William Ridenour
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Complete Vote History
SB154 Prohibiting Gender-identity Education (passed 82 to 17 on 4/11/2025). Prohibits public schools from providing gender-identity instruction, prohibits school from providing false or misleading information to parents, and requires parental notification of any student request to affirm a gender different from their biological sex.
SB154 Prohibiting Gender-identity Education (passed 82 to 17 on 4/11/2025). Prohibits public schools from providing gender-identity instruction, prohibits school from providing false or misleading information to parents, and requires parental notification of any student request to affirm a gender different from their biological sex.
Article V Convention House
HCR102 Article V Convention (rejected 49 to 49 on 4/10/2025). Urges Congress to call a “convention of states” to propose “Amendments to the Constitution of the United States to create fiscal responsibility by and within the federal government.”
SB627 Carbon Capture in State Parks (passed 73 to 24 on 4/4/2025). Removes the prohibition against leasing state-owned lands designated as state parks for underground carbon capture and sequestration.
Educational Freedom House
Delegate Henry Dillon’s (R-Wayne) amendment to HB2777 Educational Freedom (rejected 3 to 91 on 3/31/2025). Repeals West Virginia’s compulsory school attendance for children, educational status and learning progress reporting requirements for students.
Delegate Henry Dillon’s (R-Wayne) amendment to HB2777 Educational Freedom (rejected 3 to 91 on 3/31/2025). Repeals West Virginia’s compulsory school attendance for children, educational status and learning progress reporting requirements for students.
Child Vaccine Exemption House
SB460 Child Vaccine Exemption (rejected 42 to 56 on 3/24/2025). Expands exemptions to West Virginia’s compulsory childhood vaccination requirements by permitting religious and philosophical exemptions, and prohibiting schools or childcare centers from excluding exempted children from extracurricular activities or events.
SB460 Child Vaccine Exemption (rejected 42 to 56 on 3/24/2025). Expands exemptions to West Virginia’s compulsory childhood vaccination requirements by permitting religious and philosophical exemptions, and prohibiting schools or childcare centers from excluding exempted children from extracurricular activities or events.
Clean Voter Rolls House
SB487 Clean Voter Rolls (passed 84 to 9 on 3/17/2025). Updates the systematic purging program for removing ineligible voters from active voter rolls by decreasing the period of voting inactivity from four to two years.
HB5105 Vaccine Freedom in Schools (Passed 70 to 29 on 3/9/2024). Exempts students attending virtual public schools from mandatory vaccination requirements and allows private and parochial schools to set their own immunization policies.
Con-Con House
HCR57 Con-Con (Passed 79 to 18 on 3/7/2024). Urges the U.S. Congress to convene a convention for proposing amendments under Article V of the U.S. Constitution. The purpose of this convention would be to propose amendments aimed at establishing fiscal responsibility within the federal government and repealing the 16th Amendment.
HCR57 Con-Con (Passed 79 to 18 on 3/7/2024). Urges the U.S. Congress to convene a convention for proposing amendments under Article V of the U.S. Constitution. The purpose of this convention would be to propose amendments aimed at establishing fiscal responsibility within the federal government and repealing the 16th Amendment.
HB4233 Anti-Woke Birth Certificates (Passed 93 to 5 on 2/29/2024). Prohibits the designation of "nonbinary" or any other gender marker beyond "male" or "female" on birth certificates issued by the state.
Government Grants House
HB4822 Government Grants (Passed 86 to 13 on 2/28/2024). Modifies the Certified Sites and Development Readiness Program, managed by the Department of Economic Development. This program evaluates and certifies sites based on their readiness for development.
HB4822 Government Grants (Passed 86 to 13 on 2/28/2024). Modifies the Certified Sites and Development Readiness Program, managed by the Department of Economic Development. This program evaluates and certifies sites based on their readiness for development.
Work-permit Elimination House
HB5159 Worker Permit Elimination (Passed 83 to 16 on 2/20/2024). Eliminates the requirement that 14- and 15-year-olds obtain a work permit.
HB5045 Carbon Sequestration and Storage (Passed 84 to 16 on 2/13/2024). Strengthen the state's authority over underground carbon-dioxide sequestration. The bill amends sections of the West Virginia Water Pollution Control Act to provide additional assurances to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regarding the state's application for primary enforcement authority over underground carbon-dioxide sequestration programs.
HB5045 Carbon Sequestration and Storage (Passed 84 to 16 on 2/13/2024). Strengthen the state's authority over underground carbon-dioxide sequestration. The bill amends sections of the West Virginia Water Pollution Control Act to provide additional assurances to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regarding the state's application for primary enforcement authority over underground carbon-dioxide sequestration programs.
HB2007 Ban on Sex Mutilation of Children (passed 88 to 10 on 3/11/2023). Bans a physician from providing “irreversible gender reassignment surgery” or “gender altering medication” to a person who is under 18 years of age.
HB2862 Prohibiting State Funds for ESG Initiatives (passed 73 to 23 on 3/11/2023). Prohibits the West Virginia Investment Management Board and the Board of Treasury Investments, as well as their fiduciaries, from casting shareholder votes for the purpose of furthering “Environmental, social, corporate governance, or other similarly oriented considerations.”
HB2862 Prohibiting State Funds for ESG Initiatives (passed 73 to 23 on 3/11/2023). Prohibits the West Virginia Investment Management Board and the Board of Treasury Investments, as well as their fiduciaries, from casting shareholder votes for the purpose of furthering “Environmental, social, corporate governance, or other similarly oriented considerations.”
HB3566 Enforcement of Canadian Protective Orders (passed 84 to 8 on 2/25/2023). Allows law enforcement in West Virginia to enforce domestic violence protective orders issued in Canada without requiring that such orders be registered with a court in the United States.
HB3566 Enforcement of Canadian Protective Orders (passed 84 to 8 on 2/25/2023). Allows law enforcement in West Virginia to enforce domestic violence protective orders issued in Canada without requiring that such orders be registered with a court in the United States.
HB2036 Conscience Exemption from Vaccine Mandates (failed to advance 14 to 84 on 2/22/2023). Would exempt state employees, K-12 school children, and students in public institutions of higher education from mandatory immunizations based on a “conscientious or personal objection.”
HB2036 Conscience Exemption from Vaccine Mandates (failed to advance 14 to 84 on 2/22/2023). Would exempt state employees, K-12 school children, and students in public institutions of higher education from mandatory immunizations based on a “conscientious or personal objection.”
SB10 Concealed Carry on College Campuses (passed 84 to 13 on 2/21/2023). Authorizes concealed handgun license holders to carry firearms on public college and university campuses.
HB3199 Aiding and Abetting Ectopic Abortions (passed 65 to 31 on 2/14/2023). Removes the requirement that a “termination of an ectopic pregnancy” be reported in West Virginia.
