| WV | HB2787 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to permit county commissions to lease, rent, or permit the use of a county owned wireless tower or any portions thereof, with exceptions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-03
To Senate Government Organization Committee |
| WV | HB2566 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to allow the Supreme Court of Appeals to create pay scales for judicial support staff. This change will encourage employee recruitment and retention efforts and provide more clarity and consistency in pay structure based o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-03
To Senate Government Organization Committee |
| WV | HB3013 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to require exhibitors of motion pictures who operate two or more theatres in more than one location in this state to provide open captioning during at least two showings per week of each motion picture that is produced and...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-02
To Senate Government Organization Committee |
| WV | HB2958 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to clarify what constitutes trespassing at an institution of higher education.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-01
To Senate Government Organization Committee |
| WV | HB2978 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to transfer powers and duties of the Municipal Bond Commission.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-01
To Senate Government Organization Committee |
| WV | HB3305 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to expand the time limit on switching parties before the date of filing the announcement from 60 days to 180 days.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-31
To Senate Government Organization Committee |
| WV | HB2145 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to terminate the authority of the Purchasing Division to impose a certain annual fee upon vendors.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-29
To Senate Government Organization Committee |
| WV | HB3001 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to authorize county courts to establish county parks and recreation commissions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-29
To Senate Government Organization Committee |
| WV | HB3269 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to reorganize the Board of Banking and Financial Institutions, the Division of Financial Institutions, and the Lending and Credit Rate Board as independent divisions within the executive branch subject to control and overs...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-29
To Senate Government Organization Committee |
| WV | HB3433 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to modify the language in the statute to make it consistent with W.Va. Code §5H-1-2(b) for survivor's benefit payment for first responders for purposes of payment for funeral expenses of law enforcement, safety, and eme...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-27
To Senate Government Organization Committee |
| WV | SB805 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to promote personal agriculture by making unenforceable a housing association covenant or restriction that prohibits home gardens and ownership of chickens. The bill defines terms and provides exceptions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-26
To Senate Government Organization Committee |
| WV | SB881 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to update the required procedures for an institution of higher education to sell and transfer property.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-26
To Senate Government Organization Committee |
| WV | HB2679 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to provide guidelines for reinstating sheriff's deputies to their former departments after retirement and defining applicability, eligibility, and rules for the process.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-25
To Senate Government Organization Committee |
| WV | SB932 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to combine the offices of the Legislative Auditor and the State Auditor.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-24
To Senate Government Organization Committee |
| WV | SB917 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to create a limitation of civil liability for academic medical centers and teaching hospitals; state findings and declaration of purpose; provide definitions; prescribe insurance requirements and limitations on liability; ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-24
To Senate Government Organization Committee |
| WV | SB928 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to eliminate the restriction to carry a firearm on the state capitol complex grounds.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-24
To Senate Government Organization Committee |
| WV | SB918 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to establish a non-denominational chapel within the West Virginia Capitol building.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-24
To Senate Government Organization Committee |
| WV | SB870 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to protect local businesses from additional fees and taxes in Home Rule municipalities.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-21
To Senate Government Organization Committee |
| WV | SB835 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to decrease the service period for notice of tax lien sales; and to decrease the statute of limitations for an action to set aside a deed.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-20
To Senate Government Organization Committee |
| WV | SB824 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to amend the process by the Performance Evaluation and Research Division of the Office of the Legislative Auditor relating to the enactment or modification of an occupational or professional regulation; it undertakes to de...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-20
To Senate Government Organization Committee |
| WV | HB2030 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill relates to hotel and motel housing vouchers programs; prohibiting city or town from requiring hotel or motel participation in housing voucher programs; prohibiting county from requiring hotel or motel participation in housing...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-20
To Senate Government Organization Committee |
| WV | SB855 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to create the West Virginia Beverage Producer Responsibility Act. The bill states definitions; sets forth producer responsibility organization requirements; establishes a recycling refund trust fund; requires Auditor overs...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-20
To Senate Government Organization Committee |
| WV | SB853 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to clarify terms of registration for tax abandoned land auctions and sales held by the Auditor.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-20
To Senate Government Organization Committee |
| WV | SB846 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to repeal the section of code related to heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning technicians.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-20
To Senate Government Organization Committee |
| WV | SB808 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to create the West Virginia Justice Reinvestment Task Force to undertake a comprehensive analysis of West Virginia's adult justice system and develop recommendations that may include, but not be limited to, bail and pretri...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-19
To Senate Government Organization Committee |
| WV | SB814 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to provide the county commission discretion for imposing a county fire service fee and require county commission approval before fees established on or after January 1, 2024, are imposed on individuals or businesses locate...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-19
To Senate Government Organization Committee |
| WV | SB799 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to permit the State Auditor to hire a private auctioneer to conduct annual auction of land sales
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-18
To Senate Government Organization Committee |
| WV | SB797 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to create a plan to identify water level status for above ground storage tanks; provide transparency; provide communication from the public service district during service disruption; and create a plan to increase the avai...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-18
To Senate Government Organization Committee |
| WV | SB798 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to exempt new hires and promoted employees within the Bureau of Senior Services, Department of Administration, Department of Environmental Protection, Department of Revenue, and Department of Veterans Affairs from the clas...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-18
To Senate Government Organization Committee |
| WV | SB793 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to create reporting requirements for the use state-owned aircraft.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-17
To Senate Government Organization Committee |
| WV | SB750 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to have members of the Public Service Commission be elected to six-year terms through state-wide, nonpartisan elections.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-13
To Senate Government Organization Committee |
| WV | SB744 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to remove requirements for purchase of certain commodities and services and terminate the Committee for the Purchase of Commodities and services from the Handicapped.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-12
To Senate Government Organization Committee |
| WV | SB735 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to encourage, improve, and develop broadband infrastructure within the State in order to: (1)㢀drive innovation and job creation, promote population growth opportunities, and expand markets for existing West Virginia busi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-11
To Senate Government Organization Committee |
| WV | HB2117 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to change the date when mail in ballots are due.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-07
To Senate Government Organization Committee |
| WV | SB698 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to require exhibitors of motion pictures who operate two or more theaters in more than one location in this state to provide open captioning during at least two showings per week of each motion picture that is produced and...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-05
To Senate Government Organization Committee |
| WV | HB2362 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to recognize the law-enforcement powers of correctional officers employed by the Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation; provide that such officers are not subject to certain certification requirements; authorize the c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-05
To Senate Government Organization Committee |
| WV | SB675 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to require a participant in a federal 340B Drug Pricing Program to report certain data to the Board of Pharmacy.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-04
To Senate Government Organization Committee |
| WV | SB662 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to clarify that racial discrimination includes discrimination based on certain hair textures and hairstyles.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-04
To Senate Government Organization Committee |
| WV | SB673 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to define third-party challenges to development permits.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-04
To Senate Government Organization Committee |
| WV | SB685 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to create the Non-Profit Transparency and Accountability Act, which will require that all nonprofit organizations that receive any part of their total operating funds from public sources, whether state or federal, shall be...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-04
To Senate Government Organization Committee |
| WV | SB688 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to require law enforcement officers and political subdivision officials from irresponsibly utilizing certain surveillance technologies and artificial intelligence facial recognition technologies, setting forth legislative ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-04
To Senate Government Organization Committee |
| WV | SB676 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to provide reciprocity for licensed veterinarians and veterinary technicians who are licensed and in good standing in other states.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-04
To Senate Government Organization Committee |
| WV | SB687 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to limit the jurisdiction of the Public Service Commission to holding hearings on rate adjustment requests by public electrical utilities, to make recommendations to the Legislature, and to require that electric utility ra...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-04
To Senate Government Organization Committee |
| WV | SB693 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to modify the notification of brewery or dock price of nonintoxicating beer, ale or other malt beverage or malt cooler; and eliminate the 90 day notification and price schedule required by the commissioner.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-04
To Senate Government Organization Committee |
| WV | HB2170 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to allow volunteer fire departments to use fire protection funding for certain purchases associated with the State Auditor's West Virginia Checkbook fiscal reporting system.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-03
To Senate Government Organization Committee |
| WV | SB648 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to require courts and administrative officers to interpret statutes, regulations, and regulatory documents anew and not defer to the agency's interpretation of the rule or statute.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-03
To Senate Government Organization Committee |
| WV | SB630 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to require the county commissions to provide ambulance service to all residents and to submit a yearly report to the Office of Emergency Medical Services on the funds expended the year prior on emergency ambulance services...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-28
To Senate Government Organization Committee |
| WV | SB599 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to establish the Sound Science in Regulations Act. The bill provides that no state agency may propose or effectuate a regulatory action unless it is based on the best available science.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-26
To Senate Government Organization Committee |
| WV | SB613 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to increase the cap on audits of municipalities.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-26
To Senate Government Organization Committee |
| WV | SB602 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to enact the Closed Captioning Act. The bill requires public places that have televisions for use by the public to have at least one half of those televisions to have their closed captioning feature activated at all times....
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-26
To Senate Government Organization Committee |
