Bill Hamilton (R - Upshur, 11)

CONTACT

bill.hamilton@wvsenate.gov

Capitol Office:
Room 223W, Building 1
State Capitol Complex
Charleston, WV 25305
Capitol Phone: (304) 357-7906

Home:
P.O. Box 1192
Buckhannon, WV, 26201
Home Phone: (304) 472-1966

Biography
Retired Independent Insurance Agency Owner Born July 14, 1950, in Buckhannon, West Virginia, the son of the late Winferd W. Hamilton and Mary J. Hamilton Education Buckhannon-Upshur High School; Potomac State College; Ohio State Fire Academy; Investment Institute of Atlanta Wife Carolyn Sue Winemiller Children D. Shawn and Jeremy W. Hamilton; James R. Powell, II and eight grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren 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; 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; Friends of Fidler’s Mill; Upshur County Farm Bureau; Mountaineer Chapter-Izack Walton League; Lifetime Member, Upshur County Association of Retired School Employees Other Public Service West Virginia DNR Hunter Safety Instructor, 30 years Legislative Service Elected to the House 2002-2018; Elected to the Senate 2018 Religion Roman Catholic

COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS

VICE CHAIR: Pensions
Banking and Insurance
Committee of the Whole
Economic Development
Energy, Industry and Mining
Finance
Interstate Cooperation
Military
Natural Resources

INTERIM COMMITTEES:

DISTRICT 11

District Counties: Grant (part), Nicholas, Pendleton, Pocahontas, Randolph, Upshur, Webster

SPONSORED LEGISLATION, 2019 Senator Hamilton was the Lead Sponsor of 20 bills
Bill	Title	Status	Committee
SB 231	Calculating retirement benefits for certain legislators	Pending
SB 232	Enhancing penalties for failing to use caution when approaching emergency vehicles	Pending
SB 233	Relating to age requirements for deputy sheriff	Pending
SB 293	Clarifying director of multicounty vocational technical school as principal	Pending	Education
SB 294	Allowing vehicles used by transportation directors and transportation supervisors use red flashing warning lights	Pending
SB 295	Relating to crimes against public justice	Signed
SB 296	Providing 11-month window to permit members of PERS to purchase credited service	Pending	Pensions and Retirement
SB 297	Extending expiration of military members' spouses' driver's license	Pending	Finance
SB 298	Relating to lawful method for developmentally disabled person to purchase a base hunting license	Pending	Natural Resources
SB 299	Selecting language milestones for deaf and hard-of-hearing children	Pending	Education
SB 300	Relating to adoption records	Pending	Judiciary
SB 301	Exempting certain wood furniture from state sales tax	Pending	Finance
SB 302	Relating to surcharge on fire and casualty insurance policies	Pending	Banking and Insurance
SB 303	Exempting Social Security benefits from personal income tax	Pending	Finance
SB 304	Establishing Southern WV Lake Development Study Commission	Pending
SB 305	Prohibiting waste of big game animals	Pending	Judiciary
SB 308	Awarding service weapons to special natural resources police officers upon retirement	Pending
SB 419	Requiring PAC disclose names and addresses of all contributors to Secretary of State	Pending	Judiciary
SB 535	Allowing City of Buckhannon begin collecting sales and service and use tax on July 1, 2019	Pending
SB 544	Increasing salaries for members of WV State Police over three-year period	Signed