WV SB21 | 2025 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: Introduced on February 12 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-02-12 - To Natural Resources
Pending: Senate Natural Resources Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on February 12 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-02-12 - To Natural Resources
Pending: Senate Natural Resources Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Summary
The purpose of this bill is to allow the Director of the Division of Natural Resources to assess a Wildlife Impact Fee on any operator of a wind power project that injures or kills a protected species of animal.
Title
Assessing wildlife impact fee on wind power projects
Sponsors
| Sen. Randy Smith [R] | Sen. Darren Thorne [R] | Sen. Patricia Rucker [R] | Sen. Rupert Phillips [R] |
| Sen. Craig Hart [R] | Sen. Tom Willis [R] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-02-12 | Senate | To Natural Resources |
| 2025-02-12 | Senate | Introduced in Senate |
| 2025-02-12 | Senate | To Natural Resources then Finance |
| 2025-02-12 | Senate | Filed for introduction |
