Education: Maryland Correctional Staff Training Academy Honors Graduate; Labor Relations Certification from University of Maryland, Indiana university, and U.S. Department of Labor; A.A., Hagerstown Community College; B.S. Frostburg State University
Occupation: Retired Public Administrator, Legislative Relations Specialist, Arbitrator, Mediator, Certified Parliamentarian, Criminal Justice Professional, Newspaper Editor
Spouse: Cheryl Lynn Hess
Children: 13
Parents: the late Betty Ann Steinbach and Willis "Woody" Theodore Kump
Religion: High Priest, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Town of Birth: Chambersburg, PA
Affiliations: Member, Farm Bureau; Sons of the American Legion; Assembly of Governmental Employees; American Society for Public Administrators; Council on Aging; Purdue University Economic Education Council; Indiana University Labor Research Committee; Indiana Fiscal Policy Institute; Foundation for Advancement of Industrial Research; American Society of Association Executives; Who's Who of America; Honorary Kentucky Colonel; Kinsman of Founding Father Patrick Henry, Hedgesville founder Josiah Hedges, and former WV Governor Herman Guy Kump; Falling Waters Battlefield Association; Friends of North Berkeley Library; Potomac Hills Property Owners Association; WV Organization of Home Owners Association; Eastern Panhandle Business Association; National Rifle Association; WV Citizens Defense League; Member, Rotary Club
SPONSORED LEGISLATION, 2025Delegate Kump was the Lead Sponsor of 35 bills | |||
| Bill | Title | Status | Committee |
|---|---|---|---|
| HJR 1 | To amend the West Virginia Constitution to create nine seperate districts for the members of the West Virginia Board of Education. | Pending | |
| HJR 2 | Initiative, Referendum, and Recall | Pending | Judiciary |
| HJR 3 | To eliminate the offices of Treasurer and Auditor, replacing their duties and responsibilities under a new Office of Comptroller. | Pending | |
| HJR 4 | To amend the West Virginia Constitution to provide for the election of the West Virginia Superintendent of Free Schools in the General Election. | Pending | |
| HJR 5 | To amend the West Virginia Constitution to change the term of office of the members of the West Virginia Board of Education from nine years to five years. | Pending | |
| HJR 6 | Require Governor to provide at least five days notice to all state legislators when calling a Special Session | Pending | Judiciary |
| HJR 7 | To amend the West Virginia Constitution to require single member districts for all West Virginia State Senators | Pending | |
| HJR 8 | Amending the Homestead Exemption of the Constitution | Pending | Finance |
| HB 2031 | Relating to blighted property | Pending | Judiciary |
| HB 2032 | Removing the Office of County Surveyor from election ballots | Pending | |
| HB 2062 | Requiring all Municipal Elections to be held on West Virginia state and federal General Election dates. | Pending | Judiciary |
| HB 2075 | To require all West Virginia public employee retirement agencies to provide an annual cost of living adjustment for all retirees who have been retired for over ten (10) years | Pending | |
| HB 2077 | To require voters to include either their West Virginia driver’s license number or any alternative identification information authorized by the West Virginia Secretary of State on their absentee ballot applications | Pending | Judiciary |
| HB 2078 | Requiring candidates to live in the state or local election district for the office for which they are seeking | Pending | |
| HB 2079 | To amend the law regarding sewer systems. | Pending | |
| HB 2080 | Prohibit the use of school resources in election advocacy efforts and prohibit school employees from political activity during their work hours or on behalf of the school administration | Pending | |
| HB 2081 | To include all West Virginia correctional classifications in the Natural Resources Officer Pension System. | Pending | Finance |
| HB 2082 | To ban the unsolicited distribution of absentee applications by third parties and election officials. | Pending | Judiciary |
| HB 2083 | Requiring absentee ballots to be received by the time polls close on election day. | Pending | |
| HB 2084 | To prohibit the charging of any fees to cash any government issued check. | Pending | |
| HB 2089 | Relating generally to initiating a West Virginia legislative redistricting commission. | Pending | |
| HB 2091 | Reducing the term of office for Berkeley County Commisioners from six years to four years | Pending | |
| HB 2094 | Require Governor to provide at least five days notice to all state legislators when calling a Special Session | Pending | |
| HB 2096 | Providing authority for West Virginia law enforcement agencies to fine individual vehicle owners who fail to register their vehicle that have have been parked at their residence for more than sixty days | Pending | Judiciary |
| HB 2097 | Relating to Vehicular Homicide | Pending | Judiciary |
| HB 2098 | To reduce the chances of election fraud | Pending | Judiciary |
| HB 2099 | Relating generally to drug testing of state legislators | Pending | |
| HB 2100 | Relating to the hiring requirements of West Virginia law enforcement employees | Pending | |
| HB 2101 | Creating a standing legislative oversight committee to approve all West Virginia Economic Development contracts. | Pending | Finance |
| HB 2119 | Eliminating requirement for write-in candidates to register with Secretary of State in order to qualify write-in candidate votes to be counted. | Pending | Judiciary |
| HB 2126 | Say No to Good Old Boy Governance | Pending | Judiciary |
| HB 2147 | Relating to federal involvement in elections | Pending | Judiciary |
| HB 2171 | Changing the local school board election from the Primary to the General | Pending | Judiciary |
| HB 2607 | Relating to Eminent Domain | Pending | Judiciary |
| HB 2944 | Providing authority for West Virginia law enforcement agencies to fine individual vehicle owners who fail to register their vehicle that have been parked at their residence for more than sixty days | Pending | Judiciary |
MEDIA | |||
| Release Title | Date | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| GOP Delegates Pledge to Protect Second Amendment Rights | 08/08/2019 | ||
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