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Evan Hansen

Democratic · WV · Member, West Virginia House of Delegates, District 79

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Deputy Minority Leader in the West Virginia House of Delegates, representing Monongalia County since 2018. He is president of the consulting firm Downstream Strategies and holds degrees from MIT and UC Berkeley.

Where Evan Hansen stands, based on their records

Supports

Healthcare Affordability (1 record), Environment and Public Health (12 records), Labor Rights (3 records),

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 · 12 support
  • Voted against 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, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Voted against 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, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Introduced HB 4111 to establish a community solar subscriber-credit program; it remained in House Energy and Public Works.

    January 14, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: bills.wvlegislature.gov

  • 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, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Introduced HB 3112 to establish community air monitoring; it remained in House Energy and Manufacturing.

    March 4, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: wvlegislature.gov

  • Introduced HB 2419 to establish a community solar program with subscriber bill credits; it remained in House Energy and Public Works.

    February 17, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: home.wvlegislature.gov

  • Introduced HB 5414, the Orphan Oil and Gas Well Prevention Act; it remained in House Energy and Manufacturing. Filed the same bill in earlier sessions: HB 3065 (2019).

    February 1, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: wvlegislature.gov

  • Introduced HB 2159 to create a community solar subscriber-credit program; it remained in House Energy and Manufacturing.

    January 11, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: wvlegislature.gov

  • Introduced HB 4561 to create a community solar program with subscriber credits against utility bills; it remained in House Energy and Manufacturing.

    February 7, 2022Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: wvlegislature.gov

  • Introduced HB 2757, a Clean Drinking Water Act proposal; it remained in House Health and Human Resources.

    February 24, 2021Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: wvlegislature.gov

  • Introduced HB 2588 to establish an energy-efficiency jobs program; it remained in House Energy and Manufacturing.

    February 17, 2021Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: wvlegislature.gov

  • Introduced HB 2589 to allow solar energy projects on formerly mined land; it remained in House Technology and Infrastructure.

    January 22, 2019Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: wvlegislature.gov

Track record — Labor Rights

Labor Rights · 3 support
  • Voted against 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, 2026Supports Labor Rights

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Voted against 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, 2025Supports Labor Rights

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Introduced HB 3225, the Healthy and Safe Workplace Act, to create remedies for abusive work environments; it remained in House Workforce Development.

    February 2, 2023Supports Labor Rights

    Source: wvlegislature.gov

Track record — Anti-Corruption

Anti-Corruption · 5 support
  • Introduced HB 4108 to require a more transparent legislative and congressional redistricting process; it remained in House Government Organization.

    January 14, 2026Supports Anti-Corruption

    Source: bills.wvlegislature.gov

  • Voted against 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, 2025Supports Anti-Corruption

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Voted against 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, 2025Supports Anti-Corruption

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Introduced HB 2555 to revise ethical standards for the Public Service Commission; it remained in House Energy and Public Works.

    February 18, 2025Supports Anti-Corruption

    Source: wvlegislature.gov

  • Introduced HB 4835 to increase public access and transparency during legislative and congressional redistricting; it remained in House Political Subdivisions.

    January 17, 2024Supports Anti-Corruption

    Source: wvlegislature.gov

Track record — Social Programs and Welfare

Social Programs and Welfare · 1 support
  • 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 · 1 support
  • Voted for 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, 2025Supports Public Education Quality

    Source: legiscan.com

Track record — Women's Reproductive Rights

Women's Reproductive Rights · 2 support
  • Voted against HB 302, which restricted abortion. The House passed it 69-23, including paired votes.

    July 27, 2022Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

    Source: wvlegislature.gov

  • Introduced HB 4382 to preserve a patient’s right to abortion; it remained in House Health and Human Resources.

    January 25, 2022Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

    Source: wvlegislature.gov

Track record — Election Integrity

Election Integrity · 3 support
  • Introduced HB 4547 to remove voting barriers for people with disabilities; it remained in House Judiciary.

    January 19, 2026Supports Election Integrity

    Source: bills.wvlegislature.gov

  • Introduced HB 4108 to require a more transparent legislative and congressional redistricting process; it remained in House Government Organization.

    January 14, 2026Supports Election Integrity

    Source: bills.wvlegislature.gov

  • Introduced HB 4835 to increase public access and transparency during legislative and congressional redistricting; it remained in House Political Subdivisions.

    January 17, 2024Supports Election Integrity

    Source: wvlegislature.gov

Track record — Civil Rights

Civil Rights · 4 support
  • Introduced HB 4547 to remove voting barriers for people with disabilities; it remained in House Judiciary.

    January 19, 2026Supports Civil Rights

    Source: bills.wvlegislature.gov

  • Voted against HB 5243, which set state definitions of sex and rules for single-sex facilities. The House passed it 87-12.

    February 14, 2024Supports Civil Rights

    Source: wvlegislature.gov

  • Voted against HB 2007, which restricted gender-affirming care for minors. The House agreed to the Senate version 88-10.

    March 11, 2023Supports Civil Rights

    Source: wvlegislature.gov

  • Voted against HB 3293, which restricted transgender students from girls’ and women’s school sports. The House passed it 78-20.

    March 25, 2021Supports Civil Rights

    Source: wvlegislature.gov

Track record — Corporate Accountability

Corporate Accountability · 2 support
  • Joined a Tucker County public panel on data-center oversight and called for more company disclosure to the public.

    June 15, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

    Source: parsonsadvocate.com

  • Voted against 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, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability

    Source: legiscan.com

Track record — Public Infrastructure

Public Infrastructure · 2 support
  • Led enacted HB 4499, which changed the law governing multicounty trail network authorities.

    March 25, 2020Supports Public Infrastructure

    Source: code.wvlegislature.gov

  • Formed a North-central West Virginia Roads Caucus with Delegate John Williams to address road maintenance in the region.

    January 14, 2019Supports Public Infrastructure

    Source: wvlegislature.gov

Track record — General

General · 13 records
  • Received a 3.14 Action Fund endorsement for his 2026 House District 79 campaign.

    April 22, 2026

    Source: 314action.org

  • Received the West Virginia CWA State Council endorsement for the 2026 House District 79 primary.

    April 8, 2026

    Source: cwad2-13.org

  • Voted against 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, 2026

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Voted against 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, 2026

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Introduced HB 4195 to cap electric utility rates for two years; it remained in House Energy and Public Works.

    January 14, 2026

    Source: bills.wvlegislature.gov

  • Voted against 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, 2025

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Proposed a House rules amendment to preserve public hearings on bills; the House rejected the amendment.

    February 12, 2025

    Source: wvpublic.org

  • Introduced HB 2851 to legalize and regulate adult cannabis production, sales, and use; it remained in House Health and Human Resources.

    January 20, 2023

    Source: wvlegislature.gov

  • Received the West Virginia Working Families Party endorsement for the 2022 House District 79 primary.

    April 14, 2022

    Source: workingfamilies.org

  • Received the 3.14 Action Fund endorsement for his 2022 state House campaign.

    February 18, 2022

    Source: 314action.org

  • Led enacted HB 4560, allowing licensed wine specialty shops to take remote orders and deliver wine.

    March 25, 2020

    Source: code.wvlegislature.gov

  • Led HB 4574 to create a state office for communities facing coal and timber job losses. The House passed it, and it stalled in Senate Workforce.

    February 27, 2020

    Source: wvlegislature.gov

  • Voted for SB 451, the omnibus education reform bill, on House passage; the House approved it 71-29, and the proposal was later tabled.

    February 14, 2019

    Source: wvlegislature.gov

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