| WV | HB4404 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to increase the allowance for volunteer and part-volunteer fire companies and departments to make an expenditure for educational and training supplies and fire prevention promotional materials from $500 to $5,000 per year.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-01
Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 |
| WV | SB182 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill relates to annexation by minor boundary adjustment.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-14
Communicated to Senate |
| WV | HB4418 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to enact the Tax Efficiency Act of 2026, allowing municipal business and occupation or privilege taxes to be paid utilizing the statewide electronic data processing system network.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-14
Approved by Governor 3/25/2026 - House Journal |
| WV | SB607 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to expressly authorize airport authorities under state law to utilize project delivery methods approved or authorized by the Federal Aviation Administration in order to efficiently and safely plan, procure, and construct a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-14
Approved by Governor 3/17/2026 - House Journal |
| WV | SB659 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to prohibit municipalities from prohibiting certain restrictions on the regulation of accessory dwelling units.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-14
Approved by Governor 3/14/2026 |
| 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 | SB717 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to modify disability and retirement benefits and procedures for municipal police and firefighters participating in municipal plans overseen by the Municipal Pensions Oversight Board.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-14
Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - House Journal |
| WV | SB726 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to remove the 30% cap on municipal stabilization funds.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-14
Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - House Journal |
| WV | HB5622 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to modify city charters.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-14
Approved by Governor 3/27/2026 - Senate Journal |
| WV | SB1011 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to allow volunteer fire companies to submit audit paperwork electronically.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-14
Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - House Journal |
| WV | HB4977 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to permit municipalities to adopt an ordinance to recover demolition costs as special tax assessments.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-05
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB978 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to allow municipalities with police officers or firefighters currently participating in the Emergency Medical Services Retirement Plan to elect to become members of the Municipal Police Officers and Firefighters Retirement...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-27
To House Finance Committee |
| WV | HB4537 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to require municipalities and public service districts to determine the cost of adding potential customers to water service from the municipality and public service districts, apply through the West Virginia Infrastructure...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-25
To Senate Government Organization Committee |
| WV | SB1076 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to allow municipalities not participating in any retirement plan administered by the Consolidated Public Retirement Board or the Municipal Pensions Oversight Board to elect to become participating employers in the Municipa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-23
To Senate Pensions Committee |
| WV | SB1021 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill relates generally to municipal elections, and creates a limited-purpose ordinance procedure.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-20
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB1002 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to allow counties and municipalities to create special assessment districts.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-19
To Senate Energy, Industry and Mining Committee |
| WV | SB1013 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to allowing municipal police and firefighters participating in municipal plans overseen by the Municipal Pensions Oversight Board to use accrued leave toward credited service upon retirement.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-19
To Senate Pensions Committee |
| WV | SB991 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to codify the common law cause of action of public nuisance in a manner consistent with its originally intended and historical applications.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-18
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB5602 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to provide a statutory mechanism allowing property owners of undeveloped or unimproved land located within municipal boundaries to petition for annexation of their property into the county.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-16
To House Government Organization Committee |
| WV | HB5603 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to establish the Out-of-state Landowner Dilapidated Property Accountability Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-16
To House Government Organization Committee |
| WV | SB957 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to allow for Class IV towns and villages to have fewer council members.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-16
To Senate Government Organization Committee |
| WV | SB930 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to raise the cost-of-living increase from the first $15,000 to the first $45,000 for supplemental pension benefits for municipal police, firefighters, employees of waterworks systems, sewage systems, or combined waterworks...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-12
To Senate Pensions Committee |
| WV | HB4040 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to facilitate the improvement of non-state owned roads by municipalities while providing legal safeguards against litigation, ensuring that local governments can enhance infrastructure and ensure public safety effectively.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-11
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB918 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to establish civil service promotion criteria for municipal law enforcement officers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-11
To Senate Government Organization Committee |
| WV | HB5422 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to prohibit municipalities participating in the Home Rule program from establishing additional protected classes of persons beyond what is designated in state statute.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-10
To House Government Organization Committee |
| WV | HB5410 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to require quarterly reporting by political subdivisions of their water and wastewater utilities to their governing bodies, and require annual continuing education for board members and senior management.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-10
To House Energy and Public Works Committee |
| WV | HB5326 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to raise the cost-of-living increase from the first $15,000 to the first $30,000 for supplemental pension benefits for certain municipal employees.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-09
To House Finance Committee |
| WV | HB5331 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to give special consideration for municipalities to join the Municipal Police Officers & Firefighters Retirement System (MPFRS) for their paid firefighters.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-09
To House Finance Committee |
| WV | HB5347 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to add a requirement that volunteer or part volunteer fire companies or departments must be members in good standing with the West Virginia State Firemen's Association to be eligible for revenues from the Fire Protection F...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-09
To House Government Organization Committee |
| WV | HB5064 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill relates to municipalities that have failed to complete required financial audits for multiple years; modify definitions; clarify fiscal emergency conditions; authorize State Auditor to evaluate a municipality's likelihood of ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-06
To House Local Governments Committee |
| WV | HB5175 | Intro
25% | 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 | HB4460 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to amend the requirements for mandatory connections to public sewer systems in both municipalities and public service districts by providing exceptions for properties with functional septic systems in rural or less densely...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-03
To House Environment, Infrastructure, and Technology Committee |
| WV | SB700 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to allow city attorneys and municipal clerks to file judgment liens.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-02
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB5023 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to permit a citizen of this state to vote in the election of a municipality in which the citizen does not reside when the citizen pays service or user fees to the municipality.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-02
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB443 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to grant municipal fire marshal the authority to assist in the lawful execution of a law-enforcement officer's official duties.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-30
To House Government Organization Committee |
| WV | HB4353 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to prohibit municipalities from collecting business and occupation taxes on projects that are funded by state or federal government programs.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-29
To House Revenue Committee |
| WV | HB4924 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to prohibit municipalities participating in the home rule program from establishing nondiscrimination ordinances that include protected classes in addition to what is designated in state statute.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-29
To House Government Organization Committee |
| WV | HB4080 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to require mayor and city council elections to be partisan.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-27
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB4816 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is relating to municipal fire protection fees.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-26
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB4825 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to authorize municipalities to place signage on state roads within their municipal jurisdiction and boundaries.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-26
To House Energy and Public Works Committee |
| WV | HB4833 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to remove the 30% cap on municipal stabilization funds.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-26
To House Finance Committee |
| WV | HB4808 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to expressly authorize airport authorities under state law to utilize project delivery methods approved or authorized by the Federal Aviation Administration in order to efficiently and safely plan, procure, and construct a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-26
To House Government Organization Committee |
| WV | HB4815 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to authorize bonus and incentive programs at political subdivision-based community health centers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-26
To House Health & Human Resources Committee |
| WV | HB4652 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to exempt construction projects from local taxes and fees for a duly elected municipal utility board, its contractors, subcontractors, and vendors.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-23
To House Local Governments Committee |
| WV | HB4737 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to authorize a municipality to regulate apartment buildings' stairway requirements
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-22
To House Government Organization Committee |
| WV | HB4679 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to prohibit counties, towns, and municipalities from using tax money to hire lobbyists to represent the counties, towns, and municipalities at state level.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-21
To House Government Organization Committee |
| WV | HB4707 | Intro
25% | 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] | 2026-01-21
To House Government Organization Committee |
| WV | HB4650 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to establish that a defendant who may be fined $5,000 or more is entitled to a trial by jury.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-21
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB4675 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to prohibit any governmental entity from charging fees for stormwater, rain, or runoff from real property.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-21
To House Energy and Public Works Committee |
| WV | HB4623 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to require counties and municipalities to provide public notice for land or building purchases.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-21
To House Judiciary Committee |
