Charleston, WV-The West Virginia Legislature convenes its 2026 Regular Session at noon on Wednesday, January 14, launching a 60‑day period of lawmaking that is expected to move quickly and cover a wide range of issues. Legislative leaders say more than 200 bills are anticipated to be introduced on the first day alone, signaling an active start to the session.
Lawmakers will begin reviewing proposals related to economic development, education, public safety, infrastructure, and health care, along with several carryover issues from last year. The Senate is also set to introduce its first slate of bills Wednesday, marking the formal kickoff of committee assignments, public hearings, and early floor debates.
The session is expected to draw significant public interest as legislators outline their priorities and begin shaping policies that will impact communities across the Mountain State throughout 2026.
Senate Bills to be Introduced Wednesday, January 14, 2026
SB 1: Small Business Growth Act (FN) (Smith; Finance)
SB 2: Uniform Child Abduction Prevention Act (Oliverio; Health and Human Resources then Judiciary)
SB 3: Allowing Supreme Court of Appeals discretion to create uniform pay scales for all levels of judicial support staff (FN) (Oliverio; Finance)
SB 4: Relating to crimes against public justice (Oliverio; Judiciary)
SB 5: Exempting WV campus police officer retirement income from personal income tax after specified date (FN) (Oliverio; Pensions then Finance)
SB 6: Requiring legal actions concerning WVSSAC to be filed in Wood or Kanawha County (Oliverio; Education)
SB 7: Increasing Homestead Property Tax Exemption (FN) (Oliverio; Finance)
SB 8: Requiring DOH Commissioner to develop formula for allocating road funds among districts (FN) (Oliverio; Transportation and Infrastructure then Finance)
SB 9: Requiring age-appropriate instruction on Holocaust in public schools (Oliverio; Education)
SB 10: Prohibiting schools from starting earlier than 7:45 am (Oliverio; Education)
SB 11: Allowing certain Teachers Retirement System members to exchange unused leave for monetary compensation (FN) (Oliverio; Education then Finance)
SB 12: Establishing Public/Private Small Business Enhancement Program (Oliverio; Government Organization then Finance)
SB 13: Relating to DNA data maintained for law-enforcement purposes (FN) (Oliverio; Judiciary then Finance)
SB 14: Authorizing restitution to victims of securities fraud (FN) (Oliverio; Judiciary then Finance)
SB 15: Protecting coal and gas minerals from carbon capture practices (Rose; Energy, Industry, and Mining)
SB 16: Creating Child Protection Investigations Reform Act (FN) (Rose; Judiciary then Finance)
SB 17: State Sovereignty Act of 2026 (Rose; Health and Human Resources then Judiciary)
SB 18: Protecting employees who defend themselves from attack inside workplace from termination (Rose; Judiciary)
SB 19: Relating to purchase or acquisition of real property by foreign entities (Rose; Judiciary)
SB 20: Stable Energy Rates Protection Act (Rose; Energy, Industry, and Mining then Government Organization)
SB 21: Allowing students, coaching staff, and athletic trainers to participate in non-school athletic activities (Rose; Education)
SB 22: Establishing Defend the Guard Act (Rose; Military then Judiciary)
SB 23: Relating to taxation of wind power projects (Rose; Energy, Industry, and Mining then Finance)
SB 24: Creating WV Intrastate Energy Use Act (Rose; Judiciary)
SB 25: Establishing WV Coal Marketing Program (FN) (Rose; Energy, Industry, and Mining then Finance)
SB 26: Revising requirements and process for compulsory immunization exemptions (Rose; Health and Human Resources)
SB 27: Reducing statute of limitations on actions to recover on oral and written contracts (Barrett; Judiciary)
SB 28: Allowing members of State Police retirement system to use accrued leave as credit toward retirement (FN) (Barrett; Pensions then Finance)
SB 29: Providing pay increases to members of judiciary (FN) (Oliverio; Finance)
SB 30: Allowing 18 to 20-year-olds carry concealed weapon without permit (Rose; Judiciary)
SB 31: Enhancing retirement benefit for certain Public Employees Retirement Act members (FN) (Tarr; Pensions then Finance)
SB 32: Establishing branch banks and FDIC insurance requirements (Tarr; Banking and Insurance)
SB 33: Permitting certain state legislators to carry concealed handguns while on Capitol grounds (Tarr; Judiciary)
SB 34: Establishing 3-year mandatory prison sentence for person convicted of illegal possession of Schedule I and Schedule II drugs (FN) (Tarr; Judiciary then Finance)
SB 35: Limiting liability of employers for persons whose criminal records are expunged (Tarr; Judiciary)
SB 36: Making syringe exchange services programs unlawful (Tarr; Health and Human Resources)
SB 37: Clarifying limitations on concealed carry permit (Tarr; Judiciary)
SB 38: Establishing revocation of authority for spending by agency in support of challenge to WV law (Tarr; Judiciary then Finance)
SB 39: Requiring heart health program in grades three through six (FN) (Rucker; Education then Finance)
SB 40: Providing veterinarian and veterinary technician reciprocity (Rucker; Government Organization)
SB 41: Creating Standardized Testing Choice Act (Rucker; Education then Finance)
SB 42: Authorizing over-the-counter sale of ivermectin (Rucker; Health and Human Resources then Judiciary)
SB 43: Removing rape and incest exception to obtain abortion in WV (Rucker; Health and Human Resources then Judiciary)
SB 44: Relating to sale of homemade food items (Rucker; Health and Human Resources)
SB 45: Allowing reduced property valuation for certain farmland (FN) (Thorne; Agriculture then Finance)
SB 46: Requiring moment of silence at beginning of each school day (Rucker; Education then Judiciary)
SB 47: Prohibiting drag shows from being performed in front of minors (Thorne; Judiciary)
SB 48: Relating to powers and duties of PSC (Phillips; Energy, Industry, and Mining then Finance)
SB 49: Relating to permissible expenditures by Water Development Authority from Infrastructure Fund (Phillips; Finance)
SB 50: Providing all coal severance tax be provided to county that produced coal (FN) (Phillips; Energy, Industry, and Mining then Finance)
SB 51: Requiring course in public schools on human development (Rucker; Education)
SB 52: Requiring owners of record be notified before real property can be sold due to nonpayment of taxes (Rucker; Government Organization)
SB 53: Providing greater access to unused buildings for public charter schools (Rucker; School Choice)
SB 54: Establishing criminal penalties for abuse or neglect of incapacitated adults (Rucker; Judiciary)
SB 55: Establishing criminal offense for crimes against public justice workers (Rucker; Judiciary)
SB 56: Allowing reimbursement for remote ultrasound procedures and fetal nonstress tests (Rucker; Health and Human Resources then Finance)
SB 57: Exempting ad valorem property tax on property used for divine worship, educational, and charitable purposes (FN) (Rucker; Finance)
SB 58: Adding grievance and appellate procedures for individuals participating in DMV safety and treatment program (FN) (Rucker; Judiciary then Finance)
SB 59: Clarifying residency requirements for voter registration (Rucker; Judiciary)
SB 60: Relating to container labeling of nonintoxicating beer and nonintoxicating craft beer (Garcia; Judiciary)
SB 61: Prohibiting acceptance of illegal ballots cast in any election (Tarr; Judiciary)
SB 62: Recognizing authority of Agriculture Commissioner to intervene in matters that negatively affect agritourism (Rucker; Government Organization then Finance)
SB 63: Creating Sustaining Opportunities for Academics in Rural Schools Act (Rucker; School Choice then Finance)
SB 64: Requiring resolutions for constitutional amendments include language to be on official ballots (Rucker; Judiciary)
SB 65: Removing persons who perform drywall services from definition of “contractor” in Contractor Licensing Act (Rucker; Government Organization)
SB 66: Modifying classes of state of preparedness declared by Governor or Legislature (Rucker; Government Organization)
SB 67: Relating to public charter schools (Rucker; School Choice)
SB 68: Creating Voluntary Portable Benefit Account Act (Rucker; Banking and Insurance)
SB 69: Requiring higher education institutions to accept Classic Learning Test (Rucker; Education)
SB 70: Protecting state and local government systems and data from foreign entities (Rucker; Government Organization then Judiciary)
SB 71: Requiring coverage for certain pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders (FN) (Rucker; Health and Human Resources then Finance)
SB 72: Requiring medical professionals to report injuries and side effects from vaccines to Bureau for Public Health (Rucker; Health and Human Resources)
SB 73: Clarifying non-agricultural status of solar farms (Rucker; Agriculture then Finance)
SB 74: Establishing criminal offense of obstructing highway or other passageway (Thorne; Judiciary)
SB 75: Exempting certain pension benefits from taxation (FN) (Chapman; Finance)
SB 76: Providing exemption from state severance tax for coal sold to coal-fired power plants located in WV (FN) (Phillips; Energy, Industry, and Mining then Finance)
SB 77: Relating to fire department recruitment and retention (FN) (Phillips; Government Organization then Finance)
SB 78: Prohibiting financial institutions from discriminating against firearms businesses (FN) (Phillips; Banking and Insurance then Judiciary)
SB 79: Establishing road or highway infrastructure improvement projects or coal production and processing facilities tax credit (FN) (Phillips; Transportation and Infrastructure then Finance)
SB 80: Requiring user photo on EBT cards (Phillips; Health and Human Resources then Finance)
SB 81: Permitting State Tax Division investigators carry concealed weapons (Phillips; Judiciary)
SB 82: Establishing tax on production of electricity from wind and solar sources (FN) (Phillips; Energy, Industry, and Mining then Finance)
SB 83: Reducing number of days required for certain educators to apply for full-time employment (Rucker; Education then Finance)
SB 84: Prohibiting law enforcement from placing surveillance cameras on private property (Thorne; Judiciary)
SB 85: Reducing statute of limitations on actions to recover on oral and written contracts (Oliverio; Judiciary)
SB 86: Enacting bank protections for eligible adults from financial exploitation (Oliverio; Judiciary)
SB 87: Relating to licensing of dietitians and nutritionists (FN) (Oliverio; Government Organization then Finance)
SB 88: Relating to community air monitoring programs (Tarr; Government Organization)
SB 89: Providing members of State Teachers Retirement System are absent from service while serving as officer with statewide professional teaching association (Tarr; Pensions)
SB 90: Prohibiting voters not affiliated with major political party from voting ballot of political party in primary election (Tarr; Government Organization then Judiciary)
SB 91: Prohibiting spending authority for money used by board or commission that retains labor position (Tarr; Government Organization)
SB 92: Relating to enhanced pay for certain teachers (FN) (Tarr; Education then Finance)
SB 93: Limiting medical monitoring damages (Tarr; Judiciary)
SB 94: Relating to Robert C. Byrd Corridor H Highway Authority (FN) (Hamilton; Economic Development then Finance)
SB 95: Creating WV Farm Equipment Repair Pilot Program (Hamilton; Education then Finance)
SB 96: Requiring counties to register automated external defibrillators with Office of Emergency Medical Services (Hamilton; Government Organization then Judiciary)
SB 97: Equipment Right to Repair Act (Hamilton; Agriculture then Judiciary)
SB 98: Requiring political action committee to disclose contributors’ names and addresses to Secretary of State (Hamilton; Government Organization then Judiciary)
SB 99: Requiring investigative and assessment services in relation to child welfare (FN) (Woelfel; Health and Human Resources then Judiciary)
SB 100: Amending penalty of simple marijuana possession from misdemeanor crime to civil violation (Woelfel; Health and Human Resources)
SB 101: Creating position of homeless education coordinator in counties designated by state board as urban county (FN) (Woelfel; Education then Finance)
SB 102: Establishing Summer Feeding for All Program (FN) (Woelfel; Education then Finance)
SB 103: Creating private cause of action for deprivation of right granted by state constitution or by state law (Garcia; Judiciary then Finance)
SB 104: Providing state mine inspectors with raise (FN) (Garcia; Energy, Industry, and Mining then Finance)
SB 105: Restricting public access to crime records (Garcia; Judiciary)
SB 106: Relating to locality pay to certain DOH employees (Garcia; Transportation and Infrastructure then Finance)
SB 107: Requiring medical insurance providers to include infertility services in policies (FN) (Garcia; Health and Human Resources then Finance)
SB 108: Requiring correctional facilities to provide free feminine hygiene products (FN) (Woelfel; Judiciary then Finance)
SB 109: Clarifying racial discrimination includes discrimination based on certain hair textures and hairstyles (Garcia; Government Organization then Judiciary)
SB 110: Creating WV Black Lung Program (FN) (Garcia; Judiciary then Finance)
SB 111: Reinstating prevailing wage (Garcia; Workforce then Judiciary)
SB 112: Restoring voting rights for person incarcerated for felony upon release (Garcia; Judiciary)
SB 113: Providing cost-of-living provision for certain retirees under PERS and TRS (FN) (Garcia; Pensions then Finance)
SB 114: Creating Paid Parental Leave Pilot Program (FN) (Garcia; Health and Human Resources then Finance)
SB 115: Repealing Workplace Freedom Act (Garcia; Workforce then Judiciary)
SB 116: Establishing Raylee’s Law (Garcia; Education then Judiciary)
SB 117: Creating program to reward citizens for information on drug trafficking (FN) (Tarr; Health and Human Resources then Judiciary)
SB 118: Establishing Forest Carbon Registry (FN) (Tarr; Energy, Industry, and Mining then Finance)
SB 119: Eliminating appointment process for PSC members (FN) (Woelfel; Government Organization then Finance)
SB 120: Eliminating income tax on qualified tipped wages (FN) (Woelfel; Finance)
SB 121: Requiring full text of proposed constitutional amendments be included on official ballots (Garcia, Woelfel; Judiciary)
SB 122: Repealing athletic eligibility of transfer students (Woelfel; Education)
SB 123: Requiring ambulance, if available, at middle school or high school football game (FN) (Woelfel; Education then Finance)
SB 124: Authorizing certain age-appropriate child sexual abuse prevention and sexual violence prevention instruction (FN) (Woelfel; Education then Finance)
SB 125: Providing medical examination transportation services for students who seek support after experiencing sexual violence (FN) (Woelfel; Health and Human Resources then Finance)
SB 126: Defining protections for election officials and election workers (Woelfel; Judiciary)
SB 127: Providing cost-of-living adjustment for certain PERS and State Teachers Retirement System retirees (FN) (Woelfel; Pensions then Finance)
SB 128: Creating WV Workplace Security Act (FN) (Charnock; Judiciary then Finance)
SB 129: Terminating Design-Build Board (FN) (Rucker; Government Organization)
SB 130: Creating E-cigarette and E-cigarette Liquid Directory (FN) (Rucker; Health and Human Resources then Finance)
SB 131: Creating credit against severance tax for certain infrastructure improvements (FN) (Phillips; Energy, Industry, and Mining then Finance)
SB 132: Increasing retirement benefit multiplier of Deputy Sheriff Retirement System Act (FN) (Deeds; Pensions then Finance)
SB 133: Relating to teaching experience requirement for teacher certification renewal and attainment of permanent certification (Rucker; Education)
SB 134: Renaming WV Board of Physical Therapy (Rucker; Government Organization)
SB 135: Clarifying conditions for pretrial release and maximum bail amount for certain defendants (Deeds; Judiciary)
SB 136: Providing reports to DMV on mental and physical disabilities for driver’s license (Deeds; Judiciary)
SB 137: Modifying parole eligibility for crime of second-degree murder (Deeds; Judiciary)
SB 138: Modifying retirement and disability benefits for dependents of certain State Police retirees (FN) (Deeds; Pensions then Finance)
SB 139: Allowing for testimony of spouses in certain criminal cases (Deeds; Judiciary)
SB 140: Increasing penalty for voluntary manslaughter (Deeds; Judiciary)
SB 141: Increasing WV Natural Resources Police Officer Retirement System accrued benefit for certain members (FN) (Deeds; Pensions then Finance)
SB 142: Relating to judges recusing themselves in certain instances (Tarr; Judiciary)
SB 143: Inflation Protection Act of 2026 (FN) (Rose; Banking and Insurance then Finance)
SB 144: Providing phased-in increase in homestead exemption (FN) (Barrett; Finance)
SB 145: Relating to compensation for panel attorneys (FN) (Oliverio; Health and Human Resources then Finance)
SB 146: Uniform Unlawful Restriction in Land Records Act (Oliverio; Government Organization then Judiciary)
SB 147: Uniform Antitrust Pre-Merger Notification Act (Oliverio; Judiciary)
SB 148: Relating to distributions from funds collected from premium tax on certain insurance policies (FN) (Oliverio; Banking and Insurance then Finance)
SB 149: Allowing certain contracted counsel for executive agencies to purchase years of service in PERS (FN) (Oliverio; Pensions then Finance)
SB 150: Exempting automobiles 25 years or older from personal property taxes (FN) (Oliverio; Transportation and Infrastructure then Finance)
SB 151: Exempting life insurance cash value from Medicaid eligibility calculations (FN) (Oliverio; Banking and Insurance then Health and Human Resources)
SB 152: Modifying permissible expenditures by Water Development Authority from Infrastructure Fund (FN) (Oliverio; Finance)
SB 153: Requiring background checks at certain drop-in child care services (Rucker; Health and Human Resources then Judiciary)
SB 154: Prohibiting digital manipulation of sexually explicit content including minors (Grady; Judiciary)
SB 155: Relating to adjunct teaching permits (Grady; Education)
SB 156: Streamlining rebate process for motor vehicle property taxes (FN) (Chapman; Finance)
SB 157: Reorganizing several provisions of bail statutes (Deeds; Judiciary)
SB 158: Patrolman Cassie Marie Johnson Memorial Act (FN) (Phillips; Judiciary then Finance)
SB 159: Adding veteran status as protected class to Human Rights Act (Chapman; Military then Judiciary)
SB 160: Creating mental hygiene regions by Supreme Court of Appeals (FN) (Deeds; Judiciary then Finance)
SB 161: Uniform Mortgage Modification Act (Oliverio; Judiciary)
SB 162: Requiring WV Board of Education to promulgate legislative rule relating to concussion protocol (Grady; Education)
SB 163: Requiring economic impact statements for certain legislative rules (Rucker; Economic Development then Government Organization)
SB 164: Establishing Joint Commission on Government Efficiency (Rose; Government Organization)
SB 165: Clarifying Right to Farm Act relating to regulation of honey bees (Thorne; Agriculture)
SB 166: Relating to eligibility for WV Invests Grant Program (FN) (Deeds; Education then Finance)
SB 167: Relating to meetings for local levying bodies (Smith; Government Organization)
SB 168: Eliminating sales tax on utility payments for residential users (FN) (Chapman; Finance)
SB 169: Creating tax credit related to child care expenses (FN) (Woelfel; Health and Human Resources then Finance)
SB 170: Allowing career technical education program to be part of local high school (FN) (Rucker; School Choice then Finance)
SB 171: Creating WV Released Time Education Act (Rucker; Education then Finance)
SB 172: Establishing digital currency backed by gold (FN) (Rucker; Banking and Insurance then Finance)
SB 173: Prohibiting abortifacients (Rose; Health and Human Resources then Judiciary)
SB 174: Updating language and increasing penalties for indecent exposure (Weld; Judiciary)
SB 175: Prohibiting camping in public areas without consent (Taylor; Judiciary)
SB 176: Increasing non-traditional instruction days for WV teachers (Fuller; Education then Finance)
SB 177: Providing certified law-enforcement officers tuition-free education up to highest tuition rate for public higher education in WV (FN) (Fuller; Education then Finance)
SB 178: Establishing comprehensive highway paving plan (Hart; Transportation and Infrastructure then Finance)
SB 179: Creating crime of attempting to smuggle contraband into federal correctional institutions within state (Deeds; Judiciary)
SB 180: Creating State Central Legal Advertising website (FN) (Helton; Finance)
SB 181: Relating to home rule reform (Helton; Judiciary)
SB 182: Relating to annexation by minor boundary adjustment (Helton; Judiciary)
SB 183: Removing certain entities from list of exemptions from criminal liability relating to distribution and display of obscene matter to minor (Helton; Judiciary)
SB 184: Prohibiting camping in public places (Helton; Judiciary)
SB 185: Allowing appointment of more than one chief deputy by sheriff (Helton; Judiciary)
SB 186: Exempting non-grantor trusts administered in state from personal income taxation (FN) (Weld; Finance)
SB 187: Providing for recall process of prosecutor under certain circumstances (Chapman; Judiciary)
SB 188: Changing length of term of state political party chair (Chapman; Government Organization)
SB 189: Relating to certified professional midwives (FN) (Helton; Health and Human Resources then Finance)
SB 190: Relating to assault and battery on emergency service personnel, law-enforcement officers, and correctional employees (Weld; Judiciary)
SB 191: Requiring petition of qualified voters for defeated amendment to be reconsidered (Weld; Judiciary)
SB 192: Establishing offense of assault upon service animal (Weld; Judiciary)
SB 193: Relating generally to transfer on death deed (Weld; Judiciary)
SB 194: Updating definition of “disabled veteran taxpayer” (FN) (Weld; Military then Finance)
SB 195: Increasing penalty for second degree murder (Weld; Judiciary)
SB 196: Relating generally to liability insurance coverage for board of education (FN) (Weld; Education then Finance)
SB 197: Relating to crime of sexual abuse by parent, guardian, custodian, or person in position of trust to child (Weld; Judiciary)
SB 198: Exempting certain persons from hunting, trapping, and fishing license fees (FN) (Weld; Natural Resources then Finance)
SB 199: Providing waiver of fees for emergency responders disabled in line of duty for hunting, trapping, and fishing licenses (FN) (Weld; Natural Resources then Finance)
SB 200: Creating crime of assault on police dogs and other public safety animals (Weld; Judiciary)
SB 201: Creating felony offense of cruelty to animals (Weld; Judiciary)
SB 202: Exempting certain military veterans and their dependents from tuition (FN) (Weld; Military then Finance)
SB 203: Providing for substantial deference to state school superintendent’s interpretations of school laws (Weld; Judiciary)
SB 204: Relating to Military Incentive Program (FN) (Weld; Military then Finance)
SB 205: Increasing penalties and parole eligibility requirements for homicide (FN) (Weld; Judiciary)
SB 206: Updating retirement eligibility for certain sheriffs (FN) (Weld; Pensions then Finance)
SB 207: Clarifying sheriff’s compensation for collection of taxes (Weld; Government Organization)
SB 208: Exempting certain military records from public release (Weld; Military)
SB 209: Creating Vape Regulation and Enforcement Act (FN) (Helton; Government Organization then Finance)
SB 210: Requiring departments to prepare performance plans and performance reports for Legislative Oversight Commission on Health and Human Resources Accountability (Helton; Judiciary)
SB 211: Relating to authority of PSC (Hart; Government Organization then Finance)
SB 212: Creating Whistleblower Protection Fund Act (FN) (Helton; Government Organization then Finance)
SB 213: Providing PSC jurisdiction over internet service providers (FN) (Hart; Transportation and Infrastructure then Finance)
SB 214: Creating Community School Funding Formula Revision Act (Hart; Education then Finance)
