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WVHB5237Engross
50%
The purpose of this bill is to requiring operators of vehicles to drive in rightmost portion or lane of roads or highways.
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2024-03-09
Communicated to Senate
WVHB5544Engross
50%
The purpose of this bill is to require certain reporting from the Mountaineer Trail Network Authority each year and beginning on December 1, 2024.
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2024-03-09
House Message received
WVHB5583PassRelating of movement of oversized vehicles on roadways
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2024-03-09
Approved by Governor 3/27/2024 - Senate Journal
WVSB834PassThe purpose of this bill is to add a member to the Motor Vehicle Advisory Board and specifying that one of the members shall be a representative of automobile auctions of primarily salvage vehicles.
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2024-03-09
Approved by Governor 3/27/2024 - Senate Journal
WVSB827PassThe purpose of this bill is to relate generally to salvage yards; provide a definition for regional distribution and dismantling center; and provide for specialized regional distribution and dismantling license.
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2024-03-09
Approved by Governor 3/27/2024 - Senate Journal
WVSB766Engross
50%
The purpose of this bill is to relieve a railroad company of any liability from injury to any person using a crossing during a parade by a school or any municipality, county, or other public entity; the railroad company is notified of the time of the...
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2024-03-08
On 3rd reading with right to amend, Special Calendar
WVSB377Engross
50%
The purpose of this bill is to permit physicians to be exempt from specified traffic laws when responding to an emergency call. This proposed bill provides that the physician must continue to exercise due care and provides for rulemaking.
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2024-02-29
To House Technology and Infrastructure Committee
WVHB5437Engross
50%
The purpose of this bill is to impose a time limit for the Department of Highways to grant an entrance permit for work on a highway, to describe the time limit for requested changes, and to describe when a permit shall be considered approved.
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2024-02-29
To Senate Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
WVHB4744Engross
50%
The purpose of this bill is to require certain non-discretionary procedures be strictly complied with by the West Virginia Parkways Authority before tolls, rents, fees or charges may be increased.
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2024-02-28
To Senate Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
WVSB838Engross
50%
The purpose of this bill is to mandate lending institutions who conduct five or more transactions annually to utilize the Division of Motor Vehicles electronic lien system to perfect or release security interest in a vehicle.
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2024-02-23
To House Government Organization Committee
WVHB4705Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to return to the Division of Highways the sales tax collected from contractors for materials used in Highways construction and maintenance projects. If the contractors' sales tax is going to the general revenue, DOH is pay...
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2024-02-22
To House Finance Committee
WVSB441Engross
50%
The purpose of this bill is to provide for the regulation of driving in the left lane on four-lane interstate highways in West Virginia. The bill provides for the purpose and intent. The bill creates definitions and provides for the prohibition. The ...
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2024-02-16
House Message received
WVSB818Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to provide a $5,000 raise to state road employees.
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2024-02-16
To Senate Finance Committee
WVHB4224Engross
50%
The purpose of this bill is to require the West Virginia Division of Highways to develop performance standards and criteria to measure agency performance in all essential operations and to require the division to employ a management information syste...
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2024-02-13
To Senate Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
WVHB5652Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to provide a statutory framework for lending state funds to local airports for hangar construction to enhance economic development in the state.
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2024-02-13
To House Finance Committee
WVHB5657Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to allow county commissions to designate certain distinct residential communities as villages. The bill does not interfere with the existing classification of villages for tax purposes.
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2024-02-13
To House Political Subdivisions Committee
WVHB5679Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to modify the compensation and classification of certain employees of the Division of Highways.
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2024-02-13
To House Technology and Infrastructure Committee
WVHB5438Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to exempt law enforcement and emergency vehicles from paying turnpike tolls.
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2024-02-05
To House Technology and Infrastructure Committee
WVHB5434Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to provide employees working for the Division of Highways with locality pay for working in certain jurisdictions designated by the commissioner as jurisdictions that are necessary for maintaining planning, engineering, con...
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2024-02-02
To House Technology and Infrastructure Committee
WVHB5428Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to exempt school buses with students on board from paying turnpike tolls.
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2024-02-02
To House Education Committee
WVHB5403Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to place a $1.00 charge on Uber, Lyft, Uber Eats, Door Dash, and all like services with the proceeds to be disbursed to the WVDOH and equally applied to each county's annual budget.
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2024-02-01
To House Finance Committee
WVHB5385Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to regulate the modification of vehicle tires.
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2024-01-31
To House Technology and Infrastructure Committee
WVHB5387Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to require a motor vehicle to display emergency flashers when operating at 10 miles per hour below the posted speed limit on any public road.
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2024-01-31
To House Technology and Infrastructure Committee
WVHB5388Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to specify how the commissioner of highways may dispose of surplus asphalt grindings or millings.
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2024-01-31
To House Technology and Infrastructure Committee
WVHB5386Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to create expectations for the removal of "flagger ahead" signs on WV roadways.
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2024-01-31
To House Technology and Infrastructure Committee
WVHB4766Engross
50%
The purpose of this bill is to require signage for road closures 30 days prior to the closure if the closure will last longer than 30 days and the detour is longer than one mile.
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2024-01-30
To Senate Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
WVSB426Engross
50%
The purpose of this bill is to enact the West Virginia Recreational Trails Development Act, provide definitions, require the Department of Transportation to prioritize design and construction of recreational trails in the state, assign duties to the ...
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2024-01-29
To House Government Organization Committee
WVHB5313Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to require that a three-second pause be added to all traffic-control lights and devices.
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2024-01-29
To House Technology and Infrastructure Committee
WVHB5323Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to prohibit inaccurate signage along interstates. The bill provides for a penalty.
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2024-01-29
To House Technology and Infrastructure Committee
WVHB4772Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to cease tolls on the West Virginia Turnpike upon completion of all bond payments.
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2024-01-26
To House Finance Committee
WVSB569Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to allow municipalities to complete work previously requested to the Division of Highways, with a provision for payment.
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2024-01-26
To Senate Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
WVHB5109Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to require that a warning light be erected on certain roads to warn of a traffic light ahead.
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2024-01-25
To House Technology and Infrastructure Committee
WVHB4195Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to clarify that regardless of the source of funding, the funds required to match federal funds are not considered "state grants".
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2024-01-24
To House Finance Committee
WVHB4927Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to create the Road Usage Charge Pilot Program.
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2024-01-19
To House Technology and Infrastructure Committee
WVHB4942Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to prohibit a vehicle or combination of vehicles coupled together, whose length is in excess of 50 feet travelling on Route 61 between Oak Hill and Montgomery.
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2024-01-19
To House Technology and Infrastructure Committee
WVHB4895Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to establish a speed limit in licensed child care zones.
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2024-01-18
To House Technology and Infrastructure Committee
WVHB4853Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to remove the authority of the governing body of a municipal or county commission to prohibit the operation of all-terrain vehicles on streets in municipalities or county roads.
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2024-01-17
To House Political Subdivisions Committee
WVHB4861Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to authorize municipalities to place signage on state roads within their municipal jurisdiction and boundaries.
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2024-01-17
To House Political Subdivisions Committee
WVHB4785Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to restrict certain advertising by adult venues on public billboards.
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2024-01-16
To House Judiciary Committee
WVHB4775Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to eliminate the authority of the West Virginia Parkways Authority to issue further parkway revenue, parkway revenue refunding, or special obligation bonds after July 1, 2024. The bill also provides that subsequent to that...
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2024-01-16
To House Technology and Infrastructure Committee
WVHB4730Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to require the Commissioner of Highways to develop a formula for allocating road funds among districts, for the benefit of the counties; to make legislative findings; to require the commissioner to solicit and consider pub...
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2024-01-15
To House Technology and Infrastructure Committee
WVHB4694Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to exempt law enforcement and emergency vehicles from paying turnpike tolls.
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2024-01-15
To House Technology and Infrastructure Committee
WVHB4737Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to require the approval of the Legislature and the Governor before additional bonds may be issued by the Parkways Authority; and requiring tolls to be removed six months following removal of encumbrances for the bonds.
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2024-01-15
To House Technology and Infrastructure Committee
WVHB4738Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to require the approval of the Legislature and the Governor before additional bonds may be issued by the Parkways Authority; and requiring tolls to be removed six months following removal of encumbrances for the bonds.
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2024-01-15
To House Technology and Infrastructure Committee
WVSB425Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to create of the West Virginia Public Waterway Act providing public access bridge crossings; fencing; and requiring implementation by the Department of Transportation, in cooperation with the Department of Natural Resource...
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2024-01-12
To Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee
WVSB419Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to require the Commissioner of Highways to develop a formula for allocating road funds among districts, for the benefit of the counties; to make legislative findings; to require the commissioner to solicit and consider pub...
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2024-01-12
To Senate Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
WVHB4672Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to ensure that funding to counties named in this section from the State Road Construction Account does not affect any funding received by those counties from the State Road Fund.
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2024-01-12
To House Technology and Infrastructure Committee
WVHB4639Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to exempt school buses from having to pay toll fees.
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2024-01-11
To House Education Committee
WVSB255Intro
25%
Prohibiting parking fee for accessible parking space bearing international symbol of access
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2024-01-11
To Senate Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
WVSB232Intro
25%
Special Road Repair Fund
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2024-01-11
To Senate Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
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