SCR 16 West Virginia Senate · 2025 Regular Session

US Army SPC Johnny Long Memorial Bridge

SCR 16 is a commemorative resolution requesting the West Virginia Division of Highways name bridge number 11660 (located at 38.1177, -81.8426 on CR 119/93 Rock Creek Road over the Little Coal River in Boone County) as the "U.S. Army SPC Johnny Long Memorial Bridge." It honors Specialist Johnny Long, a Boone County native, coal miner, bridge construction worker, and decorated Vietnam War veteran who died in 2023. The resolution has no policy impact - it solely requests a permanent name change for a specific bridge to memorialize Long's life and service.
Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
House of Delegates Passage
Apr 2025
Governor
Introduced Mar 5, 2025 Last action Apr 4, 2025
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This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
18
Key actions
4
Committee
1
Apr 3, 2025
Lower · Passed
Adopted by House (Voice vote)
lower
Apr 2, 2025
Lower · Passed
Be adopted
lower
Mar 31, 2025
Committee
To House Rules
lower
Mar 31, 2025
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
Mar 29, 2025
Upper · Passed
Adopted by Senate (Voice vote)
upper
Mar 29, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported be adopted
upper
Mar 5, 2025
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
0 primary · 1 co-sponsor

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