---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibiting law-enforcement agencies from posting booking photographs of certain criminal defendants on social media"
description: "Prohibiting law-enforcement agencies from posting booking photographs of certain criminal defendants on social media"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 558"
citation: "West Virginia SB 558 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crime"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Weld"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 39
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-03"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a9b98361-c3d1-4ef9-897c-09982967ddf2"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=558&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "ff5beed18ba05c261151ad79e6074f5e5b9757a679f8cae9ddedab19798f3089"
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 558 (2023) — Prohibiting law-enforcement agencies from posting booking photographs of certain criminal defendants on social media

## 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=sb558%20sub1.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=558)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb558%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=558)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb558%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=558)
4. **sb558 h jud am _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/sb558 h jud am _1 adopted.htm)
5. **sb558 hfat capito 3-6 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/sb558 hfat capito 3-6 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Weld — primary (person)
- Woelfel — cosponsor (person)
- Woodrum — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-03** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-02-03** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-03** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-02-03** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22** Committee substitute reported
- **2023-02-23** On 1st reading
- **2023-02-23** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-24** On 2nd reading
- **2023-02-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-25** On 3rd reading
- **2023-02-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-25** Passed Senate (Roll No. 272) `passage`
- **2023-02-25** Ordered to House
- **2023-02-27** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-02-27** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-27** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-04** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-06** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-03-07** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-07** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-03-08** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-08** Passed House (Roll No. 559) `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-03-08** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-03-09** House Message received
- **2023-03-09** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 483)
- **2023-03-09** Communicated to House
- **2023-03-09** Completed legislative action
- **2023-03-11** House received Senate message
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/13/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-13** To Governor 3/13/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/13/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-29** Approved by Governor 3/29/23 `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/23 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 108, 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/a9b98361-c3d1-4ef9-897c-09982967ddf2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).