# Rick Hillenbrand

Rick Hillenbrand is a Republican member of the West Virginia House for district 88.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: West Virginia House, district 88
- Serving since: 2022-12-01
- Current term: WV 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/5e9dad08-2267-4354-b695-814e1014a0ec

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/5e9dad08-2267-4354-b695-814e1014a0ec (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

Hillenbrand reported $29.5K in the 2024 cycle, in the top quarter of State House Republicans (median $10.7K).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.25 (standard error 0.02), from 21 donors and 592 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 34% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (WV 2025–26 session)

1,396 roll calls. Attendance 98.8% (West Virginia House 95.6%). Party unity 90% (86%). 52 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 nay · 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 43 bills: 43 reached committee, 9 passed one chamber, 6 passed both, 4 became law. Cosponsored 216. 20.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (West Virginia House 22.2%; rank 39 of 84).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HCR 31: Urging the United States Congress to recognize United States Armed Forces members who served in Honduras from 1981 to 1992 by authorizing the issuance of the… (in committee, 2026-03-10) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HCR31/
- HCR 30: Urging the United States Congress to pass the Major Richard Star Act (in committee, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HCR30/
- HB 5588: Establish a regulated framework for the medical use of psilocybin to treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) (in committee, 2026-02-16) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5588/
- HB 5347: Relating to eligibility requirements for allocation from the Fire Protection Fund (in committee, 2026-02-09) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5347/
- HB 5025: Allowing the burning of obsolete farm structures. (in committee, 2026-02-11) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5025/
- HB 5014: Modification to real property tax requirements for farm structures (in committee, 2026-01-30) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5014/
- HB 4912: Regarding emergency ambulance fees for owners of collocated rental units (in committee, 2026-01-29) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB4912/
- HB 4721: Relating to drugs and adding a provision relating to the scheduling of crystalline polymorph psilocybin approved by the Food and Drug Administration (in committee, 2026-01-22) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB4721/
- HB 4625: Relating to quit claim deeds (became law, 2026-06-29) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB4625/
- HB 4600: Require all ballots for primary and general elections be received not later than the close of the polls on election day. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-11) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB4600/

## Campaign money (2024 cycle)

Itemized receipts $29.5K (State House Republicans median $10.7K). 95% 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%20Hillenbrand
- Campaign site: https://www.rick4wv88.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Rick.Hillenbrand/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rickhillenbrand

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/5e9dad08-2267-4354-b695-814e1014a0ec