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
The purpose of this bill is to permit public schools and public charter schools to refuse to enroll a student who is unlawfully present in the United States.
The purpose of this bill is to permit public schools and public charter schools to refuse to enroll a student who is unlawfully present in the United States.
The purpose of this bill is to modify school boards and county boards of directors.
The purpose of this bill is to modify school boards and county boards of directors.
The purpose of this bill is to require all public schools located within this state shall give age-appropriate instruction on the Holocaust.
The purpose of this bill is to require all public schools located within this state shall give age-appropriate instruction on the Holocaust.
The purpose of this bill is to provide a tax sale process reform by creating two distinct legal tracks: Owner-occupied property (people actively living in the home) and Non-owner-occupied property (abandoned, rental, speculative, or non-primary residence).This distinction governs notice, redemption, and post-sale remedies.
The purpose of this bill is to provide a tax sale process reform by creating two distinct legal tracks: Owner-occupied property (people actively living in the home) and Non-owner-occupied property (abandoned, rental, speculative, or non-primary residence).This distinction governs notice, redemption, and post-sale remedies.
The purpose of this bill is to establish the West Virginia Freedom and Innovation Pilot Act of 2026. The bill provides for a short title. The bill provides for the enactment of the program. Finally, the bill provides for a sunset and review date.
The purpose of this bill is to establish the West Virginia Freedom and Innovation Pilot Act of 2026. The bill provides for a short title. The bill provides for the enactment of the program. Finally, the bill provides for a sunset and review date.
The purpose of this bill is to collect a state excise tax against opioid sales calculated at one cent for 100 pills multiplied by the number of overdose deaths in the most recent year based on Health Department's death certificates. The tax shall be used to fund addiction prevention and recovery from opioid use.
The purpose of this bill is to collect a state excise tax against opioid sales calculated at one cent for 100 pills multiplied by the number of overdose deaths in the most recent year based on Health Department's death certificates. The tax shall be used to fund addiction prevention and recovery from opioid use.
The purpose of this bill is to require rumble strips on double-yellow lined roads.
The purpose of this bill is to require rumble strips on double-yellow lined roads.
The purpose of this bill is to provide supplemental compensation to county clerks for expanded election duties, including municipal election oversight, cybersecurity compliance, federal reporting, and election administration responsibilities transferred from circuit clerks.
The purpose of this bill is to provide supplemental compensation to county clerks for expanded election duties, including municipal election oversight, cybersecurity compliance, federal reporting, and election administration responsibilities transferred from circuit clerks.
The purpose of this bill is to create The Central West Virginia Economic Development and Rural Revitalization Act.
The purpose of this bill is to create The Central West Virginia Economic Development and Rural Revitalization Act.
The purpose of this bill is to encourage West Virginia businesses to replace foreign-manufactured goods with goods manufactured in West Virginia through performance-based, time-limited tax incentives that support sustained in-state production, workforce expansion, and long-term economic growth.
The purpose of this bill is to encourage West Virginia businesses to replace foreign-manufactured goods with goods manufactured in West Virginia through performance-based, time-limited tax incentives that support sustained in-state production, workforce expansion, and long-term economic growth.
The purpose of this bill is to create the safe library books for kids committee.
The purpose of this bill is to create the safe library books for kids committee.
The purpose of this bill is to improve the payment systems of Department of Human Services to ensure prompt payment through the Child Welfare Payment System for socially necessary service providers contracted to provide services through contracts with the state.
The purpose of this bill is to improve the payment systems of Department of Human Services to ensure prompt payment through the Child Welfare Payment System for socially necessary service providers contracted to provide services through contracts with the state.
The purpose of this bill is to require the House and Senate Clerk record all roll call votes in the journal on all questions pertaining to a direct personal or pecuniary interest when more than one-third of the members present vote by voting machine.
The purpose of this bill is to require the House and Senate Clerk record all roll call votes in the journal on all questions pertaining to a direct personal or pecuniary interest when more than one-third of the members present vote by voting machine.
The purpose of this bill is to create a statutory right for siblings to petition a circuit or family court for visitation with their minor child siblings.
The purpose of this bill is to create a statutory right for siblings to petition a circuit or family court for visitation with their minor child siblings.
The purpose of this bill relates to county reimbursement for housing and maintaining inmates; and excludes county reimbursement for any inmate declared incompetent to stand trial.
The purpose of this bill relates to county reimbursement for housing and maintaining inmates; and excludes county reimbursement for any inmate declared incompetent to stand trial.
The purpose of this bill relates to the personal information of protected individuals. The bill provides for the protection of the personal information of district attorneys, assistant district attorneys, and district attorney investigators. The bill provides for records of the office of the Secretary of State. The bill provides for an effective date. Finally, the bill provides for related matters.
The purpose of this bill relates to the personal information of protected individuals. The bill provides for the protection of the personal information of district attorneys, assistant district attorneys, and district attorney investigators. The bill provides for records of the office of the Secretary of State. The bill provides for an effective date. Finally, the bill provides for related matters.
The purpose of this bill is to amend penalties for any assault on a police officer or police dog.
The purpose of this bill is to amend penalties for any assault on a police officer or police dog.
The purpose of this bill is to require child-care subsidies to be based on monthly enrollment rather than daily attendance.
The purpose of this bill is to require child-care subsidies to be based on monthly enrollment rather than daily attendance.
The purpose of this bill is to permit students instructed at home, by a private tutor or enrolled in a private, parochial or church school or a school operated by a religious order, who do not attend a school that is a member of the West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission to participate in extracurricular athletic or other extracurricular activities at a school that is a member of the commission.
The purpose of this bill is to permit students instructed at home, by a private tutor or enrolled in a private, parochial or church school or a school operated by a religious order, who do not attend a school that is a member of the West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission to participate in extracurricular athletic or other extracurricular activities at a school that is a member of the commission.
The purpose of this bill is to allow certain contracted counsel for executive agencies to purchase years of service in the Public Employees Retirement System.
The purpose of this bill is to allow certain contracted counsel for executive agencies to purchase years of service in the Public Employees Retirement System.
The purpose of this bill is to establish a comprehensive regulatory sunset and zero-based review system.
The purpose of this bill is to establish a comprehensive regulatory sunset and zero-based review system.
The purpose of this amendment is to provide for the election of five members of the West Virginia Board of Education, in a manner provided by law, and to provide for rulemaking by the Legislature.
The purpose of this amendment is to provide for the election of five members of the West Virginia Board of Education, in a manner provided by law, and to provide for rulemaking by the Legislature.
The purpose of this bill is to establish that fiscal notes submitted to the Legislature constitute sworn testimony, imposing criminal penalties for knowingly false or materially misleading fiscal notes, requiring referral for prosecution, and creating a safe harbor for those fiscal notes submitted and made in good faith.
The purpose of this bill is to establish that fiscal notes submitted to the Legislature constitute sworn testimony, imposing criminal penalties for knowingly false or materially misleading fiscal notes, requiring referral for prosecution, and creating a safe harbor for those fiscal notes submitted and made in good faith.
The purpose of this bill is to create a tax credit for rehabilitation of vacant or dilapidated residential properties in coalfield counties.
The purpose of this bill is to create a tax credit for rehabilitation of vacant or dilapidated residential properties in coalfield counties.