Clay Riley
Republican · WV · Member, West Virginia House of Delegates, District 72
Vice chair of the House Finance Committee and a professional engineer from Shinnston in Harrison County. He has worked on broadband policy and economic development legislation.
Where Clay Riley stands, based on their records
Supports
Healthcare Affordability (1 record), Government Efficiency (1 record), Public Education Quality (2 records),
Opposes
Labor Rights (2 records), Anti-Corruption (2 records), Cost of Living Reduction (1 record),
Mixed record
Environment and Public Health (3 support · 2 oppose), Social Programs and Welfare (1 support · 1 oppose)
Track record
Track record — Healthcare Affordability
Healthcare Affordability · 1 support
Voted for Senate Bill 526, which lets pharmacists prescribe drugs for flu, COVID-19 and RSV confirmed by a simple test. The House passed it 72-25 and it became law.
April 11, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: legiscan.com
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 3 support · 2 oppose
Voted for Senate Bill 586, which limits backflow prevention inspections at public water systems to once every three years. The House passed it 68-27 and it became law.
March 12, 2026Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: legiscan.com
Voted for Senate Bill 641, which narrows which aboveground storage tanks the state regulates near drinking water. The House passed it 58-34 and it became law.
March 12, 2026Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: legiscan.com
Was lead sponsor of HB 3429, signed on April 28, 2025. It set up a way for the environmental agency to prequalify consultants for abandoned mine cleanup.
April 28, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: wvlegislature.gov
Voted against HB 5105, which ended vaccine requirements for students in public virtual schools, on March 9, 2024. The House passed it 70-29.
March 9, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: wvlegislature.gov
Was lead sponsor of the PFAS Protection Act (HB 3189), signed on March 28, 2023. It requires the state to find and address sources of "forever chemicals" reaching public water systems, and makes facilities report their use.
March 28, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: wvlegislature.gov
Track record — Labor Rights
Labor Rights · 2 oppose
Voted for House Bill 4025, which takes civil service and grievance rights away from new hires in the three health departments. The House agreed to the Senate version 62-34 and it became law.
March 14, 2026Opposes Labor Rights
Source: legiscan.com
Voted for House Bill 2013, which takes civil service and grievance rights away from new hires in five state agencies. The House agreed to the Senate version 70-27 and it became law.
April 9, 2025Opposes Labor Rights
Source: legiscan.com
Track record — Anti-Corruption
Anti-Corruption · 2 oppose
Voted for House Bill 3412, a bill to remove the Legislature from the state's Freedom of Information Act. The House passed it 58-42, but the two chambers never agreed on a final version, so it did not become law.
April 2, 2025Opposes Anti-Corruption
Source: legiscan.com
Voted for House Bill 2719, a bill to end the ban on companies giving money directly to candidates. The House rejected it 41-54, so it did not become law.
March 13, 2025Opposes Anti-Corruption
Source: legiscan.com
Track record — Government Efficiency
Government Efficiency · 1 support
Was lead sponsor of HB 2667, signed on April 28, 2021. It created an energy savings program for state buildings, including audits of energy meters.
April 28, 2021Supports Government Efficiency
Source: wvlegislature.gov
Track record — Cost of Living Reduction
Cost of Living Reduction · 1 oppose
Voted for House Bill 3276, a bill to let public water and sewer utilities raise rates yearly without a hearing. The House passed it 70-28, but the Senate never voted on it, so it did not become law.
March 31, 2025Opposes Cost of Living Reduction
Source: legiscan.com
Track record — Immigration
Immigration · 2 oppose
Voted for House Bill 4198, a bill to make every employer check new hires through E-Verify. The House passed it 69-24, but the House never agreed to the Senate's changed version, so it did not become law.
February 10, 2026Opposes Immigration
Source: legiscan.com
Voted for HB 2008, which requires local governments to help enforce federal immigration laws, on March 11, 2023. The House passed it 90-6.
March 11, 2023Opposes Immigration
Source: wvlegislature.gov
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 2 oppose
Voted for the state budget for fiscal year 2026 (HB 2026) on April 10, 2025. The House passed it 78-18.
April 10, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: wvlegislature.gov
Voted for HB 2013, the Hope Scholarship, on March 4, 2021. It gives families state money for private school or homeschool costs; the House passed it 57-42.
March 4, 2021Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: wvlegislature.gov
Track record — Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties · 1 oppose
Voted for HB 4654 on February 16, 2024. It removed the legal shield that protected schools, public libraries and museums from charges for showing obscene material to minors; it passed 85-12.
February 16, 2024Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: wvlegislature.gov
Track record — Social Programs and Welfare
Social Programs and Welfare · 1 support · 1 oppose
Voted for House Bill 5319, a bill to make camping without permission on public property a crime. The House passed it 62-32, but the Senate never voted on it, so it did not become law.
March 3, 2026Opposes Social Programs and Welfare
Source: legiscan.com
Voted for House Bill 4081, a bill to create grants for food and hygiene pantries at public colleges. The House passed it 71-22, but the Senate never voted on it, so it did not become law.
January 23, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: legiscan.com
Track record — Public Education Quality
Public Education Quality · 2 support
Was lead sponsor of HB 4028, signed on April 1, 2026. It exempts contractors building school facilities from sales tax on construction materials.
April 1, 2026Supports Public Education Quality
Source: wvlegislature.gov
Was lead sponsor of HB 4919, signed on March 26, 2024. It lets college students who lose the Promise Scholarship reapply each year.
March 26, 2024Supports Public Education Quality
Source: wvlegislature.gov
Track record — Women's Reproductive Rights
Women's Reproductive Rights · 1 oppose
Voted for HB 302, which banned most abortions in West Virginia, on September 13, 2022. The House passed it 78-17.
September 13, 2022Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: wvlegislature.gov
Track record — Personal Income Tax Reduction
Personal Income Tax Reduction · 1 support
Voted for HB 2526, a cut to the state personal income tax, on March 4, 2023. The House passed it 89-4.
March 4, 2023Supports Personal Income Tax Reduction
Source: wvlegislature.gov
Track record — Civil Rights
Civil Rights · 2 oppose
Voted for SB 154, which bars instruction on sexual orientation in public schools, on April 11, 2025. The House passed it 82-17.
April 11, 2025Opposes Civil Rights
Source: wvlegislature.gov
Voted for HB 2007, which limited gender-transition medical care for minors, on March 11, 2023. The House passed it 88-10.
March 11, 2023Opposes Civil Rights
Source: wvlegislature.gov
Track record — Corporate Accountability
Corporate Accountability · 1 support
Voted for House Bill 2710, the Truth in Giving Act, a bill to make resale stores post who benefits from donated goods. The House passed it 70-27, but the Senate never voted on it, so it did not become law.
March 10, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: legiscan.com
Track record — Public Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure · 2 support
Was lead sponsor of HB 2742, signed on April 25, 2025. It created a limited waiver from the state permit normally needed for some water and sewer projects.
April 25, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: wvlegislature.gov
Was lead sponsor of HB 2955, signed on March 28, 2023, which set rules for regional water, wastewater and stormwater authorities.
March 28, 2023Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: wvlegislature.gov
Track record — General
General · 8 records
Was lead sponsor of HB 4126, signed on March 17, 2026. It changed how royalties from drilling under the Ohio River are split between state park funds.
March 17, 2026
Source: wvlegislature.gov
Was lead sponsor of the Non Profit Athletics Act (HB 2595), signed on April 30, 2025. It lets state colleges contract with private nonprofit corporations to run parts of their sports programs.
April 30, 2025
Source: wvlegislature.gov
Was lead sponsor of HB 3373, signed on April 25, 2025, which extended the state Tourism Development Act tax-credit program to the end of 2030.
April 25, 2025
Source: wvlegislature.gov
Voted against House Bill 3446, a bill to make every public high school help each student file the federal student aid form. The House passed it 75-24, but the Senate never voted on it, so it did not become law.
April 2, 2025
Source: legiscan.com
Voted against Senate Bill 460, a bill to let parents opt children out of school vaccine requirements for religious reasons. The House rejected it 42-56, so it did not become law.
March 24, 2025
Source: legiscan.com
Was lead sponsor of HB 3215, signed on March 23, 2023. It gave local planning commissions more flexible timelines to act on applications.
March 23, 2023
Source: wvlegislature.gov
Was lead sponsor of HB 4002, signed on March 30, 2022. It created the Certified Sites and Development Readiness Program to rate and prepare sites for business development.
March 30, 2022
Source: wvlegislature.gov
Was lead sponsor of HB 4675, signed on March 28, 2022, which allowed low-speed self-driving delivery vehicles on some roads.
March 28, 2022
Source: wvlegislature.gov
Past race Clay Riley ran in:
- House of Delegates - District 72 · November 3, 2026 · Delegate District 72; West Virginia · incumbent