| WV | SB459 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to require that members of county and municipal development authorities are West Virginia residents with at least five years of continuous West Virginia residency immediately preceding the appointment and residents of the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-27
On 2nd reading |
| WV | SB552 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill relates to the Certified Business Industrial Expansion Development Program administered by the Department of Economic Development. The bill renames the expansion development program administered by the department. The bill re...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-27
On 1st reading |
| WV | SB600 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to create the Securing Worker Privacy and Right to Know Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-26
To Senate Workforce Committee |
| WV | HB2996 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to rename the West Virginia Advanced Energy and Economic Corridor Authority the King Coal Highway Economic Advisory Board; to modifying the legislative findings for the creation of the advisory board; reduce membership of ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-26
To House Government Organization Committee |
| WV | HB2993 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to establish the Affordable Electricity and Economic Growth Act of 2025 to facilitate coke production and steel-making in the state.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-26
To House Energy and Public Works Committee |
| WV | HB2818 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to require that members of county and municipal development authorities are West Virginia residents with at least five years of continuous West Virginia residency immediately preceding the appointment and residents of the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-24
[Hearing: Feb 27 @ 2:00 pm]
To House Local Governments Committee |
| WV | HB2899 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to establish the Legislative Oversight Committee on Aviation Development.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-24
To House Government Administration Committee |
| WV | HB2844 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to establish an Office of Entrepreneurship within the Office of Economic Development.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-24
To House Government Organization Committee |
| WV | HB2856 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to allow the installation of fiber optics on property with conservation easements.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-24
To House Energy and Public Works Committee |
| WV | SB583 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to create economic incentives for data centers to locatewithin the state and further stimulate the state's economy by relying on locally sourced coal-generated electricity. The bill provides salvage value treatment for per...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-24
To Senate Economic Development Committee |
| WV | HB2720 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to create the Southern Coalfield Resiliency and Revitalization program to identify and prioritize existing resources that can be directed to support economic development efforts in the Boone, Logan, McDowell, Mingo, and Wy...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-21
To House Government Organization Committee |
| WV | HB2695 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to authorize Raleigh County to levy a special district excise tax for the benefit the Raleigh County Economic Opportunity Development District.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-20
To House Finance Committee |
| WV | SB536 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill relates generally to county economic opportunity development districts.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-19
To Senate Economic Development Committee |
| WV | SB535 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to authorize Raleigh County to levy a special district excise tax for the benefit the Raleigh County Economic Opportunity Development District.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-19
To Senate Economic Development Committee |
| WV | HB2539 | Intro
25% | 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] | 2025-02-18
To House Finance Committee |
| WV | HB2560 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to establish Infrastructure Ready Jurisdictions; establish rulemaking; and award an additional five percent preferential scoring for projects within these jurisdictions on all permissible grants.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-18
To House Energy and Public Works Committee |
| WV | HB2451 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to facilitate creation of home-based businesses, with certain conditions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-17
[Hearing: Feb 26 @ 6:00 pm]
To House Economic Development Committee |
| WV | HB2468 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to repeal the article creating the Department of Economic Development.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-17
To House Government Organization Committee |
| WV | HB2040 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to provide that electricity provided to high impact industrial business development districts are not required to be generated from renewable sources.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-14
To House Energy and Manufacturing Committee |
| WV | HB2148 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to establish the Tourism and Commercial Opportunity Zone Tax and Tax Credit Act in order to encourage investment in business development in this state and thereby increase employment and economic development, with concomit...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-13
To House Agriculture, Commerce and Tourism 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 | SB423 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to require that all appropriations that exceed $1 million to any single private business entity must be brought as a stand-alone bill to both the House of Delegates and the Senate, prohibiting either the House of Delegates...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-13
To Senate Economic Development Committee |
| WV | HB2101 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to create a legislative oversight committee to approve all West Virginia Economic Development Authority contracts.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-12
To House Finance Committee |
| WV | SB132 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to grant Mason County and the Town of Henderson special district excise taxes, describe the boundaries of the Town of Henderson Economic Opportunity District, and authorize setting the base tax of said excise taxes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-12
To Senate Economic Development Committee |
