West Virginia Short Line Railroad Modernization Act
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Feb 2024
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2024
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 29, 2024
Last action Feb 28, 2024
Floor votes · House of Delegates Feb 27, 2024
How they voted
68–18
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 90
Feb 27, 2024
D
Democratic10
60% Nay
R
Republican80
81% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
23
Key actions
3
Committee
7
Feb 28, 2024
Committee
To Economic Development
upper
Feb 28, 2024
Committee
To Economic Development then Finance
upper
Feb 28, 2024
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
Feb 27, 2024
Lower · Passed
Passed House (Roll No. 327)
lower
Feb 19, 2024
Lower · Passed
Do pass
lower
Feb 7, 2024
Committee
To House Finance
lower
Feb 7, 2024
Lower · Passed
Do pass, but first to Finance
lower
Jan 29, 2024
Committee
To House Technology and Infrastructure
lower
Jan 29, 2024
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
Jan 29, 2024
Committee
To Technology and Infrastructure then Finance
lower
1 primary · 10 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
John Paul Hott
RRepublican
Co
Bryan Ward
RRepublican
Co
Darren Thorne
RRepublican
Co
Eric Householder
RRepublican
Co
John Hardy
RRepublican
Co
Jonathan Pinson
RRepublican
Co
Lori Dittman
RRepublican
Co
Mike Hite
RRepublican
Co
Mike Hornby
RRepublican
Co
Paul Espinosa
RRepublican
Co
Walter Hall
RRepublican
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