West Virginia packaging and PFAS bills
Every packaging and PFAS bill in the West Virginia Legislature, what each would do, and where it stands. 21 states enacted packaging and PFAS laws in the 2025 and 2026 sessions. West Virginia has bills in progress and none enacted yet.
- Bills in scope
- 2bills in scope
- Past committee
- 1past committee
- Most recent action
- 11 February 2026most recent action
Packaging and PFAS in West Virginia, by topic
Plastics bans and bottle deposits
1 bill. Enacted in 11 states.
Recyclability and labeling claims
1 bill.
Packaging and PFAS bills in West Virginia
The bills not yet law, furthest along first, with what each would do.
1Past committee
1Introduced or inactive
2 bills in scope
Past committee
1
What it would do: Defines advanced recycling as a manufacturing process converting post-use polymers into raw materials and chemicals, excludes advanced recycling facilities from solid waste facility regulations, and directs the director to identify third-party certification systems for mass balance attribution to promote waste reduction.
Introduced or inactive
1
What it would do: Creates the West Virginia Beverage Producer Responsibility Act requiring beverage producers to form a nonprofit organization achieving 75% recycling rate by January 1, 2035, and establishes a tax credit for PROs building redemption centers.
Bill titles link to the West Virginia Legislature's own page.
What counts as packaging and PFAS legislation
In scope: Packaging EPR; pFAS bans in products; pFAS in water, land and health; plastics bans and bottle deposits; and recyclability and labeling claims.
Questions
Does West Virginia have a packaging and PFAS law?
None of the 2 packaging and PFAS bills in the West Virginia Legislature has been enacted in the 2025 and 2026 sessions. 1 bill got past a committee.
Which packaging and PFAS bills are moving in West Virginia?
1 bill not yet law has passed a committee or a chamber, the furthest along HB 4011 (passed chamber).
What does West Virginia legislate on most in packaging and PFAS?
Plastics bans and bottle deposits (1 bill) and Recyclability and labeling claims (1 bill).
Are these summaries reviewed by a lawyer?
No. Which bills count as Packaging and PFAS bills, and the line on what each law requires or each bill would do, are drafted by software from the bill's own text and not reviewed by an attorney. Every bill links to the legislature's own record: read the text before relying on it. The list covers bills from the 2025 and 2026 sessions.
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- All jurisdictions
Packaging and PFAS legislation in other jurisdictions
48 more currently hold bills in this tracker
- New Jersey71
- New York64
- Congress54
- Massachusetts43
- California36
- Connecticut36
- Hawaii36
- Maine29
- Illinois26
- Maryland21
- Oregon19
- Rhode Island19
- Washington18
- Michigan17
- Minnesota14
- Vermont14
- North Carolina13
- Virginia13
- Florida12
- Indiana10
- Missouri10
- Wisconsin10
- Iowa9
- New Hampshire9
- Pennsylvania9
- Georgia7
- Montana7
- Oklahoma7
- Texas7
- South Carolina5
- Colorado4
- Delaware4
- Kentucky4
- New Mexico4
- Ohio4
- Arizona3
- Nevada3
- Alaska2
- Idaho2
- Kansas2
- Mississippi2
- Puerto Rico2
- South Dakota2
- Tennessee2
- Alabama1
- Louisiana1
- Nebraska1
- Utah1
Know when West Virginia's packaging and PFAS law changes
An alert when a bill moves, and one report a month on what changed in every state and Congress.