| WV | HB4138 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to address Code consistency given the passage of SB240 during 2025 Regular Session to ensure that the current crimes of "sexual extortion" and "aggravated sexual extortion" are offenses that require registration as a sex o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-01
Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 |
| WV | HB4765 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to raise the salaries of certain state employees: WV State Police and certain personnel; public school teachers; and school service personnel.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-01
Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 |
| WV | HB4799 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to establish the cold case task force for the State of West Virginia.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-01
Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 |
| WV | HB5457 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to provide one-half service credit for periods of disability service to count toward retirement for State Troopers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-01
Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 |
| WV | SB28 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to provide for a phased in increase in the homestead exemption; provide that change to exemption contingent on passage of constitutional amendment; and repeal limitation on levy rates when appraisal results in tax increase...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-14
Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - House Journal |
| WV | HB4053 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to establish the blue envelope program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-14
Approved by Governor 3/25/2026 - House Journal |
| WV | HB4345 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to establish specific protocol for preserving records and evidence in missing persons cases that are unresolved after one year.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-14
Approved by Governor 3/25/2026 - House Journal |
| WV | SB723 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to clarify cooperation between law-enforcement agencies and personnel with states bordering this state.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-14
Approved by Governor 3/27/2026 - Senate Journal |
| WV | SB944 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to expand the categories of eligible federal law-enforcement officers authorized to enforce the laws of this state under certain circumstances.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-14
Approved by Governor 3/19/2026 - House Journal |
| WV | SB945 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to permit the Adjutant General to pay employees during a federal government shutdown or furlough.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-14
Approved by Governor 3/17/2026 - House Journal |
| WV | SB1083 | Engross
50% | Requiring registration as sex offender for conviction of indecent exposure to certain minors
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-05
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB5413 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to clarify the obligations of the West Virginia State Police regarding the Central Abuse Registry and the collection of fees for the same.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-04
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB676 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to include members of the Division of Protection Services (Capitol Police) under the state police B retirement system
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-27
To House Finance Committee |
| WV | SB208 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to exempt certain classified military records from public release.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-25
Approved by Governor 2/25/2026 - House Journal |
| WV | HB5341 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to create a Domestic Violence Registry.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-25
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB1071 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to create the Public Defense and Provisioning Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-23
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB613 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to cap interest rates for debts of active service members at six percent per annum.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-20
To Senate Finance Committee |
| WV | SB738 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to clarify eligibility for the TRICARE program; authorize reimbursement when certain requirements are met; require policies and guidelines; and clarify funding.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-20
To Senate Finance Committee |
| WV | SB860 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to modify the language in the statute to make it consistent with W.Va. Code §5H-1-2(b) for survivor's benefit payment for first responders for purposes of payment for funeral expenses of law enforcement, safety, and eme...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-20
To Senate Finance Committee |
| WV | HB5176 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to create the animal abuse database within the West Virginia State Police.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-19
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB5596 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to revise the statute to add costs for misdemeanor and felony convictions to be deposited into the West Virginia State Police Forensic Laboratory Fund created in §15-2-24d of the code and for additional costs of $50 to ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-16
To House Finance Committee |
| WV | HB5589 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to repeal existing state law relating to requiring state law enforcement officers and employees to assist federal agencies in enforcement of federal immigration laws and prohibits these activities absent of a judicially ap...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-16
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB5552 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is create the Act to Prohibit the Purchase of Small Unmanned Aircrafts Manufactured or Assembled by a Covered Foreign Entity. The bill provides for definitions. The bill prohibits the purchase of small, unmanned aircraft from...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-16
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB5567 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to create the biometric information privacy act. The bill regulates the retention, collection, disclosure, and destruction of biometric identifiers or biometric information.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-16
To House Health & Human Resources Committee |
| WV | HB5520 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to create the Foreign Adversary Contracting Prohibition Act, the Foreign Adversary and Terrorist Registration Act and the Transnational Repression Act, and to clarify application requirements to become a lobbyist.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-13
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB5508 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to include members of the Division of Protection Services (Capitol Police) under the state police B retirement system.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-13
To House Finance Committee |
| WV | SB938 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to clarify the duties and responsibilities of the Secretary of the Department of Health, the Commissioner of the Bureau for Public Health, and the state health officer.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-13
To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee |
| WV | HB5479 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to limit the intentional concealment of a law-enforcement officer's identity or authority, including the use of masks or face coverings, during warrantless, non-custodial investigatory stops that are not supported by proba...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-12
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB5477 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill relates to federal immigration enforcement. The bill supplements and expands existing cooperation requirements. The bill mandates participation by state-supported law enforcement agencies in the federal 287(g) program. The bi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-12
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB5445 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to authorize the West Virginia Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management to run background checks on persons applying to be a Statewide Interoperable Radio Network ("SIRN") Radio Programmer and on persons seek...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-11
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB5451 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to modify the language in the statute to make it consistent with W.Va. Code §5H-1-2(b) for survivor's benefit payment for first responders for purposes of payment for funeral expenses of law enforcement, safety, and eme...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-11
To House Finance Committee |
| WV | HB5456 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to increase pay for State Troopers with permanent total disability from injuries received in the line of duty in accordance with the pay increases the Trooper would have received from seniority had the Trooper not been inj...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-11
To House Finance Committee |
| WV | HB5448 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to revise the statute to allow for the purposes of committee and board meetings any member of the state emergency response commission to delegate authority for an employee to serve as a designee in his or her stead as it i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-11
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB5421 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is create the Act to Prohibit the Purchase of Small Unmanned Aircrafts Manufactured or Assembled by a Covered Foreign Entity. The bill provides for definitions. The bill prohibits the purchase of small unmanned aircraft from ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-10
To House Government Organization Committee |
| WV | SB882 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to amend this code section by adding a new article, relating to the establishment of a "Blue Envelope Program" to promote inclusivity and enhanced communication between law enforcement and community members with a conditio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-09
To Senate Transportation and Infrastructure Committee |
| WV | HB5361 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to restrict certain immigration enforcement actions in specific locations.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-09
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB5368 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to create a Domestic Violence Registry for offenders with at least two qualifying convictions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-09
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB5367 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to enact the Refugee Absorptive Capacity Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-09
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB5352 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to prohibit the deployment of the National Guard by the Governor to another country for combat without a Congressional declaration of war.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-09
To House Government Organization Committee |
| WV | SB858 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to revise the statute to authorize the West Virginia Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management ("WVDHSEM") to run background checks on persons applying to be a Statewide Interoperable Radio Network ("SIRN") Ra...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-09
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB4456 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to grant additional local and state law enforcement privileges to commissioned law enforcement officers of the National Park Service.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-05
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB5253 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to create a domestic violence registry. The bill provides a purpose. The bill directs the criminal identification bureau of the West Virginia State Police to establish and maintain the registry. The bill provides for confi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-05
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB5230 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to change the awards and benefits to dependents of State Police officers who must take disability retirement to better match the awards and benefits of the dependents of State Police retirants who serve 20 years without di...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-05
To House Finance Committee |
| WV | HB5209 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to establish an animal abuse registry.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-05
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB4601 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to create an expanded WVSP Unit specifically utilized for investigation of child abuse and neglect cases.The bill has been recommended for introduction by the Joint Committee on Children and Families.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-04
To House Finance Committee |
| WV | HB5016 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to clarify how those required to register sex offenders, who have no permanent residence, can satisfy their legal obligation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-02
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB5046 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to modify the lowering of the age of retirants from the West Virginia State Police Retirement System that are eligible to receive an annual annuity adjustment.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-02
To House Finance Committee |
| WV | HB4863 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to enact the Refugee and Immigrant Absorptive Capacity Act. The bill provides a short title. The bill defines terms. The bill sets forth the duties of the state office within the Department of Human Services that deals wit...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-28
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB4880 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to create "The Deployed Servicemembers Protection Act", provide legislative findings, provide definitions, and describe protections for servicemembers and penalties for violating them.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-28
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB4879 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to revise and update the provisions of state code relating to all aspects of the West Virginia State Guard.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-28
To House Judiciary Committee |
