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SB817 - Modifying eligibility requirements for serving as member of State Board of Education
Laura Wakim Chapman
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
The purpose of this bill is to modify eligibility and qualifications to serve as an appointed member of the state board of education, by prohibiting certain political and other activities and specifically permitting certain political activities
STATUS
Introduced
SB821 - Establishing criminal penalties for abuse or neglect of incapacitated adults
Patricia Puertas Rucker, Jason Barrett, Laura Wakim Chapman
Last updated 7 months ago
22 Co-Sponsors
The purpose of this bill is to establish the same criminal elements and criminal penalties for abuse or neglect of incapacitated adults as are applicable to abuse or neglect of children.
STATUS
Introduced
SB818 - Providing pay raise for state road employees
Laura Wakim Chapman, Mark R. Maynard, Michael Lynn Caputo
Last updated 7 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
The purpose of this bill is to provide a $5,000 raise to state road employees.
STATUS
Introduced
SR43 - Memorializing life of Honorable John Patton Fanning
Mark R. Maynard, William Chandler Swope, Craig P. Blair
Last updated 7 months ago
34 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Passed
SB819 - Modifying requirements for public water systems or businesses having backflow preventers
Patrick Stephen Martin, Craig P. Blair, Mike Azinger
Last updated 7 months ago
25 Co-Sponsors
The purpose of this bill is to prohibit the Secretary of the Department of Health from promulgating rules that require public water systems or businesses to have backflow preventers.
STATUS
Engrossed
SR45 - Recognizing 112th anniversary of Girl Scouts of USA
Amy Nichole Grady, Michael Lynn Caputo, Patricia Puertas Rucker
Last updated 7 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Passed
SB856 - Providing diagnostic and supplemental breast examinations without cost sharing
Laura Wakim Chapman
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
The purpose of this bill is to require insurance providers to provide diagnostic and supplemental breast examinations without cost sharing.
STATUS
Introduced
SB855 - Clarifying felony of exhibiting obscene matter to minor
Laura Wakim Chapman
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
The purpose of this bill is to amend and clarify the felony of exhibiting "obscene matter" to a minor for the purpose of abuse to be clarified to include any depiction of sexually graphic material to a minor for the purpose of seducing a minor.
STATUS
Introduced
SB857 - Requiring insurance coverage of certain genetic testing without cost sharing
Laura Wakim Chapman
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
The purpose of this bill is to require insurance coverage for clinical genetic testing for an inherited gene mutation and evidenced-based cancer imaging; and providing that this testing is not subject to cost-sharing.
STATUS
Introduced
SR50 - Designating February 21, 2024, as WV History Day
Craig P. Blair, Mike Azinger, Jason Barrett
Last updated 7 months ago
34 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Passed
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Senator from West Virginia district SD-001
COMMITTEES
West Virginia Senate
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Laura Wakim Chapman is running as a Democratic candidate for District 91 of the Virginia House of Delegates. Chapman has worked as a professor and educator. She serves on the Falls Church School Board. Chapman is focused on improving public education and healthcare access. She supports increasing teacher pay and expanding Medicaid. Chapman has a PhD in education policy from the University of Maryland. She has lived in Falls Church for over 20 years with her husband and two children.read less
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