Sen. Laura Chapman
Republican West Virginia Senate · District 1 · West Virginia
+0.284Left–right score (within Senate)−1 = most liberal, +1 = most conservative in this chamber. Only compare with others in the same chamber.
#24 of 33Chamber rank, liberal→conservative#1 is the most liberal ranked member of this chamber.
96.1%Party unityHow often they vote the same way as most of their own party.
799Roll calls (0 missed/absent)Recorded votes we have for this session; “missed” means they didn’t vote.
In office since 2022-12-01 · laura.chapman@wvsenate.gov · wvlegislature.gov/…/lawmaker.cfm?member=Sena · Open States ID 599fd572-0475-4215-8d43-1474237f5a78
Capitol: State Capitol Room 218W, Complex, Building 1 1900 Kanawha Blvd. East, Charleston, WV 25305 304-357-7918
Where they sit in the West Virginia Senate
Each gray bar counts how many ranked members of the West Virginia Senate have a score in that range, from most liberal (left) to most conservative (right). The colored line is Laura Chapman. Scores are relative to this chamber only.
Chamber, by party
Each tick is one ranked member, placed by their score (blue D, red R, purple I/other). The tall tick is Laura Chapman.
Committees
- Banking and Insurance
- Corrections and Public Safety Legislative Oversight Interim Committees
- Insurance and Public Employees Insurance Agency
- Judiciary
- Judiciary
- Rules
- Technology and Infrastructure
Recent votes (latest 60 of 799 in the current session data)
| Date | Bill / motion | Vote | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-14 | HB 4004 Passage Creating the Recharge West Virginia Program | Yea | Pass 33–1 |
| 2026-03-14 | HB 5453 Passage To modify the school aid funding formula. | Yea | Pass 32–0 |
| 2026-03-14 | HB 5277 Passage 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 | Yea | Pass 34–0 |
| 2026-03-14 | HB 5412 Passage Future Ready Education Act | Yea | Pass 33–0 |
| 2026-03-14 | HB 5694 Passage Supplemental appropriation to Department of Education, fund 0313. | Yea | Pass 34–0 |
| 2026-03-14 | HB 4009 Passage Relating to the creation of the Portable Benefit Account Act | Yea | Pass 34–0 |
| 2026-03-14 | HB 5288 Passage Supplemental Appropriation to the Department of Agriculture-West Virginia Spay Neuter Assistance Fund from Special Revenue | Yea | Pass 34–0 |
| 2026-03-14 | HB 5317 Passage Supplemental Appropriation to the Department of Commerce - Division of Natural Resources from the Unappropriated Surplus Balance. | Yea | Pass 34–0 |
| 2026-03-14 | HB 5381 Passage Relating to developing a comprehensive energy development policy and plan for the Office of Energy | Yea | Pass 33–0 |
| 2026-03-14 | HB 4198 Passage E-Verify Safe Harbor Act | Yea | Pass 31–3 |
| 2026-03-14 | HB 4245 Passage Authorizing Certain Agencies of the Department of Revenue to Promulgate Legislative Rules | Yea | Pass 30–1 |
| 2026-03-14 | HB 5307 Passage Supplemental Appropriation to the Department of Tourism- Division of Culture and History from the Unappropriated Surplus Balance. | Yea | Pass 34–0 |
| 2026-03-13 | HB 4588 Passage Relating to participating in the federal tax credit scholarship program | Yea | Pass 33–0 |
| 2026-03-13 | HB 5537 Passage Repealing obsolete and outdated sections of the Education code. | Other | Pass 24–7 |
| 2026-03-13 | HB 5690 Passage Supplemental appropriation, Adjutant General | Other | Pass 30–0 |
| 2026-03-13 | HB 5168 Passage To increase funding for EMS first responders. | Yea | Pass 34–0 |
| 2026-03-13 | HB 5166 Passage To provide notice to any political committees violating the filing requirements prior to assessing any civil fines and giving the Secretary of State authority to grant additional time for compliance not to exceed an addi | Yea | Pass 33–0 |
| 2026-03-13 | HB 5101 Passage The Joanna Phillips Domestic Violence Prevention Act | Yea | Pass 34–0 |
| 2026-03-13 | HB 4765 Passage Teacher, School Personnel, and State Police Pay Raise | Yea | Pass 34–0 |
| 2026-03-13 | HB 4603 Passage Relating to the creation of the process of obtaining and adjudicating a pre-adjudicatory alternative disposition | Yea | Pass 34–0 |
| 2026-03-13 | HB 4418 Passage Creating “The Tax Efficiency Act of 2026” | Yea | Pass 34–0 |
| 2026-03-13 | HB 4452 Passage To remove Mortmain restrictions on religious organizations | Yea | Pass 33–0 |
| 2026-03-13 | HB 5515 Passage Relating to modernizing and updating workers’ compensation statutes. | Yea | Pass 34–0 |
| 2026-03-13 | HB 4996 Passage Relating to bail in cases involving terroristic threats to schools or children | Yea | Pass 34–0 |
| 2026-03-13 | HB 4191 Passage Relating to providing child care generally | Yea | Pass 31–3 |
| 2026-03-13 | HB 4176 Passage To allow youth and handicapped hunters to harvest a buck deer or doe during youth/handicapped special hunts | Yea | Pass 34–0 |
| 2026-03-13 | HB 4345 Passage Relating to the preservation of missing persons records and evidence | Yea | Pass 34–0 |
| 2026-03-13 | HB 4025 Passage Exempting certain employees from the classified civil service system | Other | Pass 24–9 |
| 2026-03-13 | HB 5065 Passage Relating to hotel occupancy tax. | Yea | Pass 34–0 |
| 2026-03-13 | HB 5366 Passage Relating to rules governing the practice of law | Yea | Pass 34–0 |
| 2026-03-13 | HB 5527 Passage Relating to Wellness Reimbursement Programs | Yea | Pass 34–0 |
| 2026-03-13 | HB 4425 Passage To repeal the provision allowing for students to transfer from one school to another without losing eligibility. | Nay | Pass 20–14 |
| 2026-03-13 | HB 4012 Passage Relating to reducing the regulatory burden on utility companies when constructing and maintaining electric power generation and transmission facilities within this state | Yea | Pass 29–5 |
| 2026-03-13 | HB 5074 Passage Relating to changing the allocation of proceeds in the Medical Cannabis Program Fund. | Yea | Pass 29–5 |
| 2026-03-13 | HB 5528 Passage Relating to protection of personal residential information of certain public officials. | Yea | Pass 34–0 |
| 2026-03-13 | HB 4865 Passage Providing for a program allowing election official trainees to be appointed as election officials | Yea | Pass 34–0 |
| 2026-03-13 | HB 5048 Passage To ensure virtual instruction for foster students while in temporary placement facilities. | Yea | Pass 34–0 |
| 2026-03-13 | HB 4606 Passage Relating to the meaning of residence for the purpose of bail | Yea | Pass 34–0 |
| 2026-03-13 | HB 5212 Passage Relating to financial aid for post-secondary education. | Yea | Pass 33–0 |
| 2026-03-13 | HB 5484 Passage Creating the crime of conspiracy to deny medical treatment to victim of sexual offense | Yea | Pass 34–0 |
| 2026-03-13 | HB 5441 Passage Reforming State Personnel System | Yea | Pass 28–6 |
| 2026-03-13 | HB 5689 Passage Supplemental appropriation, Department of Homeland Security | Other | Pass 31–0 |
| 2026-03-13 | HB 4087 Passage To create a West Virginia-Ireland Education Alliance. | Yea | Pass 33–1 |
| 2026-03-13 | HB 5214 Passage Relating to drug testing of parents who have had abuse and/or neglect claims substantiated against them prior to reunification. | Yea | Pass 34–0 |
| 2026-03-13 | HB 4710 Passage Changing the limit on switching parties before filing to run for office from 60 days to 180 days prior to an election. | Yea | Pass 32–2 |
| 2026-03-13 | HB 5182 Passage Relating generally to authorizing security personnel employed by the State Treasurer to carry concealed weapons while performing his or her official duties | Yea | Pass 34–0 |
| 2026-03-13 | HB 5692 Passage Supplemental appropriation, State Road Fund | Other | Pass 30–0 |
| 2026-03-13 | HB 4007 Passage Relating to industrial access roads | Yea | Pass 33–0 |
| 2026-03-13 | HB 4106 Passage Allowing constitutional carry for 18- to 20-year-olds | Yea | Pass 31–3 |
| 2026-03-13 | HB 4995 Passage Require the use of video cameras in certain special education classrooms | Yea | Pass 33–1 |
| 2026-03-13 | HB 4869 Passage Establish narrow, clearly bounded guaranteed-issue rights for Medicare Supplement policies in West Virginia. | Yea | Pass 34–0 |
| 2026-03-13 | HB 4592 Passage Relating to college campus safety | Yea | Pass 33–0 |
| 2026-03-13 | HB 4577 Passage Relating to driver’s licenses | Yea | Pass 33–0 |
| 2026-03-13 | HB 5582 Passage Extending program for drug screening of applicants for TANF | Other | Pass 28–2 |
| 2026-03-13 | HB 5691 Passage Supplemental appropriation, Department of Health | Other | Pass 30–0 |
| 2026-03-13 | HB 5693 Passage Supplemental appropriation, Department of Tourism Revenue | Other | Pass 31–0 |
| 2026-03-13 | HB 5687 Passage Relating to reducing the tax rate imposed on the gross value of metallurgical coal produced in this state | Other | Pass 31–0 |
| 2026-03-13 | HB 4010 Passage Providing a statutory program for loaning financial assistance to local airports for airplane hangar construction in this state | Yea | Pass 33–0 |
| 2026-03-13 | HB 5401 Passage Relating to voting in West Virginia elections while residing overseas | Yea | Pass 34–0 |
| 2026-03-13 | HB 5353 Passage To bring virtual currency kiosks within the purview of money transmission licensure and create disclosure requirements and daily transaction limitations for new and existing customers. | Yea | Pass 33–1 |