West Virginia

The purpose of this bill is to make the West Virginia State Police Forensic Laboratory the entity responsible for the certification, standards, and administration of secondary chemical tests. The bill also makes the West Virginia State Police Forensic Laboratory responsible for approval of the devices and methods of preliminary breath analysis. The bill transfers rule-making authority from the Bureau of Public Health to the State Police.

The purpose of this bill is to update acts constituting the filing of a fraudulent financing statement; filing of an affidavit and notice to secured parties; investigative powers of the Secretary of State; removing outdated provisions of code.

The purpose of this bill is to provide a cost-of-living increase, based on the annual increase in the consumer price index, for persons under the Public Employees Retirement Act and Teachers Retirement System who are at least 60 years of age and that have received retirement payments for at least five years.

The purpose of this bill is to clarify the standard of proof required for a final parole or probation revocation hearing is proof by a preponderance of the evidence.

The purpose of this bill is to amend the procedures for the handling of asbestos and silica litigation and to enhance the ability of the judicial system to manage such litigation.

The purpose of this supplemental appropriation bill is to add a new item of appropriation in the aforesaid account for the designated spending unit for expenditure during the fiscal year 2026.

The purpose of this bill is to provide a funding stream from property taxes collected as a result of new high voltage electric transmission projects being constructed to lower electric rates to benefit West Virginians.

The purpose of this bill is to allow for expanded expedited partner treatment.

The purpose of this bill is to allow Tier II members of the Teachers Retirement System to apply accrued annual and sick leave, on the basis of one day's retirement service credit for each two days of accrued annual and sick leave, toward an increase in his or her retirement benefits with those days constituting additional credited service in computation of the benefits under the Teachers Retirement System.

The purpose of this bill is to create the Health Freedom for Teachers and Students Act of 2026.

The purpose of this bill is to help to preserve funding for public schools and insure fairness in the use of Hope Scholarship funds; allowing Hope tuition reimbursements only to instate schools; establishing a family income eligibility schedule for Hope scholarships; requiring Hope recipients reimburse public schools the costs of providing individualized instruction programs; requiring Hope participants to utilize college exam and testing preparation course available in public school schools; requiring the state Board of Education to provide rules for implementation of cost and payment reimbursements for public school costs for services provided to Hope recipients; and to provide directives to assure county schools are reimbursed for services provided to Hope scholarship recipients.

The purpose of this bill is to provide that the Secretary of State shall notify a respondent of an election law complaint, and that the respondent shall provide a response within ten business days.

The purpose of this bill is to provide that a teaching position held by a person not certified to teach that position may be considered vacant and open for bid every year until filled by a person certified to teach that position.

The purpose of this bill is to transfer all regulatory and enforcement responsibilities for CBD and Kratom from the Department of Agriculture to the Alcohol Beverage Control Administration.

The purpose of this bill is to change the beginning and expiration of hunting and fishing licenses from the last day of the calendar year for which they were issued to a year from the date of issue.

The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Municipal Pensions Oversight Board to promulgate a legislative rule relating to exempt purchasing.This section is new; therefore,

The purpose of this bill is to permit the licensee, after leaving a brokerage and going to a new brokerage, to be actively licensed with two brokerages for 60 days in order to receive payments on open commissions.

The purpose of this bill relates to municipalities that have failed to complete required financial audits for multiple years; modify definitions; clarify fiscal emergency conditions; authorize State Auditor to evaluate a municipality's likelihood of financial recovery; allow for the transition to dissolution; provide notice to municipalities; clarify duties of receiver upon dissolution; and confirm the effect of municipal dissolution on utilities governed by the Public Service Commission.

The purpose of this supplemental appropriation bill is to increase an existing item of appropriation in the aforesaid account for the designated spending unit for expenditure during the fiscal year 2026.

The purpose of this bill is to remove the requirement that a kindergarten, preschool, or school education program operated by a private, parochial, or church school be recognized by West Virginia Department of Education Policy 2330 in order to be exempt from the section of code imposing certain childcare related licensure, approval, certification, and registration requirements.

The purpose of this bill is to clarify the definition of farm for property tax assessment purposes to prevent disqualification of certain acreage in which other business activities not farming are performed.

The purpose of this supplemental appropriation bill is to add a new item of appropriation in the aforesaid account for the designated spending unit for expenditure during the fiscal year 2026.

The purpose of this bill is to regulate consumable hemp products and to establish clear standards for the manufacture, distribution, sale, taxation, and enforcement of consumable hemp products in West Virginia.

The purpose of this supplemental appropriation bill is to add a new item of appropriation in the aforesaid account for the designated spending unit for expenditure during the fiscal year 2026.

The purpose of supplemental appropriation bill is to amend an item of appropriation in the aforesaid section and account for the designated spending units for expenditure during the fiscal year 2026.