Education: B.A. - History, Trinity College (Washington, D.C.)
Occupation: Home Schooling Mother
Spouse: James M. Rucker Jr.
Children: Catherine, Ambrose, Gregory, Xavier, Teresa
Religion: St. James the Greater Catholic Church
Town of Birth: Caracas, Venezuela
Affiliations: Member, Farm Bureau; Eastern Panhandle Business Association; Gateway Republican Women; 4-H; WV4Life-Jefferson County chapter; Iron Lady Award from the American Legislative Exchange Council; Champion of Free Enterprise awardee from the WV Chamber of Commerce; Executive Committee, Women in Government; Executive Committee, American Legislative Exchange Council; co-founder and former president of We the People of West Virginia-Jefferson County
SPONSORED LEGISLATION, 2025Senator Rucker was the Lead Sponsor of 89 bills | |||
| Bill | Title | Status | Committee |
|---|---|---|---|
| SJR 8 | Citizenship Requirement to Vote in WV Elections Amendment | Pending | Judiciary |
| SB 42 | Reducing number of days required for certain educators to apply for full-time employment | Pending | |
| SB 43 | Relating to administration of anesthetics | Pending | |
| SB 75 | Changing distribution of income from excess lottery fund | Signed | |
| SB 80 | Requiring moment of silence at beginning of each school day | Pending | |
| SB 81 | Establishing criminal offense for crimes against public justice workers | Pending | Judiciary |
| SB 82 | Establishing criminal penalties for abuse or neglect of incapacitated adults | Pending | Judiciary |
| SB 83 | Allowing Foster Care Ombudsman access to child protective records | Pending | |
| SB 84 | Providing license for certified professional midwife | Pending | |
| SB 85 | Prohibiting use or sale of abortifacients | Pending | |
| SB 86 | Creating Unmatched Medical Graduate Advisory Council | Pending | Finance |
| SB 87 | Establishing WV Mothers and Babies Pregnancy Support Program | Pending | Finance |
| SB 88 | Requiring Fire Commission promulgate standards for propane tank installation in certain homes | Pending | |
| SB 89 | Creating alternative high-risk population public charter schools | Pending | Finance |
| SB 90 | Providing greater access to unused buildings for public charter schools | Pending | |
| SB 91 | Requiring notice be sent to owners of record before real property can be sold due to nonpayment of taxes | Pending | |
| SB 92 | Glucagon for Schools Act | Pending | |
| SB 93 | Creating E-cigarette and E-cigarette Liquid Directory | Pending | |
| SB 94 | Requiring course in public schools on human development | Pending | |
| SB 95 | Allowing reimbursement for remote ultrasound procedures and fetal nonstress tests | Pending | |
| SB 96 | Exempting ad valorem property tax on property used for divine worship, educational, and charitable purposes | Pending | Finance |
| SB 97 | WV Chemical Abortion Prohibition Act | Pending | |
| SB 98 | Adding grievance and appellate procedures for individuals participating in DMV safety and treatment program | Pending | Judiciary |
| SB 260 | Clarifying residency requirements for voter registration | Pending | Judiciary |
| SB 295 | Clarifying non-agricultural status of solar farms | Pending | Finance |
| SB 296 | Requiring certain insurance companies provide coverage for non-stress fetal tests | Pending | |
| SB 297 | Requiring coverage for certain pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders in certain circumstances | Pending | Finance |
| SB 423 | Modifying appropriation requirements of certain economic development funds | Pending | |
| SB 424 | Restoring Sanity Act | Pending | |
| SB 441 | Establishing digital currency backed by gold | Pending | |
| SB 442 | Creating WV Released Time Education Act | Pending | |
| SB 502 | Relating to counties' ability to regulate floodplains under National Flood Insurance Program guidelines | Pending | |
| SB 517 | Requiring medical professionals to report injuries and side effects from vaccines to Bureau for Public Health | Pending | |
| SB 547 | Creating Charter Schools Startup Fund | Pending | Finance |
| SB 569 | Establishing certain rights for purchasers of residential improvements | Pending | Judiciary |
| SB 570 | Requiring economic impact statements for certain legislative rules | Pending | Finance |
| SB 588 | Relating to WV Food Freedom Act | Pending | |
| SB 593 | Preserving voting data from electronic voting machines | Pending | Judiciary |
| SB 594 | Relating to right to try individualized treatments | Pending | Judiciary |
| SB 599 | Creating Sound Science in Regulations Act | Pending | |
| SB 608 | Removing rape and incest exception to obtain abortion in WV | Pending | |
| SB 614 | Authorizing over-the-counter sale of Ivermectin | Pending | Judiciary |
| SB 633 | Protecting Kids from Porn Act | Pending | Judiciary |
| SB 634 | Relating to distressed land net metering | Pending | |
| SB 671 | Creating By-Right Housing Development Act | Pending | |
| SB 672 | Limiting student use of cell phones in K-12 classrooms | Pending | |
| SB 673 | Defining third-party challenges to development permits | Pending | |
| SB 674 | Creating Standardized Testing Choice Act | Pending | |
| SB 675 | Requiring participant in federal 340B Drug Pricing Program to report certain data | Pending | |
| SB 676 | Providing veterinarian and veterinary technician reciprocity | Pending | |
| SB 692 | Relating to requirements to receive PROMISE Scholarship | Pending | |
| SB 693 | Modifying notification of brewery or dock price of nonintoxicating beer, ale, or other malt beverage or malt cooler | Pending | |
| SB 694 | Protecting state and local government systems and data from foreign entities | Pending | Judiciary |
| SB 695 | Requiring higher education institutions to accept Classic Learning Test | Pending | |
| SB 709 | Repealing provisions of code that exempt Department of Transportation, Tax Division, and Bureau of Social Services from Division of Personnel | Pending | Finance |
| SB 714 | Creating Voluntary Portable Benefit Account Act | Pending | |
| SB 718 | Relating to hospital transparency | Pending | |
| SB 731 | Terminating Design Build Board | Pending | |
| SB 734 | Repealing section creating A. James Manchin Rehabilitation Environmental Action Plan | Signed | |
| SB 736 | Relating to publication of registered lobbyist information | Signed | |
| SB 738 | Terminating Employee Suggestion Award Board | Signed | |
| SB 744 | Repealing Central Nonprofit Coordinating Agency and Committee for Purchase of Commodities and Services from Handicapped | Pending | |
| SB 746 | Allowing State Board of Education to delegate its Medicaid provider status to public charter schools | Pending | |
| SB 749 | Relating generally to public charter schools | Pending | |
| SB 805 | Promoting personal agriculture | Pending | |
| SB 810 | Clarifying requirements for administration of anesthesia and chronic pain practice by certain licensed nurses | Pending | |
| SB 819 | Requiring heart health program in grades three through six | Pending | |
| SB 823 | Clarifying and separating duties between Division of Emergency Management and DEP | Pending | |
| SB 826 | Modifying survivor’s benefit payments on first responders for payment of funeral expenses | Pending | Finance |
| SB 827 | Updating requirements for parole hearings and notifications | Pending | Judiciary |
| SB 828 | Clarifying requirements for persons employed by Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation include contracted vendor staff | Signed | |
| SB 829 | Modifying classes of state of preparedness declared by Governor or Legislature | Pending | |
| SB 830 | Eliminating short-term loans provided to released inmates for costs related to reintegration | Pending | |
| SB 837 | Eliminating WV Office of Equal Opportunity | Signed | |
| SB 844 | Exempting non-native quail and partridge from game farm requirement if owned for agricultural purposes | Signed | |
| SB 855 | Relating to incentive program to promote beverage container recycling | Pending | |
| SB 856 | Removing certain reporting requirements to Joint Committee on Government and Finance | Signed | |
| SB 858 | Relating to controlled substance schedules and to clean-up errors identified in code sections | Pending | Judiciary |
| SB 861 | Updating references to reflect consolidation of Information Services and Communications Division into Office of Technology | Signed | |
| SB 862 | Repealing antiquated language related to Voluntary Gilding Dome Check-Off Program | Signed | |
| SB 863 | Removing reference to Information Services and Communications Division | Signed | |
| SB 870 | Relating to fees imposed by municipalities | Pending | |
| SB 871 | Removing persons who perform drywall services from definition of “contractor” in Contractor Licensing Act | Pending | |
| SB 876 | Terminating certain requirements for Tax Commissioner to submit reports, publish information, and provide notice | Signed | |
| SB 877 | Requiring resolution passed by Legislature to include language to be included on official ballots | Pending | Judiciary |
| SB 889 | Creating Sustaining Opportunities for Academics in Rural Schools Act | Pending | |
| SB 916 | Recognizing authority of Agriculture Commissioner to intervene in matters that negatively affect agritourism | Rejected | |
| SB 917 | Limiting civil liability for academic medical centers and teaching hospitals affiliated with medical and dental schools | Pending | |
| SB 940 | Relating to Water Pollution Control Act | PASS | |
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