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WV SB663

Bill

Status

Engrossed

3/31/2025

Primary Sponsor

Mike Azinger

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Origin

Senate

2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Prohibits financial institutions with $100 billion+ in assets (or payment processors handling $100 billion+ annually) from denying, limiting, or terminating financial services based on a customer's exercise of constitutional rights, lawful commercial activity, refusal to adopt greenhouse gas emissions targets, or refusal to conduct diversity audits or quotas

  • Protects businesses that decline to provide abortion assistance or gender transition services to employees from being denied financial services on that basis

  • Requires financial institutions to respond in writing within 30 days when a customer requests an explanation for denied, limited, or terminated services, disclosing the objective, risk-based factors and legal authorities relied upon

  • Allows individuals who suffer financial losses from violations to sue for actual damages or $10,000 per violation (whichever is greater), plus injunctive relief; also authorizes Attorney General enforcement under existing consumer protection remedies

  • Provides for recovery of attorney fees and litigation costs by prevailing plaintiffs, with a two-year statute of limitations for filing claims

Legislative Description

Creating Fair Access to Financial Services Act

Banking and Finance

Last Action

To House Judiciary

4/1/2025

Committee Referrals

Judiciary4/1/2025
Judiciary3/13/2025
Banking and Insurance3/4/2025

Full Bill Text

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