HCR 82 West Virginia House of Delegates · 2025 Regular Session

U.S. Army PFC Paul Ralph Bittinger Sr. Memorial Bridge

This bill (HCR 82) is a commemorative resolution requesting the West Virginia Division of Highways rename Can Creek Bridge in Greenbrier County as the "U.S. Army PFC Paul Ralph Bittinger Sr. Memorial Bridge." It directly affects the bridge located at coordinates (37.80392, -80.30595) on CR 036/03 over Can Creek, which is currently locally known as Can Creek Bridge. The resolution asks the Division of Highways to install signs identifying the bridge with this memorial name, honoring PFC Bittinger's WWII service and local ties.

Issues: ✓ Veterans

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

Mar 2025

House of Delegates Passage

Mar 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Mar 7, 2025 Last action Mar 29, 2025

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What changed between versions

Introduced Version → Committee Substitute · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill was revised from its introduced version to a committee substitute version, primarily updating the memorial bridge naming resolution with corrected historical details about the honoree. The changes include fixing the bridge name format, correcting the veteran's service description from 'World II' to 'World War II' with specific medals earned, and updating the Battle of Ardennes reference to the more accurate 'Battle of the Bulge'.

TECHNICAL

Corrected the bridge name format from 'U. S. Army PFC Paul Ralph Bittinger Sr.' to 'U.S. Army PFC Paul Ralph Bittinger, Sr.' with proper punctuation and comma placement.

Updated the veteran's service description to specify 'World War II' instead of 'World II' and replaced the generic 'European African Diddle Eastern Service Ribbon' with specific medals: Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, and World War II Victory Medal.

Changed the battle reference from 'Battle of Ardennes' to 'Battle of the Bulge' for historical accuracy.

Updated the committee reporting date from March 7, 2025 to March 20, 2025, and changed the committee status from 'Referred' to 'Reported'.

Floor votes · House of Delegates Mar 27, 2025

How they voted

95–0

Passed · 5 other

Total votes 100

Mar 27, 2025

D Democratic9

9 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican91

86 Yea 5

94% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Key actions

Committee

Mar 29, 2025

Introduced

Introduced in Senate

upper

Mar 27, 2025

Lower · Passed

Adopted by House (Roll No. 203)

lower

Mar 26, 2025

Lower · Passed

Be adopted

lower

Mar 24, 2025

Committee

To House Rules

lower

Mar 24, 2025

Lower · Passed

By substitute, be adopted

lower

Mar 7, 2025

Committee

To House Energy and Public Works

lower

Mar 7, 2025

Introduced

Introduced in House

lower

1 primary · 2 co-sponsors