| WV | SB553 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to authorize certain transfers of a contractor's license to a license holder's immediate family member.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-14
Approved by Governor 3/25/2026 - House Journal |
| WV | SB114 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to create a paid parental leave pilot program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-26
To Senate Finance Committee |
| WV | HB5542 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to repeal West Virginia's right-to-work law and restore the ability of employees and labor organizations to enter into voluntary agreements that fairly allocate the costs of collective bargaining and representation by requ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-16
To House Energy and Public Works Committee |
| WV | HB5424 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is create the Worker Citizenship Verification Act of 2026.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-10
To House Government Organization Committee |
| WV | SB760 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to establish certain rights for purchasers of residential improvements. The bill states a legislative purpose; defines terms; mandates contracts for residential improvements contain warranty; states required minimum terms ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-05
To Senate Government Organization Committee |
| WV | HB4152 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to provide for the Workforce Education Partnership Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-03
To House Education Committee |
| WV | HB5083 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to create a paid parental leave pilot program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-03
To House Finance Committee |
| WV | HB5116 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to state an employee's right to inquire about wages under the Katherine Johnson and Dorothy Vaughan Fair Pay Act. It requires an employer to provide wage range to applicants; and provides for civil and criminal penalties f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-03
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB424 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to establish the Affordable Electricity and Economic Growth Act of 2026 to facilitate coke production and steelmaking in the state.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-30
To Senate Finance Committee |
| WV | HB5001 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to protect workers who defend themselves or others from an attack from another from termination of employment.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-30
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB226 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to provide that a person engaged in offering for sale, selling, exchanging, or bartering products or commodities produced exclusively on his or her own farm is exempt from obtaining a commercial feed distributor permit.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-29
To Senate Finance Committee |
| WV | HB4876 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to eliminate the requirement that 14 or 15 year old obtain a work permit; establishing that employer seeking to hire a child 14 or older receive an age certificate from the commission prior to employing the child; providin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-28
To House Government Organization Committee |
| WV | HB4549 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to provide political subdivisions the authority to hire the lowest responsible bidder enter into project labor agreements.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-21
To House Local Governments Committee |
| WV | HB4548 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill relates to putting West Virginia first. The bill requires employers that receive a local labor utilization waiver to hire at the same qualifications and rates provided to Workforce WorkForce West Virginia; clarifies West Virg...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-20
To House Government Administration Committee |
| WV | SB522 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to create the "West Virginia Jobs Protection Act," to mandate the use of the federal E-Verify system for employment eligibility verification by all employers in the state.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-20
To Senate Government Organization Committee |
| WV | HB4350 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to specify alternative forms of documentation of employees to be filed with the Division of Labor when the contractors are working on construction of public improvements.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-16
To House Government Administration Committee |
| WV | SB242 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to require the Commissioner of Labor to propose separate rules for plumbers who work in a residential dwelling or in a commercial building or facility.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-14
To Senate Government Organization Committee |
| WV | HB4153 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill relates to the creation of the West Virginia Skilled and Ready to Work Internship and Apprenticeship Incentive Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-14
To House Energy and Public Works Committee |
| WV | SB115 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to repeal the "right-to-work" legislation of 2016.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-14
To Senate Workforce Committee |
| WV | SB91 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to prohibit spending authority for money used by a board or commission that retains a labor position.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-14
To Senate Government Organization Committee |
| WV | HB4159 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to change the process of appointing eligible law enforcement officers after competitive examinations.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-14
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB111 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to restore prevailing wages for certain government contracts to state law. This bill reinstates the Prevailing Wage Law that was in effect until its repeal in 2016.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-14
To Senate Workforce Committee |
