On Feb. 28, 2024, the West Virginia Senate passed Senate Bill 618, which would regulate forest carbon offset agreements at a Division of Forestry-estimated cost of millions to the state. The fate of Senate Bill 822, a bill aimed at restricting carbon offset agreements, was uncertain as of press time Wednesday.
A bill that would tax and restrict carbon offset agreements did not advance out of the West Virginia Senate on the final day for most bills to pass out of their house of origin in the 2024 regular legislative session Wednesday, all but assuring its demise. That bill, Senate Bill 822, didn t advance after two Democrats criticized it on the Senate floor Wednesday.