West Virginia

The purpose of this bill is to create the West Virginia Rural School Protection Act.

The purpose of this bill is to define residence for purposes of registration and voting.

This bill shall be known as the West Virginia Safe Outdoor Dogs Act. The purpose of this bill is to provide added protection for animals exposed to extreme weather.

The purpose of this bill is to clarify rulemaking authority of the West Virginia Secondary Schools Activities Commission; require that certain rules be modified and allowing the commission to pull the coaching credentials of any coach found guilty of illegally recruiting student athletes.

The purpose of this bill is to remove the responsibility to hear appeals of certification decisions by the subcommittee from the Deputy Cabinet Secretary or his or her designee to the Office of Administrative Hearings and clarify that the Office of Administrative Hearings is to hear appeals from decisions or orders of any of the subcommittees of the Governor's Committee on Crime, Delinquency and Correction. to the Office of Administrative Hearings.

The purpose of this bill is to create the Agricultural Right to Repair Act. The bill promotes farmer repair choice and competition by requiring manufacturers of agriculture equipment to make available to owners and independent repair providers, on fair and reasonable terms, the documentation, parts, and tools used to diagnose, maintain, and repair such equipment.

The purpose of this bill is to limit county responsibility for certain jail costs if an inmate is sentenced to time served.

The purpose of this bill is to allow for patients to refuse to have their procedures observed by residents of the hospital or medical students.

The purpose of this bill is add contact information of the committee chair and require and acknowledgment in the statement of organization that the committee must adhere to the reporting requirements set forth in the campaign finance laws of West Virginia.

The purpose of this bill is to add a requirement that volunteer or part volunteer fire companies or departments must be members in good standing with the West Virginia State Firemen's Association to be eligible for revenues from the Fire Protection Fund, to objectively define "good standing", and to specify compliance with applicable federal and state laws.

The purpose of this bill is to allow for the carry of a firearm or deadly weapon on the Capitol grounds and surrounding streets and sidewalks that border the capitol complex and the carrying of a firearm in the Capitol Building with certain exceptions.

The purpose of this bill is to ensure that a consumer is not required to pay for service outages caused by the provider when he or she did not receive services.

The purpose of this bill is to provide teachers a $10,000 pay raise across five years, with a $2,000 raise to be provided in each school year beginning with the 2026-2027 school year and ending with the 2030-2031 school year, and to provide service personnel with a 25% raise across five years, with a five percent raise to be provided in each school year beginning with the 2026-2027 school year and ending with the 2030-2031 school year.

The purpose of this bill is to permit service upon tenants for eviction proceedings to be accomplished by publication or by posting the notice conspicuously on the premises if the tenant will not accept service of process in person.

The purpose of this bill is to create a Domestic Violence Registry for offenders with at least two qualifying convictions.

The purpose of this bill is to prohibit pedestrians from standing in roadways or right of ways.

The purpose of this bill is to raise the cost-of-living increase from the first $15,000 to the first $30,000 for supplemental pension benefits for certain municipal employees.

The purpose of this bill is to provide that a candidate's filing fee is not generally refundable, even if the candidate withdraws from the race or does not make it onto the ballot.

The purpose of this bill is to provide for removal or cutting of trees on state owned or leased property or rights-of-way threatening structures on private property.

The purpose of this bill is to prohibit activities connected with sexual abuse of an animal; establish criminal penalties; provide for forfeiture of animals, payment of associated costs, and restrictions on owning animals upon conviction.

The purpose of this bill relates to the regulatory classification of bars, taverns, and restaurants; commercial wastewater standards; and septic system oversight.

The purpose of this bill is to prohibit activities connected with sexual abuse of an animal; establish criminal penalties; provide for forfeiture of animals, payment of associated costs, and restrictions on owning animals upon conviction.

The purpose of this bill is to allow those persons 18-20 years of age to be permitted to carry a deadly weapon as those persons 21 and over are currently permitted to do.

The purpose of this bill is to require collection agencies to notify debtors of wage garnishments 30 days prior to that action by certified mail.