---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the West Virginia Task Force on Artificial Intelligence"
description: "Relating to the West Virginia Task Force on Artificial Intelligence"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 3187"
citation: "West Virginia HB 3187 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Finance and Administration"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cannon, J."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-06"
last_action: "2025-07-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/75806cdb-f6f9-4470-84db-bac6fc5eba09"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=3187&year=2025&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "4f41403a25f52053e42fa051f9dd6ced115d319e1a7c6f3d20ce7b2dc7f9715f"
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 3187 (2025) — Relating to the West Virginia Task Force on Artificial Intelligence

## Version chain

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

1. **Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3187%20eng.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=3187)
2. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3187%20enr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=3187)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3187%20intr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=3187)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cannon, J. — primary (person)
- Hanshaw — cosponsor (person)
- Holstein — cosponsor (person)
- Hornby — cosponsor (person)
- Kimble — cosponsor (person)
- Linville — cosponsor (person)
- Maynor — cosponsor (person)
- Riley — cosponsor (person)
- Rohrbach — cosponsor (person)
- Young — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-06** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-03-06** To Energy and Public Works
- **2025-03-06** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2025-03-06** To House Energy and Public Works `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-14** Markup Discussion
- **2025-03-18** Do pass
- **2025-03-19** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2025-03-19** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2025-03-20** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2025-03-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-03-21** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2025-03-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-03-21** Passed House (Roll No. 145) `passage`
- **2025-03-21** Communicated to Senate
- **2025-03-24** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2025-03-24** To Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-24** To Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-08** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-08** Immediate consideration
- **2025-04-08** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2025-04-09** On 2nd reading
- **2025-04-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-10** On 3rd reading
- **2025-04-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-10** Passed Senate (Roll No. 442) `passage`
- **2025-04-10** Communicated to House
- **2025-04-10** Completed legislative action
- **2025-04-21** To Governor 4/21/2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-12** To Governor 4/21/2025 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-12** To Governor 4/21/2025 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-25** Approved by Governor 4/25/2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-12** Approved by Governor 4/25/2025 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-12** Approved by Governor 4/25/2025 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2025-07-31** Chapter 38, Acts, Regular Session, 2025 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/75806cdb-f6f9-4470-84db-bac6fc5eba09`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).