West Virginia Vote Reports

Eliminates diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs, trainings, activities, offices, and officers from primary and secondary schools and institutions of higher education.

Amends West Virginia law to authorize commissioned rangers of the National Park Service to enforce state laws, allowing independent investigation, arrest, search, and seizure for any offense under state law in the National Park System.

Removes the prohibition against leasing state-owned lands designated as state parks for underground carbon capture and sequestration.

Enacts the "Parents' Bill of Rights," which affirms the fundamental right of parents to direct the upbringing, education, care, healthcare, and mental health of their minor children; and provides for injunctive relief against violations.

Prohibits the use of ranked-choice voting methods by state, county, or local elections offices to conduct elections or nominations of candidates for local government, statewide, or federal elective offices in West Virginia.

Expands exemptions to West Virginia's compulsory childhood vaccination requirements by permitting religious and philosophical exemptions, and prohibiting schools or childcare centers from excluding exempted children from extracurricular activities or events.

Prohibits public schools from providing gender-identity instruction, prohibits school from providing false or misleading information to parents, and requires parental notification of any student request to affirm a gender different from their biological sex.

Urges Congress to call a "convention of states" to propose "Amendments to the Constitution of the United States to create fiscal responsibility by and within the federal government."

Removes the prohibition against leasing state-owned lands designated as state parks for underground carbon capture and sequestration.

Repeals West Virginia's compulsory school attendance for children, educational status and learning progress reporting requirements for students.

Expands exemptions to West Virginia's compulsory childhood vaccination requirements by permitting religious and philosophical exemptions, and prohibiting schools or childcare centers from excluding exempted children from extracurricular activities or events.

Updates the systematic purging program for removing ineligible voters from active voter rolls by decreasing the period of voting inactivity from four to two years.

Legalizes the sale of raw (unpasteurized) milk within the state.

Exempts students attending virtual public schools from mandatory vaccination requirements and allows private and parochial schools to set their own immunization policies.

Aligns state law with the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act (LEOSA). This legislation designates certain correctional officers as law-enforcement officers for purposes of LEOSA, enabling them to carry concealed firearms nationwide.

Requires car dealerships to use a search engine to verify that vehicle buyers have valid motor-vehicle insurance.

Mandates that all carbon credits originating from real property or standing timber in West Virginia, regardless of ownership, must be transacted exclusively through the state-run West Virginia Carbon Exchange, managed by the Division of Forestry.

Prevents municipalities from imposing stricter planning and zoning ordinances on firearm-related businesses than those applied to other businesses.

Eliminates the requirement that 14- and 15-year-olds obtain a work permit.

Exempts students attending virtual public schools from mandatory vaccination requirements and allows private and parochial schools to set their own immunization policies.

Urges the U.S. Congress to convene a convention for proposing amendments under Article V of the U.S. Constitution. The purpose of this convention would be to propose amendments aimed at establishing fiscal responsibility within the federal government and repealing the 16th Amendment.

Prohibits the designation of "nonbinary" or any other gender marker beyond "male" or "female" on birth certificates issued by the state.

Modifies the Certified Sites and Development Readiness Program, managed by the Department of Economic Development. This program evaluates and certifies sites based on their readiness for development.

Strengthen the state's authority over underground carbon-dioxide sequestration. The bill amends sections of the West Virginia Water Pollution Control Act to provide additional assurances to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regarding the state's application for primary enforcement authority over underground carbon-dioxide sequestration programs.

Bans a physician from providing "irreversible gender reassignment surgery" or "gender altering medication" to a person who is under 18 years of age.

Would remove the rape and incest exception to obtain an abortion in West Virginia.

Establishes the "Summer Feeding for All" program to reduce "food insecurity" by providing meals to the students during "summer and non-school-day times."

Authorizes concealed handgun license holders to carry firearms on public college and university campuses.

Permits the Division of Natural Resources to lease state-owned "pore spaces" in "state forests, natural and scenic areas, and management areas, and other lands" for carbon sequestration.

Outlines a procedure for West Virginia to select delegates to a "convention for proposing amendments" under Article V of the U.S. Constitution.

Bans a physician from providing "irreversible gender reassignment surgery" or "gender altering medication" to a person who is under 18 years of age.

Prohibits the West Virginia Investment Management Board and the Board of Treasury Investments, as well as their fiduciaries, from casting shareholder votes for the purpose of furthering "Environmental, social, corporate governance, or other similarly oriented considerations."

Allows law enforcement in West Virginia to enforce domestic violence protective orders issued in Canada without requiring that such orders be registered with a court in the United States.

Would exempt state employees, K-12 school children, and students in public institutions of higher education from mandatory immunizations based on a "conscientious or personal objection."

Authorizes concealed handgun license holders to carry firearms on public college and university campuses.

Removes the requirement that a "termination of an ectopic pregnancy" be reported in West Virginia.

Restores the film tax credit program in West Virginia and would be retroactive to January 1, 2018.

Prohibits that a teacher may not teach that one race, ethnic group, or biological sex is inherently, morally, or intellectually superior to another race, ethnic group, or biological sex.

Prohibits the showing of proof of a COVID-19 vaccination as a condition for entering the premises of any state or local governmental building or as a condition for entering the premises of a hospital or enrolling in a state institution of higher education.

Prohibits biological males from participating on athletic teams or sports designated for biological females where competitive skill or contact is involved.

Eases up on licensing requirements for plumbers, HVAC, and electricians.

Creates the Industrial Business Expansion Development Program and is to be administered as a program within the Department of Economic Development.

Creates an EV Infrastructure Deployment Plan for West Virginia that describes how our state intends to use its share of NEVI Formula Program funds.

Prohibits the showing of proof of a COVID-19 vaccination as a condition for entering the premises of any state or local governmental building or as a condition for entering the premises of a hospital or enrolling in a state institution of higher education.

Eases up on licensing requirements for plumbers, HVAC, and electricians.

Applies to the Congress of the United States to call a convention of states.

Prohibits biological males from participating on athletic teams or sports designated for biological females where competitive skill or contact is involved.

Creates the Industrial Business Expansion Development Program and is to be administered as a program within the Department of Economic Development.