Delegate Bryan Ward
(R) Hardy County
Contact Information
Email:
bryan.ward
@wvhouse.gov
Capitol Phone:
304-340-3154
Capitol Office:
Room 201E, Building 1
State Capitol Complex
Charleston, WV 25305
Biography
- Date of Birth: September 15th, 1965
- Occupation: Retired Sheriff, Retired Firefighter/Paramedic, Carpenter, Farmer
- Spouse: Cheryl
- Children: Marissa
- Religion: Christian
District: 86 (Hardy & Pendleton Counties)

Sponsor | Bill | Session | Title | Status |
---|---|---|---|---|
4th | HJR15 | 2025 RS | Property taxes would end at the time that a morgage is paid off unless the property is left abandoned for more than four years | Pending Standing Committee on Finance |
10th | HB2383 | 2025 RS | Relating to the creation of the Criminal Forfeiture Process Act replacing the West Virginia Contraband Forfeiture Act | Pending Subcommittee on Courts |
4th | HB2399 | 2025 RS | Relating to the taxation of managed timber | Signed by Governor |
4th | HB2409 | 2025 RS | Updating cooperative agreements | Pending |
7th | HB2410 | 2025 RS | Safeguard the Right-To-Try Cutting-Edge Medicine Act | Pending Standing Committee on the Judiciary |
5th | HB2432 | 2025 RS | Including certain Federal Law enforcement agencies in federal officers' peace-keeping authority statute | Pending Standing Committee on the Judiciary |
5th | HB2434 | 2025 RS | Relating to establishing the Stop Squatters Act | Signed by Governor |
6th | HB2453 | 2025 RS | Allow teachers to bank personal and sick days | Pending Subcommittee on Public Education |
11th | HB2489 | 2025 RS | Providing for election reform and protections | Pending Standing Committee on the Judiciary |
3rd | HB2596 | 2025 RS | Providing additional modification reducing federal adjusted gross income for law-enforcement officers and officials | Pending Standing Committee on Finance |
5th | HB2688 | 2025 RS | Abolish the tax on overtime pay | Pending Standing Committee on Finance |
9th | HB2712 | 2025 RS | Removing abortion exemptions for rape and incest | Pending Standing Committee on Health and Human Resources |
Lead | HB2713 | 2025 RS | Relating to Pollution Control Facilities Tax treatment and Wind Power Projects | Pending Standing Committee on Energy and Public Works |
Lead | HB2714 | 2025 RS | Establish setback from residential properties for new windmills being constructed throughout the state. | Pending Standing Committee on Energy and Public Works |
Lead | HB2715 | 2025 RS | Relating to county dog wardens | Pending Subcommittee on Local Governments |
2nd | HB2753 | 2025 RS | Establish time limits on Legislators becoming lobbyists | Pending Standing Committee on the Judiciary |
3rd | HB2758 | 2025 RS | Prohibiting geo-engineering | Pending Standing Committee on Energy and Public Works |
2nd | HB2759 | 2025 RS | Increasing penalties for Corruption | Pending Standing Committee on the Judiciary |
3rd | HB2783 | 2025 RS | Relating to rules for hunting antlered deer | Pending Standing Committee on Government Organization |
6th | HB2785 | 2025 RS | To provide for transparency of the expenditure of dental health care plan premiums | Pending Subcommittee on Banking and Insurance |
8th | HB2786 | 2025 RS | Relating to allowing a personal income tax exemption for First Responders | Pending Standing Committee on Finance |
7th | HB2788 | 2025 RS | Allowing West Virginia State Police officers to bank sick leave and use it towards their years of service or to fund their health insurance | Pending Standing Committee on Finance |
8th | HB2791 | 2025 RS | Public Adjuster Professional Standards Reform Act | Pending Standing Committee on the Judiciary |
2nd | HB2808 | 2025 RS | To ensure that West Virginia law enforcement entities are not compelled or commandeered by federal authorities to conduct activities that violate our citizens Constitutional rights | Pending Standing Committee on the Judiciary |
8th | HB2814 | 2025 RS | Creating plans to protect West Virginia from major crises | Pending Standing Committee on Government Organization |
3rd | HB2894 | 2025 RS | Prohibiting human trafficking of illegal aliens | Pending Standing Committee on the Judiciary |
5th | HB2922 | 2025 RS | Safer Communities Act | Pending Standing Committee on Finance |
4th | HB2939 | 2025 RS | Remote Schools Support Act | Pending Standing Committee on Finance |
3rd | HB2961 | 2025 RS | To amend the law concerning ownership and possession of real property | Signed by Governor |
2nd | HB3007 | 2025 RS | Relating to additional salary for sheriffs with prior law enforcement experience | Pending Standing Committee on Finance |
Lead | HB3011 | 2025 RS | Prohibit future wind power projects | Pending Standing Committee on Energy and Public Works |
8th | HB3024 | 2025 RS | Guaranteed course transfer bill | Signed by Governor |
8th | HB3031 | 2025 RS | Relating to oversight of West Virginia Fusion Center | Pending Standing Committee on the Judiciary |
Lead | HB3045 | 2025 RS | Farmer Protection Act | Pending Standing Committee on Energy and Public Works |
5th | HB3071 | 2025 RS | Require all workplaces to keep Naloxone available in first aid kits and train employees in the use of Naloxone | Pending Standing Committee on Health and Human Resources |
3rd | HB3105 | 2025 RS | Matching the Deputy Sheriffs retirement to corrections at 20 years of service | Pending Subcommittee on Investments |
3rd | HB3106 | 2025 RS | To increase the Deputy Sheriff retirement multiplier from 2.75 to 3.0 | Pending Subcommittee on Investments |
3rd | HB3108 | 2025 RS | Allowing for a paid commission for sheriffs | Pending Standing Committee on Finance |
5th | HB3111 | 2025 RS | To provide pay increases to members of the judiciary | Pending |
7th | HB3113 | 2025 RS | Increasing the percentage of precincts to be audited during the election canvass | Pending Standing Committee on the Judiciary |
9th | HB3114 | 2025 RS | Prohibiting Compensation for Lobbying on Behalf of a Foreign Adversaries | Pending Standing Committee on the Judiciary |
10th | HB3115 | 2025 RS | Relating to expungement of criminal records | Pending Standing Committee on the Judiciary |
11th | HB3116 | 2025 RS | Relating to incest | Pending Standing Committee on the Judiciary |
2nd | HB3132 | 2025 RS | To change the requirements of dog breeding operations | Pending Subcommittee on Agriculture, Commerce, and Tourism |
2nd | HB3138 | 2025 RS | Relating to impeding, threatening or harassing first responders | Pending Standing Committee on the Judiciary |
8th | HB3167 | 2025 RS | To require hair follicle drug testing of parents or guardians in cases of substantiated child abuse or neglect of a minor | Pending Standing Committee on the Judiciary |
5th | HB3181 | 2025 RS | Allow all law enforcement officers to purchase gun upon retirement | Signed by Governor |
8th | HB3189 | 2025 RS | Creating crime of attempting to smuggle contraband into federal correctional institutions within the state | Pending Standing Committee on the Judiciary |
8th | HB3190 | 2025 RS | Controlled Substances and arrestable offenses | Pending Standing Committee on the Judiciary |
8th | HB3191 | 2025 RS | Mandating 25 foot perimeter around law enforcement officers while performing duties by public who are videoing interaction | Pending Standing Committee on the Judiciary |
5th | HB3194 | 2025 RS | To provide a pay increase for the West Virginia Capitol Police and support staff of Capitol police | Pending Standing Committee on Finance |
6th | HB3291 | 2025 RS | Establish fines for any company or organization that knowingly hires an illegal alien | Pending Standing Committee on the Judiciary |
6th | HB3308 | 2025 RS | Relating to the termination of the authoritys certificate of need program | Pending Standing Committee on Health and Human Resources |
4th | HB3309 | 2025 RS | Authorizing sheriffs who are members of the public retirement system to retire upon attaining the age of sixty-two with eight or more years of services | Pending Standing Committee on Finance |
Lead | HB3319 | 2025 RS | Restoring Sanity Act | Pending Standing Committee on Education |
5th | HB3341 | 2025 RS | Relating to who may diagnose post-traumatic stress disorder as a compensable disease under workers compensation | Pending Standing Committee on Health and Human Resources |
11th | HB3378 | 2025 RS | Two party consent for legislative offices | Pending Standing Committee on the Judiciary |
7th | HB3421 | 2025 RS | To secure West Virginia baseload coal generation and ratepayer protection | Pending Standing Committee on Energy and Public Works |
4th | HB3466 | 2025 RS | Installing emergency alert stations at rest areas | Pending Standing Committee on Energy and Public Works |
7th | HB3468 | 2025 RS | Authorizing adjustment from federal adjusted gross income for certain law enforcement pension benefit payments | Pending Standing Committee on Finance |