Senator Tom Willis
(R) Berkeley County
Contact Information
Email:
tom.willis
@wvsenate.gov
Capitol Phone:
304-357-7867
Capitol Office:
Room 204W, Building 1
State Capitol Complex
Charleston, WV 25305

Biography
- Education: University of Virginia; Georgetown Law
- Public Service: West Virginia National Guard 2000 - present.
- Occupation: West Virginia Business Owner/National Guardsman
- Spouse: Sara Willis
- Children: Penielle, Tommy, Belle
- Parents: Thomas and Lois Willis
- Religion: Christian
- Town of Birth: Martinsville, VA
- Affiliations: Special Forces Association; National Guard Association; West Virginia Republican Club; Berkeley, Morgan, Hampshire Republicans Club; West Virginia National Guard Association; and, Eagle Scout Association
District: 15 (Berkeley, Hampshire, & Morgan Counties)

Sponsor | Bill | Session | Title | Status |
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9th | SJR2 | 2025 RS | Incorporation of Churches or Religious Denominations Amendment | Pending Senate Judiciary Committee |
4th | SJR7 | 2025 RS | WV Educational Governance Accountability Amendment | Pending Senate Judiciary Committee |
18th | SJR8 | 2025 RS | Citizenship Requirement to Vote in WV Elections Amendment | Pending Senate Judiciary Committee |
9th | SJR11 | 2025 RS | Sheriff's Succession Amendment | Pending Senate Judiciary Committee |
4th | SJR13 | 2025 RS | Constitutional Officer Term Limit Amendment | Pending Senate Finance Committee |
3rd | SJR14 | 2025 RS | Homestead Exemption Increase Amendment | Pending Senate Judiciary Committee |
6th | SB19 | 2025 RS | Providing civil and criminal immunity for use of force in defense of self, real and personal property | Pending Senate Judiciary Committee |
5th | SB20 | 2025 RS | Requiring funding for increased costs to volunteer fire departments and EMS units | Pending Senate Finance Committee |
6th | SB21 | 2025 RS | Assessing wildlife impact fee on wind power projects | Pending Senate Finance Committee |
5th | SB37 | 2025 RS | Allowing certain Teachers Retirement System members to exchange unused leave for monetary compensation | Pending Senate Finance Committee |
4th | SB43 | 2025 RS | Relating to administration of anesthetics | Pending Senate Health and Human Resources Committee |
4th | SB50 | 2025 RS | Requiring municipal elections to be held on same day as statewide elections | Signed by Governor |
2nd | SB55 | 2025 RS | Requiring DOH Commissioner to develop formula for allocating road funds among districts | Pending Senate Transportation and Infrastructure Committee |
2nd | SB56 | 2025 RS | Increasing Homestead Property Tax Exemption for homeowners | Pending Senate Finance Committee |
4th | SB75 | 2025 RS | Changing distribution of income from excess lottery fund | Signed by Governor |
4th | SB85 | 2025 RS | Prohibiting use or sale of abortifacients | Pending Senate Health and Human Resources Committee |
2nd | SB87 | 2025 RS | Establishing WV Mothers and Babies Pregnancy Support Program | Pending Senate Finance Committee |
4th | SB89 | 2025 RS | Creating alternative high-risk population public charter schools | Pending Senate Finance Committee |
6th | SB97 | 2025 RS | WV Chemical Abortion Prohibition Act | Pending Senate Health and Human Resources Committee |
3rd | SB100 | 2025 RS | Allowing members of State Police retirement system to use accrued leave as credit toward retirement | Pending Senate Finance Committee |
4th | SB105 | 2025 RS | Updating retirement eligibility for certain sheriffs | Pending Senate Finance Committee |
3rd | SB121 | 2025 RS | Updating language and increasing penalties for indecent exposure | Pending Senate Judiciary Committee |
2nd | SB131 | 2025 RS | Modifying prohibitions on illegal immigrants entering or residing in WV | Pending Senate Judiciary Committee |
2nd | SB144 | 2025 RS | Relating to Military Incentive Program | Pending Senate Finance Committee |
2nd | SB149 | 2025 RS | Exempting certain military veterans and their dependents from tuition | Pending Senate Finance Committee |
6th | SB154 | 2025 RS | Prohibiting sexual orientation instruction in public schools | Signed by Governor |
2nd | SB164 | 2025 RS | Clarifying parent and guardian access to minor child's medical records | Pending Senate Health and Human Resources Committee |
2nd | SB167 | 2025 RS | Permitting care of patient by telemedicine across state lines | Pending Senate Health and Human Resources Committee |
4th | SB191 | 2025 RS | Modifying retirement and disability benefits for dependents of certain State Police retirees | Pending Senate Pensions Committee |
4th | SB196 | 2025 RS | Lauren's Law | Signed by Governor |
3rd | SB199 | 2025 RS | Relating to elementary behavior intervention and safety | Signed by Governor |
3rd | SB260 | 2025 RS | Clarifying residency requirements for voter registration | Pending Senate Judiciary Committee |
10th | SB286 | 2025 RS | Granting parents access to health records of minor child | Pending Senate Judiciary Committee |
3rd | SB295 | 2025 RS | Clarifying non-agricultural status of solar farms | Pending Senate Finance Committee |
7th | SB299 | 2025 RS | Modifying WV regulations on pubertal modulation, hormonal therapy, and gender reassignment | Signed by Governor |
4th | SB429 | 2025 RS | Providing tax credit to certain honorably discharged veterans for lifetime hunting and/or fishing license | Pending Senate Finance Committee |
5th | SB439 | 2025 RS | Relating to taxation of wind power projects | Pending Senate Finance Committee |
11th | SB449 | 2025 RS | Permitting compressed air and rimfire shooting teams in public schools | Signed by Governor |
3rd | SB450 | 2025 RS | Establishing WV Guardian Program | Pending Senate Education Committee |
4th | SB459 | 2025 RS | Requiring county planning commission members be state residents | Signed by Governor |
9th | SB464 | 2025 RS | Creating license plate for recipients of Medal of Valor | Signed by Governor |
Lead | SB466 | 2025 RS | Making vaccinations voluntary and not mandatory | Pending Senate Health and Human Resources Committee |
9th | SB472 | 2025 RS | Requiring transparency from Department of Human Services | Pending Senate Judiciary Committee |
11th | SB481 | 2025 RS | Allowing off-duty law-enforcement officers to carry concealed weapons at public schools and public school events | Pending Senate Judiciary Committee |
7th | SB505 | 2025 RS | Ensuring Reliable and Affordable Electricity Act | Pending |
8th | SB506 | 2025 RS | Relating to enhanced pay for certain teachers | Pending Senate Rules Committee |
5th | SB507 | 2025 RS | Prohibiting drag shows from being performed in front of minors | Pending Senate Judiciary Committee |
3rd | SB517 | 2025 RS | Requiring medical professionals to report injuries and side effects from vaccines to Bureau for Public Health | Pending Senate Health and Human Resources Committee |
Lead | SB520 | 2025 RS | Relating to locality pay | Pending Senate Judiciary Committee |
Lead | SB521 | 2025 RS | Requiring party affiliations be listed for all candidates | Pending Senate Judiciary Committee |
3rd | SB526 | 2025 RS | Creating Pharmacist Prescribing Authority Act | Signed by Governor |
4th | SB530 | 2025 RS | Creating the West Virginia Land Sovereignty Act | Pending Senate Judiciary Committee |
5th | SB534 | 2025 RS | Clarifying qualifications to be licensed to administer polygraphs | Pending Senate Government Organization Committee |
5th | SB537 | 2025 RS | Establishing WV Mothers and Babies Pregnancy Support Program | Signed by Governor |
3rd | SB539 | 2025 RS | Removing certain entities from list of exemptions from criminal liability relating to distribution and display of obscene matter to minor | Pending Senate Judiciary Committee |
3rd | SB541 | 2025 RS | Sentencing guidelines for fentanyl | Pending Senate Judiciary Committee |
4th | SB549 | 2025 RS | Eliminating income tax on qualified tipped wages | Pending Senate Finance Committee |
12th | 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 |
4th | SB570 | 2025 RS | Requiring economic impact statements for certain legislative rules | Pending Senate Finance Committee |
9th | SB583 | 2025 RS | Establishing economic incentives for data centers to locate within state | Pending Senate Economic Development Committee |
8th | SB588 | 2025 RS | Relating to WV Food Freedom Act | Pending Senate Health and Human Resources Committee |
6th | SB589 | 2025 RS | Providing pay increases to members of judiciary | Pending Senate Finance Committee |
5th | SB592 | 2025 RS | Relating generally to aboveground storage tanks | Pending |
3rd | SB593 | 2025 RS | Preserving voting data from electronic voting machines | Pending Senate Judiciary Committee |
2nd | SB594 | 2025 RS | Relating to right to try individualized treatments | Pending Senate Judiciary Committee |
6th | SB595 | 2025 RS | Creating Mountain Bike Responsibility Act | Pending Senate Judiciary Committee |
4th | SB598 | 2025 RS | Permitting judges to refer parents to prosecuting attorney for making certain false allegations in child custody proceedings | Pending Senate Judiciary Committee |
3rd | SB604 | 2025 RS | Requiring Department of Human Services to notify PSC that person is eligible for discount on utility bills | Pending Senate Finance Committee |
2nd | SB605 | 2025 RS | Requiring certain public or private entities that own, lease, or oversee water or electric supply utility to implement utility continuity rate credit program | Pending Senate Judiciary Committee |
16th | SB617 | 2025 RS | Discouraging gang activity | Signed by Governor |
2nd | SB618 | 2025 RS | Allowing reduced property valuation for certain farmland | Pending Senate Finance Committee |
Lead | SB619 | 2025 RS | Authorizing judge or chief judge to fill prospective vacancy in office of magistrate | Pending Senate Judiciary Committee |
Lead | SB620 | 2025 RS | Relating to time for appeal in Intermediate Court of Appeals | Pending Senate Judiciary Committee |
Lead | SB621 | 2025 RS | Authorizing digital court records | Signed by Governor |
Lead | SB622 | 2025 RS | Authorizing compensation for certain lower court staff | Pending Senate Finance Committee |
Lead | SB623 | 2025 RS | Specifying circumstances in which senior judges and justices may be recalled to service | Pending Senate Judiciary Committee |
Lead | SB624 | 2025 RS | Relating to vacancies in offices of state officials | Pending Senate Judiciary Committee |
9th | SB629 | 2025 RS | Providing increase in salary to WV Birth to Three contracted therapists and employees | Pending Senate Health and Human Resources Committee |
14th | SB633 | 2025 RS | Protecting Kids from Porn Act | Pending Senate Judiciary Committee |
Lead | SB639 | 2025 RS | Creating WV Small Business Appreciation and Acknowledgement Act | Pending Senate Finance Committee |
Lead | SB640 | 2025 RS | Relating to number of children who may be in family child care home | Pending Senate Health and Human Resources Committee |
Lead | SB641 | 2025 RS | Updating time frame for scheduling of hearing on petition for eviction | Pending Senate Judiciary Committee |
Lead | SB642 | 2025 RS | Relating to vacancies in office of magistrate | Pending Senate Judiciary Committee |
Lead | SB659 | 2025 RS | Creating Parents' Bill of Rights | Pending Senate Judiciary Committee |
Lead | SB660 | 2025 RS | Removing restrictions for supervising physicians for nurse practitioners or physician assistants in WV | Pending Senate Health and Human Resources Committee |
Lead | SB661 | 2025 RS | Revising reimbursement and transportation process for post-mental health involuntary commitment | Pending |
2nd | SB663 | 2025 RS | Creating Fair Access to Financial Services Act | Pending Senate Judiciary Committee |
2nd | SB671 | 2025 RS | Creating By-Right Housing Development Act | Pending Senate Economic Development Committee |
6th | SB678 | 2025 RS | Establishing Coal Based Affordable Electricity and Economic Growth Act | Pending Senate Finance Committee |
4th | SB686 | 2025 RS | Relating to WV commercial feed law | Pending Senate Government Organization Committee |
4th | SB688 | 2025 RS | Providing for 4th Amendment Restoration Act | Pending Senate Government Organization Committee |
3rd | SB689 | 2025 RS | State Sovereignty Act of 2025 | Pending Senate Judiciary Committee |
5th | SB697 | 2025 RS | Creating Caregiver Tax Credit Act | Pending Senate Finance Committee |
Lead | SB704 | 2025 RS | Relating to reports of circuit court proceedings | Pending Senate Judiciary Committee |
Lead | SB705 | 2025 RS | Allowing Board of Education to promulgate rules for submission to Legislature | Pending Senate Education Committee |
Lead | SB706 | 2025 RS | Bringing Department of Education under rule-making review of Legislature | Pending Senate Judiciary Committee |
4th | SB707 | 2025 RS | Providing increase in salary to WV Birth-to-Three contracted therapists and employees | Pending Senate Finance Committee |
2nd | SB709 | 2025 RS | Repealing provisions of code that exempt Department of Transportation, Tax Division, and Bureau of Social Services from Division of Personnel | Pending Senate Finance Committee |
2nd | SB724 | 2025 RS | Relating to taxation | Pending Senate Finance Committee |
4th | SB727 | 2025 RS | Directing study of child welfare system be conducted by independent third party | Pending Senate Judiciary Committee |
2nd | SB731 | 2025 RS | Terminating Design Build Board | Pending Senate Government Organization Committee |
22nd | SB740 | 2025 RS | Establishing Stop Squatters Act | Pending Senate Judiciary Committee |
Lead | SB765 | 2025 RS | Establishing Troops-to-Teachers Program | Signed by Governor |
22nd | SB804 | 2025 RS | Relating to WV Secondary School Activities Commission Reform Act | Pending Senate Education Committee |
Lead | SB812 | 2025 RS | Establishing, defining, and creating criminal penalties for terrorist acts and groups | Pending Senate Judiciary Committee |
16th | SB841 | 2025 RS | Prohibiting state entities from promoting or engaging in any activity related to sexual orientation or gender transitioning | Pending Senate Judiciary Committee |
Lead | SB845 | 2025 RS | Relating to National Guard Servicemember's Medical Readiness Act | Pending Senate Judiciary Committee |
Lead | SB848 | 2025 RS | Enacting bank protections for eligible adults from financial exploitation | Pending Senate Finance Committee |
Lead | SB849 | 2025 RS | Providing enhanced pay for State Police | Pending Senate Finance Committee |
Lead | SB850 | 2025 RS | Creating Protecting Shareholders Act | Pending Senate Rules Committee |
6th | SB851 | 2025 RS | Creating Child Protection Investigations Reform Act | Pending Senate Judiciary Committee |
12th | SB853 | 2025 RS | Clarifying terms of registration for tax abandoned land auctions and sales held by auditor | Pending Senate Government Organization Committee |
2nd | SB860 | 2025 RS | Funding Tobacco Use Cessation Initiative | Pending Senate Health and Human Resources Committee |
Lead | SB885 | 2025 RS | Creating Tax and Expenditure Limitation Act | Pending Senate Finance Committee |
4th | SB891 | 2025 RS | Creating State Central Legal Advertising website | Pending Senate Finance Committee |
7th | SB899 | 2025 RS | Protecting coal and gas minerals from carbon capture practices | Pending |
4th | SB914 | 2025 RS | Relating to testing and attendance requirements for private, parochial, and church schools | Signed by Governor |
13th | SB944 | 2025 RS | Creating WV Child First Advisory Committee | Pending Senate Finance Committee |