---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibiting public disclosure of personal information on internet"
description: "Prohibiting public disclosure of personal information on internet"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 477"
citation: "West Virginia SB 477 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crime"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Maroney"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-17"
last_action: "2024-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/12729950-2f31-4a5a-9275-a2b2cba36d47"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=477&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "60de45fa4e3b21c48f9f1db1e3bc699a94d50282ac76d12b63ddacbd33ce790d"
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 477 (2024) — Prohibiting public disclosure of personal information on internet

## 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=sb477%20sub1.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=477)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb477%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=477)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb477%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=477)

## Votes

- COMMIT TO GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION — **6–89** (fail) · lower
- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **93–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Maroney — primary (person)
- Deeds — cosponsor (person)
- Takubo — cosponsor (person)
- Woelfel — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-17** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-17** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-17** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-01-17** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-26** Committee substitute reported
- **2024-01-29** On 1st reading
- **2024-01-29** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-01-30** On 2nd reading
- **2024-01-30** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-01-31** On 3rd reading
- **2024-01-31** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-01-31** Passed Senate (Roll No. 83) `passage`
- **2024-01-31** Ordered to House
- **2024-02-01** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-02-01** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-01** Do pass
- **2024-03-04** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-03-04** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-03-05** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-05** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2024-03-05** Amendment rejected (Voice vote) `amendment-failure`
- **2024-03-06** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-06** Motion to commit to Government Organization rejected (Roll No. 500)
- **2024-03-06** Passed House (Roll No. 501) `passage`
- **2024-03-06** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-03-06** Completed legislative action
- **2024-03-07** House Message received
- **2024-03-11** To Governor 3/11/2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/11/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/11/2024 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/2024 `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/27/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/27/24 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-23** Chapter 213, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/12729950-2f31-4a5a-9275-a2b2cba36d47`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).