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Introduced Version House Bill 4165 History

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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.

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