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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Prohibiting law enforcement from placing surveillance cameras on private property"
+description: "Prohibiting law enforcement from placing surveillance cameras on private property"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SB 84"
+citation: "West Virginia SB 84 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Public Safety"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Thorne"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 40
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2026-01-14"
+last_action: "2026-06-25"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3277aa92-fbb4-4334-b5a6-ca9e2ce6eb91"
+source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=84&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "2130258dd3949d8d34ab6726f7b34109b6017d140941422f45a2215f722f3bf4"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wv"]
+---
+
+# West Virginia SB 84 (2026) — Prohibiting law enforcement from placing surveillance cameras on private property
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb84%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=84)
+2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb84%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=84)
+3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb84%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=84)
+4. **sb84 h jud am _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/com_amends/sb84%20h%20jud%20am%20_1%20adopted.htm)
+5. **sb84 hfat akers 2-25 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/sb84%20hfat%20akers%202-25%20adopted.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- POSTPONE ACTION 1 DAY — **30–62** (fail) · lower
+- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
+- PASSAGE — **93–0** (pass) · lower
+- HFA HORST. ANDERS & DILLON 2-23 #2 — **11–81** (fail) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Thorne — primary (person)
+- Hart — cosponsor (person)
+- Rose — cosponsor (person)
+- Rucker — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-14** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2026-01-14** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-14** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2026-01-14** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-23** Committee substitute reported
+- **2026-01-26** On 1st reading
+- **2026-01-27** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2026-01-28** On 2nd reading
+- **2026-01-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2026-01-29** On 3rd reading
+- **2026-01-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2026-01-29** Passed Senate (Roll No. 18) `passage`
+- **2026-01-29** Ordered to House
+- **2026-01-30** House received Senate message
+- **2026-01-30** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2026-01-30** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-30** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-19** Markup Discussion
+- **2026-02-23** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
+- **2026-02-24** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-02-24** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2026-02-25** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-02-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-25** Amendment reported by the Clerk
+- **2026-02-25** Postpone one day rejected (Roll No. 194)
+- **2026-02-25** Amendment rejected (Roll No. 195) `amendment-failure`
+- **2026-02-25** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2026-02-26** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-02-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2026-02-26** Passed House (Roll No. 196) `passage`
+- **2026-02-26** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2026-02-26** Communicated to Senate
+- **2026-03-06** House Message received
+- **2026-03-06** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 360)
+- **2026-03-06** Communicated to House
+- **2026-03-06** Completed legislative action
+- **2026-03-09** House received Senate message
+- **2026-03-09** To Governor 3/9/2026 `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/14/2026 `executive-signature`
+- **2026-06-25** Chapter 200, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3277aa92-fbb4-4334-b5a6-ca9e2ce6eb91`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+