---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allowing DOH issue permits for certain tractors with certain trailers not exceeding specified maximum axle weights"
description: "Allowing DOH issue permits for certain tractors with certain trailers not exceeding specified maximum axle weights"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 6"
citation: "West Virginia SB 6 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles", "Roads and Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cline"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 43
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-01-08"
last_action: "2020-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ebb51385-bc39-45e5-b697-fced096afbdb"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=6&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "d91344dbf84bbf269975b7520ab7059189cc83c579d4e0d8ae6eb1c6940c4ac8"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wv"]
---

# West Virginia SB 6 (2020) — Allowing DOH issue permits for certain tractors with certain trailers not exceeding specified maximum axle weights

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB6%20SUB1.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=6)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB6%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=6)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB6%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=6)
4. **Motion bill be rejected not adopted (Roll No. 419)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/2020/RS/votes/house/00419.pdf)

## Votes

- PREVIOUS QUESTION — **28–70** (fail) · lower
- SHALL THE BILL BE REJECTED? — **41–57** (fail) · lower
- HFA CADLE 2-29 #1 — **19–75** (fail) · lower
- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **65–33** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cline — primary (person)
- Roberts — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2020-01-08** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-01-08** To Transportation and Infrastructure then Judiciary
- **2020-01-08** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-01-08** To Transportation and Infrastructure
- **2020-02-12** Committee substitute reported, but first to Judiciary
- **2020-02-12** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-14** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-17** On 1st reading
- **2020-02-17** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-18** On 2nd reading
- **2020-02-18** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-18** Smith Floor amendment reported
- **2020-02-18** Smith Amendment not germane
- **2020-02-18** Beach Floor amendment rejected (Voice vote)
- **2020-02-19** On 3rd reading
- **2020-02-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-19** Passed Senate (Roll No. 178) `passage`
- **2020-02-19** Ordered to House
- **2020-02-20** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-02-20** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-20** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-27** Do pass
- **2020-02-28** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-28** Motion bill be Rejected on 1st reading
- **2020-02-28** Motion Previous Question rejected (Roll No. 418)
- **2020-02-28** Motion bill be rejected not adopted (Roll No. 419)
- **2020-02-28** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-29** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-29** Amendment rejected (Roll No. 435) `amendment-failure`
- **2020-03-02** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-03-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-02** Passed House (Roll No. 437) `passage`
- **2020-03-02** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-03-02** Completed legislative action
- **2020-03-03** House Message received
- **2020-03-13** To Governor 3/13/20 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/13/20 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/13/20 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-24** Approved by Governor 3/24/20 `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/24/20 - Senate Journal
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/24/20 - House Journal
- **2020-04-14** Chapter 341, Acts, Regular Session, 2020

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ebb51385-bc39-45e5-b697-fced096afbdb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).