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type: "Bill"
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title: "Including digital and virtual information in the definition of property that can be searched and seized by a warrant"
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description: "Including digital and virtual information in the definition of property that can be searched and seized by a warrant"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
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legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "HB 2892"
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citation: "West Virginia HB 2892 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Crime"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Canestraro"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 44
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2020-01-08"
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last_action: "2020-04-15"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/24e21c50-5724-4d45-8304-c3d0c759cafe"
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source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2892&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
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source_hash: "1b62154f1f8f567cb0b0ff1c8bab62df29ce2e1eca8a9385ecb29432c5f47d2c"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wv"]
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---
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# West Virginia HB 2892 (2020) — Including digital and virtual information in the definition of property that can be searched and seized by a warrant
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2892%20SUB.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=2892)
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2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2892%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=2892)
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3. **HB2892 S JUD AM _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/HB2892 S JUD AM _1 adopted.htm)
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4. **HB2892 S JUD AMT _1 2-29 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/HB2892 S JUD AMT _1 2-29 adopted.htm)
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5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2892%20intr.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=2892)
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## Votes
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- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **92–4** (pass) · lower
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- PASSAGE — **99–1** (pass) · lower
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- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **95–4** (pass) · lower
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- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Canestraro — primary (person)
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- Brown, N. — cosponsor (person)
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- Fast — cosponsor (person)
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- Kelly, D. — cosponsor (person)
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- Miller — cosponsor (person)
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- Steele — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-08** Filed for introduction `filing`
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- **2020-01-08** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-08** Introduced in House `introduction`
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- **2020-01-08** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-30** By substitute, do pass
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- **2020-01-31** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
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- **2020-01-31** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-03** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2020-02-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-04** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2020-02-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-04** Passed House (Roll No. 82) `passage`
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- **2020-02-04** Communicated to Senate
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- **2020-02-05** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
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- **2020-02-05** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-05** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2020-03-02** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
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- **2020-03-02** Immediate consideration
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- **2020-03-02** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2020-03-03** On 2nd reading
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- **2020-03-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2020-03-03** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
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- **2020-03-04** On 3rd reading
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- **2020-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2020-03-04** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 423) `passage`
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- **2020-03-04** Effective from passage (Roll No. 423)
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- **2020-03-04** Senate requests House to concur
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- **2020-03-06** House received Senate message
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- **2020-03-06** House concurred in Senate amend with amend, passed bill (Roll No. 623)
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- **2020-03-06** House further considered bill
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- **2020-03-06** Effective from passage (Roll No. 630)
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- **2020-03-06** Communicated to Senate
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- **2020-03-07** House Message received
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- **2020-03-07** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 618)
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- **2020-03-07** Effective from passage (Roll No. 618)
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- **2020-03-07** Communicated to House
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- **2020-03-07** Completed legislative action
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- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/19/20 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/19/20 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2020-03-19** To Governor 3/19/20 `executive-receipt`
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- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/24/20 - House Journal
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- **2020-03-24** Approved by Governor 3/24/20 `executive-signature`
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- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/24/20 - Senate Journal
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- **2020-04-15** Chapter 99, Acts, Regular Session, 2020
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/24e21c50-5724-4d45-8304-c3d0c759cafe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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