2026 Regular Session·2,958 bills·Adjourned March 14, 2026
Track legislation moving through West Virginia. Browse 2,958 bills and resolutions during the 2026 Regular Session, each with a plain-language summary, current status from introduction to enactment, sponsors, and voting history.
The purpose of this bill is to impose the death penalty on defendants convicted of first degree murder and first degree sexual abuse of a child in the same proceeding.
The purpose of this bill is to impose the death penalty on defendants convicted of first degree murder and first degree sexual abuse of a child in the same proceeding.
The purpose of this bill is to expand the ability of the Public Employees Insurance Agency to investigate and prosecute fraud..
The purpose of this bill is to expand the ability of the Public Employees Insurance Agency to investigate and prosecute fraud..
The purpose of this bill is to authorize the State Treasurer to Coordinate SMART529 Program with federal Trump Accounts.
The purpose of this bill is to authorize the State Treasurer to Coordinate SMART529 Program with federal Trump Accounts.
The purpose of this bill is to make life insurance cash value exempt when calculating eligibility for Medicaid
The purpose of this bill is to make life insurance cash value exempt when calculating eligibility for Medicaid
The purpose of this bill is to update and clarify the laws on auctioneering.
The purpose of this bill is to update and clarify the laws on auctioneering.
The purpose of this bill is to create the "Financial Accountability Stable Token Act," or "FAST Act," for finance and state payments; authorize the use of qualifying stable tokens for payments to state vendors and contractors; establish eligibility and reserve requirements; provide for administration and oversight by the State Treasurer; provide for rulemaking and reporting; and provide for severability.
The purpose of this bill is to create the "Financial Accountability Stable Token Act," or "FAST Act," for finance and state payments; authorize the use of qualifying stable tokens for payments to state vendors and contractors; establish eligibility and reserve requirements; provide for administration and oversight by the State Treasurer; provide for rulemaking and reporting; and provide for severability.
The purpose of this bill is to ensure continuity of title, protection of third parties, and orderly transition from trustee-based governance to corporate governance for churches and religious organizations.
The purpose of this bill is to ensure continuity of title, protection of third parties, and orderly transition from trustee-based governance to corporate governance for churches and religious organizations.
The purpose of this bill is to require electric substations be located near industrial parks for certain high voltage transmission lines.
The purpose of this bill is to require electric substations be located near industrial parks for certain high voltage transmission lines.
The purpose of this bill is to set forth program requirements for Medicaid to come into federal requirements with the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
The purpose of this bill is to set forth program requirements for Medicaid to come into federal requirements with the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
The purpose of this bill is to create the Judicial Deference Reform Act. The bill states a purpose; sets forth definitions; prohibits judicial deference to state agency interpretations; addresses interpretive ambiguity; specifies applicability of the Act; provides for severability; and provides an effective date.
The purpose of this bill is to create the Judicial Deference Reform Act. The bill states a purpose; sets forth definitions; prohibits judicial deference to state agency interpretations; addresses interpretive ambiguity; specifies applicability of the Act; provides for severability; and provides an effective date.
The purpose of this bill is to comprehensively reform the state's water and wastewater infrastructure, streamline and clarify the process for issuing certain state grants and loans for water and wastewater infrastructure projects, eliminating the Water Development Authority Board and reassigning any necessary functions, requiring additional reports and on-going training for city and county operators of public water and wastewater systems, allowing public water and wastewater systems to enter into Regional Cooperative Agreements, creating an Early Intervention Pilot Program for struggling public water and wastewater utilities, updating the methodology for the watch list for troubled public water and wastewater utilities, establishing an improvement period for public water and wastewater utilities on the watch list, and allowing for required memorandums of understanding when an identified acquiring utility is exempt from forced consolidation.
The purpose of this bill is to comprehensively reform the state's water and wastewater infrastructure, streamline and clarify the process for issuing certain state grants and loans for water and wastewater infrastructure projects, eliminating the Water Development Authority Board and reassigning any necessary functions, requiring additional reports and on-going training for city and county operators of public water and wastewater systems, allowing public water and wastewater systems to enter into Regional Cooperative Agreements, creating an Early Intervention Pilot Program for struggling public water and wastewater utilities, updating the methodology for the watch list for troubled public water and wastewater utilities, establishing an improvement period for public water and wastewater utilities on the watch list, and allowing for required memorandums of understanding when an identified acquiring utility is exempt from forced consolidation.
The purpose of this bill is to define the authorities of the select committee's oversight of the West Virginia Fusion Center, to direct the Legislative Auditor to conduct an annual audit of the Fusion Center, and to define the parameters of that audit.
The purpose of this bill is to define the authorities of the select committee's oversight of the West Virginia Fusion Center, to direct the Legislative Auditor to conduct an annual audit of the Fusion Center, and to define the parameters of that audit.
The purpose of this bill is to create the "Recognizing Judea and Samaria Act" and to prohibit state agencies from using the term "West Bank" in official government materials.
The purpose of this bill is to create the "Recognizing Judea and Samaria Act" and to prohibit state agencies from using the term "West Bank" in official government materials.
The purpose of this bill is to provide reasonable minimum safety standards for fully enclosed buildings participating in the state's agritourism program.
The purpose of this bill is to provide reasonable minimum safety standards for fully enclosed buildings participating in the state's agritourism program.
The purpose of this bill is to update the Abandoned Mines Lands and Reclamation Act to authorize the deposit of funds granted pursuant to the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) and the Safeguarding Treatment for the Restoration of Ecosystems from Abandoned Mines Act into the State of West Virginia's Abandoned Land Reclamation Fund.
The purpose of this bill is to update the Abandoned Mines Lands and Reclamation Act to authorize the deposit of funds granted pursuant to the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) and the Safeguarding Treatment for the Restoration of Ecosystems from Abandoned Mines Act into the State of West Virginia's Abandoned Land Reclamation Fund.
The purpose of this bill is to establish a tax rebate for new home construction.
The purpose of this bill is to establish a tax rebate for new home construction.
The purpose of this bill is to immediately eliminate the business and occupation tax exemption for certain coal-fired merchant power plants on the generating capacity of the generating units located in this state that are owned or leased by the taxpayer and used to generate electricity. The bill would be made effective from passage.
The purpose of this bill is to immediately eliminate the business and occupation tax exemption for certain coal-fired merchant power plants on the generating capacity of the generating units located in this state that are owned or leased by the taxpayer and used to generate electricity. The bill would be made effective from passage.
The purpose of this bill is to create a paid parental leave pilot program.
The purpose of this bill is to create a paid parental leave pilot program.
The purpose of this bill is to create of a tax incentive to encourage the continued growth of the outdoor recreation economy in West Virginia to be known as the "Gateway to the Gorge Outdoor Recreation Industry Act".
The purpose of this bill is to create of a tax incentive to encourage the continued growth of the outdoor recreation economy in West Virginia to be known as the "Gateway to the Gorge Outdoor Recreation Industry Act".
The purpose of this bill is to require the amount of any reduction in state aid from the previous fiscal year to be appropriated to the West Virginia Department of Education for the support of the 10 lowest enrollment county school districts that have a maximum excess levy in effect and extremely remote schools in a county school district with a maximum excess levy in effect.
The purpose of this bill is to require the amount of any reduction in state aid from the previous fiscal year to be appropriated to the West Virginia Department of Education for the support of the 10 lowest enrollment county school districts that have a maximum excess levy in effect and extremely remote schools in a county school district with a maximum excess levy in effect.
The purpose of this bill is to permit a parent, guardian, or custodian to pay for an independent medical evaluation of a child in protective custody.
The purpose of this bill is to permit a parent, guardian, or custodian to pay for an independent medical evaluation of a child in protective custody.
The purpose of this bill is to create the "First Time Home Buyer Savings Account Act".
The purpose of this bill is to create the "First Time Home Buyer Savings Account Act".
