Jason Barrett

Introduced SB 548 to require greater transparency in dental insurance products. The bill remained in committee.

January 20, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: wvlegislature.gov

Voted for Senate Bill 718, a bill to make hospitals publish their prices, facility fees and insurer discount contracts. The Senate passed it 22-12, but the House never voted on it, so it did not become law.

March 31, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Voted for Senate Bill 641, which narrows which aboveground storage tanks the state regulates near drinking water. The Senate agreed to the House version 25-8 and it became law.

March 13, 2026Opposes Environment and Public Health

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Voted for Senate Bill 420, a bill to push utilities to run coal plants at about two thirds of full output year round. The Senate passed it 22-11, but the House never voted on it, so it did not become law.

March 4, 2026Opposes Environment and Public Health

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Voted for House Bill 3444, which repeals the old laws on newborn eye medication and reporting. The Senate passed it 18-15 and it became law without the Governor's signature.

April 10, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health

Source: legiscan.com

Voted for Senate Bill 592, a bill to remove several kinds of storage tanks from the post-2014 chemical spill safety law. The Senate passed it 25-7, but the House never voted on it, so it did not become law.

March 14, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health

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Voted for Senate Bill 460, a bill to let parents opt children out of school vaccine requirements for religious reasons. The Senate passed it 20-12, but the House rejected its own amended version, so it did not become law.

February 21, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health

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Led SB 545, proposing to ban specified artificial food dyes from school meals and other foods sold in West Virginia. The bill did not pass the Senate.

February 20, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: wvlegislature.gov

Led SB 755, an enacted law adding safeguards for online sales of tobacco products.

March 27, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted for HB 5105, a bill removing vaccination requirements for students in public virtual schools. The Senate passed it 20–12.

March 9, 2024Opposes Environment and Public Health

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Led HB 4283, an enacted law raising West Virginia’s minimum wage. The governor approved it.

April 1, 2014Supports Reduce Wealth Gap

Source: wvlegislature.gov

Voted for House Bill 4025, which takes civil service and grievance rights away from new hires in the three health departments. The Senate passed it 24-9 and it became law.

March 13, 2026Opposes Labor Rights

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Voted for House Bill 4005, the Workforce Development Act of 2026, which follows federal law on which jobs are closed to workers under 18. The Senate passed it 27-7 and it became law.

March 9, 2026Opposes Labor Rights

Source: legiscan.com

Voted for House Bill 2013, which takes civil service and grievance rights away from new hires in five state agencies. The Senate passed it 24-10 and it became law.

April 8, 2025Opposes Labor Rights

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Led HB 4283, an enacted law raising West Virginia’s minimum wage. The governor approved it.

April 1, 2014Supports Labor Rights

Source: wvlegislature.gov

Voted for House Bill 3412, as rewritten by the Senate to narrow the state's Freedom of Information Act for every public body. The Senate passed it 25-9, but the House never agreed to the rewrite, so it did not become law.

April 11, 2025Opposes Anti-Corruption

Source: legiscan.com

Publicly called for the Legislature to begin impeachment proceedings against state Supreme Court Justice Allen Loughry after his federal indictment.

June 20, 2018Supports Anti-Corruption

Source: wvlegislature.gov

Voted for Senate Bill 587, which doubles the point at which governments must seek competing construction bids to $50,000. The Senate agreed to the House version 27-7 and it became law.

April 12, 2025Supports Government Efficiency

Source: legiscan.com

Voted for final Senate passage of SB 250, the fiscal 2027 state budget compromise. The Senate passed it 30–3.

March 5, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: wvlegislature.gov

Voted for Senate Bill 548, a bill to require yearly youth violence prevention training in public schools. The Senate passed it 26-8, but the House never voted on it, so it did not become law.

March 18, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Introduced HB 2826 to make hate crimes a felony in West Virginia. The bill remained in the House Judiciary Committee.

March 2, 2021Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Led HB 2922, an enacted law allowing courts to require drug-court or treatment-program completion before dismissing certain drug possession charges.

March 5, 2020Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Led HB 4169, an enacted law requiring specified businesses and facilities to post notices about help for human trafficking victims.

March 27, 2018Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Led SB 977, an enacted law creating a benefit for duty-related partial disability in a public retirement system.

March 27, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: wvlegislature.gov

Voted for House Bill 4005, the Workforce Development Act of 2026, which follows federal law on which jobs are closed to workers under 18. The Senate passed it 27-7 and it became law.

March 9, 2026Opposes Social Programs and Welfare

Source: legiscan.com

Voted for House Bill 2513, which raises required yearly training for county school board members from seven hours to twelve. The Senate passed it 27-7 and it became law.

April 3, 2025Supports Public Education Quality

Source: legiscan.com

Led HB 4608, an enacted law defining dyslexia and dyscalculia in West Virginia education law. The governor approved it.

April 1, 2014Supports Public Education Quality

Source: wvlegislature.gov

Voted for Senate Bill 963, a bill to limit when a domestic violence protective order can take away a person's guns. The Senate passed it 22-11, but the House never voted on passage, so it did not become law.

March 4, 2026Opposes Gun Control

Source: legiscan.com

Voted for SB 10, the Campus Self-Defense Act allowing concealed handguns on public college campuses. The Senate passed it 29–4.

January 24, 2023Opposes Gun Control

Source: wvlegislature.gov

Voted for HB 4004, a proposal to ban most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. The House passed it 81–18.

February 15, 2022Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights

Source: wvlegislature.gov

Voted against SJR 12, a proposed state constitutional amendment declaring that the West Virginia Constitution does not protect abortion rights. The House adopted it 73–26.

March 5, 2018Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

Source: wvlegislature.gov

Voted against final House passage of HB 2002, changing parental notification rules for abortions involving minors. The House passed the Senate-amended bill 82–17.

April 8, 2017Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

Source: wvlegislature.gov

Voted against HB 4588, a proposal to ban abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy. The House passed it 79–17.

February 25, 2014Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

Source: wvlegislature.gov

Voted against House Bill 3017, a bill to make counties inspect every ballot-counting machine for modems before early voting. The Senate rejected the amended bill 16-18, so it did not become law.

April 9, 2025Opposes Election Integrity

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Voted for Senate passage of HB 2526, a measure reducing West Virginia personal income tax rates. The Senate passed its amended version 33–0.

February 25, 2023Supports Personal Income Tax Reduction

Source: wvlegislature.gov

Voted for House passage of HB 3300, a bill to reduce West Virginia personal income tax rates. The House passed it 77–23.

March 29, 2021Supports Personal Income Tax Reduction

Source: wvlegislature.gov

Voted for final House passage of HB 2001, which exempted Social Security benefits from West Virginia personal income tax. The House passed the amended bill 97–0.

March 9, 2019Supports Personal Income Tax Reduction

Source: wvlegislature.gov

Voted for Senate Bill 579, a bill to bar Home Rule cities from protecting groups state law does not already protect. The Senate passed it 25-8, but the House never voted on it, so it did not become law.

March 24, 2025Opposes Civil Rights

Source: legiscan.com

Introduced HB 2826 to make hate crimes a felony in West Virginia. The bill remained in the House Judiciary Committee.

March 2, 2021Supports Civil Rights

Source: wvlegislature.gov

Voted for Senate Bill 730, a bill to make forest carbon offset deals be registered with the state and recorded at the courthouse. The Senate rejected it 16-18, so it did not become law.

April 2, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: legiscan.com

Received the West Virginia Coal Association’s endorsement for the 2026 Senate District 16 Republican primary.

April 30, 2026

Source: wvcoal.com

Received GOpac’s endorsement for the 2026 Senate District 16 Republican primary.

April 15, 2026

Source: gowv.com

Led SB 28, an enacted law allowing state police retirement-system members to credit accrued leave toward retirement.

April 1, 2026

Source: wvlegislature.gov

Addressed the Jefferson County Commission about state well-monitoring legislation as it referred the issue to its water advisory committee.

June 13, 2025

Source: jeffersoncountywv.org

Led SB 576, an enacted law authorizing fixed-odds betting on horse and dog races.

April 28, 2025

Source: wvlegislature.gov

Was named chair of the West Virginia Senate Finance Committee.

December 31, 2024

Source: wvlegislature.gov

Led SB 725, a Senate-passed bill barring magistrates from releasing defendants charged with felonies on personal recognizance at an initial appearance. It stalled in the House.

February 26, 2024

Source: wvlegislature.gov

Led SB 617, an enacted law requiring a workforce study of West Virginia’s program for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

March 23, 2023

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Led HB 4568, an enacted law allowing phased rehabilitation of certified historic buildings to qualify for state tax credits.

March 30, 2022

Source: wvlegislature.gov

Led HB 3308, an enacted law increasing the number of limited video lottery terminals allowed in the state.

April 26, 2021

Source: wvlegislature.gov

Changed his party registration from Democrat to Republican and joined the House Republican caucus.

December 11, 2020

Source: wvpublic.org

Led HB 2934, the West Virginia Lottery Interactive Wagering Act, which authorized regulated online casino gambling and became law without the governor’s signature.

March 28, 2019

Source: wvlegislature.gov

Received the United Mine Workers of America COMPAC endorsement in the 2018 House District 61 primary.

March 28, 2018

Source: umwa.org

Led HB 3106, an enacted law increasing the number of limited video lottery terminals permitted in West Virginia.

April 10, 2017

Source: wvlegislature.gov