# John Paul Hott

John Paul Hott is a Republican member of the West Virginia House for district 85.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: West Virginia House, district 85
- Serving since: 2018-12-01
- Current term: WV 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/06c041be-0a45-4bfe-8e2d-49055af1205f

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/06c041be-0a45-4bfe-8e2d-49055af1205f (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

67% of Hott’s itemized money in the 2024 cycle came from West Virginia, in the bottom quarter of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.37 (standard error 0.02), from 8 donors and 894 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 53% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (WV 2025–26 session)

1,396 roll calls. Attendance 99.8% (West Virginia House 95.6%). Party unity 92.6% (86%). 31 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 26 bills: 26 reached committee, 6 passed one chamber, 3 passed both, 3 became law. Cosponsored 109. 23.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (West Virginia House 22.2%; rank 33 of 84).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 5571: To provide a pay equity salary adjustment for non-uniformed employees of the Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation (in committee, 2026-02-16) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5571/
- HB 5521: Relating to public adjusters (passed one chamber, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5521/
- HB 5457: To allow partial credits for times of disability service in the CPRB for Troopers. (became law, 2026-06-29) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5457/
- HB 5456: Relating to disability pay for West Virginia State Troopers (in committee, 2026-02-11) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5456/
- HB 5088: Relating to Natural Resource Police Officer Retirement (became law, 2026-06-29) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5088/
- HB 4624: To permit the county commission of each county to lease, rent or to permit the use of a county owned wireless tower or any portion thereof, with exceptions (in committee, 2026-02-06) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB4624/
- HB 4504: Relating to rules for hunting antlered deer (in committee, 2026-01-20) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB4504/
- HB 4506: Allowing members of State Police retirement system to use accrued leave as credit towards retirement (in committee, 2026-01-19) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB4506/
- HB 4507: Relating to allowing a personal income tax exemption for First Responders (in committee, 2026-01-19) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB4507/
- HB 4502: Create license plate for autism awareness (in committee, 2026-01-19) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB4502/

## Campaign money (2024 cycle)

Itemized receipts $16.0K (State House Republicans median $10.7K). 67% 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%20Hott
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/johnpaul.hott/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-paul-hott-ii-148485a

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/06c041be-0a45-4bfe-8e2d-49055af1205f