The West Virginia House of Delegates advanced several bills, including the following:
Senate Bill 1 would create the Small Business Growth Act. This act would establish a tax credit for employers that have fewer than 200 employees and 60% of their workforce are West Virginia employees. This bill would allow West Virginia’s small businesses to be able to receive more capital than they could previously access.Â
House Bill 4098 would restore a person’s right to sit on a jury upon the expungement of one’s record. This bill was advanced to the Senate.Â
House Bill 4462 would prohibit the sale of cell-cultured products in West Virginia, specifically targeting cell-cultured meat, fish, poultry, or eggs.
In the discussion of the bill, the opposition shared concerns about constitutional issues with this bill regarding the commerce clause. Opposition also shared that there have been no concerns so far with these products and did not believe we should ban these products for West Virginians.
Those in favor of the bill shared that they were concerned about possible health and safety issues that could arise in the future for West Virginians.
This bill passed with a vote of 64 to 25.
Bills introduced can be found here.
Resolutions introduced can be found here.
Committee Meetings, Today February 13
- Sub. Com on Courts will meet following the floor session in Room 410M
- Sub. Com on Homeland Security will meet following Courts in Room 410M
- Sub. Com on Legal Services will meet following Homeland Security in Room 410M
- Sub. Com on Local Government at 1 p.m. in Room 215E
- Sub. Com on Educational Choice at 1 p.m. in Room 432M
- Sub. Com on Government Administration at 2 p.m. in Room 215E
Committee Meetings, Monday February 16
- Finance at 9 a.m. in Room 460M
- Judiciary at 9 a.m. in Room 410M
- Sub. Com on Legal Services at 9:45 a.m. in Room 410M
- Sub. Com on Homeland Security at 10 a.m. in Room 410M
- Sub. Com on Courts at 10:15 a.m. in Room 410M
- Rules at 10:45 in the Speaker’s Conference Room
- Government Organization at 1 p.m. in Room 215E
- Education at 1:45 p.m. in Room 432M
- Energy and Public Works at 3 p.m. in Room 410M
- Health and Human Resources at 3:30 p.m in Room 215E
The House is adjourned until 11:00 a.m. Monday, February 16, 2026.Â
