# Laura Kimble

Laura Kimble is a Republican member of the West Virginia House for district 71.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: West Virginia House, district 71
- Serving since: 2022-12-01
- Current term: WV 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/ce1e7053-19d4-4405-8e31-f5c39af87ae9

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ce1e7053-19d4-4405-8e31-f5c39af87ae9 (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

Kimble voted against the majority of West Virginia House Republicans 229 times; party unity 77%, in the bottom quarter of the West Virginia House (average 86%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.29 (standard error 0.02), from 118 donors and 597 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 39% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (WV 2025–26 session)

1,396 roll calls. Attendance 99.4% (West Virginia House 95.6%). Party unity 77% (86%). 229 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 yea · 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 nay · 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, 1 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 202. 2.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (West Virginia House 22.2%; rank 75 of 84).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HCR 33: Requesting the Joint Committee on Government and Finance to study women’s collegiate sports programs in West Virginia (in committee, 2026-03-14) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HCR33/
- HB 5676: Relating to Forced Pooling and negotiating with unleased owners. (in committee, 2026-02-17) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5676/
- HJR 39: To modify the makeup of the State Board of Education (in committee, 2026-02-17) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HJR39/
- HB 5548: Stop Non-Consensual Distribution of Intimate Deep Fake Media Act (in committee, 2026-02-16) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5548/
- HB 5551: Protecting State Licensing and ID Act (in committee, 2026-02-16) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5551/
- HB 5567: Biometric Information Privacy Act (in committee, 2026-02-16) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5567/
- HB 5549: Requiring Governor’s consent to accept certain grants (in committee, 2026-02-16) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5549/
- HB 5546: Requiring medical professionals to report injuries and side effects from vaccines to Bureau for Public Health (in committee, 2026-02-16) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5546/
- HB 5552: To require drones used by state and county personnel to be produced in the United States (in committee, 2026-02-16) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5552/
- HB 5620: To restore local control in the decision making process in regard to data centers (in committee, 2026-02-16) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5620/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $22.4K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 72% 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%20Kimble
- Campaign site: https://www.laurakimbleforwv.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DelegateKimble/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laurakimbleforwv/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8t4NzKEWdzFNwCF4o_03yA

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ce1e7053-19d4-4405-8e31-f5c39af87ae9