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Virginia
Mahan
West
Virginia House of Delegates
27th
District
Biography
Information
First elected in 1996. Married
to
husband Jon Mahan.
Legislative Service:
House
Rules
Chair, Legislative Rule-Making Review
Chair,
Select Committee on Child Protection & Children’s
Advocacy
Chair, Pay Equity Commission
Judiciary
Committee, ranking female member
Joint Committee on Government
& Finance (first female delegate ever appointed to this, the
governing legislative body made up of House & Senate
leadership)
Other public service includes:
Legislative representative on the Help America Vote Act
Committee,
appointed by Secretaries of State Joe Manchin
& Current Secretary Betty Ireland
Member,
Governor’s Committee on Juvenile Justice & Community
Corrections
Founder & Co-Chair of the
bi-partisan
WV Child Welfare Legislative Caucus
Accomplishments include sponsoring:
WV Open Meetings law
Pay Equity Act
Tougher Domestic Violence Laws
Bringing WV into compliance with the Federal Clean Water Act
Establishing WV’s Child Advocacy Centers
WV’s Amber Alert law
Creating Child Abuse & Neglect Registry, first in the nation
Creating Children’s Special Victims Unit within the State Police
WV Women’s Commission: 2003 Guardian Angel Award,
2006 Celebrate Women Woman of the Year in Government