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WV HB4831

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/26/2026

Primary Sponsor

Elliott Pritt

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Origin

House of Delegates

2026 Regular Session

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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