West Virginia 2021 Regular Session Status: Enacted 1 R cosponsors

SB 376 — Removing obsolete provisions regarding DOH standards for studded tires and chains

Last action — Chapter 268, Acts, Regular Session, 2021

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    Passed Senate
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    Passed House of Delegates
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 22, 2021. Enacted.

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Advancing 46% · moderate confidence

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  • Enacted

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  • 4 sponsors

    1 primary, 3 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 R).

  • Failed a recorded vote

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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

11 added · 18 removed

Plain-language change summary

The recent amendments to SB 376 removed a section that restricted the sale and use of studded tires and chains, making it clear that while the commissioner can set specifications for these items, they cannot outright ban them in West Virginia. The amendment also clarifies that local authorities can grant special permits for operating certain types of agricultural machinery on highways. This change matters because it allows more flexibility for farmers and the use of specific equipment on roads while ensuring safety regulations remain in place.

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Red = new code to be enacted WEST virginia legislature regular session Introduced Senate Bill 376 By Senators Clements, Swope, Plymale, and Jeffries [Introduced February 22, 2021;
Red = new code to be enacted WEST virginia legislature regular session Enrolled Senate Bill 376 By Senators Clements, Swope, Plymale, and Jeffries [Passed April 6, 2021;
referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure] A BILL to amend and reenact §17C-15-37 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to removing inoperative provisions requiring Commissioner of the Division of Highways set standards for studded snow tires.
in effect 90 days from passage] AN ACT to amend and reenact §17C-15-37 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to removing inoperative provisions requiring Commissioner of the Division of Highways set standards for studded snow tires.
(d) No studded tires or chains shall be sold or used within the State of West Virginia which do not meet the specifications established by the rules and regulations which the commissioner of highways shall promulgate, but the commissioner may not by those rules and regulations prohibit the use of studded tires or chains within the state (e) (d) The Commissioner of the Division of Highways and local authorities in their respective jurisdictions may in their discretion issue special permits authorizing the operation upon the highway of traction engines or tractors having movable tracks with transverse corrugations upon the periphery of such movable tracks or farm tractors or other farm machinery, the operation of which upon a highway would otherwise be prohibited under this chapter.
(d) The Commissioner of the Division of Highways and local authorities in their respective jurisdictions may in their discretion issue special permits authorizing the operation upon the highway of traction engines or tractors having movable tracks with transverse corrugations upon the periphery of such movable tracks or farm tractors or other farm machinery, the operation of which upon a highway would otherwise be prohibited under this chapter.
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Action History

  1. Chapter 268, Acts, Regular Session, 2021

  2. Approved by Governor 4/26/21

  3. To Governor 4/14/21

  4. Approved by Governor 4/26/21 - House Journal

  5. Approved by Governor 4/26/21 - Senate Journal

  6. To Governor 4/14/21 - House Journal

  7. To Governor 4/14/21 - Senate Journal

  8. House Message received

  9. Completed legislative action

  10. Communicated to Senate

  11. Passed House (Roll No. 456)

  12. Read 3rd time

  13. On 3rd reading, Special Calendar

  14. Read 2nd time

  15. On 2nd reading, Special Calendar

  16. Read 1st time

  17. On 1st reading, Special Calendar

  18. Do pass

  19. To House Government Organization

  20. To Government Organization

  21. Introduced in House

  22. Ordered to House

  23. Passed Senate (Roll No. 87)

  24. Read 3rd time

  25. On 3rd reading

  26. Read 2nd time

  27. On 2nd reading

  28. Read 1st time

  29. On 1st reading

  30. Reported do pass

  31. To Transportation and Infrastructure

  32. Introduced in Senate

  33. To Transportation and Infrastructure

  34. Filed for introduction

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1 sponsors · 3 co-sponsors · 148 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (3)

  • Swope
  • Plymale
  • Jeffries

Not signed on (148)

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Who sponsors SB 376?
SB 376 is sponsored by Charles H. Clements (Republican), Swope, Plymale, and Jeffries.
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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 22, 2021. Enacted.
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