---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prevent the use of payment card processing systems for surveillance of Second Amendment activity and discriminatory conduct"
description: "Prevent the use of payment card processing systems for surveillance of Second Amendment activity and discriminatory conduct"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 2004"
citation: "West Virginia HB 2004 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Consumer Protection"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Phillips"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 39
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-12"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/674eed42-e4e5-423a-98da-515f2b6ff7c4"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2004&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "10d38d3ec1bf84ebbdc164399457725b5895e2a5d2526c58ac8698f54186e4bd"
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 2004 (2023) — Prevent the use of payment card processing systems for surveillance of Second Amendment activity and discriminatory conduct

## 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=hb2004%20sub.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=2004)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2004%20sub%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=2004)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2004%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=2004)
4. **hb2004 s jud am _1 3-3 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/hb2004 s jud am _1 3-3 adopted.htm)
5. **hb2004 s jud amt _1 3-3 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/hb2004 s jud amt _1 3-3 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Phillips — primary (person)
- Cannon — cosponsor (person)
- Espinosa — cosponsor (person)
- Hall, A. — cosponsor (person)
- Holstein — cosponsor (person)
- Kimble — cosponsor (person)
- Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Nestor — cosponsor (person)
- Sheedy — cosponsor (person)
- Willis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-12** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-12** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-12** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-01-12** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-31** By substitute, do pass
- **2023-02-01** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-01** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-02** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-03** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-03** Passed House (Roll No. 70) `passage`
- **2023-02-03** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-02-06** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-02-06** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-06** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-06** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-06** Immediate consideration
- **2023-03-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-03-07** On 2nd reading
- **2023-03-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-07** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-03-08** On 3rd reading
- **2023-03-08** Laid over on 3rd reading 3/8/2023
- **2023-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-09** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 449) `passage`
- **2023-03-09** Senate requests House to concur
- **2023-03-10** House received Senate message
- **2023-03-10** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 625)
- **2023-03-10** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-03-10** Completed legislative action
- **2023-03-11** House Message received
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/22/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/22/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-22** To Governor 3/22/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-29** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 156, Acts, Regular Session, 2023 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/674eed42-e4e5-423a-98da-515f2b6ff7c4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).