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WVHB4007PassThe purpose of this bill is to provide that funding may be used as part of the West Virginia Business Ready Sites Program, raising the funding limits, and requiring a response deadline when a formal use request is submitted.
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2026-03-14
Approved by Governor 3/25/2026 - House Journal
WVHB4010Engross

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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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2026-03-14
Communicated to House
WVHB4881PassThe purpose of this bill is to remove the requirement that the loan value of the motor vehicle be less than $9,500 to allow an automobile dealer, licensed automobile auction, motor vehicle repair facility or towing company upon whose property or plac...
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2026-03-14
Approved by Governor 3/17/2026 - House Journal
WVSB690PassThe purpose of this chapter is to authorize the use of certain alternative contracting procedures, to prescribe appropriate requirements to ensure that such contracting procedures serve the public interest, and to establish a process for evaluation o...
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2026-03-14
Approved by Governor 3/17/2026 - House Journal
WVSB712PassThe purpose of this bill is to permit the installation of cattle guards on certain public roads.
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2026-03-14
Approved by Governor 3/17/2026 - House Journal
WVSB697VetoThe purpose of this bill is to creating standards in determining a change of use of existing entrances.
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2026-03-14
Vetoed by Governor 4/1/2026 - House Journal
WVSB982PassThe purpose of this bill is to create the Neighborhood Access Road Program.
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2026-03-14
Approved by Governor 3/19/2026 - House Journal
WVHB4421Engross

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The purpose of this bill is to cease tolls on the West Virginia Turnpike upon completion of all bond payments.
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2026-03-10
To Senate Finance Committee
WVHB4419Engross

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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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2026-03-10
Referred to Finance
WVHB4563Engross

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The purpose of this bill is to require EZ-Passes to be assigned to individual drivers and not automobiles.
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2026-03-10
On 2nd reading, referred to Finance
WVSB979Engross

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The purpose of this bill is to remove the requirement of the Commissioner of Highways to publish project bids in daily newspapers.
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2026-03-02
To House Government Organization Committee
WVSB1015Intro

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The purpose of this bill is to create the Drainage Remediation Fund and to provide a procedure to remedy drainage and obstruction matters which may degrade the state road system.
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2026-02-24
To Senate Finance Committee
WVSB752Engross

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The purpose of this bill is to transfer duties from county commissions to the Department of Transportation when a road closure is requested to hold organized motorsports events on public roads.
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2026-02-23
To House Government Organization Committee
WVHB5191Intro

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The purpose of this bill is to require rumble strips on double-yellow lined roads.
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2026-02-17
To House Finance Committee
WVSB753Intro

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The purpose of this bill is to establish the Adopt-A-Road program.
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2026-02-17
To Senate Finance Committee
WVHB5562Intro

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The purpose of this bill is to establish a reporting and monitoring system for dangerous highway conditions and to require the Division of Highways to track, report and address dangerous highway conditions; provides limited liability to the state for...
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2026-02-16
To House Energy and Public Works Committee
WVHB4426Intro

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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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2026-02-12
To House Finance Committee
WVSB708Intro

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The purpose of this bill is to encourage safe, voluntary, and fiscally responsible public river access without the use of eminent domain, without interference with private property rights, and without expanding the authority of the Division of Highwa...
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2026-02-12
To Senate Judiciary Committee
WVSB933Intro

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The purpose of this bill is to enable and encourage tourism and outdoor recreation on unimproved public roads using existing resources.
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2026-02-12
To Senate Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
WVHB4518Intro

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The purpose of this bill is to streamline the process of updating a driver's information when getting a new vehicle and using EZ-Pass.
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2026-02-11
To House Government Organization Committee
WVSB501Intro

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The purpose of this bill is to expand the digital mapping of primary and secondary roads in this state.
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2026-02-10
To Senate Finance Committee
WVHCR17Intro

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Relating to increasing the safety of the New River Gorge Bridge
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2026-02-10
To House Rules Committee
WVHB5402Intro

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The purpose of this bill is to establish the Distribution Center Refundable Toll Payments Tax Credit through use of RFID Tag Reader systems at qualified distribution centers to compile refundable toll payments. The bill allows the promulgation of adm...
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2026-02-10
To House Finance Committee
WVHB5358Intro

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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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2026-02-09
To House Energy and Public Works Committee
WVSB768Intro

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The purpose of this bill is to create the Country Roads Mapping and Marketing Act.
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2026-02-05
To Senate Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
WVHB5161Intro

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The purpose of this bill is to create the West Virginia Rural Mobility and Transportation Access Act to expand access to transportation in rural areas of West Virginia by maximizing federal funding, encouraging private, nonprofit, and local participa...
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2026-02-04
To House Energy and Public Works Committee
WVHB5137Intro

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The purpose of this bill is to exempt school buses from having to pay toll fees.
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2026-02-03
To House Education Committee
WVHB5018Intro

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The purpose of this bill is to eliminate certain roads from the Division of Highway's maintenance and maintaining rights-of-way on paper without reducing county budgets.
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2026-02-02
To House Energy and Public Works Committee
WVHB5050Intro

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The purpose of this bill is to make all state inmates regardless of sex members of the state convict road force.
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2026-02-02
To House Judiciary Committee
WVHB5040Intro

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The purpose of this bill is to require the Commissioner of Highways to prepare and present to the Legislature a comprehensive highway paving plan establishing routine repaving of all normally asphalt-surfaced roads.
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2026-02-02
To House Energy and Public Works Committee
WVSB711Intro

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The purpose of this bill is to ensure that highway drainage systems are designed, maintained, and operated in a manner that protects adjoining and downstream properties while preserving the efficient operation of the state road system.
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2026-02-02
To Senate Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
WVHB4431Intro

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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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2026-01-30
To House Environment, Infrastructure, and Technology Committee
WVHB4430Intro

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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, 2026. The bill also provides that subsequent to that...
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2026-01-30
To House Environment, Infrastructure, and Technology Committee
WVHB5013Intro

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The purpose of this bill is to incentivize counties to utilize local revenue sources for the purpose of construction, reconstruction, and maintaining roads and rights-of-way within said counties by requiring the state road commissioner to set aside 2...
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2026-01-30
To House Energy and Public Works Committee
WVHB4992Intro

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The purpose of this chapter is to authorize the use of certain alternative contracting procedures, to prescribe appropriate requirements to ensure that such contracting procedures serve the public interest, and to establish a process for evaluation o...
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2026-01-30
To House Government Organization Committee
WVHB4841Intro

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The purpose of this bill is to enhance maintenance and repair of the state's local roads by authorizing the county commissions to petition the division for road repair for local roads.
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2026-01-27
To House Finance Committee
WVHB4831Intro

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The purpose of this bill is to prohibit "lewd public content" from being advertised anywhere in West Virginia.
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2026-01-26
To House Judiciary Committee
WVHB4743Intro

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Relating generally to asphalt grindings or millings from any WVDOH Right of Way
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2026-01-22
To House Energy and Public Works Committee
WVHB4763Intro

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The purpose of this bill is to create expectations for the removal of "flagger ahead" signs on WV roadways.
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2026-01-22
To House Energy and Public Works Committee
WVHB4700Intro

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The purpose of this bill is to require railroad companies to provide an alternative entry and exit way to one road communities when performing maintenance, repairs, and construction as a matter of public health and safety.
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2026-01-21
To House Energy and Public Works Committee
WVHB4716Intro

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The purpose of this bill relates to enhancing the flexibility, responsiveness, and economic development potential of the Industrial Access Road Fund.
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2026-01-21
To House Energy and Public Works Committee
WVHB4541Intro

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The purpose of this bill is to require notice from the Commissioner of Highways of the discontinuance, vacation, abandonment, or closure of any road or highway be published as a Class I legal advertisement and shall also notify members of the Legisla...
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2026-01-19
To House Energy and Public Works Committee
WVHB4530Intro

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The purpose of this bill is to improve traffic intersections impacted by high-impact retail operations.
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2026-01-19
To House Energy and Public Works Committee
WVSB447Intro

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The purpose of this bill is to clarify the terms of the Industrial Road Access Program.
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2026-01-16
To Senate Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
WVHB4420Intro

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The purpose of this bill is to modify the composition of the West Virginia Parkways Authority.
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2026-01-16
To House Government Administration Committee
WVSB469Intro

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The purpose of this bill is to provide dredging and clearing for waterways that are prone to flooding.
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2026-01-16
To Senate Natural Resources Committee
WVHB4480Intro

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The purpose of this bill is to creating standards in determining a change of use of existing entrances.
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2026-01-16
To House Energy and Public Works Committee
WVHB4423Intro

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The purpose of this bill is to eliminate specific statutory restrictions on outdoor advertisement.
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2026-01-16
To House Judiciary Committee
WVSB458Intro

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The purpose of this bill is to provide a $5,000 raise to state road employees.
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2026-01-16
To Senate Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
WVSB444Intro

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The purpose of this bill relates to enhancing the flexibility, responsiveness, and economic development potential of the Industrial Access Road Fund.
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2026-01-16
To Senate Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
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