WEST virginia Legislature
2018 regular session
Introduced
House Bill 4165
By Delegates Moye, Paynter, Butler, E. Evans, Fast, R. Miller, Kessinger, and Frich
[Introduced January 17,
2018; Referred
to the Committee on the Judiciary.]
A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §21-3-23, relating to prohibiting employers from requiring employees to have certain electronic devices implanted in or permanently attached to his or her body; and providing criminal penalties for violators.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
ARTICLE 3. SAFETY AND WELFARE OF EMPLOYEES.
§21-3-23. Prohibiting employers from requiring microchips or electronic devices being implanted.
(a) No employer may require a person to have a microchip or other electronic device implanted in or permanently attached to the person’s body as a condition of employment.
(b) Any employer or agent thereof who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined $500 for the first offense. An employer or agent thereof convicted a second time under this provision shall be fined $1,000. For the third and any subsequent offense, the penalty is $2,000.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to prohibit employers from requiring, as a condition of employment, the implanting of a microchip or other electronic device in or permanently attached to the body of the employee.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.