2023 WV Legislative Scorecard

The following scorecard lists several key votes in the West Virginia Legislature in 2023 and ranks state delegates and senators based on their fidelity to (U.S.) constitutional and limited-government principles.

This is our second state-level Scorecard; the selected votes may not be reflective of legislators' overall records. Their cumulative scores will change as we add more votes. Please check regularly for updates.

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Senate Votes
House Votes

House Votes

1. Ban on Sex Mutilation of Children

Bans a physician from providing "irreversible gender reassignment surgery" or "gender altering medication" to a person who is under 18 years of age.
Read More Constitutional Vote: Yes
HB2007 Roll Call 1273371

2. Prohibiting State Funds for ESG Initiatives

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."
Read More Constitutional Vote: Yes
HB2862 Roll Call 1265097

3. Enforcement of Canadian Protective Orders

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.
Read More Constitutional Vote: No
HB3556 Roll Call 1261857

4. Conscience Exemption from Vaccine Mandates

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."
Read More Constitutional Vote: Yes
HB2036 Roll Call 1258159

5. Concealed Carry on College Campuses

Authorizes concealed handgun license holders to carry firearms on public college and university campuses.
Read More Constitutional Vote: Yes
SB10 Roll Call 1256515

6. Aiding and Abetting Ectopic Abortions

Removes the requirement that a "termination of an ectopic pregnancy" be reported in West Virginia.
Read More Constitutional Vote: No
HB3199 Roll Call 1250231

How did they vote?

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Legend: Constitutional Unconstitutional Did not vote
Name Party Score 1 2 3 4 5 6
David Flimsy Adkins R 67%
William Anderson R 33%
Trenton Barnhart R 67%
Jordan Ray Bridges R N/A
Eric Brooks R 83%
Adam Dwayne Burkhammer R 67%
Jim Butler R 83%
Jarred A. Cannon R 50%
Moore Arch Alfred Capito R 50%
Eugene Chiarelli R 67%
Wayne Michael Clark R 50%
Elias Coop-Gonzalez R 83%
Roy G. Cooper R 50%
Adrian Vernon Criss R 33%
Kathie Hess Crouse R 50%
Daniel Mark Dean R 83%
Mike Devault R 60%
Henry Corby Dillon R 100%
Lori Cowger Dittman R 33%
Joe C. Ellington R 50%
Paul Espinosa R 33%
Tom Fast R 67%
Bob Fehrenbacher R 33%
Dana Joe Ferrell R 50%
Shawn Lucas Fluharty D 0%
Dave Foggin R 67%
Donald Herbert Forsht R 50%
Geoff B. Foster R 80%
Joey Garcia D 0%
Gary Martin Gearheart R 50%
Heather Dawn Glasko-Tully R 50%
Rickey Willard Griffith D 33%
Anita Hall R 100%
Walter Hall R 50%
Caleb Hanna R 67%
Evan Paul Hansen D 0%
Roger Hanshaw R 20%
John Robert Hardy R 40%
Scot Heckert R 33%
Rick Hillenbrand R 50%
Michael Hite R 50%
Joshua Allen Holstein R 50%
Michael Honaker R 67%
Sean Hornbuckle D 0%
Michael Hornby R 50%
Charles Kenneth Horst R 80%
John Paul Hott R 75%
Eric Lee Householder R 50%
Gary G. Howell R 50%
Warren Dean Jeffries R 60%
D. Roland Jennings R 50%
Nicholas Riley Keaton R 67%
David Lee Kelly R 50%
Laura M Hurley Kimble R 67%
Todd A. Kirby R 100%
Larry D. Kump R 67%
Daniel Linville R 50%
William Todd Longanacre R 67%
Patrick Lucas R 50%
Phil Mallow R 40%
Keith Marple R 33%
Carl Robert Martin R 67%
Jordan G. Maynor R 50%
Pat McGeehan R 83%
George Allen Miller R 33%
William Tyler Nestor R 67%
Mickey Petitto R 60%
Chris Edward Phillips R 67%
Jonathan Adam Pinson R 67%
Christopher Todd Pritt R 83%
David Elliott Pritt R 75%
Mike Pushkin D 0%
Charles Foster Reynolds R 50%
William Ridenour R 83%
Clay Patrick Riley R 33%
Matthew Rohrbach R 50%
Mark Allen Ross R 80%
Larry L. Rowe D 0%
Margitta Schaaf-Mazzocchi R 50%
Andy Shamblin R 50%
Charles R. Sheedy R 50%
Doug Skaff D 0%
Douglas Dean Smith R 60%
Joseph C. Statler R 33%
Brandon Scott Steele R 83%
Erikka Storch R 17%
George Street R 50%
Amy Summers R 50%
Darren J. Thorne R 67%
Christopher Wayne Toney R 50%
Adam Vance R 100%
Danielle Marie Walker D 0%
Bryan Clark Ward R 67%
Debbie Warner R 50%
Steve Westfall R 0%
John Ryan Nelson Williams D 0%
Jimmy Willis R 50%
Evan Bradley Worrell R 67%
Kayla Ann Young D 0%
Mark Zatezalo R 50%

Average Freedom Score by Party

PartyScore
Democrat3%
Republican57.5%
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