R
Ray Canterbury
WV House District 47
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Issue areas
Derived from issue-tagged bills they sponsored and stated positions — each links to the underlying record. AI-derived tags
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HB 4005 — Skills to work | Not voting | Jan 27, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| HB 4196 — To offer long-acting reversible contraception to patients receiving methadone and suboxone at the treatment facility for the methadone and… | Not voting | Jan 27, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| HB 4081 — To create the Higher Education Health and Aid Grant. | Yea | Jan 23, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| HB 4008 — Relating to Business Ready Sites Program | Yea | Jan 23, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| HB 4352 — Prohibiting cameras and recording devices in bedrooms and bathrooms of foster children | Yea | Jan 23, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| HB 4007 — Relating to industrial access roads | Yea | Jan 23, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| HB 4335 — Relating to Medicaid providers | Yea | Jan 23, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| HB 4575 — Making Supplemental Appropriation to State Board of Education | Yea | Jan 19, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| HB 4575 — Making Supplemental Appropriation to State Board of Education | Yea | Jan 19, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| HB 4574 — Relating to providing for condition-based emergency funding for a financially distressed county. | Yea | Jan 19, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| HB 4574 — Relating to providing for condition-based emergency funding for a financially distressed county. | Yea | Jan 19, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| HB 4575 — Making Supplemental Appropriation to State Board of Education | Yea | Jan 19, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| HB 4574 — Relating to providing for condition-based emergency funding for a financially distressed county. | Yea | Jan 19, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| HR 1 — Relating to recognition and decorum; amending rule 82, discharging a bill; amending House Rule 83, relating to committee meetings | Nay | Jan 14, 2026 | fail | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| HR 1 — Relating to recognition and decorum; amending rule 82, discharging a bill; amending House Rule 83, relating to committee meetings | Nay | Jan 14, 2026 | fail | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
Sponsored legislation (11 as lead sponsor)
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HB 5190
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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
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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
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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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