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type: "Bill"
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title: "To provide automatic treble damages anytime a non-English speaking commercial truck driver causes an accident in WV"
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description: "To provide automatic treble damages anytime a non-English speaking commercial truck driver causes an accident in WV"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
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legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "HB 4756"
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citation: "West Virginia HB 4756 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Motor Vehicles"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Flanigan"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 5
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2026-01-22"
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last_action: "2026-06-29"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5a1d9550-fcdf-4e3a-bb1b-a1d7735fa4e6"
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source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4756&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
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source_hash: "8ed85e17128fc9e8bc233462db8a71801a308fb1bd8a9e2e6cc8fb8e3e2b681b"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wv"]
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---
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# West Virginia HB 4756 (2026) — To provide automatic treble damages anytime a non-English speaking commercial truck driver causes an accident in WV
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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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)
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## Sponsors
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- Flanigan — primary (person)
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- Akers — cosponsor (person)
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- Hillenbrand — cosponsor (person)
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- Howell, G. — cosponsor (person)
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- Marple — cosponsor (person)
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- Martin — cosponsor (person)
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- Maynor — cosponsor (person)
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- Phillips — cosponsor (person)
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- Ridenour — cosponsor (person)
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- Roop — cosponsor (person)
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- Zatezalo — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-22** Filed for introduction `filing`
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- **2026-01-22** To Government Organization then Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-22** Introduced in House `introduction`
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- **2026-01-22** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
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- **2026-06-29** Chapter 104, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 `became-law`
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## Source
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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).
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