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Bill
Relating to civil remedies for the unauthorized disclosure of intimate images.
Relating to civil remedies for the unauthorized disclosure of intimate images.
us/states/wv
West Virginia Legislature
2026
HB 4842
West Virginia HB 4842 (2026)
enacted
4
41
3
2026-01-27
2026-06-29
openstates
ocd-bill/fff935ef-0df9-4b27-92d1-5651749b4c97
https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4842&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill 0b3c15ee324f22eea6d23fed115436e6ff75a65f24f708bd794023dbbe49a590
2026-07-01
https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06
reported
West Virginia HB 4842 (2026) — Relating to civil remedies for the unauthorized disclosure of intimate images.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Engrossed Version (committee substitute) — source Enrolled Version (committee substitute) — source Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source hb4842 s jud am _1 3-9 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source
Votes
PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — 96– (pass) · lower
Passage — 34– (pass) · upper
PASSAGE — 96– (pass) · lower
Akers — primary (person)
Ferrell — cosponsor (person)
Flanigan — cosponsor (person)
Funkhouser — cosponsor (person)
Kimble — cosponsor (person)
Shamblin — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2026-01-27 Filed for introduction filing2026-01-27 To Judiciary referral-committee2026-01-27 Introduced in House introduction2026-01-27 To House Judiciary referral-committee2026-02-13 To House Legal Services referral-committee2026-02-13 Markup Discussion2026-02-16 To House Judiciary referral-committee2026-02-17 Markup Discussion2026-02-19 Do pass2026-02-20 On 1st reading, Special Calendar2026-02-20 Read 1st time reading-12026-02-23 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar2026-02-23 Read 2nd time reading-22026-02-24 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar2026-02-24 Read 3rd time reading-32026-02-24 Passed House (Roll No. 174) passage2026-02-24 Communicated to Senate2026-02-25 Introduced in Senate introduction2026-02-25 To Judiciary referral-committee2026-02-25 To Judiciary referral-committee2026-03-10 Reported do pass, with amendment committee-passage2026-03-10 Immediate consideration2026-03-10 Read 1st time reading-12026-03-11 On 2nd reading2026-03-11 Read 2nd time reading-22026-03-11 Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)2026-03-12 On 3rd reading2026-03-12 Read 3rd time reading-32026-03-12 Passed Senate (Roll No. 494) passage2026-03-12 Senate requests House to concur2026-03-14 House received Senate message2026-03-14 House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 674)2026-03-14 Communicated to Senate2026-03-14 Completed legislative action2026-03-14 House Message received2026-03-25 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-signature2026-06-29 Chapter 94, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01 ; origin ocd-bill/fff935ef-0df9-4b27-92d1-5651749b4c97. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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