Education: Middlebury College; West Virginia University College of Law
Occupation: Constitutional Lawyer
Spouse: Matthew
Children: 2
Parents: Christopher and Jeannette
Religion: Catholic
Town of Birth: Wheeling, West Virginia
Affiliations: Womans Club of Wheeling; Alumni Admissions Program Volunteer; Brooke County Area Chamber of Commerce; Weirton Area Chamber of Commerce
SPONSORED LEGISLATION, 2026Senator Chapman was the Lead Sponsor of 38 bills | |||
| Bill | Title | Status | Committee |
|---|---|---|---|
| SJR 15 | Bi-annual Legislative Session Amendment | Pending | Judiciary |
| SB 75 | Exempting certain pension benefits from taxation | Pending | Finance |
| SB 156 | Streamlining rebate process for motor vehicle property taxes | Pending | Finance |
| SB 159 | Adding veteran status as protected class to Human Rights Act | Pending | |
| SB 168 | Eliminating sales tax on utility payments for residential users | Pending | Finance |
| SB 187 | Providing for recall process of prosecutor under certain circumstances | Pending | Judiciary |
| SB 188 | Changing length of term of state political party chair | Pending | |
| SB 421 | Requiring Department of Human Services use mobile technology to assist in certain investigations | Pending | |
| SB 446 | Including certain mental health disorders in existing public health programs | Pending | |
| SB 448 | Relating to brain injury screening training | Pending | Judiciary |
| SB 449 | Relating to teaching and instructing world languages in public schools | Pending | |
| SB 451 | Extending time frame for Department of Human Services to identify relatives and fictive kin | Pending | Judiciary |
| SB 452 | Preventing home insurers from canceling policy for isolated event | Pending | |
| SB 453 | Providing tax deduction for medical payments | Pending | Finance |
| SB 454 | Stop Non-Consensual Distribution of Intimate Deep Fake Media Act | Pending | Judiciary |
| SB 455 | Ensuring equal financial support to kinship parents and fictive kin | Pending | |
| SB 456 | Limiting cost of prescription medications for senior citizens | Pending | |
| SB 457 | Providing water filtration equipment to residents whose water is deemed unsafe | Pending | |
| SB 458 | Providing pay raise for state road employees | Pending | |
| SB 459 | Amending Best Interests of Child Protection Act of 2022 to include step-sibling | Pending | Judiciary |
| SB 460 | Establishing no tax on tips or overtime compensation | Pending | Finance |
| SB 461 | Requiring any PSC rate increase to have legislative approval | Pending | Judiciary |
| SB 463 | Requiring Bureau for Public Health to test for mucopolysaccharidosis type 1 | Pending | |
| SB 464 | Requiring insurance coverage for biomarker testing | Pending | |
| SB 465 | Creating Caregiver Tax Credit Act | Pending | Finance |
| SB 466 | Defining drugs as adulterated when they contain specified food dyes and additives | Pending | |
| SB 467 | Allowing enforcement of Purple Heart parking spaces taken by non-Purple Heart recipients | Pending | |
| SB 468 | Relating to payment rates for child care services | Pending | |
| SB 469 | Requiring dredging of flood prone waterways | Pending | |
| SB 470 | Allowing for doula reimbursement under Medicaid | Pending | |
| SB 471 | Authorizing physician assistants to own business | Pending | |
| SB 491 | WV Volunteer State Defense Guard Act | Pending | |
| SB 494 | Permitting dedicated lottery tickets for special interests | Pending | Finance |
| SB 496 | Relating to modifications reducing federal adjusted gross income related to retirement | Pending | Finance |
| SB 497 | Relating to vehicles exempt from payment of registration fees | Pending | |
| SB 505 | Providing Medicaid coverage for postpartum health care | Pending | |
| SB 508 | Permitting businesses to receive tax credit for using WV manufactured products | Pending | Finance |
| SB 509 | Prohibiting certain medical exams on anesthetized patients | Pending | Judiciary |
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