Bill Text: WV SB637 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Prohibiting public disclosure of personal information on internet
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2024-02-21 - To House Judiciary [SB637 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2024-SB637-Introduced.html
WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE
2024 REGULAR SESSION
Introduced
Senate Bill 637
By Senator Taylor
[Introduced February 5, 2024; 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 §61-3C-14d, relating to prohibiting public disclosure of an individual's personal information on the internet in certain circumstances; defining terms; and providing penalties.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
ARTICLE 3C. WEST VIRGINIA COMPUTER CRIME AND ABUSE ACT.
§61-3C-14d. Prohibiting public disclosure of an individual's personal information on the internet in certain circumstances; penalties.
(a) For purposes of this section, "personal information" means home address, home telephone number, personal mobile telephone number, pager number, personal e-mail address, or a personal photograph or video of an individual; directions to an individual's home; or photographs or videos of an individual's home or personal vehicle.
(b) A person who knowingly, willfully, and intentionally makes the personal information of another publicly available on the internet:
(1) With the intent to threaten, intimidate, or incite the commission of a crime of violence against that person; or
(2) With the intent and knowledge that the personal information will be used to threaten, intimidate, or facilitate the commission of a crime of violence against that person is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $500 or confined in jail not more than six months, or both fined and confined. For a second or subsequent offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or confined in jail for not more than one year, or both fined and confined.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to prohibit the public disclosure of an individual's personal information on the internet in certain circumstances; and provide penalty for violation.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.
