New West Virginia laws taking effect July 11, 2025
54 laws take effect July 11, 2025.
Of the 537 bills enacted since 2025, 537 have an effective date and 0 don't yet (pending). A law here takes effect that day by its main provisions; parts of a staggered act may take effect on other dates.
Updated Nov 2, 2026 at 6:22 p.m. EST.
Government (10)
HB 2479 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Relating to Management and control of county authority vested in board
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Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 11, 2025)
.HB 2880 · 2025 Regular SessionDerived
Relating to parent resource navigators
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Passed April 12, 2025; in effect 90 days from passage (July 11, 2025)
Passed the Legislature ("Passed April 12, 2025; in effect 90 days from passage (July 11, 2025)") Apr 12, 2025 → + 90 days Jul 11, 2025
HB 2942 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Administration of the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection Design-Build Pilot Program
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Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 11, 2025)
.HB 3517 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Relating generally to fiscal emergencies of local governments
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Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 11, 2025)
.SB 280 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Displaying official US motto in public schools
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Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 11, 2025)
.SB 35 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Permitting campus police officers to participate in Deputy Sheriffs Retirement System
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Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 11, 2025)
.SB 576 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Authorizing fixed odds racing in horse and dog racing
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Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 11, 2025)
.SB 587 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Relating generally to government contracting
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Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 11, 2025)
.SB 837 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Eliminating WV Office of Equal Opportunity
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Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 11, 2025)
.SB 856 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Removing certain reporting requirements to Joint Committee on Government and Finance
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Education (9)
HB 2164 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
To allow for public and private schools in West Virginia to employ security personnel.
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Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 11, 2025)
.HB 2718 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Relating to creating a State Advisory Council on Establishing a Military College
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Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 11, 2025)
.HB 2755 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
To provide that the West Virginia Board of Education may promulgate rules or policies to be submitted to the Legislature for review
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Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 11, 2025)
.HB 3166 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Requirements for School Safety Mapping Data
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Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 11, 2025)
.Parts of this act take effect on other dates.
HB 3297 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Establishing the Washington Center for Civics, Culture, and Statesmanship at West Virginia University.
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Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 11, 2025)
.SB 154 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Prohibiting sexual orientation instruction in public schools
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Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 11, 2025)
.SB 581 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Relating to school attendance and student participation in 4-H activities
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.SB 765 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Establishing Troops-to-Teachers Program
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Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 11, 2025)
.SB 912 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Relating to student growth assessment program
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Healthcare (7)
HB 2347 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
The Joel Archer Substance Abuse Intervention Act.
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Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 11, 2025)
.HB 2402 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Relating to providing access to medical records; providing access to a minor’s medical record
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Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 11, 2025)
.HB 2575 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Relating to the establishment of a full-time Dementia Services Director position.
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.SB 128 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Preventing courts from ordering services at higher rate than Medicaid
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.SB 299 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Modifying WV regulations on pubertal modulation, hormonal therapy, and gender reassignment
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Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 11, 2025)
.Parts of this act take effect on other dates.
SB 526 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Creating Pharmacist Prescribing Authority Act
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Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 11, 2025)
.SB 710 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Relating to the practice of teledentistry
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Crime (5)
HB 2066 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Creating a crime for the destruction of first responder equipment.
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.HB 2358 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Relating to postmortem examinations
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.HB 2511 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Relating to charitable bingo and alcohol sales and consumption while such bingo is taking places
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.HB 3164 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Requiring registered sex offenders pay annual fee
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Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 11, 2025)
.SB 196 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Lauren's Law
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Housing (3)
HB 2451 · 2025 Regular SessionDerived
To facilitate the creation of home-based businesses
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Passed April 12, 2025; in effect 90 days from passage (July 11, 2025)
Passed the Legislature ("Passed April 12, 2025; in effect 90 days from passage (July 11, 2025)") Apr 12, 2025 → + 90 days Jul 11, 2025
Parts of this act take effect on other dates.
HB 3272 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Relating to eviction proceedings
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Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 11, 2025)
.SB 102 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Modifying form of certain deeds
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Taxes (3)
HB 2121 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Deceased Disabled Veteran Real Property Exemption for Widowed Spouses
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Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 11, 2025)
.HB 2695 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Raleigh and Mason Counties Economic Opportunity Development Districts
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Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 11, 2025)
.HB 3492 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Relating to municipal economic opportunity development districts.
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Wages (3)
HB 2797 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Relating to who may diagnose post-traumatic stress disorder as a compensable injury or disease under workers compensation
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Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 11, 2025)
.SB 427 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Permitting certain teenagers to work without obtaining work permit
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Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 11, 2025)
.SB 712 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Relating to retirement provisions of systems managed by CPRB
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Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 11, 2025)
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Agriculture (2)
HB 3000 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Relating to agency changes and updates to the West Virginia Commercial Feed Law.
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Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 11, 2025)
.HB 3503 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Relating to regulation by counties, municipalities, and political subdivisions of commercial horticulture under the Water Pollution Control Act
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Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 11, 2025)
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Elections (2)
HB 3016 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Photo voter ID.
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Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 11, 2025)
.SB 50 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Requiring municipal elections to be held on same day as statewide elections
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Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 11, 2025)
.Parts of this act take effect on other dates.
Finance (2)
HB 3162 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Providing that causes of action under Chapter 46A of the Code of West Virginia survive the death of the party
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Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 11, 2025)
.SB 907 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Relating to high impact development projects
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Traffic (2)
HB 2344 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Relating generally to traffic safety
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Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 11, 2025)
.HB 2678 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Relating to school zones of public or private schools
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Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 11, 2025)
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Affordability (1)
HB 3263 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Relating to providing notification of utility service disruption to its' customers
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Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 11, 2025)
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Civil Rights (1)
SB 474 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Ending diversity, equity, and inclusion programs
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Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 11, 2025)
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Climate (1)
HB 2014 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Certified Microgrid Program
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Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 11, 2025)
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Defense (1)
HB 3181 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Allow all law enforcement officers to purchase gun upon retirement
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Foreign Policy (1)
HB 2961 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
To amend the law concerning ownership and possession of real property
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Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 11, 2025)
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Mining and Drilling (1)
HB 3429 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Prequalifying consultants for WVDEP- Abandon Mine Lands
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Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 11, 2025)
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