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 require the Bureau for Family Assistance to increase the base rate paid to childcare providers and to study a performance-based model of incentive payments to increase quality and to provide reporting.
The purpose of this bill is to require the Bureau for Family Assistance to increase the base rate paid to childcare providers and to study a performance-based model of incentive payments to increase quality and to provide reporting.
The purpose of this bill is to update the state tax rates on e-cigarettes, e-cigarette liquids, and components or accessories for such devices and increasing penalties.
The purpose of this bill is to update the state tax rates on e-cigarettes, e-cigarette liquids, and components or accessories for such devices and increasing penalties.
The purpose of this bill is to clarify the definition of a disabled veteran taxpayer.
The purpose of this bill is to clarify the definition of a disabled veteran taxpayer.
The purpose of this bill is to permit voters not affiliated with a major political party to vote one ballot of any political party in a primary election.
The purpose of this bill is to permit voters not affiliated with a major political party to vote one ballot of any political party in a primary election.
The purpose of this bill is to allow all public schools to instruct students on world languages. The legislature finds learning a world language can improve student math and reading outcomes, improve academic focus, and provide additional career opportunities after graduation. The legislature further finds that an educator obtaining professional learning hours related to teaching world languages may use those hours to satisfy continuing education requirements.
The purpose of this bill is to allow all public schools to instruct students on world languages. The legislature finds learning a world language can improve student math and reading outcomes, improve academic focus, and provide additional career opportunities after graduation. The legislature further finds that an educator obtaining professional learning hours related to teaching world languages may use those hours to satisfy continuing education requirements.
The purpose of this bill is regarding water quality affecting residents of the state; establishing findings; requiring Department of Health to evaluate whether public water sources contain levels of contaminants making them unsafe; providing water filtration equipment or technology to residents whose water is deemed unsafe; and providing for rulemaking.
The purpose of this bill is regarding water quality affecting residents of the state; establishing findings; requiring Department of Health to evaluate whether public water sources contain levels of contaminants making them unsafe; providing water filtration equipment or technology to residents whose water is deemed unsafe; and providing for rulemaking.
The purpose of this bill is to require the Division of Motor Vehicles to provide certain identification documents to homeless individuals who are U.S. Citizens, residing at homeless shelters within this state, at no cost.
The purpose of this bill is to require the Division of Motor Vehicles to provide certain identification documents to homeless individuals who are U.S. Citizens, residing at homeless shelters within this state, at no cost.
The purpose of this bill is to modify the composition of the West Virginia Parkways Authority.
The purpose of this bill is to modify the composition of the West Virginia Parkways Authority.
The purpose of this bill is to increase the percentage amount for the privilege of holding a license to operate interactive wagering.
The purpose of this bill is to increase the percentage amount for the privilege of holding a license to operate interactive wagering.
The purpose of this bill is to deduct payment of medical expenses from state tax payment.
The purpose of this bill is to deduct payment of medical expenses from state tax payment.
The purpose of this bill is to establish sexual abuse prevention screening, hiring, and dismissal requirements for all school employees and contractors who work at schools.
The purpose of this bill is to establish sexual abuse prevention screening, hiring, and dismissal requirements for all school employees and contractors who work at schools.
The purpose of this bill is to increase the Homestead Property Tax Exemption from $20,000 to $40,000.
The purpose of this bill is to increase the Homestead Property Tax Exemption from $20,000 to $40,000.
The purpose of this bill is to extend the timeframe for the department to identify relatives and fictive kin of the child.
The purpose of this bill is to extend the timeframe for the department to identify relatives and fictive kin of the child.
The purpose of this bill is to provide a $5,000 raise to state road employees.
The purpose of this bill is to provide a $5,000 raise to state road employees.
The purpose of this bill is to limit the price of prescription drugs to older West Virginians to the lowest price that drug is available in the United States.
The purpose of this bill is to limit the price of prescription drugs to older West Virginians to the lowest price that drug is available in the United States.
The purpose of this bill is to eliminate restrictions to voting rights following an individual's release from incarceration through pardon, probation, parole, or completion of sentence.
The purpose of this bill is to eliminate restrictions to voting rights following an individual's release from incarceration through pardon, probation, parole, or completion of sentence.
The purpose of this bill is to eliminate specific statutory restrictions on outdoor advertisement.
The purpose of this bill is to eliminate specific statutory restrictions on outdoor advertisement.
The purpose of this bill is to create a special revenue account, the Residential Treatment Capacity Expansion Fund, to support the recruitment, development, and expansion of in-state residential treatment providers for children. The fund may be used for provider incentives, facility development, transition services for children currently placed out of state, and other activities that increase West Virginia's residential treatment capacity.
The purpose of this bill is to create a special revenue account, the Residential Treatment Capacity Expansion Fund, to support the recruitment, development, and expansion of in-state residential treatment providers for children. The fund may be used for provider incentives, facility development, transition services for children currently placed out of state, and other activities that increase West Virginia's residential treatment capacity.
The purpose of this bill is to enable pharmacists to dispense Ivermectin for human use without a prescription.
The purpose of this bill is to enable pharmacists to dispense Ivermectin for human use without a prescription.
The purpose of this bill is to increase circumstances where the Department of Human Services is required to seek termination of parental rights. The bill also increases circumstances where the time limit for a respondent parent's improvement period, or combination or extension of the respondent parent's improvement period, applies.
The purpose of this bill is to increase circumstances where the Department of Human Services is required to seek termination of parental rights. The bill also increases circumstances where the time limit for a respondent parent's improvement period, or combination or extension of the respondent parent's improvement period, applies.
The purpose of this bill is to increase the percentage amount for the privilege of holding a license to operate sports wagering.
The purpose of this bill is to increase the percentage amount for the privilege of holding a license to operate sports wagering.
The purpose of this bill relates generally to the qualifications and responsibilities of the State Fire Marshal.
The purpose of this bill relates generally to the qualifications and responsibilities of the State Fire Marshal.
The purpose of this bill is to create a Work/Incarceration Prison pilot program; to establish guidelines for eligibility; creates one prison; authorizes the Division of Corrections to propose rules; provides sentence reduction to an offender sentenced to the work/incarceration prison; provides that an offender who commits a violation of the rules be sent to a correctional facility and have an additional year added on to their original sentence; provides guideline for appropriation; allows offenders from other counties be accepted to the work/incarceration prison; and provides for an annual evaluation of the work/incarceration prison to be submitted to the Legislature.
The purpose of this bill is to create a Work/Incarceration Prison pilot program; to establish guidelines for eligibility; creates one prison; authorizes the Division of Corrections to propose rules; provides sentence reduction to an offender sentenced to the work/incarceration prison; provides that an offender who commits a violation of the rules be sent to a correctional facility and have an additional year added on to their original sentence; provides guideline for appropriation; allows offenders from other counties be accepted to the work/incarceration prison; and provides for an annual evaluation of the work/incarceration prison to be submitted to the Legislature.
The purpose of this bill is to creating standards in determining a change of use of existing entrances.
The purpose of this bill is to creating standards in determining a change of use of existing entrances.
The purpose of this bill is to increase the pay of teachers from 35 years of experience to 45 years of experience.
The purpose of this bill is to increase the pay of teachers from 35 years of experience to 45 years of experience.
