West Virginia House Bill 5226

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 26 2024 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2024-01-31 - To House Judiciary
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

The purpose of this bill is to protect minors on social media and other Internet uses, listing requirements for social media usage, prohibit data collection on certain accounts, prohibit certain advertising, redirection of accounts, prohibit certain directed content, provide for parental access to social media of minors, limit access of accounts for minors and grant parental access and options, provide for investigative and enforcement powers to the Attorney General for violations, and provide for private rights of action.

Child Social Media Protection Bill

Del. Wayne Clark [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-01-31	House	To House Judiciary
2024-01-31	House	Do pass, but first to Judiciary
2024-01-26	House	To House Technology and Infrastructure
2024-01-26	House	Introduced in House
2024-01-26	House	To Technology and Infrastructure then Judiciary
2024-01-26	House	Filed for introduction

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
49A	1	101	Amended Code	Citation Text
49A	1	102	Amended Code	Citation Text
49A	1	103	Amended Code	Citation Text
49A	1	104	Amended Code	Citation Text
49A	1	105	Amended Code	Citation Text
49A	1	106	Amended Code	Citation Text
49A	2	201	Amended Code	Citation Text
49A	3	301	Amended Code	Citation Text
49A	4	401	Amended Code	Citation Text
49A	5	501	Amended Code	Citation Text
49A	6	601	Amended Code	Citation Text
49A	7	701	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=5226&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill
Text	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5226%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=5226