Relating to special registration plates for military personnel
HB 3146 amends West Virginia law to reduce the minimum applicant requirement for military organizations seeking special license plates from 100 to 50. This change applies specifically to military organizations chartered by the U.S. Congress that want to offer special plates for their members. The bill requires these organizations to provide a guarantee of at least 50 applicants before the state division issues the plates. The policy change lowers the threshold for organizations to qualify, making it easier for them to obtain special plates while maintaining the $10 application fee and existing eligibility rules for individual military personnel and Gold Star spouses.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Mar 4, 2025
Last action Apr 2, 2025
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This bill amends West Virginia's special military registration plate program by reducing the minimum guarantee requirement from 100 to 50 applicants for military organizations seeking special plates. The change affects how many vehicles a military organization can qualify for and streamlines the application process for smaller military groups.
Scope change
The bill reduces the minimum applicant guarantee threshold for military organizations from 100 to 50 applicants, making it easier for smaller military organizations to obtain special registration plates.
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Reduced the minimum guarantee requirement from 100 to 50 applicants for military organizations seeking special registration plates.
Floor votes · House of Delegates Mar 21, 2025
How they voted
97–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 100
Mar 21, 2025
D
Democratic9
100% Yea
R
Republican91
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
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Actions timeline
Total actions
20
Key actions
3
Committee
4
Apr 2, 2025
Committee
To Finance
upper
Apr 2, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported do pass with amend and title amend but first to Finance
upper
Mar 24, 2025
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
Mar 21, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed House (Roll No. 143)
lower
Mar 18, 2025
Lower · Passed
Do pass
lower
Mar 4, 2025
Committee
To House Energy and Public Works
lower
Mar 4, 2025
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Daniel Linville
RRepublican
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