Joey Garcia
Born
1983
Contact
Email · joey.garcia@wvsenate.gov
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3
Bills sponsored
this session · 55 all-time
44
Bills co-sponsored
this session · 274 all-time
0
Enacted into law
this session · 2 all-time
1348
Recorded votes
93%
Vote participation
voted in 93% of 1348 recorded votes
Voting scorecard
2025 session · computed from recorded roll-call votes
Party unity
100%
based on 368 votes
Votes with own party's majority
Independence
0%
based on 368 votes
Votes against own party's majority
Participation
100%
based on 368 votes
Roll calls where a yes/no was cast
Sponsored (introduced)
55 billsCurrent session 3 bills
Historical 52 bills
- SB 870 Providing $10,000 pay raise to teachers across five years Died
- SB 869 Creating WV Housing Stability Fund Died
- SB 754 Creating Foster Care Facilities Improvement Fund Died
- SB 658 Relating to certified microgrid district projects and certified high impact data center projects Died
- SB 656 Relating to ethics reforms at PSC Died
- SB 652 Relating to distribution of tax revenues collected from data centers Died
- SB 634 Legalizing adult consumption of cannabis Died
- SB 611 Codifying common-law definition of involuntary manslaughter Died
- SB 601 Authorizing medical parole for certain inmates Died
- SB 600 Limiting family income for Hope Scholarship eligibility Died
- SB 60 Relating to container labeling of nonintoxicating beer and nonintoxicating craft beer Died
- SB 577 Relating to electric and natural gas utility rate increases Died
- SB 576 Relating to powers and duties of Secretary of Department of Health Facilities Died
- SB 121 Requiring full text of proposed constitutional amendments be included on official ballots Died
- SB 116 Establishing Raylee's Law Died
- SB 115 Repealing Workplace Freedom Act Died
- SB 114 Creating Paid Parental Leave Pilot Program Died
- SB 113 Providing cost-of-living provision for certain retirees under PERS and TRS Died
- SB 112 Restoring voting rights for person incarcerated for felony upon release Died
- SB 111 Reinstating prevailing wage Died
- SB 110 Creating WV Black Lung Program Died
- SB 109 Clarifying racial discrimination includes discrimination based on certain hair textures and hairstyles Died
- SB 107 Requiring medical insurance providers to include infertility services in policies Died
- SB 106 Relating to locality pay to certain DOH employees Died
- SB 105 Restricting public access to crime records Died
Co-sponsored
274 billsCurrent session 44 bills
- HB 5520 Relating to juvenile competency Signed
- HR 9 Reaffirming the longstanding sisterhood partnership between West Virginia and Taiwan Passed
- HB 5443 Clarifying that electronic data processing services are to be included in the valuation of specialized high-technology property Passed
- HB 4834 Establishing a community solar program for subscribers to gain credits against their utility bills In Committee
- HB 5434 Authorizing the West Virginia Commissioner of Highways to offer locality pay to Division of Highways employees working in certain jurisdictions In Committee
- HB 5393 Providing a cost-of-living provision for certain persons retired under the Public Employees Retirement System and the Teachers Retirement System In Committee
- HB 4621 Relating to the Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation posting booking photographs of an accused person Passed
- HB 5390 Modifying the crime of fraud 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 5363 Requiring the Commissioner of Corrections and Rehabilitation to continue the GOALS Programs in regional jails. In Committee
- HJR 27 Relating to the right to reproductive freedom with protections for health and safety In Committee
- HCR 87 A resolution to task the Economic Development Authority to find land around Flatwoods and funding and businesses to make an area similar to Pigeon Forge to increase tourism and entertainment In Committee
- HR 7 Supporting the Preservation of the Charleston Processing and Distribution Center 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
- HB 5329 Limiting the use of state funding under the Hope Scholarship Program for out-of-state private schools and providers In Committee
- HB 5328 Relating to expanding certain insurance coverages for pregnant women In Committee
- HB 5314 Amending the mandatory penalties applying to third offense shoplifting In Committee
- HB 4010 Relating to providing notification of utility service disruption to its' customers Passed
- HB 5287 Relating generally to traffic safety Passed
- HB 5326 Relating to prohibition of unfair real estate service agreements Signed
- HB 5279 Require all counties to link the records to one another In Committee
- HB 5308 Repealing the provision of code related to anchoring or beaching shanty boats on lands of another In Committee
- HB 5259 To promote the security of West Virginia motorists to account for increased costs of property damages, healthcare, and inflation. In Committee
- HB 5251 Relating to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act Passed
- HB 5236 Relating to coercive control in domestic violence In Committee
Historical 230 bills
- SB 893 Providing tax credits for expenditures and activities related to biochar manufacturing Died
- SB 801 Increasing each school district's basic foundation program Died
- SB 797 Continuing of independent living and transitional support services for youth Died
- SB 766 Creating Caregiver Tax Credit Act Died
- SB 761 Relating to in-state production of value-added forest products Died
- SB 744 Relating to Critical Incident Review Team Vetoed
- SB 718 Increasing pay for magistrates Died
- SB 716 Reducing participation required to receive volunteer firefighter tax credit Died
- SB 708 Creating WV River Access and Bridge Modernization Act Died
- SB 675 Relating to composition of boards of governors in higher education Died
- SB 662 Relating to colorectal cancer prevention Died
- SB 568 Creating Oral Health and Cancer Rights Act Died
- SB 562 Establishing Food Is Medicine Program under Medicaid Died
- SB 551 Restoring voting rights to faculty, student, and employee members of institutional boards of governors Died
- SB 549 Phasing in increase in daily rate of juror pay Died
- SB 546 Relating to clothing and necessity allowance Died
- SB 544 Relating to temporary increase in payment to kinship parent Died
- SB 543 Requiring Bureau for Social Services to file legislative rule Died
- SB 524 Relating to monthly status meetings of county entities Died
- SB 5 Exempting WV campus police officer retirement income from personal income tax after specified date Died
- SB 437 Fair State Aid Formula Act of 2026 Died
- SB 436 Relating to statewide prevention plan Died
- SB 429 Child Care Workforce Scholarship Act Died
- SB 151 Exempting life insurance cash value from Medicaid eligibility calculations Died
- SB 119 Eliminating appointment process for PSC members Died
Voting record
Historical 50 votes
| Bill | Vote | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
|
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 |
Nay | 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 |
Nay | 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 |
|
HB 3412
Relating to exemptions from disclosure of certain records; and exempting the legislative branch if it adopts its own rules.
Passage |
Nay | pass | April 11, 2025 |
|
HB 3504
Relating to protecting critical infrastructure; and defining terms
Passage |
Yea | pass | April 11, 2025 |
|
HB 3517
Relating generally to fiscal emergencies of local governments
Passage |
Yea | pass | April 11, 2025 |
|
HB 3503
Relating to regulation by counties, municipalities, and political subdivisions of commercial horticulture under the Water Pollution Control Act
Passage |
Nay | pass | April 11, 2025 |
|
HB 3492
Relating to municipal economic opportunity development districts.
Passage |
Yea | pass | April 11, 2025 |
|
HB 3434
Relating to the controlled substance schedules and to clean-up errors identified in the code sections
Passage |
Yea | pass | April 11, 2025 |
|
HB 2054
Relating to liability of vendors in private farmers markets
Passage |
Yea | pass | April 11, 2025 |
|
HB 3162
Providing that causes of action under Chapter 46A of the Code of West Virginia survive the death of the party
Passage |
Yea | pass | April 11, 2025 |
|
HB 2351
Relating to compensation for panel attorneys
Passage |
Yea | pass | April 11, 2025 |
|
HB 3016
Photo voter ID.
Passage |
Nay | pass | April 11, 2025 |
|
HB 2121
Deceased Disabled Veteran Real Property Exemption for Widowed Spouses
Passage |
Yea | pass | April 11, 2025 |
|
HB 3181
Allow all law enforcement officers to purchase gun upon retirement
Passage |
Yea | pass | April 11, 2025 |
|
HB 3111
To provide pay increases to members of the judiciary
Passage |
Yea | pass | April 11, 2025 |
|
HB 3014
Relating generally to liability of hospital police
Passage |
Yea | pass | April 11, 2025 |
|
HB 2836
Relating to wild animal rehabilitation permits
Passage |
Yea | pass | April 11, 2025 |
|
HB 2961
To amend the law concerning ownership and possession of real property
Passage |
Yea | pass | April 11, 2025 |
|
HB 3263
Relating to providing notification of utility service disruption to its' customers
Passage |
Yea | pass | April 11, 2025 |
|
HB 3411
Relating to commissions; removing the legislative members; and eliminating expired commissions
Passage |
Yea | pass | April 11, 2025 |
|
HB 3513
Relating to standards of liability and insurance requirements in certain civil actions
Passage |
Yea | pass | April 11, 2025 |
|
HB 2575
Relating to the establishment of a full-time Dementia Services Director position.
Passage |
Yea | pass | April 11, 2025 |
|
HB 3424
Removing language regarding short term loans being provided to released inmates for costs related to reentry into the community
Passage |
Yea | pass | April 11, 2025 |
|
HB 2695
Raleigh and Mason Counties Economic Opportunity Development Districts
Passage |
Yea | pass | April 11, 2025 |
|
HB 2066
Creating a crime for the destruction of first responder equipment.
Passage |
Yea | pass | April 11, 2025 |
|
HB 3338
Allow child witness testify remotely in situations deemed traumatic by judge
Passage |
Yea | pass | April 11, 2025 |
|
HB 3440
Relating generally to removing and repealing obsolete provisions under the purview of the State Treasurer’s Office
Passage |
Yea | pass | April 11, 2025 |
|
HB 3294
Enacting the Bank Protections for Eligible Adults from Financial Exploitation Act
Passage |
Yea | pass | April 11, 2025 |
|
HB 2014
Certified Microgrid Program
Passage |
Yea | pass | April 11, 2025 |
|
HB 3297
Establishing the Washington Center for Civics, Culture, and Statesmanship at West Virginia University.
Passage |
Nay | pass | April 11, 2025 |
|
HB 2511
Relating to charitable bingo and alcohol sales and consumption while such bingo is taking places
Passage |
Yea | pass | April 11, 2025 |
|
HB 2344
Relating generally to traffic safety
Passage |
Yea | pass | April 11, 2025 |
|
HB 2963
To ensure that the survivor of a merger, reorganization, purchase, or assumption of liabilities of a bank chartered by West Virginia is insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Passage |
Yea | pass | April 11, 2025 |
|
HB 2718
Relating to creating a State Advisory Council on Establishing a Military College
Passage |
Yea | pass | April 11, 2025 |
|
HB 2267
Authorizing Department of Revenue to Promulgate Legislative Rules
Passage |
Yea | pass | April 11, 2025 |
|
HB 2358
Relating to postmortem examinations
Passage |
Yea | pass | April 11, 2025 |
|
HB 3209
To provide at least one counselor for every 250 students in public schools and public charter schools in this state.
Passage |
Yea | pass | April 11, 2025 |
|
HB 2802
Relating to in-service training credits for law-enforcement officers
Passage |
Yea | pass | April 11, 2025 |