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WV HB3378

Bill

Status

Introduced

3/14/2025

Primary Sponsor

Scot Heckert

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Origin

House of Delegates

2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Establishes that West Virginia legislators have a reasonable expectation of privacy within their private offices in the State Capitol or other official legislative spaces

  • Prohibits any person—including staff, visitors, journalists, or third parties—from video recording, audio recording, or intercepting communications in a legislator's private office without the legislator's prior consent

  • Bans secretly installing or operating any recording or surveillance device in legislative offices without the legislator's express written consent, and prohibits disclosing unlawfully obtained recordings

  • Exempts Capitol security measures, recordings made with written legislator consent, and lawfully authorized wiretaps conducted under valid court orders or search warrants

  • Violations constitute a felony punishable by up to 5 years imprisonment, a fine up to $10,000, or both

Legislative Description

Two party consent for legislative offices

Legislature

Last Action

To House Judiciary

3/14/2025

Committee Referrals

Judiciary3/14/2025

Full Bill Text

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