West Virginia

The purpose of this bill is reform of state board and commissions system by eliminating unnecessary, expired, or outdated board, shifting essential functions of several boards or commissions to various agencies or entities, reducing the number of members on several continuing boards and commissions, modifying or eliminating several reports of various boards or commissions, and technical cleanup throughout.

The purpose of this bill is to address concurrent juvenile jurisdiction and to allow the transfer of exclusive federal legislative jurisdiction back to the state with respect to juveniles.

The purpose of this bill is to exempt new hires and promoted employees within the Departments of Health Facilities, Department of Human Services, and Department of Health from the classified civil service system and the state grievance process starting on July 1, 2026.

The purpose of this bill is to provide that the proper political subdivision is receiving the collected occupancy tax from a marketplace facilitator.

The purpose of this bill is to consolidate several disparate energy development entities under the Office of Energy and to empower the Office of Energy to develop a comprehensive energy development policy and plan, a comprehensive grid stabilization plan, and to test the stability of West Virginia's energy grid.

The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Department of Commerce to promulgate a legislative rule relating to certification of a microgrid district or certification as a high impact data center.This section is new; therefore,

The purpose of this bill is to confirm the confidentiality of internal audit and other manuals, training materials, guidelines, thresholds, and procedures.

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 modify the criminal and administrative penalties for assault or battery on athletic officials or participants.

The purpose of this bill is to authorize production and sale of homemade food items under certain circumstances.

The purpose of this bill is to provide state mine inspectors with a $4,000 raise.

The purpose of this bill is to alter the definition of an aboveground storage tank.

The purpose of this bill is to extend the termination date of the Innovative Mine Safety Technology Tax Credit.

The purpose of this bill is to increase the allowable commission for tax collection by the sheriff.

The purpose of this bill is to permit teachers with 15 years of experience at the elementary, high school, or middle school level to be certified to be principals at the levels they have taught in for the minimum of 15 years.

The purpose of this bill is to allow for partial disability benefits under the Emergency Medical Services Retirement System.

The purpose of this bill is to remove the requirement that home confinement officers be certified as law enforcement officers in order to participate in the Emergency Medical Services Retirement System.

The purpose of this bill is to establish the same criminal elements and criminal penalties for abuse or neglect of incapacitated adults as are applicable to abuse or neglect of children.

The purpose of this bill is to prohibit the Secretary of the Departmentof Health from promulgating rules that require public water systems or businesses to have backflow preventers.

The purpose of this bill is to create the Women's Collegiate Sports Protection Act.

The purpose of this bill is to clarify cooperation between law-enforcement agencies and personnel with states bordering this state.

The purpose of this bill is to permit lawful prescription, distribution, and marketing of any composition of crystalline polymorph psilocybin that the United States Food and Drug Administration approves and that is rescheduled by the United States Drug Enforcement Administration, in accordance with the recommendations of the United States Food and Drug Administration.

The purpose of this bill is to clarify unused leave accruals eligible for campus police officers to use for additional service credit upon retirement and technical clean up.

The purpose of this bill is to require toxicology tests after a fatal vehicle crash.