2026 Regular Session
Link to Bill History on Legacy Website (Click Here)Summary: To require motorists traveling 10 mph or more below the speed limit to activate hazard lights.
PDF: hb4728 intr.pdf
DOCX: HB4728 INTR.docx
WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE
2026 REGULAR SESSION
Introduced
House Bill 4728
By Delegate Sheedy
[Introduced January 22, 2026; referred to the Committee on Energy and Public Works]
A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding a new section, designated §17C-6-12, relating to requiring the use of hazard lights on highways when traveling more than 10 miles below the speed limit.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
article 6. Speed restrictions.
§17C-6-12. Traveling more than 10 miles below the speed limit.
In the event that a driver is operating a vehicle more than 10 miles below the posted speed limit on any interstate or state highway, the hazard lights must on.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require the use of hazard lights on cars when the automobile is traveling at more than ten miles below the posted speed limit.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.