# Bill Bell

Bill Bell is a Republican member of the West Virginia House for district 8.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: West Virginia House, district 8
- Serving since: 2025-07-14
- Current term: WV 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/4d4f0511-706a-406b-9259-05c4008d8b64

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/4d4f0511-706a-406b-9259-05c4008d8b64 (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

0% of the 6 bills Bell sponsored got out of committee, in the bottom 5% of the West Virginia House.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.07 (standard error 0.03), from 6 donors and 151 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 8.9% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (WV 2025–26 session)

715 roll calls. Attendance 100% (West Virginia House 95.6%). Party unity 69% (86%). 41 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 nay · 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 6 bills: 6 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 58. 0.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (West Virginia House 22.2%; rank 82 of 84).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 5583: West Virginia Seal of Civic Literacy Act. (in committee, 2026-02-16) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5583/
- HB 5433: Require all state‑regulated health insurance plans to provide meaningful coverage for hearing aids and to cover at least one annual audiological evaluation. (in committee, 2026-02-11) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5433/
- HB 5370: Require a 24 -hour hospital hold for persons deemed addicted to specific substances (in committee, 2026-02-09) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5370/
- HB 4485: Allow education employees to donate sick leave to co-workers for maternity leave (in committee, 2026-02-20) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB4485/
- HB 4436: To require children interviewed by Child Protective Services have their interviews conducted at a child advocacy center (in committee, 2026-01-16) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB4436/
- HB 4438: Relating to Sexual Abuse Prevention Screening, Hiring and Dismissal Requirements (in committee, 2026-01-16) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB4438/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $14.0K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 94% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/4d4f0511-706a-406b-9259-05c4008d8b64