| WV | SB148 | Pass | Establishing auto-renewal program for wildlife licenses
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-23
Chapter 193, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 |
| WV | SB222 | Pass | Exempting WV veterans from certain fees and charges at state parks
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-23
Chapter 265, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 |
| WV | SB606 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to remove the cap on the NRPORS employer contribution and clarifies surviving spouse benefits when a member dies from a duty or non-duty related cause.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-23
Chapter 194, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 |
| WV | HB5696 | Pass | Relating to the upper Ohio Valley Trail Network
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-22
Chapter 195, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 |
| WV | HB5544 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to require certain reporting from the Mountaineer Trail Network Authority each year and beginning on December 1, 2024.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-09
House Message received |
| WV | SB774 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to outline the duties and responsibilities of trail system operators, bicyclists, and passengers on aerial passenger tramways related to commercial bicycling activities in the State of West Virginia.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-05
Recommitted to Judiciary on 3rd reading |
| WV | HB5331 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to require a valid driver's license instead of certificate of boating safety education when operating a boat.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-28
On 3rd reading, House Calendar |
| WV | SB773 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to expand the powers of law enforcement officers of the National Park Service, which shall include traffic or parking related offenses.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-23
To House Government Organization Committee |
| WV | SB688 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to authorize the director of the Division of Forestry to enter into contracts for management of state forests and wooded areas for the purposes of preventing forest fires. This is a new section; therefore, underscoring and
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-22
To House Government Organization Committee |
| WV | SB804 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to clarify that the Director of the Division of Natural Resources has replaced the designation of the "Department of Natural Resources" to enter into written agreements with federal agencies in the state with law enforceme...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-15
To Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee |
| WV | SB764 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to require Director of the Division of Natural Resources to enter into written agreements with federal agencies in the state with law enforcement duties on and in federal lands located within the boundaries of West Virgini...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-13
To Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee |
| WV | HB4006 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to increase the West Virginia Natural Resources Police Officer Retirement System accrued benefit for members who retire on or after January 1, 2027, to provide funding for the benefit, to remove the cap on the employer con...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-13
To House Pensions & Retirement Committee |
| WV | HB5270 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to remove the cap on the NRPORS employer contribution and clarifies surviving spouse benefits when a member dies from a duty or non-duty related cause.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12
On 2nd reading, House Calendar |
| WV | HB5584 | Intro
Sine Die | To require bag limits to be set by biologists at the DNR and not the commission
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12
To House Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee |
| WV | HB5596 | Intro
Sine Die | Exempt Division of Natural Resources from purchasing requirements
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12
To House Government Organization Committee |
| WV | HB4504 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to expand recreational benefits to West Virginia landowners.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-08
To House Government Organization Committee |
| WV | HB4289 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to establish an auto-renewal licensing program that is eligible for discounts on licensing fees.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-08
To House Finance Committee |
| WV | HB5519 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to authorize the director of the Division of Forestry to enter into contracts for management of state forests and wooded areas for the purposes of preventing forest fires. This is a new section; therefore, underscoring and
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-07
To House Government Organization Committee |
| WV | HB4280 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to provide a tax credit for 50% of the cost of a lifetime hunting, trapping and fishing license for veterans who have been honorably discharged from the armed services and who are certified by the Veterans Administration a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-01
To House Finance Committee |
| WV | HB4745 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to exempt quail and partridges possessed for agricultural purposes from the game preserve licensure requirement.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-01
To House Government Organization Committee |
| WV | HB5401 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to move muzzleloader hunting season to the week before rifle deer hunting season in November.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-01
To House Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee |
| WV | HB5376 | Intro
Sine Die | 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 ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-31
To House Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee |
| WV | HB5372 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to remove multiple severability clauses in the West Virginia Code.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-30
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB5231 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to provide that only one leashed dog may be used for tracking mortally wounded deer, elk, turkey, wild boar, or bear.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-26
To House Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee |
| WV | SB580 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to stop warrantless entry of private lands; limitations of entry onto private lands; clarifying the process for law enforcement entry onto posted private lands; use of surveillance cameras on or near posted private lands; ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-26
To Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee |
| WV | HB5234 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to provide for free hunting licenses and fishing licenses for veterans with a post-traumatic stress disorder diagnosis.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-26
To House Veterans Affairs & Homeland Security Committee |
| WV | HB5224 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to exempt honorably discharged veterans from undergoing a hunter safety course as a prerequisite to obtaining a hunting license in this state.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-26
To House Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee |
| WV | HB4825 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to warrantless entry of private lands; limitations of entry onto private lands; clarifying the process for law enforcement entry onto posted private lands; use of surveillance cameras on or near posted private lands; searc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-25
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB5070 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to providing West Virginia residents a 25 percent discount for lodging and services at West Virginia State Parks.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-25
To House Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee |
| WV | SB298 | Intro
Sine Die | Providing tax credit to certain disabled veterans for lifetime hunting, trapping, and fishing license
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-24
To Senate Finance Committee |
| WV | HB5033 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to allow for a three-year pilot program for the stocking of F1 largemouth bass fingerlings, otherwise known as "tiger bass."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-23
To House Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee |
| WV | HB5008 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to change the beginning and expiration of hunting and fishing licenses from the last day of the calendar year for which they were issued to a year from the date of issue.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-23
To House Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee |
| WV | HB4964 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to allow for a twenty-five percent reduction in campground rental fees for state residents from Labor Day to four days prior to Memorial Day. The bill also provides that residents of West Virginia will have fifteen percent...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-22
To House Economic Development and Tourism Committee |
| WV | HB4992 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to eliminate the restriction on baiting bears while hunting.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-22
To House Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee |
| WV | HB4917 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to create a "pop-up" window directing users to optional firearms safety classes offered by the NRA and the USCCA.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-18
To House Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee |
| WV | HB4915 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to authorize Adopt-A-Trail programs for volunteers to clean up and maintain trails on public lands in this state.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-18
To House Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee |
| WV | HB4871 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to allow youths and those carrying a Class Q special hunting permit to take antlered deer.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-17
To House Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee |
| WV | SB476 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to establish a "pop-up" window that directs users to optional firearms safety classes offered by the NRA and the USCCA.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-17
To Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee |
| WV | SB446 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to increase the West Virginia Natural Resources Police Officer Retirement System accrued benefit for members who retire on or after January 1, 2027 and provide funding for the benefit.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-15
To Senate Pensions Committee |
| WV | SB447 | Intro
Sine Die | Directing DNR to update website for certain applicants to apply for firearms safety classes
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-15
To Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee |
| WV | HB4739 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to permit landowners or lessees of land whose land is damaged by deer or other wildlife to hire a third party to kill the deer or other wildlife by bow and arrow.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-15
To House Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee |
| WV | SB401 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to create a "pop-up" window directing users to optional firearms safety classes offered by the NRA and the USCCA.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-12
To Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee |
| WV | SB425 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to create of the West Virginia Public Waterway Act providing public access bridge crossings; fencing; and requiring implementation by the Department of Transportation, in cooperation with the Department of Natural Resource...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-12
To Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee |
| WV | SB365 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to waive the fees for hunting, fishing, and trapping licenses or permits for emergency responders who are totally disabled in the line of duty.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-12
To Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee |
| WV | SB346 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to include state correctional officers in the Division of Natural Resources Police Officer Retirement System.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-12
To Senate Pensions Committee |
| WV | SB337 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to provide supplement funding for the Natural Resource Police Officer Retirement System plan and to increase recruitment and retention of certified officers for the agency.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-12
To Senate Pensions Committee |
| WV | HB4686 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to permit year-round hunting of coyotes using artificial light or night vision technology and to permit hunting of coyotes at any hour.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-12
To House Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee |
| WV | HB4692 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to permit fishing trotlines, droplines, and minnow traps to be lawful if certain conditions are met. The bill permits jug fishing, which is using a free-floating device to deploy a hook and line to take or attempt to take ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-12
To House Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee |
| WV | HB4632 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to establish an energy storage program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-11
To House Energy and Manufacturing Committee |
| WV | HB4630 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to provide for energy storage system access.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-11
To House Energy and Manufacturing Committee |
