Jason Barrett
Born
1982
Contact
Email · jason.barrett@wvsenate.gov
District office
WV
304-886-9907
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16
Bills sponsored
this session · 115 all-time
50
Bills co-sponsored
this session · 404 all-time
5
Enacted into law
this session · 26 all-time
3719
Recorded votes
98%
Vote participation
voted in 98% of 3719 recorded votes
Voting scorecard
2026 session · computed from recorded roll-call votes
Party unity
98.1%
based on 52 votes
Votes with own party's majority
Independence
1.9%
based on 52 votes
Votes against own party's majority
Participation
96.3%
based on 52 votes
Roll calls where a yes/no was cast
Sponsored (introduced)
115 billsCurrent session 16 bills
- SB 631 Prohibiting municipalities from disconnecting water service for nonpayment of stormwater fees Signed
- SB 542 Amending procedure for filling vacancies in certain county offices having more than three commissioners Signed
- SB 694 WV Land Use Association Registration Act In Committee
- SB 691 Revising statute of annual inspection for commercial motor vehicles Introduced
- SB 725 Clarifying conditions for pretrial release and maximum bail amount for certain defendants Passed
- SB 872 Relating to county fire service fees Signed
- SB 863 Applying excise tax to heated nicotine products In Committee
- SB 751 Creating online charitable raffles Signed
- SB 722 Revising examination of records relating to limited video lottery Vetoed
- SB 816 Truth in Giving Act Passed
- SB 692 Allowing members of State Police retirement system to use accrued leave as credit towards retirement Introduced
- SB 762 Updating requirements for issuance of occupational licenses or other authorization to practice In Committee
- SB 767 Providing for retail franchise agreements, governing law, and competition restrictions In Committee
- SB 754 Allowing car dealerships to utilize search engines to determine if buyers have valid motor vehicle insurance Passed
- SB 755 Providing safeguards for online sales of tobacco products Signed
- SB 734 Reducing statute of limitations on actions to recover on oral and written contracts In Committee
Historical 99 bills
- SB 781 Supplemental appropriation for Civil Contingent Fund, fund 0105 Signed
- SB 772 Declaring certain claims against WV to be moral obligations Signed
- SB 749 Relating to county economic opportunity development districts Signed
- SB 724 Relating to home confinement officers’ participation in EMS retirement system Signed
- SB 575 Relating to refusal review hearings Signed
- SB 548 Requiring transparency of dental health care insurance products Died
- SB 547 Creating Truth in Giving Act Died
- SB 28 Allowing members of State Police retirement system to use accrued leave as credit toward retirement Signed
- SB 27 Reducing statute of limitations on actions to recover on oral and written contracts Died
- SB 144 Providing phased-in increase in homestead exemption Died
- SB 1060 Providing WV certified thoroughbred eligibility and increase restricted race caps Signed
- SB 977 Creating benefit for duty-related partial disability Signed
- HB 3106 To change the hearing requirement for misdemeanors to 10 days Signed
- HB 2758 Requiring the Insurance Commissioner to regulate professional bondsmen Signed
- HCR 97 To create a study resolution relating to attracting distribution centers to the state of West Virginia. Died
- HCR 63 “Mayor George Karos Bridge." Died
- HB 3308 Relating to increasing number of limited video lottery terminals Signed
- HB 3150 To cap the cost of in-state tuition for West Virginia universities and colleges who receive in state funding Died
- HB 3154 To restrict what charities candidates may contribute to with excess campaign cash Died
- HB 3151 To phase out magisterial districts in West Virginia by 2024 Died
- HB 2770 Including home confinement officers in definition of law-enforcement officers Died
- HB 3044 Expanding types of cancers as rebuttable presumption for injuries, diseases for professional firefighters Died
- HB 2824 Relating to public school education assessment of students for dyslexia and dyscalculia Died
- HB 2826 Define hate crime and make a felony Died
- HB 2825 Shifting funding from the Landfill Closure Assistance Fund to local solid waste authorities Died
Co-sponsored
404 billsCurrent session 50 bills
- SB 439 Authorizing certain 911 personnel to be members of Emergency Medical Services Retirement System under certain circumstances Signed
- SB 690 Establishing WV Agritourism Commission Signed
- SB 677 Modifying requirements regarding use of medical cannabis In Committee
- SCR 34 Feasibility study of ballot identification and verification measures in statewide elections In Committee
- SR 27 Recognizing Leadership Jefferson for its service, dedication, and commitment to Jefferson County Introduced
- SJR 10 Homestead Exemption for Disabled Veterans Amendment Passed
- SB 444 Relating to health insurance coverage for certain emergency services Passed
- SR 59 Reaffirming longstanding sisterhood partnership between WV and Taiwan Introduced
- SR 56 Memorializing life of Honorable Warren Randolph McGraw Sr. Introduced
- SB 604 WV Short Line Railroad Modernization Act In Committee
- SCR 24 Recognizing First Responders Honor Board's nominees for Medal of Valor Passed
- SB 610 Clarifying authority of Water Development Authority in certain circumstances Signed
- SB 493 Relating to use of criminal records as disqualification from authorization to practice particular profession Passed
- SB 571 Creating WV Corridor H Advanced Energy and Economic Corridor Authority Passed
- SR 17 Recognizing Riley Gaines as ambassador for Independent Women's Forum and advocate for women's equality in sports Introduced
- SR 16 Supporting preservation of Charleston USPS Processing and Distribution Center Introduced
- SB 533 Allowing EMS agencies to triage, treat or transport patients to alternate destinations Signed
- SR 51 Memorializing life of Lora Susan Thompson Introduced
- SB 534 Prohibiting false abuse or neglect referrals in child abuse cases In Committee
- SR 10 Commemorating 78th Southern Legislative Conference of Council of State Governments Southern Office Introduced
- SCR 17 Reaffirming support of WV Legislature for State of Israel and Jewish people Passed
- SB 544 Raising threshold for bid requirement of municipal public works projects Signed
- SR 50 Designating February 21, 2024, as WV History Day Introduced
- SR 54 Recognizing Leadership Berkeley for its service, dedication and commitment to Berkeley County Introduced
- SR 55 Memorializing life of Honorable William Wayne Bailey, Jr. Introduced
Historical 354 bills
- SB 560 Relating to financing and state payments Died
- SB 151 Exempting life insurance cash value from Medicaid eligibility calculations Died
- SB 1073 Classifying independent contractors and employees Died
- SB 1038 Adjusting salaries for certain administrative law judges Signed
- SB 936 Providing WV certified thoroughbred eligibility Died
- SB 923 Creating Guaranteeing Rights Against Novel International Tyranny and Extortion Act Died
- HB 2581 Providing for the valuation of natural resources property and an alternate method of appeal of proposed valuation of natural resources property Signed
- HB 2677 Relating to increasing the amount of money for which a purchase may be made without obtaining three bids to ten thousand dollars Died
- HB 2371 Businesses may not give change in the form of “scrip” without the customer’s consent Died
- HB 3136 Repeal code relating to wagering or betting on elections Died
- HCR 104 Providing for the expiration of certain emergency orders issued during the coronavirus pandemic declared on March 16, 2020 in West Virginia Died
- HB 2260 Relating to procurement of child placing services Signed
- HB 2493 Providing valuation limitations for coal property taxation and clarifying the penalties for non-filers Died
- HCR 69 To create“The West Virginia Women’s Suffrage Memorial" to be located on the Capitol grounds as a permanent reminder of the impact of the suffragists on West Virginia’s past, present and future. Died
- HB 3300 Relating to reducing personal income tax rates generally Died
- HB 3137 To accelerate the conversion of the transfer tax on the privilege of transferring real property from a state excise tax to a county excise tax Died
- HB 2532 Requiring the Commissioner of Highways to develop a formula for allocating road funds among districts Died
- HB 2494 Create license plate for autism awareness Died
- HB 2373 Home Based Business Fairness Act Died
- HB 2372 Allow pre-candidacy papers to be filed the day after the general election Signed
- HB 2096 Reinstating the film investment tax credit Died
- HB 2345 Requiring each county school board to employ at least one full time school nurse Died
- HB 2355 Establishing a tax deduction against corporation net income tax for retail food distributors that donate to school “backpack programs” Died
- HR 8 Resolution to honor the life of Officer Cassie Johnson Died
- HCR 32 To name Gatewood Road in Fayette County as the “Senator Shirley Love Memorial Road.” Died
Voting record
Historical 50 votes
| Bill | Vote | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
|
HB 5537
Repealing obsolete and outdated sections of the Education code.
Roll Call |
Nay | pass | March 13, 2026 |
|
HB 5441
Reforming State Personnel System
Roll Call |
Yea | pass | March 13, 2026 |
|
HB 5438
To modify the foundation allowance to improve instructional programs.
Roll Call |
Yea | pass | March 14, 2026 |
|
HB 5438
To modify the foundation allowance to improve instructional programs.
Roll Call |
Yea | pass | March 13, 2026 |
|
HB 4995
Require the use of video cameras in certain special education classrooms
Roll Call |
Yea | pass | March 13, 2026 |
|
HB 4951
Requiring MDs and DOs to complete continuing education
Roll Call |
Yea | pass | March 14, 2026 |
|
HB 4575
Making Supplemental Appropriation to State Board of Education
Roll Call |
Yea | pass | February 21, 2026 |
|
HB 4433
Prohibiting Human Smuggling and Trafficking
Roll Call |
Yea | pass | February 17, 2026 |
|
HB 4215
Department of Health Rules Bundle
Roll Call |
Yea | pass | February 25, 2026 |
|
HB 4191
Relating to providing child care generally
Roll Call |
Yea | pass | March 13, 2026 |
|
HB 4087
To create a West Virginia-Ireland Education Alliance.
Roll Call |
Yea | pass | March 13, 2026 |
|
HB 4004
Creating the Recharge West Virginia Program
Roll Call |
Yea | pass | March 14, 2026 |
|
SB 251
Authorizing Department of Administration to promulgate legislative rules
Roll Call |
Yea | pass | February 16, 2026 |
|
SB 250
Budget Bill
Roll Call |
Yea | pass | March 05, 2026 |
|
SB 250
Budget Bill
Roll Call |
Yea | pass | February 20, 2026 |
|
SB 182
Relating to annexation by minor boundary adjustment
Roll Call |
Yea | pass | March 14, 2026 |
|
SB 63
Creating Sustaining Opportunities for Academics in Rural Schools Act
Roll Call |
Yea | pass | March 14, 2026 |
|
HB 5689
Supplemental appropriation, Department of Homeland Security
Roll Call |
Yea | pass | March 13, 2026 |
|
SB 1
Small Business Growth Act
Roll Call |
Yea | pass | February 16, 2026 |
|
SB 937
Establishing community-based child welfare system program
Roll Call |
Yea | pass | March 03, 2026 |
|
SB 927
Clarifying Commissioner of Agriculture's authority to regulate bees
Roll Call |
Yea | pass | February 24, 2026 |
|
SB 878
Creating Office of Entrepreneurship within Office of Secretary of State
Roll Call |
Yea | pass | March 13, 2026 |
|
SB 871
Supplemental appropriation to State Board of Education, fund 3517
Roll Call |
Yea | pass | February 20, 2026 |
|
SB 841
Supplemental Appropriation to State Board of Education, fund 3951
Roll Call |
Yea | pass | February 20, 2026 |
|
SB 829
Supplemental Appropriation to Department of Administration, fund 0615
Roll Call |
Yea | pass | March 11, 2026 |
|
SB 827
Supplemental appropriation to Department of Human Services, fund 0486
Roll Call |
Yea | pass | March 11, 2026 |
|
SB 823
Supplementary appropriation to Department of Revenue, fund 7352
Roll Call |
Not Voting | pass | February 18, 2026 |
|
SB 820
Supplemental appropriation to Department of Administration, fund 0186
Roll Call |
Yea | pass | March 11, 2026 |
|
SB 814
Supplemental appropriation to State Board of Education, fund 0313
Roll Call |
Yea | pass | February 20, 2026 |
|
SB 788
Supplemental appropriation to Department of Commerce, fund 0572
Roll Call |
Yea | pass | March 11, 2026 |
|
SB 787
Supplemental appropriation to Department of Commerce, fund 0250
Roll Call |
Yea | pass | March 11, 2026 |
|
SB 657
Creating Cohen Craddock Student Athlete Safety Act
Roll Call |
Yea | pass | March 03, 2026 |
|
SB 641
Relating generally to aboveground storage tanks
Roll Call |
Yea | pass | March 04, 2026 |
|
SB 531
Establishing First Amendment Preservation Act
Roll Call |
Yea | pass | March 13, 2026 |
|
SB 420
West Virginia First Energy Act
Roll Call |
Yea | pass | March 04, 2026 |
|
SB 392
Relating to personal income tax reduction
Roll Call |
Yea | pass | March 14, 2026 |
|
HB 3369
Supplemental Appropriation - Education - Enrollment
Passage |
Yea | pass | April 12, 2025 |
|
HB 3360
Supplemental Appropriation - EDA Bridge Loan Fund
Passage |
Yea | pass | April 12, 2025 |
|
HB 3520
Expiring funds to the surplus balance in the State Fund, General Revenue, Office of Energy
Passage |
Yea | pass | April 12, 2025 |
|
HB 3164
Requiring registered sex offenders pay annual fee
Passage |
Yea | pass | April 12, 2025 |
|
HB 3371
Supplemental Appropriation - - HLFC to OIG Net Zero
Passage |
Yea | pass | April 12, 2025 |
|
HB 3352
Supplemental Appropriation - Human Services - Medicaid
Passage |
Yea | pass | April 12, 2025 |
|
HB 3125
To remove restrictions from teachers receiving permanent teaching licenses
Passage |
Yea | pass | April 12, 2025 |
|
HB 3359
Supplemental Appropriation - EDA and Medicaid Net Zero
Passage |
Yea | pass | April 12, 2025 |
|
HB 3349
Supplemental Appropriation - Medicaid
Passage |
Yea | pass | April 12, 2025 |
|
HB 2347
The Joel Archer Substance Abuse Intervention Act.
Passage |
Yea | pass | April 12, 2025 |
|
HB 3356
Supplemental Appropriation - Education - Hope Scholarship
Passage |
Yea | pass | April 12, 2025 |
|
SB 941
Clarifying authority regarding dams designed by US Conservation Service
Passage |
Yea | pass | April 12, 2025 |
|
HB 3357
Supplemental Appropriation - Lottery Surplus - Hope Scholarship
Passage |
Yea | pass | April 12, 2025 |
|
HB 2164
To allow for public and private schools in West Virginia to employ security personnel.
Passage |
Yea | pass | April 11, 2025 |