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HB5191 • 2026

To place rumble strips on all double-yellow lined roads and highways.

To place rumble strips on all double-yellow lined roads and highways.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Canterbury, Cooper , Campbell , Pritt
Last action
2026-02-17
Official status
H To House Finance 02/17/26
Effective date
Not listed

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Bill History

  1. 2026-02-17 H

    To House Finance

  2. 2026-02-17 H

    With amendment, do pass, but first to Finance

  3. 2026-02-12 H

    Markup Discussion

  4. 2026-02-04 H

    To House Energy and Public Works

  5. 2026-02-04 H

    Introduced in House

  6. 2026-02-04 H

    To Energy and Public Works

  7. 2026-02-04 H

    Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

To place rumble strips on all double-yellow lined roads and highways.

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FISCAL NOTE

WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE
2026
REGULAR SESSION
Introduced
House Bill 5191

By Delegates Canterbury, Cooper, Campbell, and Pritt

[Introduced February 04, 2026; referred to the Committee on Energy and Public Works]
A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding a new section, designated §17-4-56, relating to requiring the Commissioner of Highways to include rumble strips on double-yellow lined roads and highways.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

ARTICLE 4. STATE ROAD SYSTEM.

§17-4-56. Rumble strips required on double-yellow lined roads.

(a) The commissioner shall require the placement of rumble strips on all double-yellow lined roads and highways.
(b) Not later than July 1, 2026, the commissioner shall develop a plan by which rumble strips shall be placed on all double-yellow lined roads and highways. Implementation of such plan shall commence not later than September 1, 2026, and shall be completed not later than June 30, 2036.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require rumble strips on double-yellow lined roads.
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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