West Virginia House Bill 3187 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 11-0)
Status: Introduced on January 31 2023 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-02-06 - To House Judiciary
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

The purpose of this bill is to modify the requirements imposed on social media companies to prevent corruption and provide transparency of election-related content made available on social media websites. The bill provides equal opportunities for all candidates and political parties to speak without policy or partisan-based censorship. Finally, the bill upholds the integrity of elections by ensuring election-related content hosted, posted, and made available on social media websites is not monetized or otherwise used or manipulated for nefarious purposes.

Relating to requirements imposed on social media companies to prevent corruption and provide transparency of election-related content made available on social media websites

Del. Daniel Linville [R]	Del. Geno Chiarelli [R]	Del. Riley Keaton [R]	Del. Jarred Cannon [R]
Del. Dana Ferrell [R]	Del. Kathie Crouse [R]	Del. Evan Worrell [R]	Del. Chuck Horst [R]
Del. Jimmy Willis [R]	Del. Debbie Warner [R]	Del. Josh Holstein [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-02-06	House	To House Judiciary
2023-02-06	House	With amendment, do pass, but first to Judiciary
2023-01-31	House	To House Technology and Infrastructure
2023-01-31	House	Introduced in House
2023-01-31	House	To Technology and Infrastructure then Judiciary
2023-01-31	House	Filed for introduction

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
3	8	12a	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=3187&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill
Text	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3187%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3187
Amendment	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/hb3187%20h%20t_i%20am%20_1.htm