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 create the Public Defense and Provisioning Act.
The purpose of this bill is to create the Public Defense and Provisioning Act.
The purpose of this bill is to increase compensation of all panel attorneys and guardians ad litem. The bill also creates an assistant guardian ad litem position and outlines what language is required in juvenile abuse and neglect case orders.This bill was recommended for introduction by the Joint Committee on Children and Families.
The purpose of this bill is to increase compensation of all panel attorneys and guardians ad litem. The bill also creates an assistant guardian ad litem position and outlines what language is required in juvenile abuse and neglect case orders.This bill was recommended for introduction by the Joint Committee on Children and Families.
The purpose of this bill is to align the state classifications of independent contractor and employee with the Internal Revenue Service classifications.
The purpose of this bill is to align the state classifications of independent contractor and employee with the Internal Revenue Service classifications.
The purpose of this bill relates generally to bonded indebtedness of the State of West Virginia; requires recommendation from the State Treasurer prior to issuing refunding bonds beginning on a certain date; authorizes legislative rules related to refunding bonds, includes emergency rules for a limited period; sets forth legislative intent and findings; defines terms; clarifies application of new article; specifies when the Treasurer may issue general obligation bonds; sets forth amount, form, and terms of general obligation bonds; declares general obligation bonds to be covenants of the state and lawful investments; provides for manner of sale of general obligation bonds; requires creation of a debt service fund for each general obligation bond series; specifies permissible use of a debt service fund; authorizes investment of a debt service fund; authorizes the Treasurer to issue certain refunding bonds; requires the Treasurer to determine the bond counsel and financial advisor for general obligation bonds; exempts selection of bond-related services from certain state purchasing requirements; authorizes the Treasurer to pay general obligation bond issuance expenses from the debt service fund; prohibiting conflicts of interest; creates a criminal misdemeanor offense and providing penalties for violation on conflict of interest provisions; authorizes legislative rules related to general obligation bonds, including emergency rules; relocates statutory language concerning the state's outstanding general obligation bonds to a single chapter of code; declares legislative intent; provides for statutory construction; and makes various technical corrections.
The purpose of this bill relates generally to bonded indebtedness of the State of West Virginia; requires recommendation from the State Treasurer prior to issuing refunding bonds beginning on a certain date; authorizes legislative rules related to refunding bonds, includes emergency rules for a limited period; sets forth legislative intent and findings; defines terms; clarifies application of new article; specifies when the Treasurer may issue general obligation bonds; sets forth amount, form, and terms of general obligation bonds; declares general obligation bonds to be covenants of the state and lawful investments; provides for manner of sale of general obligation bonds; requires creation of a debt service fund for each general obligation bond series; specifies permissible use of a debt service fund; authorizes investment of a debt service fund; authorizes the Treasurer to issue certain refunding bonds; requires the Treasurer to determine the bond counsel and financial advisor for general obligation bonds; exempts selection of bond-related services from certain state purchasing requirements; authorizes the Treasurer to pay general obligation bond issuance expenses from the debt service fund; prohibiting conflicts of interest; creates a criminal misdemeanor offense and providing penalties for violation on conflict of interest provisions; authorizes legislative rules related to general obligation bonds, including emergency rules; relocates statutory language concerning the state's outstanding general obligation bonds to a single chapter of code; declares legislative intent; provides for statutory construction; and makes various technical corrections.
The purpose of this bill is to protect coal and gas minerals from carbon capture practices.
The purpose of this bill is to protect coal and gas minerals from carbon capture practices.
The purpose of this bill is to require children to be screened for sex trafficking and labor trafficking as they enter foster care.
The purpose of this bill is to require children to be screened for sex trafficking and labor trafficking as they enter foster care.
The purpose of this bill is to empower qualified certified nurse practitioners and certified nurse midwives to prescribe, administer, and dispense prescriptions drugs without a collaborating physician.
The purpose of this bill is to empower qualified certified nurse practitioners and certified nurse midwives to prescribe, administer, and dispense prescriptions drugs without a collaborating physician.
The purpose of this bill is to allow political subdivisions pay premium payments to PEIA by credit card or state purchasing card.
The purpose of this bill is to allow political subdivisions pay premium payments to PEIA by credit card or state purchasing card.
The purpose of this bill is to create a state sales tax rebate for qualifying materials used in the construction of modest homes of 1,600 square feet or less, to limit the rebate to the state six percent sales tax, to permit voluntary municipal participation, to establish fixed material quantity limits.
The purpose of this bill is to create a state sales tax rebate for qualifying materials used in the construction of modest homes of 1,600 square feet or less, to limit the rebate to the state six percent sales tax, to permit voluntary municipal participation, to establish fixed material quantity limits.
The purpose of this bill is to establish an Economic Development Investment Fund.
The purpose of this bill is to establish an Economic Development Investment Fund.
The purpose of this bill is to create the "Charter School Revolving Loan Fund" for the purpose of providing low-interest loans for public charter school facility projects with the loan repayments being recycled and deposited back into the fund to support future projects.
The purpose of this bill is to create the "Charter School Revolving Loan Fund" for the purpose of providing low-interest loans for public charter school facility projects with the loan repayments being recycled and deposited back into the fund to support future projects.
The purpose of this bill is to raise the penalty for first degree sexual assault to life in prison.
The purpose of this bill is to raise the penalty for first degree sexual assault to life in prison.
The purpose of this bill is to increase transparency into county and municipal campaign finance activities by requiring all campaign finance reports for all elected offices in the state to be published online within 48 hours of the deadline, and to require municipal candidates file their campaign finance reports with the County Clerk of the County in which they are running.
The purpose of this bill is to increase transparency into county and municipal campaign finance activities by requiring all campaign finance reports for all elected offices in the state to be published online within 48 hours of the deadline, and to require municipal candidates file their campaign finance reports with the County Clerk of the County in which they are running.
The purpose of this bill is to authorize green burials and natural burials.
The purpose of this bill is to authorize green burials and natural burials.
The purpose of this bill is to remove barriers to voluntary exchange and entrepreneurship in distressed areas without creating preferential treatment for specific industries or firms.
The purpose of this bill is to remove barriers to voluntary exchange and entrepreneurship in distressed areas without creating preferential treatment for specific industries or firms.
The purpose of this bill is to create the Southern Coalfield Resiliency and Revitalization program to identify and prioritize existing resources that can be directed to support economic development efforts in the Boone, Logan, McDowell, Mingo, and Wyoming counties; establish a revitalization council to manage these activities; and provide technical assistance support, services, and resources to support community revitalization of the Southern Coalfield counties.
The purpose of this bill is to create the Southern Coalfield Resiliency and Revitalization program to identify and prioritize existing resources that can be directed to support economic development efforts in the Boone, Logan, McDowell, Mingo, and Wyoming counties; establish a revitalization council to manage these activities; and provide technical assistance support, services, and resources to support community revitalization of the Southern Coalfield counties.
The purpose of this bill relates to the right to set aside deed when one entitled to notices was not properly notified. The bill changes the time that such parties have to institute a civil action to set aside the deed against state and local governments and their subdivisions from two years to one year.
The purpose of this bill relates to the right to set aside deed when one entitled to notices was not properly notified. The bill changes the time that such parties have to institute a civil action to set aside the deed against state and local governments and their subdivisions from two years to one year.
The purpose of this resolution is to permit the Legislature to repeal the business and inventory ad valorem tangible personal property tax and to require the Legislature create a mechanism to replace funding that counties receive from the business and inventory ad valorem tangible personal property tax.
The purpose of this resolution is to permit the Legislature to repeal the business and inventory ad valorem tangible personal property tax and to require the Legislature create a mechanism to replace funding that counties receive from the business and inventory ad valorem tangible personal property tax.
The purpose of this bill is to require county commissions to approve all purchases made by volunteer fire departments over $10,000 and made with county fire fee levy money.
The purpose of this bill is to require county commissions to approve all purchases made by volunteer fire departments over $10,000 and made with county fire fee levy money.
The purpose of this bill is to clarify when service of process on a limited liability company or corporation by the Secretary of State is sufficient.
The purpose of this bill is to clarify when service of process on a limited liability company or corporation by the Secretary of State is sufficient.
The purpose of this bill is to expand to the crime of indecent exposure to include biological males who undress in women's locker rooms.
The purpose of this bill is to expand to the crime of indecent exposure to include biological males who undress in women's locker rooms.
The purpose of this bill is to establish the Community Well-Being, Recovery Housing, and Family Stabilization Act.
The purpose of this bill is to establish the Community Well-Being, Recovery Housing, and Family Stabilization Act.
The purpose of this bill is to clarify the definition of electioneering; describe certain prohibited electioneering information or activity; exempt from the definition of "electioneering" certain activity and materials; permit certain persons to enforce election laws and maintain law and order inside the prohibited zone; and permit certain persons to seek assistance from law-enforcement officer.
The purpose of this bill is to clarify the definition of electioneering; describe certain prohibited electioneering information or activity; exempt from the definition of "electioneering" certain activity and materials; permit certain persons to enforce election laws and maintain law and order inside the prohibited zone; and permit certain persons to seek assistance from law-enforcement officer.
