WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE
2024 REGULAR SESSION
Introduced
House Bill 5571
By Delegate Coop-Gonzalez
[Introduced February 12, 2024; 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 §62-1A-12, relating to requiring a warrant to access video surveillance in private business or other facilities.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a law-enforcement agency may not obtain, access to a video surveillance, regardless of the purpose, without a warrant, which:
(1) Is funded by a federal entity; or
(2) Has facial recognition capabilities; or
(3) Has an individual's location and stores that data.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require a warrant to access video surveillance in private business or other facilities.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.