| WV | HB2758 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to prohibit the injection, release, or dispersion, by any means, of chemicals, chemical compounds, substances, or apparatus within the borders of this state into the atmosphere with the express purpose of affecting tempera...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-21
To House Energy and Public Works Committee |
| WV | HB2627 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to encourage development, transportation and use of electricity generated using West Virginia natural gas as the energy source for generating electricity by directing the West Virginia Economic Development Authority to ide...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-19
To House Energy and Public Works Committee |
| WV | HB2417 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to require disclosure of the lawful activity that is the basis of a permit application with the Department of Environmental Protection; and providing exceptions thereto.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-17
To House Energy and Public Works Committee |
| WV | HB2414 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to provide that the limit of disturbance of a well site may not be closer to an occupied building than 2,500 feet.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-17
To House Energy and Public Works Committee |
| WV | HB2413 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to remove the cap on the number of gas and other type wells for which operators are required to pay annual oversight fees.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-17
To House Energy and Public Works Committee |
| WV | HB2416 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to increase the amounts that can be assessed of civil administrative penalties of the Department of Environmental Protection on individual or general construction stormwater West Virginia/National Pollutant Discharge Elimi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-17
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB2421 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to implement changes in the West Virginia Surface Coal Mining and Reclamation Act recommended by the West Virginia Legislature's Post Audit Division to facilitate compliance with state and federal mining and reclamation la...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-17
To House Energy and Public Works Committee |
| WV | HB2186 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to require local governments to provide matching funds for grants from the Reclamation of Abandoned and Dilapidated Properties Program unless demonstrated to be fiscally unable; and to require that fines assessed by local ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-13
To House Local Governments Committee |
| WV | SB437 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to create the West Virginia Coal Marketing Program. The bill provides for the purpose of the program. The bill creates funding for the program and empowers the Governor to report on the program to the Joint Committee on Go...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-13
To Senate Energy, Industry and Mining Committee |
| WV | HB2179 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to require the Department of Environmental Protection to assume all costs necessary for certification by a registered professional engineer and to permit a privately owned dam before the secretary may recover costs for rep...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-12
To House Energy and Public Works Committee |
| WV | SB14 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to require a permit for the transport or sale of nonferrous metals to a secondary recycler and to make it unlawful to intentionally damage property for the purpose of obtaining nonferrous metals.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-12
To Senate Energy, Industry and Mining Committee |
| WV | SB11 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to prevent oil and gas wells from being orphaned on surface owner's land with no responsible driller or operator with the resources to plug the well. The bill:Does not make any changes in bonding requirements for wells tha...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-12
To Senate Energy, Industry and Mining Committee |
| WV | SB271 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to protect employees of the State of West Virginia and its political subdivisions from being commandeered by a federal agency or other agent to enforce federal regulations and other actions related to extractive resources ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-12
To Senate Energy, Industry and Mining Committee |
| WV | SB227 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Division of Forestry to administer the Carbon Exchange Program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-12
To Senate Natural Resources Committee |
| WV | SB25 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to create the West Virginia Coal Marketing Program. The bill provides for the purpose of the program. The bill creates funding for the program and empowers the Governor to report on the program to the Joint Committee on Go...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-12
To Senate Energy, Industry and Mining Committee |
