| WV | HB5366 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to clarify the confidentiality of certain material in possession of the Supreme Court of Appeals.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-01
Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 |
| WV | HB5684 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Supreme Court to create program of child protection commissioners.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-01
Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 |
| WV | SB29 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to provide increased protections for the welfare of domestic animals in the care of animal shelters, breeders, and private individuals.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-14
Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - House Journal |
| WV | SB794 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to clarify that the Intermediate Court of Appeals does not have appellate jurisdiction over appeals of adoption orders or decrees.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-14
Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - House Journal |
| WV | SB796 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to repeal W. Va. Code §51-8-5 providing for distribution of West Virginia reports.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-14
Approved by Governor 3/19/2026 - House Journal |
| WV | SB952 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to transfer the administration of the Court Security Fund from the Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety to the Supreme Court of Appeals; modify composition of the Court Security Board; and to eliminate legislat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-14
Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - House Journal |
| WV | HB4360 | 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] | 2026-03-04
To Senate Finance Committee |
| WV | SB1035 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to amend the retirement system by suspending contribution of courts into judicial retirement system until certain condition met; providing that retirees under the post-2005 retirement system are to be treated as pre-2005 r...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-03
To House Finance Committee |
| WV | HB5471 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to provide pay increases to members of the judiciary and clarify retirement contributions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-20
To House Finance Committee |
| WV | HB5673 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to create a statutory right for siblings to petition a circuit or family court for visitation with their minor child siblings.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-17
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB5536 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to establish the "West Virginia Constitutional Authority Clarification Act."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-16
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB5533 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to reaffirm the constitutional sovereignty of the State of West Virginia; establish constitutional review and nullification mechanisms for unconstitutional judicial dictates; bind interpretive standards to the text, struct...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-16
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB5517 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to require the Office of Insurance Commission to maintain and post lists of bondsmen.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-13
To House Finance Committee |
| WV | SB782 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to provide pay increases to members of the judiciary and to make modifications to the judicial retirement system.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-05
To Senate Pensions Committee |
| WV | HB5036 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to relating to the sovereignty of law and judicial authority in West Virginia, prohibiting parallel legal systems, and providing a cause of action for violations of this article.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-02
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB663 | Intro
Sine Die | Allowing parents to refuse family court-ordered medical procedure of child against parents' wishes
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-29
To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee |
| WV | HB4917 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to terminate the West Virginia Health Care Authority; terminate the authority's certificate of need program; providing the termination of the authority's cooperative agreement review process; provide definitions; establish...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-29
To House Health & Human Resources Committee |
| WV | HB4980 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to create the "Judicial Accountability and Civil Liability Act."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-29
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB4473 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to enumerate the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals capacity to create rules regarding the scope of practice in the state of West Virginia while creating a task force to encourage the West Virginia Supreme Court of App...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-19
To House Legal Services Committee |
| WV | SB142 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to provide a procedure in all courts of record to determine when judges may be recused in legal proceedings when party's lawyer or the law firm of a party's lawyer has contributed to a judge's campaign.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-14
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB3 | Intro
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] | 2026-01-14
To Senate Finance Committee |
