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

Relating to valuation of specialized high-technology property

The purpose of this bill is to revise the valuation of specialized high-technology property.

To require railroad companies to provide alternative entry and exit ways

The purpose of this bill is to require railroad companies to provide an alternative entry and exit way to one road communities when performing maintenance, repairs, and construction as a matter of public health and safety.

Legalizing adult consumption of cannabis

The purpose of this bill is to legalize the personal use and possession of cannabis by adults in the state. The bill provides for a county option election to allow for the manufacture and sale of cannabis on a county-by-county basis; provides for regulation by the Bureau for Public Health; authorizes excise and local sales taxes on cannabis transactions; prohibits underage use; and preserves the ability of employers and property owners to prohibit or limit use or possession.

Relating to controlling interests in flood control dams and similar structures

The purpose of this bill is to transfer all interests of conservation districts in flood control dams and similar structures, as well as any associated property and related funds and accounts, to the state Conservation Agency by July 1, 2026. The bill authorizes the state conservation committee to operate, improve, maintain, and construct flood control dams and similar structures and to contract with other entities to realize that authority.

Providing tax credit for homeschool students

The purpose of this bill is to establish tax credits for parents and legal guardians whose children are in a home-schooling program or private school. The bill provides for an exception. Finally, the bill provides rule-making authority.

Codifying common-law definition of involuntary manslaughter

The purpose of this bill is to codify the common-law definition of the misdemeanor offense of involuntary manslaughter and to specify that a defendant's act must proximately cause the death of another for a conviction to result.

Removing Inspector General from inclusion in Department of Health

The purpose of this bill is to remove the Office of the Inspector General from the Department of Health, where is it for administrative purposes, and to clarify that the Office of the Inspector General has the ability to conduct performance audits, financial audits, evaluations, and attestations engagements of the Department of Human Services, the Department of Health, and the Department of Health Facilities and their independent contractors.

Relating to consumer protection and the collection of certain personally identifiable information.

The purpose of this bill is to prohibit the use of scanner technology to collect personally identifiable information in certain consumer transactions.

Change the Sheriff term limits from 2 consecutive terms to 3 consecutive terms

The purpose of this resolution is to amend the Constitution of the State of West Virginia to permit a sheriff to serve for three consecutive terms.

Prohibiting entry by illegal aliens

The purpose of this bill is to establish certain crimes, processes, and procedures regarding individuals who have illegally entered or reentered the state in violation of state and federal laws and to create prohibitions on the illegal entry into or illegal presence in this state by a person who is an alien. The bill provides for the enforcement of those prohibitions and certain related orders, including immunity from liability and indemnification for enforcement actions. Finally, the bill authorizes and requires under certain circumstances the removal of persons who violate those prohibitions; and creating criminal offenses

Relating to medical exemption to mandatory vaccination requirements

The purpose of this bill is to amend the process for a medical exemption to compulsory vaccination. It eliminates the commissioners' right to grant, renew, deny, suspend, or revoke medical exemptions to compulsory vaccination requirement and the Immunization Officer. The bill specifies that medical exemptions to compulsory vaccination are granted based on a treating physician's or advanced practice provider's determination that vaccination is or may be detrimental to the child's health. The physician or advanced practice provider is to provide a written statement to this effect to the child's school or state-regulated child care center.

Requiring repeat DUI offenders to carry ID indicating they may not purchase alcohol

The purpose of this bill is to provide that a person convicted of driving under the influence may be designated as an interdicted person and is prohibited from purchasing alcohol for a certain time period.

Local Shares teacher and school personnel pay

The purpose of this bill is to provide for local shares of school teacher and personnel pay.

To move any remaining sixth grade classifications from elementary schools to middle schools.

The purpose of this bill is to reclassify sixth grade from elementary school to middle school.

Returning control of roads in West Virginia to the Counties Amendment

The purpose of this resolution is to return control of roads in West Virginia to the counties from the state.

Requiring certain disclosures of election expenditures

The purpose of this bill is to require disclosure of dark money political expenditures to allow the public to know who is paying for political advertisements.

Prohibiting public funds from supporting low-earning outcome postsecondary degree programs

The purpose of this bill is to limit the degrees for which state funds can be used to obtain.

To remove restrictions for supervising physicians for Nurse practitioners or physician assistants in West Virginia

The purpose of this bill is to empower qualified physician assistants and certified nurse practitioners to practice without the supervision of a physician.

To create the Higher Education Health and Aid Grant.

The purpose of this bill is to create the "Higher Education Health and Aid Grant," which requires the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission to establish a grant program to address food, health, and hygiene insecurities among students enrolled in state institutions of higher education

Authorizing medical parole for certain inmates

The purpose of this bill is to establish a medical parole program for eligible inmates in the custody of the Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation. The bill provides for medical parole petitions to be submitted by inmates and provides for a review process by superintendents of correctional institutions and the commissioner of corrections and rehabilitation. The bill provides for notice of possible medical parole to interested parties, for hearings on parole petitions, and for development of terms and conditions of release. The bill sets a process for reconsideration and review of denials of medical parole, sets reporting requirements, and includes rulemaking authority.

Establishing November 7 as Victims of Communism Day

The purpose of this bill is to establish November 7 of each year as "Victims of Communism Day", to be observed in the public schools of this state.

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