West Virginia 2025 Regular Session Status: Passed House Of Delegates Bipartisan · 77 R · 8 D cosponsors

HCR 78 — Urging the Commissioner of Highways to prioritize completion of I-73, the King Coal Highway

Last action — House received Senate message

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    Passed House of Delegates
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2025 Regular Session. It reached “Passed House of Delegates” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

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The revised version of House Concurrent Resolution 78 emphasizes that the completion of I-73, the King Coal Highway, should be a high priority for the Division of Highways. It also expands the resolution to include a request for the state to partner with federal agencies to expedite funding for the project, making it clear that collaboration is necessary to move forward. These changes are significant because they not only underline the urgency of the highway's completion for local economic development and emergency response but also seek broader support to ensure the project gets the funding it needs.

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Red = new code to be enacted HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 78(By Delegates Dillon, Adkins, Akers, Amos, Anders, Barnhart, Bridges, Brooks, Browning, Campbell, D.
Red = new code to be enacted WEST virginia legislature2025 regular sessionCommittee SubstituteforHouse Concurrent Resolution 78(By Delegates Dillon, Adkins, Akers, Amos, Anders, Barnhart, Bridges, Brooks, Browning, Campbell, D.
Howell, Jeffries, Jennings, Kelly, Kimble, Kump, Kyle, Leavitt, Lewis, Linville, Mallow, Marple, Masters, Maynor, Mazzocchi, McCormick, Miller, Moore, Parsons, Petitto, Phillips, Pritt, Pushkin, Riley, Rohrbach, Roop, Shamblin, Sheedy, B.
Howell, Jeffries, Jennings, Kelly, Kimble, Kump, Kyle, Leavitt, Lewis, Linville, Mallow, Marple, Masters, Maynor, Mazzocchi, McCormick, Miller, Moor Parsons, Petitto, Phillips, Pritt, Pushkin, Riley, Rohrbach, Roop, Shamblin, Sheedy, B.
Smith, Statler, Steele, Stephens, Street, Toney, Vance, Ward, White, Williams, Willis, Worrell, Young, Zatezalo, and McGeehan)[March 7, 2025;
Smith, Statler, Steele, Stephens, Street, Toney, Vance, Ward, White, Williams, Willis, Worrell, Young, and Zatezalo)[Originating in the Committee on Rules;
Referred to the Committee on Rules ] Requesting the Division of Highways to make the completion of I-73, the King Coal Highway, in its entirety a high priority project.Whereas, The I-73 Highway includes the counties of Wayne, Mingo, McDowell, Mercer, and Wyoming;
Reported on March 14, 2025]Requesting the Division of Highways to make the completion of I-73, the King Coal Highway, in its entirety a high priority project.Whereas, The I-73 Highway includes the counties of Wayne, Mingo, McDowell, Mercer, and Wyoming;
and, be itFurther Resolved, That the State of West Virginia should provide all necessary funding and executive support to expedite the completion of I-73 in its entirety;
and, be itFurther Resolved, That the State of West Virginia should partner with appropriate federal agencies and members of Congress to expedite the funding and the completion of I-73 in its entirety;
and, be itFurther Resolved, That the Clerk of the House forward a certified copy of this resolution to the Commissioner of the Division of Highways.
and, be itFurther Resolved, That the Clerk of the House forward a certified copy of this resolution to the Commissioner of the Division of Highways, the Governor of West Virginia, and West Virginia's Congressional delegations in the House of Representatives and the Senate.   Bill Status  |  Bill Tracking  |  Legacy WV Code  |  Bulletin Board  |  District Maps  |  Senate Roster  |  House Roster  |  Live  |  Blog  |  Jobs  |  Links  |  Home This Web site is maintained by the West Virginia Legislature's Office of Reference & Information.
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Action History

  1. House received Senate message

  2. Completed legislative action

  3. Communicated to House

  4. Adopted by Senate (Voice vote)

  5. On Unfinished Business

  6. Reported be adopted

  7. To Transportation and Infrastructure

  8. To Transportation and Infrastructure

  9. Introduced in Senate

  10. Communicated to Senate

  11. Adopted by House (Voice vote)

  12. On Unfinished Business, Special Calendar

  13. By substitute, be adopted

  14. To House Rules

  15. Introduced in House

  16. To Rules

  17. Filed for introduction

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HCR 78?
HCR 78 is sponsored by Henry Dillon (Republican), Stanley Adkins (Republican), James Robert "JB" Akers II (Republican), Michael Amos (Republican), S. Chris Anders (Republican), Trenton Barnhart (Republican), Jordan Bridges (Republican), Eric Brooks (Republican), Ryan Browning (Republican), Jeff Campbell (Republican), David Cannon (Republican), Jarred Cannon (Republican), Ray Canterbury (Republican), Geno Chiarelli (Republican), Wayne Clark (Republican), Marshall W. Clay (Republican), Roy Cooper (Republican), Vernon Criss (Republican), Mark Dean (Republican), DeVault, Lori Dittman (Republican), Sarah Drennan (Republican), Jeff Eldridge (Republican), Joe Ellington (Republican), Bob Fehrenbacher (Republican), Dana Ferrell (Republican), Flanigan, Dave Foggin (Republican), Joe Funkhouser (Republican), Marty Gearheart (Republican), David Green (Republican), Walter Hall (Republican), Evan Hansen (Democrat), Roger Hanshaw (Republican), Scot C. Heckert (Republican), Michael Hite (Republican), Josh Holstein (Republican), Sean Hornbuckle (Democrat), Michael Hornby (Republican), Chuck Horst (Republican), John Paul Hott (Republican), Gary G. Howell (Republican), Tresa Howell (Republican), D. Rolland Jennings (Republican), Laura Kimble (Republican), Kump, Jonathan Kyle (Republican), Tristan Leavitt (Republican), Hollis Lewis (Democrat), Linville, Phil Mallow (Republican), Keith Marple (Republican), Ian T. Masters (Republican), Jordan Maynor (Republican), Margitta Mazzocchi (Republican), David McCormick (Republican), George Miller (Republican), Erica Moore (Republican), Joe Parsons (Republican), Mickey Petitto (Republican), Vacant1 (Republican), Mike Pushkin (Democrat), Clay Riley (Republican), Matthew Rohrbach (Republican), Carl "Bill" Roop (Republican), Andy Shamblin (Republican), Charles Sheedy (Republican), Bryan Smith (Republican), Doug Smith (Republican), Betsy Kelly (Republican), Dean Jeffries (Republican), Anitra Hamilton (Democrat), Rick Garcia (Democrat), Kathie Hess Crouse (Republican), Joe Statler (Republican), Steele, Jeffrey Stephens (Republican), George Street (Republican), Christopher W. Toney (Republican), Adam Vance (Republican), Bryan Ward (Republican), Lisa White (Republican), John Williams (Democrat), Evan Worrell (Republican), Kayla Young (Democrat), Mark Zatezalo (Republican), Pat McGeehan (Republican), Jimmy Willis (Republican), and Chris Phillips (Republican).
What is the current status of HCR 78?
This bill died with 2025 Regular Session. It reached “Passed House of Delegates” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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