West Virginia State Senate

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Laura Wakim Chapman (R - Ohio, 01)





CONTACT

laura.chapman@wvsenate.gov

Capitol Office:
Room 218W, Building 1
State Capitol Complex
Charleston, WV 25305
Capitol Phone: (304) 357-7918


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; Brooke County Area Chamber of Commerce; Weirton Area Chamber of Commerce

COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS

Banking and Insurance
Judiciary
Rules

INTERIM COMMITTEES:
Corrections and Public Safety
Insurance and PEIA
Judiciary
Technology and Infrastructure



DISTRICT 01


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

 

SPONSORED LEGISLATION, 2026

 Senator Chapman was the Lead Sponsor of 61 bills
BillTitleStatusCommittee
SJR 15Bi-annual Legislative Session AmendmentPendingJudiciary
SB 75Exempting certain pension benefits from taxationPendingFinance
SB 156Streamlining rebate process for motor vehicle property taxesPendingFinance
SB 159Adding veteran status as protected class to Human Rights ActPending
SB 168Eliminating sales tax on utility payments for residential usersPendingFinance
SB 187Providing for recall process of prosecutor under certain circumstancesPendingJudiciary
SB 188Changing length of term of state political party chairPendingJudiciary
SB 421Requiring Department of Human Services use mobile technology to assist in certain investigationsPending
SB 446Including certain mental health disorders in existing public health programsPendingFinance
SB 448Relating to brain injury screening trainingPendingJudiciary
SB 449Relating to teaching and instructing world languages in public schoolsPending
SB 451Extending time frame for Department of Human Services to identify relatives and fictive kinPendingJudiciary
SB 452Preventing home insurers from canceling policy for isolated eventPending
SB 453Providing tax deduction for medical paymentsPendingFinance
SB 454Stop Non-Consensual Distribution of Intimate Deep Fake Media ActPendingJudiciary
SB 455Ensuring equal financial support to kinship parents and fictive kinPending
SB 456Limiting cost of prescription medications for senior citizensPending
SB 457Providing water filtration equipment to residents whose water is deemed unsafePending
SB 458Providing pay raise for state road employeesPending
SB 459Ensuring meaningful contact between child and step-siblingsSigned
SB 460Establishing no tax on tips or overtime compensationPendingFinance
SB 461Requiring any PSC rate increase to have legislative approvalPendingJudiciary
SB 463Requiring Bureau for Public Health to test for mucopolysaccharidosis type 1Pending
SB 464Requiring insurance coverage for biomarker testingPending
SB 465Creating Caregiver Tax Credit ActPendingFinance
SB 466Defining drugs as adulterated when they contain specified food dyes and additivesPending
SB 467Allowing enforcement of Purple Heart parking spaces taken by non-Purple Heart recipientsSigned
SB 468Relating to payment rates for child care servicesPending
SB 469Requiring dredging of flood prone waterwaysPending
SB 470Allowing for doula reimbursement under MedicaidPending
SB 471Authorizing physician assistants to own businessPending
SB 491WV Volunteer State Defense Guard ActPending
SB 494Permitting dedicated lottery tickets for special interestsPendingFinance
SB 496Relating to modifications reducing federal adjusted gross income related to retirementPendingFinance
SB 497Relating to vehicles exempt from payment of registration feesPending
SB 505Providing Medicaid coverage for postpartum health carePending
SB 508Permitting businesses to receive tax credit for using WV manufactured productsPendingFinance
SB 509Prohibiting certain medical exams on anesthetized patientsPendingJudiciary
SB 510Using criminal records as disqualification from practicing particular professionsPending
SB 512Relating to cost-sharing calculations on behalf of insured personsPendingFinance
SB 513Requiring courts to interpret statutes and regulationsPending
SB 518Relating to cost-sharing requirements for breast examinationsPendingFinance
SB 519Establishing insurance provisions requiring coverage for annual breast cancer screeningsPending
SB 535Imposing one-year moratorium on approval of certain public utility rate increasesPending
SB 557Requiring Child Protective Services workers to wear body-worn camerasPending
SB 562Establishing Food Is Medicine Program under MedicaidPendingFinance
SB 565Requiring PEIA and other health insurance providers to provide payment parity for certain servicesPending
SB 566Imposing limit of three terms on elected public officials in statePendingJudiciary
SB 593Designating September 11 as Patriot DayPendingFinance
SB 594Creating exemption for disabled veterans from vehicle sales taxPending
SB 595Requiring both parents consent for non-emergency and non-life-threatening procedures on childrenPending
SB 596Eliminating transfer taxes for siblings and for LLC solely owned by individual transferorPendingFinance
SB 597Relating to payment of state funds to qualified child care entitiesPending
SB 653Placing statue of remembrance in rotundaPending
SB 663Allowing parents to refuse family court-ordered medical procedure of child against parents' wishesPending
SB 664Allowing power of attorney or conservator to sign transfer on death deedPendingJudiciary
SB 713Providing 10 percent raise for all public school staffPending
SB 763Requiring children to be screened for sex trafficking upon entering foster carePending
SB 867Strengthening definition of shelter for animals exposed to extreme weatherPendingJudiciary
SB 922Requiring public lodging establishments to provide human trafficking awareness training for employeesPending
SB 981Imposing one-year moratorium on approval of certain public utility rate increasesPending