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Jim Butler

WV House District 18

Republican West Virginia since Dec 1, 2022

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Issue areas

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Offices & terms

Office	Party	From	To	Source
WV House District 18 current West Virginia	Republican	Dec 1, 2022	—	openstates/people CC0-1.0
WV House District 18 West Virginia	Republican	Dec 1, 2012	Nov 30, 2020	openstates/people CC0-1.0
WV House District 14 West Virginia	Republican	—	Dec 31, 2020	openstates/people CC0-1.0

Roll-call votes (715 recorded)

Vote	Position	Date	Result	Source
HB 5629 — Relating generally to the West Virginia Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.	Yea	Mar 4, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 5475 — To make the Public Service Commission an elected position	Yea	Mar 4, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 5622 — Amendments to city charters.	Yea	Mar 4, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 5484 — Creating the crime of conspiracy to deny medical treatment to victim of sexual offense	Yea	Mar 4, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 5364 — Reforming Boards and Commissions	Yea	Mar 4, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 4010 — Providing a statutory program for loaning financial assistance to local airports for airplane hangar construction in this state	Yea	Mar 4, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 5059 — Relating to cultural heritage institutions	Yea	Mar 4, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 4025 — Exempting certain employees from the classified civil service system	Yea	Mar 4, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 4588 — Relating to participating in the federal tax credit scholarship program	Yea	Mar 4, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 4176 — To allow youth and handicapped hunters to harvest a buck deer or doe during youth/handicapped special hunts	Yea	Mar 4, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 4772 — Medicaid eligibility verification	Yea	Mar 4, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 4977 — Relating to authorizing municipalities to adopt an ordinance to recover demolition costs as special tax assessments	Yea	Mar 4, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 5074 — Relating to changing the allocation of proceeds in the Medical Cannabis Program Fund.	Nay	Mar 4, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 4986 — Relating to providing additional ground for abandonment finding in an adoption proceeding	Yea	Mar 4, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 5669 — Prohibiting the home schooling of children in certain circumstances	Nay	Mar 4, 2026	fail	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 4425 — To repeal the provision allowing for students to transfer from one school to another without losing eligibility.	Yea	Mar 3, 2026	fail	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 5537 — Repealing obsolete and outdated sections of the Education code.	Yea	Mar 3, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 4425 — To repeal the provision allowing for students to transfer from one school to another without losing eligibility.	Nay	Mar 3, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 659 — Prohibiting certain restrictions on regulation of accessory dwelling units	Yea	Mar 3, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 4869 — Establish narrow, clearly bounded guaranteed-issue rights for Medicare Supplement policies in West Virginia.	Yea	Mar 3, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 4784 — Extending the Qualified Opportunity Zones until July 1, 2032.	Yea	Mar 3, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 4421 — Providing guidelines for the West Virginia Parkways Authority to cease tolls on the West Virginia Turnpike upon completion of all bond…	Yea	Mar 3, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 4793 — Creating the Barber Apprentice Program	Yea	Mar 3, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 4360 — Relating generally to allowing the Supreme Court of Appeals discretion to create uniform pay scales for all levels of judicial support…	Yea	Mar 3, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 5106 — Relating to the Greater Huntington Park and Recreation District	Yea	Mar 3, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0

Sponsored legislation (7 as lead sponsor)

HB 4757 WV · —
Establishing privacy regarding medical treatments

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HB 5099 WV · —
Relating to restitution payments for the support of a child whose parent or guardian is a victim of intoxication manslaughter

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HB 4494 WV · —
Providing an exemption for a non-resident landowner, their spouse and their children from the requirement of purchasing a non-resident hunting hicense while…

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HB 5166 WV · —
To provide notice to any political committees violating the filing requirements prior to assessing any civil fines and giving the Secretary of State authority…

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HB 5652 WV · —
Relating to the hotel occupancy tax

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HB 4864 WV · —
Providing for election reform and protections

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HB 4863 WV · —
The West Virginia Refugee Absorptive Capacity Act

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