HCR37 - U. S. Army PFC Carl. J. Osburn Bridge

11 Co-Sponsors

HB5048 - Removing cap on numbers of wells operators required to pay annual oversight fee

4 Co-Sponsors

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.

HB5416 - Relating to allowing the use of degraded properties as an approved location to place solar panels utilized by power generating units

1 Co-Sponsor

The purpose of this bill is to incentivize independent power producers to site solar arrays on degraded land rather than prime farmland.

HB5414 - Orphan Oil and Gas Well Prevention Act of 2024

4 Co-Sponsors

The purpose of this bill is to prevent oil and gas wells form 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 that are not producing in paying quantities. -Requires new wells to either post a single well, full cost plugging bond, or to start at the beginning of production to set aside money in an interest bearing account in the State Treasurer's office to plug the well at the end of its life. -Requires transferred wells either to post a single well, full cost plugging bond or to start setting aside money in an interest bearing account in the State Treasurer's office to plug the well. -Requires existing wells that are producing in paying quantities to set aside 15 cents per MCF in the State Treasurer's office to plug the well. -Requires operators to plug wells that were in violation of the law before that operator transferred the well to another operator if the new owner of the well does not plug the well. -Allows the owners of the surface where the well is located to defer the plugging of the well as long as that surface owner owns the land, and as long as the well is not causing environmental etc. problems. -Requires an operator drilling a new well to plug all orphaned and abandoned wells in the well's drainage area, and authorizes that driller to recover the cost from any responsible operator of the well.

HB4971 - Relating to Critical Materials Manufacturing Tax

10 Co-Sponsors

The purpose of this bill is to limit property tax on critical materials manufacturing.

HR9 - Reaffirming the longstanding sisterhood partnership between West Virginia and Taiwan

74 Co-Sponsors

HB5434 - Authorizing the West Virginia Commissioner of Highways to offer locality pay to Division of Highways employees working in certain jurisdictions

11 Co-Sponsors

The purpose of this bill is to provide employees working for the Division of Highways with locality pay for working in certain jurisdictions designated by the commissioner as jurisdictions that are necessary for maintaining planning, engineering, construction, reconstruction, maintenance, and traffic regulation of state road projects.

HCR70 - Requesting that the West Virginia Legislature to declare June 12th Women’s Veterans Appreciation Day in the State of West Virginia

35 Co-Sponsors

HB5528 - Relating to the renewable energy facilities program

9 Co-Sponsors

The purpose of this bill is to remove certain caps on renewable energy generating facilities and to remove the sunset date from this section.

HB5526 - Program Design and Outcomes of Selected Pre-Petition Legal Representation Programs

9 Co-Sponsors

The purpose of this bill is to create a pilot program to provide legal services, advice, and representation to parents who are facing legal issues that may otherwise result in the removal of their child or children.