Scot C. Heckert
West Virginia
Record ID: WV-HouseOfDelegates-13-HECKERT-S
- Room 223E, Bldg. 1 1900 Kanawha Blvd. E. Charleston, WV 25305
- (304) 340-3394
- scot.heckert@wvhouse.gov
Sponsored Bills
| Bill | Title | Status | Session |
|---|---|---|---|
| HB 5227 | Relating to Secretary of State annual reports, fees, and veteran-owned business logotypes | enacted | 2026RS |
| HB 4483 | Relating to funeral service licensure and administration | enacted | 2026RS |
| HB 4028 | Relating to sales tax on construction materials | enacted | 2026RS |
| HB 5684 | Relating to authorizing the Supreme Court of Appeals to create child protection commissioners | enacted | 2026RS |
| HB 4412 | Require certain websites to utilize age verification methods to prevent minors from accessing content | enacted | 2026RS |
| HB 5214 | Relating to drug testing of parents who have had abuse and/or neglect claims substantiated against them prior to reunification. | enacted | 2026RS |
| HB 4712 | Increasing the criminal penalties for DUI causing death to be known as “Baylea’s Law.” | enacted | 2026RS |
| HB 4009 | Relating to the creation of the Portable Benefit Account Act | enacted | 2026RS |
| HB 4546 | Providing for biennial reporting instead of annual reporting for business organizations. | enacted | 2026RS |
| HB 5582 | Extending program for drug screening of applicants for TANF | enacted | 2026RS |
| HB 5086 | Relating to peer support services | enacted | 2026RS |
| HB 4577 | Relating to driver’s licenses | enacted | 2026RS |
| HB 4345 | Relating to the preservation of missing persons records and evidence | enacted | 2026RS |
| HB 4865 | Providing for a program allowing election official trainees to be appointed as election officials | enacted | 2026RS |
| HB 4366 | Relating to military interpersonal violence | enacted | 2026RS |
| HB 4625 | Relating to quit claim deeds | enacted | 2026RS |
| HB 5437 | Creating the Vape Safety Act | enacted | 2026RS |
| HB 5182 | Relating generally to authorizing security personnel employed by the State Treasurer to carry concealed weapons while performing his or her official duties | enacted | 2026RS |
| HB 4053 | To establish the blue envelope program. | enacted | 2026RS |
| HB 5406 | Relating to driving under the influence | enacted | 2026RS |
| HB 5323 | Relating to indexing of license and stamp fees | enacted | 2026RS |
| HB 4390 | Relating to the temporary payment to a kinship parent of a subsidy equal to that of a foster parent | enacted | 2026RS |
| HB 4749 | Relating to adding requirements to the foster child bill of rights | enacted | 2026RS |
| HB 4088 | Relating to certified public accountants | enacted | 2026RS |
| HB 4196 | To offer long-acting reversible contraception to patients receiving methadone and suboxone at the treatment facility for the methadone and suboxone | enacted | 2026RS |
| HB 4474 | Extending the Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementia Advisory Council sunset date. | enacted | 2026RS |
| HB 4393 | Requiring the development and implementation of statewide prevention plan | vetoed | 2026RS |
| HB 4951 | Requiring MDs and DOs to complete continuing education | enacted | 2026RS |
| HB 4626 | Relating to the establishment of a grant program to fund the United States Food and Drug Administration’s drug development trials with ibogaine | vetoed | 2026RS |
| HB 4602 | Relating to requiring the Department of Human Services to establish a pilot program to contract for supplemental caseworker aide services for the Bureau for Social Services | enacted | 2026RS |
| HB 4603 | Relating to the creation of the process of obtaining and adjudicating a pre-adjudicatory alternative disposition | passed_upper | 2026RS |
| HB 4404 | Increase the allowance for volunteer and part-volunteer fire companies and allowing fire departments to make an expenditure for educational and training supplies and fire prevention promotional materials | enacted | 2026RS |
| HB 4410 | Relating to special stops required for on-track equipment | passed_lower | 2026RS |
| HB 5563 | To create the West Virginia Timely Transplant Referral and Coordination Act | passed_lower | 2026RS |
| HB 5059 | Relating to cultural heritage institutions | passed_lower | 2026RS |
| HB 5625 | Relating to the licensure of radon mitigators, testers, contractors, and laboratories | introduced | 2026RS |
| HB 4471 | Approved sewage systems for rental property | passed_lower | 2026RS |
| HB 4352 | Prohibiting cameras and recording devices in bedrooms and bathrooms of foster children | passed_lower | 2026RS |
| HB 4962 | Drug-Related Nuisances | passed_lower | 2026RS |
| HB 4971 | Relating to preliminary planning for future electric substations near industrial parks on certain high voltage transmission lines | passed_lower | 2026RS |
| HB 5341 | To create a domestic violence registry | passed_lower | 2026RS |
| HB 5105 | Relating to financial exploitation of a person in recovery | passed_lower | 2026RS |
| HB 5492 | Relating to advance purchase agreements for electric substation transformers | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4989 | Professional Firefighter cancer screening | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4604 | Relating to abuse and neglect cases | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 5228 | Relating to clarifying the definition of electioneering | passed_lower | 2026RS |
| HB 5273 | Relating to campaign financial statements by candidates for municipal office | passed_lower | 2026RS |
| HB 5176 | Relating to creating the animal abuse database within the West Virginia State Police. | passed_lower | 2026RS |
| HB 4568 | Clarifying abuse of process | passed_lower | 2026RS |
| HB 4402 | Relating to school protection officers | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4403 | West Virginia Homeless Shelter Oversight & Safety Act | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4459 | Relating to Kratom | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4834 | To permit women’s wrestling in public high schools as a sanctioned event | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4462 | Prohibition on cell-cultured products | passed_lower | 2026RS |
| HB 5600 | Adding representation of the West Virginia Fire Marshal’s office to the LEPS committee. | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 5605 | Relating to drug testing of legislators | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 5365 | Relating to the regulation of pharmacy benefit managers providing services to the Public Employees Insurance Agency. | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 5493 | Provide a penalty of chemical castration or surgical castration for sex abuse crimes against minors. | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 5500 | To make allowances for bio-degradable farm/field products to escape the transport vehicle so to avoid potential fines | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 5526 | Clarifying Purchaser Requirements for Tax Abandoned Land Auctions by the Auditor | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4405 | Expanding the reasons that an executive director may create, merge, or dissolve a public defender corporation | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 5460 | Construction Cost Relief Act | 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 5432 | Relating to establishing disaster repair and recovery effort tax credit for taxpayers subject to the severance and business privilege tax in certain circumstances | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 5433 | Require all state‑regulated health insurance plans to provide meaningful coverage for hearing aids and to cover at least one annual audiological evaluation. | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4179 | To create felony charge for individuals who assault police officers or police dogs | passed_lower | 2026RS |
| HB 4458 | Creating Substance Abuse Intervention Act | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4978 | Permitting Workforce WV to actively reach out to Unemployment Compensation filers with available jobs that fit their prior job history and salary range | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 5025 | Allowing the burning of obsolete farm structures. | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4011 | Relating to advanced recycling. | passed_lower | 2026RS |
| HB 4600 | Require all ballots for primary and general elections be received not later than the close of the polls on election day. | passed_lower | 2026RS |
| HB 5426 | To add the Bradford Peat Pear (Pyrus calleryana) to the noxious weeds list | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 5103 | Relating to requiring the Office of Health Facility Licensure and Certification to inspect office-based medication-assisted treatment programs at least every 24 months | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 5397 | Remove sales tax from firearm suppressors. | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 5400 | Relating generally to punishment for child neglect resulting in death. | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4382 | Require collection agencies to provide a 30 day notice prior to wage garnishments. | passed_lower | 2026RS |
| HB 4759 | Modifing the rules for transferring students | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 5326 | Raise cost of living threshold for retired municipal police officers | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 5331 | To provide special consideration for municipalities to be allowed to join NPFRS for their paid firefighters | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 5368 | Establish a registry for domestic violence offenders | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 5179 | Relating to auctioneers | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4624 | To permit the county commission of each county to lease, rent or to permit the use of a county owned wireless tower or any portion thereof, with exceptions | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 5213 | Relating to involuntary commitment process pilot program. | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 5217 | Providing for a filing fee for a write-in candidate | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 5218 | Providing that the Secretary of State shall notify a respondent of an election law complaint | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 5221 | Relating to increasing the civil penalties for failure to file required campaign finance reports | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 5223 | Relating to requiring contact information for the chair of a political committee | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 5224 | Creating a personal income tax credit for election officials in West Virginia. | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4456 | Relating to clarification of a law enforcement agency and cooperation between law enforcement agencies and personnel of states bordering this state | passed_lower | 2026RS |
| HB 5225 | Relating to prohibiting any person to operate an unmanned aerial vehicle over a polling place on election day | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 5226 | Providing that in no case shall a filing fee paid be returned to the candidate | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 5167 | Creating the Taxpayer Accountability for Public Service Act. | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 5177 | Sales tax rebate for qualifying materials used in the construction of modest homes of 1 600 square feet or less | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4601 | Relating to the Child Abuse and Neglect Investigations Unit | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4508 | Public Utility Stability Act. | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 5104 | Relating to requiring a parolee or probationer found to have suffered with addiction to participate in a support service | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 5107 | Relating to requiring a court to verify certain conditions are met before a child who has been removed from a home may be returned to that home | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 5030 | Authorizing adjustment from federal adjusted gross income for certain law enforcement pension benefit payments | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 5003 | Relating to the process for involuntary hospitalization | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 5011 | Allow removal of complaints from HRC to Circuit Court | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4963 | Relating to establishing an additional modification reducing federal adjusted gross income relating to taxes on tips and overtime | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4973 | Relating to raising the state minimum salary for teachers to $50,000 beginning in school year 2026-2027 | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4975 | To consolidate county boards of education and create regional districts. | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4469 | Establish residency requirements for county surveyor be a resident of the state and provide exemption for holding more than one office. | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4863 | The West Virginia Refugee Absorptive Capacity Act | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4864 | Providing for election reform and protections | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4478 | Relating to racing facilities | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4081 | To create the Higher Education Health and Aid Grant. | passed_lower | 2026RS |
| HB 4815 | Allow community health center to provide sign-on bonus | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4718 | Secure Roads and Safe Trucking Act | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4722 | Relating to false judicial accusations after a determination of falsity | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4589 | Clarifying that the time limitations provided for filing occupational pneumoconiosis claims do not apply or otherwise limit the ability of a claimant to obtain an evaluation from the Occupational Pneumoconiosis Board | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4659 | Transfer oversight of childcare from the Department of Human Services to the Department of Education | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4664 | Relating to increasing compensation for panel attorneys. | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4714 | To create the West Virginia Inmate Litter Cleanup and Rehabilitation Act. | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4549 | Local Government Freedom Act | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4627 | Mandate free cancer screenings for professional firefighters. | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4504 | Relating to rules for hunting antlered deer | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4548 | WV building and constructions trades code enforcement West Virginia First | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4569 | Updating law regarding prior authorizations | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4571 | Taxpayer Protection Act | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4579 | Relating to body-worn cameras | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4580 | Relating to the establishment of a pilot program for the use of mobile devices in child abuse and neglect investigations. | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4581 | Relating to monthly status meeting of county entities | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4582 | Related to the authority of sheriff’s commission for collection of taxes | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4590 | Awarding attorneys fees to prevailing party in eminent domain proceeding | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4614 | Relating to statewide prevention plan. | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4616 | Relating to the imposition of a time limitation on disposition decisions in child abuse and neglect proceedings | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4617 | Relating to requiring the Bureau of Social Service to file a legislative rule. | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4618 | Relating to the temporary payment to a kinship parent of a subsidy equal to that of a foster parent. | 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 4450 | Removing restrictions of taxpayers to access online curriculum, and allow for taxpayers to inspect additional instructional material adopted by the county board pursuant to including books in the classroom | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4495 | To allow municipalities to regulate sober living housing in the cities | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4497 | To not entitle WV students to get aid from any WV schools unless they pass a college qualification exam in the 10th grade | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4502 | Create license plate for autism awareness | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4503 | Prohibiting driving slow in left lane except under certain circumstances | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4506 | Allowing members of State Police retirement system to use accrued leave as credit towards retirement | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4507 | Relating to allowing a personal income tax exemption for First Responders | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4358 | Establishing pilot program for Public Guardian Ad Litem Services | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4399 | Relating to disabled veteran taxpayers | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4401 | To modify the calculation of the taxable wage base. | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4406 | Relating to formerly incarcerated individuals voting rights | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4407 | Relating to loss of parental rights after a third petition for a child’s removal | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4408 | To adjust the percent retained by the clerk of the county commission for funding election administration, infrastructure, and security, and other county clerk purposes | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4409 | Two party consent for legislative offices | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4436 | To require children interviewed by Child Protective Services have their interviews conducted at a child advocacy center | 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 4453 | Regarding Teacher Pay | in_committee | 2026RS |
Cosponsored Bills
| Bill | Title | Status | Session |
|---|---|---|---|
| HB 4465 | Regarding Substitute Teacher Pay | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4365 | Relating to accessories to a crime | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4368 | Relating to military connected students | 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 |
| HB 4373 | To implement a Property Tax Poverty Exemption - School Excess Levy | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4374 | Relating to Off Duty LEO and LEOSA Exemptions | in_committee | 2026RS |
| HB 4376 | Say No to Good Old Boy Governance | in_committee | 2026RS |