2024 Regular Session • West Virginia Legislature
HB4825: Relating to the prohibition of warrantless searches and seizures.
Legislative Summary
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.
Bill History
1/16/2024
Filed for introduction
House of Delegates
1/16/2024
To Agriculture and Natural Resources then Judiciary
House of Delegates
1/16/2024
Introduced in House
House of Delegates
1/16/2024
To House Agriculture and Natural Resources
House of Delegates
1/25/2024
With amendment, do pass, but first to Judiciary
House of Delegates
1/25/2024
To House Judiciary
House of Delegates
Amendments
hb4825 h anr am _1
hb4825 h anr am _1
1/24/2024Not Adopted
Status Information
Current Status
Introduced(1/16/2024)
Chamber
House of Delegates
Committee
Judiciary(House of Delegates)
Sine Die