2025 Regular Session • West Virginia Legislature
SB271: Natural Resources Anti-Commandeering Act
Legislative Summary
The purpose of this bill is to protect employees of the State of West Virginia and its political subdivisions from being commandeered by a federal agency or other agent to enforce federal regulations and other actions related to extractive resources or related downstream industries, which do not exist in state law.
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Bill History
2/12/2025
Filed for introduction
Senate
2/12/2025
To Energy, Industry, and Mining then Judiciary
Senate
2/12/2025
Introduced in Senate
Senate
2/12/2025
To Energy, Industry, and Mining
Senate
3/11/2025
Committee substitute reported, but first to Judiciary
Senate
3/11/2025
To Judiciary
Senate
Status Information
Current Status
Introduced(2/12/2025)
Chamber
Senate
Committee
Judiciary(Senate)
Sponsors
Republican: 4
Primary Sponsor
Patrick Martin
Republican