Walter Hall
Born
1963
Contact
Email · walter.hall@wvhouse.gov
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4
Bills sponsored
this session · 21 all-time
36
Bills co-sponsored
this session · 190 all-time
2
Enacted into law
this session · 8 all-time
1919
Recorded votes
99%
Vote participation
voted in 99% of 1919 recorded votes
Voting scorecard
2026 session · computed from recorded roll-call votes
Party unity
99.2%
based on 243 votes
Votes with own party's majority
Independence
0.8%
based on 243 votes
Votes against own party's majority
Participation
99.6%
based on 243 votes
Roll calls where a yes/no was cast
Sponsored (introduced)
21 billsCurrent session 4 bills
- HB 5222 Creating the State Property Protection Act In Committee
- HB 5623 Relating to absentee voting Passed
- HB 5178 Requiring car dealerships in this state to utilize a search engine to determine if buyers of vehicles have valid motor vehicle insurance. Signed
- HB 5057 To raise the threshold for nominal referral fees from $25 to $100. Signed
Historical 17 bills
- HB 4089 Preservation of hair during chemotherapy. Also known as the “Jessica Huffman Bill” Died
- HB 4053 To establish the blue envelope program. Signed
- HB 5664 To create the West Virginia Cares Fund Died
- HB 5653 To confirm the confidentiality of internal audit and other manuals, training materials, guidelines, thresholds, and procedures. Signed
- HB 5566 To establish a centralized tax lien registry to improve tax collection efficiency, enhance transparency, support economic development, and reduce administrative burden. Died
- HB 5515 Relating to modernizing and updating workers’ compensation statutes. Signed
- HB 5463 Relating to Decreasing Board of Education Limits Died
- HB 5462 Relating to Mine Subsidence Signed
- HB 4963 Relating to establishing an additional modification reducing federal adjusted gross income relating to taxes on tips and overtime Died
- HB 4476 To provide for currency rounding on monetary transactions Died
- HB 4474 Extending the Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementia Advisory Council sunset date. Signed
- HB 2575 Relating to the establishment of a full-time Dementia Services Director position. Signed
- HB 3381 Relating to insurance holding company systems Died
- HCR 31 U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Quewanncoll “Que” Stephens, Sr. Memorial Bridge Died
- HB 2906 Preservation of hair during chemotherapy Died
- HB 2861 To raise the threshold for nominal referral fees from $25 to $100 Died
- HB 3366 Creating the State Property Protection Act Died
Co-sponsored
190 billsCurrent session 36 bills
- HB 5506 Creating the Employee Child Care Assistance Partnership In Committee
- HCR 70 Requesting that the West Virginia Legislature to declare June 12th Women’s Veterans Appreciation Day in the State of West Virginia In Committee
- HB 5481 Relating generally to liability of hospital police In Committee
- HR 9 Reaffirming the longstanding sisterhood partnership between West Virginia and Taiwan Passed
- HB 5156 Prohibiting public disclosure of personal information on the internet In Committee
- HB 4972 Allowing West Virginia State Police officers to bank sick leave and use it towards their years of service or to fund their health insurance In Committee
- HCR 68 U. S. Army Air Force, Major (Ret.) Willis “Scottie” Adams Memorial Bridge Passed
- HCR 64 Acknowledging and supporting the State of Texas Passed
- HB 5052 Increase the tax credit for employers providing child care for employees. In Committee
- HB 4974 To create the Save our Farmland and Protect our National Security Act In Committee
- HB 5376 To extend hunting/fishing rights on private property, without a license, to grandchildren of the land owner In Committee
- HR 7 Supporting the Preservation of the Charleston Processing and Distribution Center Passed
- HB 5295 Authorizing a private outdoor designated area to simultaneously host multiple qualified permit holders Signed
- HB 5280 West Virginia Short Line Railroad Modernization Act Passed
- HR 6 A resolution reaffirming support for the town of Thurmond, the historic buildings within the community, and the strong coal mining history associated with it Passed
- HCR 50 Jack A. Hatfield Memorial Bridge Passed
- HB 5287 Relating generally to traffic safety Passed
- HB 5151 Relating to defining term fictive kin Signed
- HB 4807 Establishing limitations on billing practices of Internet or telecommunications providers that fail to provide subscribed customers service for five or more days Passed
- HB 5062 Relating to allowing a guardian ad litem to request the appointment of a court appointed special advocate Passed
- HB 5063 Modifying the time to terminate a foster care arrangement In Committee
- HB 5051 Provide a tax credit to for-profit and nonprofit corporations to encourage the continued operation of child-care facilities for the benefit of their employees In Committee
- HB 4756 Creating a state Alzheimer’s plan task force Signed
- HB 5526 Program Design and Outcomes of Selected Pre-Petition Legal Representation Programs In Committee
- HCR 82 To create a study resolution to review training, equipment and operating standards, and for certification and evaluation of local and rural fire departments for retention, training, and recruitment purposes. In Committee
Historical 154 bills
- HB 4196 To offer long-acting reversible contraception to patients receiving methadone and suboxone at the treatment facility for the methadone and suboxone Signed
- HB 4191 Relating to providing child care generally Died
- HB 4006 Creating the West Virginia Aerospace and Advanced Manufacturing Growth Act Died
- HB 4003 WV First Small Business Growth Act Died
- HB 5693 Supplemental appropriation, Department of Tourism Revenue Signed
- HB 5691 Supplemental appropriation, Department of Health Signed
- HB 5690 Supplemental appropriation, Adjutant General Signed
- HB 5521 Relating to public adjusters Died
- HB 5512 Relating to Land Records Died
- HB 5499 Relating to school system fiscal and governance early warning, stabilization, and accountability. Died
- HB 5419 Providing protection for search and rescue group dogs Died
- HB 5345 To require child care subsidy payments in West Virginia to be based on enrollment rather than daily attendance Died
- HB 5206 To make certain acts of panhandling and solicitation unlawful Died
- HB 5198 Relating to crimes against the intellectually disabled Died
- HB 5197 Relating to Civil Action to Set Aside a Tax Deed Died
- HB 5195 Related to the authority of sheriff’s commission for collection of taxes. Died
- HB 5162 Relating to the sales of tax liens Died
- HB 5102 Relating to coverage for the treatment of stuttering Died
- HB 5091 Relating to duties of licensees under the West Virginia Real Estate License Act Died
- HB 5030 Authorizing adjustment from federal adjusted gross income for certain law enforcement pension benefit payments Died
- HB 4987 Relating to the creation of the Safety and Violence Education for Students Act Died
- HB 4881 Relating to obtaining title to abandoned or junked motor vehicles abandoned on the property or place of business of an automobile dealer Signed
- HB 4869 Establish narrow, clearly bounded guaranteed-issue rights for Medicare Supplement policies in West Virginia. Signed
- HB 4833 To remove the cap for municipalities on their stabilization fund Died
- HB 4761 Raise the Penalties for Murder and attempted Murder Died
Voting record
Historical 50 votes
| Bill | Vote | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
|
HB 4799
To establish the cold case task force for the State of West Virginia
PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB |
Yea | pass | March 13, 2026 |
|
HB 4546
Providing for biennial reporting instead of annual reporting for business organizations.
PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB |
Yea | pass | March 14, 2026 |
|
SB 794
Relating to appeals of orders or decrees of adoption
PASSAGE |
Yea | pass | March 13, 2026 |
|
HB 5110
Amend section providing for waiver of tuition and fees for senior citizens auditing certain college classes
PASSAGE |
Yea | pass | February 25, 2026 |
|
SB 900
Including certain correctional facilities as "targeted facility"
PASSAGE |
Yea | pass | March 14, 2026 |
|
HB 4592
Relating to college campus safety
PASSAGE |
Yea | pass | February 17, 2026 |
|
HB 4419
Requiring certain non-discretionary procedures be strictly complied with by the West Virginia Parkways Authority before tolls, rents, fees or charges may be increased
PASSAGE |
Yea | pass | February 17, 2026 |
|
HB 4990
Relating to crimes using gift cards
PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB |
Yea | pass | March 14, 2026 |
|
HB 5277
Supplemental Appropriation to the Department of Health Facilities-Welch Community Hospital, William R. Sharpe Jr. Hospital, and Mildred Mitchell-Bateman Hospital from the Unappropriated Surplus Balance
EFFECT FROM PASSAGE |
Yea | pass | March 12, 2026 |
|
HB 4850
Providing online training for Executors/Executrix of an Estate
PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB |
Yea | pass | March 14, 2026 |
|
HB 4765
Teacher, School Personnel, and State Police Pay Raise
PASSAGE |
Yea | pass | February 19, 2026 |
|
HB 4464
Relating generally to Underground Facilities Damage prevention
PASSAGE |
Yea | pass | February 17, 2026 |
|
HB 3429
Prequalifying consultants for WVDEP- Abandon Mine Lands
PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB |
Yea | pass | April 12, 2025 |
|
HB 2402
Relating to providing access to medical records; providing access to a minor’s medical record
PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB |
Yea | pass | April 12, 2025 |
|
HB 2479
Relating to Management and control of county authority vested in board
PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB |
Yea | pass | April 12, 2025 |
|
HB 2267
Authorizing Department of Revenue to Promulgate Legislative Rules
PREVIOUS QUESTION |
Yea | pass | April 12, 2025 |
|
HB 2451
To facilitate the creation of home-based businesses
PREVIOUS QUESTION |
Nay | pass | April 12, 2025 |
|
HB 3277
Relating to defining terms for the West Virginia Hospital Finance Authority Act
PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB |
Yea | pass | April 12, 2025 |
|
HB 2511
Relating to charitable bingo and alcohol sales and consumption while such bingo is taking places
PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB |
Yea | pass | April 12, 2025 |
|
HB 3411
Relating to commissions; removing the legislative members; and eliminating expired commissions
PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB |
Yea | pass | April 12, 2025 |
|
HB 2942
Administration of the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection Design-Build Pilot Program
PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB |
Yea | pass | April 12, 2025 |
|
HB 3209
To provide at least one counselor for every 250 students in public schools and public charter schools in this state.
PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB |
Yea | pass | April 12, 2025 |
|
HB 3356
Supplemental Appropriation - Education - Hope Scholarship
EFFECT FROM PASSAGE |
Yea | pass | April 12, 2025 |
|
HB 2961
To amend the law concerning ownership and possession of real property
PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB |
Yea | pass | April 12, 2025 |
|
HB 3209
To provide at least one counselor for every 250 students in public schools and public charter schools in this state.
EFFECT Jul 01, 2025 |
Yea | pass | April 12, 2025 |
|
HB 3263
Relating to providing notification of utility service disruption to its' customers
PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB |
Yea | pass | April 12, 2025 |
|
HB 3166
Requirements for School Safety Mapping Data
PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB |
Yea | pass | April 12, 2025 |
|
HB 3517
Relating generally to fiscal emergencies of local governments
PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB |
Yea | pass | April 12, 2025 |
|
HB 3111
To provide pay increases to members of the judiciary
AMENDMENTS |
Yea | pass | April 12, 2025 |
|
HB 3357
Supplemental Appropriation - Lottery Surplus - Hope Scholarship
EFFECT FROM PASSAGE |
Yea | pass | April 12, 2025 |
|
SB 765
Establishing Troops-to-Teachers Program
RECEDE |
Nay | pass | April 12, 2025 |
|
HB 3000
Relating to agency changes and updates to the West Virginia Commercial Feed Law.
PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB |
Yea | pass | April 12, 2025 |
|
HB 3411
Relating to commissions; removing the legislative members; and eliminating expired commissions
EFFECT FROM PASSAGE |
Yea | pass | April 12, 2025 |
|
SB 50
Requiring municipal elections to be held on same day as statewide elections
PASSAGE |
Yea | pass | April 12, 2025 |
|
HB 3016
Photo voter ID.
LIMIT TO 5 MIN |
Not Voting | pass | April 12, 2025 |
|
SB 225
Expanding powers of National Park Service law-enforcement officers
PASSAGE |
Yea | pass | April 12, 2025 |
|
SB 474
Ending diversity, equity, and inclusion programs
HFA YOUNG 4-10 #1 |
Yea | pass | April 12, 2025 |
|
HB 2267
Authorizing Department of Revenue to Promulgate Legislative Rules
EFFECT FROM PASSAGE |
Yea | pass | April 12, 2025 |
|
SB 35
Permitting campus police officers to participate in Deputy Sheriffs Retirement System
PASSAGE |
Yea | pass | April 12, 2025 |
|
SB 586
Relating to requirements for filling vacancies in certain elected federal, state, and county offices
EFFECT FROM PASSAGE |
Yea | pass | April 12, 2025 |
|
SB 586
Relating to requirements for filling vacancies in certain elected federal, state, and county offices
PASSAGE |
Yea | pass | April 12, 2025 |
|
SB 275
Removing requirement school cooks or custodians have high school diploma or equivalent
PASSAGE |
Yea | pass | April 12, 2025 |
|
HB 2267
Authorizing Department of Revenue to Promulgate Legislative Rules
PASSAGE |
Yea | pass | April 12, 2025 |
|
SB 581
Relating to school attendance and student participation in 4-H activities
PASSAGE |
Yea | pass | April 12, 2025 |
|
HB 2054
Relating to liability of vendors in private farmers markets
TABLE EFFECT Jul 01, 2025 |
Yea | pass | April 12, 2025 |
|
HB 2054
Relating to liability of vendors in private farmers markets
EFFECT FROM PASSAGE |
Yea | fail | April 12, 2025 |
|
SB 531
Relating to offenses of assault and battery on athletic officials
PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB |
Yea | pass | April 12, 2025 |
|
SB 474
Ending diversity, equity, and inclusion programs
PASSAGE |
Yea | pass | April 12, 2025 |
|
HB 3162
Providing that causes of action under Chapter 46A of the Code of West Virginia survive the death of the party
PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB |
Yea | pass | April 12, 2025 |
|
HB 2054
Relating to liability of vendors in private farmers markets
PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB |
Yea | pass | April 12, 2025 |