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Laura Wakim Chapman (R - Ohio, 01)





CONTACT

laura.chapman@wvsenate.gov

Capitol Office:
Room 439M, Building 1
State Capitol Complex
Charleston, WV 25305
Capitol Phone: (304) 357-7918

District:
P.O Box 903
Wheeling, WV 26003

Laura Wakim Chapman Biography

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; Follansbee Chamber of Commerce

COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS

CHAIR: Health and Human Resources
Banking and Insurance
Government Organization
Judiciary
Rules

INTERIM COMMITTEES:
CHAIR: Health
Government Organization
Judiciary



DISTRICT 01


District Counties: Hancock, Brooke, Ohio, Marshall (part)

 

SPONSORED LEGISLATION, 2025

Senator Chapman was the Lead Sponsor of 70 bills
BillTitleStatusCommittee
SB 1Requiring utility work and road paving coordinationSigned
SB 2Designating Patriot Day as state holidayPendingFinance
SJR 5Bi-annual Legislative Session AmendmentPendingJudiciary
SB 27Clarifying felony of exhibiting obscene matter to minorPendingJudiciary
SB 28Requiring insurance coverage of certain genetic testing without cost sharingPendingFinance
SB 40Requiring doula services be covered and reimbursed by Medicaid and PEIAPending
SB 125Clarifying when magistrate vacancies shall be filledPendingJudiciary
SB 126WV Volunteer State Defense Guard ActPending
SB 156Providing diagnostic and supplemental breast examinations without cost sharingPending
SB 157Providing pay raise for state road employeesPending
SB 158Modifying eligibility requirements for serving as member of State Board of EducationPending
SB 159Prohibiting certain medical exams on anesthetized patientsPendingJudiciary
SB 160Providing Medicaid coverage for postpartum health carePending
SB 161Providing water filtration equipment to residents whose water is deemed unsafePending
SB 162Limiting cost of prescription medications for senior citizensPending
SB 163Including certain mental health disorders in existing public health programsPending
SB 164Clarifying parent and guardian access to minor child's medical recordsPending
SB 165Ensuring equal financial support to kinship parents and fictive kinPending
SB 166Requiring CPS to give parents written copy of their rights in certain circumstancesPendingJudiciary
SB 167Permitting care of patient by telemedicine across state linesPending
SB 168Prohibiting rent controlPending
SB 169Increasing Medicaid personal needs allowancePendingFinance
SB 170Stop Non-Consensual Distribution of Intimate Deep Fake Media ActPendingJudiciary
SB 171Requiring all state buildings provide private room for nursing or breastfeeding purposesPending
SB 172Permitting retired teachers to substitute up to 180 days without penalty of losing retirementPending
SB 173Permitting hotels and public lodging establishments to provide human trafficking awareness training for employeesPendingJudiciary
SB 174Clarifying what constitutes shelter for animals exposed to cold weatherPendingAgriculture
SB 175Prohibiting counties from double-taxing rental propertiesPending
SB 176Relating to food allergen awareness in food service establishmentsPending
SB 177Pharmacist Prescribing Authority ActPending
SB 178Imposing limit of three terms on elected public officials in statePendingJudiciary
SB 179Granting school administrators ability to hold students back for 20 or more missed daysPending
SB 180Relating to teaching and instructing world languages in public schoolsPending
SB 181Requiring payments to court-appointed attorneys be reimbursed or denied within 30 days of voucher submissionPendingJudiciary
SB 182Relating to EMT fundingPending
SB 183Providing tax deduction for medical paymentsPendingFinance
SB 184Prohibiting pre-conviction forfeiture of someone merely accused of crimePendingJudiciary
SB 185Relating to lab grown meatPendingAgriculture
SB 262Establishing insurance provisions requiring coverage for annual breast cancer screeningsPending
SB 263Relating to use of criminal records as disqualification from authorization to practice particular professionPendingJudiciary
SB 286Granting parents access to health records of minor childPendingJudiciary
SB 291Extending time frame for pharmacies to register from annually to bienniallySigned
SB 292Allowing doula services be covered by Medicaid and PEIAPendingFinance
SB 430Relating to cost-sharing requirements for breast examinationsPendingFinance
SB 433Relating to dental health care service plansPending
SB 497Preventing home insurers from canceling policy for isolated eventPending
SB 498Permitting dedicated lottery tickets for special interestsPendingFinance
SB 500Transferring audits of volunteer fire departments to Legislative AuditorSigned
SB 526Creating Pharmacist Prescribing Authority ActSigned
SB 648Requiring courts to interpret statutes and regulationsPending
SB 697Creating Caregiver Tax Credit ActPendingFinance
SB 702Relating to payment rates for child care servicesPendingFinance
SB 710Relating to the practice of teledentistrySigned
SB 719Relating to age at which minor can consent to certain medical decisions and servicesPendingJudiciary
SB 759Relating to having no requirement for immunizationPending
SB 760Modifying rate of tax due on licensee's adjusted gross receiptsPendingFinance
SB 811Creating Child Care Subsidy Pilot ProgramPending
SB 813Extending time frame for Department of Human Services to identify relatives and fictive kinPendingJudiciary
SB 817Regulating private alternative adolescent residential or outdoor programsPendingJudiciary
SB 821Requiring child protective services workers to wear body-worn camerasPendingFinance
SB 822Requiring Department of Human Services use mobile technology to assist in certain investigationsPendingFinance
SB 824Amending procedures for regulation of scope of practice for occupations and professionsPending
SB 832Providing for administration of cost-sharing calculationsPendingFinance
SB 833Excluding pharmaceutical medication from prior authorization gold card processSigned
SB 865Relating to best interests of child standardPendingJudiciary
SB 886Relating to Foster Child Bill of RightsPendingJudiciary
SB 887Creating intermediate conservatorship or guardianship process prior to individual being involuntarily committedPendingJudiciary
SB 905Requiring PEIA and other health insurance providers to provide payment parity for certain servicesPendingFinance
SB 913Relating to brain injury screening trainingPendingFinance
SB 932Combining offices of Legislative Auditor and State AuditorPending

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