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

Providing parents plain-language statements of immediate rights and ongoing rights

The purpose of this bill is to provide parents with plain language statements of their rights during a CPS investigation.

Relating to Medicaid providers

The purpose of this bill is to establish uniform and expedited credentialing standards for Medicaid providers and require electronic submission of credentialing applications. The bill further directs the Department of Human Services to transition to a unified statewide electronic credentialing system.

Make West Virginia Healthy Act of 2026

Relating generally to the reestablishment of a statewide Healthy Lifestyles program

Changing requirements for home school instruction

The purpose of this bill is to remove all requirements for parents' certifications and remove all requirements regarding curriculum that includes the same subject areas as public schools.

Drug-Related Nuisances

The purpose of this bill is to create legal procedures and penalties for drug related nuisances.

Relating to the creation of an alternative procurement procedure called the “general contractor/construction manager” procedure, and authorizing the Division of Highways to promulgate rules thereabout.

The purpose of this chapter is to authorize the use of certain alternative contracting procedures, to prescribe appropriate requirements to ensure that such contracting procedures serve the public interest, and to establish a process for evaluation of such contracting procedures.

Relating to flexibility in setting lottery director's salary

The purpose of this bill is to provide flexibility in setting the Lottery Director's annual salary.

Relating generally to providing notice for amendments to a zoning ordinance.

The purpose of this bill is to provide notice for amendments to a zoning ordinance.

Allowing death penalty for first degree murder during commission of sexual assault

The purpose of this bill is to impose the death penalty on defendants convicted of first degree murder and first degree sexual abuse of a child in the same proceeding.

Relating to authority of PEIA to investigate and prosecute fraud

The purpose of this bill is to expand the ability of the Public Employees Insurance Agency to investigate and prosecute fraud..

Authorizing the State Treasurer to coordinate SMART529 program with federal Trump accounts

The purpose of this bill is to authorize the State Treasurer to Coordinate SMART529 Program with federal Trump Accounts.

Exempting life insurance cash value from Medicaid eligibility calculations

The purpose of this bill is to make life insurance cash value exempt when calculating eligibility for Medicaid

Relating to agency changes to auctioneers

The purpose of this bill is to update and clarify the laws on auctioneering.

Relating to financing and state payments

The purpose of this bill is to create the "Financial Accountability Stable Token Act," or "FAST Act," for finance and state payments; authorize the use of qualifying stable tokens for payments to state vendors and contractors; establish eligibility and reserve requirements; provide for administration and oversight by the State Treasurer; provide for rulemaking and reporting; and provide for severability.

relating to authority and notice requirements for religious organizations

The purpose of this bill is to ensure continuity of title, protection of third parties, and orderly transition from trustee-based governance to corporate governance for churches and religious organizations.

Relating to preliminary planning for future electric substations near industrial parks on certain high voltage transmission lines

The purpose of this bill is to require electric substations be located near industrial parks for certain high voltage transmission lines.

Setting forth mandatory Medicaid program requirements

The purpose of this bill is to set forth program requirements for Medicaid to come into federal requirements with the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

Creating Judicial Deference Reform Act

The purpose of this bill is to create the Judicial Deference Reform Act. The bill states a purpose; sets forth definitions; prohibits judicial deference to state agency interpretations; addresses interpretive ambiguity; specifies applicability of the Act; provides for severability; and provides an effective date.

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