West Virginia 2021 Regular Session Status: Passed House Of Delegates 4 R cosponsors

HB 2174 — West Virginia Monument and Memorial Protection Act of 2021

Last action — To Judiciary

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
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    Passed House of Delegates
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    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2021 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.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there are no live odds of enactment. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

27 added · 14 removed

Plain-language change summary

The amendments to Bill HB 2174 replace the title with one that emphasizes the protection of certain statues, monuments, and memorials located on public property, specifically related to military, civil rights, natural disasters, and Native American events. The new section also allows citizens to petition for the removal of these items under certain conditions while preventing interference with the maintenance efforts by the responsible government entities. This change matters because it establishes clear guidelines for how historical items are treated, ensuring they are preserved while allowing for community input on their status.

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HB2174 HFA Young 3-19 Altizer - 3259               Delegate Young moves to amend Com Sub for HB2174 on page 3, Section 8c, on line 49, by striking out the period, inserting a colon and the following proviso:  “Provided, That a citizen or citizens of West Virginia may petition for removal of an item, structure, or area described in subsection (b) to the entity exercising control of public property on which an item, structure or area is located, and if the entity refuses to apply for a permit, then that citizen or citizens may request the West Virginia State Historic Preservation Office to issue the permit, and upon its issuance, the entity shall comply.”  
HB2174 HFAT Steele 3-19 Schiffour 3289   Delegate Steele moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:
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House Bill No.
2174 -- H.
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2174 – “A Bill to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §29-1-8c, relating to the West Virginia Monument and Memorial Protection Act of 2021;
prohibiting the relocation, removal, alteration, renaming, rededication, or other disturbance of any statue, monument, memorial, nameplate, or plaque which is located on public property and has been erected for, or named, or dedicated in honor of certain historical military, civil rights, natural disasters or accidents, Native American events, figures, and organizations, historical religious significance;
permitting any citizen of this state to petition the governmental entity that has control of a statue, monument, memorial, nameplate, or plaque;
permitting a citizen a mechanism to petition the West Virginia State Historical Preservation Office to remove a statue, monument, memorial, nameplate, or plaque in certain circumstances;
prohibiting any person from preventing the governmental entity having responsibility for maintaining the items, structures, or areas from taking proper measures to protect, preserve, care for, repair, or restore the items, structures, or areas;
and authorizing the West Virginia State Historic Preservation Office to grant waivers under certain circumstances.”       Adopted Rejected  
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Action History

  1. To Judiciary

  2. To Judiciary

  3. Introduced in Senate

  4. Communicated to Senate

  5. Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)

  6. Passed House (Roll No. 220)

  7. Read 3rd time

  8. Amendment adopted (Roll No. 219)

  9. Amendment rejected (Roll No. 218)

  10. Amendment rejected (Voice vote)

  11. Amendment adopted (Voice vote)

  12. Amendment adopted (Voice vote)

  13. Amendment withdrawn (Voice vote)

  14. Amendment adopted (Voice vote)

  15. Amendment adopted (Voice vote)

  16. On 3rd reading with right to amend, Special Calendar

  17. Amendments pending

  18. Read 2nd time

  19. On 2nd reading, Special Calendar

  20. Read 1st time

  21. On 1st reading, Special Calendar

  22. By substitute, do pass

  23. To House Government Organization

  24. Introduced in House

  25. To Government Organization

  26. Filed for introduction

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 5 co-sponsors · 146 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (5)

Not signed on (146)

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 2174?
HB 2174 is sponsored by Dean Jeffries (Republican), Chris Phillips (Republican), Pat McGeehan (Republican), Mandt, Trenton Barnhart (Republican), and Hanna.
What is the current status of HB 2174?
This bill died with 2021 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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