| WV | HB4592 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to modify school safety mapping data to include colleges and universities.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-01
Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 |
| WV | HB5212 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to revise, update, and streamline the requirements for higher education grants, scholarships, loans, and financial aid for postsecondary education programs, workforce development initiatives, and workforce grants.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-01
Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 |
| WV | HB5354 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Higher Education Policy Commission to promulgate rules regarding administrative exemption and mental health loan program; and to repeal rules regarding purchasing efficiencies and research trust fund progr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-01
Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 |
| WV | HB4006 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to foster the operations and growth of all facets of the aerospace industry in West Virginia.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-14
On 3rd reading |
| WV | SB402 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is all related to the Workforce Readiness and Opportunity Initiatives Act including by establishing the West Virginia Micro-Credential Program, expanding the apprenticeship training tax credit, allowing for independent contra...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-14
Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - House Journal |
| WV | SB502 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to create the Women's Collegiate Sports Protection Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-14
Approved by Governor 3/27/2026 - Senate Journal |
| WV | SB719 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to clarify unused leave accruals eligible for campus police officers to use for additional service credit upon retirement and technical clean up.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-14
Approved by Governor 3/27/2026 - Senate Journal |
| WV | HB5110 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to expand tuition and fee waivers or adjustments for senior citizens by including in the statute certain nonresident students and by decreasing the eligibility age from 65 years to 60 years of age or older.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-14
Approved by Governor 3/25/2026 - House Journal |
| WV | SB913 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to remove the annual report requirement for the West Virginia Research Trust Fund.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-14
Approved by Governor 3/19/2026 - House Journal |
| WV | HB4587 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to limit the degrees for which state funds can be used to obtain.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-23
To House Education Committee |
| WV | HB4485 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to allow educators in the public school system or in the higher education system to donate leave to employees who use maternity leave. The bill defines maternity leave. Finally, the bill sets forth the process for the leav...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-20
To House Finance Committee |
| WV | HB4693 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to provide for the declassification of community and technical college positions, as well as trades-based high school instructors providing CTE instruction. The bill permits counties to provide additional funding to these ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-19
To House Finance Committee |
| WV | HB5644 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to establish provisions regarding student immigration status and nationality in West Virginia public educational institutions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-17
To House Education Committee |
| WV | HB5573 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to create the Rural Medical Residency Program and to require the Rural Health Initiative to focus on certain medical care deserts such as obstetric and gynecological care.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-16
To House Education Committee |
| WV | HB5606 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to establish the "Stay in State Tax Credit" that allows residents of this state who remain in state after graduating with an undergraduate or associate degree from a state institution to be granted a tax credit for the tot...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-16
To House Education Committee |
| WV | HB4446 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to create the West Virginia Fire Fighter Education pilot program which will be located in four counties that will provide Fire Fighter I and Fire Fighter II education to eligible students, including high school students.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-05
To House Education Committee |
| WV | HB5268 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to establish the Mountaineer Games Sports League.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-05
To House Education Committee |
| WV | HB5244 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to expand the Learn and Earn Program to the state baccalaureate institutions for a two-year pilot period.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-05
To House Education Committee |
| WV | SB536 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to allow members of institutional boards of governors to serve on the state Professional Charter School Board if otherwise qualified and to permit appointed members of the Professional Charter School Board to be appointed ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-04
To House Education Committee |
| WV | HB5175 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to clarify unused leave accruals eligible for campus police officers to use for additional service credit upon retirement and technical clean up.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-04
To House Finance Committee |
| WV | HB4533 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to create a program to include Potomac State College of West Virginia as an eligible institution for permanent participation in the "Learn and Earn Program". The bill removes reference to the program being a "pilot" progra...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-03
To House Education Committee |
| WV | HB5143 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to establish social media privacy for current and prospective students or employees of higher education institutions operating in the state of West Virginia for content not publicly available on the internet.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-03
To House Education Committee |
| WV | HB5111 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to prohibit vaccine mandates at all institutions of higher education.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-03
To House Health & Human Resources Committee |
| WV | HB5072 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to establish the TechCred program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-03
To House Education Committee |
| WV | SB445 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to create a program to include Potomac State College of West Virginia University as an eligible institution for participation in the "Learn and Earn Program". The bill removes reference to the program being a "pilot" progr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-30
To House Education Committee |
| WV | HB5010 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill relates to prohibiting institutions of higher education and affiliate organizations from accepting gifts, grants, contracts, research sponsorships, partnerships, or other funding relationships from foreign adversaries. The bi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-30
To House Education Committee |
| WV | SB675 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to promote the empowerment of young adults in West Virginia, a vital part of the state's population, by giving each elected student body member on a university board of governors voting power, which promotes our republican...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-30
To Senate Education Committee |
| WV | HB4947 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to provide exemptions from mandatory immunizations based on religious reasons.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-29
To House Health & Human Resources Committee |
| WV | HB4081 | Engross
Sine Die | 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 enrol...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-27
To Senate Education Committee |
| WV | SB618 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to limit the degrees for which state funds can be used to obtain.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-27
To Senate Education Committee |
| WV | SB609 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to exempt students at college, universities, and vocational and technical schools from any compulsory immunization requirements.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-27
To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee |
| WV | SB551 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to restore voting rights to faculty, student, and employee members of the state's institutional boards of governors.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-21
To Senate Education Committee |
| WV | HB4553 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to establish a tuition reimbursement for corrections workers in this state.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-20
To House Education Committee |
| WV | HB4193 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to authorize the increase of tuition fees for Community and Technical Colleges on a per credit hour basis for all undergraduate credit hours attempted.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-19
To House Higher Education Committee |
| WV | SB476 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to provide for the creation of the "Selecting Neutral Accreditors Act." The bill provides for legislative findings. The bill sets forth definitions. Finally, the bill provides for the selection of accrediting agencies and ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-19
To Senate Education Committee |
| WV | SB414 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to create the Keep Accreditation About Academics Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-15
To Senate Education Committee |
| WV | HB4102 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to require publicly-funded medical schools to teach the most current evidence-based, life-saving methods including abortion pill reverse.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-14
To House Health & Human Resources Committee |
| WV | SB202 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to exempt certain military veterans and their spouses and dependents from tuition and fees at state institutions of higher education.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-14
To Senate Military Committee |
| WV | SB125 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to require state intuitions of higher education, to the extent feasible, to provide to their students without charge and in a manner that protects student confidentiality, transportation to and from a local hospital for a ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-14
To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee |
| WV | SB69 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to require higher education institutions to accept the Classic Learning Test.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-14
To Senate Education Committee |
