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Legislator > Brian Helton
State Senator
Brian Helton
(R) - West Virginia
West Virginia Senate District 09
In Office - Started: 12/01/2024
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Capitol Office
State Capitol Complex, Building 1
1900 Kanawha Blvd. East
Charleston, WV 25305
1900 Kanawha Blvd. East
Charleston, WV 25305
Phone: 304-357-7807
| Bill | Bill Name | Summary | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| SB154 | Prohibiting sexual orientation instruction in public schools | AN ACT to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding a new section, designated §18-5-29, relating to prohibiting instruction related to sexual orientation and gender identity; setting forth definitions; creating exceptions to prohibition against instruction; prohibiting a public school and the county board employees assigned to the school from knowingly giving false or misleading information to the parent, custodian, or guardian of a student regarding the student’s gender identity or intention to transition to a gender that is different than the student’s biological sex; requiring a public school employee to report a student's request for an accommodation that is intended to affirm the student's gender identity from a person employed by the public school to an administrator employed by the county board and assigned to the school; requiring the administrator to report the student's request to the student’s parent, custodian, or guardian; providing that a complaint may be filed in pursuant to state board rule for violations of these provisions, providing that school personnel found in violation of this section may be subjected to discipline or dismissal pursuant statute; providing that the state board, in consultation with the Higher Education Policy Commission, shall promulgate rules to implement section; allowing the Attorney General to enforce compliance; and providing that the provisions of this act are severable. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB538 | Allowing certain entities to purchase qualifying tax-delinquent properties before they are offered at public auction | AN ACT to amend and reenact §31-18E-9 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to removing the sunset date on the provision granting the right of first refusal to land reuse agencies and municipal land banks for acquiring certain tax-delinquent properties that permits these entities to purchase qualifying tax-delinquent properties before they are offered at public auction; modifying criteria that allow land bank or land reuse agency to refuse to sell property to adjacent property owner; revising reporting requirements; and allowing Joint Committee on Government and Finance to subpoena land bank or land reuse agency for purposes of conducting audit. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB537 | Establishing WV Mothers and Babies Pregnancy Support Program | AN ACT to amend and reenact §16-66-2 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to pregnancy help organizations; and providing approved pregnancy help organizations flexibility to receive funding for various costs. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB722 | Creating WV Short Line Railroad Modernization Act | AN ACT to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding a new article, designated §11-13NN-1, §11-13NN-2, §11-13NN-3, §11-13NN-4, §11-13NN-5, §11-13NN-6, §11-13NN-7, and §11-13NN-8, relating to creating the West Virginia Short Line Railroad Modernization Act; defining terms; setting out the amount of the tax credit; setting limitations on the credit; providing for requirements to claim the credit; setting out uses of the credit; providing for carryover of the credit; allowing the transfer of the credit; providing for review and accountability; and setting a sunset date. | Vetoed |
| SB810 | Clarifying requirements for administration of anesthesia and chronic pain practice by certain licensed nurses | AN ACT to amend and reenact §30-7-15 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to clarifying the qualifications required for the administration of anesthesia; permitting qualified registered nurse may administer anesthesia in cooperation with certain health care professionals; defining term; providing dentist holding specified permit may cooperate with certified registered nurse anesthetist; limiting liability; setting conditions in which a certified registered nurse anesthetist may perform acts; stating that certified registered nurse anesthetist does not have independent practice; setting forth approved titles; and requiring reporting. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB531 | Relating to offenses of assault and battery on athletic officials | AN ACT to amend and reenact §61-2-15a of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to crimes against athletic officials; clarifying that victims include participants; creating definitions; establishing minimum criminal penalties; establishing minimum fines; authorizing county boards of education and governing boards for a state institution for higher education to give written notice banning any person convicted of an offense under this section from certain sports events; requiring written notice to the person banned; and establishing that a violation of the ban is a form of trespass. | Vetoed |
| 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 |
| SB942 | Modifying requirements for diesel-powered equipment in mines | AN ACT to amend and reenact §22A-2A-101 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; relating to modifying the requirements for the use and movement of diesel-powered equipment used in mines. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB627 | Removing prohibition against leasing state-owned pore spaces underlying lands designated as state parks | AN ACT to amend and reenact §20-1-22 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to removing the prohibition against leasing state-owned pore spaces underlying lands designated as state parks; prohibiting any disturbance of the surface of state park property for any drilling or injection activity; requiring that the proceeds from any leased state-owned pore spaces underlying state forests, state parks, natural and scenic areas, wildlife management areas, and other lands under the jurisdiction and control of the director be used exclusively where the leased pore space is located; and requiring that the center of any well pad leased for pore space underlying state parks may not be located within 200 feet of a state park boundary, provided, that the Secretary of the Department of Commerce, in consultation with the Director of the Division of Natural Resources, may waive the setback requirement after considering the impact of the lessee’s proposed well-site location on viewshed, noise, and other possible impediments to the public use and enjoyment of the state park property. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB617 | Discouraging gang activity | AN ACT to amend and reenact §61-13-1, §61-13-2, and §61-13-3 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to organized criminal enterprises; amending the findings to include gangs and gang activity; creating a definition of “gang”; adding gang activity to offenses punishable by this section; adding certain qualifying offenses to be subject to the Anti-Organized Criminal Enterprise Act; clarifying that certain offenses are separate and distinct crimes; creating criminal penalties; and making technical corrections. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB459 | Requiring county planning commission members be state residents | AN ACT to amend and reenact §8A-2-3, §8A-2-4, and §8A-2-5 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to requiring that members of municipal, county, and other planning commissions meet certain residency requirements; mandating that members of municipal and county planning commissions be West Virginia residents for the three years immediately preceding the appointment; requiring that such members be residents of the county or municipality in which the planning commission to which they are appointed is situated for a certain time period prior to appointment; requiring that members of multicounty, regional, and joint planning commissions be residents of the jurisdiction of the planning commission to which they are appointed for at least three years immediately preceding the appointment; and prohibiting members of planning commissions who do not meet residency requirements from remaining on the planning commission. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB464 | Creating license plate for recipients of Medal of Valor | AN ACT to amend and reenact §17A-3-14g of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to the issuance of special plates to recipients of the Distinguished Medal of Valor or their surviving spouse; providing for plate design by Division of Motor Vehicles; specifying fees; exempting certain individuals from registration fees; and providing application and qualification requirements. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB748 | Creating Safer Communities Act | A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding a new article, designated §7-28-1, §7-28-2, §7-28-3, §7-28-4, §7-28-5, §7-28-6, and §7-28-7, relating to creating the Safer Communities Act; stating legislative findings and purpose; providing definitions; authorizing counties to levy a public safety sales or amusement tax; providing for voter referendum prior to levying a public safety sales or amusement tax; providing passage by simple majority; requiring voter approval for rate change; setting a procedure for the referendum; setting out ballot language; requiring publication prior to election; requiring entry of an order following voter approval; requiring notification to certain offices; dedicating purposes of the funds; providing maximum tax rate amount; setting out an effective date; and providing exclusions. | Dead |
| SCR18 | Recognizing intent to create WV Coal Renaissance Act | Recognizing an intent to create the West Virginia Coal Renaissance Act. | Dead |
| 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 |
| SCR27 | Requesting Joint Committee on Government and Finance study sale of alcohol | Requesting the Joint Committee on Government and Finance study the issues surrounding the sale of alcohol and liquor, specifically evaluating the regulatory framework while simultaneously addressing efficiency and ways to modernize liquor and alcohol regulation in the state of West Virginia. | Dead |
| SB503 | Allowing sheriffs to appoint more than one chief deputy with consent of county commission | A BILL to amend and reenact §6-3-1 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to appointment of more than one chief deputy by the sheriff; limiting the engagement in certain political activities by chief deputies; providing for the removal of chief deputies who violate these restrictions; and removing the current restrictions on county conservators carrying firearms or other weapons by allowing these conservators to carry such weapons in compliance with West Virginia law. | Dead |
| SB592 | Relating generally to aboveground storage tanks | A BILL to amend and reenact §22-30-3, §22-30-5, and §22-30-6 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating generally to aboveground storage tanks; modifying an exception to the definition of an aboveground storage tank to except out devices having a capacity of 210 barrels or less, containing brine water or other fluids produced in connection with hydrocarbon transmission and storage, as well as production activities, that are not located in a zone of critical concern; providing an exemption to devices having a capacity of 210 barrels or less and not located in a zone of critical concern, which is located at a lawfully permitted coal mining site; providing that the secretary may not, as part of the regulatory program, require any regulated tanks to be lifted, moved, or otherwise physically altered in connection with a visual leak detection program in the absence of a confirmed release; providing that tanks used for hydrocarbon production, transportation, or storage activities and tanks used for roadway snow and ice pretreatment, as identified under certain sections of code that are located in a zone of critical concern, are exempt from inspection and certification by a third party, but must be self-inspected, self-certified, and reported to Department of Environmental Protection by its owner or operator at least once per year; and providing that tanks used for hydrocarbon production, transportation, and storage activities and tanks used for roadway snow and ice pretreatment, as identified under certain sections of code that are located in a zone of critical concern are required to have secondary containment inspections performed and documented by the owner or operator at least once per month. | Dead |
| SB940 | Relating to Water Pollution Control Act | A BILL to amend and reenact §22-11-8 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to specifying that a political subdivision that administers a water pollution permit under delegation from the Department of Environmental Protection may not impose standards or requirements more stringent than any federal or state rule, regulation, program, or permitting regime; and providing limited exceptions. | Dead |
| SB939 | Relating to testing for substance use disorder | A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding a new section, designated §16B-13-4a, relating to testing for substance use disorder; and setting forth testing guidelines for office-based medication-assisted treatment facilities. | Dead |
| SCR25 | Requesting Joint Committee on Government and Finance study incentives and policies to fund public libraries | Requesting the Joint Committee on Government and Finance study incentives and policies to best fund public libraries for the state of West Virginia. | Dead |
| SCR24 | Requesting Joint Committee on Government and Finance study issues regarding admission to residency programs | Requesting the Joint Committee on Government and Finance study the issues of unmatched medical students unable to gain admission into residency programs and opportunities for simultaneously addressing the shortage of medical professionals in the state of West Virginia. | 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 |
| SB761 | Creating Joel Archer Substance Abuse Intervention Act | A BILL to amend and reenact §27-5-2 and §27-5-4 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to involuntary custody and involuntary hospitalization; providing additional grounds for application for involuntary hospitalization; modifying evidentiary standards for imposing civil liability on mental health professionals rendering services in mental hygiene cases; requiring individual to agree to voluntary treatment before being removed from involuntary hospitalization prior to probable cause hearing; providing additional grounds for satisfaction of probable cause and involuntary hospitalization standards in mental hygiene proceedings; providing name of amendments; permitting hospitalization of individuals with substance use disorder under certain circumstances; providing prohibition on consideration of refusal of substance abuse services when considering individual’s judgment; providing for dismissal of involuntary hospitalization proceedings under certain circumstances; setting forth additional required findings by the chief medical officer; providing for restoration of firearm possession rights under certain circumstances; and providing for removal of individual from mental health registry under certain circumstances. | Dead |
| SB585 | Relating to Cohen Craddock Student Athlete Safety Act | A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding a new article, designated §18-36-1, §18-36-2, §18-36-3, §18-36-4, §18-36-5, §18-36-6, and §18-36-7, relating to school student athlete safety; establishing the Cohen Craddock Student Athlete Safety Act; providing for a short title; providing legislative findings; defining terms; creating the Student Athlete Safety Advisory Committee; identifying composition of Student Athlete Safety Advisory Committee; providing duties of Student Athlete Safety Advisory Committee; requiring use of certain safety equipment during high school and middle school football practices; providing warranty and certification related to the usage of certain safety equipment; establishing the Cohen Craddock Memorial Grant Program and providing procedures; creating the Cohen Craddock Memorial Grant Fund; and providing a sunset date. | Dead |
| SB89 | Creating alternative high-risk population public charter schools | The purpose of this bill is to authorize alternative high risk population public charter schools and provide for rulemaking by state board to determine funding. | Dead |
| SCR8 | US Army E6 Dennis Charles Hurley Memorial Bridge | Requesting the Division of Highways name bridge number 55-956/00-000.01 (NB) (55A240), (37.75117, -81.67505) locally known as Flatrock Street Bridge, carrying Flatrock Street over HUFF CREEK in Wyoming County, the "U.S. Army Sergeant Dennis Charles Hurley Memorial Bridge". | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB632 | Relating to surprise billing of out-of-network ambulance services | A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding five new sections, designated §33-15-24, §33-16-20, §33-24-46, §33-25-23, and §33-25A-37, relating to surprise billing of out-of-network ambulance services; clarifying what is considered full payment to an ambulance service, what the rate of payment is, and the most an ambulance service can be paid; prohibiting billing an insured for additional costs except for fees the insurer required the insured to pay; providing procedure for payment; providing exceptions when the insurer does not have to pay within 30 days; and requiring written notices for denied claims. | Dead |
| SB723 | Relating to clinical inpatient medical treatment centers for substance use disorder | A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding a new section, designated §9-5-29b, relating to clinical inpatient medical treatment centers for substance use disorder; defining terms; setting forth requirements for clinical inpatient medical treatment centers for substance use disorder; setting forth reporting requirements; providing for revocation of license for noncompliance; requiring rulemaking; and providing effective date. | 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 |
| SB470 | Creating WV Athletic Freedom Act | A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding a new section, designated §18-2-25f, relating to allowing a student, coach, and athletic trainer to compete in non-school-sponsored events or participate on non-school-sponsored competitive teams; allowing an interscholastic coach to prohibit a player from missing a team-related activity due to that player’s competing in a non-school-sponsored event or participating on a non-school-sponsored competitive team; and providing that the requirements of the interscholastic team shall be prioritized leading up to and during post season play. | Dead |
| SB547 | Creating Charter Schools Startup Fund | A BILL to amend and reenact §18-5G-17 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to modifying the Charter Schools Startup Fund; changing the name of the fund; requiring submission of application to the West Virginia Professional Charter School Board in order to receive funds from the Charter Schools Startup Fund; requiring notice to potential applicants; requiring certain contents be included in application; expanding the uses for the funds; requiring distribution of money to qualifying charter school applicants and charter schools, subject to availability of funding; allowing the West Virginia Professional Charter School Board to establish competitive process when the number of applicants exceed funding; eliminating criteria an applicant must demonstrate as a condition of receiving funds; modifying time frame for distribution of funds; requiring repayment in certain circumstances; and specifying manner of distribution. | Dead |
| SJR2 | Incorporation of Churches or Religious Denominations Amendment | Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of West Virginia, amending section 47, article VI thereof, relating to authorizing the incorporation of religious denominations; numbering and designating such proposed amendment; and providing a summarized statement of the purpose of such proposed amendment. | Dead |
| SB726 | Relating to medication-assisted treatment programs | A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding a new section, designated §16B-13-14, relating to medication-assisted treatment programs; requiring these facilities to provide an integrated-care model; requiring these facilities to expand their offering of medical services; requiring informed consent by trained professional; requiring rulemaking; and requiring reporting. | Dead |
| SJR8 | Citizenship Requirement to Vote in WV Elections Amendment | Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of West Virginia, amending section 1, article IV thereof, to prohibit persons who are not United States citizens from voting in any elections held in West Virginia; numbering and designating such proposed amendment; and providing a summarized statement of the purpose of such proposed amendment. | Dead |
| SB933 | Creating Small Business Protection Act | A BILL to amend and reenact §8-13-4, §8-13-5, and §11-12-3 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; and to amend the code by adding a new article, designated §8-40-1 and §8-40-2, relating to small businesses; increasing the amount of income and revenue before a business has to obtain a business license; exempting independent contractors and sole proprietors from business licenses under certain requirements; increasing the amount of annual revenue for businesses to be exempt from business and occupation taxes and privilege taxes; creating the Small Business Protection Act; providing intent and legislative findings; and providing a short title. | Dead |
| SB820 | Whistleblower Protection Fund Act | A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding a new article, designated §16B-22-1, §16B-22-2, §16B-22-3, §16B-22-4, §16B-22-5, and §16B-22-6, relating to creating the Whistleblower Protection Fund Act; providing a short title; establishing findings and purpose; creating the Whistleblower Protection Fund as a special revenue fund; providing the fund’s sources of funding; requiring the Office of the Inspector General to administer the article and fund; and setting forth reporting requirements. | Dead |
| SB85 | Prohibiting use or sale of abortifacients | A BILL to amend and reenact §16-2R-2 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; and to amend the code by adding a new section, designated §16-2R-10, relating to prohibiting mailing of abortifacients; prohibiting placing abortifacients in the stream of commerce; prohibiting prescribing abortifacients; prohibiting dissemination of abortifacients without lawfully valid prescription; defining terms; creating criminal penalties; providing for revocation of medical license in certain circumstances; providing exceptions; and creating severability. | Dead |
| SB850 | Creating Protecting Shareholders Act | A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding two new sections, designated §31D-8-870 and §31D-8-871, relating to the creation of the Protecting Shareholders Act; providing definitions; establishing standards for a breach of fiduciary duty; and specifying prima facie evidence of breach of fiduciary duty. | Dead |
| SB755 | Establishing WV Secondary School Athletic Trainer and Career Technical Education Program Act | A BILL to amend of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding a new article, designated §18-14-1, §18-14-2, §18-14-3, §18-14-4, §18-14-5, §18-14-6, and §18-14-7, relating to the creation of the West Virginia Public Secondary School Athletic Trainer and Career Technical Education Program Act; providing for findings, purpose, and intent; providing for establishment of the five-year program for the placement of licensed athletic trainers in all public secondary schools by having the athletic trainer on staff or contracted through the county board; requiring annual appropriation to fund the program; providing for expansion of the current career and technical education sports medicine programs; requiring alignment with accreditation and certification standards necessary for students to continue their education in athletic training or related health care fields at institutions of higher education; requiring West Virginia Board of Education rule to implement; requiring program development and maintenance in compliance with West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission rules; requiring commission to provide certain guidance; allowing state to use the West Virginia Underwood-Smith Loan Repayment Program to provide student loan payments to certain individuals; and providing for a timeline of implementation. | Dead |
| SB739 | Relating to recovery residences | A BILL to amend and reenact §16-59-1, §16-62-1, and §16-62-2 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; and to amend the code by adding a new section, designated §16-59-1a, relating to recovery residences; setting forth legislative findings; reorganizing definitions section; and correcting internal citations in other sections of code referencing the definitions section. | Dead |
| SB506 | Relating to enhanced pay for certain teachers | A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding a new section, designated §18A-4-2d, relating to enhanced pay for certain teachers; setting out legislative findings; defining terms; requiring use of the highest of two multipliers to be used to set the amount of the market pay enhancement; requiring market pay enhancement to be adjusted annually; providing payments are in excess of certain other amounts; requiring West Virginia Board of Education report to the Joint Committee on Government and Finance; and allowing West Virginia Board of Education rules to explain and implement this new section. | Dead |
| 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 |
| SB763 | Creating Public Electrical Savings Act | A BILL to amend and reenact §24-2-1 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to the creation of the Public Electrical Savings Act. | Dead |
| SB804 | Relating to WV Secondary School Activities Commission Reform Act | The purpose of this bill is to reform the West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission. | Dead |
| SB8 | Providing additional sites and devices for newborn safe surrender | AN ACT to amend and reenact §49-4-201 and §49-4-206 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to expanding the places that can be designated a safe surrender site to include emergency medical service facilities, police departments, 911 call centers, or sheriff’s detachments, relating to allowing emergency medical service facilities, police departments, 911 call centers, or sheriff’s detachments that take possession of a child to perform any act necessary to protect the physical health or safety of the child, relating to permitting the installation of newborn safety devices at emergency medical service facilities, police departments, 911 call centers, or sheriff’s detachments that have been designated as safe-surrender sites; and providing conditions for the same. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB105 | Updating retirement eligibility for certain sheriffs | The purpose of this bill is to authorize sheriffs who are members of the public retirement system to retire upon attaining the age of 62 with eight or more years of service. | Dead |
| SB579 | Relating to Home Rule Reform | The purpose of this bill is to prohibit municipalities participating in the Home Rule program from establishing additional protected classes of persons beyond what is designated in state statute. | Dead |
| SB595 | Creating Mountain Bike Responsibility Act | A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding a new article, designated §20-20-1, §20-20-2, §20-20-3, §20-20-4, §20-20-5, §20-20-6, §20-20-7, §20-20-8, §20-20-9, and §20-20-10, relating to creating the Mountain Bike Responsibility Act; stating a legislative purpose; defining terms; providing for the duties and liabilities of trail system operators, mountain bicyclists, and passengers on aerial passenger tramways; providing for competition responsibilities; and providing a release for minor participants. | Dead |
| SB743 | Adjusting percentage of tax retained by clerk of county commission for certain purposes | The purpose of this bill is to adjust the percentage of tax retained by the clerk of the county commission for certain purposes; and authorize the clerk to move funds between accounts with approval of the county commission. | Dead |
| SB821 | Requiring child protective services workers to wear body-worn cameras | A BILL to amend and reenact §49-2-802 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to body-worn cameras; requiring Child Protective Services workers to attempt to wear body-worn cameras during investigations; requiring workers to obtain consent to use body worn cameras; permitting workers to refrain from using cameras in specific circumstances; requiring audio and video to be maintained for specified time frame; and stating that audio and video file is part of the confidential child welfare record. | Dead |
| SB891 | Creating State Central Legal Advertising website | The purpose of this bill is to create a state central legal advertising website. | Dead |
| SB261 | Reorganizing School Building Authority as School Maintenance Authority | The purpose of this bill is to change the name of the School Building Authority to the School Maintenance Authority. | Dead |
| SB855 | Relating to incentive program to promote beverage container recycling | The purpose of this bill is to create the West Virginia Beverage Producer Responsibility Act. The bill states definitions; sets forth producer responsibility organization requirements; establishes a recycling refund trust fund; requires Auditor oversight; delineates label standards and deposit and refund procedures; authorizes the promulgation of rules; provides a compliance deadline; establishes a tax credit for producer responsibility organizations that build or develop a redemption center or technology-based redemption center; identifies credit limitation; and states definitions. | Dead |
| SB902 | Securing WV baseload coal generation and ratepayer protection | The purpose of this bill is to set operational capacity requirements for electric utility generators and units, require the maintenance of 45 days' worth of base fuel supply, list required actions for power-generating utilities, and actions required of the Public Service Commission. | Dead |
| SB929 | Restoring Private Schools Act of 2025 | The purpose of this bill is to create the Restoring Private Schools Act of 2025. | Dead |
| SB867 | Prohibiting payment to residential substance use disorder treatment facilities that do not meet certain requirements | The purpose of this bill is to require the Bureau for Medical Services to make necessary filings and obtain licensures and accreditation by July 1, 2025 and require compliance for these substance use disorder treatment facilities by an earlier date to accommodate the need for these facilities. | Dead |
| SB849 | Providing enhanced pay for State Police | The purpose of this bill is to enhance pay for State Police troopers; provide for market pay enhancement for State Police trooper salaries in certain circumstances; provide for certification to the State Auditor; set out distribution of funds; require reporting; make funds subject to personal income tax; providing funds are in excess of minimum salary schedule; make enhancement not subject to state grievance process; and provide for rulemaking. | Dead |
| SB857 | Establishing economic incentives for data centers to locate within state | The purpose of this bill is to is to create economic incentives for data centers to locate within the state and further stimulate the state’s economy by relying on locally sourced coal-generated electricity. The bill provides salvage value treatment for personal property | Dead |
| SB853 | Clarifying terms of registration for tax abandoned land auctions and sales held by auditor | The purpose of this bill is to clarify terms of registration for tax abandoned land auctions and sales held by the Auditor. | Dead |
| SB851 | Creating Child Protection Investigations Reform Act | The purpose of this bill is to create the Child Protection Investigations Reform Act; and require notification to a person accused of child abuse or neglect of the person's rights in connection with an investigation conducted by the Department of Human Services. | Dead |
| SB841 | Prohibiting state entities from promoting or engaging in any activity related to sexual orientation or gender transitioning | The purpose of this bill is to prohibit state government entities from promoting or facilitating discussions, policies, programs, or medical procedures related to sexual orientation or gender transitioning; defining terms; prohibiting use of state funds for such purposes; establishing enforcement mechanisms; and providing for penalties. | Dead |
| SB854 | Creating Academic Quality in Public Education Act | The purpose of this bill is to establish the Academic Quality in Public Education Act. | Dead |
| SR35 | Recognizing WV Mothers and Babies Support Program for its outstanding achievements | Recognizing the West Virginia Mothers and Babies Support Program for their outstanding achievements. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR36 | Recognizing 100th anniversary of WV State Fair | Recognizing the 100th anniversary of the State Fair of West Virginia. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB678 | Establishing Coal Based Affordable Electricity and Economic Growth Act | A BILL to amend and reenact §5B-2O-1, §5B-2O-2, §5B-2O-3, and §5B-2O-4 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; and to amend the code by adding a new section, designated §5B-2O-5, relating to establishing the Affordable Electricity and Economic Growth Act of 2025 to facilitate coke production and steelmaking in the state. | Dead |
| SB764 | Creating Community School Parent Choice Act | The purpose of this bill relates to the creation of the Community School Parents' Choice Act. The bill ensures that parents of students in schools under consideration for closure and consolidation shall be provided with a means to prevent closure or consolidation. Finally, the bill provides for a 10 year sunset date. | Dead |
| SB762 | Creating Support for Neglected Schools Act | The purpose of this bill is to provide for the creation of the "Support for Neglected Schools Act." | Dead |
| SB749 | Relating generally to public charter schools | The purpose of this bill is to allow authorization and funding of alternative high-risk population public charter schools; provide eligibility requirements to be an alternative high-risk population public charter school; specify which students are included as "high risk"; require West Virginia Board of Education rule setting forth requirements for alternative high-risk population charter school funding; allow an institution of higher education to apply to an authorizer to establish virtual or on-campus public charter microschools; allow any public charter school to partner with learning pods and microschools to provide instruction to those learning pods and microschools; and make other changes to the public charter school law. | Dead |
| SB740 | Establishing Stop Squatters Act | The purpose of this bill is to establish the Stop Squatters Act; providing a limited alternative remedy to remove unauthorized persons from residential and commercial real properties. The bill also establishes criminal offenses and penalties for intentional property damage by persons in unlawful possession, or who present a false document purporting to convey real property or attempt to list for sale or rent without title thereto. | Dead |
| SB614 | Authorizing over-the-counter sale of Ivermectin | The purpose of this bill is to enable pharmacists to dispense Ivermectin for human use pursuant to a collaborative pharmacy practice agreement and without a prescription, once the FDA approves of it for over-the-counter use. | Dead |
| SJR6 | Legislative Authority to Reduce or Eliminate Ad Valorem Taxes while Mandating Equal or Greater Revenue Replacement for Impacted Communities Amendment | Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of West Virginia, amending article X thereof, by adding thereto a new section, designated section 1d, providing that the Legislature may reduce or eliminate the ad valorem tax on automobiles and any other personal property, but must also provide an equal or greater revenue share to those counties or localities impacted by any associated reduction or elimination of these taxes; numbering and designating such proposed amendment; and providing a summarized statement of the purpose of such proposed amendment. | Dead |
| SB264 | Allowing death penalty for intentionally killing law-enforcement officer or first responder in line of duty | A BILL to amend and reenact §61-2-2 and §62-3-15 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; to amend the code by adding eleven new sections, designated §61-2-2a, §61-2-2b, §61-2-2c, §61-2-2d, §61-2-2e, §61-2-2f, §61-2-2g, §62-7-4, §62-7-5, §62-7-6, and §62-7-6a; and to repeal §61-11-2, relating to permitting the imposition of a death penalty for first degree murder when the victim is a law-enforcement officer or first responder murdered in the performance of his or her official duties; providing for sentencing procedures relating to imposition of death penalty, setting forth aggravating and mitigating circumstances for the imposition of capital punishment; describing contents of sentencing verdict and requiring it be recorded; providing automatic review of death penalty sentence by the Supreme Court of Appeals; providing for forensic DNA testing in death penalty cases; directing the West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation to carry out death sentence; authorizing West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation to promulgate rules and emergency rules; providing exception for death penalty sentence in murder cases; providing for the execution of death sentence; providing for delivery of sentence of death; providing for transmission of certain court records to warden of the state correctional facility; transferring of person sentenced to death to the state correctional facility; providing for presence of certain persons at execution; providing for record of execution; and providing for disposition of deceased defendant’s body. | Dead |
| SCR14 | Requesting Joint Committee on Government and Finance study substance use disorder in WV | Requesting the Joint Committee on Government and Finance study substance use disorder in the State of West Virginia. | Dead |
| SB204 | Relating to opioid treatment programs | The purpose of this bill is to make opioid treatment programs transition to an integrated care model. | Dead |
| SB717 | Prohibiting surprise billing of ground emergency medical services by nonparticipating providers | The purpose of this bill is to prohibit out-of-network emergency medical services agencies from balance billing a covered enrollee in a health insurance plan for ground ambulance services. The bill establishes the minimum payment to be made by an insurer to an out-of-network emergency medical services agency for ambulance services. The bill requires payment by the insurer directly to the out-of-network emergency medical services agency and the prompt payment of clean claims. | Dead |
| SB564 | Prohibiting voters not affiliated with major political party from voting ballot of political party in primary election | The purpose of this bill is to prohibit voters not affiliated with a major political party from voting the primary election ballot of any political party. | 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 |
| SB534 | Clarifying qualifications to be licensed to administer polygraphs | A BILL to amend and reenact §21-5-5c of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to deception examiners; and clarifying the qualifications required to be licensed as a Class I or Class II psychophysiological detection of deception examiner. | Dead |
| SB664 | Establishing First Amendment Preservation Act | The purpose of this bill is to establish the First Amendment Preservation Act; providing definitions; prohibiting state contracts with media monitoring organizations; requiring written certifications that state purchasing contracts are in compliance with the act; and clarifying the applicability of the act to state contracts. | Dead |
| SB659 | Creating Parents' Bill of Rights | The purpose of this bill is to codify a Parents’ Bill of Rights. | Dead |
| SB633 | Protecting Kids from Porn Act | The purpose of this bill is to prohibit the distribution and display of pornographic material to minors through online platforms, to establish strict age verification protocols, and to impose severe penalties on entities that fail to comply. | 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 |
| SB628 | Relating to non-opioid medication | The purpose of this bill is to make it unlawful for the Public Employees Insurance Agency, the Bureau for Medical Services and other insurer companies to discourage or disadvantage a nonopioid drug; to require nonopioid drugs to be placed in lowest formulary tier; and permit utilization review. | 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 |
| SB136 | Increasing penalties and parole eligibility requirements for homicide | A BILL to amend and reenact §61-2-3, §61-2-4, and §62-12-13 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to increasing the penalties and parole eligibility requirements for homicide by increasing the minimum and maximum term of imprisonment for second degree murder and voluntary manslaughter; increasing the minimum period of imprisonment prior to parole eligibility for individuals convicted of second degree murder and voluntary manslaughter; and increasing the minimum period of imprisonment prior to parole eligibility for individuals sentenced to life imprisonment. | Dead |
| SB434 | Requiring WV Board of Education to implement wearable panic alert system in public schools | A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding a new section, designated §18-9F-11, relating to requiring the West Virginia Board of Education to promulgate a rule to implement a wearable panic alert system at every public school; specifying required capabilities of the wearable panic alert system; requiring each county board to provide each employee assigned to a public school facility with a wearable alert device; requiring annual training on the protocol for and appropriate use of the panic alert device; and requiring each county board to ensure that all security data within a public school facility is accessible by a local law-enforcement agency and to coordinate with the local law-enforcement agency to establish appropriate access protocols. | Dead |
| SB515 | Relating to involuntary hospitalization for substance use disorder | The purpose of this bill is to permit involuntary hospitalization of persons experiencing substance use disorder presenting an imminent threat of danger to self, family, or others as a result of a substance use disorder. The bill sets forth the procedure for the hospitalization. | 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 |
| SB574 | Prohibiting diversity, equity, and inclusion policies | The purpose of this bill is to eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion ("DEI") policies and practices. | Dead |
| SB584 | Lauren's Law increasing penalty for delivery of certain controlled substances | The purpose of this bill is to increase the sentence for the offense of delivery of a controlled substance or counterfeit controlled substance when the use, ingestion or consumption thereof results in death, to a determinate sentence of life, which may not be suspended; providing that this bill shall be known as Lauren’s Law. | Dead |
| SB583 | Establishing economic incentives for data centers to locate within state | The purpose of this bill is to create economic incentives for data centers to locate | Dead |
| SB580 | Increasing penalty for felony distribution of controlled substance classified in Schedule I or II | The purpose of this bill is to increase the penalty for felony distribution of a controlled substance classified in Schedule I or II which is a narcotic drug or methamphetamine; and increase the penalty for drug delivery resulting in death. | Dead |
| SB539 | Removing certain entities from list of exemptions from criminal liability relating to distribution and display of obscene matter to minor | The purpose of this bill is to remove schools, museums, and public libraries from the exemption which protects these types of entities from prosecution for distribution and display to minor of an obscene matter. | Dead |
| SB536 | Relating to county economic opportunity development districts | The purpose of this bill relates generally to county economic opportunity development districts. | Dead |
| SB541 | Sentencing guidelines for fentanyl | The purpose of this bill is to revise the sentencing guidelines for conviction of distribution of fentanyl. | Dead |
| SB535 | Raleigh County Economic Opportunity Development District | The purpose of this bill is to authorize Raleigh County to levy a special district excise tax for the benefit the Raleigh County Economic Opportunity Development District. | Dead |
| SB540 | Relating to annexation by minor boundary adjustment | The purpose of this bill relates to annexation by minor boundary adjustment. | Dead |
| SR7 | Recognizing 153rd anniversary of Glenville State University | Recognizing the 153rd anniversary of Glenville State University. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SCR7 | Cohen Wade Craddock Memorial Road | Requesting the Division of Highways name a 2.9 mile portion of Riverside Drive between 5th Avenue and 4th Avenue in front of Madison Middle School on West Virginia Route 20 beginning on WV 20 at 38 4' 24" N -81 49'34".50 W and ending at 38 4' 22". 71 N, -81 49'34". 59 W, in Boone County, the "Cohen Wade Craddock Memorial Road". | Dead |
| SB507 | Prohibiting drag shows from being performed in front of minors | The purpose of this bill is to prohibit drag shows from being performed in front of minors and to prohibit drags shows in schools and libraries. | Dead |
| SB481 | Allowing off-duty law-enforcement officers to carry concealed weapons at public schools and public school events | The purpose of this bill is to allow off duty law enforcement officers to carry concealed weapons at public schools and at public school events. | Dead |
| SB504 | Prohibiting camping in public places | The purpose of this bill is to address define public camping in public spaces, create a penalty, and address existing ordinances. | Dead |
| SB440 | Requiring each judicial candidate to file as partisan candidate | The purpose of this bill is to require judicial candidates to partisan file; require judicial candidates run in both the primary and general election; provide an effective date; clarify the form and content of ballots for judicial candidates; and clarify the order of offices and candidates on the ballot. | Dead |
| SB424 | Restoring Sanity Act | The purpose of this bill is to establish the Restoring Sanity Act; prohibit a school district, a public charter school, the West Virginia Board of Education, the West Virginia Department of Education, or any employee of the aforementioned entities from providing instruction in, requiring instruction in, making part of a course, or requiring a statement or affirmation by any employee certain concepts; prohibit a state institution of higher education and an employee of a state institution of higher education from requiring a student or employee to take instruction in, or include in the curriculum of any required course, or require a statement or affirmation by any student or employee that certain concepts are factual and accurate or must be held as a belief of the student or employee; provide that county board and public charter school employees are not required to use student’s preferred pronoun when referring to the student if the preferred pronoun is not consistent with the student’s biological sex; prohibit a state institution of higher education from establishing, sustaining, supporting, or staffing a diversity, equity, and inclusion officer or office; and declare the policy of the state that the administrations of state institutions of higher education, and their administrative units, be officially neutral with regard to certain widely contested opinions. | Dead |
| SB445 | Permitting state legislators to carry concealed handguns while on Capitol grounds | The purpose of this bill is to require legislators and staff who hold a current concealed carry permit to register with the Capitol Police an intent to carry concealed firearms within the Capitol buildings. | Dead |
| SB447 | Creating Oral Health and Cancer Rights Act | The purpose of this bill is to require health benefit plan coverage for medically necessary dental procedures that result from cancer treatment; create the Oral Health and Cancer Rights Act; explain the scope of procedures covered as a result of certain cancer treatments; require the use of a specific billing identifier; and set an effective date. | Dead |
| SB444 | Establishing 3-year mandatory prison sentence for person convicted of illegal possession of Schedule I and Schedule II drugs | The purpose of this bill is to create a mandatory three-year sentence for possession of Schedule I or II substances, except cannabis. The bill provides exceptions from prosecution for persons incidentally exposed to the substances or who are forced to possess the substances. And, the bill provides a conditional discharge for first offenders and release with non-extraditable warrant, with a bus ticket to any state West of the Mississippi River. | Dead |
| SB432 | Requiring county boards of education adopt policies limiting use of personal cell phones and other electronic communication devices | The purpose of this bill is to require county school boards to adopt policies intended to limit the use of personal cell phones and other electronic communication devices in public schools for purposes other than educational, medical, and emergency purposes. | Dead |
| SB17 | Fetal Heartbeat Act | The purpose of this bill is to enact the Fetal Heartbeat Act. The bill prohibits abortions when a fetal heartbeat is detected. The bill provides exceptions. The bill applies only to intrauterine pregnancies. The bill makes findings. The bill establishes standards, requirements, and procedures. The bill requires documentation. The bill requires notice and acknowledgments. The bill provides for severability. The bill establishes criminal penalties. The bill permits civil actions. The bill defines terms. The bill provides for rulemaking. | Dead |
| SJR4 | Protection of Right to Bear Arms Amendment | Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of West Virginia, amending section 22, article III thereof, relating to the right to keep and bear arms; prohibiting restriction of this amendment by state or local government; numbering and designating such proposed amendment; and providing a summarized statement of the purpose of such proposed amendment. | Dead |
| SB134 | Prohibiting camping in public places | The purpose of this bill is to address define public camping in public spaces, create a penalty, and address existing ordinances. | Dead |
| SB94 | Requiring course in public schools on human development | The purpose of this bill is to amend required courses of education to include human growth and development related to pregnancy and human development inside the womb; required methods of presenting this instruction and adding a human growth and development curriculum to be known as the "Baby Olivia Act"; and to authorize the Attorney General to sue for any violation of the "Baby Olivia Act". | Dead |
| SB77 | Providing all coal severance tax be provided to county that produced coal | The purpose of this bill is to provide that the coal severance tax shall go to the respective county that produced the coal. | Dead |
| SB97 | WV Chemical Abortion Prohibition Act | The purpose of this bill is to create the West Virginia Chemical Abortion Prohibition Act. The bill creates the offense. The bill provides no liability to the patient. The bill provides a rule of construction regarding ectopic pregnancy. The bill provides for definitions. The bill provides for severability. Finally, the bill provides for disposal of discarded abortion drugs. | Dead |
| SB172 | Permitting retired teachers to substitute up to 180 days without penalty of losing retirement | The purpose of this bill is to allow retired teachers to serve as substitute teachers without sacrificing their retirement benefits and allowing the retired teachers employed as substitute teachers to contribute to their retirement funds but that no contribution shall be required of the employer. | Dead |
| SB72 | Requiring parental notification of school-based dispensaries of contraceptives to minors | The purpose of this bill is to require public schools to notify parents when dispensing contraceptives to minors. The bill provides a definition. | Dead |
| SB90 | Providing greater access to unused buildings for public charter schools | The purpose of this bill is to require county school boards to publish an annual list of buildings that are closed, unused, or unoccupied for purposes of providing greater access to Charter Schools. Once a public charter school requests usage of a public facility the county board or other public entity may not sell the facility or make unavailable to prevent public charter schools from utilizing the building. | Dead |
| SB69 | Requiring parental notification of minors being prescribed contraceptives | The purpose of this bill is to require physicians to notify parents when prescribing contraceptives to minors. The bill provides definitions. | Dead |
| SB41 | Approving overtime pay for teachers | The purpose of this bill is to approve overtime pay for teachers. | Dead |
| SB255 | Allowing students to participate in non-school competitive activities | The purpose of this bill is to allow student-athletes to participate in competitive events and activities while playing for their school. | Dead |
| SB260 | Clarifying residency requirements for voter registration | The purpose of this bill is to clarify residency requirements and require photo identification to vote in person. | 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 | Yea |
| SB280 | Displaying official US motto in public schools | Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 550) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| 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 | Yea |
| SB474 | Ending diversity, equity, and inclusion programs | Motion to concur in House amendments adopted(Roll No. 609) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| SB474 | Ending diversity, equity, and inclusion programs | Motion for previous question adopted (Roll No. 608) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| 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 | Yea |
| SB474 | Ending diversity, equity, and inclusion programs | Passed Senate (Roll No. 605) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB2451 | To facilitate the creation of home-based businesses | Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 605) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| 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 | Nay |
| 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 | Yea |
| 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 | Yea |
| HB3357 | Supplemental Appropriation - Lottery Surplus - Hope Scholarship | Effective from passage (Roll No. 568) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB3357 | Supplemental Appropriation - Lottery Surplus - Hope Scholarship | Passed Senate (Roll No. 567) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB3357 | Supplemental Appropriation - Lottery Surplus - Hope Scholarship | Constitutional Rule Suspended (Roll No. 566) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| 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 | Yea |
| HB3356 | Supplemental Appropriation - Education - Hope Scholarship | Passed Senate (Roll No. 564) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB3356 | Supplemental Appropriation - Education - Hope Scholarship | Constitutional Rule Suspended (Roll No. 563) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| 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 | Yea |
| 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 | Yea |
| 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 | Yea |
| SB225 | Expanding powers of National Park Service law-enforcement officers | Senate amended House amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 499) | 04/11/2025 | Yea |
| 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 | Yea |
| 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 | 5 | |
| Detail | West Virginia Joint Economic Development Committee | 7 | |
| Detail | West Virginia Joint Fusion Center Oversight Committee | 4 | |
| Detail | West Virginia Joint Government Organization Committee | 5 | |
| Detail | West Virginia Joint Judiciary Committee | 10 | |
| Detail | West Virginia Joint Rule-Making Review Committee | 2 | |
| Detail | West Virginia Senate Economic Development Committee | 9 | |
| Detail | West Virginia Senate Energy, Industry and Mining Committee | 9 | |
| Detail | West Virginia Senate Government Organization Committee | 7 | |
| Detail | West Virginia Senate Judiciary Committee | 11 | |
| Detail | West Virginia Senate Substance Use Disorder and Mental Health Select Committee | Chair | 1 |
| Detail | West Virginia Senate Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | 6 |
| State | District | Chamber | Party | Status | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WV | West Virginia Senate District 09 | Senate | Republican | In Office | 12/01/2024 |