to permit newly hired emergency vehicle operators to participate in the Emergency Medical Services Officer Retirement System.

Relating to professionals licensed by WV Board of Medicine

The purpose of this bill generally relates to professionals to be licensed by the West Virginia Board of Medicine.

Relating to medical cessation treatment and research

The purpose of this bill is to provide exemptions for distribution to individuals between the ages of eighteen and twenty-one for the purpose of tobacco cessation and/or research in a sanctioned medically supervised program.

To authorize cameras in school buses to send red light violators footage directly to the applicable law enforcement agency for ticketing and enforcement

The purpose of this bill is to send the content of video cameras on school buses to law enforcement agencies when a driver illegally passes a school bus.

Relating to exhibition of obscene material

The purpose of this bill is to make it a criminal offense for a person to engage in an adult cabaret performance where it may be viewed by a minor

Relating generally to the West Virginia Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.

The purpose of this bill is to update the West Virginia Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.

Creating Sustainable Child-Serving Workforce and Foster Care Modernization Act

The purpose of this bill is to create the Sustainable Child-Serving Workforce & Foster Care Modernization Act.

To create the “Southern West Virginia Clean Water Fund” to be used in water emergencies or to upgrade infrastructure so residences can get clean water.

The purpose of this bill is to establish the Southern West Virginia Clean Water Fund Act of 2026 in order to enhance water quality standards, test for and remove various contaminants, and to replace lead service lines within all public water systems in the counties of Boone, Fayette, Greenbrier, Lincoln, Logan, McDowell, Mercer, Mingo, Monroe, Raleigh, Summers, Wayne, and Wyoming.

Relating to providing additional ground for abandonment finding in an adoption proceeding

The purpose of this bill is to provide for the termination of parental rights upon certain convictions of crime.

Relating to authorizing municipalities to adopt an ordinance to recover demolition costs as special tax assessments

The purpose of this bill is to permit municipalities to adopt an ordinance to recover demolition costs as special tax assessments.

Relating to state psychiatric hospital designations

The purpose of this bill is to establish that a psychiatric hospital with an average annual inpatient census patient mix of greater than 95 percent of court-ordered forensic and civil involuntary commitments from state custody or from a state-owned hospital qualifies as a "state-designated facility" for purposes of the statute.

Require advertising materials be submitted with the initial public offering statement.

The purpose of this bill is to require advertising materials be submitted with the initial public offering statement.

Imposing one-year moratorium on approval of certain public utility rate increases

The purpose of this bill is to impose a one-year moratorium on approval of certain public utility rate increases.

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