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WV HB4831
Bill
Status
Introduced
1/26/2026
Primary Sponsor
Elliott Pritt
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AI Summary
- Defines "lewd public content" as advertising featuring adult entertainment venues, images of people in states of undress, or sexually explicit language including words like "nudity"
- Prohibits outdoor advertising containing lewd public content anywhere in West Virginia on signs adjacent to state roads
- References existing state code defining adult entertainment and exotic entertainment venues (§7-1-3jj) for enforcement purposes
- Adds the lewd content prohibition as restriction #15 to the existing list of outdoor advertising regulations, which already ban rapidly moving signs, traffic sign imitations, and signs near churches, schools, and parks
- Introduced January 26, 2026 by Delegates E. Pritt, Green, Brooks, and Dillon; referred to the House Judiciary Committee
Legislative Description
To regulate outdoor advertisements
Municipalities
Last Action
To House Judiciary
1/26/2026
Committee Referrals
Judiciary1/26/2026
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