---
type: "Bill"
title: "To provide automatic treble damages anytime a non-English speaking commercial truck driver causes an accident in WV"
description: "To provide automatic treble damages anytime a non-English speaking commercial truck driver causes an accident in WV"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 4756"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4756 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Flanigan"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 5
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2026-01-22"
last_action: "2026-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5a1d9550-fcdf-4e3a-bb1b-a1d7735fa4e6"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4756&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "8ed85e17128fc9e8bc233462db8a71801a308fb1bd8a9e2e6cc8fb8e3e2b681b"
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 HB 4756 (2026) — To provide automatic treble damages anytime a non-English speaking commercial truck driver causes an accident in WV

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4756%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4756)

## Sponsors

- Flanigan — primary (person)
- Akers — cosponsor (person)
- Hillenbrand — cosponsor (person)
- Howell, G. — cosponsor (person)
- Marple — cosponsor (person)
- Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Maynor — cosponsor (person)
- Phillips — cosponsor (person)
- Ridenour — cosponsor (person)
- Roop — cosponsor (person)
- Zatezalo — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-22** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-01-22** To Government Organization then Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-22** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-01-22** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2026-06-29** Chapter 104, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5a1d9550-fcdf-4e3a-bb1b-a1d7735fa4e6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).