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West Virginia State overlays

All 9 tracked preemption laws for West Virginia.

Overview

All tracked preemption laws for West Virginia. Click any law for its trigger predicate, preempted fields, and source citation.

Laws tracked
9
Preempted fields
24
Required city attrs
10
Last reviewed
2026-05-20
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Tracked laws

Federal Protected Lands — New River Gorge NP, Monongahela NF, USACE Locks/Dams2 fields
Effective
2020-12-27
Authority
federal · scope: state:WV
ID
WV_FEDERAL_PROTECTED_LANDS_OVERLAY
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W. Va. Code §22-6A — Horizontal Well Control Act (Marcellus/Utica Preemption)5 fields
Effective
2011-12-14
Authority
state · scope: state:WV
ID
WV_OIL_GAS_HORIZONTAL_WELL_22_6A
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W. Va. Code §8-1-5a — Municipal Home Rule Program (Authority Expansion)2 fields
Effective
2007-07-01
Authority
state · scope: state:WV
ID
WV_HOME_RULE_PROGRAM_8_1_5A
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W. Va. Code Chapter 8A — Land Use Planning Act (Enabling + Dillon's Rule Cap)4 fields
Effective
2004-07-01
Authority
state · scope: state:WV
ID
WV_CH8A_LAND_USE_PLANNING_ENABLING
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W. Va. Code §8A-7-8 — County Zoning Voter Referendum Requirement2 fields
Effective
2004-07-01
Authority
state · scope: state:WV
ID
WV_COUNTY_ZONING_REFERENDUM_8A_7_8
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W. Va. Code §22-3 — Surface Coal Mining and Reclamation Act (SMCRA Primacy)3 fields
Effective
1977-08-03
Authority
state · scope: state:WV
ID
WV_SURFACE_MINING_PREEMPTION_22_3
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WV Floodplain Management — NFIP Participation Mandate2 fields
Effective
1973-12-31
Authority
state · scope: state:WV
ID
WV_FLOODPLAIN_NFIP_MANDATE
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W. Va. Code §8-12-5(16) — Manufactured Housing Nondiscrimination Floor3 fields
Effective
1969-07-01
Authority
state · scope: state:WV
ID
WV_MANUFACTURED_HOUSING_NONDISCRIMINATION_8_12_5
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WV SB 187 / HB 4115 (2026) — Housing Opportunity Act (Duplex By-Right, PENDING)1 field
Effective
—
Authority
state · scope: state:WV
ID
WV_PENDING_2026_DUPLEX_BY_RIGHT_SB187_HB4115
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Required city attributes

Required city attributes

The evaluator needs these city-level facts present to resolve whether a given law's predicate fires.

  • population
  • city_class
  • county_name
  • county_population
  • home_rule_enrolled
  • in_coal_county
  • in_shale_county
  • in_floodplain
  • comprehensive_plan_adopted
  • county_zoning_referendum_passed