# Kevan Bartlett

Kevan Bartlett is a Republican member of the West Virginia Senate for district 8.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: West Virginia Senate, district 8
- Serving since: 2019-10-28
- Current term: WV 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/bf1213a4-9f13-4c3e-a900-c1722909f8a6

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/bf1213a4-9f13-4c3e-a900-c1722909f8a6 (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 7 bills Bartlett sponsored got out of committee, in the bottom 5% of the West Virginia Senate.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.54 (standard error 0.04), from 67 donors and 341 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 76% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (WV 2025–26 session)

799 roll calls. Attendance 95.4% (West Virginia Senate 97.9%). Party unity 95.6% (88%). 21 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 nay · 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 7 bills: 6 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 111. 0.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (West Virginia Senate 25.9%; rank 34 of 34).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 1046: Increasing fines for first degree sexual assault (in committee, 2026-02-21) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB1046/
- SB 1037: Allowing death penalty for first degree murder during commission of sexual assault (in committee, 2026-02-27) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SB1037/
- SJR 10: Constitutional Officer Term Limit Amendment (in committee, 2026-01-14) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/SJR10/
- SCR 27: Requesting Joint Committee on Government and Finance study sale of alcohol (in committee, 2025-04-12) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2025/SCR27/
- SB 796: Establishing legal voter identification standards (in committee, 2025-03-18) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2025/SB796/
- SR 28: Designating March 14, 2025, as West Virginia State University Day (introduced, 2025-03-14) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2025/SR28/
- SJR 13: Constitutional Officer Term Limit Amendment (in committee, 2025-03-20) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2025/SJR13/
- HB 4780: Permitting county boards to offer elective courses of instruction on the Bible (became law, 2020-04-15) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2020/HB4780/
- HCR 66: U. S. Army Sgt. Joseph W. McCutcheon Memorial Bridge (passed both chambers, 2020-03-07) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2020/HCR66/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $48.3K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 82% 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/bf1213a4-9f13-4c3e-a900-c1722909f8a6