---
type: "Bill"
title: "Permitting the Commissioner of the Division of Highways to issue a special permit to operate or move a vehicle or combination of vehicles of a size or weight of vehicles or nondivisible load exceeding the maximum specified"
description: "Permitting the Commissioner of the Division of Highways to issue a special permit to operate or move a vehicle or combination of vehicles of a size or weight of vehicles or nondivisible load exceeding the maximum specified"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 5583"
citation: "West Virginia HB 5583 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles", "Roads and Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Toney"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 43
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-02-12"
last_action: "2024-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/68a559cc-7d02-4dd8-8d54-be8594cc20dc"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=5583&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "eef6ac16d3a952ad70dd829335bcfd0b6a8165c84405616b5d09dab0d11d8f01"
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 5583 (2024) — Permitting the Commissioner of the Division of Highways to issue a special permit to operate or move a vehicle or combination of vehicles of a size or weight of vehicles or nondivisible load exceeding the maximum specified

## Version chain

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

1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5583%20sub.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=5583)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5583%20sub%20eng.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=5583)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5583%20sub%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=5583)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5583%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=5583)
5. **hb5583 hfa toney 2-27 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/hb5583%20hfa%20toney%202-27%20_1%20adopted.htm)
6. **hb5583 hfat linville 2-28 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/hb5583%20hfat%20linville%202-28%20adopted.htm)
7. **hb5583 s t_i am _1 3-6 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/com_amends/hb5583%20s%20t_i%20am%20_1%203-6%20adopted.htm)
8. **hb5583 s t_i amt _1 3-6 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/com_amends/hb5583%20s%20t_i%20amt%20_1%203-6%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **90–7** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **90–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Toney — primary (person)
- Adkins — cosponsor (person)
- Hanshaw — cosponsor (person)
- Howell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-12** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-02-12** To Technology and Infrastructure `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-12** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-02-12** To House Technology and Infrastructure `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-23** By substitute, do pass
- **2024-02-26** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-26** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-27** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-27** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2024-02-27** Amendment withdrawn (Voice vote)
- **2024-02-27** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2024-02-27** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2024-02-28** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-28** Passed House (Roll No. 389) `passage`
- **2024-02-28** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2024-02-28** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-02-29** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-02-29** To Transportation and Infrastructure
- **2024-02-29** To Transportation and Infrastructure
- **2024-03-06** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-06** Immediate consideration
- **2024-03-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-03-07** On 2nd reading
- **2024-03-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-07** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2024-03-08** On 3rd reading
- **2024-03-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-08** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 456) `passage`
- **2024-03-08** Senate requests House to concur
- **2024-03-08** House received Senate message
- **2024-03-08** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 704)
- **2024-03-08** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-03-08** Completed legislative action
- **2024-03-09** House Message received
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/21/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-21** To Governor 3/21/2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/21/2024 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/27/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/24 `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/27/24 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-22** Chapter 242, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/68a559cc-7d02-4dd8-8d54-be8594cc20dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).