Nonpartisan · Data from OpenStates / Plural Policy · West Virginia
Votes with Republicans
84%
on 37 party-line votes · Senate Republicans median 95%
Cast a vote
84%
Yea or Nay on 597 of 711 roll calls · Senate median 99%
Their bills that became law
0 of 29
as a primary sponsor, this session · Republicans median 4.5
Roll calls on record
711
2026 Regular Session
Votes and bills updated Oct 12, 2026 from LegiScan (CC BY 4.0), which republishes the legislature’s own records. Profile details from OpenStates / Plural Policy. Figures cover 2026 Regular Session.
How Craig Hart votes
A party-line vote is a roll call where most voting Democrats and most voting Republicans took opposite sides. Absences and not-voting are never counted. Same method as our Congress pages.
Where Craig Hart sits in the Senate
Each dot is one member of the Senate, placed by how often they voted on the Democratic side of party-line votes. Craig Hart is circled.
Always on the Republican sideAlways on the Democratic side
Times they broke with their party
6 of 37 party-line votes.
HB5441 · Reforming State Personnel System
Passed Senate (Roll No. 567) · 2026-03-13 · Passed 28–6 · most Republicans voted the other way
HB4602 · Relating to requiring the Department of Human Services to establish a pilot program to contract for supplemental caseworker aide services for the Bureau for Social Services
Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 541) · 2026-03-13 · Passed 23–10 · most Republicans voted the other way
SB250 · Budget Bill
Senate amended House amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 358) · 2026-03-05 · Passed 30–3 · most Republicans voted the other way
SB63 · Creating Sustaining Opportunities for Academics in Rural Schools Act
Passed Senate (Roll No. 251) · 2026-02-27 · Passed 29–4 · most Republicans voted the other way
SB250 · Budget Bill
Passed Senate (Roll No. 161) · 2026-02-20 · Passed 28–4 · most Republicans voted the other way
SB671 · Relating to WV Real Estate Commission
Passed Senate (Roll No. 96) · 2026-02-16 · Passed 24–9 · most Republicans voted the other way
Closest votes they cast
Roll calls decided by the fewest votes, one per bill.
SB745 · Relating to requirements for school nutrition programs
Floor amendments rejected (Roll No. 249) · 2026-02-26 · Failed 17–17
HB4425 · To repeal the provision allowing for students to transfer from one school to another without losing eligibility.
Passed Senate (Roll No. 536) · 2026-03-13 · Passed 20–14
SB927 · Clarifying Commissioner of Agriculture's authority to regulate bees
Motion bill be laid over on calendar rejected (Roll No. 216) · 2026-02-24 · Failed 14–20
SB1065 · Reforming licenses related to sale of alcohol and nonintoxicating alcohol products
Passed Senate (Roll No. 307) · 2026-03-03 · Passed 20–13
SB749 · Relating to county economic opportunity development districts
Floor amendment rejected (Roll No. 203) · 2026-02-23 · Failed 13–20
Democrats they vote with most
Share of contested roll calls (the losing side got at least 10%) where both voted and landed on the same side. Unanimous votes are left out, because on those everyone agrees.
Mike WoelfelDemocrat · District 5 · 37 shared contested votes
32%
Joey GarciaDemocrat · District 13 · 40 shared contested votes
23%
Their session, month by month
Dark bars are roll calls they were recorded on each month; the red part is the ones without a Yea or Nay (114 in all). Gaps are months the chamber wasn’t voting.
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Their bills, from filing to law
Bills Craig Hart was a primary sponsor of this session. Most bills from either party never leave committee; in Illinois many never get past the Assignments or Rules committee.
Introduced29
Out of committee4
Passed one chamber3
Passed both chambers0
Became law0
Never left committee25
For comparison, the median Republican member of the Senate has 4.5 bills that became law this session.
What their bills are about
Education (K12) 9Utilities 4Agriculture 3Appropriations 2Environment 2Consumer Protection 2
Clarifying Commissioner of Agriculture's authority to regulate bees
The purpose of this bill is to clarify the Commissioner of Agriculture's authority to regulate bees, bee equipment, and apiaries in the state, and to clarify when legal proceedings may be maintained against certain owners or operators of agricultural land or agricultural operations.
Passed one chamberSenate requests House to concur · 2026-03-14
Providing Future Farmers of America-sanctioned activities not count toward limit of excused absences
The purpose of this bill is to provide that a Future Farmers of America ("FFA") sanctioned activity or program shall not count toward the 10-day limit for excused absences.
Passed one chamberTo House Education · 2026-02-23
Clarifying Office of Broadband coordinate with Consumer Protection Division on certain consumer complaints
The purpose of this bill is to enhance the ability of the Office of Broadband to receive, transmit, and resolve consumer complaints relating to the safety, adequacy, and reliability of broadband service and providing a mechanism for consumer complaints that the terms and conditions of…
Not out of committeeTo Government Organization · 2026-02-20
Specifying that cultivated meat products are adulterated foods
The purpose of this bill is to define cultivated meat products as an adulterated food.
Out of committeeTo Judiciary · 2026-02-19
Relating to utility affordability and economic competitiveness
The purpose of this bill is to restore utility affordability and reliability.
Not out of committeeTo Energy, Industry, and Mining · 2026-02-12
Requiring persons with illegal immigration status be turned over to ICE
The purpose of this bill relates to the punishment of persons with illegal immigration status.
Passed one chamberTo House Judiciary · 2026-02-10
Requiring warrant for DNR officials or officers to enter onto any private property
The purpose of this bill is to require that a natural resources officer possess landowner consent or a warrant prior to entering private property and providing exceptions.
Not out of committeeTo Natural Resources · 2026-02-03
Establishing Affordable Electricity and Economic Growth Act of 2026
The purpose of this bill is to establish the Affordable Electricity and Economic Growth Act of 2026 to facilitate coke production and steelmaking in the state.
Not out of committeeTo Finance · 2026-01-30
Relating to WV Commercial Feed Law
The purpose of this bill is to provide that a person engaged in offering for sale, selling, exchanging, or bartering products or commodities produced exclusively on his or her own farm is exempt from obtaining a commercial feed distributor permit.
Not out of committeeTo Finance · 2026-01-29
Creating Public Electrical Savings Act
The purpose of this bill is to create the Public Electrical Savings Act.
Not out of committeeTo Judiciary · 2026-01-15
Restoring Private Schools Act of 2026
The purpose of this bill is to create the Restoring Private Schools Act of 2026.
Not out of committeeTo School Choice · 2026-01-14
Establishing comprehensive highway paving plan
The purpose of this bill is to require the Commissioner of Highways to prepare and present to the Legislature a comprehensive highway paving plan establishing routine repaving of all normally asphalt-surfaced roads.
Not out of committeeTo Transportation and Infrastructure · 2026-01-14
Relating to authority of PSC
The purpose of this bill is to limit the jurisdiction of the Public Service Commission to holding hearings on rate adjustment requests by public electrical utilities, to make recommendations to the Legislature, and to require that electric utility rate adjustments be approved by the Legislature.
Not out of committeeTo Government Organization · 2026-01-14
Creating Community School Funding Formula Revision Act
The purpose of this bill is to provide for the creation of the Community School Funding Formula Revision Act.
Not out of committeeTo Education · 2026-01-14
Relating to jurisdiction of PSC
The purpose of this bill is to change the term "solar photovoltaic energy facility" to "an on-site energy facility"; and require power purchase agreements (PPAs) between public entities and customers to contain certain language.
Not out of committeeTo Government Organization · 2026-01-14
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SB587 · 2026-03-14
Adjusting salary schedule for elected county officials (Senate amended House amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 605))
SB587 · 2026-03-14
Adjusting salary schedule for elected county officials (Effective July 1, 2026 (Roll No. 606))
HB5317 · 2026-03-14
Supplemental Appropriation to the Department of Commerce – Division of Natural Resources from the Unappropriated Surplus Balance. (Constitutional Rule Suspended (Roll No. 616))
HB5317 · 2026-03-14
Supplemental Appropriation to the Department of Commerce – Division of Natural Resources from the Unappropriated Surplus Balance. (Passed Senate (Roll No. 617))
HB5317 · 2026-03-14
Supplemental Appropriation to the Department of Commerce – Division of Natural Resources from the Unappropriated Surplus Balance. (Effective from passage (Roll No. 618))
HB5277 · 2026-03-14
Supplemental Appropriation to the Department of Health Facilities-Welch Community Hospital, William R. Sharpe Jr. Hospital, and Mildred Mitchell-Bateman Hospital from the Unappropriated Surplus Balance (Constitutional Rule Suspended (Roll No. 607))
HB5277 · 2026-03-14
Supplemental Appropriation to the Department of Health Facilities-Welch Community Hospital, William R. Sharpe Jr. Hospital, and Mildred Mitchell-Bateman Hospital from the Unappropriated Surplus Balance (Passed Senate (Roll No. 608))
HB5277 · 2026-03-14
Supplemental Appropriation to the Department of Health Facilities-Welch Community Hospital, William R. Sharpe Jr. Hospital, and Mildred Mitchell-Bateman Hospital from the Unappropriated Surplus Balance (Effective from passage (Roll No. 609))
SB705 · 2026-03-14
Creating offense of theft by conversion (Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 627))
SB772 · 2026-03-14
Declaring certain claims against WV to be moral obligations (Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 628))
SB772 · 2026-03-14
Declaring certain claims against WV to be moral obligations (Effective from passage (Roll No. 629))
SB622 · 2026-03-14
Extending mine safety technology tax credit (Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 626))
SB243 · 2026-03-14
Establishing disaster repair and recovery effort tax credit for taxpayers subject to severance and business privilege tax in certain circumstances (Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 622))
HB5307 · 2026-03-14
Supplemental Appropriation to the Department of Tourism- Division of Culture and History from the Unappropriated Surplus Balance. (Constitutional Rule Suspended (Roll No. 613))
HB5307 · 2026-03-14
Supplemental Appropriation to the Department of Tourism- Division of Culture and History from the Unappropriated Surplus Balance. (Passed Senate (Roll No. 614))
HB5307 · 2026-03-14
Supplemental Appropriation to the Department of Tourism- Division of Culture and History from the Unappropriated Surplus Balance. (Effective from passage (Roll No. 615))
SB952 · 2026-03-14
Transferring Court Security Fund (Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 644))
SB977 · 2026-03-14
Creating benefit for duty-related partial disability (Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 637))
SB828 · 2026-03-14
Supplemental Appropriation to Department of Human Services, fund 5090 (Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 632))
SB828 · 2026-03-14
Supplemental Appropriation to Department of Human Services, fund 5090 (Effective from passage (Roll No. 633))
HB5288 · 2026-03-14
Supplemental Appropriation to the Department of Agriculture-West Virginia Spay Neuter Assistance Fund from Special Revenue (Constitutional Rule Suspended (Roll No. 610))
HB5288 · 2026-03-14
Supplemental Appropriation to the Department of Agriculture-West Virginia Spay Neuter Assistance Fund from Special Revenue (Passed Senate (Roll No. 611))
HB5288 · 2026-03-14
Supplemental Appropriation to the Department of Agriculture-West Virginia Spay Neuter Assistance Fund from Special Revenue (Effective from passage (Roll No. 612))
HB5694 · 2026-03-14
Supplemental appropriation to Department of Education, fund 0313. (Constitutional Rule Suspended (Roll No. 619))
HB5694 · 2026-03-14
Supplemental appropriation to Department of Education, fund 0313. (Passed Senate (Roll No. 620))
HB5694 · 2026-03-14
Supplemental appropriation to Department of Education, fund 0313. (Effective from passage (Roll No. 621))
SB63 · 2026-03-14
Creating Sustaining Opportunities for Academics in Rural Schools Act (Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 662))
SB63 · 2026-03-14
Creating Sustaining Opportunities for Academics in Rural Schools Act (Effective from passage (Roll No. 663))
SB392 · 2026-03-14
Relating to personal income tax reduction (Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 652))
SB392 · 2026-03-14
Relating to personal income tax reduction (Senate reconsidered action and passed bill (Roll No. 668))
SB897 · 2026-03-14
Relating to licensure and certification of alcohol and drug counselors (Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 674))
SB558 · 2026-03-14
Relating to school bus safety violations by vehicle operators (Senate amended House amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 625))
SB617 · 2026-03-14
Banking and Financial Services Provider Protections for Eligible Adults from Financial Exploitation (Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 642))
SB1008 · 2026-03-14
Relating to statute of limitations for asbestos and silica litigation (Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 645))
SB1008 · 2026-03-14
Relating to statute of limitations for asbestos and silica litigation (Effective from passage (Roll No. 646))
SB890 · 2026-03-14
Changing certain school calendar requirements from days or months to hours (Senate amended House amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 635))
SB890 · 2026-03-14
Changing certain school calendar requirements from days or months to hours (Effective July 1, 2027 (Roll No. 636))
SB231 · 2026-03-14
Relating to value-based payment requirements (Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 655))
SB54 · 2026-03-14
Establishing criminal penalties for abuse or neglect of incapacitated adults (Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 653))
SB194 · 2026-03-14
Updating definition of "disabled veteran taxpayer" (Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 669))
SB553 · 2026-03-14
Providing for transfer of license to contractor’s qualifying immediate family member (Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 657))
SR68 · 2026-03-14
Recognizing dedicated public service of Honorable Charles Houston Clements (Adopted (Roll No. 678))
SR67 · 2026-03-14
Recognizing dedicated public service of Honorable Michael Andrew Woelfel (Adopted (Roll No. 677))
SB506 · 2026-03-14
Permitting certain use of county-owned wireless tower (Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 624))
SB182 · 2026-03-14
Relating to annexation by minor boundary adjustment (Senate amended House amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 682))
SB982 · 2026-03-14
Creating Neighborhood Access Road Program (Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 675))
SB4 · 2026-03-14
Relating to crimes against public justice (Senate receded and passed (Roll No. 691))
SB1053 · 2026-03-14
Authorizing Unemployment Automation and Administration Fund to modernize and enhance WorkForce West Virginia (Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 666))
SB1053 · 2026-03-14
Authorizing Unemployment Automation and Administration Fund to modernize and enhance WorkForce West Virginia (Effective July 1, 2026 (Roll No. 667))
SB197 · 2026-03-14
Relating to crime of sexual abuse by parent, guardian, custodian, or person in position of trust to child (Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 679))
SB29 · 2026-03-14
Providing pay increases to members of judiciary (Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 639))
SB29 · 2026-03-14
Providing pay increases to members of judiciary (Effective July 1, 2026 (Roll No. 640))
HB4245 · 2026-03-14
Authorizing Certain Agencies of the Department of Revenue to Promulgate Legislative Rules (Passed Senate (Roll No. 695))
HB4245 · 2026-03-14
Authorizing Certain Agencies of the Department of Revenue to Promulgate Legislative Rules (Effective from passage (Roll No. 696))
SB686 · 2026-03-14
Coal Co-tenancy Modernization and Miners Protection Act (Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 659))
SB906 · 2026-03-14
Permitting lawful prescription of crystalline polymorph psilocybin under FDA recommendations (Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 660))
SJR9 · 2026-03-14
Citizenship Requirement to Vote in West Virginia Elections Amendment (Adopted by Senate (Roll No. 638))
SB742 · 2026-03-14
Modifying requirements for involuntary hospitalization (Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 643))
SB826 · 2026-03-14
Supplementary appropriation to Division of Natural Resources, fund 3211 (Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 630))
SB826 · 2026-03-14
Supplementary appropriation to Division of Natural Resources, fund 3211 (Effective from passage (Roll No. 631))
Complete voting record from LegiScan (showing the 60 most recent of 711 total roll-call votes this session).
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