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Laws · West Virginia · H.B. 4832

H.B. 4832: Relating to the use of state water resources

West Virginia, 2026 Regular Session. In committee, January 26, 2026.

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Status In committee In committee, .

Official summary

No official summary is on file yet. The full text is on the legislature's page, linked below.

Description

The purpose of this bill is to require that all high impact data centers report water use to the Department of Environmental Projection as part of the Water Resource Protection and Management Act's water use monitoring requirements, authorizes the Department of Environmental Protection to limit, condition or prohibit withdrawals by a high impact data center from a state water resource if harm to that water resource or its future or existing uses will occur; removes references to previously repealed Joint Legislative Oversight Commission on State Water Resources; and requires the Department of Environmental Protection to provide analysis of a high impact data centers on public waters of this state.

As published by the legislature, found through LegiScan, source 1. It is the legislature's own line about the measure, not a summary of it.

Measure Bill.

Sponsors Evan Hansen (D); Kayla Young (D); Anitra Hamilton (D); John Williams (D); Rick Garcia (D); Sean Hornbuckle (D); Mike Pushkin (D); Hollis Lewis (D); Shawn Fluharty (D)

Subjects Economic Development The legislature's own list.

Official page www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4832&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill. Found through LegiScan (bill 2093407), whose data is CC BY 4.0; the citation is the legislature's own page.

What happened, and when

  1. January 26, 2026 In committee

    H.B. 4832 went to committee in the House of Delegates. wvlegislature.gov primary source [1] The official action text: Introduced in House.

  2. January 26, 2026 Introduced

    H.B. 4832 was introduced in the House of Delegates. wvlegislature.gov primary source [1] The official action text: Introduced in House.

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Sources

  1. H.B. 4832 on the legislature's site www.wvlegislature.gov

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