---
type: "Bill"
title: "Limiting release of certain personal information maintained by state agencies"
description: "Limiting release of certain personal information maintained by state agencies"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 470"
citation: "West Virginia SB 470 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crime"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Woelfel"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 49
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-26"
last_action: "2021-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/14bbe8fb-7425-45a3-8bb7-e2b527a08927"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=470&year=2021&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "5fd0165f54f07486ac069486fd4a29125bfb4d3715912050c4a303c0b31810bb"
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 470 (2021) — Limiting release of certain personal information maintained by state agencies

## 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=SB470%20SUB1.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=470)
2. **Committee Substitute for the Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB470%20SUB2.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=470)
3. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB470%20SUB2%20ENR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=470)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB470%20INTR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=470)
5. **SB470 H JUD AM _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/com_amends/SB470 H JUD AM _1 adopted.htm)
6. **SB470 H JUD AM _2 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/com_amends/SB470 H JUD AM _2 adopted.htm)
7. **SB470 HFA CAPITO 4-8 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/SB470 HFA CAPITO 4-8 _1 adopted.htm)
8. **SB470 SFA TAKUBO 4-10 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/SB470 SFA TAKUBO 4-10 _1 adopted.htm)
9. **SB470 SFAT TAKUBO 4-10 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/SB470 SFAT TAKUBO 4-10 adopted.htm)
10. **SB470 SFAT TRUMP 3-29 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/SB470 SFAT TRUMP 3-29 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Woelfel — primary (person)
- Caputo — cosponsor (person)
- Ihlenfeld — cosponsor (person)
- Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
- Romano — cosponsor (person)
- Rucker — cosponsor (person)
- Woodrum — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-26** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2021-02-26** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-26** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-02-26** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** Committee substitute reported, but first to Judiciary
- **2021-03-24** Referred to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-27** Committee substitute for committee substitute reported
- **2021-03-27** Immediate consideration
- **2021-03-27** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-03-29** On 2nd reading
- **2021-03-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-30** On 3rd reading
- **2021-03-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-03-30** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 242) `passage`
- **2021-03-30** Ordered to House
- **2021-03-31** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2021-03-31** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-06** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-07** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-04-07** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-04-08** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-04-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-08** Amendment pending
- **2021-04-09** On 3rd reading with right to amend, Special Calendar
- **2021-04-09** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2021-04-09** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2021-04-09** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2021-04-09** Amendment withdrawn (Voice vote)
- **2021-04-09** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2021-04-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-09** Passed House (Roll No. 550) `passage`
- **2021-04-09** Communicated to Senate
- **2021-04-10** House Message received
- **2021-04-10** Senate amends House amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 464)
- **2021-04-10** Senate requests House to concur
- **2021-04-10** House received Senate message
- **2021-04-10** House concurred in Senate amendment (Roll No. 639)
- **2021-04-10** Passed House (Roll No. 640) `passage`
- **2021-04-10** Communicated to Senate
- **2021-04-10** Completed legislative action
- **2021-04-10** House Message received
- **2021-04-16** To Governor 4/16/21 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-10** To Governor 4/16/21 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-10** To Governor 4/16/21 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-28** Approved by Governor 4/28/21 `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/28/21 - Senate Journal
- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/28/21 - House Journal
- **2021-05-24** Chapter 208, Acts, Regular Session, 2021

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/14bbe8fb-7425-45a3-8bb7-e2b527a08927`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).