| WV | HB4822 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to modify the monetary amount of grants issued under the Certified Sites and Development Readiness Program under the Department of Economic Development.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-22
Chapter 99, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 |
| WV | HB4782 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to prevent municipalities from targeting protected businesses with planning and zoning ordinances more restrictive than those placed upon other businesses. The bill shall be known as the Second Amendment Business Protectio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-22
Chapter 268, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 |
| WV | HB4793 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to permit the manufacture in a limited amount of alcoholic liquor for personal use only and not for sale.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-22
Chapter 8, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 |
| WV | HB4850 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to remove the sunset clause from the oil and gas personal property tax.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-22
Chapter 257, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 |
| WV | HB4863 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to create the Patriotic Access to Students in Schools Act. The bill defines patriotic societies. Finally, the bill provides for the opportunity to speak and recruit at public schools.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-22
Chapter 112, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 |
| WV | HB4945 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to make several specific changes in the Hope Scholarship Program; including that the annual Hope Scholarship Program appropriation calculation will be based on the estimated number of participating students instead of the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-22
Chapter 113, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 |
| WV | HB5294 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to revise and update the code regulating farm wineries in West Virginia to allow the state's farm winery industry to be more competitive with farm wineries in adjacent states.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-22
Chapter 9, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 |
| WV | HB5261 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to expand the definition of small arms to include the receiver or frame for purposes of taxation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-22
Chapter 262, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 |
| WV | HB5699 | Engross
Sine Die | 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 2024.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-06
To Senate Finance Committee |
| WV | HB5025 | Engross
Sine Die | This bill is being introduced at the request of the state Tax Division. The purpose of this bill is to eliminate the additional one and one-half percent interest rate for underpayments and specify an effective date.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-28
To Senate Finance Committee |
| WV | HB5280 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to create the West Virginia Short Line Railroad Modernization Act and tax credit allowed and credit limitations for short line railroad companies in West Virginia.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-28
To Senate Economic Development Committee |
| WV | HB5351 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to amend the definition of "commercial solid waste facility" to exclude any solid waste facility that accepts solid waste collected by the owner or operator (or its affiliate(s)) of the solid waste facility for consolidati...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-27
On 2nd reading, House Calendar |
| WV | HCR48 | Intro
Sine Die | November 7th to be designated annually as “Pastor Appreciation Day”
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-26
Be adopted, but first to Rules |
| WV | HB4864 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to prohibit municipalities from shutting off a user's water for nonpayment of a stormwater fee. The bill allows for municipalities to impose a lien to obtain payment but prohibits municipalities from shutting off services ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-23
On 1st reading, House Calendar |
| WV | HB4943 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to facilitate creation of home-based businesses, with certain conditions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-16
To Senate Government Organization Committee |
| WV | HCR71 | Engross
Sine Die | Requesting the Division of Highways to place at least 10 additional signs along highways entering West Virginia honoring fallen veterans and Gold Star Families.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-14
To Senate Transportation and Infrastructure Committee |
| WV | HR6 | Pass | A resolution reaffirming support for the town of Thurmond, the historic buildings within the community, and the strong coal mining history associated with it
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-13
Completed legislative action |
| WV | HB5660 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to give power to modify county fire service fees to the county commission instead of the county fire board.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-13
To House Political Subdivisions Committee |
| WV | HCR75 | Intro
Sine Die | Requesting the US Army Corps of Engineers adopt rules allowing licensed Side by Sides to access all roads
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12
To House Rules Committee |
| WV | HB5564 | Intro
Sine Die | Providing that small format, micro hospitals are exempt from certificate of need review
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12
To House Health & Human Resources Committee |
| WV | HB5529 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to provide for the development of a plan to monitor and improve reading and math skills of children who are or have been in foster care.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09
To House Education Committee |
| WV | HB5511 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to improve patient safety in the medical cannabis program by authorizing permitted, regulated medical cannabis processors to manufacture medical cannabis in edible form for dispensing to certified patients in the state; to...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-07
To House Health & Human Resources Committee |
| WV | HB4985 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to authorize victim restitution and creating a restitution assistance fund for victims of securities violations; create the Securities Restitution Assistance Fund; authorize the awarding of restitution in an administrative...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-05
To House Finance Committee |
| WV | HB4974 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to create the Save Our Farmland and Protect Our National Security Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-01
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB4983 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to fund the Tobacco Use Cessation Initiative.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-31
To House Finance Committee |
| WV | HB4825 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to warrantless entry of private lands; limitations of entry onto private lands; clarifying the process for law enforcement entry onto posted private lands; use of surveillance cameras on or near posted private lands; searc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-25
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB5094 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to clarify that a wind power project is not a pollution control facility for purposes of §11-6A-1 et seq. of this code and is taxed as real property.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-25
To House Energy and Manufacturing Committee |
| WV | HB5197 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to include school resource officers ("SROs") as part of the school aid formula.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-25
To House Finance Committee |
| WV | HB5049 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to tighten the transfer-tax provisions and remove the loopholes that are being used to evade the payment of transfer taxes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-23
To House Finance Committee |
| WV | HB5010 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill relates to the Firearms Industry Nondiscrimination Act; to establish a short title; define terms; establish application of act to certain government contracts; provide exceptions; and provide the Attorney General the authorit...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-23
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB4972 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is provide the option to use accrued annual or sick leave for additional credited service or to fund health insurance under the West Virginia State Police Retirement System.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-22
To House Pensions & Retirement Committee |
| WV | HB4918 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to codify the USCCA to provide concealed carry classes in West Virginia.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-18
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB4917 | Intro
Sine Die | 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 | HJR16 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this resolution is to change the language relating to the amount of the Homestead Exemption from "the first $20,000" to " the first $50,000" of property eligible for the Homestead Exemption.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-17
To House Finance Committee |
| WV | HB4870 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to allow for a one-time allocation of money into the West Virginia courthouse facilities improvement fund for the purpose of allowing counties to apply for a state match for the construction, reconstruction, repair, mainte...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-17
To House Finance Committee |
| WV | HB4848 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to establish the aggravated criminal offense of reckless driving resulting in death, establish the related penalty, and make several non-substantive technical corrections.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-17
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB4871 | Intro
Sine Die | 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 | HB4865 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to increase the total amount for the senior citizen homestead tax exemption and lower the threshold to 200% of federal poverty guidelines.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-17
To House Finance Committee |
