West Virginia · Current officeholder
Trenton Barnhart
Republican West Virginia Senate, District 3
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Sponsored legislation
108 bills in the current data (21 as primary sponsor), sorted by most recent official action. Linked by Open States person ID.
| Bill | Title | Role | Stage | Last action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SB 878 | Creating Office of Entrepreneurship within Office of Secretary of State | Co-sponsor | Enacted | June 25, 2026 |
| SB 726 | Removing cap for municipalities on their stabilization fund | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 25, 2026 |
| SB 723 | Clarifying law-enforcement cooperation with bordering states | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 25, 2026 |
| SB 717 | Modifying disability and retirement benefits and procedures for municipal police and firefighters | Co-sponsor | Enacted | June 25, 2026 |
| SB 28 | Allowing members of State Police retirement system to use accrued leave as credit toward retirement | Co-sponsor | Enacted | June 25, 2026 |
| SB 228 | Relating to use of technology in child abuse and neglect investigations | Co-sponsor | Enacted | June 25, 2026 |
| SB 104 | Providing certain state mine inspectors with raise | Co-sponsor | Enacted | June 25, 2026 |
| SB 1038 | Adjusting salaries for certain administrative law judges | Co-sponsor | Enacted | June 25, 2026 |
| SB 1 | Small Business Growth Act | Co-sponsor | Enacted | June 25, 2026 |
| SR 68 | Recognizing dedicated public service of Honorable Charles Houston Clements | Co-sponsor | Introduced | March 14, 2026 |
| SR 67 | Recognizing dedicated public service of Honorable Michael Andrew Woelfel | Co-sponsor | Introduced | March 14, 2026 |
| SJR 9 | Citizenship Requirement to Vote in West Virginia Elections Amendment | Co-sponsor | Passed both chambers | March 14, 2026 |
| SJR 11 | Homestead Exemption Increase Amendment | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 5, 2026 |
| SB 657 | Creating Cohen Craddock Student Athlete Safety Act | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 5, 2026 |
| SB 141 | Increasing WV Natural Resources Police Officer Retirement System accrued benefit for certain members | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 2, 2026 |
| SB 1020 | Allowing up to five educational leave days within definition of "excused absence" | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 2, 2026 |
| SB 725 | Creating First-Time Home Buyer Savings Account Act | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 25, 2026 |
| SR 48 | Memorializing life of Honorable Sarah Abigail (Mullennex) Minear | Co-sponsor | Introduced | February 24, 2026 |
| SB 925 | Providing Future Farmers of America-sanctioned activities not count toward limit of excused absences | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | February 23, 2026 |
| SB 1079 | Requiring PEIA accept premium payments by credit card or state purchasing card | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 23, 2026 |
| SB 549 | Phasing in increase in daily rate of juror pay | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | February 20, 2026 |
| SB 887 | Relating to requirements for licensure and regulation of money transmission services | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 19, 2026 |
| SR 32 | Protecting WV coal jobs, coal power, and coal families | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | February 18, 2026 |
| SR 42 | Memorializing life of Honorable Walter Dolph Helmick | Co-sponsor | Introduced | February 16, 2026 |
| SB 646 | Relating to WV employer-provided or sponsored child care tax credit program | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 13, 2026 |
| SB 437 | Fair State Aid Formula Act of 2026 | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 13, 2026 |
| SB 761 | Relating to in-state production of value-added forest products | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 12, 2026 |
| SR 15 | Recognizing 154th anniversary of Glenville State University | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | February 10, 2026 |
| SB 895 | Removing time limits for filing or modifying claims for massive fibrosis | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 10, 2026 |
| SR 28 | Expressing support for I-68 Energy Manufacturing AI Corridor | Co-sponsor | Introduced | February 9, 2026 |
| SB 889 | Requiring recreational facilities have AED accessible | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 9, 2026 |
| SB 885 | Allowing Tier II teachers to bank unused sick time toward retirement | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 9, 2026 |
| SB 734 | Updating requirements for filing fee and annual fee | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 4, 2026 |
| SB 727 | Relating to bank merger by interstate branching | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 3, 2026 |
| SB 716 | Reducing participation required to receive volunteer firefighter tax credit | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 3, 2026 |
| HR 8 | Designate June as fidelity month | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 3, 2026 |
| HR 7 | Recognizing the seriousness of the National Debt and its threat to National Security | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 3, 2026 |
| SB 707 | Relating to crimes involving abuse or desecration of human remains | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 2, 2026 |
| SB 131 | Creating credit against severance tax for certain infrastructure improvements | Co-sponsor | In committee | January 30, 2026 |
| SB 11 | Allowing certain Teachers Retirement System members to exchange unused leave for monetary compensation | Co-sponsor | In committee | January 30, 2026 |
| HB 4943 | Require all students to be taught how to properly handle, fold, treat, honor, display, and retire the American flag | Co-sponsor | In committee | January 29, 2026 |
| SB 80 | Requiring user photo on EBT cards | Co-sponsor | In committee | January 14, 2026 |
| SB 8 | Requiring DOH Commissioner to develop formula for allocating road funds among districts | Co-sponsor | Introduced | January 14, 2026 |
| SB 7 | Increasing Homestead Property Tax Exemption | Co-sponsor | In committee | January 14, 2026 |
| SB 5 | Exempting WV campus police officer retirement income from personal income tax after specified date | Co-sponsor | Introduced | January 14, 2026 |
| SB 45 | Allowing reduced property valuation for certain farmland | Co-sponsor | In committee | January 14, 2026 |
| SB 40 | Providing veterinarian and veterinary technician reciprocity | Co-sponsor | In committee | January 14, 2026 |
| SB 248 | Return to WV Tax Credit Act | Co-sponsor | In committee | January 14, 2026 |
| SB 244 | Making ad valorem taxes on property payable only to county in which property is located | Co-sponsor | In committee | January 14, 2026 |
| SB 202 | Exempting certain military veterans and their dependents from tuition | Co-sponsor | Introduced | January 14, 2026 |
| SB 19 | Relating to purchase or acquisition of real property by foreign entities | Co-sponsor | In committee | January 14, 2026 |
| HB 3125 | To remove restrictions from teachers receiving permanent teaching licenses | Primary sponsor | Enacted | July 31, 2025 |
| HB 3024 | Guaranteed course transfer bill | Co-sponsor | Enacted | July 31, 2025 |
| HB 2889 | To permit a fairness hearing exemption to the registration requirements of the Uniform Securities Act. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | July 31, 2025 |
| HB 2711 | Relating to the repeal of the common law rule against perpetuities by extending it to 1,000 years for all trusts | Co-sponsor | Enacted | July 31, 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 | Co-sponsor | Enacted | July 22, 2025 |
| HB 2761 | Relating generally to magistrate courts | Co-sponsor | Enacted | July 22, 2025 |
| HCR 24 | Postlethwait Brothers Memorial Bridge | Co-sponsor | Passed both chambers | April 12, 2025 |
| HB 3294 | Enacting the Bank Protections for Eligible Adults from Financial Exploitation Act | Primary sponsor | Passed both chambers | April 12, 2025 |
| HCR 99 | Resolution to study policies aimed at preventing financial fraud and scams | Co-sponsor | In committee | April 9, 2025 |
| HCR 41 | Dedicating November 7th as "Clergy Appreciation Day” | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 9, 2025 |
| HB 3505 | Relating to insurance | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 9, 2025 |
| HCR 88 | Honoring First Responders Honor Board’s Medal of Valor Nominees | Co-sponsor | Passed both chambers | April 4, 2025 |
| HCR 51 | U.S. Army Roy Lee Hill Memorial Bridge | Co-sponsor | Passed both chambers | April 3, 2025 |
| HB 2787 | To permit the county commission of each county to lease, rent or to permit the use of a county owned wireless tower or any portion thereof, with exceptions | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 3, 2025 |
| HCR 78 | Urging the Commissioner of Highways to prioritize completion of I-73, the King Coal Highway | Co-sponsor | Passed both chambers | April 1, 2025 |
| HCR 87 | Clark Brothers Memorial Bridge | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 29, 2025 |
| HB 2688 | Abolish the tax on overtime pay | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 27, 2025 |
| HB 3507 | Relating to requiring the counties particpating in the QMHP Pilot Program to have at least one qualified mental health professional in each public school in that county. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 26, 2025 |
| HCR 72 | Recognizing Black Lung Awareness Month. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 25, 2025 |
| HB 3168 | Allow customers to make changes to their accounts by phone or mail. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 25, 2025 |
| HB 2637 | Raising the threshold bid for county governments | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 21, 2025 |
| HCR 39 | Gold Star Mother Catherine Blake Highway | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 19, 2025 |
| HCR 25 | Waynesburg Pike Road | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 19, 2025 |
| HCR 21 | U. S. Army Private Terry F. Tustin Memorial Bridge | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 19, 2025 |
| HCR 20 | Tustin Brothers Memorial Bridge | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 19, 2025 |
| HB 3295 | Troop- to-Teachers | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 19, 2025 |
| HB 3097 | Prohibiting credit bureaus and other consumer reporting agencies from selling consumer information to third party financing entities | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 19, 2025 |
| HB 3496 | Relating to property and casualty insurance policies | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 18, 2025 |
| HB 3401 | Relating to notice of possible surface encumbrances overlying mineral parcels | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 17, 2025 |
| HB 3378 | Two party consent for legislative offices | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 14, 2025 |
| HB 3375 | Creating the “First Time Home Buyer Savings Account Act" | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 14, 2025 |
| HB 2934 | Housing assistance for children aging out of foster care system | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 13, 2025 |
| HB 3323 | To expand the Law-Enforcement-Assisted Diversion program to include felonies in circuit court | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 12, 2025 |
| HB 3307 | Requiring annual audit of non-governmental organizations (“NGOs”) that receive money from the state | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 11, 2025 |
| HB 3268 | Modifing the rules for transferring students | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 7, 2025 |
| HB 3213 | To require that Public Service District Boards that represent more than one community to have at least one member from each community on the board | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 7, 2025 |
| HB 3212 | To reduce the business license fee for WV Volunteer Fire Departments to $250 | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 7, 2025 |
| HB 3196 | Teledentistry Practice Act | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 6, 2025 |
| HB 2681 | Require all students to be taught how to properly handle, fold, treat, honor, display, and retire the American flag | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 5, 2025 |
| HB 2885 | Allow the use of unused employee sick time in retirement calculation | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 3, 2025 |
| HB 2790 | Relating to merging of intrastate banks | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 3, 2025 |
| HB 2705 | To allow Tier II teachers to be able to bank unused sick time towards retirement | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 3, 2025 |
| HB 3003 | Relating to authorizing County Commissions to increase the compensation of elected county officials | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 27, 2025 |
| HB 2975 | Changes to the practice of optometry | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 26, 2025 |
| HB 2888 | Relating to road maintenance and repair | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 26, 2025 |
| HB 2951 | Relating to sales and service tax exemption for small arms and small arms accessories | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 25, 2025 |
| HB 2798 | Relating to the establishment of a trades based elective course for public high school students | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 24, 2025 |
| HB 2805 | Increase the penalties for contempt of court in a magistrate court | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 21, 2025 |
| HB 2788 | Allowing West Virginia State Police officers to bank sick leave and use it towards their years of service or to fund their health insurance | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 21, 2025 |
| HB 2748 | Relating to additional registration fees for alternative fuel vehicles | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 21, 2025 |
| HB 2716 | Create a credit against the severance tax to encourage private companies to make infrastructure improvements to highways, roads and bridges in this state | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 20, 2025 |
| HB 2706 | Providing that ad valorem taxes on oil and gas mineral rights shall only be assessed in the county where the property is physically located, regardless of where the well pad is located | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 20, 2025 |
| HB 2642 | Relating to establishing a commercial property assessed capital expenditure financing program for localities | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 20, 2025 |
| HB 2641 | 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 | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 20, 2025 |
| HB 2636 | To allow municipalities to re-bid a project if a contractor is deemed to not be reputable | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 20, 2025 |
| HB 2605 | Increase the tax credit for employers providing child care for employees. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 20, 2025 |
| HB 2423 | To prohibit compensation for assisting a person to obtain veterans benefits except as permitted under Federal Law | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 18, 2025 |