Senator Bill Hamilton
(R) Upshur County
Contact Information
Email:
bill.hamilton
@wvsenate.gov
Capitol Phone:
304-357-7906
Capitol Office:
Room 223W, Building 1
State Capitol Complex
Charleston, WV 25305

Biography
- Education: Buckhannon-Upshur High School; Potomac State College; Ohio State Fire Academy; Investment Institute of Atlanta
- Public Service: West Virginia DNR Hunter Safety Instructor, 33 years
- 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.
District: 11 (Upshur County)

Sponsor | Bill | Session | Title | Status |
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4th | SJR2 | 2025 RS | Incorporation of Churches or Religious Denominations Amendment | Pending Senate Judiciary Committee |
4th | SJR4 | 2025 RS | Protection of Right to Bear Arms Amendment | Pending Senate Judiciary Committee |
11th | SB6 | 2025 RS | Exempting life insurance cash value from Medicaid eligibility calculations | Pending Senate Health and Human Resources Committee |
3rd | SB10 | 2025 RS | Exempting certain meat processes from consumers sales and service tax | Became Law |
5th | SJR11 | 2025 RS | Sheriff's Succession Amendment | Pending Senate Judiciary Committee |
5th | SJR16 | 2025 RS | Homestead Exemption Increase Amendment | Pending Senate Finance Committee |
2nd | SB16 | 2025 RS | Clarifying requirements for filing occupational pneumoconiosis claims | Pending Senate Banking and Insurance Committee |
6th | SB18 | 2025 RS | Allowing county commissions to impose amusement tax | Pending Senate Government Organization Committee |
5th | SB19 | 2025 RS | Providing civil and criminal immunity for use of force in defense of self, real and personal property | Pending Senate Judiciary Committee |
4th | SB20 | 2025 RS | Requiring funding for increased costs to volunteer fire departments and EMS units | Pending Senate Finance Committee |
4th | SB22 | 2025 RS | Applying penalties for nonpayment of royalties under terms of oil and natural gas leases | Became Law |
3rd | SB29 | 2025 RS | Allowing physicians assistants to own practice | Pending Senate Health and Human Resources Committee |
4th | SB35 | 2025 RS | Permitting campus police officers to participate in Deputy Sheriffs Retirement System | Signed by Governor |
7th | SB37 | 2025 RS | Allowing certain Teachers Retirement System members to exchange unused leave for monetary compensation | Pending Senate Finance Committee |
2nd | SB38 | 2025 RS | Uniform Unlawful Restriction in Land Records Act | Pending Senate Judiciary Committee |
5th | SB50 | 2025 RS | Requiring municipal elections to be held on same day as statewide elections | Signed by Governor |
3rd | SB54 | 2025 RS | Requiring age-appropriate instruction on Holocaust in public schools | Pending Senate Education Committee |
2nd | SB65 | 2025 RS | Relating to fire department recruitment and retention | Pending Senate Government Organization Committee |
3rd | SB76 | 2025 RS | Increasing WV Natural Resources Police Officer Retirement System accrued benefit for certain members | Pending Senate Finance Committee |
6th | SB100 | 2025 RS | Allowing members of State Police retirement system to use accrued leave as credit toward retirement | Pending Senate Finance Committee |
5th | SB105 | 2025 RS | Updating retirement eligibility for certain sheriffs | Pending Senate Finance Committee |
Lead | SB137 | 2025 RS | Requiring political action committee to disclose contributors' names and addresses to Secretary of State | Pending Senate Government Organization Committee |
Lead | SB138 | 2025 RS | Enhancing penalties for fleeing officer | Signed by Governor |
Lead | SB139 | 2025 RS | Relating to filling of vacancies in Legislature | Pending Senate Judiciary Committee |
3rd | SB147 | 2025 RS | Establishing aggravated felony offense of reckless driving resulting in death | Pending Senate Judiciary Committee |
3rd | SB151 | 2025 RS | Creating crime of assault on police dogs and other public safety animals | Pending Senate Judiciary Committee |
3rd | SB189 | 2025 RS | Allowing for testimony of spouses in criminal case | Pending Senate Judiciary Committee |
5th | SB191 | 2025 RS | Modifying retirement and disability benefits for dependents of certain State Police retirees | Pending Senate Pensions Committee |
3rd | SB234 | 2025 RS | Increasing value at which municipal property must be sold through public auction | Pending Senate Government Organization Committee |
Lead | SB240 | 2025 RS | Updating crime of sexual extortion | Signed by Governor |
Lead | SB241 | 2025 RS | Exempting high tunnels and greenhouses from personal property taxes | Pending Senate Finance Committee |
Lead | SB242 | 2025 RS | Equipment Right to Repair Act | Pending Senate Judiciary Committee |
Lead | SB243 | 2025 RS | Requiring counties to register automated external defibrillators with Office of Emergency Medical Services | Pending Senate Government Organization Committee |
3rd | SB244 | 2025 RS | Creating WV Women's Bill of Rights | Pending Senate Judiciary Committee |
3rd | SB246 | 2025 RS | Violent Crime Prevention Act | Pending Senate Judiciary Committee |
2nd | SB269 | 2025 RS | Modifying requirements for public water systems or businesses having backflow preventers | Pending |
3rd | SB272 | 2025 RS | Prohibiting discriminatory practices by financial institution or government entity against firearms manufacturers | Pending Senate Banking and Insurance Committee |
4th | SB283 | 2025 RS | Expanding grade levels of personal finance course requirements needed for graduation | Signed by Governor |
5th | SB286 | 2025 RS | Granting parents access to health records of minor child | Pending Senate Judiciary Committee |
3rd | SB428 | 2025 RS | Patrolman Cassie Marie Johnson Memorial Act | Pending Senate Judiciary Committee |
4th | SB432 | 2025 RS | Requiring county boards of education adopt policies limiting use of personal cell phones and other electronic communication devices | Pending Senate Education Committee |
4th | SB449 | 2025 RS | Permitting compressed air and rimfire shooting teams in public schools | Signed by Governor |
6th | SB450 | 2025 RS | Establishing WV Guardian Program | Pending Senate Education Committee |
3rd | SB459 | 2025 RS | Requiring county planning commission members be state residents | Signed by Governor |
4th | SB464 | 2025 RS | Creating license plate for recipients of Medal of Valor | Signed by Governor |
3rd | SB482 | 2025 RS | Certified Professional Midwife Licensing and Regulation | Pending |
3rd | SB483 | 2025 RS | Increasing civil penalties for failure to file required campaign finance reports | Pending |
4th | SB516 | 2025 RS | Providing extra state aid to school districts for students enrolled in extremely remote schools | Pending Senate Finance Committee |
2nd | SB527 | 2025 RS | Relating to assault and battery on emergency service personnel, law-enforcement officers, and correctional employees | Pending Senate Judiciary Committee |
3rd | SB531 | 2025 RS | Relating to offenses of assault and battery on athletic officials | VETO |
6th | SB534 | 2025 RS | Clarifying qualifications to be licensed to administer polygraphs | Pending Senate Government Organization Committee |
4th | SB565 | 2025 RS | Relating generally to practice of optometry | Became Law |
7th | SB566 | 2025 RS | Providing certified law-enforcement officers tuition-free education up to highest tuition rate for public higher education in WV | Pending Senate Finance Committee |
3rd | SB578 | 2025 RS | Relating to pet food packages | Pending Senate Rules Committee |
10th | SB581 | 2025 RS | Relating to school attendance and student participation in 4-H activities | Signed by Governor |
3rd | SB651 | 2025 RS | Creating WV Black Lung Program | Pending Senate Judiciary Committee |
4th | SB656 | 2025 RS | Relating to impeding, threatening, or harassing first responders | Pending Senate Judiciary Committee |
6th | SB690 | 2025 RS | Authorizing county commissions to increase compensation of elected county officials | Pending Senate Government Organization Committee |
3rd | SB701 | 2025 RS | Classifying forestry equipment for levy purposes | Pending Senate Finance Committee |
2nd | SB708 | 2025 RS | Providing state mine inspectors with raise | Pending Senate Finance Committee |
Lead | SB721 | 2025 RS | Authorizing use of unmanned aerial vehicles to track certain mortally wounded wild animals | Pending Senate Government Organization Committee |
16th | SB722 | 2025 RS | Creating WV Short Line Railroad Modernization Act | VETO |
3rd | SB724 | 2025 RS | Relating to taxation | Pending Senate Finance Committee |
Lead | SB737 | 2025 RS | Creating WV Farm Equipment Repair Pilot Program | Pending Senate Finance Committee |
Lead | SB740 | 2025 RS | Establishing Stop Squatters Act | Pending Senate Judiciary Committee |
3rd | SB748 | 2025 RS | Creating Safer Communities Act | Pending |
3rd | SB755 | 2025 RS | Establishing WV Secondary School Athletic Trainer and Career Technical Education Program Act | Pending Senate Finance Committee |
2nd | SB802 | 2025 RS | Establishing system for tracking receipt and status of absentee voter ballots | Pending Senate Judiciary Committee |
5th | SB806 | 2025 RS | Reorganizing several provisions of bail statutes | Pending Senate Judiciary Committee |
5th | SB853 | 2025 RS | Clarifying terms of registration for tax abandoned land auctions and sales held by auditor | Pending Senate Government Organization Committee |
3rd | SB864 | 2025 RS | Clarifying inference of criminal intent in burglary prosecution | Pending Senate Judiciary Committee |
Lead | SB869 | 2025 RS | Creating Corridor H Advanced Energy and Economic Corridor Authority | Pending |
2nd | SB916 | 2025 RS | Recognizing authority of Agriculture Commissioner to intervene in matters that negatively affect agritourism | Rejected |
5th | SB940 | 2025 RS | Relating to Water Pollution Control Act | Passed |