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Updated August 16, 2026

West Virginia: US state profile

A snapshot of AI governance activity in West Virginia: tracked legislation, enforcement actions, federal political money, and the labor baseline. Ask AGIS for the cross-referenced detail behind any of it.

Labor baseline

Union membership rate: 8.5% (2025). Covered by a union contract: 9.1%.

2025 annual estimates are 11-month averages excluding October; October 2025 data not collected due to the federal government shutdown. Not strictly comparable with other annual averages. Source.

Legislation

105 AI-related documents tracked.

Showing the 60 most recent of 105 tracked documents.

• ## 921.12 DETRIMENTAL WASTES. (charlestown, WV) enacted
• ### 349.23 PROHIBITED USE OF AN ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE. (charlestown, WV) enacted
• # 333.01 DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE. (charlestown, WV) enacted
• ## 203.03 IMPOSITION OF CONSUMER SALES AND SERVICE TAX. (charlestown, WV) enacted
• ## 203.02 DEFINITIONS. (charlestown, WV) enacted
• #### (1) (charlestown, WV) enacted
• WV HB4454: Allow consumers to opt out of the sale of personal information. proposed
  Input controls: ConsentPrivacySales, retail, and customer relations
• WV HB4784: To Protect Newborn Genetic Privacy Rights proposed
  Medicine, life sciences and public healthPrivacy
• WV HB2440: To Protect Newborn Genetic Privacy Rights proposed
  Input controls: ConsentMedicine, life sciences and public healthPrivacy
• WV HB3260: Genetic Information Privacy Act proposed
  Medicine, life sciences and public healthPrivacy
• WV HB3498: Relating to the Consumer Data Protection Act and establishing a framework for controlling and processing personal data in the State proposed
  Government: other applications/unspecifiedInput controls: ConsentPrivacySales, retail, and customer relations
• WV HB4168: Relating to online privacy protection for minors proposed
  Children and minorsPrivacy
• WV SB412: Amending medical exemptions to state vaccination laws proposed
  EducationFinesGovernment study or reportGovernment: judicial and law enforcementLicensing, registration, and certificationMedicine, life sciences and public healthPrivacy
• WV HB4718: Providing online privacy protection laws for children under 18 years of age proposed
  Children and minorsPrivacy
• WV HB5112: Consumer Data Protection Act proposed
  DiscriminationFinesInput controls: ConsentPrivacySales, retail, and customer relationsViolation of civil or human rights, including privacy
• WV HB5512: To Protect Newborn Genetic Privacy Rights proposed
  Input controls: ConsentMedicine, life sciences and public healthPrivacy
• WV HB5338: Relating to Safe Harbor for Cybersecurity Programs defunct
  Government: other applications/unspecifiedInput controls: ConsentPrivacySales, retail, and customer relationsSecuritySecurity: Cybersecurity
• WV HB2953: Consumer Data Protection Act proposed
  DiscriminationFinesInput controls: ConsentPrivacySales, retail, and customer relationsViolation of civil or human rights, including privacy
• WV HB3005: West Virginia Consumer Privacy Act of 2025 proposed
  PrivacySales, retail, and customer relations
• WV HB3436: Genetic Privacy Act proposed
  DisclosureMedicine, life sciences and public healthPrivacySales, retail, and customer relationsTransparency
• WV HB3437: To Protect Newborn Genetic Privacy Rights proposed
  Input controls: ConsentMedicine, life sciences and public healthPrivacy
• WV SB715: Relating to personally identifiable information of member, retirant, beneficiary, or alternate payee of retirement system enacted
  DisclosurePrivacyTransparency
• WV HB5234: Relating to requiring certain information with an absentee ballot proposed
  Licensing, registration, and certificationPrivacy
• WV HB2460: Providing online privacy protection laws for children under 18 years of age proposed
  Children and minorsPrivacy
• WV HB5110: Genetic Information Privacy Act proposed
  Medicine, life sciences and public healthPrivacy
• WV HB4843: Relating to consumer protection and the collection of certain personally identifiable information. proposed
  PrivacySales, retail, and customer relations
• WV SB581: Relating to online privacy protection for minors proposed
  Children and minorsPrivacy
• WV HB3159: Relating to Consumer Data Privacy proposed
  PrivacySales, retail, and customer relations
• WV HB3161: Relating to online privacy protection for minors proposed
  Children and minorsPrivacy
• WV HB3161: Relating to online privacy protection for minors proposed
  Children and minorsPrivacy
• WV HB4325: Providing online privacy protection laws for children under 18 years of age proposed
  Children and minorsPrivacy
• WV SB490: Expanding online privacy protection for minors proposed
  Children and minorsPrivacy
• WV HB4868: West Virginia Consumer Privacy Act of 2026 proposed
  PrivacySales, retail, and customer relations
• WV HB2964: Relating to online privacy protection for minors proposed
  Children and minorsPrivacy
• WV HB5123: Consumer Data Protection Act proposed
  DiscriminationFinesInput controls: ConsentPrivacySales, retail, and customer relationsViolation of civil or human rights, including privacy
• WV HB5427: To prohibit the malicious publication of personally identifiable information with intent to harass, intimidate, threaten, stalk, or facilitate harm. proposed
  Privacy
• WV HB5547: To Protect Newborn Genetic Privacy Rights proposed
  Input controls: ConsentMedicine, life sciences and public healthPrivacy
• WV HB3183: Personally identifiable information of a member, retirant, beneficiary or alternate payee of a retirement system administered by the Consolidated Public Retirement Board being confidential and exempt proposed
  DisclosurePrivacyTransparency
• WV HB2987: Relating to the Consumer Data Protection Act proposed
  PrivacySales, retail, and customer relations
• WV SB236: Relating to online privacy protection of children proposed
  Children and minorsPrivacy
• WV HB4106: Biometric Information Privacy Act proposed
  Privacy
• WV SCR56: Requesting study of online privacy protection for children proposed
  Children and minorsGovernment study or reportPrivacy
• WV HB3453: Consumer Data Protection Act proposed
  DiscriminationFinesInput controls: ConsentPrivacySales, retail, and customer relationsViolation of civil or human rights, including privacy
• WV HB3480: Enact the West Virginia Consumer Financial Privacy Act of 2023 proposed
  FinancePrivacySales, retail, and customer relations
• WV HB4381: West Virginia Consumer Privacy Act of 2024 proposed
  PrivacySales, retail, and customer relations
• WV HB5698: Relating to the Consumer Data Protection Act proposed
  PrivacySales, retail, and customer relations
• WV HB2970: Relating to requiring certain information with an absentee ballot proposed
  Licensing, registration, and certificationPrivacy
• WV HB2064: Biometric Information Privacy Act proposed
  DisclosurePrivacyTransparency
• WV HB2064: Biometric Information Privacy Act proposed
  Privacy
• WV HB5681: Prohibit insurance rates in WV from being based upon Credit scores. proposed
  Finance
• WV HB2401: Relating to revising the criminal code generally proposed
  BiasCivil liabilityCriminal liabilityDetrimental contentDisclosureDisclosure: Of AI useEducationFinesHarm to health/safetyInput controls: Use restrictionsPrivacySafetyTransparency
• WV HB2527: Relating to revising the criminal code generally proposed
  BiasCivil liabilityCriminal liabilityDetrimental contentDisclosureDisclosure: Of AI useEducationFinesHarm to health/safetyInput controls: Use restrictionsPrivacySafetyTransparency
• WV HB4273: Relating to revising the criminal code generally proposed
  BiasCivil liabilityCriminal liabilityDetrimental contentDisclosureDisclosure: Of AI useEducationFinesHarm to health/safetyInput controls: Use restrictionsPrivacySafetyTransparency
• WV HCR6: To repeal Section 230 of the US Code to protect the freedom of speech online. proposed
  Broadcasting and media productionTransparency
• WV SB404: Teen Social Media and Internet Safety Act proposed
  Broadcasting and media productionEducationTransparency
• WV HB5226: Child Social Media Protection Bill proposed
  Broadcasting and media productionChildren and minorsInput controls: Data useTransparency
• WV HB5567: Biometric Information Privacy Act proposed
  DisclosurePrivacyTransparency
• WV HB5034: Relating to biometric privacy proposed
  Civil liabilityDisclosureMedicine, life sciences and public healthPrivacySales, retail, and customer relationsTransparency
• Establishing economic incentives for data centers to locate within WV proposed
  ConstructionData centersEnergy and utilitiesSubsidies
• Relating to the use of state water resources proposed
  Data centersEcological harmEnergy and utilitiesGovernment study or reportTransparency

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Enforcement

No enforcement actions recorded for West Virginia. When a state attorney general, a federal agency, or a court takes an action involving an AI system here, it will be listed with the respondent, outcome, and any penalty.

Money

$3,847 in tracked political contributions across 48 records.

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