AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education (COPE) 2015 Recorded Votes - State Senate

ISSUE #1 - SB 12 Description: Lengthened the time in which employers are required to pay outstanding wages to separated employees and reduced the financial liability on employers that do not meet the timeline. Voting Body: 34-member Senate The Vote: Final Passage - RCS# 394 – SEQ. NO. 0032 - March 13, 2015- 7:28PM YEAS: 25 - NAYS: 9 - NOT VOTING: 0 / YEA VOTE IS ANTI-WORKER

ISSUE #2 - SB 14 Description: Creation of a second, unequal school system that would allow for-profit, out-of-state corporations pull taxpayer resources from current classrooms for a few select students and threaten teachers’ rights. Voting Body: 34-member Senate The Vote: Final Passage - RCS # 239 – SEQ. NO. 0025 - March 2, 2015- 6:51PM YEAS: 18 - NAYS: 16 - NOT VOTING: 0 / YEA VOTE IS ANTI-WORKER

ISSUE #3 - SB 357 Description: A rollback of mine safety regulations to benefit big corporations Voting Body: 34-memberSenate The Vote: Final Passage -- Senate concurred in House amendment. RCS # 215 – SEQ. NO. 0001 - March 2, 2015- 11:27AM YEAS: 24 - NAYS: 10 - NOT VOTING: 0 / YEA VOTE IS ANTI-WORKER

ISSUE #4 - SB 361 Description: Legislation to repeal the state Prevailing Wage for public construction projects, opening the door for out-of-state contractors to bring outside and illegal workers into West Virginia at taxpayer expense. Voting Body: 34-member Senate The Vote: Final Passage - RCS# 241 – SEQ. NO. 0001 March 03, 2015- 4:27PM YEAS: 23 - NAYS: 11 - NOT VOTING: 0 / YEA VOTE IS ANTI-WORKER

ISSUE #5 - SB 361 Description: Initially an attempt to eliminate prevailing wage altogether, the final version requires reworking, and likely scaling back, prevailing wage for public construction projects that are $500,000 or more. For public construction projects under $500,000, the prevailing wage has been abolished, opening the door for out-of-state contractors to bring outside and illegal workers into West Virginia at taxpayer expense. Voting Body: 10-member Joint Committee on Government & Finance The Vote: Motion by Senator Kessler to extend the deadline for calculating new wage rates to September 30. YEAS: 3 - NAYS: 7 - NOT VOTING: 0 / NAY VOTE IS ANTI-WORKER- June 08, 2015- 3:00PM

ISSUE #6 - SB 409 Description: Prohibits government entities from requiring contractors to enter into Project Labor Agreements (PLAs), a tool that private industry uses to ensure safe, high-quality projects. Voting Body: 34-member Senate The Vote: Final Passage - RCS# 174 – SEQ. NO. 0009 - February 27, 2015- 12:46PM YEAS: 21 - NAYS: 12 - NOT VOTING: 1 / YEA VOTE IS ANTI-WORKER

(D): Democrat, (R): Republican – – R-Right, W-Wrong, A-Absent, E-Excused, a-abstained Name in Bold: COPE endorsed in the most recent election.

Accumulative DISTRICT - SENATOR - COUNTY ISSUE ISSUE ISSUE ISSUE ISSUE ISSUE 201 5 TOTAL

1 2 3 4 5 6 R W A R W A SD 1 - Ryan Ferns (R) Ohio W W W W - W 0 5 0 9 10 0 SD 1 - (D) Brooke R R R R - R 5 0 0 26 0 2

SD 2 - Jeff Kessler (D) Marshall R R R R R R 6 0 0 29 4 0 SD 2 - Kent Leonhardt (R) Monongalia W W W W - W 0 5 0 0 5 0

SD 3 - (R) Pleasants W W W W - W 0 5 0 16 48 0 SD 3 - (R) Wood W W W W - W 0 5 0 1 8 0

SD 4 - Mitch Carmichael (R) Jackson W W W W W W 0 6 0 9 34 4 SD 4 - Mike Hall (R) Putnam W W W W - W 0 5 0 12 42 1

SD 5 - (D) Cabell W R W R - R 3 2 0 3 2 0 SD 5 - Robert H. Plymale (D) Wayne W R W W - R 2 3 0 21 22 0

SD 6 - Mark Maynard (D) Wayne W W W W - W 0 5 0 0 5 0 SD 6 - Bill Cole (R) Mercer W W W W W W 0 6 0 0 7 0

SD 7 - (D) Boone W R W W - W 1 4 0 6 7 0 SD 7 - (D) Logan W R W R - W 2 3 0 2 4 0

SD 8 - (R) Kanawha W W W W - W 0 5 0 1 5 0 SD 8 - Ed Gaunch (R) Kanawha W W W W - W 0 5 0 0 5 0

SD 9 - Daniel Hall (D) Wyoming W W W W - W 0 5 0 14 7 0 SD 9 - Jeff Mullins (R) Raleigh W W W W - W 0 5 0 0 5 0

SD 10 - Ronald Miller (D) Greenbrier R R R R - R 5 0 0 8 1 0 SD 10 - William Laird (D) Fayette R R R R - R 5 0 0 20 3 0

Accumulative TOTAL

Accumulative 2015 TOTAL

DISTRICT - SENATOR - COUNTY 1 2 3 4 5 6 R W A R W A SD 11 - Robert Karnes (R) Upshur W W W W - W 0 5 0 0 5 0 SD 11 - (R) Nicholas W W W W - W 0 5 0 0 5 0

SD 12 - (D) Harrison R R R R - R 5 0 0 5 0 0 SD 12 - Douglas Facemire (D) Braxton R R R R - R 5 0 0 9 3 0

SD 13 - Robert Beach (D) Monongalia R R R R - R 5 0 0 27 16 0 SD 13 - (D) Marion W R R W - A 2 2 1 39 20 4

SD 14 - Bob Williams (D) Taylor W R W W - W 1 4 0 5 5 0 SD 14 - Dave Sypolt (R) Preston W W W W - W 0 5 0 0 13 0

SD 15 - (R) Berkeley W W W W - W 0 5 0 7 27 0 SD 15 - Charles Trump (D) Morgan W W W W W W 0 6 0 11 41 0

SD 16 - (D) Berkeley R R R R - R 5 0 0 25 3 2 SD 16 - Herb Snyder (D) Jefferson R R R R - R 5 0 0 19 7 1

SD 17 - (D) Kanawha W R W W - R 2 3 0 16 13 0 SD 17 - TomTakubo (R) Kanawha W W W W - W 0 5 0 0 5 0

West Virginia AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education (COPE)

2015 Recorded Votes - House of Delegates

ISSUE #1 - HB 2011 Description: Provides increased legal protection to employers that knowingly endanger their workers by failing to perform inspections, ignoring safety regulation violations or allowing other unsafe conditions -- in other words, rewards wilful corporate negligence. This bill makes dangerous work environments even more dangerous. The Vote: Final Passage – Senate Amended HB- RCS# 578 - March 14, 2015- 3:30PM YEAS: 63 - NAYS: 33 - NOT VOTING: 4 / YEA VOTE IS ANTI-WORKER

ISSUE #2 - SB 12 Description: Lengthened the time in which employers are required to pay outstanding wages to separated employees and reduced the financial liability on employers that do not meet the timeline. Voting Body: 100-member House of Delegates The Vote: Final Passage - RCS# 506 - March 13, 2015- 12:29PM YEAS: 68 - NAYS: 31 - NOT VOTING: 1 / YEA VOTE IS ANTI-WORKER

ISSUE #3- SB 14 Description: Creation of a second, unequal school system that would pull taxpayer resources from current classrooms for a few select students and threaten teachers’ rights. Voting Body: 25-member House Education Committee The Vote: Committee Passage YEAS: 15 - NAYS: 6 - NOT VOTING: 4 / YEA VOTE IS ANTI-WORKER

ISSUE #4 - SB 357 Description: A rollback of mine safety regulations to benefit big corporations Voting Body: 100-member House of Delegates The Vote: Final Passage - RCS# 283 - March 03, 2015- 11:29AM YEAS: 72 - NAYS: 27 - NOT VOTING: 1 / YEA VOTE IS ANTI-WORKER

ISSUE #5 - SB 357 Description: A rollback of mine safety regulations to benefit big corporations. Voting Body: 25-member House Judiciary Committee - The Vote: After countless hours of deliberation -- during which legislators who were deeply concerned about endangering miners unsuccessfully attempted several times to revive the safety requirements that the legislation rolls back -- the committee voted to report the Un-safety bill to the full House of Delegates. AYES: 16 - NAYS: 8 - NOT VOTING: 1 / AYE VOTE IS ANTI-WORKER - February 24, 2015

ISSUE #6 - SB 357 Description: An unsuccessful attempt to amend the legislation that rolls back mine safety regulations by adding back to the state code language intended to protect miners from ventilation dangers related to smoke and fire in instances of moving equipment. Voting Body: 25-member House Judiciary Committee The Vote: Adoption of the amendment AYES: 7 - NAYS: 17 - NOT VOTING: 1 / NAY VOTE IS ANTI-WORKER - February 24, 2015

ISSUE #7 - SB 357 Description: A rollback in state mine safety laws. Voting Body: 100-member House of Delegates The Vote: An amendment to include an “economic impact study” in the bill. Even though the new Republican leadership touted “economic impact studies” for numerous issues at the beginning of the session, this amendment was voted down. It’s important to note that by the end of the session, the Republican leadership only called for one legislative issue to undergo an “economic impact study” -- so-called “Right to Work.” RCS# 217 – February 26, 2015- 7:19PM / YEAS: 34- NAYS: 61 - NOT VOTING: 5 / NAY VOTE IS ANTI-WORKER

ISSUE #8 - SB 361 Description: Initially an attempt to eliminate prevailing wage altogether, the final version requires reworking, and likely scaling back, prevailing wage for public construction projects that are $500,000 or more. For public construction projects under $500,000, the prevailing wage has been abolished, opening the door for out-of-state contractors to bring outside and illegal workers into West Virginia at taxpayer expense. Voting Body: 100-member House The Vote: Passage - RCS# 237 – February 28, 2015- 5:26PM YEAS: 56 - NAYS: 39 - NOT VOTING: 5 / YEA VOTE IS ANTI-WORKER

ISSUE #9 - SB 361 Description: Initially an attempt to eliminate prevailing wage altogether, the final version requires reworking, and likely scaling back, prevailing wage for public construction projects that are $500,000 or more. For public construction projects under $500,000, the prevailing wage has been abolished, opening the door for out-of-state contractors to bring outside and illegal workers into West Virginia at taxpayer expense. Voting Body: 10-member Joint Committee on Government & Finance The Vote: Motion by Senator Kessler to extend the deadline for calculating new wage rates to September 30. YEAS: 3 - NAYS: 7 - NOT VOTING: 0 / NAY VOTE IS ANTI-WORKER - June 08, 2015- 3:00PM

ISSUE #10 - SB 409 Description: Prohibits government entities from requiring contractors to enter into Project Labor Agreements (PLAs), a tool that private industry uses to ensure safe, high-quality projects. Voting Body: 100-member House The Vote: Final Passage - RCS# 471 - March 12, 2015- 4:04PM YEAS: 62 - NAYS: 36 - NOT VOTING: 2 / YEA VOTE IS ANTI-WORKER

ISSUE #11- SB 529 Description: Creates a new retirement tier, with much lower benefit levels, for all public employees hired after July 1, 2015. Also, veterans who served our country during times of conflict and are hired as state employees will now have to pay for their military service credit, a benefit that previously was at no cost to them. Voting Body: 100-member House The Vote: Final Passage - RCS# 643 - March 18, 2015- 3:28PM YEAS: 55 - NAYS: 38 - NOT VOTING: 7 / YEA VOTE IS ANTI-WORKER

ISSUE #12 - SB 578 Description: Relates to workers affected by all occupational diseases, including but not limited to black lung and asbestosis, by potentially eliminating an opportunity to receive additional benefits for a worsening or advancement of the disease. Voting Body: 100-member House of Delegates The Vote: Final Passage - RCS# 427 - March 10, 2015- 3:20PM YEAS: 58 - NAYS: 39 - NOT VOTING: 2 – EXCUSED: 1 / YEA VOTE IS ANTI-WORKER

(D): Democrat, (R): Republican – – R-Right, W-Wrong, A-Absent, E-Excused, a-abstained

Name in Bold: COPE endorsed in the most recent election.

2015 Accumulative DISTRICT – DELEGATE - COUNTY Issues TOTAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 R W A R W A HD 1 - Pat McGeehan (R) Hancock W W - W - - W W - W W W 0 8 0 1 13 3 HD 1 - Mark Zatezalo (R) Hancock A W - W - - W W - W W W 0 7 1 0 7 1

HD 2 - (R) Brooke W W - W W W W W - W W W 0 10 0 0 10 0

HD 3 - (D) Ohio R R - R R R R R - R R R 10 0 0 10 0 0 HD 3 - Erikka Storch (R) Ohio R W - W - - W R - R W R 4 4 0 13 8 0

HD 4 - (D) Marshall R R - R - - R R - R R R 8 0 0 30 0 0 HD 4 - David Evans (R) Marshall W W W W - - W W - W W W 0 9 0 4 13 0

HD 5 - Dave Pethtel (D) Wetzel R R - R - - R R - R R R 8 0 0 61 17 0

HD 6 - Roger Romine (R) Tyler W W W W - - W W - W W W 0 9 0 20 36 1

HD 7 - “Woody” Ireland (R) Ritchie W W - W W W A W - W W W 0 9 1 10 24 3

HD 8 - Bill Anderson (R) Wood W W - W - - W W - W W W 0 8 0 32 50 0

HD 9 - -Sheppard (R) Wood W W - W - - W W - W W W 0 8 0 5 14 0

HD 10 - Frank Deem (R) Wood W W - W W W A W - A A W 0 7 3 50 92 4 HD 10 - John Kelly (R) Wood W W A W - - W R - W W W 1 7 1 1 7 1 HD 10 - Mike Azinger (R) Wood W W - W W W W W - W W W 0 10 0 0 10 0

HD 11 - (R) Roane W W - W - - W W - W W W 0 8 0 33 70 1

HD 12 - (R) Jackson W W - W - - W W - W W W 0 8 0 6 10 0

HD 13 - Michael Ihle (R) Jackson W W - W - - W W - W W W 0 8 0 0 8 0 HD 13 - (R) Mason W W - W - - W W - W R W 1 7 0 6 10 0 201 5 Accumulative TOTAL

DISTRICT – DELEGATE - COUNTY 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 R W A R W A HD 14 - Jim Butler (R) Mason W W - W - - W W - W W W 0 8 0 5 11 0

HD 15 - Geoff Foster (R) Putnam W W - W W W W W - W W A 0 9 1 0 9 1

HD 16 - (D) Cabell R R R R - - R A - R R R 8 0 1 8 0 1 HD 16 - Carol Miller (R) Cabell W W - W - - W W - W A W 0 7 1 17 16 1 HD 16 - Jim Morgan (D) Cabell R R - R - - A R - R R R 7 0 1 48 20 2

HD 17 - Doug Reynolds (D) Wayne R R R W - - R A - R R R 7 1 1 33 1 2 HD 17 - (R) Cabell W W R W - - W W - W W R 2 7 0 2 7 0

HD 18 - Kelli Sobonya (R) Cabell W W - W W W W W - W W W 0 10 0 19 31 0

HD 19 - (D) Wayne R R R R - - R R - R R R 9 0 0 54 2 4 HD 19 - Ken Hicks (D) Wayne R R - R R R R R - R A R 9 0 1 9 0 1

HD 20 - (D) Mingo R W - W - - R R - R R R 6 2 0 16 2 1

HD 21 - (D) Mingo R R - W - - A R - R R R 6 1 1 54 14 1

HD 22 - Michael Moffatt (R) Putnam W W - W - - W W - W W W 0 8 0 0 8 0 HD 22 - (D) Lincoln R R - R - - R R - R R R 8 0 0 34 0 1

HD 23 - Joshua Nelson (R) Boone W W - W - - W W - W R W 1 7 0 3 8 5

HD 24 - Rupert Phillips (D) Logan W W - W - - W W - R R R 3 5 0 14 6 0 HD 24 - (D) Logan R R A W - - R R - R R R 7 1 1 28 1 1

HD 25 - Linda G. Phillips (D) Wyoming R R - W - - A R - R A R 5 1 2 26 2 3

HD 26 - (D) McDowell R R - R R R R R - R A R 9 0 1 35 0 6

HD 27 - (R) Mercer W W - W - - W W - W W W 0 8 0 2 18 0 HD 27 - (R) Mercer W W - W W W W W W W W W 0 11 0 9 19 0 HD 27 - (R) Mercer W W W W - - W A - W A W 0 7 2 3 16 2

201 5 Accumulative TOTAL

DISTRICT – DELEGATE - COUNTY 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 R W A R W A

HD 28 - Roy Cooper (R) Summers W W W W - - W W - W W A 0 8 1 3 13 1 HD 28 - John O’Neal (R) Raleigh W W - W - - W W - W W W 0 8 0 5 17 0

HD 29 - Ricky Moye (D) Raleigh R R R W - - R R - R R R 8 1 0 36 2 0

HD 30 - Mick Bates (D) Raleigh A W - W - - R R - R R R 5 2 1 5 2 1

HD 31 - Lynne Arvon (R) Raleigh W W - W - - W W - A W W 0 7 1 3 12 1

HD 32 - Tom Fast (R) Fayette W W - W W W W W - W W W 0 10 0 0 10 0 HD 32 - (D) Fayette R R R R - - R R - R R R 9 0 0 43 12 1 HD 32 - (R) Fayette W W - W - - W W - W W W 0 8 0 0 8 0

HD 33 - (R) Clay A W - A W W W R - W W W 1 7 2 1 7 2

HD 34 - (D) Braxton R W - R - - R R R R R R 8 1 0 60 9 1

HD 35 - (D) Kanawha R R - W R W R R - R R R 8 2 0 8 2 0 HD 35 - Eric Nelson (R) Kanawha W W - W - - W W W W W W 0 9 0 7 15 0 HD 35 - Chris Stansbury (R) Kanawha W W - W - - W W - W W W 0 8 0 0 8 0 HD 35 - John McCuskey (R) Kanawha W W - W W W W W - W W W 0 10 0 3 15 0

HD 36 - Nancy Guthrie (D) Kanawha R R - R - - R R - R R R 8 0 0 35 0 0 HD 36 - Larry Rowe (D) Kanawha R R - R R R R R - R R R 10 0 0 27 2 1 HD 36 - Brad White (R) Kanawha W W - W W W W A - W W R 1 8 1 1 8 1

HD 37 - (D) Kanawha R R A R - - R R - R R R 8 0 1 8 0 1

HD 38 - Patrick Lane (R) Kanawha W W - W W W R R - W W W 2 8 0 16 24 1

HD 39 - (R) Kanawha W A - W - - W W - W W E 0 6 1 20 53 3 - A 1 - E

HD 40 - Tim Armstead (R) Kanawha W W - W - - W W W W W W 0 9 0 14 47 0

Accumulative 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 201 5 TOTAL DISTRICT – DELEGATE – COUNTY

R W A R W A HD 41 - (R) Nicholas W W - W - - W W - W W W 0 8 0 0 8 0

HD 42 - (R) Greenbrier W W - W - - R R - R W W 3 5 0 36 19 1 HD 42 - “Boogie” Ambler (R) Greenbrier W W W W - - W W - W R W 1 8 0 8 9 0

HD 43 - Denise Campbell (D) Randolph W W A R - - R R - W R R 5 3 1 17 4 1 HD 43 - Bill Hartman (D) Randolph W W - W - - W R - W R W 2 6 0 26 24 0

HD 44 - (D) Webster R R - R A A R R - R R R 8 0 2 17 0 2

HD 45 - Bill Hamilton (R) Upshur R W - R - - R R - W W R 5 3 0 40 9 0

HD 46 - Margaret D. Smith (D) Lewis R R - R - - R R - R R R 8 0 0 29 0 1

HD 47 - Danny Wagner (R) Barbour W R W W - - W W - W W W 1 8 0 1 8 0

HD 48 - Terry Waxman (R) Harrison W W - W W W W W - W W W 0 10 0 0 10 0 HD 48 - (D) Harrison R R - R - - R R R R R R 9 0 0 37 0 0 HD 48 - Patsy Trecost (D) Harrison R R W R - - R R - R R R 8 1 0 8 1 0 HD 48 - (R) Harrison W W W W - - W W - W W W 0 9 0 5 12 0

HD 49 - (R) Taylor W W - W W W W W - W W W 0 10 0 0 10 0

HD 50 - (D) Marion R R - R - - R R - R R R 8 0 0 68 0 0 HD 50 - Linda Longstreth (D) Marion R R - R - - R R - R R R 8 0 0 37 0 2 HD 50 - (D) Marion R R - R R R R R - R R R 10 0 0 43 0 1

HD 51 - (D) Mon. R R - R R R R R - R R R 10 0 0 75 5 1 HD 51 - Brian Kurcaba (R) Mon. W W W W - - W A - W W W 0 8 1 0 8 1 HD 51 - Joe Statler (R) Monongalia W W W W - - W W - W W W 0 9 0 0 9 0 HD 51 - (R) Monongalia W W W W - - W W - W W W 0 9 0 8 14 0 HD 51 - Cindy Frich (R) Monongalia W W - W - - W W - W W W 0 8 0 12 17 0

HD 52 - Larry Williams (D) Preston R W - R - - R R - R R R 7 1 0 50 31 0 201 5 Accumulative TOTAL DISTRICT – DELEGATE – COUNTY 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 R W A R W A HD 53 - (R) Preston W W - W - - W W - W W W 0 8 0 3 13 0

HD 54 - Allen Evans (R) Grant W W - W - - W W - W W W 0 8 0 31 49 0

HD 55 - (D) Pendleton R R - R - - R R - R R R 8 0 0 16 0 0

HD 56 - Gary Howell (R) Mineral W W - W - - W W - W W W 0 8 0 2 19 1

HD 57 - (R) Hampshire W W W W - - W W - W W W 0 9 0 20 20 0

HD 58 - (R) Morgan W W - W - - W W W W W W 0 9 0 5 30 0

HD 59 - (R) Berkeley W W - W - - W W - W W W 0 8 0 0 8 0

HD 60 - Larry Flaircloth (R) Berkeley W W - W - - W W - W W W 0 8 0 3 13 0

HD 61 - Walter Duke (R) Berkeley W W W W - - W W - W R W 1 8 0 25 17 0

HD 62 - (R) Berkeley W W - W W W W W - W W W 0 10 0 15 93 0

HD 63 - “Mike” Folk (R) Berkeley W W - W W W W W - W W W 0 10 0 3 15 0

HD 64 - (R) Berkeley W W - W - - W W - W A W 0 7 1 1 20 1

HD 65 - (R) Jefferson W R W W - - W W - W R W 2 7 0 2 7 0

HD 66 - (R) Jefferson W W W W - - W - - W W W 0 8 0 3 13 0

HD 67 - Stephen Skinner (D) Jefferson A R - R R R R - - R R R 8 0 1 16 0 1

ONE VOICE, ONE AGENDA, ONE MOVEMENT!

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