West Virginia House of Delegates · 2026 Regular Session
SB 531: Establishing First Amendment Preservation Act
Effective Date: July 1, 2026 · March 12, 2026 · Yeas 87, nays 7 · Party-line vote
How each party voted
Speaker Roger Hanshaw voted yea.
Bill
- Bill
- SB 531
- Motion
- Effective Date: July 1, 2026
- Date
- March 12, 2026, 10:27
- Session
- 2026 Regular Session
- Yeas–nays
- Yeas 87, nays 7; 5 didn't vote yes or no (0 excused from voting)
- Result
- Passed, as the official record marks it
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The chamber on this vote
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How each member voted
Yea (87)
- Stan Adkins R-49
- J.B. Akers R-55
- Michael Amos R-27
- Chris Anders R-97
- Bill Anderson R-10
- Bill Bell R-8
- Eric Brooks R-45
- Ryan Browning R-28
- Adam Burkhammer R-64
- Jim Butler R-18
- Jeff Campbell R-46
- David Cannon R-89
- Jarred Cannon R-21
- Ray Canterbury R-47
- Geno Chiarelli R-78
- Wayne Clark R-99
- Marshall Clay R-51
- Elías Coop-González R-67
- Roy Cooper R-40
- Vernon Criss R-12
- Kathie Hess Crouse R-19
- Mark Dean R-34
- Corby Dillon R-29
- Lori Dittman R-63
- Sarah Drennan R-20
- Jeff Eldridge R-30
- Joe Ellington R-38
- Bob Fehrenbacher R-11
- Dana Ferrell R-60
- Dave Foggin R-14
- Joe Funkhouser R-98
- David Green R-36
- Walter Hall R-58
- Anitra Hamilton D-81
- Evan Hansen D-79
- Roger Hanshaw R-62
- Rick Hillenbrand R-88
- Mike Hite R-92
- Josh Holstein R-32
- Mike Hornby R-93
- Chuck Horst R-95
- John Paul Hott R-85
- Gary Howell R-87
- Tresa Howell R-52
- Dean Jeffries R-61
- Buck Jennings R-84
- John Jordan R-42
- Betsy Kelly R-9
- Laura Kimble R-71
- Jonathan Kyle R-66
- Tristan Leavitt R-53
- Daniel Linville R-22
- Patrick Lucas R-24
- Phil Mallow R-75
- Keith Marple R-69
- Ian Masters R-91
- Jordan Maynor R-41
- Margitta Mazzocchi R-31
- Dave McCormick R-82
- Pat McGeehan R-1
- George Miller R-90
- Erica Moore R-15
- Joe Parsons R-16
- Chris Phillips R-68
- Jonathan Pinson R-17
- Elliott Pritt R-50
- Bill Ridenour R-100
- Clay Riley R-72
- Matthew Rohrbach R-26
- Bill Roop R-44
- Andy Shamblin R-59
- Chuck Sheedy R-7
- Doug Smith R-39
- Joe Statler R-77
- Jeff Stephens R-6
- George Street R-83
- Chris Toney R-43
- Adam Vance R-35
- Bryan Ward R-86
- Guy Ward R-74
- Greg Watt R-48
- Lisa White R-96
- John Williams D-80
- Jimmy Willis R-3
- Evan Worrell R-23
- Kayla Young D-56
- Mark Zatezalo R-2
Nay (7)
- Jordan Bridges R-33
- Bill Flanigan R-4
- Shawn Fluharty D-5
- Rick Garcia D-76
- Sean Hornbuckle D-25
- Hollis Lewis D-57
- Mike Pushkin D-54
Not voting (5)
- Marty Gearheart R-37
- Scot Heckert R-13
- Robbie Martin R-65
- Mickey Petitto R-70
- Bryan Smith R-73