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Ray Canterbury

WV House District 47

Republican West Virginia since Dec 1, 2024

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Issue areas

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Government Operations & Budget 16 Economy & Taxes 13 Transportation & Infrastructure 7 Education 6 Environment & Energy 6 Housing 6 Agriculture 5 Criminal Justice & Policing 4 Healthcare 4 Labor & Employment 3 Technology & Privacy 3 Banking & Finance 2 Elections & Voting 2 Social Services & Welfare 2 Civil Rights & Liberties 1 Other 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
SB 558 — Relating to school bus safety violations by vehicle operators	Yea	Mar 13, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 5430 — Relating to pharmaceutical benefits	Yea	Mar 13, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 772 — Declaring certain claims against WV to be moral obligations	Yea	Mar 13, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 691 — Authorizing DOH to provide reimbursement for timely relocation of utilities	Yea	Mar 13, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 54 — Establishing criminal penalties for abuse or neglect of incapacitated adults	Yea	Mar 13, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 827 — Supplemental appropriation to Department of Human Services, fund 0486	Yea	Mar 13, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 788 — Supplemental appropriation to Department of Commerce, fund 0572	Yea	Mar 13, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 506 — Permitting certain use of county-owned wireless tower	Yea	Mar 13, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 788 — Supplemental appropriation to Department of Commerce, fund 0572	Yea	Mar 13, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 816 — Supplemental appropriation to Department of Homeland Security, fund 0430	Yea	Mar 13, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 820 — Supplemental appropriation to Department of Administration, fund 0186	Yea	Mar 13, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 844 — Supplemental Appropriation to Department of Human Services, fund 8722	Yea	Mar 13, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 643 — Discontinuing WV Supreme Court of Appeals Public Campaign Financing Program	Yea	Mar 13, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 389 — Historic Rehab Building Credit Act	Yea	Mar 13, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 827 — Supplemental appropriation to Department of Human Services, fund 0486	Yea	Mar 13, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 672 — Relating to acts for which WV Real Estate Commission may refuse, suspend, or revoke licenses	Yea	Mar 13, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 570 — Supplemental Appropriation to Department of Health, fund 8802	Yea	Mar 13, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 392 — Relating to personal income tax reduction	Nay	Mar 13, 2026	fail	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 182 — Relating to annexation by minor boundary adjustment	Yea	Mar 13, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 493 — Relating to open captioning for motion pictures	Yea	Mar 13, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 231 — Relating to value-based payment requirements	Yea	Mar 13, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 772 — Declaring certain claims against WV to be moral obligations	Yea	Mar 13, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 243 — Establishing disaster repair and recovery effort tax credit for taxpayers subject to severance and business privilege tax in certain…	Yea	Mar 13, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 791 — Supplemental appropriation to Department of Homeland Security, fund 0443	Yea	Mar 13, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 648 — Strategic and Critical Resources Act	Yea	Mar 13, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0

Sponsored legislation (11 as lead sponsor)

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 WV · —
School funding calculations should be the last three-year running average or the current enrollment, whichever is highest

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HB 5573 WV · —
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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