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WV SB663
Bill
Status
3/31/2025
Primary Sponsor
Mike Azinger
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AI Summary
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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
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Protects businesses that decline to provide abortion assistance or gender transition services to employees from being denied financial services on that basis
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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
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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
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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