2026 Regular Session
Link to Bill History on Legacy Website (Click Here)Summary: To add the Bradford Peat Pear (Pyrus calleryana) to the noxious weeds list
PDF: hb5426 intr.pdf
DOCX: HB5426 INTR.docx
WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE
2026 REGULAR SESSION
Introduced
House Bill 5426
By Delegates Canterbury, Cooper, Hanshaw (Mr. Speaker), Heckert, Williams, Anderson, and G. Howell
[Introduced February 10, 2026; referred to the Committee on Government Organization]
A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding a new section, designated §19-12D-13, relating to designating the Bradford Peat Pear (Pyrus calleryana) to be a noxious weed.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
ARTICLE 12D. WEST VIRGINIA NOXIOUS WEED ACT.
§19-12D-13. Bradford Peat Pear.
The Pyrus Calleryana, including all cultivars such as, but not limited to. Bradford Peat Pear,is a detriment to agriculture in West Virginia and is hereby declared to be a noxious weed.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to designate the Bradford Peat Pear (Pyrus calleryana) to be a noxious weed.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.