# Walter Hall

Walter Hall is a Republican member of the West Virginia House for district 58.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: West Virginia House, district 58
- Serving since: 2022-12-01
- Current term: WV 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/542b49b1-72ed-4e96-98bf-e7c236b92e12

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/542b49b1-72ed-4e96-98bf-e7c236b92e12 (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

60% of the 15 bills Hall sponsored got out of committee, in the top tenth of the West Virginia House.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.18 (standard error 0.02), from 164 donors and 590 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 23% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (WV 2025–26 session)

1,396 roll calls. Attendance 97.5% (West Virginia House 95.6%). Party unity 83% (86%). 50 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, 9 passed one chamber, 8 passed both, 7 became law. Cosponsored 87. 60.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (West Virginia House 22.2%; rank 6 of 84).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 5664: To create the West Virginia Cares Fund (in committee, 2026-02-17) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5664/
- HB 5653: To confirm the confidentiality of internal audit and other manuals, training materials, guidelines, thresholds, and procedures. (became law, 2026-06-29) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5653/
- HB 5566: To establish a centralized tax lien registry to improve tax collection efficiency, enhance transparency, support economic development, and reduce… (in committee, 2026-02-16) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5566/
- HB 5515: Relating to modernizing and updating workers’ compensation statutes. (became law, 2026-06-29) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5515/
- HB 5463: Relating to Decreasing Board of Education Limits (passed one chamber, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5463/
- HB 5462: Relating to Mine Subsidence (became law, 2026-06-29) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5462/
- HB 4963: Relating to establishing an additional modification reducing federal adjusted gross income relating to taxes on tips and overtime (in committee, 2026-01-29) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB4963/
- HB 4474: Extending the Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementia Advisory Council sunset date. (became law, 2026-06-29) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB4474/
- HB 4476: To provide for currency rounding on monetary transactions (in committee, 2026-01-16) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB4476/
- HB 4089: Preservation of hair during chemotherapy. Also known as the “Jessica Huffman Bill” (became law, 2026-06-29) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB4089/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $38.0K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 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%20Hall,%20W.
- Campaign site: https://www.walterhallwv.com/
- X: https://x.com/WalterHall4WV
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WalterHallWV/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/walterhallwv/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCS4Zse08Cw17jouNLSaW8Rw
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/walter-hall-15a0bb229

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/542b49b1-72ed-4e96-98bf-e7c236b92e12