West Virginia Senate Bill 447 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 8-0)
Status: Introduced on February 27 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-02-27 - To Judiciary
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

The purpose of this bill is to prohibit retailers from selling or leasing products that make content accessible on the Internet unless the product contains an active and operating digital blocking capability that renders obscene material inaccessible. The bill provides exceptions. The bill defines terms. The bill establishes a fee. The bill creates a special fund. The bill designated how moneys from the fund may be spent. The bill provides for injunctive relief, civil actions and criminal penalties.

Prohibiting retailers from selling or leasing products without operating digital blocking capability

Sen. Patricia Rucker [R]	Sen. Mike Azinger [R]	Sen. Sue Cline [R]	Sen. Ed Gaunch [R]
Sen. Robert Karnes [R]	Sen. Mark Maynard [R]	Sen. Randy Smith [R]	Sen. Chandler Swope [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-02-27	Senate	To Judiciary
2017-02-27	Senate	Introduced in Senate
2017-02-27	Senate	To Judiciary
2017-02-27	Senate	Filed for introduction

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
61	8G	1	New Code	See Bill Text
61	8G	2	New Code	See Bill Text
61	8G	3	New Code	See Bill Text
61	8G	4	New Code	See Bill Text
61	8G	5	New Code	See Bill Text
61	8G	6	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=447&year=2017&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill
Text	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb447%20intr.htm&yr=2017&sesstype=RS&i=447