Delegate Josh Holstein
(R) Boone County
Contact Information
Email:
josh.holstein
@wvhouse.gov
Capitol Phone:
304-340-3184
Capitol Office:
Room 219E, Building 1
State Capitol Complex
Charleston, WV 25305
Biography
- Date of Birth: November 2nd, 2001
- Education: Sherman High School, Graduate; BA in Economics, Marshall University
- Occupation: Politics and Government
- Parents: Terry and Tonya Holstein
- Religion: Christian
District: 32 (Boone County)

Bill | Session | Title | Sponsor | Status | Committee |
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HJR30 | 2025 RS | Providing term limits for certain constitutional officers | 10th | Pending | Standing Committee on the Judiciary |
HB2030 | 2025 RS | Modifying compulsory housing for hotels and motels | Lead | Pending | Standing Committee on Government Organization |
HB2131 | 2025 RS | Relating to changing the process of election litigation | Lead | Pending | Standing Committee on the Judiciary |
HB2132 | 2025 RS | To increase the penalty for passing a school bus and causing injury | Lead | Pending | Standing Committee on the Judiciary |
HB2133 | 2025 RS | Clarifying that the time limitations provided for filing occupational pneumoconiosis claims do not apply or otherwise limit the ability of a claimant to obtain an evaluation from the Occupational Pneumoconiosis Board | Lead | Pending | Standing Committee on the Judiciary |
HB2134 | 2025 RS | To exempt school buses from toll fees in West Virginia | Lead | Pending | Standing Committee on Finance |
HB2135 | 2025 RS | To create the Substance Abuse Recovery Tax Credit | Lead | Pending | Standing Committee on Health and Human Resources |
HB2136 | 2025 RS | To require at least 1 baby changing station to existing and future rest areas in this state for both male and female restrooms | Lead | Pending | Subcommittee on Agriculture, Commerce, and Tourism |
HB2137 | 2025 RS | To create a special license plate for 100% disabled veterans | Lead | Pending | Standing Committee on Energy and Public Works |
HB2138 | 2025 RS | Require adoption awareness material be made available in high school counseling offices | Lead | Pending | Standing Committee on Education |
HB2139 | 2025 RS | To provide an exemption of taxes on income derived from tips | Lead | Pending | Standing Committee on Finance |
HB2140 | 2025 RS | To exempt daylight fluorescent outer garments from sales | Lead | Pending | Standing Committee on Finance |
HB2141 | 2025 RS | To modify certain election laws, early voting laws, and absentee voting laws | Lead | Pending | Standing Committee on the Judiciary |
HB2164 | 2025 RS | To allow for public and private schools in West Virginia to employ security personnel. | 8th | Signed by Governor | |
HB2165 | 2025 RS | Allowing disabled purple heart recipients park free at municipal metered parking spaces | 3rd | Signed by Governor | |
HB2344 | 2025 RS | Relating generally to traffic safety | 3rd | Signed by Governor | |
HB2379 | 2025 RS | Providing a reduction in property tax rates for volunteer fire fighters | 2nd | Pending | Standing Committee on Finance |
HB2380 | 2025 RS | To impose a life sentence on fentanyl dealers | 4th | Pending | Standing Committee on the Judiciary |
HB2382 | 2025 RS | Camping ban on certain public property. | 5th | Pending | Committee on Rules |
HB2400 | 2025 RS | Prohibiting the delivery of unsolicited absentee ballot applications to any person who has not specifically requested one from the county clerk | 7th | Pending | |
HB2411 | 2025 RS | To provide and change graduation requirements and change duties relating to academic content standards | 9th | Signed by Governor | |
HB2422 | 2025 RS | Require all municipal elections be held on the same election day in November that other state elections are on | 7th | Pending | Standing Committee on Government Organization |
HB2434 | 2025 RS | Relating to establishing the Stop Squatters Act | 7th | Signed by Governor | |
HB2460 | 2025 RS | Any state permitting, county regulations or municipality shall treat private schools the same as public schools when it comes to building permits, fees charged, safety standards, waste water management, septic systems, and the timeliness of permitting process | 8th | Pending | Standing Committee on Education |
HB2479 | 2025 RS | Relating to Management and control of county authority vested in board | 5th | Signed by Governor | |
HB2490 | 2025 RS | Requiring the West Virginia Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to provide an inmate with one physical copy of their birth certificate and social security card upon release | 2nd | Pending | Standing Committee on the Judiciary |
HB2502 | 2025 RS | Establishing limitations on billing practices of Internet or telecommunications providers that fail to provide subscribed customers service for five or more days | 11th | Pending | |
HB2506 | 2025 RS | Relating to vehicles exempt from payment of registration fees for certain veterans | 11th | Pending | Standing Committee on Energy and Public Works |
HB2558 | 2025 RS | Requiring cooperation between the rail company and the Division of Highways when construction or maintenance activities are conducted by the company | 4th | Pending | Subcommittee on Environment, Infrastructure, and Technology |
HB2562 | 2025 RS | Remove sales tax on gun safes and certain firearm safety devices | 4th | Pending | Subcommittee on Revenue |
HB2605 | 2025 RS | Increase the tax credit for employers providing child care for employees. | 6th | Pending | Subcommittee on Revenue |
HB2628 | 2025 RS | To make an attack on a K-9 officer a felony | 6th | Pending | Standing Committee on the Judiciary |
HB2641 | 2025 RS | Provide a tax credit to for-profit and nonprofit corporations to encourage the continued operation of child-care facilities for the benefit of their employees | 6th | Pending | Standing Committee on Finance |
HB2682 | 2025 RS | Modifying the Occupational Pneumoconiois award categories for Workers Compensation | 5th | Pending | Standing Committee on the Judiciary |
HB2683 | 2025 RS | To prohibit rank choice voting | 9th | Pending | |
HB2720 | 2025 RS | To create the Southern Coalfield Resiliency and Revitalization Program | 6th | Pending | Subcommittee on Economic Development |
HB2747 | 2025 RS | Relating to fleeing a DUI | 2nd | Pending | Standing Committee on the Judiciary |
HB2755 | 2025 RS | To provide that the West Virginia Board of Education may promulgate rules or policies to be submitted to the Legislature for review | 3rd | Became Law | |
HB2760 | 2025 RS | To allow for the implementation of Educational Software in West Virginia public schools | 9th | Pending | Standing Committee on Finance |
HB2781 | 2025 RS | Relating to the meaning of residence for the Purpose of Bail | 4th | Pending | Standing Committee on the Judiciary |
HB2792 | 2025 RS | Exempting social security benefits from personal income tax | 5th | Pending | Standing Committee on Finance |
HB2794 | 2025 RS | Life at Conception Act of 2025 | 6th | Pending | Standing Committee on the Judiciary |
HB2802 | 2025 RS | Relating to in-service training credits for law-enforcement officers | 7th | Signed by Governor | |
HB2815 | 2025 RS | Raise the Penalties for Murder and attempted Murder | 3rd | Pending | Standing Committee on the Judiciary |
HB2835 | 2025 RS | Relating to creating the West Virginia Infrastructure Deployment Clearinghouse | 6th | Pending | Subcommittee on Economic Development |
HB2836 | 2025 RS | Relating to wild animal rehabilitation permits | 7th | Signed by Governor | |
HB2865 | 2025 RS | Relating to penalties for murder and attempted murder | 7th | Pending | Standing Committee on the Judiciary |
HB2869 | 2025 RS | Clarify the Meaning of Residence for the Purpose of Bail | 5th | Pending | Standing Committee on the Judiciary |
HB2870 | 2025 RS | Correcting the Issue of Fleeing DUI | 4th | Pending | Standing Committee on the Judiciary |
HB2871 | 2025 RS | Relating to the crime of negligent homicide | 3rd | Signed by Governor | |
HB2872 | 2025 RS | Give a 10-day right to appeal to the Supreme Court of Appeals a Secretary of State decision to not certify a candidacy. | Lead | Pending | Standing Committee on the Judiciary |
HB2873 | 2025 RS | Prohibiting certain foreign ownership of land | Lead | Pending | Standing Committee on the Judiciary |
HB2874 | 2025 RS | Require that any student in the 11th or 12th grade, who has been placed in a free/elective/assistant period, be informed of online college course opportunities available for them | Lead | Pending | Standing Committee on Education |
HB2875 | 2025 RS | To create the American Campuses Act | Lead | Pending | Standing Committee on Education |
HB2878 | 2025 RS | To require railroad companies to provide alternative entry and exit ways | Lead | Pending | |
HB2879 | 2025 RS | Relating to the creation of the West Virginia Math & Science Teacher Scholarship Act | Lead | Pending | Standing Committee on Finance |
HB2901 | 2025 RS | Allowing the Secretary of States office to transmit electronically the total ballots cast, counted, and rejected | 2nd | Pending | Standing Committee on the Judiciary |
HB2934 | 2025 RS | Housing assistance for children aging out of foster care system | 9th | Pending | Standing Committee on Health and Human Resources |
HB3016 | 2025 RS | Photo voter ID. | 8th | Signed by Governor | |
HB3017 | 2025 RS | Compliance Audits of Tabulating Equipment | 7th | REJ | |
HB3052 | 2025 RS | Accessory dwelling units | Lead | Pending | Standing Committee on Government Organization |
HB3053 | 2025 RS | Legalizing multifamily land owned by mission-driven non-profits | Lead | Pending | Standing Committee on Government Organization |
HB3054 | 2025 RS | Prohibiting municipal zoning regulations from imposing certain minimum lot sizes | Lead | Pending | Standing Committee on Government Organization |
HB3074 | 2025 RS | Change Audit Log for annual subscription with Secretary of State | 5th | Pending | Standing Committee on the Judiciary |
HB3077 | 2025 RS | West Virginia Skilled and Ready to Work Internship and Apprenticeship Incentive Act | 2nd | Pending | Standing Committee on Energy and Public Works |
HB3082 | 2025 RS | Relating to requiring a parolee or probationer found to have suffered with addiction to participate in a support service | 2nd | Pending | Standing Committee on the Judiciary |
HB3086 | 2025 RS | Establishing minimum student enrollment for school aid formula | 4th | Pending | Standing Committee on Finance |
HB3114 | 2025 RS | Prohibiting Compensation for Lobbying on Behalf of a Foreign Adversaries | 7th | Pending | Standing Committee on the Judiciary |
HB3131 | 2025 RS | Relating to establishment of the First Amendment Preservation Act | 3rd | Pending | Standing Committee on the Judiciary |
HB3137 | 2025 RS | Relating to establishing economic incentives for data centers to locate within the state | 2nd | Pending | Subcommittee on Energy and Manufacturing |
HB3143 | 2025 RS | Workforce-Education Partnership Act | 10th | Pending | Standing Committee on Education |
HB3144 | 2025 RS | Wireless Infrastructure and Facilities Siting and Co-location | 3rd | Became Law | |
HB3187 | 2025 RS | Relating to the West Virginia Task Force on Artificial Intelligence | 8th | Signed by Governor | |
HB3218 | 2025 RS | WV Economic Development and Property Revitalization Tax Credit | 11th | Pending | Standing Committee on Finance |
HB3280 | 2025 RS | Authorize the Department of Human Services to transfer state facilities to regional mental health centers or intellectual disability facilities | 3rd | Pending | Standing Committee on Health and Human Resources |
HB3288 | 2025 RS | Providing that 5% of hunting permits for elk go to state veterans or armed service members | 5th | Pending | Standing Committee on Government Organization |
HB3291 | 2025 RS | Establish fines for any company or organization that knowingly hires an illegal alien | 7th | Pending | Standing Committee on the Judiciary |
HB3294 | 2025 RS | Enacting the Bank Protections for Eligible Adults from Financial Exploitation Act | 3rd | Pending | |
HB3304 | 2025 RS | To create statues celebrating the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States. | 7th | Pending | Standing Committee on Finance |
HB3305 | 2025 RS | Changing the limit on switching parties before filing to run for office from 60 days to 180 days prior to an election. | Lead | Pending | Standing Committee on Government Organization |
HB3337 | 2025 RS | Clarifying how substitute teachers may serve for extended periods. | Lead | Pending | Standing Committee on Education |
HB3345 | 2025 RS | Caregiver Tax Credit | 4th | Pending | Standing Committee on Finance |
HB3385 | 2025 RS | Requiring medication-assisted treatment prgrams to have written policies concerning community relations | 11th | Pending | Standing Committee on Health and Human Resources |
HB3421 | 2025 RS | To secure West Virginia baseload coal generation and ratepayer protection | 6th | Pending | Standing Committee on Energy and Public Works |
HB3428 | 2025 RS | Establishing a three month time limit for a purchaser of real property to have a deed recorded. | Lead | Pending | Standing Committee on Government Organization |
HB3451 | 2025 RS | Relating to taxation | 2nd | Pending | Standing Committee on Finance |