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Joe Funkhouser (R - Jefferson, 098)

Assistant Majority Whip



CONTACT

joe.funkhouser@wvhouse.gov

Capitol Office:
Room 150R, Building 1
State Capitol Complex
Charleston, WV 25305
Capitol Phone: (304) 340-3130

District:
P.O. Box 372
Charles Town, WV 25414

Joe Funkhouser Biography

COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS

Courts
Homeland Security
Judiciary

INTERIM COMMITTEES:
Corrections and Public Safety
Judiciary


DISTRICT 098


District Counties: Jefferson

 

SPONSORED LEGISLATION, 2026

Delegate Funkhouser was the Lead Sponsor of 69 bills
BillTitleStatusCommittee
HB 4454To double the homestead tax exemptionPendingFinance
HB 4455Relating to taxationPendingFinance
HB 4499Relating to eminent domain compensationPendingJudiciary
HB 4550To require the state and/or its agents to provide their appraisal to landowners involved in eminent domain Pending
HB 4583Victims of Communism DayPending
HB 4584Market pay for TeachersPending
HB 4585Relating to the Volunteer Firefighter Tax Credit ActPendingFinance
HB 4647Change the term of the office of sheriff from 4 years to 6 yearsPendingJudiciary
HB 4648To ensure felonies or violent misdemeanors are not eligible for personal recognizance discharge from jailPendingJudiciary
HB 4649Amending the duties of a purchaser to secure a deedPendingFinance
HB 4650Modifying the process by which a Defendant is entitled to a trial by jury in municipal courtPendingJudiciary
HB 4651Relating to unfair or unconscionable debt collection practicesPending
HB 4718Secure Roads and Safe Trucking ActPending
HB 4761Raise the Penalties for Murder and attempted MurderPendingJudiciary
HB 4762Providing veterinarian and veterinary technician reciprocityPending
HB 4809Caregiver Tax CreditPendingFinance
HB 4811Creating the False Claims ActPendingJudiciary
HB 4847Local Shares teacher and school personnel payPending
HB 4848Requiring certain disclosures of election expendituresPendingJudiciary
HB 4850Providing online training for Executors/Executrix of an EstatePASS
HB 4857Increasing penalty for transporting telecommunicating devices into jails.PendingJudiciary
HB 4858Determine credits for qualified rehabilitated buildings investmentPendingFinance
HB 4859Allowing a county board of education participating in the operation of a multicounty vocational center to withdrawPending
HB 4865Providing for a program allowing election official trainees to be appointed as election officialsPASS
HB 4932Providing for the use of “A.C.” as a name ending for an accounting corporation.Pending
HB 5006Relating to clarifying secondary sources are not the law and public policy of West Virginia in certain instancesPendingJudiciary
HB 5007Creating an income tax deduction for gym membershipsPendingFinance
HB 5008Relating to a State Water Resources Management PlanPending
HB 5009Relating to zoning ordinances and their effectsPending
HB 5013Requiring the Commissioner of Highways to develop a formula for allocating road funds among districtsPending
HB 5026Account for all federal unfunded mandatesPending
HB 5027Relating to eminent domain and use of property taken. PendingJudiciary
HB 5031To standardize reporting practices and improve forensic and public health research by including vaccination history in death investigationsPendingJudiciary
HB 5217Providing for a filing fee for a write-in candidatePendingJudiciary
HB 5218Providing that the Secretary of State shall notify a respondent of an election law complaintPendingJudiciary
HB 5219Relating to defining residence for the purpose of registration and voting in West VirginiaPendingJudiciary
HB 5220Relating to clarifying persons permitted to be present in a polling place during an election period for non-voting activities that normally occur at that locationPendingJudiciary
HB 5221Relating to increasing the civil penalties for failure to file required campaign finance reportsPendingJudiciary
HB 5222Providing for an increase service of process fees and fees in shipping and handling expenses for execution of service of processPendingJudiciary
HB 5223Relating to requiring contact information for the chair of a political committeePendingJudiciary
HB 5224Creating a personal income tax credit for election officials in West Virginia.PendingJudiciary
HB 5225Relating to prohibiting any person to operate an unmanned aerial vehicle over a polling place on election dayPendingJudiciary
HB 5226Providing that in no case shall a filing fee paid be returned to the candidatePendingJudiciary
HB 5227Relating to Secretary of State annual reports, fees, and veteran-owned business logotypesPending
HB 5228Relating to clarifying the definition of electioneeringPendingJudiciary
HB 5229Relating to filing of a fraudulent financing statement. PendingJudiciary
HB 5273Relating to campaign financial statements by candidates for municipal officePendingJudiciary
HB 5274Allowing the Secretary of State administer oaths and affirmations.PendingJudiciary
HB 5275Providing the circumstances that a qualified voter is authorized to vote an absentee ballot by mailPendingJudiciary
HB 5329Expand the usage of impact fees for county developmentPendingFinance
HB 5366Relating to rules governing the practice of lawPASS
HB 5367Refugee Absorptive Capacity ActPendingJudiciary
HB 5368Establish a registry for domestic violence offendersPendingJudiciary
HB 5383To require real estate agents to disclose water and sewer utility rates, if applicable, at the point of salePending
HB 5401Relating to voting in West Virginia elections while residing overseasPASS
HB 5404Creating an Office of EntrepreneurshipPending
HB 5423To ensure that illegal aliens do not vote or operate a motor vehicle in the state. PendingJudiciary
HB 5464West Virginia First Live Racing Jobs Act of 2026PendingFinance
HB 5493Provide a penalty of chemical castration or surgical castration for sex abuse crimes against minors.Pending
HB 5532Prohibiting counties from double-taxing rental propertiesPendingFinance
HB 5534To reduce all titled vehicle personal property taxation values, except for mobile homes, from a Class IV assessment valuation to a Class IIPendingFinance
HB 5535Relating to tow truck lightingPending
HB 5538To expand licensing opportunities and safety regulation in the esthetics industryPending
HB 5587To authorize cameras in school buses to send red light violators footage directly to the applicable law enforcement agency for ticketing and enforcementPendingJudiciary
HB 5602Provide a statutory mechanism allowing property owners of undeveloped or unimproved land located within municipal boundaries to petition for annexation of their property into the county.Pending
HB 5604To recognize bullion as legal tenderPending
HB 5611Certified Microgrid ProgramPending
HB 5643Allowing an LEA or public charter school to enroll, or refuse to enroll, a student who is unlawfully present in the United StatesPending
HB 5644To establish provisions regarding student immigration status and nationality in WV public educational institutionsPending

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Joe Funkhouser Takes Oath of Office10/21/2024
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