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 prohibit municipalities from collecting business and occupation taxes on projects that are funded by state or federal government programs.
The purpose of this bill is to prohibit municipalities from collecting business and occupation taxes on projects that are funded by state or federal government programs.
The purpose of this bill is to require local governments to provide matching funds for grants from the Reclamation of Abandoned and Dilapidated Properties Program unless demonstrated to be fiscally unable; and to require that fines assessed by local governments related to abandoned and dilapidated property be committed to the matching of Reclamation of Abandoned and Dilapidated Properties Program grants or to the demolition of condemned properties.
The purpose of this bill is to require local governments to provide matching funds for grants from the Reclamation of Abandoned and Dilapidated Properties Program unless demonstrated to be fiscally unable; and to require that fines assessed by local governments related to abandoned and dilapidated property be committed to the matching of Reclamation of Abandoned and Dilapidated Properties Program grants or to the demolition of condemned properties.
The purpose of this bill is to provide for the forfeiture of unencumbered funds in special revenue accounts and repayment of certain percentages of the special revenue accounts to the General Revenue Fund if these accounts have been inactive for designated periods. The bill also prohibits expenditures from these accounts pending the forfeiture of the funds.
The purpose of this bill is to provide for the forfeiture of unencumbered funds in special revenue accounts and repayment of certain percentages of the special revenue accounts to the General Revenue Fund if these accounts have been inactive for designated periods. The bill also prohibits expenditures from these accounts pending the forfeiture of the funds.
The purpose of this bill is to authorize the State Board of Education to authorizing the State Board of Education to implement a two year county pilot program to change the school week from five days to four days subject to compliance with §18-5-45 of the code which requires the board to hold at least two public meetings that allow parents, teachers, teacher organizations, businesses, and other interested parties within the county to discuss the school calendar.
The purpose of this bill is to authorize the State Board of Education to authorizing the State Board of Education to implement a two year county pilot program to change the school week from five days to four days subject to compliance with §18-5-45 of the code which requires the board to hold at least two public meetings that allow parents, teachers, teacher organizations, businesses, and other interested parties within the county to discuss the school calendar.
The purpose of this bill is to provide a real and personal property tax exemption for residents 70 years or older and clarify who qualifies for the Homestead Act.
The purpose of this bill is to provide a real and personal property tax exemption for residents 70 years or older and clarify who qualifies for the Homestead Act.
The purpose of this bill is to create the "Judicial Accountability and Civil Liability Act."
The purpose of this bill is to create the "Judicial Accountability and Civil Liability Act."
The purpose of this bill is to establish a minimum 500-foot buffer zone between the construction or establishment of a data center and a residence or school or house of worship.
The purpose of this bill is to establish a minimum 500-foot buffer zone between the construction or establishment of a data center and a residence or school or house of worship.
The purpose of this bill is to clarify what constitutes trespassing at an institution of higher education.
The purpose of this bill is to clarify what constitutes trespassing at an institution of higher education.
The purpose of this bill is to create the Second Amendment Preservation Act. The bill states a short title; provides legislative findings; prohibits regulation of intrastate firearm sales and transfers; provides for civil and criminal penalties; authorizes Attorney General to defend and prosecute; and addresses sovereign immunity.
The purpose of this bill is to create the Second Amendment Preservation Act. The bill states a short title; provides legislative findings; prohibits regulation of intrastate firearm sales and transfers; provides for civil and criminal penalties; authorizes Attorney General to defend and prosecute; and addresses sovereign immunity.
The purpose of this bill is to define a critical vacancy and require board staff certified in the subject matters where there are vacancies to act as substitutes in those positions until someone is hired to fill that position.
The purpose of this bill is to define a critical vacancy and require board staff certified in the subject matters where there are vacancies to act as substitutes in those positions until someone is hired to fill that position.
The purpose of this bill is to establish that certain legislative rules proposed by state agencies regarding chemicals of emerging concern shall be based upon the best available science and the weight of the scientific evidence.
The purpose of this bill is to establish that certain legislative rules proposed by state agencies regarding chemicals of emerging concern shall be based upon the best available science and the weight of the scientific evidence.
The purpose of this bill is to provide exemptions from mandatory immunizations based on religious reasons.
The purpose of this bill is to provide exemptions from mandatory immunizations based on religious reasons.
The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Department of Environmental Protection to promulgate a legislative rule relating to standards of performance for new stationary sources.
The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Department of Environmental Protection to promulgate a legislative rule relating to standards of performance for new stationary sources.
The purpose of this bill is to create the Truth in Taxation Act.
The purpose of this bill is to create the Truth in Taxation Act.
The purpose of this bill is to create the West Virginia PRIME Act.
The purpose of this bill is to create a misdemeanor offense by federal agents or employees who attempt to enforce decrees or writs not approved by Congress or issued by due process. The Attorney General is charged with enforcement.
The purpose of this bill is to create a misdemeanor offense by federal agents or employees who attempt to enforce decrees or writs not approved by Congress or issued by due process. The Attorney General is charged with enforcement.
The purpose of this bill is to reinstitute the maintenance of civil actions for alienation of affection and criminal conversation
The purpose of this bill is to reinstitute the maintenance of civil actions for alienation of affection and criminal conversation
The purpose of this bill is to provide a $10,000 a year salary increase for any teacher who goes through the National Board Certification process and becomes nationally certified.
The purpose of this bill is to provide a $10,000 a year salary increase for any teacher who goes through the National Board Certification process and becomes nationally certified.
The purpose of this bill is to establish that the educational instructional term for students shall begin no earlier than the Tuesday after Labor Day and conclude no later than the Friday before Memorial Day.
The purpose of this bill is to establish that the educational instructional term for students shall begin no earlier than the Tuesday after Labor Day and conclude no later than the Friday before Memorial Day.
The purpose of this bill is to require the Bureau for Social Services to file the Social Services Manual as a legislative rule. All subsequent revisions shall be filed as a legislative rule.
The purpose of this bill is to require the Bureau for Social Services to file the Social Services Manual as a legislative rule. All subsequent revisions shall be filed as a legislative rule.
The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Department of Environmental Protection to promulgate a legislative rule relating to cross-state air pollution to control annual nitrogen oxides emissions, annual sulfur dioxide emissions, and ozone season nitrogen oxides emissions.This section is new; therefore,
The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Department of Environmental Protection to promulgate a legislative rule relating to cross-state air pollution to control annual nitrogen oxides emissions, annual sulfur dioxide emissions, and ozone season nitrogen oxides emissions.This section is new; therefore,
The purpose of this bill is to establish protocol for hospitals to provide patients with trauma informed care.
The purpose of this bill is to establish protocol for hospitals to provide patients with trauma informed care.
The purpose of this bill is to allow a county board of education participating in a multicounty vocational center to determine that a career technical education program be part of the local high school; and allow the program to be a state-approved program of study or a locally created program of study.
The purpose of this bill is to allow a county board of education participating in a multicounty vocational center to determine that a career technical education program be part of the local high school; and allow the program to be a state-approved program of study or a locally created program of study.
The purpose of this resolution is to amend the Constitution to permit the Legislature to adopt general laws exempting from taxation any amount of the value of all or certain real property, or of personal property in the form of a mobile home, used exclusively for residential purposes and occupied by the owner or one of the owners thereof as his or her residence who is a citizen of this state, for so long as the real property is not encumbered by a mortgage.
The purpose of this resolution is to amend the Constitution to permit the Legislature to adopt general laws exempting from taxation any amount of the value of all or certain real property, or of personal property in the form of a mobile home, used exclusively for residential purposes and occupied by the owner or one of the owners thereof as his or her residence who is a citizen of this state, for so long as the real property is not encumbered by a mortgage.
The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Department of Environmental Protection to promulgate a legislative rule relating to carbon dioxide sequestration fee schedule.This section is new; therefore,
The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Department of Environmental Protection to promulgate a legislative rule relating to carbon dioxide sequestration fee schedule.This section is new; therefore,
