# Chris Phillips

Chris Phillips is a Republican member of the West Virginia House for district 68.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: West Virginia House, district 68
- Serving since: 2019-01-01
- Current term: WV 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/eb6d633a-5526-413b-872d-bd36f4d9a906

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/eb6d633a-5526-413b-872d-bd36f4d9a906 (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

20% of Phillips’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from West Virginia, in the bottom 5% of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.38 (standard error 0.02), from 18 donors and 894 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 56% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (WV 2025–26 session)

1,396 roll calls. Attendance 98.8% (West Virginia House 95.6%). Party unity 95.7% (86%). 45 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 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 8 bills: 8 reached committee, 5 passed one chamber, 5 passed both, 5 became law. Cosponsored 177. 62.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (West Virginia House 22.2%; rank 3 of 84).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 5688: Relating to the creation of the West Virginia Task Force on Election Integrity (in committee, 2026-03-02) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5688/
- HB 5564: Relating to deputy sheriffs’ vacation time (became law, 2026-06-29) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5564/
- HB 5627: To provide for a $100 tax credit per election for service by an election official to West Virginia Personal income tax liabilities. (in committee, 2026-02-16) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5627/
- HB 5613: Relating to authorizing the Fleet Management Division to use telematics (became law, 2026-06-29) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5613/
- HB 5565: Relating to creating the State Election Poll Clerk Reimbursement Fund Account for county poll clerks to receive a stipend of $100 per day for each day they… (in committee, 2026-02-16) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5565/
- HB 5612: Relating to property valuations of properties located on the State Capitol Complex (became law, 2026-08-13) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5612/
- HB 5182: Relating generally to authorizing security personnel employed by the State Treasurer to carry concealed weapons while performing his or her official duties (became law, 2026-06-29) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2026/HB5182/
- HB 2009: Relating to the merging and reorganizing of the executive branch (became law, 2025-07-31) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2025/HB2009/
- HB 5677: Relating to the appellate court for appeals of level 3 decisions issued by the Public Employees Grievance Board. (in committee, 2024-02-13) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2024/HB5677/
- HB 5569: Requiring an appraiser to pay for a background check required by the AMC as a condition of being added to the AMCs panel of appraisers. (became law, 2024-04-22) https://openstates.org/wv/bills/2024/HB5569/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $32.6K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 20% 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%20Phillips
- X: https://x.com/Delegate47th
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WVHouseofDelegates/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/eb6d633a-5526-413b-872d-bd36f4d9a906