306 Bills completed legislative action (153 House Bills, 153 Senate Bills)
2777 Bills were introduced (1693 House Bills, 1084 Senate Bills)
House Bill 4592 allows state colleges and universities to create detailed campus safety maps to help first responders during emergencies. The maps would include building layouts, location of safety equipment, such as automated external defibrillators and trauma kits.
House Bill 4599 modifies the West Virginia Clearance for Access: Registry and Employment Screening Act (“WV Cares”) to allow variances for travel with employees and to remove unnecessary offenses from the list.
House Bill 4606 requires courts to consider a defendant’s residency, ties to the community, and risk of flight when setting bail for a person charged with a criminal violation. The bill clarifies that a magistrate may not release a person charged with a felony offense on his or her own personal recognizance.
House Bill 4610 expands the Right to Try Act to allow patients to seek experimental treatment for life-threatening or severely debilitating illnesses. The illness must be attested to by a physician. The bill also expands the available treatment options to include biosimilar drugs, as well as individualized gene therapy and neoantigen vaccines.
House Bill 4625 changes the definitions of excise tax on property transfers to add and clarify exemptions.
House Bill 4626 establishes a grant program to fund the United States Food and Drug Administration’s drug development trials with ibogaine for the purpose of securing the Administration’s approval as a medication for the treatment of opioid use disorder. Funding is provided through appropriations, grants, gifts, and donations.
House Bill 4638 allows individuals to register as organ donors when they register to vote or update their voter registration.
House Bill 4696 authorizes the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to deposit federal abandoned mine land funds into the state’s Abandoned Land Reclamation Fund. This bill also updates state code to allow new federal funds, including those from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and the Safeguarding Treatment for the Restoration of Ecosystems from Abandoned Mines Act, to be deposited into the state’s reclamation fund.
House Bill 4712 increases the criminal penalties for DUI causing death to be known as “Baylea’s Law.” This bill would raise the prison sentence to 5 to 30 years and raise several fines in DUI cases.
House Bill 4730 requires the Department of Human Services to consult with contracted providers of independent living and transitional youth services to develop and maintain a coordinated continuum of services and support for all youth who are prepared to exit foster care or who have aged out of care.
House Bill 4740 exempts the Department of Health from standard state purchasing requirements when implementing the federal Rural Health Transformation Program.
House Bill 4749 guarantees that foster children age 13 and older are notified of and supported in attending court hearings, with legal counsel present and an explanation of the outcome.
House Bill 4755 creates enhanced sentencing for offenders of aggravated vehicular homicide, driving under the influence causing serious bodily injury, and third offense driving under the influence.
House Bill 4765 increases the salaries for teachers, school personnel, and state police by 3%.
House Bill 4768 updates definitions in the West Virginia College Prepaid Tuition and Savings Program Act to match changes in the federal 529 law.
House Bill 4784 extends the Qualified Opportunity Zone until July 1, 2032.
House Bill 4798 creates Alyssa’s Law, allowing teachers to wear a “mobile alert button” in emergency situations. In addition, this bill will create the Alyssa Alhadeff School Safety Fund within the State Treasury. The fund shall be administered by the WV Department of Homeland Security. All funding will be used to implement mobile panic buttons and similar school safety equipment.
House Bill 4799 establishes the cold case task force for the State of West Virginia. This task force would investigate and prosecute cold-case offenders. The cold case task force would be authorized to cooperate with federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies.
House Bill 4801 adds two permissible uses to the list of purposes for which hotel occupancy funds may be expended. It allows counties and municipalities to use the portion of the funds that they receive for “demolition of unsafe and unsanitary structures” and for “planning or improvement of property owned by municipalities and county commissions.”
House Bill 4819 changes the use of criminal records in determining whether to issue a license, certification, registration, or other authorization to engage in a profession. In addition, this bill requires the results of an arrest or charge to be included in a criminal background check.
House Bill 4842 clarifies the civil cause of action for people exposing intimate images. This civil action would be like the civil cause of action for people who commit sexual extortion.
House Bill 4850 requires the WV State Bar to provide training materials on its website for executors and administrators of wills and estates. The materials should be available free of charge on the State Bar’s website by January 1, 2028, and be accessible for the visually impaired.
House Bill 4865 establishes a program that allows juniors and seniors, as well as homeschool students, to serve as poll workers.
House Bill 4869 establishes a narrow-guaranteed issue right for Medicare Supplement (Medigap) policies in West Virginia. This bill is intended to expand access to these policies, regardless of health status.
House Bill 4881 removes the requirement that the loan value of the motor vehicle be less than $9,500 to allow the automobile dealer, licensed automobile auction, motor vehicle repair facility, or towing company to obtain a certificate of title and registration for the abandoned motor vehicle or junked vehicle.
House Bill 4893 increases the fines for contempt in the magistrate court to not more than $200 and a community service order for the first offense. For the second offense, the fine is now not more than $500 and community service. For the third and subsequent offenses, the fine is not more than $1,000 or confinement in jail for up to 10 days.
House Bill 4951 requires medical professionals in the state to complete continuing medical education credits in nutrition education.
House Bill 4965 allows a patient who has received prior authorization from the Public Employees Insurance Agency for treatment of a medical condition to receive an alternative covered treatment for the same condition without additional prior authorization, provided the alternative treatment is medically appropriate and does not exceed the cost of the originally authorized treatment.
House Bill 4976 sets minimum participation thresholds for different vehicle classes, specifically 50 applications, down from 100 for Class G (motorcycles).
House Bill 4982 repeals the Healthy West Virginia Program from Chapter 5 of the WV Code. The bill also adds Food is Medicine services under the Medicaid Program. The bill restructures the Office of Healthy Lifestyles under the Make WV Healthy Act of 2026. Additionally, the bill makes changes to physical education requirements.
House Bill 4983 allows the Department of Commerce to adopt rules governing the Division of Economic Development’s microgrid district certification.
House Bill 4990 addresses crimes relating to gift cards. The bill creates misdemeanor and felony offenses relating to larceny, tampering, and false pretenses.
House Bill 4995 requires notice to parents or guardians of children in the room when there is an interruption in the video camera or audio recording. The bill allows a judge to order a copy of the recording for the parents. The bill changes the timing of reviewing video recordings.
House Bill 4996 creates a new crime of making threats of violence. The two elements of this crime include 1) intentional communication of a threat to commit any crime of violence and 2) causes severe public alarm or inconvenience or recklessly disregards the risk of causing severe public alarm or inconvenience. The penalty for the crime is a felony, with 1 to 10 years in jail, a fine of $2,500 to $10,000, or both.
House Bill 4999 expands the current law, which is a misdemeanor to commit an assault or battery against an athletic official during an athletic event, to include any participant in the athletic event. Participants include players, coaches, administrators, and other official team members. In addition to the criminal penalties, the person convicted faces a one-year suspension from sporting events and criminal trespassing charges if they do not abide by the suspension.
House Bill 5004 requires the Commissioner of the Bureau for Public Health and the State Health Officer to educate health care professionals on evaluating and treating Pediatric Acute-Onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (PANS) and Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal Infections (PANDAS).
House Bill 5012 allows the reassignment of a school employee at any point during the school year. It provides that no transfer may be made for arbitrary, capricious, or retaliatory reasons, and allows a teacher who believes that his or her transfer violates these provisions to file a grievance.
House Bill 5015 enacts the Respiratory Care Interstate Compact, which has been enacted in 5 states and is pending in 13.
House Bill 5022 expands the annual study conducted by the Bureau of Medical Services to include not only the Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Waiver program, but also the Aged and Disabled Waiver program, the Personal Care Services program, and the Traumatic Brain Injury Waiver program.
House Bill 5048 allows foster children awaiting residential placement to continue their education through virtual learning.
House Bill 5063 allows the county commission to appoint a county commissioner to a convention and visitors’ bureau as a voting member.
House Bill 5065 requires hotel marketplace facilitators to keep records of the hotel taxes they collect.
House Bill 5067 codifies the existing memorandum of understanding between the Division of Administration Services within the Department of Homeland Security and the law-enforcement offices within the DHS by allowing the Director of Administrative Services to facilitate the application for federal law-enforcement grants.
House Bill 5074 allocates $5 million from the Medical Cannabis Program Fund to the Supreme Court of Appeals for the establishment of a Child Protection Commission and $5 million to the Division of Primary Care to expand and enhance services to address homelessness. The remaining funds will revert to General Revenue. Beginning on July 1, 2026, the money in the fund will be allocated as follows: 15 percent to the Office of Medical Cannabis for administrative purposes, 15 percent to the Department of Agriculture for medical cannabis testing at West Virginia State University, 20 percent to the Fight Substance Abuse Fund, 10 percent to Marshall University for cannabis research, 10 percent to West Virginia University for substance use disorder research, 10 percent to the Supreme Court of Appeals for the Child Protection Commission and 20 percent to the Division of Administrative Services, Justice and Community Service Section.
House Bill 5086 establishes standards for peer support programs. The bill prohibits disciplinary action for licensure in certain instances. The bill states that nothing shall prohibit a board from requiring a licensee to attend a board-designated professional health program. The bill allows privileged communication, including testimonial privilege.
House Bill 5087 establishes the Interstate Cosmetology Licensure Compact. It permits the Board of Barbers and Cosmetologists to require applicants to undergo a criminal history record check if required by the compact or the compact commission rules. The bill sets requirements for membership and regulations for multistate licensure. It also establishes the Cosmetology Licensure Compact Commission.
House Bill 5088 modifies the accrued benefit of members of the West Virginia Natural Resources Police Officer Retirement System who retire after July 1, 2029.
House Bill 5089 modifies the requirement that a transcript or other credential provided by a public-school program, private school program, homeschool program, microschool program, or HOPE scholarship program be accepted by a public school in this state as a record of a student’s previous academic performance for placement and credit assignment by adding charter schools to the list of programs whose credential is required to be accepted by a public school and requiring that each public school record the class, grade, and source on the student’s public school transcript. Additionally, the bill requires an annual report to LOCEA on the student demographics who re-enroll in public school after attending another schooling option.
House Bill 5101 clarifies the definition of domestic violence. The bill also creates and increases penalties for domestic violence and alters bail requirements for domestic violence acts.
House Bill 5110 reduces tuition and fees for senior citizens by allowing them to participate in the reduced tuition program by classifying them as metro-area students at the institution rather than as a WV resident. The bill also reduces the minimum age of the participant from 65 to 60.
House Bill 5168 creates a special revenue fund administered by the Director of the West Virginia Office of Emergency Medical Services for the benefit of emergency medical services in counties with excess levies or dedicated fees related to emergency medical services, designated the County Emergency Medical Services Fund. Additionally, the bill creates a special revenue fund administered by the Director of the West Virginia Office of Emergency Medical Services for the benefit of emergency medical services in all counties, designated the All-County Emergency Medical Services Fund.
