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

Creating Charter School Revolving Loan 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.

Increasing fines for first degree sexual assault

The purpose of this bill is to raise the penalty for first degree sexual assault to life in prison.

Relating to campaign financial statements by candidates for municipal office

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.

Authorizing green burial and natural burial

The purpose of this bill is to authorize green burials and natural burials.

Creating Economic Freedom Zones Act

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.

To create the Southern Coalfield Resiliency and Revitalization Program

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.

Relating to Civil Action to Set Aside a Tax Deed

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.

Authorizing Legislature to Eliminate Ad Valorem Tax on Business and Inventory Tangible Personal Property Amendment

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.

Requiring county commissions approve certain purchase made with county fire levy moneys

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.

Clarifying when service of process on limited liability corporation by 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.

Expanding 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.

Establishing 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.

Relating to clarifying the definition of electioneering

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.

Creating WV Task Force on Election Integrity

The purpose of this bill is to create the West Virginia Task Force on Election Integrity.

Creating Natural Organic Reduction Act

The purpose of this bill is to establish Natural Organic Reduction as a lawful method of disposition in West Virginia.

Creating Energy Economic Load Dispatch Act

The purpose of this bill is to create the Energy Economic Load Dispatch Act.

Creating WV Energy Freedom Act

The purpose of this bill is to create the West Virginia Energy Freedom Act related to power generation companies in the state.

Increasing number of children allowable in family child care home

The purpose of this bill is to increase the total number of children allowable for informal family child care.

Allowing retail liquor licensees to wholesale certain low-proof alcohol to class A and class B retailers

The purpose of this bill is to allow retail liquor licensees to distribute at wholesale ready to drink low-proof distilled alcohol products to Class A and Class B retailers regulated by §11-16-1 et seq. of the code.

To create a new hunting license stamp for upland game birds

The purpose of this bill is to create the "upland game bird" stamp to be administered by the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources.

Allowing retail liquor outlets discount certain liquor below minimum markup

The purpose of this bill is to allow retail liquor outlets who purchased liquor which has not sold in two years to be able to discount liquor that has been documented as stagnant below the minimum markup. The retail liquor outlet benefits from the sale of older or stagnant liquor and the state benefits with additional sales tax on liquor that might otherwise be destroyed.

Clarifying definition of “farm” or “farmland” for real property tax assessment purposes

The purpose of this bill is to clarify the definition of farm for property tax assessment purposes to prevent disqualification of certain acreage in which other business activities not farming are performed.

Updating retirement eligibility for certain sheriffs

The purpose of this bill is to authorize sheriffs who are members of the public retirement system to retire upon attaining the age of 62 with eight or more years of service.

Removing electrical transformers as exempted aboveground storage tanks

The purpose of this bill is to remove electrical transformers from the list of exempted aboveground storage tanks.

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