SB 390 West Virginia Senate · 2026 Regular Session

Altering conditions for flood resiliency disbursements

This bill modifies how West Virginia distributes funds from its Flood Resiliency Trust Fund to improve flood prevention and safety. It requires that at least 50% of all disbursements go to low-income areas and households, while another 50% must be used for nature-based solutions like floodplain restoration and property acquisition. The legislation also sets specific conditions for funding political subdivisions, requiring them to adopt updated road and bridge standards, flood hazard bylaws, local hazard mitigation plans, emergency operations plans, and meet FEMA community rating system requirements within 24 months. Ultimately, the State Resiliency Officer retains discretion over fund allocation but must follow these new prioritization rules and approval processes.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Feb 2026

Senate Passage

Jan 2026

House of Delegates Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 15, 2026 Last action Feb 2, 2026

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What changed between versions

Introduced Version → Committee Substitute · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill was revised from an introduced version to a committee substitute version, with several substantive changes to how flood resiliency funds are distributed. The committee version reorganized the bill's structure, updated the legislative session information, and made significant modifications to fund prioritization requirements and eligibility criteria for political subdivisions.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains focused on the West Virginia Flood Resiliency Trust Fund, but the specific requirements for fund disbursement have been modified to better target low-income areas and nature-based solutions.

FISCAL

Changed the fund disbursement priority from low-income geographic areas to nature-based solutions, requiring at least 50% of funds to go toward nature-based solutions, with 25% of those specifically for single-family and multifamily residences in flood-prone areas.

REQUIREMENT

Reorganized the requirements for political subdivisions to receive funds, updating the language and expanding the description of the hazard mitigation plan approval process to include FEMA explicitly.

TECHNICAL

Updated formatting and capitalization throughout the document, including changing 'WEST VIRGINIA' to 'WEST virginia' and standardizing the use of 'FEMA' and 'community rating system' terminology.

TIMELINE

Changed the bill status from 'Introduced' to 'Committee Substitute' with a new report date of January 23, 2026, indicating the bill has been reviewed by the Committee on Government Organization.

Floor votes · Senate Jan 29, 2026

How they voted

33–0

Passed

Total votes 33

Jan 29, 2026

D Democratic2

2 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican31

31 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Feb 2, 2026

Committee

To Government Organization then Finance

lower

Jan 30, 2026

Committee

To House Government Organization

lower

Jan 30, 2026

Introduced

Introduced in House

lower

Jan 29, 2026

Upper · Passed

Passed Senate (Roll No. 20)

upper

Jan 23, 2026

Upper · Passed

Committee substitute reported

upper

Jan 15, 2026

Introduced

Introduced in Senate

upper

Jan 15, 2026

Committee

To Government Organization

upper

1 primary · 1 co-sponsor