# Scott Fuller

Scott Fuller is a Republican member of the West Virginia Senate for district 5.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: West Virginia Senate, district 5
- Serving since: 2024-12-01
- Current term: WV 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/7a94bf35-24ea-49ba-bf09-b53c1465ffa7

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/7a94bf35-24ea-49ba-bf09-b53c1465ffa7 (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

100% of Fuller’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from West Virginia, in the top quarter of State Senate Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.35 (standard error 0.04), from 85 donors and 215 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 49% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (WV 2025–26 session)

799 roll calls. Attendance 99.3% (West Virginia Senate 97.9%). Party unity 98.5% (88%). 1 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-03-14 · voted yea · Passage · HB 4004 Creating the Recharge West Virginia Program · pass · https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB4004/
- 2026-03-14 · voted yea · Passage · HB 5277 Supplemental Appropriation to the Department of Health Facilities-Welch Community Hospital, William R. Sharpe Jr. Hospital, and Mildred… · pass · https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5277/
- 2026-03-14 · voted yea · Passage · HB 5694 Supplemental appropriation to Department of Education, fund 0313. · pass · https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5694/
- 2026-03-14 · voted yea · Passage · HB 4009 Relating to the creation of the Portable Benefit Account Act · pass · https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB4009/
- 2026-03-14 · voted yea · Passage · HB 5288 Supplemental Appropriation to the Department of Agriculture-West Virginia Spay Neuter Assistance Fund from Special Revenue · pass · https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5288/
- 2026-03-14 · voted yea · Passage · HB 5317 Supplemental Appropriation to the Department of Commerce - Division of Natural Resources from the Unappropriated Surplus Balance. · pass · https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5317/
- 2026-03-14 · voted yea · Passage · 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 · Passage · HB 4245 Authorizing Certain Agencies of the Department of Revenue to Promulgate Legislative Rules · pass · https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB4245/
- 2026-03-14 · voted yea · Passage · HB 5307 Supplemental Appropriation to the Department of Tourism- Division of Culture and History from the Unappropriated Surplus Balance. · pass · https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5307/
- 2026-03-13 · voted yea · Passage · HB 5537 Repealing obsolete and outdated sections of the Education code. · pass · https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5537/

## Legislation (WV 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 14 bills: 12 reached committee, 5 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 91. 35.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (West Virginia Senate 25.9%; rank 10 of 34).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 62: Designating March 12, 2026, as WV Athletic Trainers Day (introduced, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SR62/
- SCR 8: Requesting Joint Committee on Government and Finance study access in public secondary schools to athletic trainers (passed one chamber, 2026-03-14) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SCR8/
- SB 998: Recruiting mental health professionals focusing on children and adolescents (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB998/
- SB 1012: Permitting development of juvenile inpatient substance use disorder treatment beds (passed one chamber, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB1012/
- SB 918: Relating to civil service promotion criteria for municipal law-enforcement officers (in committee, 2026-02-11) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB918/
- SB 177: Providing certified law-enforcement officers tuition-free education up to highest tuition rate for public higher education in WV (in committee, 2026-01-14) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB177/
- SB 232: Establishing WV Secondary School Athletic Trainer and Career Technical Education Program Act (in committee, 2026-02-04) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB232/
- SB 176: Increasing non-traditional instruction days for WV teachers (in committee, 2026-02-04) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB176/
- SB 233: Clarifying qualifications to be licensed to administer polygraphs (became law, 2026-06-25) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB233/
- SB 755: Establishing WV Secondary School Athletic Trainer and Career Technical Education Program Act (in committee, 2025-03-24) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2025/SB755/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $8,785 (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 100% 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/7a94bf35-24ea-49ba-bf09-b53c1465ffa7