| WV | SB148 | Pass | Establishing auto-renewal program for wildlife licenses
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-23
Chapter 193, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 |
| WV | HB5584 | Intro
25% | To require bag limits to be set by biologists at the DNR and not the commission
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12
To House Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee |
| WV | HB4504 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to expand recreational benefits to West Virginia landowners.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-08
To House Government Organization Committee |
| WV | HB4289 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to establish an auto-renewal licensing program that is eligible for discounts on licensing fees.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-08
To House Finance Committee |
| WV | HB4280 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to provide a tax credit for 50% of the cost of a lifetime hunting, trapping and fishing license for veterans who have been honorably discharged from the armed services and who are certified by the Veterans Administration a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-01
To House Finance Committee |
| WV | HB4745 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to exempt quail and partridges possessed for agricultural purposes from the game preserve licensure requirement.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-01
To House Government Organization Committee |
| WV | HB5401 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to move muzzleloader hunting season to the week before rifle deer hunting season in November.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-01
To House Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee |
| WV | HB5376 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to allow the children and grandchildren of a landowner in West Virginia to hunt and fish on such private land regardless of residency status without a permit or license, hunt and fish on their own land during open seasons ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-31
To House Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee |
| WV | HB5231 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to provide that only one leashed dog may be used for tracking mortally wounded deer, elk, turkey, wild boar, or bear.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-26
To House Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee |
| WV | HB5234 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to provide for free hunting licenses and fishing licenses for veterans with a post-traumatic stress disorder diagnosis.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-26
To House Veterans Affairs & Homeland Security Committee |
| WV | HB5224 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to exempt honorably discharged veterans from undergoing a hunter safety course as a prerequisite to obtaining a hunting license in this state.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-26
To House Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee |
| WV | SB298 | Intro
25% | Providing tax credit to certain disabled veterans for lifetime hunting, trapping, and fishing license
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-24
To Senate Finance Committee |
| WV | HB5033 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to allow for a three-year pilot program for the stocking of F1 largemouth bass fingerlings, otherwise known as "tiger bass."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-23
To House Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee |
| WV | HB5008 | Intro
25% | 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.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-23
To House Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee |
| WV | HB4992 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to eliminate the restriction on baiting bears while hunting.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-22
To House Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee |
| WV | HB4917 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to create a "pop-up" window directing users to optional firearms safety classes offered by the NRA and the USCCA.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-18
To House Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee |
| WV | HB4871 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to allow youths and those carrying a Class Q special hunting permit to take antlered deer.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-17
To House Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee |
| WV | SB476 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to establish a "pop-up" window that directs users to optional firearms safety classes offered by the NRA and the USCCA.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-17
To Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee |
| WV | SB447 | Intro
25% | Directing DNR to update website for certain applicants to apply for firearms safety classes
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-15
To Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee |
| WV | HB4739 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to permit landowners or lessees of land whose land is damaged by deer or other wildlife to hire a third party to kill the deer or other wildlife by bow and arrow.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-15
To House Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee |
| WV | SB401 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to create a "pop-up" window directing users to optional firearms safety classes offered by the NRA and the USCCA.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-12
To Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee |
| WV | SB365 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to waive the fees for hunting, fishing, and trapping licenses or permits for emergency responders who are totally disabled in the line of duty.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-12
To Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee |
| WV | HB4686 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to permit year-round hunting of coyotes using artificial light or night vision technology and to permit hunting of coyotes at any hour.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-12
To House Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee |
| WV | HB4692 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to permit fishing trotlines, droplines, and minnow traps to be lawful if certain conditions are met. The bill permits jug fishing, which is using a free-floating device to deploy a hook and line to take or attempt to take ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-12
To House Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee |
| WV | SB234 | Intro
25% | Prohibiting turkey hunting with rifle
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-11
To Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee |
| WV | SB281 | Intro
25% | Assessing wildlife impact fee on wind power projects
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-11
To Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee |
| WV | SB242 | Intro
25% | Exempting certain persons from hunting, trapping, and fishing license fees
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-11
To Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee |
| WV | SB211 | Intro
25% | Allowing children and grandchildren of WV landowner to hunt and fish on private land without permit or license
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-11
To Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee |
| WV | HB4570 | Intro
25% | 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 the last day of the month the licensee was born.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-10
To House Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee |
| WV | HB4363 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to allow an owner of Japanese quail (Coturnix Quail and Button Quail) to keep them as pets without having to obtain a license for a private game farm.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-10
To House Government Organization Committee |
| WV | HB4522 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to require the Director of the Division of Natural Resources to propose rules for hunting antlered deer.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-10
To House Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee |
| WV | HB4321 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to create the "upland game bird" stamp to be administered by the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-10
To House Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee |
| WV | HB4415 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to provide a 75 percent discount for a lifetime hunting, fishing, and trapping license or permit for individuals who were honorably discharged from the U.S. armed forces.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-10
To House Veterans Affairs & Homeland Security Committee |
| WV | HB4576 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to move the opening date of firearms season for deer to begin on the Saturday before the week of Thanksgiving each year.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-10
To House Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee |
