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Legislator > Rick Garcia
State Delegate
Rick Garcia
(D) - West Virginia
West Virginia House District 76
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: 304-340-3124
| Bill | Bill Name | Summary | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| HCR88 | Honoring First Responders Honor Board’s Medal of Valor Nominees | Recognizing and honoring the First Responders Honor Board’s nominees of the Medal of Valor. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HCR78 | Urging the Commissioner of Highways to prioritize completion of I-73, the King Coal Highway | Requesting the Division of Highways to make the completion of I-73, the King Coal Highway, in its entirety a high priority project. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB3173 | Placing a two year a cap on electrical utility rates | The purpose of this bill is to provide relief to West Virginia residents and businesses from the rocket ride of rapidly rising utility rates by placing a temporary cap on electrical utility rates. | Dead |
| HB3508 | Relating to modifying the school aid formula to provide more support for schools under certain circumstances. | The purpose of this bill relates to modifying the school aid formula to provide more support for schools under certain circumstances. | Dead |
| HB3507 | Relating to requiring the counties particpating in the QMHP Pilot Program to have at least one qualified mental health professional in each public school in that county. | The purpose of this bill is to require the counties participating in the QMHP Pilot Program to have at least one qualified mental health professional ("QMHP") in each public school in that county. The bill establishes the pilot program. Finally, the bill classifies school counselors as QMHPs. | Dead |
| HCR72 | Recognizing Black Lung Awareness Month. | Proclaiming March "Black Lung Awareness Month" in West Virginia to both pay tribute to those who have or are suffering from coal worker’s pneumoconiosis and to help reduce the risk of black lung disease in coal miners; | Dead |
| HR10 | Urging the United States Congress to Extend Enhanced Premium Tax Credits for Health Insurance Premiums Under the Affordable Care Act | Urging the United States Congress to Extend Enhanced Premium Tax Credits for Health Insurance Premiums Under the Affordable Care Act. | Dead |
| HR9 | Urging the Governor and our federal representatives to assist West Virginians who have and will lose their federal jobs and to do all it their power to prevent these job losses in our state | Urging the Governor and our federal representatives to assist West Virginians at risk of losing their federal jobs and to do all in their power to prevent these job losses in our state. | Dead |
| HB3502 | Appropriations from the state Revenue Shortfall Fund and the Income Tax Reserve Fund be utilized to initiate investments in flood prevention initiatives to reduce the impact of severe flooding | The purpose of this bill is to jumpstart the state's State Resiliency and Flood Protection Act to allow the Resiliency Office to begin the work off assisting areas of the state prone to flooding to undertake actions to reduce or prevent future flooding. | Dead |
| HB3392 | Maintaining the solvency of the Unemployment Compensation Fund | The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Governor to borrow money from the Revenue Shortfall Reserve Fund to fund the Unemployment Compensation Fund when federal layoffs deplete the Unemployment Compensation Fund. | Dead |
| HB3395 | Screening for adverse childhood experiences | The purpose of this bill is to require screenings for adverse childhood experiences. | Dead |
| HB3396 | Establishing a pilot program to develop school-based mental and behavioral health services | The purpose of this bill is to require the State Department of Education to develop a pilot program to provide mental and behavioral health services as an alternative to suspending students for disruptive behaviors. | Dead |
| HB3397 | Safe Play Act | The purpose of this bill is to increase the penalties for persons convicted of assault or battery upon athletic officials: the Safe Play Act. | Dead |
| HB3339 | Relating to cost sharing for diagnostic and supplemental breast examinations | The purpose of this bill is to require insurance providers to provide diagnostic and supplemental breast examinations without cost sharing. | Dead |
| HB3340 | Prohibiting discrimination on the basis of hairstyle or texture | The purpose of this bill is to clarify that impermissible discrimination includes discrimination based on certain hair textures and styles. | Dead |
| HB3327 | Relating to the eligibility of nonpublic schools and education service providers to participate in the Hope Scholarship Program | The purpose of this bill generally relates to the eligibility of nonpublic schools and education service providers to participate in the Hope Scholarship Program. | Dead |
| HB3255 | Authorizing counties to establish a county daycare | The purpose of this bill is to allow for the creation of a county daycare by any county commission, allowing a petition process to cause an election relating to the establishment of a county daycare; requiring a county commission, when petitioned by voters or by its own directive, develop a plan for the daycare and propose a fee, tax, or levy to pay for it; allowing counties to establish a county daycare authority to manage the operation; and granting a county daycare general authority to do what is necessary to establish and manage a daycare. | Dead |
| HB3112 | Community Air Monitoring | The purpose of this bill is to permit the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection to install and monitor air quality using fenceline monitors near facilities that emit air pollution, provide technical assistance to individuals and groups that wish to monitor the air quality in their communities, encourage the Department of Environmental Protection to use the collected data; permit individuals to submit the data collected regarding air pollution to the secretary, and enable the secretary to follow up on any data found from fenceline air quality monitoring. | Dead |
| HB3119 | Provide an 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 |
| HJR33 | Relating to providing for free early childhood education for all West Virginia children | Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of West Virginia by amending section one, of article XII thereof, relating to proving for free early childhood education for all West Virginia children; numbering and designating such proposed amendment; and providing a summarized statement of the purpose of such proposed amendment. | Dead |
| HJR27 | Amending Constitution to allow for possession, manufacture and sale of cannabis | Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of West Virginia amending article IV thereof by adding thereto a new section, designated section thirteen, relating to the possession, manufacture, and sale of cannabis by adults 21 years of age or older; the expungement of criminal records as it pertains to cannabis convictions; numbering and designating the proposed amendment; and providing a summarized statement of the purpose of such proposed amendment. | Dead |
| HB2955 | Limiting the use of state funding under the 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 receiving other services from an out-of-state provider. | Dead |
| HB2887 | Relating to legalizing cannabis production, sales and adult consumption | The purpose of this bill is to legalize the personal use and possession of cannabis by adults; providing for a county option election to allow for the production and sales in that county; providing for regulation by the Bureau of Health; authorizing an excise and local sales tax on cannabis; prohibiting underage use; and preserving current laws relating to allowing employers and property owners to prohibit use or possession. | Dead |
| HB2928 | The Young Professional Tax Credits | The purpose of this bill is to create "The Young Professional Tax Credits" for student loans. The bill provides that the credit applies to college graduates from ages 18 to 40 or until the student loan is repaid. The bill also provides for a refundable child care credit. | Dead |
| HB2486 | Relating to addressing School Discipline in Public Schools | The purpose of this bill is to itemize additional disciplinary issues to be addressed by the Department of Education and reports to the Legislative Oversight Commission on Education Accountability. It also requires the Department of Education to include discipline data on its dashboard for public access. | Dead |
| Bill | Bill Name | Motion | Vote Date | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HB2054 | Relating to liability of vendors in private farmers markets | Effective from passage (Roll No. 641) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB2054 | Relating to liability of vendors in private farmers markets | Motion to change effective date to July 1, 2025 tabled (Roll No. 640) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB2054 | Relating to liability of vendors in private farmers markets | House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 634) | 04/12/2025 | Nay |
| HB2066 | Creating a crime for the destruction of first responder equipment. | House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 572) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB2267 | Authorizing Department of Revenue to Promulgate Legislative Rules | Effective from passage (Roll No. 626) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB2267 | Authorizing Department of Revenue to Promulgate Legislative Rules | House adopted conference report and passed bill (Roll No. 625) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB2267 | Authorizing Department of Revenue to Promulgate Legislative Rules | Effective from passage (Roll No. 585) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB2267 | Authorizing Department of Revenue to Promulgate Legislative Rules | House concurred in Senate amend with amend, passed bill (Roll No. 584) | 04/12/2025 | Nay |
| HB2267 | Authorizing Department of Revenue to Promulgate Legislative Rules | Motion for previous question adopted (Roll No. 583) | 04/12/2025 | Nay |
| HB2267 | Authorizing Department of Revenue to Promulgate Legislative Rules | House refused to concur and requested Senate to recede (Roll No. 562) | 04/12/2025 | Nay |
| HB2121 | Deceased Disabled Veteran Real Property Exemption for Widowed Spouses | House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 571) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB2164 | To allow for public and private schools in West Virginia to employ security personnel. | House concurred in Senate amend with title amend, passed (Roll No. 563) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| SB225 | Expanding powers of National Park Service law-enforcement officers | House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 615) | 04/12/2025 | Absent |
| SB50 | Requiring municipal elections to be held on same day as statewide elections | House receded and passed (Roll No. 614) | 04/12/2025 | Absent |
| SB275 | Removing requirement school cooks or custodians have high school diploma or equivalent | House receded (Roll No. 635) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| SB128 | Preventing courts from ordering services at higher rate than Medicaid | Passed House (Roll No. 565) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| SB35 | Permitting campus police officers to participate in Deputy Sheriffs Retirement System | House reconsidered and passed bill (Roll No. 627) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| SB299 | Modifying WV regulations on pubertal modulation, hormonal therapy, and gender reassignment | Passed House (Roll No. 570) | 04/12/2025 | Nay |
| SB299 | Modifying WV regulations on pubertal modulation, hormonal therapy, and gender reassignment | Motion for previous question adopted (Roll No. 569) | 04/12/2025 | Nay |
| SB299 | Modifying WV regulations on pubertal modulation, hormonal therapy, and gender reassignment | Committee amendment rejected (Roll No. 568) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| SB299 | Modifying WV regulations on pubertal modulation, hormonal therapy, and gender reassignment | Committee amendment rejected (Roll No. 567) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB2344 | Relating generally to traffic safety | House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 586) | 04/12/2025 | Nay |
| HB2347 | The Joel Archer Substance Abuse Intervention Act. | House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 628) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB2358 | Relating to postmortem examinations | House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 576) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB2351 | Relating to compensation for panel attorneys | Effective July 1, 2025 (Roll No. 588) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB2351 | Relating to compensation for panel attorneys | House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 587) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| SB474 | Ending diversity, equity, and inclusion programs | Passed House (Roll No. 623) | 04/12/2025 | Nay |
| SB474 | Ending diversity, equity, and inclusion programs | Amendment adopted (Roll No. 621) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB2451 | To facilitate the creation of home-based businesses | House concurred in Senate amend with amend, passed bill (Roll No. 637) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB2451 | To facilitate the creation of home-based businesses | House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 631) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB2451 | To facilitate the creation of home-based businesses | House Concur in Senate Amendment and Title Amendment rejected (Roll No. 591) | 04/12/2025 | Nay |
| HB2451 | To facilitate the creation of home-based businesses | Motion for previous question adopted (Roll No. 590) | 04/12/2025 | Nay |
| HB2511 | Relating to charitable bingo and alcohol sales and consumption while such bingo is taking places | House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 603) | 04/12/2025 | Nay |
| HB2479 | Relating to Management and control of county authority vested in board | House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 592) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB2402 | Relating to providing access to medical records; providing access to a minor’s medical record | House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 589) | 04/12/2025 | Nay |
| HB2575 | Relating to the establishment of a full-time Dementia Services Director position. | House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 577) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| SB531 | Relating to offenses of assault and battery on athletic officials | House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 633) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB2678 | Relating to school zones of public or private schools | House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 633) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB2718 | Relating to creating a State Advisory Council on Establishing a Military College | House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 578) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB2695 | Raleigh and Mason Counties Economic Opportunity Development Districts | House concurred in Senate amend with amend, passed bill (Roll No. 573) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB2797 | Relating to who may diagnose post-traumatic stress disorder as a compensable injury or disease under workers compensation | House concurred in Senate amend with amend, passed bill (Roll No. 557) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB2755 | To provide that the West Virginia Board of Education may promulgate rules or policies to be submitted to the Legislature for review | House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 580) | 04/12/2025 | Nay |
| HB2755 | To provide that the West Virginia Board of Education may promulgate rules or policies to be submitted to the Legislature for review | Motion for previous question rejected (Roll No. 579) | 04/12/2025 | Nay |
| SB586 | Relating to requirements for filling vacancies in certain elected federal, state, and county offices | Effective from passage (Roll No. 630) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| SB586 | Relating to requirements for filling vacancies in certain elected federal, state, and county offices | House concurred in Senate amend with amend, passed bill (Roll No. 629) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| SB581 | Relating to school attendance and student participation in 4-H activities | House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 636) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB2880 | Relating to parent resource navigators | House adopted conference report and passed bill (Roll No. 624) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB2942 | Administration of the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection Design-Build Pilot Program | House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 604) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB2961 | To amend the law concerning ownership and possession of real property | House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 605) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB3000 | Relating to agency changes and updates to the West Virginia Commercial Feed Law. | House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 606) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB3016 | Photo voter ID. | House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 594) | 04/12/2025 | Nay |
| HB3016 | Photo voter ID. | Motion to limit debate to 5 minutes adopted (Roll No. 593) | 04/12/2025 | Nay |
| HB3125 | To remove restrictions from teachers receiving permanent teaching licenses | Effective from passage (Roll No. 632) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB3125 | To remove restrictions from teachers receiving permanent teaching licenses | House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 631) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB3111 | To provide pay increases to members of the judiciary | House concurred in Senate amend with amend, passed bill (Roll No. 618) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB3111 | To provide pay increases to members of the judiciary | House concurred in Senate amendment (Roll No. 618) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB3166 | Requirements for School Safety Mapping Data | House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 607) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB3162 | Providing that causes of action under Chapter 46A of the Code of West Virginia survive the death of the party | House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 642) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB3152 | Claims Bill | Effective from passage (Roll No. 597) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB3152 | Claims Bill | House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 595) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB3209 | To provide at least one counselor for every 250 students in public schools and public charter schools in this state. | Effective July 1, 2025 (Roll No. 609) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB3209 | To provide at least one counselor for every 250 students in public schools and public charter schools in this state. | House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 608) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB3263 | Relating to providing notification of utility service disruption to its' customers | House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 609) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB3279 | Relating to requirements for WVU and WVSU Board of Governors | House concurred in Senate effective date (Roll No. 599) | 04/12/2025 | Nay |
| HB3279 | Relating to requirements for WVU and WVSU Board of Governors | Effective from passage (Roll No. 600) | 04/12/2025 | Nay |
| HB3279 | Relating to requirements for WVU and WVSU Board of Governors | House concurred in Senate effective date (Roll No. 598) | 04/12/2025 | Nay |
| HB3272 | Relating to eviction proceedings | House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 596) | 04/12/2025 | Nay |
| HB3277 | Relating to defining terms for the West Virginia Hospital Finance Authority Act | House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 610) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB3297 | Establishing the Washington Center for Civics, Culture, and Statesmanship at West Virginia University. | House concurred in Senate amend with amend, passed bill (Roll No. 564) | 04/12/2025 | Nay |
| HB3357 | Supplemental Appropriation - Lottery Surplus - Hope Scholarship | House reconsidered effective date and passage (Roll No. 617) | 04/12/2025 | Absent |
| HB3356 | Supplemental Appropriation - Education - Hope Scholarship | House reconsidered effective date and passage (Roll No. 616) | 04/12/2025 | Absent |
| SB765 | Establishing Troops-to-Teachers Program | House receded (Roll No. 602) | 04/12/2025 | Nay |
| HB3411 | Relating to commissions; removing the legislative members; and eliminating expired commissions | Effective from passage (Roll No. 612) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB3411 | Relating to commissions; removing the legislative members; and eliminating expired commissions | House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 611) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB3429 | Prequalifying consultants for WVDEP- Abandon Mine Lands | House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 601) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB2014 | Certified Microgrid Program | House concurred in Senate amend with amend, passed bill (Roll No. 575) | 04/12/2025 | Nay |
| HB2014 | Certified Microgrid Program | Motion for previous question adopted (Roll No. 574) | 04/12/2025 | Nay |
| HB3492 | Relating to municipal economic opportunity development districts. | House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 581) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| SB856 | Removing certain reporting requirements to Joint Committee on Government and Finance | Passed House (Roll No. 566) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB3503 | Relating to regulation by counties, municipalities, and political subdivisions of commercial horticulture under the Water Pollution Control Act | House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 582) | 04/12/2025 | Nay |
| HB3513 | Relating to standards of liability and insurance requirements in certain civil actions | House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 634) | 04/12/2025 | Nay |
| HB3517 | Relating generally to fiscal emergencies of local governments | House concurred in Senate amend with amend, passed bill (Roll No. 613) | 04/12/2025 | Absent |
| HB2120 | Relating to forms and disclosures to the Ethics Commission | House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 552) | 04/11/2025 | Yea |
| HB2167 | Relating to public charter schools code provisions | House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 553) | 04/11/2025 | Yea |
| SB196 | Lauren's Law | Passed House (Roll No. 502) | 04/11/2025 | Yea |
| SB75 | Changing distribution of income from excess lottery fund | Passed House (Roll No. 499) | 04/11/2025 | Yea |
| SB35 | Permitting campus police officers to participate in Deputy Sheriffs Retirement System | Passed House (Roll No. 498) | 04/11/2025 | Yea |
| SB158 | Modifying eligibility requirements for serving as member of State Board of Education | Passed House (Roll No. 501) | 04/11/2025 | Yea |
| SB154 | Prohibiting sexual orientation instruction in public schools | Passed House (Roll No. 551) | 04/11/2025 | Nay |
| SB154 | Prohibiting sexual orientation instruction in public schools | Amendment rejected (Roll No. 550) | 04/11/2025 | Yea |
| SB280 | Displaying official US motto in public schools | Passed House (Roll No. 503) | 04/11/2025 | Yea |
| SB102 | Modifying form of certain deeds | Passed House (Roll No. 500) | 04/11/2025 | Yea |
| HB2026 | Budget Bill | Effective from passage (Roll No. 496) | 04/11/2025 | Yea |
| SB449 | Permitting compressed air and rimfire shooting teams in public schools | House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 559) | 04/11/2025 | Yea |
| SB325 | Authorizing Department of Health to promulgate legislative rules | Effective from passage (Roll No. 561) | 04/11/2025 | Yea |
| SB325 | Authorizing Department of Health to promulgate legislative rules | House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 560) | 04/11/2025 | Yea |
| SB427 | Permitting certain teenagers to work without obtaining work permit | Passed House (Roll No. 504) | 04/11/2025 | Nay |
| SB488 | Clarifying definition of electioneering | House rejected (Roll No. 505) | 04/11/2025 | Nay |
| SB503 | Allowing sheriffs to appoint more than one chief deputy with consent of county commission | Passed House (Roll No. 506) | 04/11/2025 | Yea |
| HB2411 | To provide and change graduation requirements and change duties relating to academic content standards | House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 554) | 04/11/2025 | Yea |
| State | District | Chamber | Party | Status | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WV | West Virginia House District 76 | House | Democrat | In Office | 12/01/2024 |