---
type: "Bill"
title: "Repealing antiquated code sections regarding safety glass and lighting in motor vehicles"
description: "Repealing antiquated code sections regarding safety glass and lighting in motor vehicles"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 444"
citation: "West Virginia SB 444 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Roads and Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Trump"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-31"
last_action: "2018-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bcc5eb66-de0a-4339-86ac-7cb14a6418b2"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=444&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "e81ca03d8e982f63be56a93781fcefea02878e89a8fcb283ebe7496b25f6963c"
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 444 (2018) — Repealing antiquated code sections regarding safety glass and lighting in motor vehicles

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB444%20ENR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=444)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB444%20INTR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=444)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · legislature
- PASSAGE — **97–1** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Trump — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-31** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2018-01-31** To Transportation and Infrastructure
- **2018-01-31** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-01-31** To Transportation and Infrastructure
- **2018-02-14** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-15** On 1st reading
- **2018-02-15** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-02-16** On 2nd reading
- **2018-02-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-19** On 3rd reading
- **2018-02-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-19** Passed Senate (Roll No. 149) `passage`
- **2018-02-19** Ordered to House
- **2018-02-20** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-02-20** To Roads and Transportation then Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-20** To House Roads and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-27** Do pass
- **2018-02-27** 2nd reference dispensed
- **2018-02-28** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-02-28** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-03-01** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-03-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-02** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-03-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-02** Passed House (Roll No. 287) `passage`
- **2018-03-02** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-03-02** Completed legislative action
- **2018-03-03** House Message received
- **2018-03-09** To Governor 3/9/18 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/9/18 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/20/18 - House Journal
- **2018-03-20** Approved by Governor 3/20/18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/20/18 - Senate Journal
- **2018-04-23** Chapter 42, Acts, Regular Session, 2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bcc5eb66-de0a-4339-86ac-7cb14a6418b2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).