West Virginia House Bill 3498 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: Introduced on February 14 2023 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-02-20 - To House Finance
Pending: House Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

The purpose of this bill is to all create the Consumer Data Protection Act. The bill establishes a framework for controlling and processing personal data in the state. The bill creates definitions. The bill limits application to all persons that conduct business in the state and either control or process personal data of at least 100,000 consumers or derive over 50 percent of gross revenue from the sale of personal data and control or process personal data of at least 25,000 consumers. The bill provides for exemptions. The bill delineates responsibilities and privacy protection standards for data controllers and processors. The bill clarifies standards do not apply to state or local governmental entities. The bill provides exceptions for certain types of data and information governed by federal law. The bill provides that consumers have rights to access, correct, delete, obtain a copy of personal data, and to opt out of the processing of personal data for the purposes of targeted advertising. The bill provides that the Attorney General has exclusive authority to enforce violations of the law. The bill provides for assistance of the Attorney General in obtaining relief. The bill establishes the Consumer Privacy Fund to support this effort. Finally, the bill provides for construction and an effective date.

Relating to the Consumer Data Protection Act and establishing a framework for controlling and processing personal data in the State

Del. Daniel Linville [R]	Del. Jarred Cannon [R]	Del. Tom Fast [R]	Del. Kayla Young [D]
Del. Riley Keaton [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-02-20	House	To House Finance
2023-02-20	House	Do pass, but first to Finance
2023-02-14	House	To House Technology and Infrastructure
2023-02-14	House	Introduced in House
2023-02-14	House	To Technology and Infrastructure then Finance
2023-02-14	House	Filed for introduction

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
46A	6O	1	New Code	See Bill Text
46A	6O	10	New Code	See Bill Text
46A	6O	11	New Code	See Bill Text
46A	6O	12	New Code	See Bill Text
46A	6O	13	New Code	See Bill Text
46A	6O	2	New Code	See Bill Text
46A	6O	3	New Code	See Bill Text
46A	6O	4	New Code	See Bill Text
46A	6O	5	New Code	See Bill Text
46A	6O	6	New Code	See Bill Text
46A	6O	7	New Code	See Bill Text
46A	6O	8	New Code	See Bill Text
46A	6O	9	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=3498&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill
Text	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3498%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3498
Supplement	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Fiscalnotes/FN(2)/fnsubmit_recordview1.cfm?RecordID=862522141