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 provide a pay increase for teachers who have more than 30 students in their classroom, and to provide for an exception.
The purpose of this bill is to provide a pay increase for teachers who have more than 30 students in their classroom, and to provide for an exception.
The purpose of this bill is to ensure that protections are in place to protect religious services during a declared state of emergency by the Governor or other declarations by the executive branch that would impose restrictions upon such houses of worship.
The purpose of this bill is to ensure that protections are in place to protect religious services during a declared state of emergency by the Governor or other declarations by the executive branch that would impose restrictions upon such houses of worship.
The purpose of this bill is to create the Transparency in Financial Services Act which prohibits a financial institution from discriminating against someone for religion, expressions, or participation in lawful economic activity.
The purpose of this bill is to create the Transparency in Financial Services Act which prohibits a financial institution from discriminating against someone for religion, expressions, or participation in lawful economic activity.
The purpose of this bill is to protect groundwater and aqueduct supplies from depletion by data center cooling uses.
The purpose of this bill is to protect groundwater and aqueduct supplies from depletion by data center cooling uses.
The purpose of this bill is to change the West Virginia Code to allow concealed carry on and in Capitol grounds.
The purpose of this bill is to change the West Virginia Code to allow concealed carry on and in Capitol grounds.
The purpose of this bill relates to hotel and motel housing vouchers programs; prohibiting city or town from requiring hotel or motel participation in housing voucher programs; prohibiting county from requiring hotel or motel participation in housing voucher programs; and prohibiting a housing authority from requiring hotel or motel participation in housing voucher programs.
The purpose of this bill relates to hotel and motel housing vouchers programs; prohibiting city or town from requiring hotel or motel participation in housing voucher programs; prohibiting county from requiring hotel or motel participation in housing voucher programs; and prohibiting a housing authority from requiring hotel or motel participation in housing voucher programs.
The purpose of this bill is to increase the penalties for selling or obtaining alcohol for a minor.
The purpose of this bill is to increase the penalties for selling or obtaining alcohol for a minor.
The purpose of this bill is to require local child protective workers to use body worn camera while conducting abuse and neglect investigations.
The purpose of this bill is to require local child protective workers to use body worn camera while conducting abuse and neglect investigations.
The purpose of this bill is to create the Michael Brandon Cochran Act; provide definitions; require certain medical testing of ICU patients; establish a monetary penalty; and create a grant program and fund.
The purpose of this bill is to create the Michael Brandon Cochran Act; provide definitions; require certain medical testing of ICU patients; establish a monetary penalty; and create a grant program and fund.
The purpose of this bill relates to disaffiliation from religious denominations and generally relates to property of religious organizations; requires a two-thirds vote of the membership for disaffiliation; establishes classes of property for purposes of disaffiliation; treats each separately deeded parcel of real property as a distinct unit for Class A purposes; provides that a local religious organization that disaffiliates from a parent religious denomination or conference may retain ownership of each parcel of real property (Class A) if more than 50 percent of the costs for acquiring and improving that specific parcel were raised locally by or from the organization, subject to reimbursement of investments made by the parent religious denomination or conference; provides for ownership of chattel and personal property (Class B) based on the purchaser; provides for pro rata ownership of intangible property (Class C) based on sources of funds over a two-year lookback period; provides a catch-all provision for classification of property by a court, mediator, or arbitrator; establishes a burden of proof on the parent religious denomination or conference; requires the parent religious denomination or conference to provide accounting within a specified timeline; and provides for severability and application to affiliations entered into or reaffirmed on or after the effective date.
The purpose of this bill relates to disaffiliation from religious denominations and generally relates to property of religious organizations; requires a two-thirds vote of the membership for disaffiliation; establishes classes of property for purposes of disaffiliation; treats each separately deeded parcel of real property as a distinct unit for Class A purposes; provides that a local religious organization that disaffiliates from a parent religious denomination or conference may retain ownership of each parcel of real property (Class A) if more than 50 percent of the costs for acquiring and improving that specific parcel were raised locally by or from the organization, subject to reimbursement of investments made by the parent religious denomination or conference; provides for ownership of chattel and personal property (Class B) based on the purchaser; provides for pro rata ownership of intangible property (Class C) based on sources of funds over a two-year lookback period; provides a catch-all provision for classification of property by a court, mediator, or arbitrator; establishes a burden of proof on the parent religious denomination or conference; requires the parent religious denomination or conference to provide accounting within a specified timeline; and provides for severability and application to affiliations entered into or reaffirmed on or after the effective date.
The purpose of this bill is to include postpartum depression, anxiety, psychosis, and obsessive-compulsive disorders in existing public health programs.
The purpose of this bill is to include postpartum depression, anxiety, psychosis, and obsessive-compulsive disorders in existing public health programs.
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 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 relates to access to original birth certificates to adopted adults or their lineal descendants.
The purpose of this bill relates to access to original birth certificates to adopted adults or their lineal descendants.
The purpose of this bill relates to enhancing the flexibility, responsiveness, and economic development potential of the Industrial Access Road Fund.
The purpose of this bill relates to enhancing the flexibility, responsiveness, and economic development potential of the Industrial Access Road Fund.
The purpose of this bill is to establish certain requirements relating to requests for rate adjustments from public electric utilities; limiting the jurisdiction of the Public Service Commission over rate adjustment requests by public utilities to hearing the request and making recommendations to the Legislature; requiring electric utility rate adjustments be approved by the Legislature; and requiring electrical utilities which operate coal fired electrical generation facilities shall maintain an average minimum rate of generation
The purpose of this bill is to establish certain requirements relating to requests for rate adjustments from public electric utilities; limiting the jurisdiction of the Public Service Commission over rate adjustment requests by public utilities to hearing the request and making recommendations to the Legislature; requiring electric utility rate adjustments be approved by the Legislature; and requiring electrical utilities which operate coal fired electrical generation facilities shall maintain an average minimum rate of generation
The purpose of this bill is to repeal obsolete and outdated sections of the Education code.
The purpose of this bill is to repeal obsolete and outdated sections of the Education code.
The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Department of Health to promulgate a legislative rule relating to diabetes self-management education.This section is new; therefore,
The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Department of Health to promulgate a legislative rule relating to diabetes self-management education.This section is new; therefore,
The purpose of this bill is to allow for pharmaceutical companies to be held liable for injuries resulting from the Covid-19 vaccine.
The purpose of this bill is to allow for pharmaceutical companies to be held liable for injuries resulting from the Covid-19 vaccine.
The purpose of this bill is to amending duties of a purchaser of property sold by the Auditor for unpaid taxes to secure a deed to include the satisfaction of any municipal lien of record on the property.
The purpose of this bill is to amending duties of a purchaser of property sold by the Auditor for unpaid taxes to secure a deed to include the satisfaction of any municipal lien of record on the property.
The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Department of Health to promulgate a legislative rule relating to emergency medical services.
The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Department of Health to promulgate a legislative rule relating to emergency medical services.
The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Department of Health to promulgate a legislative rule relating to fees for services.This section is new; therefore,
The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Department of Health to promulgate a legislative rule relating to fees for services.This section is new; therefore,
The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Office of Inspector General to promulgate a legislative rule relating to delegation of medication administration and health maintenance tasks to approved medication assistive personnel.This section is new; therefore,
The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Office of Inspector General to promulgate a legislative rule relating to delegation of medication administration and health maintenance tasks to approved medication assistive personnel.This section is new; therefore,
The purpose of this bill is to require a full legislative vote regarding all Gubernatorial declarations of a state of preparedness or state of emergency.
The purpose of this bill is to require a full legislative vote regarding all Gubernatorial declarations of a state of preparedness or state of emergency.
The purpose of this bill is to require Medicaid to cover lymphedema compression treatment items and off-the-shelf orthopedic braces.
The purpose of this bill is to require Medicaid to cover lymphedema compression treatment items and off-the-shelf orthopedic braces.
