West Virginia legislation · 2025 Regular Session
West Virginia HCR37: CPT Ray Leslie Memorial Bridge
Status: Passed both chambers, April 2, 2025
What the bill says
From the engrossed text, March 10, 2025:
Committee Substitute for HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 37 (By Delegates Hanshaw (Mr. Speaker) and D. Smith) [Originating in the Committee on Energy and Public Works; Reported on March 10, 2025] Requesting the Division of Highways name bridge number 50-064/00-001.75 carrying Interstate 64 over Broad Hollow Road in Wayne County, the "U.S. Army Captain Ray Leslie Memorial Bridge." Whereas, Ray Leslie was born on December 7, 1922, in Boyd County, Kentucky, and was the son of Wade Hampton Leslie and Hattie James Leslie; and Whereas, Ray Leslie was drafted as a Private in the U.S. Army in April, 1943; and Whereas, Private Leslie successfully completed Basic Training at Camp Haan, California, was promoted to the rank of Sergeant, and was assigned to the 120th Mobile Anti-Aircraft Gun Battalion; and Whereas, Sergeant Leslie was shipped from the United States to Camp Blandford, England aboard the Queen Mary in late November 1943 in preparation of the Allied Forces impending invasion of Fortress Europe; and Whereas, on June 10, 1944, Sergeant Leslie landed on Utah Beach as part of the Fourth Infantry Division and was immediately ordered into combat to seize the French town of St. Lo; and Whereas, in August 1944, Sergeant Leslie received a battlefield commission as a Second Lieutenant and was transferred to 317th Infantry Regiment, 80th Infantry Division (The Blue Ridgers), …
Sponsors
- Hanshaw, Roger (R, 062) · primary sponsor
- Smith, Doug (R, 039)
Votes
- Adopted by House (Roll No. 99) (March 18, 2025): 98 yea, 0 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is HCR37?
- HCR37 is a bill in the West Virginia Legislature (2025 Regular Session): CPT Ray Leslie Memorial Bridge.
- What is the status of HCR37?
- Passed both chambers as of April 2, 2025.
- Who sponsored HCR37?
- Hanshaw, Roger (R, 062), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for HCR37?
- On the West Virginia Legislature website: http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Resolution_History.cfm?year=2025&sessiontype=RS&input4=37&billtype=CR&houseorig=H&btype=res
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