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

Requiring persons with illegal immigration status be turned over to ICE

The purpose of this bill relates to the punishment of persons with illegal immigration status.

Require the teaching of classical informal logic in public middle schools and implmenting rquirements for teachers to teach logic courses

The purpose of this bill is to establish the Logic for Living curriculum in public schools for grades seven through ten, with phased implementation and involvement of the Washington Center for Civics, Culture, and Statesmanship at West Virginia University.

To add the Bradford Peat Pear (Pyrus calleryana) to the noxious weeds list

The purpose of this bill is to designate the Bradford Peat Pear (Pyrus calleryana) to be a noxious weed.

Luggage for foster care children transfered between homes

The purpose of this bill is to provide luggage to foster care children so that they may transport their personal belongings.

Authorize raffle licensees to offer alcoholic beverages as raffle prizes.

The purpose of this bill is to authorize raffle licensees to offer alcoholic beverages as raffle prizes.

Assure West Virginians proper access to water and sewage service at reasonable rates

The purpose of this bill is to authorize the PSC to reduce rates for residential utility customers who are residents of a small community with fewer than 1,000 residents.

Removing barriers to voting for disabled voters

The purpose of this bill is to remove voting barriers for disabled voters.

Relating to resident protection

The purpose of this bill is to provide for a surviving spouse to be able to claim the deceased spouse's homestead exemption so long as the home they owned together is owned by the surviving spouse.

Relating to the ownership of water and minerals in dissolved or undissolved form in produced liquids and solids related to oil and gas drilling.

The purpose of this bill is to clarify the ownership of minerals and other substances (other than hydrocarbons) in produced liquids and solids related to oil and gas drilling.

Relating generally to punishment for child neglect resulting in death.

The purpose of this bill is to modify the criminal penalties imposed on a parent, guardian, custodian, or person in a position of trust in relation to a child for child neglect resulting in death.

Relating to candidate’s certificate of announcement.

The purpose of this bill is to require the Secretary of State and the county clerks to provide candidate information for display on the Secretary of State's website within five business days after receiving a certificate of announcement.

Recognizing 154th anniversary of Glenville State University

Recognizing 154th anniversary of Glennville State University

Relating to Home Rule Reform

The purpose of this bill is to prohibit municipalities participating in the Home Rule program from establishing additional protected classes of persons beyond what is designated in state statute.

To adjust the percent retained by the clerk of the county commission for funding election administration, infrastructure, and security, and other county clerk purposes

The purpose of this bill is to adjust the percentage of tax retained by the clerk of the county commission for certain purposes; and authorize the clerk to move funds between accounts with approval of the county commission.

To require drones used by state and county personnel to be produced in the United States

The purpose of this bill is create the Act to Prohibit the Purchase of Small Unmanned Aircrafts Manufactured or Assembled by a Covered Foreign Entity. The bill provides for definitions. The bill prohibits the purchase of small unmanned aircraft from covered foreign entities. Finally, the bill provides for the drone replacement grant program.

Establishing when sale of tax liens may be suspended by sheriffs

The purpose of this bill is to establish when a sale may be suspended by the sheriff and provide a tax exemption to certain purchasers.

New and existing Orphan Well Prevention Act

The purpose of this bill is to provide for the prevention of oil and gas wells being orphaned on surface owner's land with no responsible driller or operator with the resources to plug the well, to provide for the procedures for prevention of orphaned wells, and to require plugging money be set aside in an escrow account in a bank for the operator to pay itself later to plug the well.

Relating to responsibility of board of public service district that is being dissolved

The purpose of this bill is to require the board of a public service district to cooperate with a county commission when the county commission has authorized the dissolution, sale or merger of the district with another public service district.

Expanding digital mapping of unimproved public roads

The purpose of this bill is to expand the digital mapping of primary and secondary roads in this state.

Creating WV Housing Stability Fund

The purpose of this bill is to create the West Virginia Housing Stability Fund. The bill authorizes the fund, to be administered by the Secretary of Human Services, for purposes of distributing grant funding to child welfare agencies, housing authorities, and qualifying nonprofit organizations. The bill provides for grant funding to be used to provide housing assistance vouchers and utility bill assistance payments to qualifying recipients.

Prohibit the WV National Guard to be sent into combat OVERSEAS without a congressional Declaration of War.

The purpose of this bill is to prohibit the deployment of the National Guard by the Governor to another country for combat without a Congressional declaration of war.

Authorizing counties to establish a county daycare

The purpose of this bill is to allow for the creation of a county daycare by any county commission, allowing a petition process to cause an election relating to the establishment of a county daycare; requiring a county commission, when petitioned by voters or by its own directive, develop a plan for the daycare and propose a fee, tax, or levy to pay for it; allowing counties to establish a county daycare authority to manage the operation; and granting a county daycare general authority to do what is necessary to establish and manage a daycare.

Refugee Absorptive Capacity Act

The purpose of this bill is to enact the Refugee Absorptive Capacity Act.

Prevent public school districts or supervisors from taking adverse action against public school employees for expressing opinions on social media or in public.

The purpose of this bill is to prohibit retaliation toward school employees for opinions expressed on social media.

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