David Elliott Pritt
West Virginia
Record ID: WV-HouseOfDelegates-50-PRITT-D
- Room 229E, Bldg. 1 1900 Kanawha Blvd. E. Charleston, WV 25305
- (304) 340-3337
- elliott.pritt@wvhouse.gov
Sponsored Bills
| Bill | Title | Status | Session |
|---|---|---|---|
| HB 4990 | Relating to crimes using gift cards | enacted | 2026RS |
| HB 4552 | Relating to the law-enforcement powers of correctional officers | enacted | 2026RS |
| HB 4425 | To repeal the provision allowing for students to transfer from one school to another without losing eligibility. | enacted | 2026RS |
| HB 5004 | Relating generally to PANS and PANDAS. | enacted | 2026RS |
| HB 4801 | Defining Permissible expenditures for municipalities and counties | enacted | 2026RS |
| HB 5382 | Relating to the Neighborhood Investment Program. | enacted | 2026RS |
| HB 4005 | Skills to work | enacted | 2026RS |
| HB 4798 | Permitting teachers to wear a “mobile alert button” for emergency situations, to be known as “Alyssa’s Law.” | enacted | 2026RS |
| HB 4561 | Clarifying the sheriff’s authority to hire within their office. | enacted | 2026RS |
| HB 4881 | Relating to obtaining title to abandoned or junked motor vehicles abandoned on the property or place of business of an automobile dealer | enacted | 2026RS |
| HB 5453 | To modify the school aid funding formula. | passed_upper | 2026RS |
| HB 4198 | E-Verify Safe Harbor Act | passed_upper | 2026RS |
| HB 4463 | Relating to the Board of Sanitarians | enacted | 2026RS |
| HB 5537 | Repealing obsolete and outdated sections of the Education code. | passed_upper | 2026RS |
| HB 4656 | Relating to chronic absenteeism | passed_lower | 2026RS |
| HB 4419 | Requiring certain non-discretionary procedures be strictly complied with by the West Virginia Parkways Authority before tolls, rents, fees or charges may be increased | passed_lower | 2026RS |
| HB 4421 | Providing guidelines for the West Virginia Parkways Authority to cease tolls on the West Virginia Turnpike upon completion of all bond payments | passed_lower | 2026RS |
| HB 4484 | To expand each county commission’s ability to sell or lease property. | enacted | 2026RS |
| HB 4563 | Require EZ Pass transponder be registered to person, not vehicle | passed_lower | 2026RS |
| HB 5163 | Relating to exempting child-care programs operated by a county board of education exclusively for the children of its employees from certain licensing requirements | passed_lower | 2026RS |
| HB 4977 | Relating to authorizing municipalities to adopt an ordinance to recover demolition costs as special tax assessments | passed_lower | 2026RS |
| HB 4986 | Relating to providing additional ground for abandonment finding in an adoption proceeding | passed_lower | 2026RS |
| HB 5260 | Relating generally to medical cannabis | passed_lower | 2026RS |
| HB 5525 | To create the “Southern West Virginia Clean Water Fund” to be used in water emergencies or to upgrade infrastructure so residences can get clean water. | failed | 2026RS |
| HB 4772 | Medicaid eligibility verification | passed_lower | 2026RS |
| HB 5629 | Relating generally to the West Virginia Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. | passed_lower | 2026RS |
| HB 5475 | To make the Public Service Commission an elected position | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 5630 | Relating generally to providing notice for amendments to a zoning ordinance. | passed_lower | 2026RS |
| HB 5474 | Gateway to the Gorge Outdoor Recreation Industry Act | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4485 | Allow education employees to donate sick leave to co-workers for maternity leave | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 5476 | Require monitoring of electronic records maintained by hospitals. | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4517 | To maximize the utility and accessibility of West Virginia’s child care tax credit for employers | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 5675 | WV Reshoring Manufacturing Act | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 5191 | To place rumble strips on all double-yellow lined roads and highways. | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4834 | To permit women’s wrestling in public high schools as a sanctioned event | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4871 | Make available vegetarian meal option for students enrolled in schools, provided that such meals comply with all applicable federal nutritional guidelines | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 5571 | To provide a pay equity salary adjustment for non-uniformed employees of the Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 5575 | West Virginia Special Olympics Program. | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 5583 | West Virginia Seal of Civic Literacy Act. | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 5623 | Youth Mental Health Protection Act | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 5632 | Relating to local permitting deadlines | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 5495 | Creating certain requirements and accountability procedures regarding a student’s use of software in a public school. | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 5499 | Relating to school system fiscal and governance early warning, stabilization, and accountability. | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 5517 | Relating to the Office of Insurance Commissioner maintaining and posting lists of bondsmen | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 5526 | Clarifying Purchaser Requirements for Tax Abandoned Land Auctions by the Auditor | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4003 | WV First Small Business Growth Act | introduced | 2026RS |
| HB 4426 | Ensure State Road Construction Account funds are in addition to general highways funds provided to the DOT districts | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4695 | To double the criminal penalty for anyone found guilty of sexual assault on a minor | passed_lower | 2026RS |
| HB 5234 | Relating to requiring certain information with an absentee ballot | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4466 | Extend the public intoxication of alcohol code to include being under the impairment of narcotics in public | passed_lower | 2026RS |
| HB 5447 | Changes to the requirements for do not resusitate orders. | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4518 | Require DMV and Parkways Auhority to coordinate records for plate transfers | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4558 | Create mechanism for towing companies in WV to quickly access owner information. | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 5425 | Relating to acquisitions of properties by land reuse agencies and urban renewal authorities. | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 5058 | Require that notice be provided for any lab-grown food served in restaurants. | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 5387 | Relating to high school graduation requirements | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 5389 | Veterans Housing Redevelopment Tax Credit Act | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4570 | To make the posting of a summons in a conspicuous place on rental property acceptable service when a tenant is unavailable for personal service | passed_lower | 2026RS |
| HB 5343 | Establish a medical Adult day care pilot program in Fayette County. | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 5355 | If a person who is not certified is holding a teaching position in a WV public school - that position has to come up for bid every year until it is held by a certified person. | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 5356 | Modify Funding to Mountaineer ChalleNGe Academy | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 5369 | West Virginia Rural School Protection Act | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 5376 | Requiring auto accident toxicology test be performed | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 5377 | Burial Equity Act | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 5384 | To authorize the HEPC to be able to adjust the required composite testing score for ACT and SAT in regard to PROMISE scholarship year to year in order to maximize the number of awards | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 5201 | Requiring DOH public notification of traffic change 48 hours in advance | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 5205 | Requiring the State Board of Education to create model policies on the use of technology and artifical intelligence in a public school classroom | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 5230 | Modifying retirement and disability benefits for dependents of State Police | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 5231 | The purpose of this bill is to require counties to utilize separate voting machines from those used for voting in an election, and to require testing of the automatic tabulating equipment prior to its use in an election. | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 5235 | Back to school sales tax holiday | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 5236 | The purpose of this bill is to ensure compliance with state law requiring ballot tabulating equipment to not be connected to the internet, by requiring random inspections by the Secretary of State, including all necessary reporting. | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 5180 | When schools have events the school needs to sell tickets at the gate as well as online and accept cash | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 5189 | Relating to the use of technology in child abuse and neglect investigations | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 5192 | School funding calculations should be the last three-year running average or the current enrollment, whichever is highest | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4467 | Relating to maternity leave for school employees | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4775 | Relating to addressing School Discipline in Public Schools | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 5024 | Relating to the Waiving of Certain DMV Fees for Volunteer Firefighters | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 5038 | Establishing the Affordable Electricity and Economic Growth Act of 2026 to facilitate coke production and steel-making in the state | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4422 | To permit students in eighth and ninth grade to attend summer school in order to raise their grades and establish academic eligibility to participate in extracurricular activities in the fall | passed_lower | 2026RS |
| HB 4430 | Eliminating the authority of the West Virginia Parkways Authority to issue further parkway revenue, parkway revenue refunding, or special obligation bonds after July 1, 2025 | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4431 | Requiring the approval of the Legislature and the Governor before additional bonds may be issued by the Parkways Authority | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 5002 | In cases of mine rescues, designate miners as first responders | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4874 | Combining rolls of the Assessor’s Office and Division of Motor Vehicles | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4904 | Relating to critical vacancies in public education | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4905 | Removing fees teachers have to pay in order to obtain any teaching license, certification, or additional continuing education credit hours (reporting fee) to the state Board of Education | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4909 | Relating to consumer protection from fraudulent telephone solicitation | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4933 | Relating to the tax exemption of a citizen who paid to have a cat or dog spayed or neutered | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4936 | Removing the 140 day a year cap placed on the amount of days a year a retired teacher can work before having their retirement penalized | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4937 | Establish mandated monthly half days for students to all allow school staff planning time | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4938 | Require county boards of education to train at least one professional staff member at each school in a grant writing procedures. | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4939 | To provide $10,000 a year salary increase for any teacher who goes through the National Board Certification process and becomes nationally certified | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4940 | Relating to teacher fundraising | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4941 | To provide a raise for special education aides, as well as a raise for self-contained special education teachers | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4942 | To establish requirements for adult supervision on county school buses | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4943 | Require all students to be taught how to properly handle, fold, treat, honor, display, and retire the American flag | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4944 | To determine the salaries of all county Superintendent of School based on population. | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4945 | Prohibit the use of electronic devices for learning in all classrooms grades 3 and below | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4946 | Authorizing a pilot program for a four day school week | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4947 | Allow Religious Exemptions for vaccines | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4835 | Adjusting the timing of traffic lights on divided highways | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4896 | Requiring the three Commissioners of the State Public Service Commission to be elected positions | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4898 | Requiring the West Virginia Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to provide an inmate with one physical copy of their birth certificate and social security card upon release | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4899 | Requiring all hospitals and medical offices to send a notice to all former or current patients when they turn 18, informing them that if they have had any negative or adverse side effects of a procedure that was performed on them as a child to contact the hospital or office to inform them of the issue | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4900 | To mandate county boards of education to provide feminine hygiene products in all public elementary, middle, and high schools for female students | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4901 | Modifying the Occupational Pneumoconiois award categories for Worker’s Compensation | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4902 | Place Correction and Rehab state workers into a separate category from other state workers and increase their salary scales. | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4903 | Provide a pay equity salary adjustment and increase to certain employees of the Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4856 | Requiring that all state agency P-card rebates received must go toward stabilizing the PEIA fund | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4872 | To allow for the reinstatement of retired Deputy Sheriffs to their former departments. | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4873 | To remove the 2 year timeframe for medical malpractice suits to be filed only for individuals who were minors when they had their procedures performed | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4875 | To provide a 25% pay increase for state school service personnel (all salary scales) | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4879 | To revise and update all provisions of state code relating to the West Virginia State Guard | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4880 | Protection of deployed service members | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4883 | Abolish the tax on overtime pay | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4884 | To recalculate how child support payments are made | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4885 | To remove the state tax on gasoline at the pumps | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4889 | To give state retirees a 10% increase | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4890 | A 10% raise to non-uniformed corrections workers | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4891 | To require all utility companies to absorb the costs of maintenance, upgrades, and repairs for their pipes, cables, utility poles, electrical lines, and other necessities without increasing rates or costs to consumers/customers. | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4892 | To expand the provisionof the literacy-based promation act in order to provide certin intervention and implementation stratagies for literacy proficiency among students in grade 4 through grade 8 | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4839 | Relating to compensation for sworn members of the WV State Police | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4841 | Allow county commissions to formally petition the Division of Highways regarding the repair of local roads | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4844 | Modify the procedure for teachers when using leave | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4849 | Authorize the Superintendent of the county schools district to apply directly to the School Building Authority for emergency funding to facilitate remediation of hazards. | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4823 | Allowing for taxes to be paid quarterly | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4824 | Relating to utility rate increases | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4825 | Authorizing municipalities to place signage on state roads within their municipal jurisdiction and boundaries. | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4826 | Relating to petition for involuntary treatment for drug and alcohol abuse | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4827 | Provide an increase in salary to WV Birth to Three contracted therapists and employees | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4828 | Change the requirement for posting public notices at the state and federal level for PSDs. | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4829 | Make speeds that exceed 30MPH over the speed limit reckless driving | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4830 | To provide compensation to those who have been adversely affected by the actions of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeal’s Judicial Investigative Committee | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4831 | To regulate outdoor advertisements | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4836 | Prohibiting non-service animals in stores that sell food | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4723 | Make it illegal to operate a “squatted” vehicle on West Virginia roads. | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4764 | Disallow candidates for office if back taxes are owed | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4773 | To increase the COLA by 15% for all retired state employees | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4774 | To set the salary of the Associate Superintendent of Schools | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4776 | Hotel occupancy tax rate | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4777 | Establishing Summer Feeding for All Program | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4778 | Relating to Drivers License Address Requirements | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4724 | Relating to placing a cap on insurance copays | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4726 | Housing assistance for children aging out of foster care system | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4727 | To provide a 25% pay increase for state teachers (all salary scales) | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4654 | To require that teachers in grades 7 through twelve, who teach classes with more than 30 students in their classes receive an additional $25 per day per student over the 30 student-limit, with exceptions for physical education, band, chorus, strings, theater, dance, and other classes aimed at artistic performance. | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4655 | Expand the grade level for Laken’s Law | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4657 | Allow the use of unused employee sick time in retirement calculation | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4658 | To add to the teacher pay scale the increments of Bachelor’s Plus 30 and Master’s Plus 60 and add that amount in the appropriate increment. | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4659 | Transfer oversight of childcare from the Department of Human Services to the Department of Education | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4549 | Local Government Freedom Act | in_committee | 2026RS |
Cosponsored Bills
| Bill | Title | Status | Session |
|---|---|---|---|
| HB 4627 | Mandate free cancer screenings for professional firefighters. | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4548 | WV building and constructions trades code enforcement West Virginia First | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4551 | West Virginia Safe Trucking Act 2026 | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4553 | To create a tuition reimbursement program for Corrections employees. | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4554 | Creating Persons with Disabilities Registry | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4557 | To create the felony offense for protestors blocking passage on streets and highways. | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4559 | To eliminate the restriction of hunting bears over bait | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4560 | Move marina gas tax proceeds to DNR Law enforcement division | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4562 | Change required service from 25 to 20 years for eligibility for minimum 1k retirement annuity | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4564 | Increasing the Homestead Property Tax Exemption | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4565 | Exempt those with 25 years holding an insurance license from attaining additional CEUs | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4566 | Increasing penalties for hit and run offenses | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4571 | Taxpayer Protection Act | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4572 | Rural School Flexibility & Innovation Pilot Act | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4613 | The State Resiliency Office | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4617 | Relating to requiring the Bureau of Social Service to file a legislative rule. | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4619 | Relating to the creation of a special revenue account to expand in-state residential treatment capacity for children | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4620 | Relating to clothing and necessity allowance. | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4621 | Relating to requiring the circuit court to make certain designated findings of fact and conclusions of law in its juvenile child abuse and neglect orders | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4136 | To require the Department of Education to alter who can certify homeschool portfolios or review them | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4510 | Prohibit the requirement of a COVID-19 vaccination as a prerequisite for any state funded program or activity | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4511 | To require drug testing of foster parents prior to child placement. | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4512 | Requiring child protective services (“CPS”) workers to record, via audio, all interactions during CPS visits. | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4513 | Authorizing adjustment from federal adjusted gross income for certain law enforcement pension benefit payments | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4514 | Modify determination of high 3 years for Sheriff’s Retirement System | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4519 | Require full cash bail for offenders who are rearrested for certain crimes while out on bond and enhanced criminal penalties | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4520 | Provide 25% Discount to WV Residents using State Parks | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4521 | State to reimburse county for inmate costs when conviction results in credit for time served | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4526 | Provisions for election observers during any election and at any voting or ballot-reviewing and ballot-counting location within West Virginia | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4090 | Provide for the employment or acceptance as avolunteer of a Certified Chaplain by public school board | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4399 | Relating to disabled veteran taxpayers | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4420 | Relating generally to West Virginia Parkways Authority. | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4423 | Eliminating specific statutory restrictions on outdoor advertisement | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4432 | Establishing certain tenant protections and landlord notice requirements at rental properties | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4448 | Removing bona fide schools, public libraries, and museums from the list of exemptions from criminal liability relating to distribution and display to minor of obscene matter | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4451 | Relating to establishing the Veteran Justice Act allowing conditional opportunity for veterans to avoid a record conviction | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4370 | Allowing the concealed carry of firearms on and in Capitol grounds | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4372 | Permit teachers in K-12 schools be authorized to carry concealed firearms as a designated school protection officer | in_committee | 2026RS |