Education: Buckhannon-Upshur High School; Potomac State College; Ohio State Fire Academy; Investment Institute of Atlanta
Occupation: Retired Independent Insurance Agency Owner
Spouse: Carolyn Sue Winemiller
Children: D. Shawn (deceased) and Jeremy W. Hamilton; James R. Powell, II and eight grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren
Parents: the late Winferd W. Hamilton and Mary J. Hamilton
Religion: Catholic
Town of Birth: Buckhannon, WV
Affiliations: Member, Franklin Lodge #7 AF & AM; Tennerton Lions club; Potomac Highlands Shrine Club; Upshur County Shrine Club; Osiris Temple A.A.O.n.M.S. of Wheeling, WV; National Wild Turkey Federation; Lifetime Member, National Rifle Association; Buckhannon Moose Lodge #598; named “2001 Agent of the Year” by Independent Insurance Agents of West Virginia; 2005 Citizen of the Year, Southern-Upshur Business Association; Upshur County Farm Bureau; Mountaineer Chapter-Izack Walton League; Lifetime Member, Upshur County Association of Retired School Employees; Upshur County Hunter Safety Instructor, 33 years.
SPONSORED LEGISLATION, 2026Senator Hamilton was the Lead Sponsor of 14 bills | |||
| Bill | Title | Status | Committee |
|---|---|---|---|
| SB 94 | Relating to Robert C. Byrd Corridor H Highway Authority | Pending | Finance |
| SB 95 | Creating WV Farm Equipment Repair Pilot Program | Pending | |
| SB 96 | Requiring counties to register automated external defibrillators with Office of Emergency Medical Services | Pending | |
| SB 97 | Equipment Right to Repair Act | Pending | Judiciary |
| SB 98 | Requiring political action committee to disclose contributors' names and addresses to Secretary of State | Pending | |
| SB 549 | Phasing in increase in daily rate of juror pay | Pending | Finance |
| SB 578 | Relating to consumer protection and new motor vehicle warranties | Pending | |
| SB 602 | Requiring repeat DUI offenders to carry ID indicating they may not purchase alcohol | Pending | Judiciary |
| SB 665 | Protecting environment and humans from geoengineering and weather modification experiments | Pending | |
| SB 696 | Permitting women's wrestling in certain public schools | Pending | |
| SB 697 | Relating to state road system | Pending | |
| SB 761 | Relating to in-state production of value-added forest products | Pending | Finance |
| SB 886 | Permitting prescribed fire control on private property without burning permit | Pending | |
| SB 1067 | Creating extended daycare program for elementary schools | Pending | |
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