Bill Text: WV SB249 | 2026 | Regular Session | Introduced


Bill Title: Repealing vehicle inspection sticker requirements in WV

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2026-01-14 - To Transportation and Infrastructure [SB249 Detail]

Download: West_Virginia-2026-SB249-Introduced.html

WEST virginia legislature

2026 regular session

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Introduced

Senate Bill 249

By Senator Hart

[Introduced January 14, 2026; referred
 to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure; and then to the Committee on Finance]

A BILL to repeal §17C-16-1, §17C-16-2, §17C-16-3, §17C-16-4, §17C-16-5, §17C-16-6, §17C-16-7, §17C-16-8, and §17C-16-9 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to the elimination of mandatory state inspections of motor vehicles.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

§1. Repeal of article relating to mandatory state inspections of motor vehicles.

That §17C-16-1, §17C-16-2, §17C-16-3, §17C-16-4, §17C-16-5, §17C-16-6, §17C-16-7, §17C-16-8, and §17C-16-9 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, are repealed.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to repeal the article creating mandatory state inspections of motor vehicles.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.

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