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Legislator > Joseph Garcia
State Senator
Joseph Garcia
(D) - West Virginia
West Virginia Senate District 13
In Office - Started: 12/01/2024
contact info
Capitol Office
State Capitol Complex, Building 1
1900 Kanawha Blvd. East
Charleston, WV 25305
1900 Kanawha Blvd. East
Charleston, WV 25305
Phone: 304-357-7961
Fairmont Office
207 Circle Drive
Fairmont, WV 26554
Fairmont, WV 26554
| Bill | Bill Name | Summary | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| SB565 | Relating generally to practice of optometry | AN ACT to amend and reenact §30-8-3, §30-8-6, §30-8-9, and §30-8A-1 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; to amend the code by adding a new section, designated §30-8-23; and to amend the code by adding a new article, designated §30-8B-1, §30-8B-2, §30-8B-3, §30-8B-4, §30-8B-5, §30-8B-6, §30-8B-7, and §30-8B-8, relating to the practice of optometry; defining terms; updating rule-making authority; modifying scope of practice; permitting the performance of certain procedures when trained; permitting the board to regulate the use of lasers by optometrists; setting forth laser certification requirements; establishing the minimum training; providing treatment guidelines; prohibiting certain practices; and providing for exemption from specified review requirements. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB586 | Relating to requirements for filling vacancies in certain elected federal, state, and county offices | AN ACT to amend and reenact §3-10-3, §3-10-4, §3-10-5, §3-10-6, §3-10-7, §3-10-8, §8-5-10, and §50-1-6 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to requirements for filling vacancies in certain elected federal, state, county, and municipal offices; prohibiting the appointment of an individual to fill a vacant office if that person has not been a member of his or her registered political party for at least one year prior to the occurrence of the vacancy; providing that process to select candidates to fill state Senate and House of Delegates seats be governed by the party senatorial district executive committee or party delegate district executive committee, or in the case of a single-county senatorial or delegate district, by the county executive party, as applicable for the respective political party; authorizing the Governor to appoint an acting official to perform the duties of a constitutional officer until that office is filled by appointment; filling vacancies in the office of magistrate; providing that vacancies in the office of magistrate with an unexpired term of more than two years are filled by subsequent nonpartisan judicial election held concurrently with the primary or general election, whichever occurs first; excluding vacancies in the office of magistrate from certain other provisions relating to process for filling vacancies; authorizing prospective vacancy due to upcoming resignation or retirement of a magistrate to be filled by circuit judge or chief circuit judge; and requiring generally that partisan office appointments be made from the political party with which the individual vacating the office was affiliated at the time of the previous election for that office. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB941 | Clarifying authority regarding dams designed by US Conservation Service | AN ACT to amend and reenact §19-21A-8 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to clarifying certain authority regarding dams owned or sponsored by local conservation districts; providing that any alteration, improvement, or agreement related to a dam owned or sponsored by a local conservation district is subject solely to the authority of the Department of Environmental Protection; and providing that the provisions of this subsection may not be construed to affect or alter any state or federal funding to the West Virginia Conservation Agency. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB828 | Clarifying requirements for persons employed by Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation include contracted vendor staff | AN ACT to amend and reenact §61-8B-10 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to sexual offenses against incarcerated, detained, or under supervision persons; and clarifying that any person employed by the Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation pursuant to a contract includes contracted staff that work for vendors. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB581 | Relating to school attendance and student participation in 4-H activities | AN ACT to amend and reenact §18-8-4 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to expanding the definition of an excused absence; including up to five college visits in the definition of excused absence; including a student in any West Virginia Department of Education-recognized and -sanctioned student organization to enhance student enrichment and success, including but not limited to SkillsUSA, Future Business Leaders of America, Health Occupations Students of America, the Common Ground Partnership, or 4-H or FFA-sanctioned activity or program in the definition of excused absence; providing that the student be credited as present in the same manner as a student participating in an educational field trip; providing that the student not be counted as absent; addressing makeup of missed schoolwork and the student’s class grades; addressing student sanctioned program participation during any period of time the student has been suspended, expelled, or assigned to an alternative school or program; providing that an agent of a sanctioned organization shall provide documentation as proof of a student's participation in a sanctioned activity or program; providing that the total amount of certain excused absences may not exceed more than 10 per school year; and providing that nothing in this section shall interfere with the Every Student Succeeds Act. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR50 | Requesting federal government study waterway restoration to mitigate existing and future flooding | Requesting stream and river restoration opportunities that would assist the citizens of West Virginia in addressing existing flooding damage and mitigating the risk of future flooding damage be evaluated and acted upon by the federal government. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SCR26 | Requesting Joint Committee on Government and Finance study smoke shops | Requesting the Joint Committee on Government and Finance study the issue smoke shops pose in relation to the products they sell and the health risk items sold by smoke shops both legal and illegal, the sale of legal and illegal tobacco and nicotine products to minors within the state of West Virginia and the sale and regulation of tobacco, nicotine, CBD, kratom and cannabis. | Dead |
| SB944 | Creating WV Child First Advisory Committee | A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding a new section, designated §9-5-34, relating to the creation of the West Virginia Child First Advisory Committee and the West Virginia Child First Fund; creating advisory committee; setting forth composition of advisory committee; providing duties of advisory committee; providing for minimum number of meetings; requiring annual findings and report; providing authority to create subcommittees and working groups; establishing West Virginia Child First Fund; providing for promulgation of rules; and providing for management of moneys within fund. | Dead |
| SR46 | Designating April 8, 2025, as Child Care Day | Designating April 8, 2025, as Child Care Day at the Legislature. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB155 | Establishing Summer Feeding for All Program | A BILL to amend and reenact §18-5D-6 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to requiring every county public school system to conduct an annual countywide survey of public school students to determine their non-school eating patterns and the availability of nutritious food to them when schools are closed; requiring each county board to collect and compile information regarding availability of food resources in the county during non-school days and distribute this information to all students; requiring each county board to provide its survey, a summary of its activities, and any findings or recommendations the county school board has related thereto to the West Virginia Office of Child Nutrition; and removing authority for each public school to include in its crisis response plan an assessment and plan to feed students during noninstructional or nontraditional remote learning days and public virtual school students that includes emergency situations that may require innovative ways to deliver food to student homes. | Dead |
| SB875 | Relating to container labeling of nonintoxicating beer and nonintoxicating craft beer | A BILL to amend and reenact §11-16-17 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to container labeling of nonintoxicating beer and nonintoxicating craft beer; permitting certain brewers, brewpubs, manufacturers, and resident brewers to make privately labeled nonintoxicating beer or nonintoxicating craft beer brands available for purchase; providing for label requirements; providing for pricing and purchasing restrictions; defining terms; and setting effective and sunset dates. | Dead |
| SR44 | Memorializing life of basketball legend Jerry West | Memorializing the life of Jerry West, basketball legend and son of West Virginia. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SCR17 | US Marine Corps PVT Arlie Haught Memorial Bridge | Requesting the Division of Highways name bridge numbers 25-218/00-010.86 () (25A270), (39.58637, -80.23675), locally known as Basnettville Bridge, carrying County Route 17 over Paw Paw Creek in Marion County, the "U.S. Marine Corps PVT Arlie Haught Memorial Bridge". | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB292 | Allowing doula services be covered by Medicaid and PEIA | The purpose of this bill is to require doula services to be covered by Medicaid and PEIA and to increase reimbursement rates. | Dead |
| SB553 | Relating to offense of driving above speed limit on controlled access highway or interstate highway | The purpose of this bill is to provide that if a person is convicted of the offense of driving above the speed limit on a controlled access highway or interstate highway and was driving at 10 miles per hour or less above the speed limit, a certified abstract of the judgment on the conviction is transmitted to the Division of Motor Vehicles division may not be recorded.. | Dead |
| SCR23 | Requesting Joint Committee on Government and Finance study WV Secondary School Activities Commission | Requesting the Joint Committee on Government and Finance to study the mission of the West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission; how effective it is in achieving that mission; improving the commission’s efficiency; whether the commission is sufficiently transparent; whether the commission has sufficient accountability; and whether a performance evaluation would be appropriate. | Dead |
| SR20 | Designating March 5, 2025, as West Virginia University Day | Designating March 5, 2025, as West Virginia University Day at the Legislature. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB707 | Providing increase in salary to WV Birth-to-Three contracted therapists and employees | The purpose of this bill is to increase payment for professional services provided in person to the West Virginia Birth-to-Three program by therapists and other professionals who are not employed by a state agency by 25 percent. | Dead |
| SB604 | Requiring Department of Human Services to notify PSC that person is eligible for discount on utility bills | A BILL to amend and reenact §24-2A-1 and §24-2A-5 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to requiring the Department of Human Services to notify the Public Service Commission that a person is eligible for a discount on his or her utility bills; requiring the commission to order the utility to apply the reduced rate without requiring an application from the customer; amending manner in which applicable monthly discount is calculated; clarifying that eligibility for discount is limited to named beneficiary recipients and their spouses; and requiring the Department of Health and the Public Service Commission to adopt rules to implement those requirements. | Dead |
| SB708 | Providing state mine inspectors with raise | A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding a new section, designated §22A-1-10a, relating to providing a $4,000 salary increase to certain state inspectors. | Dead |
| SB626 | Relating to qualifications of regional airport authority members | A BILL to amend and reenact §8-29-6 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to qualifications of members of regional airport authority; and authorizing participating municipality or county to appoint a nonresident member to a regional airport authority after complying with required legal advertisement. | Dead |
| SB472 | Requiring transparency from Department of Human Services | The purpose of this bill is to require transparency from the Department of Human Services. | Dead |
| SB589 | Providing pay increases to members of judiciary | A BILL to amend and reenact §50-1-3, §51-1-10a, §51-2-13, §51-2A-6, §51-9-4, §51-9-6a, §51-9-6b, §51-9-6c, and §51-11-11 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; and to repeal §51-9-6d, relating to salaries and retirement benefits of judges; increasing annual salary of magistrates, justices of the Supreme Court of Appeals, circuit court judges, family court judges, and judges of the Intermediate Court of Appeals; suspending contribution of courts into judicial retirement system until certain condition met; providing for actuarially reduced pension benefit for judges in certain circumstances; increasing surviving spouse plan benefit; eliminating distinction between certain judges for purposes of calculating surviving spouse plan benefits, surviving dependent children plan benefits, and adjusted annual retirement benefit; and providing sunset date for limitation on retirement benefits. | Dead |
| SB807 | Exempting automobiles 25 years or older from personal property taxes | The purpose of this bill is to exempt from personal property taxation private passenger automobiles that are 25 years old or older. | Dead |
| SB83 | Allowing Foster Care Ombudsman access to child protective records | A BILL to amend and reenact §49-5-101 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to adding the Foster Care Ombudsman, or his or her designee, as a person to have access to confidential records concerning a child or juvenile in cases involving child abuse or neglect, or both, and in cases where there is a child fatality, or near fatality when the Foster Care Ombudsman, or his or her designee, are acting in the course of their official duties. | Dead |
| SB811 | Creating Child Care Subsidy Pilot Program | The purpose of this bill is to create the Child Care Subsidy Pilot Program. | Dead |
| SB6 | Exempting life insurance cash value from Medicaid eligibility calculations | A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding a new section, designated §9-3-7, relating to exempting cash value or death benefit of a life insurance policy from Medicaid eligibility calculations. | Dead |
| SB697 | Creating Caregiver Tax Credit Act | The purpose of this bill is to establish a tax credit for eligible family members providing caregiver services to an eligible family member. | Dead |
| SB702 | Relating to payment rates for child care services | The purpose of this bill is to require the Bureau for Family Assistance to increase the base rate paid to childcare providers and to study a performance-based model of incentive payments to increase quality and to provide reporting. | Dead |
| SB808 | Establishing Justice Reinvestment Task Force | The purpose of this bill is to create the West Virginia Justice Reinvestment Task Force to undertake a comprehensive analysis of West Virginia’s adult justice system and develop recommendations that may include, but not be limited to, bail and pretrial services, sentencing and release policy, supervision practices, correctional programing, behavioral health and reentry supports, and services for the victims of crime | Dead |
| SB757 | Creating private cause of action for deprivation of right granted by state constitution or by state law | The purpose of this bill is to create a private cause of action for the deprivation of rights granted by the state constitution or by state law. | Dead |
| SB750 | Eliminating appointment process for PSC commission members | The purpose of this bill is to have members of the Public Service Commission be elected to six-year terms through state-wide, nonpartisan elections. | Dead |
| SB532 | Making ad valorem taxes on property payable only to county in which property is located | A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding a new section, designated §11-13mm-8a, relating to clarifying the county to which ad valorem taxes should be paid when the seat of a well is in a different county than the location of the property from which the well draws; and defining terms. | Dead |
| SB566 | Providing certified law-enforcement officers tuition-free education up to highest tuition rate for public higher education in WV | A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding a new section, designated §15A-1-10, relating to providing that certified law-enforcement officers meeting certain requirements may be entitled to payment of tuition and fees; requiring the Secretary of Homeland Security to prescribe eligibility criteria; making payment subject to appropriation; allowing payment for only one certificate, undergraduate degree, and master’s degree; allowing only two to be selected to receive payment for a doctorate degree; providing for the amount of payment at state supported school and private school; providing for reduction in payment in certain instances when recipient is eligible for other grants and scholarships; establishing service requirement for recipients; providing for recoupment of moneys paid when service requirement not fulfilled; requiring Secretary of Homeland Security to administer the tuition and fee payments and to propose rules for legislative approval to implement; and defining certified law-enforcement officer. | Dead |
| SB703 | Allowing Supreme Court of Appeals discretion to create uniform pay scales for all levels of judicial support staff | The purpose of this bill is to allow the Supreme Court of Appeals to create pay scales for judicial support staff. This change will encourage employee recruitment and retention efforts and provide more clarity and consistency in pay structure based on job duties and educational requirements. | Dead |
| SB691 | Restricting access to crime records | The purpose of this bill is to provide a procedure for restricting public access to certain criminal history records. | Dead |
| SB669 | Requiring medical insurance providers to include infertility services in policies | The purpose of this bill is to require medical insurance providers to include infertility services in their policies. The bill makes findings; provides for determination of infertility; provides prohibited and permissible limitations on coverage; requires rulemaking; establishes an effective date; provides for severability; and defines terms. | Dead |
| SB670 | Relating to locality pay to certain Division of Highways employees | The purpose of this bill is to provide employees working for the Division of Highways with locality pay for working in a jurisdiction designated by the commissioner as one where locality pay is necessary to maintain the division's ability to recruit and retain employees. | Dead |
| SB662 | Clarifying racial discrimination includes discrimination based on certain hair textures and hairstyles | The purpose of this bill is to clarify that racial discrimination includes discrimination based on certain hair textures and hairstyles. | Dead |
| SB622 | Authorizing compensation for certain lower court staff | A BILL to amend and reenact §50-1-8, §50-1-9, §50-1-9a, and §51-2A-6 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to authorizing compensation for certain lower court staff; and providing that the annual salary for magistrate court clerks, magistrate assistants, magistrate court deputy clerks, secretary-clerks of family court judges, and family case coordinators shall be determined by a pay scale established by the Administrative Director of the Supreme Court of Appeals. | Dead |
| SB657 | Exempting WV campus police officer retirement income from personal income tax | The purpose of this bill is to exempt from personal income tax West Virginia campus police officer retirement income, after July 1, 2025, including any survivorship annuities, to the extent included in gross income for federal income tax purposes for the taxable year. | Dead |
| SB643 | Restoring voting rights for person incarcerated for felony upon release | The purpose of this bill is to restore voting rights to formerly convicted voters upon release from incarceration. | Dead |
| SB644 | Reinstating prevailing wage | The purpose of this bill is to restore prevailing wages for certain government contracts to state law. This bill reinstates the Prevailing Wage Law that was in effect until its repeal in 2016. | Dead |
| SB651 | Creating WV Black Lung Program | The purpose of this bill is to create the West Virginia Black Lung Program and to grant entitlement for pain and suffering for occupational pneumoconiosis. | Dead |
| SB629 | Providing increase in salary to WV Birth to Three contracted therapists and employees | The purpose of this bill is to increase payment for professional service provided to the West Virginia Birth-to-Three program by therapists and other professionals who are not employed by a state agency by 25 percent. | Dead |
| SJR12 | Right of Reproductive Freedom with Protections for Health and Safety Amendment | Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of West Virginia, amending article III thereof, by adding a new section, designated section twenty-three, relating to the right to reproductive freedom with protections for health and safety; numbering and designating such proposed amendment; and providing a summarized statement of the purpose of such proposed amendment. | Dead |
| SB636 | Repealing Workplace Freedom Act | The purpose of this bill is to repeal the "right-to-work" legislation of 2016. | Dead |
| SB638 | Providing cost-of-living provision for certain retirees under PERS and TRS | The purpose of this bill is to provide a cost-of-living increase, based on the annual increase in the consumer price index, for persons retired under the Public Employees Retirement System and the Teachers Retirement System who are at least 60 years of age and have received retirement payments for at least five years. | Dead |
| SB635 | Limiting use of state funding under Hope Scholarship program for out-of-state private schools and providers | The purpose of this bill is to prevent the use of state funds to pay costs for attending out-of-state private schools or for receiving other services from an out-of-state provider. | Dead |
| SB637 | Creating Paid Parental Leave Pilot Program | The purpose of this bill is to create a paid parental leave pilot program. | Dead |
| SR13 | Memorializing life of Wanda Porterfield Casto | Memorializing the life of Wanda Porterfield Casto, wife, mother, grandmother, sister, and dedicated public servant. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB603 | Exempting WV campus police officer retirement income from personal income tax after specified date | The purpose of this bill is to exempt from personal income tax West Virginia campus police officer retirement income, after July 1, 2025, including any survivorship annuities, to the extent included in gross income for federal income tax purposes for the taxable year. | Dead |
| SR3 | Creating Select Committee on Substance Use Disorder and Mental Health | Creating a Select Committee on Substance Use Disorder and Mental Health for the Eighty-Seventh Legislature. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB582 | Permitting current campus police officers to participate in WV DNR Police Officer Retirement System | The purpose of this bill is to permit current campus police officers in this state to participate in the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources Police Officer Retirement System. The bill also mandates newly hired campus police officers to participate in the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources Police Officer Retirement System beginning on January 1, 2026. | Dead |
| SB139 | Relating to filling of vacancies in Legislature | A BILL to amend and reenact §3-10-5 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to the filling of vacancies in the Legislature; requiring that county and district political parties submitting a list of legally qualified persons to the Governor to fill a vacancy in the Legislature follow the process established by the state executive committee of that political party; and providing that an individual must reside within the district he or she would represent for one year prior to appointment in order to be eligible to fill a vacancy in the Legislature. | Dead |
| SB554 | Establishing Raylee's Law | The purpose of this bill is to establish "Raylee's Law" and prohibit the authorizing of home schooling when there is a pending child abuse or neglect investigation against a child's parent or guardian or against a person instructing the child. | Dead |
| SJR10 | State Senate and House of Delegates Term Limits Amendment | Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of West Virginia, amending section three, article VI thereof, relating to term limits for members of the Senate and House of Delegates; limiting senators to three consecutive terms; limiting delegates to six consecutive terms; establishing beginning date of term limitations; numbering and designating such proposed amendment; and providing a summarized statement of the purpose of such proposed amendment. | Dead |
| SB28 | Requiring insurance coverage of certain genetic testing without cost sharing | The purpose of this bill is to require insurance coverage for clinical genetic testing for an inherited gene mutation and evidenced-based cancer imaging; and providing that this testing is not subject to cost-sharing. | Dead |
| SB514 | Requiring full text of proposed Constitutional amendments be included on official ballots | The purpose of this bill is to require that the full text of proposed amendments to the Constitution of the State of West Virginia be included on ballots used in the election at which amendments are submitted to the voters of the state. | Dead |
| SJR9 | Constitutional Officer Term Limit Amendment | Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of West Virginia, amending section four, article VII thereof, relating to term limits for constitutional officers; providing that no person shall serve more than two consecutive terms in any one of the offices of Secretary of State, Auditor, Treasurer, Commissioner of Agriculture, or Attorney General; setting effective date; numbering and designating such proposed amendment; and providing a summarized statement of the purpose of such proposed amendment. | Dead |
| SR6 | Commemorating 75th anniversary of Sport Fish Restoration Program | Commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Sport Fish Restoration Program as part of the American system of conservation funding. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB467 | Setting forth requirements for foster child clothing allowances | The purpose of this bill is to set forth requirements for foster child clothing allowances. | Dead |
| SB245 | Hunger-Free Campus Act | The purpose of this bill is to create the "Hunger-Free Campus Act," which requires the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission to establish a grant program to address food insecurity among students enrolled in public institutions of higher education. | Dead |
| SB239 | Second Look Sentencing Act | The purpose of this bill is to establish the Second Look Sentencing Act. | Dead |
| Bill | Bill Name | Motion | Vote Date | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HB2267 | Authorizing Department of Revenue to Promulgate Legislative Rules | Effective from passage (Roll No. 601) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB2267 | Authorizing Department of Revenue to Promulgate Legislative Rules | Senate adopted conference report and passed bill (Roll No. 600) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB2164 | To allow for public and private schools in West Virginia to employ security personnel. | Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 585) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| SB196 | Lauren's Law | Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 549) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| SB35 | Permitting campus police officers to participate in Deputy Sheriffs Retirement System | Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 604) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| SB154 | Prohibiting sexual orientation instruction in public schools | Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 598) | 04/12/2025 | Nay |
| SB280 | Displaying official US motto in public schools | Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 550) | 04/12/2025 | Nay |
| SB102 | Modifying form of certain deeds | Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 595) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| SB427 | Permitting certain teenagers to work without obtaining work permit | Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 575) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB2347 | The Joel Archer Substance Abuse Intervention Act. | Passed Senate (Roll No. 545) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| SB474 | Ending diversity, equity, and inclusion programs | Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 610) | 04/12/2025 | Nay |
| SB474 | Ending diversity, equity, and inclusion programs | Motion to concur in House amendments adopted(Roll No. 609) | 04/12/2025 | Nay |
| SB474 | Ending diversity, equity, and inclusion programs | Motion for previous question adopted (Roll No. 608) | 04/12/2025 | Nay |
| SB474 | Ending diversity, equity, and inclusion programs | Motion to withdraw suspension of Joint Rule 3 and concurrence adopted (Roll No. 607) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| SB474 | Ending diversity, equity, and inclusion programs | Passed Senate (Roll No. 606) | 04/12/2025 | Nay |
| SB474 | Ending diversity, equity, and inclusion programs | Passed Senate (Roll No. 605) | 04/12/2025 | Nay |
| HB2451 | To facilitate the creation of home-based businesses | Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 605) | 04/12/2025 | Nay |
| SB526 | Creating Pharmacist Prescribing Authority Act | Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 551) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| SB531 | Relating to offenses of assault and battery on athletic officials | Senate amended House amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 594) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB2695 | Raleigh and Mason Counties Economic Opportunity Development Districts | Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 599) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB2797 | Relating to who may diagnose post-traumatic stress disorder as a compensable injury or disease under workers compensation | Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 581) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| SB586 | Relating to requirements for filling vacancies in certain elected federal, state, and county offices | Effective from passage (Roll No. 612) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| SB586 | Relating to requirements for filling vacancies in certain elected federal, state, and county offices | Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 611) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| SB586 | Relating to requirements for filling vacancies in certain elected federal, state, and county offices | Effective from passage (Roll No. 583) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| SB586 | Relating to requirements for filling vacancies in certain elected federal, state, and county offices | Senate amended House amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 582) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| SB581 | Relating to school attendance and student participation in 4-H activities | Senate amended House amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 576) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| SB587 | Relating generally to government contracting | Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 553) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB2880 | Relating to parent resource navigators | Senate adopted conference report and passed bill (Roll No. 602) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| SB576 | Authorizing fixed odds racing in horse and dog racing | Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 552) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB3125 | To remove restrictions from teachers receiving permanent teaching licenses | Effective from passage (Roll No. 590) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB3125 | To remove restrictions from teachers receiving permanent teaching licenses | Passed Senate (Roll No. 589) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB3111 | To provide pay increases to members of the judiciary | Effective July 1, 2025 (Roll No. 597) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB3111 | To provide pay increases to members of the judiciary | Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 596) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB3164 | Requiring registered sex offenders pay annual fee | Passed Senate (Roll No. 603) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| SB710 | Relating to the practice of teledentistry | Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 577) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| SB712 | Relating to retirement provisions of systems managed by CPRB | Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 554) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| SB712 | Relating to retirement provisions of systems managed by CPRB | Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 555) | 04/12/2025 | Nay |
| HB3181 | Allow all law enforcement officers to purchase gun upon retirement | Senate receded and passed (Roll No. 592) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB3297 | Establishing the Washington Center for Civics, Culture, and Statesmanship at West Virginia University. | Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 586) | 04/12/2025 | Nay |
| HB3357 | Supplemental Appropriation - Lottery Surplus - Hope Scholarship | Effective from passage (Roll No. 568) | 04/12/2025 | Nay |
| HB3357 | Supplemental Appropriation - Lottery Surplus - Hope Scholarship | Passed Senate (Roll No. 567) | 04/12/2025 | Nay |
| HB3357 | Supplemental Appropriation - Lottery Surplus - Hope Scholarship | Constitutional Rule Suspended (Roll No. 566) | 04/12/2025 | Nay |
| HB3360 | Supplemental Appropriation - EDA Bridge Loan Fund | Effective from passage (Roll No. 571) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB3360 | Supplemental Appropriation - EDA Bridge Loan Fund | Passed Senate (Roll No. 570) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB3360 | Supplemental Appropriation - EDA Bridge Loan Fund | Constitutional Rule Suspended (Roll No. 569) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB3356 | Supplemental Appropriation - Education - Hope Scholarship | Effective from passage (Roll No. 565) | 04/12/2025 | Nay |
| HB3356 | Supplemental Appropriation - Education - Hope Scholarship | Passed Senate (Roll No. 564) | 04/12/2025 | Nay |
| HB3356 | Supplemental Appropriation - Education - Hope Scholarship | Constitutional Rule Suspended (Roll No. 563) | 04/12/2025 | Nay |
| HB3352 | Supplemental Appropriation - Human Services - Medicaid | Effective from passage (Roll No. 537) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB3352 | Supplemental Appropriation - Human Services - Medicaid | Passed Senate (Roll No. 536) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB3352 | Supplemental Appropriation - Human Services - Medicaid | Constitutional Rule Suspended (Roll No. 535) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB3349 | Supplemental Appropriation - Medicaid | Effective from passage (Roll No. 534) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB3349 | Supplemental Appropriation - Medicaid | Passed Senate (Roll No. 533) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB3349 | Supplemental Appropriation - Medicaid | Constitutional Rule Suspended (Roll No. 532) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB3359 | Supplemental Appropriation - EDA and Medicaid Net Zero | Effective from passage (Roll No. 540) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB3359 | Supplemental Appropriation - EDA and Medicaid Net Zero | Passed Senate (Roll No. 539) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB3359 | Supplemental Appropriation - EDA and Medicaid Net Zero | Constitutional Rule Suspended (Roll No. 538) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB3369 | Supplemental Appropriation - Education - Enrollment | Effective from passage (Roll No. 574) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB3369 | Supplemental Appropriation - Education - Enrollment | Passed Senate (Roll No. 573) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB3369 | Supplemental Appropriation - Education - Enrollment | Constitutional Rule Suspended (Roll No. 572) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB3371 | Supplemental Appropriation - - HLFC to OIG Net Zero | Effective from passage (Roll No. 543) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB3371 | Supplemental Appropriation - - HLFC to OIG Net Zero | Passed Senate (Roll No. 542) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB3371 | Supplemental Appropriation - - HLFC to OIG Net Zero | Constitutional Rule Suspended (Roll No. 541) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB2014 | Certified Microgrid Program | Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 591) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| SB837 | Eliminating WV Office of Equal Opportunity | Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 555) | 04/12/2025 | Nay |
| SB825 | Permitting higher education institutions enter agreements with non-profit organizations for economic development and job creation | Effective from passage (Roll No. 579) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| SB825 | Permitting higher education institutions enter agreements with non-profit organizations for economic development and job creation | Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 578) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| SB866 | Requiring WV Board of Education to promulgate legislative rule in consultation with WV Board of Physical Therapy | Senate amended House amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 584) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| SB914 | Relating to testing and attendance requirements for private, parochial, and church schools | Effective from passage (Roll No. 558) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| SB914 | Relating to testing and attendance requirements for private, parochial, and church schools | Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 557) | 04/12/2025 | Nay |
| SB912 | Relating to student growth assessment program | Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 556) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| SB907 | Relating to high impact development projects | Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 580) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| SB941 | Clarifying authority regarding dams designed by US Conservation Service | Effective from passage (Roll No. 560) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| SB941 | Clarifying authority regarding dams designed by US Conservation Service | Passed Senate (Roll No. 559) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| SB942 | Modifying requirements for diesel-powered equipment in mines | Effective from passage (Roll No. 562) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| SB942 | Modifying requirements for diesel-powered equipment in mines | Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 561) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB3517 | Relating generally to fiscal emergencies of local governments | Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 593) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB3520 | Expiring funds to the surplus balance in the State Fund, General Revenue, Office of Energy | Effective from passage (Roll No. 588) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB3520 | Expiring funds to the surplus balance in the State Fund, General Revenue, Office of Energy | Passed Senate (Roll No. 587) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB3520 | Expiring funds to the surplus balance in the State Fund, General Revenue, Office of Energy | Constitutional Rule Suspended (Roll No. 544) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB2054 | Relating to liability of vendors in private farmers markets | Effective from passage (Roll No. 476) | 04/11/2025 | Yea |
| HB2054 | Relating to liability of vendors in private farmers markets | Passed Senate (Roll No. 466) | 04/11/2025 | Yea |
| HB2066 | Creating a crime for the destruction of first responder equipment. | Passed Senate (Roll No. 467) | 04/11/2025 | Yea |
| HB2267 | Authorizing Department of Revenue to Promulgate Legislative Rules | Effective from passage (Roll No. 470) | 04/11/2025 | Yea |
| HB2267 | Authorizing Department of Revenue to Promulgate Legislative Rules | Passed Senate (Roll No. 469) | 04/11/2025 | Yea |
| HB2121 | Deceased Disabled Veteran Real Property Exemption for Widowed Spouses | Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 468) | 04/11/2025 | Yea |
| HB2164 | To allow for public and private schools in West Virginia to employ security personnel. | Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 514) | 04/11/2025 | Yea |
| SB225 | Expanding powers of National Park Service law-enforcement officers | Effective from passage (Roll No. 500) | 04/11/2025 | Absent |
| SB225 | Expanding powers of National Park Service law-enforcement officers | Senate amended House amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 499) | 04/11/2025 | Absent |
| SB1 | Requiring utility work and road paving coordination | Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 519) | 04/11/2025 | Yea |
| HB2026 | Budget Bill | Effective from passage (Roll No. 518) | 04/11/2025 | Yea |
| HB2026 | Budget Bill | Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 517) | 04/11/2025 | Yea |
| SB449 | Permitting compressed air and rimfire shooting teams in public schools | Senate amended House amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 498) | 04/11/2025 | Yea |
| HB2344 | Relating generally to traffic safety | Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 471) | 04/11/2025 | Yea |
| HB2358 | Relating to postmortem examinations | Passed Senate (Roll No. 474) | 04/11/2025 | Yea |
| HB2351 | Relating to compensation for panel attorneys | Effective July 1, 2025 (Roll No. 473) | 04/11/2025 | Yea |
| HB2351 | Relating to compensation for panel attorneys | Passed Senate (Roll No. 472) | 04/11/2025 | Yea |
| HB2434 | Relating to establishing the Stop Squatters Act | Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 529) | 04/11/2025 | Yea |
| HB2451 | To facilitate the creation of home-based businesses | Passed Senate (Roll No. 515) | 04/11/2025 | Nay |
| HB2511 | Relating to charitable bingo and alcohol sales and consumption while such bingo is taking places | Passed Senate (Roll No. 475) | 04/11/2025 | Yea |
| Committee | Position | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detail | West Virginia Joint Department of Transportation Accountability Legislative Oversight Commission | 3 | |
| Detail | West Virginia Joint Education Committee | 7 | |
| Detail | West Virginia Joint Energy and Manufacturing Committee | 7 | |
| Detail | West Virginia Joint Health Committee | 4 | |
| Detail | West Virginia Joint Insurance and Public Employees Insurance Agency Committee | 7 | |
| Detail | West Virginia Joint Judiciary Committee | 8 | |
| Detail | West Virginia Joint Special Investigations Committee | 3 | |
| Detail | West Virginia Senate Banking and Insurance Committee | 8 | |
| Detail | West Virginia Senate Education Committee | 8 | |
| Detail | West Virginia Senate Energy, Industry and Mining Committee | 7 | |
| Detail | West Virginia Senate Health and Human Resources Committee | 5 | |
| Detail | West Virginia Senate Judiciary Committee | 9 | |
| Detail | West Virginia Senate Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | 4 |
| State | District | Chamber | Party | Status | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WV | West Virginia Senate District 13 | Senate | Democrat | In Office | 12/01/2024 | |
| WV | District 76 | House | Democrat | Out of Office | 12/01/2022 | 11/30/2024 |
| WV | West Virginia House District 50 | House | Democrat | Out of Office | 12/01/2020 | 01/16/2024 |