| WV | HB114 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to clarify political party procedure and authority to nominate presidential electors.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-21
On 3rd reading, Special Calendar |
| WV | HB4552 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to require immediate verification of partisan election candidates' party affiliation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-24
Chapter 125, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 |
| WV | HB4350 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to prohibit the filling of a vacancy for a candidate to an elected office after the time is closed for announcing as a candidate caused by failure of any person of a party to file for the elected office.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-22
Chapter 124, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 |
| WV | HB5298 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to prohibit unsuccessful candidates in a primary election from being nominated by a different political party for placement on the subsequent general election ballot.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-22
Chapter 126, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 |
| WV | HB4591 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to give a 10-day right to appeal to the Supreme Court of Appeals a Secretary of State decision to not certify a candidacy.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-29
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB5077 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to establish residency requirements for candidates seeking nomination and election to United States Congress.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-29
To Senate Government Organization Committee |
| WV | HB5373 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to prohibit the changing of party affiliation from Independent or no party to a party affiliation fewer than 60 days prior to running for office.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-29
To Senate Government Organization Committee |
| WV | HB5623 | Engross
Sine Die | Relating to absenteee voting
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-29
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB4191 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to modify the requirements imposed on social media companies to prevent corruption and provide transparency of election-related content made available on social media websites. The bill provides equal opportunities for all...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-24
To Senate Government Organization Committee |
| WV | HB4436 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to require that municipal elections be held concurrently with regularly scheduled primary or general elections.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-14
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB4004 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to eliminate restrictions to voting rights following an individual's release from incarceration through pardon, probation, parole, or completion of sentence.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-13
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB5610 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring candidates for sheriff and prosecutor to disclose criminal history when filing for office
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB5633 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring a person to be a member of a respective political party 12 months before they can run for office in that party
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB5625 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to updating names of institutions of higher education and nondiscrimination in leadership positions
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12
To House Education Committee |
| WV | HB5523 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to authorize cancellation of voter registration records for individuals who are no longer West Virginia citizens and have obtained a driver's license in another state.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-08
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB5503 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to creating the "Resign to Run" law, providing restrictions on qualifying for public office; providing that no person may qualify as a candidate for more than one public office, whether federal, state, district, county, or...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-07
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB5440 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to change the manner of filling vacancies in county commissions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-05
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB4017 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to make general modifications to early voting procedures; registration by mail; voter registration services; unlawful registration or rejection of voter; alteration or destruction of records; early in person voting; and cr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-31
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB5384 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to change the date for election of judges of the Intermediate Court of Appeals to the same date as the general election.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-31
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB5383 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to move the election of Supreme Court justices to the general election rather than the primary election.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-31
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB5366 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to require paper ballots in all elections. The bill prohibits electronic voting. Finally, the bill requires photo identification to vote.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-30
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB5362 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to provide for additional protections offered to those people working in elections.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-30
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB5341 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to clarify that the Supreme Court of Appeals, consistent with the Rules of Appellate Procedure, maintains the discretionary power to waive oral argument by counsel during a contested election.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-30
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB4205 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to recognize legal standing of the West Virginia Legislature in court actions related to unauthorized changes to election laws and rules; identify the Legislature as a necessary party; and clarify who may seek mandamus rel...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-29
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB5288 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to establish the date for the primary election for the office of the President of United States.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-29
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB5282 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to prohibit ranked choice voting in West Virginia.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-29
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB5247 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to provide for election reform. The bill defines "Public Election Related Information and Data." The bill allows for the public disclosure of this data through the Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA"). The bill provides for...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-26
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB5138 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to require legislative approval before implementing any new federal guidance on elections, accepting any new federal funds for elections, and mandating that the Governor, Secretary of State, and the Legislature be notified...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-25
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB5125 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to require absentee ballots to be received by the time the polls close on election day.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-25
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB5126 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to reduce the chances of election fraud by clarifying requirements for voter registration.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-25
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB5129 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to ban the unsolicited distribution of absentee applications by third parties and election officials.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-25
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB5060 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to allow partisan elections for county board of education members.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-24
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB4428 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to require candidates to live in the state or local election district for the office for which they are seeking to be elected.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-23
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB5035 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to require voter ID cards to come with a photograph of the voter.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-23
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB5030 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to modify the penalties for election interference.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-23
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB4955 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to modify the law relating to the nonpartisan election of county superintendents of schools. The bill provides general provisions for such an election. The bill specifies the arrangement of the ballot to include such offic...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-22
To House Education Committee |
| WV | HB4836 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to modernize procedures for access to, and security for, voting in public elections.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-17
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB4843 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to prohibit the use of school resources in election advocacy efforts. The bill also prohibits school employees from political activity during work hours or engaging in such activity on behalf of the school administration.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-17
To House Education Committee |
| WV | HB4788 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to change the date when mail in ballots are due
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-16
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB4805 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to create a division of election crimes and security within the office of the Secretary of State and give the Secretary of State the authority to recommend prosecution to the appropriate judicial jurisdiction.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-16
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB4725 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to provide for a runoff election in certain nonpartisan elections where no candidate receives more than 50 percent of the votes cast in an election.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-15
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB4695 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to make the filling of a vacancy occurring in the House of Representatives in the Congress of the United States in the same manner as a vacancy in the Senate of the United States Congress.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-15
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB4675 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to require that in elections for candidates for public office, all registered voters shall produce a valid identifying document containing a photograph in order to vote.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-12
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB4664 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to require, effective January 1, 2026, that each County Commission shall adopt a policy extending the emergency absentee voting procedures.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-12
To House Political Subdivisions Committee |
| WV | HB4018 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to establish a procedure for election observers during any election and at any voting or ballot-reviewing and ballot-counting location within this state.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-11
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB4545 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to allow voters 65 and older to vote absentee.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-10
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB4354 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to provide voters with the ability to identify and verify their ballot cast in a statewide election held in West Virginia.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-10
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB4467 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to prohibit an agency of state or local government, including an employer, or contractor, from automatically registering to vote any eligible person without first obtaining an explicit, written consent to be registered to ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-10
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB4547 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to remove the prohibition on persons convicted of certain felonies from voter registration and to allow persons to re-register to vote following completion of their sentence or pardon; requiring the Division of Corrections...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-10
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB4466 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to repeal the article relating to electronic voting systems.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-10
To House Judiciary Committee |
