Mark R Maynard

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 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

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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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Voted for HB 5105, which ended vaccine requirements for students in public virtual schools, on March 9, 2024. It passed the Senate 20-12.

March 9, 2024Opposes Environment and Public Health

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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

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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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Was lead sponsor of SB 377, signed on March 1, 2019, which removed seasonal amusement park workers from the state's maximum-hours rules.

March 1, 2019Opposes Labor Rights

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Was lead sponsor of SB 606 to remove seasonal amusement park workers from state wage rules; Gov. Jim Justice vetoed it on April 26, 2017.

April 26, 2017Opposes Labor Rights

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Voted to override the governor's veto of the Workplace Freedom Act (SB 1), the state's right-to-work law, on February 12, 2016. The override passed 18-16.

February 12, 2016Opposes Labor Rights

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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

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Was lead sponsor of SB 552, signed on March 24, 2020, which requires competitive bidding on contracts of $25,000 or more.

March 24, 2020Supports Anti-Corruption

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Was lead sponsor of SB 542, signed on March 23, 2022, which moved the state Broadband Enhancement Council into the Department of Economic Development.

March 23, 2022Supports Government Efficiency

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Was lead sponsor of SB 472, signed on April 19, 2021. It updated the tests used to judge whether a job should need a state license.

April 19, 2021Supports Government Efficiency

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Voted for HB 2013, the Hope Scholarship, on March 17, 2021. It gives families state money for private school or homeschool costs and passed the Senate 20-13.

March 17, 2021Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Was lead sponsor of SB 438, signed on March 22, 2018, which allowed bonds to pay for improvements at state parks.

March 22, 2018Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted for HB 4145, which raised pay for State Police, teachers and school service workers, on March 6, 2018. It passed the Senate 34-0.

March 6, 2018Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Was lead sponsor of SB 338, signed on March 19, 2021. It continued the Fire Service Equipment and Training Fund and limited what its grants can pay for.

March 19, 2021Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Was lead sponsor of SB 581, signed on March 23, 2016. It made the pilot domestic violence court program permanent and expanded it.

March 23, 2016Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Was lead sponsor of SB 472, signed on March 24, 2020. It created a work release option letting people convicted of crimes help clean streams, parks and highways.

March 24, 2020Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

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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 Social Programs and Welfare

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Was lead sponsor of SB 575, signed on March 25, 2020. It lets fire departments serve as safe-surrender sites for newborns up to 30 days old.

March 25, 2020Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Was lead sponsor of SB 632, signed on March 25, 2019. It requires video cameras in some special education classrooms when a parent, teacher or school official asks.

March 25, 2019Supports Public Education Quality

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Voted for HB 4145, which raised pay for State Police, teachers and school service workers, on March 6, 2018. It passed the Senate 34-0.

March 6, 2018Supports Public Education Quality

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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

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Voted for HB 302, which banned most abortions in West Virginia, on September 13, 2022. It passed the Senate 22-7.

September 13, 2022Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights

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Voted for HB 2526, a cut to the state personal income tax, on February 25, 2023. It passed the Senate 33-0.

February 25, 2023Supports Personal Income Tax Reduction

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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

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Voted for HB 2007, which limited gender-transition medical care for minors, on March 10, 2023. It passed the Senate 30-2.

March 10, 2023Opposes Civil Rights

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Was lead sponsor of SB 438, signed on March 22, 2018, which allowed bonds to pay for improvements at state parks.

March 22, 2018Supports Public Infrastructure

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Voted against 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, 2026

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Voted against 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, 2025

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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, 2025

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Voted against 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, 2025

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Voted against 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, 2025

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Voted against 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, 2025

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Was lead sponsor of SB 543, signed on February 20, 2024. It confirmed that state college boards may sign research and economic development agreements.

February 20, 2024

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Was lead sponsor of SB 4, signed on February 17, 2023. It set up Adopt-A-Trail volunteer programs on public lands run by the Division of Natural Resources.

February 17, 2023

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Was named chair of the new Senate Outdoor Recreation Committee, which promotes motorsports and off-road vehicle access to public lands, in January 2023.

January 10, 2023

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Was lead sponsor of SB 374, signed on April 15, 2021. It raised to $10,000 the amount the corrections division can spend without getting three bids.

April 15, 2021

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Was lead sponsor of SB 270, signed on March 18, 2021. It made online booking sites collect the hotel occupancy tax.

March 18, 2021

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Was lead sponsor of SB 42, signed on March 25, 2020. It lets county school boards offer faith-based electives in classroom drug prevention programs.

March 25, 2020

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Was lead sponsor of SB 705, signed on March 24, 2020. It lets military veterans with certain training take the licensing exams for electricians and plumbers.

March 24, 2020

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Was lead sponsor of SB 676, a fund and grant program for off-road vehicle trails, which the Legislature passed and Gov. Jim Justice vetoed on March 27, 2019.

March 27, 2019

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Voted for SB 451, a broad school overhaul bill, on February 18, 2019. The Senate passed it 18-16.

February 18, 2019

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Was lead sponsor of SB 510, signed on March 27, 2018. It added a new hospital rating for advanced stroke care.

March 27, 2018

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Was lead sponsor of SB 345, signed on April 24, 2017, which allowed hunting and trapping statewide on Sundays.

April 24, 2017

Source: wvlegislature.gov

Defeated longtime Democratic Sen. Truman Chafin, the state's longest-serving senator, in the November 4, 2014 general election.

November 4, 2014

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