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type: "Bill"
title: "To make changes to the FOIA law to protect public utility customer databases from disclosure, with exceptions"
description: "To make changes to the FOIA law to protect public utility customer databases from disclosure, with exceptions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 2884"
citation: "West Virginia HB 2884 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Actions", "Suits and Liens", "Records and Papers", "Utilities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Conley"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-03"
last_action: "2021-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a069ce6d-3dec-4e72-9d51-3ba882a175c3"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2884&year=2021&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "658b6076b5dd1233d47e5bae8ef1c50a7dd402327c634c7b7a2e3af3742f2765"
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 2884 (2021) — To make changes to the FOIA law to protect public utility customer databases from disclosure, with exceptions
## 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=HB2884%20SUB.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2884)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2884%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2884)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2884%20INTR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2884)
## Votes
- Passage — **00** (fail) · upper
## Sponsors
- Conley — primary (person)
- Barnhart — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Mallow — cosponsor (person)
- Miller — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-03-03** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2021-03-03** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2021-03-03** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-26** By substitute, do pass
- **2021-03-29** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-29** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-03-30** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-30** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-31** On 3rd reading with right to amend, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-31** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-03-31** Passed House (Roll No. 355) `passage`
- **2021-03-31** Communicated to Senate
- **2021-04-01** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-01** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-01** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-06** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-07** On 1st reading
- **2021-04-07** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-04-08** On 2nd reading
- **2021-04-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-09** On 3rd reading
- **2021-04-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-09** Passed Senate (Roll No. 413) `passage`
- **2021-04-09** Communicated to House
- **2021-04-09** Completed legislative action
- **2021-04-10** To Governor 4/22/21 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-22** To Governor 4/22/21 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-10** To Governor 4/22/21 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/26/21 - Senate Journal
- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/26/21 - House Journal
- **2021-04-26** Approved by Governor 4/26/21 `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-20** Chapter 121, 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/a069ce6d-3dec-4e72-9d51-3ba882a175c3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).