West Virginia 2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 140)
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West Virginia 2026 Regular Session
West Virginia House Bill HB5672
Introduced
2/17/26
Refer
2/17/26
The purpose of this bill is to collect a state excise tax against opioid sales calculated at one cent for 100 pills multiplied by the number of overdose deaths in the most recent year based on Health Department's death certificates. The tax shall be used to fund addiction prevention and recovery from opioid use.
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West Virginia 2026 Regular Session
West Virginia House Bill HB5648
Introduced
2/17/26
Refer
2/17/26
The purpose of this bill is to allow a more consumer-oriented approach to the setting of public utility rates by the Public Service Commission by prioritizing the interests of utility service customers; providing protections to certain disabled rate-payers; and authorizing cost-saving measures such as: the use of portable electrical generation devices without notification to electric utilities; establishing distributed power plant production systems; and authorizing the operation of certain power generation facilities under a subscriber model.
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West Virginia 2026 Regular Session
West Virginia Senate Bill SB967
Introduced
2/17/26
Refer
2/17/26
The purpose of this bill is to remove the provisions that transformers do not apply to above ground storage tanks.
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West Virginia 2026 Regular Session
West Virginia House Bill HB5637
Introduced
2/17/26
Refer
2/17/26
The purpose of this bill is to add weighted funding back into the formula for students with unique learning needs.
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West Virginia 2026 Regular Session
West Virginia House Bill HB5640
Introduced
2/17/26
Refer
2/17/26
The purpose of this bill is to provide a tax sale process reform by creating two distinct legal tracks: Owner-occupied property (people actively living in the home) and Non-owner-occupied property (abandoned, rental, speculative, or non-primary residence).This distinction governs notice, redemption, and post-sale remedies.
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West Virginia 2026 Regular Session
West Virginia House Bill HB5662
Introduced
2/17/26
Refer
2/17/26
The purpose of this bill is to allow the children and grandchildren of a landowner in West Virginia to hunt and fish on such private land regardless of residency status without a permit or license, hunt and fish on their own land during open seasons in accordance with laws and rules so long as a valid photo ID is produced.
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West Virginia 2026 Regular Session
West Virginia House Bill HB5659
Introduced
2/17/26
Refer
2/17/26
The purpose of this bill is to specify requirements for the development of an accurate cost estimation model for the costs of child care in West Virginia, with consideration for program types, age of children served, geographic region, and other factors affecting the delivery of quality child care.
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West Virginia 2026 Regular Session
West Virginia House Bill HR17
Introduced
2/17/26
Refer
2/17/26
Requesting and encouraging a full, complete, and transparent investigation into the Jeffrey Epstein files.
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West Virginia 2026 Regular Session
West Virginia House Bill HB5644
Introduced
2/17/26
Refer
2/17/26
The purpose of this bill is to establish provisions regarding student immigration status and nationality in West Virginia public educational institutions.
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West Virginia 2026 Regular Session
West Virginia Senate Bill SB962
Introduced
2/17/26
Refer
2/17/26
The purpose of this bill is to require all West Virginia high school students to pass a civics examination and the United States Naturalization Examination and other tests as a prerequisite for graduation.
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West Virginia 2026 Regular Session
West Virginia Senate Bill SB978
Introduced
2/17/26
Refer
2/17/26
Refer
2/23/26
Report Pass
2/24/26
Engrossed
2/26/26
Refer
3/2/26
Refer
2/27/26
The purpose of this bill is to allow municipalities with police officers or firefighters currently participating in the Emergency Medical Services Retirement Plan to elect to become members of the Municipal Police Officers and Firefighters Retirement System.
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West Virginia 2026 Regular Session
West Virginia Senate Bill SB966
Introduced
2/17/26
Refer
2/17/26
Report Pass
2/25/26
The purpose of this bill is to remove all requirements for parents' certifications and remove all requirements regarding curriculum that includes the same subject areas as public schools.
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West Virginia 2026 Regular Session
West Virginia House Bill HB5642
Introduced
2/17/26
Refer
2/17/26
The purpose of this bill is to create the State Utility Accountability and Improvement Program to proactively identify and assist struggling water and wastewater utilities; establish the State Utility Management Corps within the Water Development Authority; provide for expedited Public Service Commission proceedings through a Priority Utility Docket; establish a rate case appeal mechanism for conservator utilities; create a clear tier reclassification and de-escalation pathway; provide for phased program implementation; expand the Distressed Utilities Account from $5 million to $15 million; coordinate annual utility assessments between the team and the commission; clarify the relationship between conservatorship and existing receivership authority; protect existing bond covenants during conservatorship; require training for public service district board members; authorize the Water Development Authority to house and support the team; establish transparency and accountability requirements; and declare an emergency.
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West Virginia 2026 Regular Session
West Virginia Senate Bill SB976
Introduced
2/17/26
Refer
2/17/26
This bill authorizes optional use of countywide voting centers on election day and establishes related notice, administrative, and rulemaking provisions.
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West Virginia 2026 Regular Session
West Virginia Senate Bill SB949
Introduced
2/16/26
Refer
2/16/26
The purpose of this bill is to create the Uniform Assignment for Benefit of Creditors Act.