West Virginia 2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 115)

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West Virginia 2026 Regular Session

West Virginia House Bill HB4584

Introduced
1/20/26  
The purpose of this bill is to enhance pay for teachers; provide for market pay enhancement for teacher salaries in certain circumstances; provide for certification to the State Auditor; set out distribution of funds; require reporting; make funds subject to personal income tax; providing funds are in excess of minimum salary schedule; make enhancement not subject to state grievance process; and provide for rulemaking.
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West Virginia 2026 Regular Session

West Virginia Senate Bill SB530

Introduced
1/20/26  
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.
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West Virginia 2026 Regular Session

West Virginia Senate Bill SB543

Introduced
1/20/26  
Refer
1/20/26  
Report Pass
1/28/26  
Refer
1/28/26  
Engrossed
2/11/26  
Refer
2/12/26  
Refer
2/12/26  
The purpose of this bill is to require the Bureau of Social Service to file its policy manual as a legislative rule.This bill was recommended for introduction by the Joint Committee on Children and Families.
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West Virginia House Bill HB4604

Introduced
1/20/26  
Refer
1/20/26  
Refer
2/17/26  
Refer
2/18/26  
The purpose of this bill is to increase compensation of all panel attorneys and guardians ad litem. The bill also creates an assistant guardian ad litem position and outlines what language is required in juvenile abuse and neglect case orders.This bill was recommended for introduction by the Joint Committee on Children and Families.
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West Virginia 2026 Regular Session

West Virginia House Bill HB4615

Introduced
1/20/26  
Refer
1/20/26  
Refer
1/20/26  
The purpose of this bill is to create the Public Water Supply Reform Act of 2026. The bill provides for definitions. The bill creates a water level status plan for aboveground water storage tanks. The bill provides for transparency. Finally, the bill ensures public service district communication.
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West Virginia 2026 Regular Session

West Virginia Senate Bill SB539

Introduced
1/20/26  
The purpose of this bill is to increase compensation of all panel attorneys and guardians ad litem. The bill also creates an assistant guardian ad litem position and outlines what language is required in juvenile abuse and neglect case orders.This bill was recommended for introduction by the Joint Committee on Children and Families.
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West Virginia 2026 Regular Session

West Virginia House Bill HJR18

Introduced
1/20/26  
The purpose of this resolution is to amend section 1, article IV of the West Virginia Constitution, to prohibit non-citizens from voting.
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West Virginia House Bill HB4619

Introduced
1/20/26  
The purpose of this bill is to create a special revenue account, the Residential Treatment Capacity Expansion Fund, to support the recruitment, development, and expansion of in-state residential treatment providers for children. The fund may be used for provider incentives, facility development, transition services for children currently placed out of state, and other activities that increase West Virginia's residential treatment capacity.This bill was recommended for introduction by the Joint Committee on Children and Families.
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West Virginia 2026 Regular Session

West Virginia Senate Bill SB561

Introduced
1/21/26  
The purpose of this bill relates to disaffiliation from religious denominations and generally relates to property of religious organizations; requires a two-thirds vote of the membership for disaffiliation; establishes classes of property for purposes of disaffiliation; treats each separately deeded parcel of real property as a distinct unit for Class A purposes; provides that a local religious organization that disaffiliates from a parent religious denomination or conference may retain ownership of each parcel of real property (Class A) if more than 50 percent of the costs for acquiring and improving that specific parcel were raised locally by or from the organization, subject to reimbursement of investments made by the parent religious denomination or conference; provides for ownership of chattel and personal property (Class B) based on the purchaser; provides for pro rata ownership of intangible property (Class C) based on sources of funds over a two-year lookback period; provides a catch-all provision for classification of property by a court, mediator, or arbitrator; establishes a burden of proof on the parent religious denomination or conference; requires the parent religious denomination or conference to provide accounting within a specified timeline; and provides for severability and application to affiliations entered into or reaffirmed on or after the effective date.
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West Virginia 2026 Regular Session

West Virginia House Bill HB4624

Introduced
1/21/26  
Refer
1/21/26  
The purpose of this bill is to permit county commissions to lease, rent, or permit the use of a county-owned wireless tower or any portions thereof, with exceptions.
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West Virginia 2026 Regular Session

West Virginia House Bill HB4642

Introduced
1/21/26  
The purpose of this bill is to establish the West Virginia Clean Water Act of 2026 in order to enhance water quality standards, test for and remove various contaminants, and to replace lead service lines within all public water systems.
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West Virginia 2026 Regular Session

West Virginia Senate Bill SB568

Introduced
1/21/26  
The purpose of this bill is to require health benefit plan coverage for medically necessary dental procedures that result from cancer treatment; create the Oral Health and Cancer Rights Act; explain the scope of procedures covered as a result of certain cancer treatments; require the use of a specific billing identifier; and set an effective date.
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West Virginia 2026 Regular Session

West Virginia House Bill HB4665

Introduced
1/21/26  
The purpose of this bill is to expand the state's modifications for tax reducing federal adjusted gross income to retired out-of-state police, first responders, and other retirees who show the work they performed was in the capacity of Law Enforcement Officer, and/or a First Responder.
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West Virginia House Bill HB4690

Introduced
1/21/26  
The purpose of this bill is to repeal obsolete and outdated sections of the Education code.
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West Virginia Senate Bill SB551

Introduced
1/21/26  
The purpose of this bill is to restore voting rights to faculty, student, and employee members of the state's institutional boards of governors.