| WV | SB54 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to require all public schools located within this state shall give age-appropriate instruction on the Holocaust.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-24
On 1st reading |
| WV | SB492 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to remove outdated provisions governing political committees terminated within three years of the effective date of the amendments made to this section during the 2002 regular session.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-24
On 3rd reading, Special Calendar |
| WV | SB105 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to authorize sheriffs who are members of the public retirement system to retire upon attaining the age of 62 with eight or more years of service.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-24
On 3rd reading |
| WV | SB100 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to allow all members of the State Police retirement system to use accrued leave as credited service toward retirement.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-24
On 3rd reading |
| WV | SB800 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to implement, with respect to an insurance company that is a member of an insurance holding company system, a group capital calculation and a liquidity stress test for the purpose of enhanced supervision by the Insurance C...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-24
On 2nd reading |
| WV | SB275 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to remove the requirement for cooks or custodians employed by public schools in this state to have a high school diploma or equivalent.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-21
To House Education Committee |
| WV | SB486 | Enroll
75% | The purpose of this bill is to clarify the qualifications of persons entitled to vote.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-21
To Governor 3/20/2025 - House Journal |
| WV | SB282 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to change the expiration date for certain provisions that pertain to allowing a person receiving retirement benefits under the Teachers Retirement System to accept employment as a critical needs substitute teacher for an u...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-21
To House Education Committee |
| WV | SB76 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to increase the West Virginia Natural Resources Police Officer Retirement System accrued benefit for members who retire on or after January 1, 2028 and provide funding for the benefit.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-21
Ordered to House |
| WV | SB626 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to allow member of airport authorities to be residents of the municipality or county in which the airport is located.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-21
To Senate Government Organization Committee |
| WV | SB872 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to allow certain contracted counsel for executive agencies to purchase years of service in the Public Employees Retirement System.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-21
To Senate Pensions Committee |
| WV | SB878 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to reallocate ten basis points of the one percent premium tax on fire insurance and casualty policies from the Teachers Retirement System to the Municipal Pensions Security Fund, and to decrease the amount of time in which...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-21
To Senate Banking and Insurance Committee |
| WV | SB6 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to make life insurance cash value exempt when calculating eligibility for Medicaid
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-20
To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee |
| WV | SB37 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to combat absenteeism among educators by providing a cash bonus in exchange for unused days of personal leave.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-20
To House Finance Committee |
| WV | SB490 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to prohibit ranked-choice voting in elections in West Virginia.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-19
Approved by Governor 3/18/2025 - Senate Journal |
| WV | SB531 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to define assault and battery against athletic officials as felony offenses; and providing criminal penalties for the offenses.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-19
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB506 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to enhance pay for teachers; provide for market pay enhancement for teacher salaries in certain circumstances; provide for certification to the State Auditor; set out distribution of funds; require reporting; make funds su...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-19
To Senate Finance Committee |
| WV | SB807 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to exempt from personal property taxation private passenger automobiles that are 25 years old or older.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-19
[Hearing: Mar 24 @ 1:00 pm]
To Senate Transportation and Infrastructure Committee |
| WV | SB712 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to update the Retirement Plans administered by the Consolidated Public Retirement Board with federal compliance provisions regarding retirement and provisions of the SECURE 2.0 Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-17
To House Finance Committee |
| WV | SB715 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to exempt personally identifiable information of members, retirants, beneficiaries or alternate payees of a retirement system administered by CPRB from disclosure.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-17
To House Finance Committee |
| WV | SB716 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to specify that any municipal police officer or firefighter who does not remit the required contribution and interest payment for transferring from PERS to MPFRS will be transferred back to PERS.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-17
To House Finance Committee |
| WV | SB658 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill relates to persons receiving compensation for assisting an individual to obtain veterans' benefits. The bill defines terms; prohibits compensation for services rendered in connection with claim filed within one year of active...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-14
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB532 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to clarify the county to which ad valorem taxes should be paid when the seat of a well is in a different county than the location of the property from which the well draws.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-13
To House Finance Committee |
| WV | SB561 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to create the Uniform Special Deposits Act and provide for the Act's administration.This bill was recommended for passage during the 2025 legislative session by the Commission on Interstate Cooperation
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-12
To House Finance Committee |
| WV | SB742 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to increase the jurisdiction limits of magistrate courts for claims less than or equal to $20,000 and to clarify that corporate parties may appear pro-se by an agent or by an attorney provided the corporate party is attemp...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-12
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB741 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to authorize the State Auditor as Commissioner under the Uniform Securities Act of West Virginia to conduct fairness hearings for transactions involving the exchange of a security for one or more outstanding securities, cl...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-12
To Senate Banking and Insurance Committee |
| WV | SB740 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to establish the Stop Squatters Act; providing a limited alternative remedy to remove unauthorized persons from residential and commercial real properties. The bill also establishes criminal offenses and penalties for inte...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-12
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB485 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to exempt West Virginia Secretary of State purchases for securing, facilitating, or supporting critical election infrastructure from the competitive bidding process.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-11
To House Government Organization Committee |
| WV | SB483 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to increase compliance with statutory requirements for the timely filing of campaign finance reports and provide stricter penalties including higher fines and turning over unpaid civil penalties to debt collection agencies...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-10
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB552 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill relates to the Certified Business Industrial Expansion Development Program administered by the Department of Economic Development. The bill renames the expansion development program administered by the department. The bill re...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-10
To House Energy and Public Works Committee |
| WV | SB585 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to establish the Cohen Craddock Student Athlete Safety Act. The bill provides legislative findings; defines terms; creates the Student Athlete Safety Advisory Committee and provides duties thereof; requires use of certain ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-06
[Hearing: Mar 24 @ 3:00 pm]
To Senate Finance Committee |
| WV | SB581 | Engross
50% | The relating school attendance and student participation in 4-H activities.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-06
To House Education Committee |
| WV | SCR17 | Intro
25% | US Marine Corps PVT Arlie Haught Memorial Bridge
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-06
To Senate Transportation and Infrastructure Committee |
| WV | SB488 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to clarify the definition of electioneering, exclude non-express advocacy from the definition of electioneering, permit the use of cellular phones for personal reference within the electioneering prohibition zone and insid...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-05
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB566 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill relates to providing all certified Law-Enforcement Officers ("LEOs") tuition free education up to the highest rate for higher education in this state.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-05
To Senate Finance Committee |
| WV | SR20 | Pass | Designating March 5, 2025, as West Virginia University Day
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-05
Completed legislative action |
| WV | SB703 | Intro
25% | 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] | 2025-03-05
To Senate Finance Committee |
| WV | SB35 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to permit current campus police officers in this state to participate in the Deputy Sheriffs Retirement System (DSRS). The bill also mandates newly hired campus police officers to participate in the DSRS beginning on Janua...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-04
To Senate Finance Committee |
| WV | SB489 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to standardize and increase compliance with election law investigations by providing uniform procedures, deadlines, and specific outcomes in law.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-04
Referred to Rules on 1st reading |
| WV | SB484 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to prohibit the use of synthetic media and artificial intelligence to influence an election.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-04
Referred to Rules on 1st reading |
| WV | SB50 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to require municipal elections to be held on statewide election days.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-04
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB690 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to authorizing County Commissions to increase the compensation of elected county officials.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-04
To Senate Government Organization Committee |
| WV | SB5 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to authorize Adopt-A-Road programs for volunteers to clean up and maintain roads in this state.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-03
To House Energy and Public Works Committee |
| WV | SB656 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to create a 25-foot barrier around first responders.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-03
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB657 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to exempt from personal income tax West Virginia campus police officer retirement income, after July 1, 2025, including any survivorship annuities, to the extent included in gross income for federal income tax purposes for...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-03
To Senate Pensions Committee |
| WV | SB647 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to provide rights, responsibilities, authorities and limitations relating to the name, image, and likeness of an individual who is participating as a student-athlete in an institution of higher education. This article is n...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-03
To Senate Education Committee |
| WV | SB558 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to require public high school students to take a computer science course prior to graduating.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-28
To Senate Finance Committee |
| WV | SB31 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is modify the way that DNA is maintained for law-enforcement purposes in West Virginia. The bill provides updates for the policy of maintaining DNA. The bill requires DNA testing of all persons convicted of felonies and certa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-26
To Senate Finance Committee |
| WV | SR13 | Pass | Memorializing life of Wanda Porterfield Casto
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-26
Completed legislative action |
| WV | SB603 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to exempt from personal income tax West Virginia campus police officer retirement income, after July 1, 2025, including any survivorship annuities, to the extent included in gross income for federal income tax purposes for...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-26
To Senate Pensions Committee |
