# Jeff Stephens

Jeff Stephens is a Republican member of the West Virginia House for district 6.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: West Virginia House, district 6
- Serving since: 2023-11-06
- Current term: WV 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/0092e49c-3dfe-4a2b-b053-e7a0360accf1

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0092e49c-3dfe-4a2b-b053-e7a0360accf1 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

Stephens sits at +0.09 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 88% of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.09 (standard error 0.02), from 24 donors and 589 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 12% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (WV 2025–26 session)

1,396 roll calls. Attendance 98.9% (West Virginia House 95.6%). Party unity 79% (86%). 63 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-03-14 · voted yea · PASSAGE · SB 952 Transferring Court Security Fund · pass · https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB952/
- 2026-03-14 · voted yea · PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB · HB 4538 Regarding fines in DOH work zones · pass · https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB4538/
- 2026-03-14 · voted yea · PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB · HB 5462 Relating to Mine Subsidence · pass · https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5462/
- 2026-03-14 · voted yea · EFFECT Jul 01, 2026 · HB 5441 Reforming State Personnel System · pass · https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5441/
- 2026-03-14 · voted yea · PREVIOUS QUESTION · HB 5381 Relating to developing a comprehensive energy development policy and plan for the Office of Energy · pass · https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5381/
- 2026-03-14 · voted yea · EFFECT FROM PASSAGE · SB 1043 Supplemental appropriation to Department of Agriculture, fund 1401 · pass · https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB1043/
- 2026-03-14 · voted yea · PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB · HB 4577 Relating to driver’s licenses · pass · https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB4577/
- 2026-03-14 · voted yea · PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB · HB 5528 Relating to protection of personal residential information of certain public officials. · pass · https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5528/
- 2026-03-14 · voted yea · EFFECT FROM PASSAGE · HB 5693 Supplemental appropriation, Department of Tourism Revenue · pass · https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5693/
- 2026-03-14 · voted yea · PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB · HB 5686 Relating to the timing of payments of annually required deposit into an eligible recipient’s Hope Scholarship account · pass · https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5686/

## Legislation (WV 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 15 bills: 15 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 161. 13.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (West Virginia House 22.2%; rank 58 of 84).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 5495: Creating certain requirements and accountability procedures regarding a student’s use of software in a public school. (in committee, 2026-02-13) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5495/
- HB 5205: Requiring the State Board of Education to create model policies on the use of technology and artifical intelligence in a public school classroom (in committee, 2026-02-05) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5205/
- HB 4893: Increase the penalties for contempt of court in a magistrate court (passed both chambers, 2026-04-02) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB4893/
- HB 4892: To expand the provisionof the literacy-based promation act in order to provide certin intervention and implementation stratagies for literacy proficiency… (in committee, 2026-01-28) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB4892/
- HB 4658: To add to the teacher pay scale the increments of Bachelor’s Plus 30 and Master’s Plus 60 and add that amount in the appropriate increment. (in committee, 2026-01-21) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB4658/
- HB 4655: Expand the grade level for Laken’s Law (in committee, 2026-01-21) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB4655/
- HB 4654: To require that teachers in grades 7 through twelve, who teach classes with more than 30 students in their classes receive an additional $25 per day per… (in committee, 2026-01-21) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB4654/
- HB 4657: Allow the use of unused employee sick time in retirement calculation (in committee, 2026-01-21) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB4657/
- HB 3314: To require that teachers in grades 7 through twelve, who teach classes with more than 30 students in their classes receive an additional $25 per day per… (in committee, 2025-03-11) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2025/HB3314/
- HB 3315: To add to the teacher pay scale the increments of Bachelor’s Plus 30 and Master’s Plus 60 and add that amount in the appropriate increment. (in committee, 2025-03-11) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2025/HB3315/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $34.0K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 75% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.wvlegislature.gov/House/lawmaker.cfm?member=Delegate%20Stephens
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/p/Jeffrey-Stephens-100085640317311/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0092e49c-3dfe-4a2b-b053-e7a0360accf1