R
Ray Canterbury
WV House District 47
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Issue areas
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Government Operations & Budget 16Economy & Taxes 13Transportation & Infrastructure 7Education 6Environment & Energy 6Housing 6Agriculture 5Criminal Justice & Policing 4Healthcare 4Labor & Employment 3Technology & Privacy 3Banking & Finance 2Elections & Voting 2Social Services & Welfare 2Civil Rights & Liberties 1Other 1
Offices & terms
| Office | Party | From | To | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WV House District 47 current
West Virginia |
Republican | Dec 1, 2024 | — | openstates/people CC0-1.0 |
| WV House District 42
West Virginia |
Republican | Jan 1, 2013 | Dec 31, 2016 | openstates/people CC0-1.0 |
| WV House District 47
West Virginia |
Republican | Dec 1, 2012 | Nov 30, 2016 | openstates/people CC0-1.0 |
| WV House District 28
West Virginia |
Republican | Jan 1, 2011 | Dec 31, 2012 | openstates/people CC0-1.0 |
| WV House District 47
West Virginia |
Republican | Dec 1, 2000 | Nov 30, 2012 | openstates/people CC0-1.0 |
Roll-call votes (715 recorded)
| Vote | Position | Date | Result | Source |
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| HB 4983 — Authorizing the Department of Commerce to promulgate a legislative rule relating to certification of a microgrid district or certification… | Nay | Feb 16, 2026 | fail | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| HB 4098 — To restore the right of a person to sit on a jury has been restored upon expungement of one’s record | Yea | Feb 13, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| SB 1 — Small Business Growth Act | Yea | Feb 13, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| HB 4801 — Defining Permissible expenditures for municipalities and counties | Yea | Feb 13, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| HB 4561 — Clarifying the sheriff’s authority to hire within their office. | Yea | Feb 13, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| HB 4462 — Prohibition on cell-cultured products | Yea | Feb 13, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| SB 1 — Small Business Growth Act | Yea | Feb 13, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| HB 4602 — Relating to requiring the Department of Human Services to establish a pilot program to contract for supplemental caseworker aide services… | Yea | Feb 13, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| HB 4602 — Relating to requiring the Department of Human Services to establish a pilot program to contract for supplemental caseworker aide services… | Yea | Feb 13, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| HB 4412 — Require certain websites to utilize age verification methods to prevent minors from accessing content | Yea | Feb 12, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| HB 4725 — Clarifying the disposition of animal subject to animal cruelty treatment. | Yea | Feb 12, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| HB 5022 — Relating to expanding the programs to be included in the annual capitation rate review. | Yea | Feb 11, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| HB 4501 — Relating to Dietitian Licensure Compact | Yea | Feb 11, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| HB 4089 — Preservation of hair during chemotherapy. Also known as the “Jessica Huffman Bill” | Yea | Feb 11, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| HB 4695 — To double the criminal penalty for anyone found guilty of sexual assault on a minor | Yea | Feb 11, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| HB 4012 — Relating to reducing the regulatory burden on utility companies when constructing and maintaining electric power generation and… | Yea | Feb 11, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| HB 4466 — Extend the public intoxication of alcohol code to include being under the impairment of narcotics in public | Yea | Feb 11, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| HB 4767 — Relating to requiring the Bureau for Medical Services to file a legislative rule | Yea | Feb 11, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| HB 4767 — Relating to requiring the Bureau for Medical Services to file a legislative rule | Yea | Feb 11, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| HB 4474 — Extending the Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementia Advisory Council sunset date. | Yea | Feb 11, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| HB 4198 — E-Verify Safe Harbor Act | Nay | Feb 10, 2026 | fail | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| HB 4345 — Relating to the preservation of missing persons records and evidence | Yea | Feb 10, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| HB 4198 — E-Verify Safe Harbor Act | Yea | Feb 10, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| HB 4198 — E-Verify Safe Harbor Act | Yea | Feb 10, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| HB 4893 — Increase the penalties for contempt of court in a magistrate court | Yea | Feb 10, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
Sponsored legislation (11 as lead sponsor)
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HB 5190
WV · —
Increase conservation funding by $300,000, with the increase only to be allocated based on the head count of cattle and/or large livestock
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HB 5192
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School funding calculations should be the last three-year running average or the current enrollment, whichever is highest
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HB 5573
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Rural Medical Residency Program concentrating on obstetrics and gynecology for rural hospitals, can be funded from the Rural Health Inititive or other sources…
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HB 5160
WV · —
Prohibition of geoengineering
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HB 5194
WV · —
To ban calculators and math computational devices from K-8 grade classrooms.
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HB 5431
WV · —
Relating generally to bonded indebtedness of the State of West Virginia
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HB 5191
WV · —
To place rumble strips on all double-yellow lined roads and highways.
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HB 5189
WV · —
Relating to the use of technology in child abuse and neglect investigations
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HB 5426
WV · —
To add the Bradford Peat Pear (Pyrus calleryana) to the noxious weeds list
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HB 5193
WV · —
To eliminate adverse possession from the state code of West Virginia
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