HCR 6 West Virginia House of Delegates · 2025 Regular Session

Private Sidney Washington Memorial Bridge

This House Concurrent Resolution (HCR 6) requests the West Virginia Division of Highways rename a specific bridge in Logan County. The bridge, located at coordinates 37.76296, -81.84196 (over Buffalo Creek on County Route 16/18), would be named the "U.S. Army Warrant Officer Private Sidney Washington Memorial Bridge." The resolution honors Private Sidney Washington, a World War II Army Warrant Officer and lifelong coal miner from the area, who served until his death in 1970. The bill is procedural and commemorative, seeking to establish a permanent memorial at a specific location.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 13, 2025 Last action Mar 19, 2025
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What changed between versions

Introduced Version Committee Substitute · 1 edit
MINOR
The bill was amended to remove references to 'Private' Sidney Washington and instead honor him as 'Warrant Officer Sidney Washington,' reflecting his actual military rank. The bridge name was updated to match this corrected rank designation. These are technical corrections to accurately reflect the honoree's military service.
TECHNICAL

Removed the title 'Private' from Sidney Washington's name in the bridge dedication and throughout the bill text, changing it to 'Warrant Officer Sidney Washington' to accurately reflect his military rank.

Floor votes · House of Delegates Mar 18, 2025

How they voted

980
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 100
Mar 18, 2025
D Democratic9
9 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican91
89 Yea 2
97% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
12
Key actions
3
Committee
3
Mar 19, 2025
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
Mar 18, 2025
Lower · Passed
Adopted by House (Roll No. 99)
lower
Mar 17, 2025
Lower · Passed
Be adopted
lower
Mar 12, 2025
Committee
To House Rules
lower
Mar 12, 2025
Lower · Passed
By substitute, do pass, but first to Rules
lower
Feb 13, 2025
Committee
To House Energy and Public Works
lower
Feb 13, 2025
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Photo of Margitta Mazzocchi
Margitta Mazzocchi
RRepublican
WV
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