# Dave Foggin

Dave Foggin is a Republican member of the West Virginia House for district 14.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: West Virginia House, district 14
- Serving since: 2022-12-01
- Current term: WV 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/9ad2e11c-daf4-4f33-9c2d-0075beaeada8

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/9ad2e11c-daf4-4f33-9c2d-0075beaeada8 (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

Foggin voted against the majority of West Virginia House Republicans 99 times; party unity 82%, in the bottom quarter of the West Virginia House (average 86%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.17 (standard error 0.02), from 0 donors and 533 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 22% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (WV 2025–26 session)

1,396 roll calls. Attendance 93.7% (West Virginia House 95.6%). Party unity 82% (86%). 99 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 12 bills: 12 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 142. 16.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (West Virginia House 22.2%; rank 50 of 84).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 5397: Remove sales tax from firearm suppressors. (in committee, 2026-02-10) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5397/
- HB 5323: Relating to indexing of license and stamp fees (became law, 2026-06-29) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5323/
- HB 5326: Raise cost of living threshold for retired municipal police officers (in committee, 2026-02-09) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5326/
- HB 5322: Relating to Animal Abuse (in committee, 2026-02-09) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5322/
- HB 4569: Updating law regarding prior authorizations (in committee, 2026-01-20) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB4569/
- HB 4465: Regarding Substitute Teacher Pay (in committee, 2026-01-16) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB4465/
- HB 4453: Regarding Teacher Pay (in committee, 2026-01-16) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB4453/
- HB 2526: Requiring usage of restrooms in public schools be based upon biological sex (in committee, 2025-02-18) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2025/HB2526/
- HB 2546: Eliminate Daylight Savings time in WV (in committee, 2025-02-18) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2025/HB2546/
- HB 2551: Increase criminal penalties for trespassing livestock (passed one chamber, 2025-04-03) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2025/HB2551/

## Links

- Official site: https://www.wvlegislature.gov/House/lawmaker.cfm?member=Delegate%20Foggin

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/9ad2e11c-daf4-4f33-9c2d-0075beaeada8