| WV | SB641 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to alter the definition of an aboveground storage tank.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-14
Approved by Governor 3/27/2026 - Senate Journal |
| WV | SB648 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to promote the development and availability of strategic and critical resources through uniform statewide regulation, to reserve regulatory authority to the state and federal governments, and to preempt local regulation ex...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-14
Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - House Journal |
| WV | SB1042 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to provide that ventilation of underground mines include that ventilation where coal is being cut, mined, drilled for blasting, or loaded be ventilated with a minimum quantity of 3,000 cubic feet of air per minute.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-14
Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - House Journal |
| WV | SB935 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to immediately eliminate the business and occupation tax exemption for certain coal-fired merchant power plants on the generating capacity of the generating units located in this state that are owned or leased by the taxpa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-26
To House Energy and Public Works Committee |
| WV | SB15 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to protect coal and gas minerals from carbon capture practices.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-23
To House Energy and Public Works Committee |
| WV | SB1041 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to create the Energy Economic Load Dispatch Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-21
To Senate Energy, Industry and Mining Committee |
| WV | SB1040 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to create the West Virginia Energy Freedom Act related to power generation companies in the state.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-21
To Senate Energy, Industry and Mining Committee |
| WV | SB1001 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to establish the West Virginia Nuclear Lifecycle and Advanced Fuel Cycle Development Act authorizing enrichment, recycling, transportation, storage and related fuel cycle activities.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-19
To Senate Energy, Industry and Mining Committee |
| WV | HB5676 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to include a mineral owner or investor on the Oil and Gas Conservation Committee and to clarify what constitutes a reasonable voluntary pooling offer.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-17
To House Energy and Public Works Committee |
| WV | SB942 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to create an advanced-baseload ecosystem that provides affordable and reliable power while generating long-term economic and security benefits.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-13
To Senate Energy, Industry and Mining Committee |
| WV | HB5411 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to establish the Energy Freedom and Fairness Act, permitting retail competition for the purchase and sale of electric power for certain non-residential retail customers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-10
To House Energy and Public Works Committee |
| WV | HB5409 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to clarify the ownership of minerals and other substances (other than hydrocarbons) in produced liquids and solids related to oil and gas drilling.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-10
To House Energy and Public Works Committee |
| WV | SB733 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to establish the Energy Freedom and Fairness Act, permitting retail competition for the purchase and sale of electric power for certain non-residential retail customers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-03
To Senate Energy, Industry and Mining Committee |
| WV | SB20 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to provide for the creation of the Stable Energy Rates Protection Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-30
To Senate Government Organization 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 | HB4985 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to promote the development and availability of strategic and critical resources through uniform statewide regulation, to reserve regulatory authority to the state and federal governments, and to preempt local regulation ex...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-30
To House Energy and Public Works Committee |
| WV | HB4822 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to redirect any positive tax increment ad valorem property taxes collected from High Impact Data Centers; local school Boards will receive 10% of the funds; redirects the current 50% of the funds from the Personal Income T...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-26
To House Energy and Public Works Committee |
| WV | HB4120 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to create the Productive Energy Site Reclamation Waiver Program to streamline the process of transferring former surface mine sites into productive sites for new energy generation projects arid to optimize the flat land fo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-15
To House Energy and Manufacturing Committee |
| WV | SB24 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to create the West Virginia Intrastate Energy Use Act, designating which environmental regulation of coal, oil, and natural gas extracted and used within West Virginia is exclusively regulated by the West Virginia Departme...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-14
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB4038 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to limit the number of permits to construct wind power plants, wind power farms, or "windmills" for power generally in West Virginia; to provide that for each new wind powered facility built in West Virginia, there is an o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-14
To House Energy and Public Works Committee |
