Dean Jeffries
Born
1971
Contact
Email · dean.jeffries@wvhouse.gov
District office
207 Leo Drive, Elkview, WV 25071
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10
Bills sponsored
this session · 124 all-time
58
Bills co-sponsored
this session · 816 all-time
0
Enacted into law
this session · 14 all-time
3064
Recorded votes
99%
Vote participation
voted in 99% of 3064 recorded votes
Voting scorecard
2026 session · computed from recorded roll-call votes
Party unity
99.6%
based on 537 votes
Votes with own party's majority
Independence
0.4%
based on 537 votes
Votes against own party's majority
Participation
98.2%
based on 537 votes
Roll calls where a yes/no was cast
Sponsored (introduced)
124 billsCurrent session 10 bills
- HB 5007 Clarifying that there is no restriction on the lawful carrying of a deadly weapon, firearm or pepper spray specifically on sidewalks and streets directly bordering and surrounding the State Capitol Complex grounds. In Committee
- HCR 32 Sloan Brothers Memorial Bridge Passed
- HB 5382 Relating to setting a date by which convention and visitor’s bureaus shall be accredited in order to be eligible for distribution of hotel occupancy tax proceeds. In Committee
- HB 5558 The purpose of this bill is to provide management agencies receiving funds from the West Virginia Mothers and Babies Pregnancy Support Program the ability, in coordination with the Bureau for Public Health, to promulgate rules requirements, and procedures for expending funds. In Committee
- HB 5642 Relating to expanding the employment and training requirements necessary to receive SNAP benefits In Committee
- HB 5557 Relating to Medicaid Waiver Package In Committee
- HB 5591 Relating to required modification of levy rates resulting from increased valuation yield In Committee
- HB 4937 Relating to notification of breast density In Committee
- HB 5028 Requiring that final orders be prepared and signed within ten (days) of the disposition hearing. In Committee
- HB 4915 Creating Adopt-A-Trail volunteer programs for public land under DNR jurisdiction In Committee
Historical 114 bills
- HB 5487 Relating to optional limits of uninsured and underinsured motor vehicle coverage Died
- HB 5371 Relating to allowing the carry of firearms on Capitol grounds and in buildings, with exceptions Died
- HB 5216 Relating to community paramedicine programs Died
- HB 5215 Relating generally to limiting landowner liability for the purpose of operation of all-terrain vehicles. Died
- HB 5015 Relating to the Respiratory Care Interstate Compact Signed
- HB 2368 Mylissa Smith’s Law, creating patient visitation privileges Signed
- HCR 86 Study the recruitment and retention of Health Care Workers in West Virginia Died
- HB 2005 Relating to health care costs Signed
- HB 2597 Prohibiting county airport authorities from making or adopting rules prohibiting possession of firearms in public Died
- HB 302 Clarifying West Virginia’s abortion laws Died
- HB 2497 Eliminate permit needed to hunt trap or fish for veterans who suffer PTSD Died
- HB 2203 Ending tolls on the West Virginia Turnpike effective July 1, 2021 Died
- HB 2159 Preserving and protecting the right to keep and bear arms Died
- HB 2178 Facilitating Business Rapid Response to State Declared Disasters Act of 2021 Died
- HB 2141 Relating to participation in school sports Died
- HB 2158 Relating to the Public Service Commission Died
- HB 2175 Removing the permit requirement for a person over 21 to possess a concealed handgun in a motor vehicle on school property Died
- HJR 7 Requiring a two-thirds vote in each house of the Legislature to increase any tax or fee Died
- HB 2171 Vulnerable Child Protection Act Died
- HB 2180 Prohibiting the regulation and licensing of occupations by local government Died
- HB 2204 Providing for a special “Don’t Tread On Me” license plate Died
- HB 2181 Allowing a personal income tax deduction for a stillborn child Died
- HB 2202 Creating the West Virginia Intrastate Commerce Improvement Act Died
- HB 2201 Repealing the section of code relating to unlawful military organizations Died
- HB 2157 Forbidding displays relating to sexuality in public school facilities and forbidding the teaching of sexuality in public schools Died
Co-sponsored
816 billsCurrent session 58 bills
- HB 5162 Establish a program to promote creation and expansion of registered apprenticeship programs Signed
- HB 5512 To Protect Newborn Genetic Privacy Rights In Committee
- HB 4949 To modify local permitting deadlines for permits, licenses, variances, or other types of approval from a governing body or planning commission of a municipality or county. In Committee
- HB 5198 Allow parents to file parenting plan in event the relationship ends 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 5482 Patrolman Cassie Marie Johnson Organ Donor Act In Committee
- HR 9 Reaffirming the longstanding sisterhood partnership between West Virginia and Taiwan Passed
- HB 5444 Retirement credited service for West Virginia State Police In Committee
- HB 4886 Relating to spam phone calls. 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
- HB 5421 To create a K9 Search and Rescue Advisory Committee. In Committee
- HCR 64 Acknowledging and supporting the State of Texas Passed
- HB 5430 Relating to per diem compensation and expenses of newly elected or appointed judicial officers receiving education and training prior to taking the oath of office. Signed
- HB 5078 To include Salem University in programs wherein the Promise Scholarship is accepted In Committee
- HB 5521 Prohibiting laws requiring person to receive or use medical products In Committee
- HB 5396 Relating to the Second Amendment Freedom and Enforcement (SAFE) Act In Committee
- HB 4974 To create the Save our Farmland and Protect our National Security Act In Committee
- HB 5411 Removing requirement to present a paid tax receipt to renew a license plate In Committee
- HJR 28 Protection from medically-assisted suicide or euthanasia in West Virginia Amendment Passed
- HB 5394 To make any business/individual either selling and/or giving any E-Cigarette (vape or cartridge) to anyone under the age of 18 a misdemeanor. In Committee
- HB 5358 Creating an ombudsman program within the Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation to review complaints against a state agency or correctional facility. Passed
- HB 5357 Relating to open captioning for motion pictures In Committee
- HB 5363 Requiring the Commissioner of Corrections and Rehabilitation to continue the GOALS Programs in regional jails. In Committee
- HB 5360 Clarifying the groups of persons to whom the criminal prohibitions related to child pornography are inapplicable when such persons are performing their official or employment duties. In Committee
- HB 5364 Clarifying the victims of crimes against law-enforcement officers. In Committee
Historical 758 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 4088 Relating to certified public accountants Signed
- HB 4009 Relating to the creation of the Portable Benefit Account Act Signed
- HB 4007 Relating to industrial access roads Signed
- HB 4013 Relating to the Mountaineer Flexible Tax Credit Act of 2026 Died
- HB 4003 WV First Small Business Growth Act Died
- HB 5546 Requiring medical professionals to report injuries and side effects from vaccines to Bureau for Public Health Died
- HB 5521 Relating to public adjusters Died
- HB 5515 Relating to modernizing and updating workers’ compensation statutes. Signed
- HB 5472 Formally recognize Mine Rescue teams as first responders in West Virginia. Died
- HB 5463 Relating to Decreasing Board of Education Limits Died
- HB 5462 Relating to Mine Subsidence Signed
- HB 5398 Relating to dates and deposits for Oil and Gas Well Plugging Died
- HB 5365 Relating to the regulation of pharmacy benefit managers providing services to the Public Employees Insurance Agency. Died
- HB 5235 Back to school sales tax holiday Died
- HB 5234 Relating to requiring certain information with an absentee ballot Died
- HB 5231 The purpose of this bill is to require counties to utilize separate voting machines from those used for voting in an election, and to require testing of the automatic tabulating equipment prior to its use in an election. Died
- HB 5230 Modifying retirement and disability benefits for dependents of State Police Died
- HB 5211 Relating to the identification of noncitizen residents on a driver’s license. Died
- HB 5200 Creating Office of entrepreneurship Died
- HB 5113 Relating to a patient’s right to choose physician Died
- HB 5112 Prohibiting laws requiring person to receive or use medical products Died
- HB 5111 To prohibit public colleges and universities in this state from requiring vaccines for admission. Died
- HB 5099 Relating to restitution payments for the support of a child whose parent or guardian is a victim of intoxication manslaughter Died
- HB 5097 Require hospitals with no ASL interpreter on staff provide technology for hearing or speech impaired patients to communicate 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 |
Yea | 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 |
Nay | 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 |
Yea | 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 |
Yea | 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 |
Nay | 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 |
Nay | 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 |
Nay | pass | April 12, 2025 |
|
HB 2054
Relating to liability of vendors in private farmers markets
EFFECT FROM PASSAGE |
Nay | 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 |
Nay | pass | April 12, 2025 |