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Kathie Hess Crouse (R - Putnam, 019)





CONTACT

kathie.crouse@wvhouse.gov

Capitol Office:
Room 210E, Building 1
State Capitol Complex
Charleston, WV 25305
Capitol Phone: (304) 340-3118

District:
520 Eighteen Mile Creek Road
Buffalo, WV 25033
District Phone: (856) 528-4355


Kathie Hess Crouse Biography

Education: Bachelor of Science with concentrations in Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Associates Degree in Science – West Virginia State University.

Spouse: Marc Crouse

Children: Willow, Chase, Patrick, Nicholas, Michael

Parents: Roger and Linda Hess

Religion: Christian

Affiliations: West Virginia Home Education Association, West Virginia Citizens Defense League, Christian Home Educators, Home School Legal Defense, Putnam County Convention And Visitors Bureau, Putnam County Republican Club, Rotary Of Putnam County, Putnam County Republican Women, Kanawha County Republican Women, Wv Federation Of Republican Women, Kanawha Valley Soap Box Derby

COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS

CHAIR: Educational Choice
Education
Energy and Manufacturing
Energy and Public Works

INTERIM COMMITTEES:
Education
Energy and Public Works
Health and Human Resources Accountability


DISTRICT 019


District Counties: Putnam

 

SPONSORED LEGISLATION, 2026

Delegate Crouse was the Lead Sponsor of 37 bills
BillTitleStatusCommittee
HB 4051Permitting certain nonviolent offenders to be able to carry firearms.PendingJudiciary
HB 4060Businesses in WV must accept cashPendingFinance
HB 4061Requiring PEIA and other health insurance providers to provide payment parity for certain servicesPending
HB 4062To create the West Virginia Homeschool Student Athletics Participation Act.Pending
HB 4063Relating to requiring the State Board of Education to design, test, and deploy an internet-based reporting system to be known as the School Choice PortalPending
HB 4064Relating to the rate of tax on motor vehiclesPendingFinance
HB 4065Relating to the membership of the Hope Scholarship BoardPending
HB 4066Creating penalties for county and state boards of education for providing misinformation to parents, custodians, reviewers, or any other individual through any form of communicationPending
HB 4067Providing any employee working 20 hours or more per week in a licensed child care center or certified family child care (FCC) home is eligible for a child care subsidy, regardless of their household incomePending
HB 4068Requiring Department of Health to report positive Alpha Gal tests to CDCPending
HB 4069To remove the helmet law in West Virginia.PendingFinance
HB 4070Relating to natural immunity or antibodies to any illness to be treated as equal or better to vaccine induced immunityPending
HB 4071Requiring K–12 schools to display school report card on websitePending
HB 4072Creating the Employee Child Care Assistance PartnershipPending
HB 4073Permitting religious exemptions for compulsory immunizationsPending
HB 4074Relating to establishing a pilot program to develop a childcare program where the state, employer, and employee, contribute one-third of the total cost eachPending
HB 4075 Insurance must cover Bioidentical hormones as they do pharmaceutical onePendingFinance
HB 4076Relating to the sale of homemade food items and honeyPending
HB 4077Remove standardized testing in public and private schoolsPending
HB 4078To repeal a provision of the code relating to the limitation on bringing an action to enter upon or recover landsPendingJudiciary
HB 4079Eliminate woke, anti-women words from state governmentPending
HB 4112Provide tax credit for homeschool students Pending
HB 4122To require cameras in every classroom and room where children are presentPending
HB 4123To provide a pay increase for the West Virginia Capitol Police and support staff of Capitol policePendingFinance
HB 4143Relating to Women’s Bill of RightsPendingJudiciary
HB 4145Creating a school choice office.Pending
HB 4146To require compulsory vaccinations for anyone employed by the public school system in this state. Pending
HB 4188Provide tax credit incentive to businesses and individuals that donate to pregnancy/birth centersPendingFinance
HB 4193Per-Credit Tuition for WV Community CollegesPending
HB 4347To remove income tax from overtime workPendingFinance
HB 4665Relating to pension income of retired law enforcement officers and first respondersPendingFinance
HB 4666Require medical examiners to review medical and immunization records and document any immunizations or emergency countermeasures given within 90 days before their deathPending
HB 4667relating to the practice of barbering and cosmetologyPending
HB 4668To make any accident involving a driver that is driving on a revoked/suspended license or is driving while unlicensed is automatically at fault for the accidentPendingJudiciary
HB 4669Disallowing flouride to be added to public water systemsPending
HB 4670To create a pilot program that would exempt certain counties from provisions of the Education code.Pending
HB 4719To eliminate the process of vehicle inspection in West VirginiaPending

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