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