West Virginia House Bill 2386

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 11-0)
Status: Introduced on February 14 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-02-18 - To House Courts
Pending: House Courts Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

The purpose of this bill is to warrantless entry of private lands; limitations of entry onto private lands; clarifying the process for law enforcement entry onto posted private lands; use of surveillance cameras on or near posted private lands; searches and seizures on private lands; requiring a search warrant or other recognized exception for searches and seizures in open fields; providing a definition; providing for abolishing the common law open fields doctrine; prohibiting surveillance cameras on private property; and providing exceptions.

Relating to the prohibition of warrantless searches and seizures.

Del. Chuck Horst [R]	Del. Lisa White [R]	Del. Ian Masters [R]	Del. Kathie Crouse [R]
Del. Margitta Mazzocchi [R]	Del. Laura Kimble [R]	Del. Dean Jeffries [R]	Del. Jordan Maynor [R]
Del. Joe Funkhouser [R]	Del. Michael Hornby [R]	Del. Evan Worrell [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-02-18	House	To House Courts
2025-02-14	House	To House Judiciary
2025-02-14	House	Introduced in House
2025-02-14	House	To Judiciary
2025-02-14	House	Filed for introduction

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
20	1	7	Amended Code	Citation Text
20	7	4	Amended Code	Citation Text
62	1A	12	New Code	See Bill Text
62	1A	13	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2386&year=2025&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill
Text	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2386%20intr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=2386