# Chris Toney

Chris Toney is a Republican member of the West Virginia House for district 43.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: West Virginia House, district 43
- Serving since: 2022-01-01
- Current term: WV 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/cdd73d73-98d4-43f0-9eec-a030c4ce080f

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/cdd73d73-98d4-43f0-9eec-a030c4ce080f (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

Toney voted against the majority of West Virginia House Republicans 102 times; party unity 71%, in the bottom tenth of the West Virginia House (average 86%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.18 (standard error 0.02), from 29 donors and 894 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 99.1% (West Virginia House 95.6%). Party unity 71% (86%). 102 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 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 45 bills: 45 reached committee, 7 passed one chamber, 3 passed both, 2 became law. Cosponsored 113. 15.6% of sponsored bills got out of committee (West Virginia House 22.2%; rank 55 of 84).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 5683: Relating to graduation requirements for public schools (passed one chamber, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5683/
- HB 5637: Add weighted funding back into the school aid funding formula for students with unique learning needs (in committee, 2026-02-17) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5637/
- HB 5678: To provide amendments to the Build WV Act (in committee, 2026-02-17) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5678/
- HB 5636: Providing solutions for Child Welfare Payment System Challenges (in committee, 2026-02-17) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5636/
- HB 5634: To create the Last-Mile Broadband for Coalfield Counties Act. (in committee, 2026-02-17) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5634/
- HB 5677: To create the Career Pipeline for Coalfield Counties Act. (in committee, 2026-02-17) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5677/
- HB 5635: To create the Coalfield Housing Revitalization Tax Credit Act. (in committee, 2026-02-17) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5635/
- HB 5679: To modify county school boards and county boards of directors (in committee, 2026-02-17) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5679/
- HB 5616: Modifying years of service experience to include service personnel. (in committee, 2026-02-16) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5616/
- HB 5511: To allow money to be paid to county board of education employees’ estates for accrued and unused leave if they pass away before retirement (passed one chamber, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5511/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $8,750 (State House Republicans median $33.7K). Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.wvlegislature.gov/House/lawmaker.cfm?member=Delegate%20Toney
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/toneyforhouse/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/cdd73d73-98d4-43f0-9eec-a030c4ce080f