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West Virginia Senate Government Organization Committee
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| Bill | Bill Name | Progress | Referral Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| HB2002 | Establishing One Stop Shop Permitting Process | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 04/01/2025 |
| HB2008 | Executive Branch Reorganization | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/12/2025 |
| HB2009 | Relating to the merging and reorganizing of the executive branch | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/12/2025 |
| HB2013 | Transfer of employees to classified exempt service | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 04/01/2025 |
| HB2030 | Modifying compulsory housing for hotels and motels | Dead | 03/20/2025 |
| HB2067 | West Virginia Firearms Liability Clarification Act | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/20/2025 |
| HB2117 | Relating to when Mail In Ballots are Due | Dead | 03/07/2025 |
| HB2120 | Relating to forms and disclosures to the Ethics Commission | Vetoed | 04/01/2025 |
| HB2145 | Relating to terminating the authority of the Director of the Purchasing Division to impose a certain annual fee upon vendors | Dead | 03/29/2025 |
| HB2170 | Allowing volunteer fire departments to use fire protection funding for certain purchases | Dead | 03/03/2025 |
| HB2172 | Relating to adding an athletic trainer to the Board of Physical Therapy | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/18/2025 |
| HB2358 | Relating to postmortem examinations | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/18/2025 |
| HB2362 | Relating to recognizing the law-enforcement powers of correctional officers employed by the Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation. | Dead | 03/05/2025 |
| HB2389 | Relating to Dietitian Licensure Compact | Dead | 03/24/2025 |
| HB2397 | Prevent immediate family members from acting in a fiduciary capacity for the same governmental authority | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/21/2025 |
| HB2479 | Relating to Management and control of county authority vested in board | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/24/2025 |
| HB2484 | Clarifying the probationary period for paid municipal firefighters. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/29/2025 |
| HB2491 | Relating to conditions on holding online raffles | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 04/03/2025 |
| HB2566 | Relating generally to allowing the Supreme Court of Appeals discretion to create uniform pay scales for all levels of judicial support staff. | Dead | 04/03/2025 |
| HB2679 | To allow for the reinstatement of retired Deputy Sheriffs to their former departments. | Dead | 03/25/2025 |
| HB2709 | Permitting a voter with a change of address to vote in his or her new precinct without having to cast a provisional ballot | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/07/2025 |
| HB2742 | Relating to creating limited waiver from certificate of public convenience and necessity requirement for certain water or sewer services projects. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/18/2025 |
| HB2752 | Relating to motorcycle safety | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/20/2025 |
| HB2787 | To permit the county commission of each county to lease, rent or to permit the use of a county owned wireless tower or any portion thereof, with exceptions | Dead | 04/03/2025 |
| HB2866 | Relating to fees and charges for municipality provided fire services | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 04/03/2025 |
| HB2958 | To clarify what constitutes trespassing at an institution of higher education | Dead | 04/01/2025 |
| HB2978 | Relating generally to the Municipal Bond Commission governance | Dead | 04/01/2025 |
| HB3000 | Relating to agency changes and updates to the West Virginia Commercial Feed Law. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/26/2025 |
| HB3001 | Relating to county parks and recreation commission | Dead | 03/29/2025 |
| HB3013 | Relating to open captioning for motion pictures | Dead | 04/02/2025 |
| HB3017 | Compliance Audits of Tabulating Equipment | Dead | 03/18/2025 |
| HB3133 | Permitting counties and municipalities to enter into memoranda of understanding for demolition of dilapidated structures | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 04/01/2025 |
| HB3145 | Relating to duties of licensees under the West Virginia Real Estate License Act | Dead | 04/03/2025 |
| HB3156 | Create exemption for Legislature for reporting requirements in Shared Services Section | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/31/2025 |
| HB3157 | Relating to shortened procedure for road condition claims | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/31/2025 |
| HB3174 | Requiring municipalities take actions when potential customers apply for water and sewer service. | Dead | 03/29/2025 |
| HB3181 | Allow all law enforcement officers to purchase gun upon retirement | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 04/01/2025 |
| HB3263 | Relating to providing notification of utility service disruption to its' customers | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 04/08/2025 |
| HB3269 | Reorganizing the Board of Banking and Financial Institutions, the Division of Financial Institutions, and the Lending and Credit Rate Board | Dead | 03/29/2025 |
| HB3279 | Relating to requirements for WVU and WVSU Board of Governors | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 04/01/2025 |
| HB3305 | Changing the limit on switching parties before filing to run for office from 60 days to 180 days prior to an election. | Dead | 03/31/2025 |
| HB3342 | Firearms Industry Nondiscrimination Act | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/31/2025 |
| HB3373 | To extend and revise the sunset provision in the Tourism Development Act to December 31, 2030 | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 04/01/2025 |
| HB3389 | Exclude the Department of Tourism as a Governmental agency | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 04/01/2025 |
| HB3411 | Relating to commissions; removing the legislative members; and eliminating expired commissions | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 04/02/2025 |
| HB3412 | Relating to exemptions from disclosure of certain records; and exempting the legislative branch if it adopts its own rules. | Dead | 04/03/2025 |
| HB3433 | Modifying language in the statute to make it consistent with W.Va. Code §5H-1-2(b) for survivor’s benefit payments. | Dead | 03/27/2025 |
| HB3440 | Relating generally to removing and repealing obsolete provisions under the purview of the State Treasurer’s Office | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/31/2025 |
| HB3456 | Relating to the powers and duties of the Commissioner of the Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation regarding Stevens Correctional Center | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/29/2025 |
| HB3503 | Relating to regulation by counties, municipalities, and political subdivisions of commercial horticulture under the Water Pollution Control Act | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/29/2025 |
| SB1 | Requiring utility work and road paving coordination | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/11/2025 |
| SB18 | Allowing county commissions to impose amusement tax | Dead | 02/12/2025 |
| SB20 | Requiring funding for increased costs to volunteer fire departments and EMS units | Dead | 02/12/2025 |
| SB33 | Establishing Public/Private Small Business Enhancement Program | Dead | 02/12/2025 |
| SB38 | Uniform Unlawful Restriction in Land Records Act | Dead | 02/12/2025 |
| SB65 | Relating to fire department recruitment and retention | Dead | 02/12/2025 |
| SB71 | WV Monument and Memorial Protection Act of 2025 | Dead | 02/12/2025 |
| SB88 | Requiring Fire Commission promulgate standards for propane tank installation in certain homes | Dead | 02/12/2025 |
| SB91 | Requiring notice be sent to owners of record before real property can be sold due to nonpayment of taxes | Dead | 02/12/2025 |
| SB104 | Clarifying sheriff's compensation for collection of taxes | Dead | 02/12/2025 |
| SB137 | Requiring political action committee to disclose contributors' names and addresses to Secretary of State | Dead | 02/12/2025 |
| SB168 | Prohibiting rent control | Dead | 02/12/2025 |
| SB171 | Requiring all state buildings provide private room for nursing or breastfeeding purposes | Dead | 02/12/2025 |
| SB175 | Prohibiting counties from double-taxing rental properties | Dead | 02/12/2025 |
| SB193 | Clarifying amount of deputy sheriff annual salary increase | Dead | 02/12/2025 |
| SB211 | Relating to procedure for citations issued by county litter control officer | Dead | 02/12/2025 |
| SB223 | Establishing statewide health and safety fee for tourism and recreational activities by county commissions | Dead | 02/12/2025 |
| SB234 | Increasing value at which municipal property must be sold through public auction | Dead | 02/12/2025 |
| SB236 | Distributing funds to volunteer fire departments in counties with excess levy or fees | Dead | 02/12/2025 |
| SB238 | Modifying composition of Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Authority Board | Dead | 02/12/2025 |
| SB243 | Requiring counties to register automated external defibrillators with Office of Emergency Medical Services | Dead | 02/12/2025 |
| SB259 | Licensing sale of charitable raffles and boards to benefit volunteer fire departments | Dead | 02/12/2025 |
| SB269 | Modifying requirements for public water systems or businesses having backflow preventers | Dead | 02/12/2025 |
| SB294 | Authorizing replacement of Robert C. Byrd statue with statue of George Washington | Dead | 02/12/2025 |
| SB443 | Authorizing Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Board of Examiners to conduct criminal background checks for licensing | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/13/2025 |
| SB452 | Relating to executive branch reorganization | Dead | 02/13/2025 |
| SB458 | Universal Professional and Occupational Licensing Act of 2025 | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/13/2025 |
| SB459 | Requiring county planning commission members be state residents | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/13/2025 |
| SB461 | Establishing One Stop Shop Permitting Process | Dead | 02/13/2025 |
| SB462 | Permitting Board of Occupational Therapy to require criminal history record checks | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/13/2025 |
| SB479 | Relating to forms and disclosures to Ethics Commission | Dead | 02/14/2025 |
| SB482 | Certified Professional Midwife Licensing and Regulation | Dead | 02/14/2025 |
| SB483 | Increasing civil penalties for failure to file required campaign finance reports | Dead | 02/14/2025 |
| SB485 | Exempting West Virginia Secretary of State from competitive bidding process | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/14/2025 |
| SB487 | Removing ineligible voters from active voter rolls | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/14/2025 |
| SB491 | Relating to reporting requirements and spending thresholds for expenditures on elections | Dead | 02/14/2025 |
| SB492 | Removing outdated provisions governing political committees | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/14/2025 |
| SB493 | Removing the amount limitations on contributions to all political committees | Dead | 02/14/2025 |
| SB494 | Expanding time frame for certain electioneering communication reporting requirements | Dead | 02/14/2025 |
| SB495 | Requiring contact information for chair of political committee | Dead | 02/14/2025 |
| SB496 | Removing reflexology and other energy-based work from definition of "massage therapy" | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/14/2025 |
| SB500 | Transferring audits of volunteer fire departments to Legislative Auditor | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/14/2025 |
| SB502 | Relating to counties' ability to regulate floodplains under National Flood Insurance Program guidelines | Dead | 02/14/2025 |
| SB513 | Relating generally to video lottery | Dead | 02/18/2025 |
| SB522 | Clarifying procedure for administrative dissolution of limited liability companies by Secretary of State | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/19/2025 |
| SB523 | Requiring candidates for municipal offices to file campaign financial statements and financial reports | Dead | 02/19/2025 |
| SB525 | Clarifying procedure for administrative dissolution of nonprofit corporations by Secretary of State | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/19/2025 |
| SB526 | Creating Pharmacist Prescribing Authority Act | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/21/2025 |
| SB538 | Allowing certain entities to purchase qualifying tax-delinquent properties before they are offered at public auction | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/19/2025 |
| SB544 | Clarifying process of ventilation and fire suppression for limited use food preparation facilities | Dead | 02/19/2025 |
| SB546 | Authorizing county commissions to levy additional excise tax on transferring real property to fund local economic development | Dead | 02/20/2025 |
| SB555 | Relating to public sector unions | Dead | 02/20/2025 |
| SB564 | Prohibiting voters not affiliated with major political party from voting ballot of political party in primary election | Dead | 02/21/2025 |
| SB569 | Establishing certain rights for purchasers of residential improvements | Dead | 02/21/2025 |
| SB570 | Requiring economic impact statements for certain legislative rules | Dead | 03/17/2025 |
| SB572 | Prohibiting spending authority for money used by board or commission that retains labor position | Dead | 02/24/2025 |
| SB575 | Defining community air monitoring | Dead | 02/24/2025 |
| SB577 | Clarifying prohibited practices by manufacturer, factory branch, distributor, or distributor branch when providing new motor vehicle to dealer | Dead | 02/24/2025 |
| SB586 | Relating to requirements for filling vacancies in certain elected federal, state, and county offices | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/24/2025 |
| SB587 | Relating generally to government contracting | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/05/2025 |
| SB593 | Preserving voting data from electronic voting machines | Dead | 02/25/2025 |
| SB597 | Eliminating restriction to carry firearm on State Capitol Complex grounds | Dead | 02/25/2025 |
| SB599 | Creating Sound Science in Regulations Act | Dead | 02/26/2025 |
| SB601 | Relating to fees and charges for municipality-provided fire services | Dead | 02/26/2025 |
| SB602 | Relating to Closed Captioning Act | Dead | 02/26/2025 |
| SB613 | Increasing cap on audits of municipalities | Dead | 02/26/2025 |
| SB626 | Relating to qualifications of regional airport authority members | Dead | 03/21/2025 |
| SB630 | Relating to reporting duties of county commission regarding ambulance services | Dead | 02/28/2025 |
| SB648 | Requiring courts to interpret statutes and regulations | Dead | 03/03/2025 |
| SB662 | Clarifying racial discrimination includes discrimination based on certain hair textures and hairstyles | Dead | 03/04/2025 |
| SB673 | Defining third-party challenges to development permits | Dead | 03/04/2025 |
| SB675 | Requiring participant in federal 340B Drug Pricing Program to report certain data | Dead | 03/04/2025 |
| SB676 | Providing veterinarian and veterinary technician reciprocity | Dead | 03/04/2025 |
| SB683 | Relating to land sales by Auditor | Dead | 03/04/2025 |
| SB685 | Creating Non-Profit Transparency and Accountability Act | Dead | 03/04/2025 |
| SB687 | Relating to authority of PSC | Dead | 03/04/2025 |
| SB688 | Providing for 4th Amendment Restoration Act | Dead | 03/04/2025 |
| SB690 | Authorizing county commissions to increase compensation of elected county officials | Dead | 03/04/2025 |
| SB693 | Modifying notification of brewery or dock price of nonintoxicating beer, ale, or other malt beverage or malt cooler | Dead | 03/04/2025 |
| SB694 | Protecting state and local government systems and data from foreign entities | Dead | 03/04/2025 |
| SB698 | Relating to open captioning for motion pictures | Dead | 03/05/2025 |
| SB709 | Repealing provisions of code that exempt Department of Transportation, Tax Division, and Bureau of Social Services from Division of Personnel | Dead | 03/05/2025 |
| SB731 | Terminating Design Build Board | Dead | 03/11/2025 |
| SB734 | Repealing section creating A. James Manchin Rehabilitation Environmental Action Plan | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/11/2025 |
| SB735 | Relating to development and operation of broadband within state | Dead | 03/11/2025 |
| SB736 | Relating to publication of registered lobbyist information | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/11/2025 |
| SB738 | Terminating Employee Suggestion Award Board | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/11/2025 |
| SB743 | Adjusting percentage of tax retained by clerk of county commission for certain purposes | Dead | 03/12/2025 |
| SB744 | Repealing Central Nonprofit Coordinating Agency and Committee for Purchase of Commodities and Services from Handicapped | Dead | 03/12/2025 |
| SB746 | Allowing State Board of Education to delegate its Medicaid provider status to public charter schools | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/13/2025 |
| SB747 | Relating to Real Estate License Act | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/13/2025 |
| SB750 | Eliminating appointment process for PSC commission members | Dead | 03/13/2025 |
| SB790 | Requiring quarterly reporting by certain water and wastewater utilities | Dead | 03/17/2025 |
| SB793 | Creating reporting requirements for use of state-owned aircraft | Dead | 03/17/2025 |
| SB797 | Relating to Public Water System Supply Commission | Dead | 03/18/2025 |
| SB798 | Exempting new hires and promoted employees within certain state agencies from classified civil service system | Dead | 03/18/2025 |
| SB799 | Permitting Auditor to hire private auctioneer to conduct annual auction of land sales | Dead | 03/18/2025 |
| SB801 | Creating WV Public Waterway Access Act | Dead | 03/26/2025 |
| SB802 | Establishing system for tracking receipt and status of absentee voter ballots | Dead | 03/18/2025 |
| SB805 | Promoting personal agriculture | Dead | 03/26/2025 |
| SB808 | Establishing Justice Reinvestment Task Force | Dead | 03/19/2025 |
| SB810 | Clarifying requirements for administration of anesthesia and chronic pain practice by certain licensed nurses | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/19/2025 |
| SB814 | Allowing county commissions to establish fees for municipality-provided fire services | Dead | 03/19/2025 |
| SB820 | Whistleblower Protection Fund Act | Dead | 03/19/2025 |
| SB823 | Clarifying and separating duties between Division of Emergency Management and DEP | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/20/2025 |
| SB824 | Amending procedures for regulation of scope of practice for occupations and professions | Dead | 03/20/2025 |
| SB829 | Modifying classes of state of preparedness declared by Governor or Legislature | Dead | 03/20/2025 |
| SB835 | Decreasing service period for notice of tax lien sales | Dead | 03/20/2025 |
| SB837 | Eliminating WV Office of Equal Opportunity | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/20/2025 |
| SB839 | Requiring Division of Labor establish separate rules for residential or commercial plumbing | Dead | 03/20/2025 |
| SB846 | Relating to heating, ventilation, and air-condition technicians employed by State Board of Education or county boards of education | Dead | 03/20/2025 |
| SB853 | Clarifying terms of registration for tax abandoned land auctions and sales held by auditor | Dead | 03/20/2025 |
| SB855 | Relating to incentive program to promote beverage container recycling | Dead | 03/20/2025 |
| SB856 | Removing certain reporting requirements to Joint Committee on Government and Finance | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/20/2025 |
| SB861 | Updating references to reflect consolidation of Information Services and Communications Division into Office of Technology | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/21/2025 |
| SB862 | Repealing antiquated language related to Voluntary Gilding Dome Check-Off Program | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/21/2025 |
| SB863 | Removing reference to Information Services and Communications Division | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/21/2025 |
| SB870 | Relating to fees imposed by municipalities | Dead | 03/21/2025 |
| SB871 | Removing persons who perform drywall services from definition of “contractor” in Contractor Licensing Act | Dead | 03/21/2025 |
| SB876 | Terminating certain requirements for Tax Commissioner to submit reports, publish information, and provide notice | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/21/2025 |
| SB881 | Modifying authority of certain higher education entities to sell and transfer property | Dead | 03/26/2025 |
| SB890 | Relating to auctioneers | Dead | 03/24/2025 |
| SB892 | Relating to property valuation | Dead | 03/24/2025 |
| SB916 | Recognizing authority of Agriculture Commissioner to intervene in matters that negatively affect agritourism | Dead | 03/24/2025 |
| SB917 | Limiting civil liability for academic medical centers and teaching hospitals affiliated with medical and dental schools | Dead | 03/24/2025 |
| SB918 | Establishing non-denominational chapel within WV State Capitol building | Dead | 03/24/2025 |
| SB921 | Creating WV Medical Services Oversight and Support Act | Dead | 03/24/2025 |
| SB928 | Eliminating restriction to carry firearm in and on State Capitol Complex | Dead | 03/24/2025 |
| SB932 | Combining offices of Legislative Auditor and State Auditor | Dead | 03/24/2025 |
| SCR15 | Opposing China's use of UN Resolution 2758 against Taiwan | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/03/2025 |