Education: Buckhannon-Upshur High School
Occupation: Business Owner
Spouse: Jamie
Children: Cooper, Riley, Josie, Lily, Samuel, and Barrett
Religion: Christian
Affiliations: West Virginia Christian Ministerial Association; Weston Rotary; West Virginia Farm Bureau; National Rifle Association
SPONSORED LEGISLATION, 2026Delegate Burkhammer was the Lead Sponsor of 76 bills | |||
| Bill | Title | Status | Committee |
|---|---|---|---|
| HJR 17 | Removing real property taxes | Pending | Finance |
| HB 4348 | Relating to health insurance for living organ donors | Pending | |
| HB 4349 | Provide volunteer firemen free license plates and vehicle registration | Pending | |
| HB 4350 | Removing certain requirements from WV Jobs Act | Pending | |
| HB 4351 | Creating a Public Awareness Campaign on the threat of mold in indoor environments | Pending | |
| HB 4352 | Prohibiting cameras and recording devices in bedrooms and bathrooms of foster children | Pending | Judiciary |
| HB 4353 | Prohibit municipalities from collecting B&O taxes on projects that are funded by state or federal government programs | Pending | |
| HB 4354 | Relating to necessity allowance | Pending | |
| HB 4355 | To create a new hunting license stamp for upland game birds | Pending | |
| HB 4356 | Relating to permitting persons to refuse to participate in a irreversible transition surgery | Pending | |
| HB 4357 | Modifying the time to terminate a foster care arrangement | Pending | |
| HB 4358 | Establishing pilot program for Public Guardian Ad Litem Services | Pending | Judiciary |
| HB 4359 | Exempt an existing hospital under certificate of need to move their facility up to 10 miles to a new location | Pending | |
| HB 4375 | To require the Bureau for Social Services to file the Social Services Manual as a legislative rule | Pending | |
| HB 4377 | Relating to eligibility for workers' compensation benefits by requiring blood test after traumatic injury to determine intoxication | Pending | Judiciary |
| HB 4378 | Increasing circumstances where the Department of Human Services is required to seek termination of parental rights | Pending | Judiciary |
| HB 4381 | Relating to disaffiliation from certain conferences | Pending | Judiciary |
| HB 4382 | Require collection agencies to provide a 30 day notice prior to wage garnishments. | Pending | Judiciary |
| HB 4383 | West Virginia Clean Air in Schools Act of 2026 | Pending | |
| HB 4384 | Providing for temporary suspension of medical power of attorney in certain instances | Pending | Judiciary |
| HB 4385 | Cap a utility provider’s rates increases at no more than 5% per year | Pending | |
| HB 4386 | Remove age limitations for fire service | Pending | |
| HB 4387 | Relating to information submitted by medical examiner to aid in identification of human remains | Pending | |
| HB 4388 | Creating a special revenue account to expand in-state residential treatment capacity for children | Pending | Finance |
| HB 4390 | Relating to the temporary payment to a kinship parent of a subsidy equal to that of a foster parent | Pending | |
| HB 4391 | Relating to the imposition of a time limitation on disposition decisions in child abuse and neglect proceedings | Pending | Judiciary |
| HB 4392 | Banning certain dyes from pharmaceutical products | Pending | |
| HB 4393 | Requiring the development and implementation of statewide prevention plan | Pending | |
| HB 4394 | The purpose of this bill is to require the Department of Human Services to publicly release a schedule of all adoption subsidy payments to be made in the next year. | Pending | |
| HB 4396 | Prevent credit card surcharge from including sales tax | Pending | Finance |
| HB 4397 | Relating to privilege tax on holding a license to operate interactive wagering | Pending | |
| HB 4398 | Relating to privilege tax on holding a license to operate sports wagering | Pending | |
| HB 4532 | Providing identification documents to homeless youth | Pending | |
| HB 4542 | To extend conditional protection to employees of private child welfare agency or provider | Pending | Judiciary |
| HB 4543 | Prohibit certain individuals from living within 5,000 feet of a school or daycare | Pending | Judiciary |
| HB 4544 | To create a homeless education coordinator in urban and rural counties. | Pending | |
| HB 4545 | To require the Department of Human Services to provide child welfare workers with mobile technology that will permit them to conduct investigations and create a digital record. | Pending | |
| HB 4576 | Relating to the makeup of the State Police Child Abuse and Neglect Investigations Unit | Pending | Judiciary |
| HB 4579 | Relating to body-worn cameras | Pending | Judiciary |
| HB 4580 | Relating to the establishment of a pilot program for the use of mobile devices in child abuse and neglect investigations. | Pending | |
| HB 4581 | Relating to monthly status meeting of county entities | Pending | |
| HB 4587 | Prohibiting public funds from supporting low-earning outcome postsecondary degree programs | Pending | |
| HB 4588 | Relating to participating in the federal tax credit scholarship program | Pending | |
| HB 4595 | Approving short-term training programs for eligibility for federal Workforce Pell Grants | Pending | |
| HB 4599 | Relating to the WV Cares background check variance process | Signed | |
| HB 4601 | Relating to the Child Abuse and Neglect Investigations Unit | Pending | Finance |
| HB 4602 | Relating to requiring the Department of Human Services to establish a pilot program to contract for supplemental caseworker aide services for the Bureau for Social Services | Pending | |
| HB 4603 | Relating to the creation of the process of obtaining and adjudicating a pre-adjudicatory alternative disposition | Pending | |
| HB 4604 | Relating to abuse and neglect cases | Pending | Finance |
| HB 4614 | Relating to statewide prevention plan. | Pending | |
| HB 4616 | Relating to the imposition of a time limitation on disposition decisions in child abuse and neglect proceedings | Pending | Judiciary |
| HB 4617 | Relating to requiring the Bureau of Social Service to file a legislative rule. | Pending | |
| HB 4618 | Relating to the temporary payment to a kinship parent of a subsidy equal to that of a foster parent. | Pending | Finance |
| HB 4619 | Relating to the creation of a special revenue account to expand in-state residential treatment capacity for children | Pending | Finance |
| HB 4620 | Relating to clothing and necessity allowance. | Pending | Finance |
| HB 4621 | Relating to requiring the circuit court to make certain designated findings of fact and conclusions of law in its juvenile child abuse and neglect orders | Pending | Judiciary |
| HB 4622 | Relating to the Office of the Inspector General | Pending | Finance |
| HB 4664 | Relating to increasing compensation for panel attorneys. | Pending | Judiciary |
| HB 4730 | Developing a Continuum of Independent Living and Transitional Support Services for Youth Aging Out of Foster Care | Pending | |
| HB 4760 | Requiring insurance to cover certain nutrition and dietary needs | Pending | Finance |
| HB 4782 | Sustainable Child-serving Workforce and Foster Care Modernization Act | Pending | |
| HB 4783 | Providing equal share of funds from the fire and casualty premium tax to all departments | Pending | Judiciary |
| HB 4784 | Extending the Qualified Opportunity Zones until July 1, 2032. | PASS | |
| HB 4785 | Relating to compensation for panel attorneys | Pending | Judiciary |
| HB 4816 | Relating to municipal fire protection fees | Pending | Judiciary |
| HB 4907 | Restricting the use of pesticides | Pending | |
| HB 4964 | To establish a phased implementation of a Community-Based Child Welfare system in West Virginia. | Pending | |
| HB 5042 | Prohibit a child in the custody of the state from placement in facility not approved by Department of Human Services | Pending | |
| HB 5439 | Creaing a pollinator planting program | Pending | |
| HB 5443 | Relating to the reimbursement for panel attorneys and guardian ad litems | Pending | Finance |
| HB 5516 | Require abuse and neglect case appeals to be processed within 6 months | Pending | Judiciary |
| HB 5529 | Relating to performance-based contracting for child placing agencies | Pending | |
| HB 5530 | Relating to the composition of the Critical Incident Review Team | Pending | |
| HB 5531 | Relating to leashed dogs and unmanned aerial vehicles for tracking or locating mortally wounded deer, elk, turkey, wild boar or bear | Pending | |
| HB 5576 | Relating to Socially Necessary Services (SNS) Accountability and Streamlining Act | Pending | |
| HB 5645 | Relating to Medicaid program integrity and work requirements | Pending | |
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