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Require certain websites to utilize age verification methods to prevent minors from accessing content
Require certain websites to utilize age verification methods to prevent minors from accessing content
us/states/wv
West Virginia Legislature
2026
HB 4412
West Virginia HB 4412 (2026)
enacted
7
42
3
2026-01-16
2026-04-01
openstates
ocd-bill/2d41ced9-7744-46a6-a5d1-32b143056251
https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4412&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill 22b15795ecd0f80f99fbb2496ae4adb85c9cfa49558b37f23845fbf11a2028c8
2026-07-01
https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06
reported
West Virginia HB 4412 (2026) — Require certain websites to utilize age verification methods to prevent minors from accessing content
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source Engrossed Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source Enrolled Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source hb4412 hfa mcgeehan 3-11 _1 reformed adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source hb4412 s jud am _1 3-4 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source hb4412 s jud amt _1 3-4 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source
Votes
PASSAGE — 94– (pass) · lower
PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — 96– (pass) · lower
Passage — 34– (pass) · upper
Chiarelli — primary (person)
Funkhouser — cosponsor (person)
Heckert — cosponsor (person)
Pinson — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2026-01-16 Filed for introduction filing2026-01-16 To Judiciary referral-committee2026-01-16 Introduced in House introduction2026-01-16 To House Judiciary referral-committee2026-01-22 To House Courts referral-committee2026-01-22 Markup Discussion2026-01-23 To House Judiciary referral-committee2026-01-27 Markup Discussion2026-02-09 By substitute, do pass2026-02-10 On 1st reading, Special Calendar2026-02-10 Read 1st time reading-12026-02-11 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar2026-02-11 Read 2nd time reading-22026-02-12 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar2026-02-12 Read 3rd time reading-32026-02-12 Passed House (Roll No. 81) passage2026-02-12 Communicated to Senate2026-02-13 Introduced in Senate introduction2026-02-13 To Judiciary referral-committee2026-02-13 To Judiciary referral-committee2026-03-05 Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment committee-passage2026-03-06 On 1st reading2026-03-06 Read 1st time reading-12026-03-09 On 2nd reading2026-03-09 Read 2nd time reading-22026-03-09 Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)2026-03-10 On 3rd reading2026-03-10 Read 3rd time reading-32026-03-10 Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 397) passage2026-03-10 Senate requests House to concur2026-03-14 House received Senate message2026-03-14 House concurred in Senate amend with amend, passed bill (Roll No. 599)2026-03-14 Communicated to Senate2026-03-14 House Message received2026-03-14 Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 685)2026-03-14 Communicated to House2026-03-14 Completed legislative action2026-03-25 To Governor 3/25/2026 executive-receipt2026-03-14 To Governor 3/25/2026 - Senate Journal executive-receipt2026-03-14 Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - Senate Journal executive-signature2026-03-14 Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - House Journal executive-signature2026-04-01 Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01 ; origin ocd-bill/2d41ced9-7744-46a6-a5d1-32b143056251. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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