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Senator Hamilton sponsored 111 bills   

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SB 1 Small Business Growth Act Signed  Effective from passage - (February 16, 2026)
SB 5 Exempting WV campus police officer retirement income from personal income tax after specified date Pending  Senate Pensions Committee  01/14/26 
SB 11 Allowing certain Teachers Retirement System members to exchange unused leave for monetary compensation Pending  Senate Finance Committee  01/30/26 
SB 28 Allowing members of State Police retirement system to use accrued leave as credit toward retirement Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 10, 2026)
SB 29 Providing pay increases to members of judiciary Signed  Effective July 1, 2026
SB 77 Relating to fire department recruitment and retention Pending  Senate Government Organization Committee  01/14/26 
SB 86 Enacting bank protections for eligible adults from financial exploitation Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  01/14/26 
SB 94 Relating to Robert C. Byrd Corridor H Highway Authority Pending  Senate Finance Committee  02/18/26 
SB 95 Creating WV Farm Equipment Repair Pilot Program Pending  Senate Education Committee  01/14/26 
SB 96 Requiring counties to register automated external defibrillators with Office of Emergency Medical Services Pending  Senate Government Organization Committee  01/14/26 
SB 97 Equipment Right to Repair Act Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  02/19/26 
SB 98 Requiring political action committee to disclose contributors' names and addresses to Secretary of State Pending  Senate Government Organization Committee  01/14/26 
SB 104 Providing certain state mine inspectors with raise Signed  Effective July 1, 2026
SB 110 Creating WV Black Lung Program Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  01/14/26 
SB 114 Creating Paid Parental Leave Pilot Program Pending  Senate Finance Committee  02/26/26 
SB 122 Repealing athletic eligibility of transfer students Pending  Senate Education Committee  01/14/26 
SB 125 Providing medical examination transportation services for students who seek support after experiencing sexual violence Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  01/14/26 
SB 132 Increasing retirement benefit multiplier of Deputy Sheriff Retirement System Act Pending  Senate Pensions Committee  01/14/26 
SB 138 Modifying retirement and disability benefits for dependents of certain State Police retirees Pending  Senate Pensions Committee  01/14/26 
SB 139 Allowing for testimony of spouses in certain criminal cases Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  01/14/26 
SB 141 Increasing WV Natural Resources Police Officer Retirement System accrued benefit for certain members Pending  House Finance Committee  03/02/26 
SB 146 Uniform Unlawful Restriction in Land Records Act Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  01/23/26 
SB 151 Exempting life insurance cash value from Medicaid eligibility calculations Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  02/26/26 
SB 154 Prohibiting digital manipulation of sexually explicit content including minors Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  01/14/26 
SB 158 Patrolman Cassie Marie Johnson Memorial Act Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  01/14/26 
SB 162 Requiring WV Board of Education to promulgate legislative rule relating to concussion protocol Pending  Senate Education Committee  01/14/26 
SB 165 Clarifying Right to Farm Act relating to regulation of honey bees Pending  Senate Agriculture Committee  01/14/26 
SB 167 Relating to meetings for local levying bodies Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 9, 2026)
SB 169 Creating tax credit related to child care expenses Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  01/14/26 
SB 194 Updating definition of "disabled veteran taxpayer" Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 12, 2026)
SB 205 Increasing penalties and parole eligibility requirements for homicide Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  01/14/26 
SB 206 Updating retirement eligibility for certain sheriffs Pending  House Finance Committee  02/20/26 
SB 207 Clarifying sheriff's compensation for collection of taxes Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (May 20, 2026)
SB 241 Allowing Board of Education to prohibit individuals on sex offender registry from being on school property Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  01/14/26 
SB 396 Creating WV Job training and Placement Act Pending  Senate Finance Committee  01/28/26 
SB 405 Relating to nonresident income tax for natural resources royalty payments received from lessees Pending  Senate Finance Committee  01/15/26 
SB 425 Requiring minimum time be served for first degree murder before parole eligibility Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  01/15/26 
SB 426 Preventing damage to underground facilities PPI    Committee  03/10/26 
SB 427 Relating to loan form Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 12, 2026)
SB 428 Creating three separate job titles for school bus operators Pending  Senate Finance Committee  01/21/26 
SB 432 Issuing identification documents to homeless youth residing in WV shelters Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  01/16/26 
SB 435 Requiring health policies cover oral health medical procedures due to side effect from cancer Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  01/16/26 
SB 436 Relating to statewide prevention plan Pending  Senate Finance Committee  01/21/26 
SB 437 Fair State Aid Formula Act of 2026 Pending  Senate Finance Committee  02/13/26 
SB 440 Increasing penalty for transporting telecommunication devices into jails Pending    2nd Reading  03/11/26 
SB 441 Issuing identification documents to homeless individuals residing at homeless shelters Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  01/16/26 
SB 443 Granting municipal fire marshals authority to assist in lawful execution of law-enforcement officer's official duties Pending  House Government Organization Committee  01/30/26 
SB 445 Adding Potomac State College as eligible institution for participation in Learn and Earn Program Pending  House Education Committee  01/30/26 
SB 447 Relating to Industrial Access Road Grant Program Pending  Senate Transportation and Infrastructure Committee  01/16/26 
SB 473 Creating felony offense of using electronic device to threaten violence PPI    Committee  03/12/26 
SB 481 Relating to elections Signed  Effective from passage - (March 12, 2026)
SB 526 Relating to PEIA Cost Sharing Provisions Pending  Senate Banking and Insurance Committee  01/20/26 
SB 531 Establishing First Amendment Preservation Act Signed  Effective July 1, 2026
SB 533 Relating to disaffiliation from religious denominations Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  01/20/26 
SB 549 Phasing in increase in daily rate of juror pay Pending  House Finance Committee  02/20/26 
SB 568 Creating Oral Health and Cancer Rights Act Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  01/21/26 
SB 576 Relating to powers and duties of Secretary of Department of Health Facilities Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  01/22/26 
SB 578 Relating to consumer protection and new motor vehicle warranties Pending  Senate Transportation and Infrastructure Committee  01/22/26 
SB 587 Adjusting salary schedule for elected county officials BL  Governor   
SB 592 WV Short Line Railroad Modernization Act Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 7, 2026)
SB 602 Requiring repeat DUI offenders to carry ID indicating they may not purchase alcohol Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  01/27/26 
SB 603 Relating to Property Valuation Training and Procedures Commission Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 9, 2026)
SB 604 Extending Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementia Advisory Council sunset date Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  02/12/26 
SB 612 Establishing November 7 as Victims of Communism Day Pending  Senate Education Committee  01/27/26 
SB 635 Creating Mountain Bike Responsibility Act Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  01/28/26 
SB 637 Establishing tax credit for certain physicians who locate to practice in WV Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  01/28/26 
SB 643 Discontinuing WV Supreme Court of Appeals Public Campaign Financing Program Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 11, 2026)
SB 646 Relating to WV employer-provided or sponsored child care tax credit program Pending  Senate Finance Committee  02/13/26 
SB 647 Allowing physician assistants to own practice Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  01/28/26 
SB 648 Strategic and Critical Resources Act Signed  Effective from passage - (March 14, 2026)
SB 650 Designating psychiatric hospital that treats exclusively civil and forensic patients BL  Governor   
SB 660 Relating to spousal coverage under PEIA Pending  Senate Banking and Insurance Committee  01/29/26 
SB 665 Protecting environment and humans from geoengineering and weather modification experiments Pending  Senate Natural Resources Committee  01/29/26 
SB 688 Establishing offense of assault or injury of service animal Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  01/30/26 
SB 693 Classifying forestry equipment for levy purposes Pending  Senate Finance Committee  02/05/26 
SB 696 Permitting women's wrestling in certain public schools Pending  Senate Education Committee  02/02/26 
SB 697 Relating to state road system Vetoed  Vetoed
SB 700 Allowing city attorneys and municipal court clerks to file judgement liens Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  02/02/26 
SB 704 Prohibiting certain compensation for advising or assisting with veterans benefits Pending  House Judiciary Committee  02/13/26 
SB 709 Relating to collection of special emergency ambulance service fee by county commission Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  02/02/26 
SB 711 Prohibiting discharge of concentrated highway runoff onto private property Pending  Senate Transportation and Infrastructure Committee  02/02/26 
SB 716 Reducing participation required to receive volunteer firefighter tax credit Pending  Senate Finance Committee  02/03/26 
SB 717 Modifying disability and retirement benefits and procedures for municipal police and firefighters Signed  Effective July 1, 2026
SB 718 Increasing pay for magistrates Pending  Senate Finance Committee  02/24/26 
SB 719 Relating to Municipal Police Officers and Firefighters Retirement System Signed  Effective from passage - (March 12, 2026)
SB 724 Relating to home confinement officers’ participation in EMS retirement system Signed  Effective July 1, 2026
SB 758 Providing extra state aid to school districts for students enrolled in certain schools Pending  Senate Education Committee  02/05/26 
SB 761 Relating to in-state production of value-added forest products Pending  Senate Finance Committee  02/12/26 
SB 774 Allowing certain county EMS officers to participate in EMS Retirement System PPI    Committee  03/13/26 
SB 803 Requiring competency assessment upon return to public school Pending  Senate Select Committee on School Choice Committee  02/06/26 
SB 855 Providing circumstances that qualified voter is authorized to vote absentee ballot by mail Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  02/09/26 
SB 857 Limiting county's responsibility for jail costs after sentences of time served Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  02/09/26 
SB 861 Making WV State Police Forensic Laboratory responsible for certification and standards for DUI tests Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  02/09/26 
SB 864 Providing for amount Secretary of State may charge for bad check fee Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  02/09/26 
SB 886 Permitting prescribed fire control on private property without burning permit Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 12, 2026)
SB 887 Relating to requirements for licensure and regulation of money transmission services Pending  Senate Finance Committee  02/19/26 
SB 889 Requiring recreational facilities have AED accessible Pending  Senate Education Committee  02/09/26 
SB 895 Removing time limits for filing or modifying claims for massive fibrosis Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  02/10/26 
SB 898 Relating to valuation of farm property Pending  Senate Finance Committee  02/25/26 
SB 927 Clarifying Commissioner of Agriculture's authority to regulate bees Pending    Concurrence  03/14/26 
SB 928 Relating to manufacture, sale, and distribution of low-proof spirit alcohol products Pending  House Judiciary Committee  03/09/26 
SB 950 Relating to mileage and expenses of judges Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 12, 2026)
SB 970 Exempting volunteer fire departments from raffle regulations Signed  Effective from passage - (March 12, 2026)
SB 972 Relating to education placements during child abuse and neglect investigations Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  03/02/26 
SB 996 Creating Jennings Randolph Lake State Park and Teter Creek Lake State Park Pending  Senate Finance Committee  02/25/26 
SB 1006 Relating to fire and casualty insurance premium tax Pending  Senate Finance Committee  02/24/26 
SB 1013 Allowing certain municipal plan participants to use accrued leave toward credited service upon retirement Pending  Senate Pensions Committee  02/19/26 
SB 1014 Increasing Medicaid dental provider reimbursement rates Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  02/19/26 
SB 1062 Creating TEAM-WV Pending  Senate Economic Development Committee  02/21/26 
SB 1067 Creating extended daycare program for elementary schools Pending  Senate Education Committee  02/23/26 
SB 1077 Requiring vocational education agriculture programs be offered to all students Pending  House Education Committee  03/03/26