---
type: "Bill"
title: "Creating the West Virginia Cybersecurity Office"
description: "Creating the West Virginia Cybersecurity Office"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 2452"
citation: "West Virginia HB 2452 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Governor -- Bills Requested By"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hanshaw"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 45
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-16"
last_action: "2019-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e3cfa1f5-7101-4d2f-8a00-f694a44f77d1"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2452&year=2019&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "d1384fbccf6d8f125fead56985b3bea4aa5f81daaeaff84e9b6e1d44d0df3071"
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 HB 2452 (2019) — Creating the West Virginia Cybersecurity Office

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2452%20SUB.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=2452)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2452%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=2452)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2452%20intr.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=2452)

## Votes

- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **96–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hanshaw — primary (person)
- Miley — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-01-16** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2019-01-16** To Technology and Infrastructure then Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-16** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2019-01-16** To House Technology and Infrastructure `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-30** With amendment, do pass, but first to Government Organization `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-30** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-01** With amendment, do pass, but first to Finance `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-01** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-19** By substitute, do pass
- **2019-02-20** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-02-20** Placed on House Calender
- **2019-02-21** On 1st reading, House Calendar
- **2019-02-21** Placed on Special Calender
- **2019-02-21** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-02-21** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-22** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-02-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-25** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-02-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-25** Passed House (Roll No. 282) `passage`
- **2019-02-25** Communicated to Senate
- **2019-02-26** House Message received
- **2019-02-26** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-02-26** To Government Organization then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-26** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-01** Reported do pass, but first to Finance `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-01** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-04** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-05** On 1st reading
- **2019-03-05** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-03-06** On 2nd reading
- **2019-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-07** On 3rd reading
- **2019-03-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-03-07** Passed Senate (Roll No. 395) `passage`
- **2019-03-07** Communicated to House
- **2019-03-07** Completed legislative action
- **2019-03-07** House received Senate message
- **2019-03-09** To Governor 3/18/19 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-18** To Governor 3/18/19 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-09** To Governor 3/18/19 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/25/19 - House Journal
- **2019-03-25** Approved by Governor 3/25/19 `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/25/19 - Senate Journal
- **2019-04-11** Chapter 123, Acts, Regular Session, 2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e3cfa1f5-7101-4d2f-8a00-f694a44f77d1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).