HB5168 is a bill in the West Virginia Legislature (2026 Regular Session): To increase funding for EMS first responders.

What is the status of HB5168?

Signed into law as of April 1, 2026. Latest action: Chapter 267, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 (June 29, 2026).

Who sponsored HB5168?

Statler, Joe (R, 077), with 5 co-sponsors.

Where is the official record for HB5168?

On the West Virginia Legislature website: https://www.wvlegislature.gov/bill_status/Bills_history.cfm?input=5168&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill

West Virginia legislation · 2026 Regular Session

West Virginia HB5168: To increase funding for EMS first responders.

Q: What does HB5168 do?

In its own words: An act to amend and reenact §5B-2-21b and §16-4C-25 of the West Virginia Code, 1931, as amended, and to amend said code by adding thereto a new article, designated §7-5C-1 and §7-5C-2; and to amend said code by adding a new section, designated §29-22-18h, all relating to ensuring funding for certain emergency medical services and fire protection; clarifying microgrid and high impact data centers duty to pay county fire and ambulance fees; entitling microgrid and high impact data centers to county fire and police protection; creating a special revenue fund administered by the Director of the We.

Status: Signed into law, April 1, 2026

What the bill says

An act to amend and reenact §5B-2-21b and §16-4C-25 of the West Virginia Code, 1931, as amended, and to amend said code by adding thereto a new article, designated §7-5C-1 and §7-5C-2; and to amend said code by adding a new section, designated §29-22-18h, all relating to ensuring funding for certain emergency medical services and fire protection; clarifying microgrid and high impact data centers duty to pay county fire and ambulance fees; entitling microgrid and high impact data centers to county fire and police protection; creating a special revenue fund administered by the Director of the We.

From the enrolled text, March 14, 2026:

AN ACT to amend and reenact §5B-2-21b and §16-4C-25 of the West Virginia Code, 1931, as amended, and to amend said code by adding thereto a new article, designated §7-5C-1 and §7-5C-2; and to amend said code by adding a new section, designated §29-22-18h, all relating to ensuring funding for certain emergency medical services and fire protection; clarifying microgrid and high impact data centers duty to pay county fire and ambulance fees; entitling microgrid and high impact data centers to county fire and police protection; creating a special revenue fund administered by the Director of the West Virginia Office of Emergency Medical Services for the benefit of emergency medical services in counties with excess levies or dedicated fees related to emergency medical services, designated the County Emergency Medical Services Fund; creating a special revenue fund administered by the Director of the West Virginia Office of Emergency Medical Services for the benefit of emergency medical services in all counties, designated the All County Emergency Medical Services Fund; granting rulemaking authority; changing name of an existing special revenue fund to Emergency Medical Services Salary Enhancement, Crisis Response, and Mental Health Treatment Fund; expanding purposes for which expenditures from fund may be made; limiting purposes for expenditures of certain moneys transferred into fund; requiring annual reporting; transferring, after the end of each fiscal …

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West Virginia HB5168: To increase funding for EMS first responders.

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