HB 2047 West Virginia House of Delegates · 2025 Regular Session

Prohibiting cameras and recording devices in bedrooms and bathrooms of foster children

HB 2047 prohibits cameras and recording devices in the bedrooms and bathrooms of children in foster care across West Virginia. This law directly affects foster parents, kinship caregivers, and residential treatment facilities managing foster children's living spaces. The bill allows exceptions for age-appropriate baby monitors and medical monitoring equipment requiring a doctor's recommendation for health/safety purposes. It does not restrict cameras in common areas or other non-private spaces within foster homes.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 12, 2025 Last action Feb 28, 2025
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What changed between versions

Committee Substitute Engrossed Committee Substitute · 1 edit · Feb 27, 2025
MINOR
The bill text was updated to reflect its progression from a 'Committee Substitute' to an 'Engrossed Version' in the West Virginia Legislature. This change indicates the bill has moved forward in the legislative process, though the provided text contains no substantive policy modifications to the actual law regarding camera prohibitions in foster homes.
TECHNICAL

The document header and version labels were updated to show the bill is now the 'Engrossed Version' rather than the 'Committee Substitute', and the list of 'Other Versions' was reordered.

Floor votes · House of Delegates Feb 27, 2025

How they voted

990
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 100
Feb 27, 2025
D Democratic9
8 Yea 1
88% Yea
R Republican91
91 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
20
Key actions
2
Committee
7
Feb 28, 2025
Committee
To Health and Human Resources
upper
Feb 28, 2025
Committee
To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary
upper
Feb 28, 2025
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
Feb 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed House (Roll No. 12)
lower
Feb 24, 2025
Lower · Passed
By substitute, do pass
lower
Feb 19, 2025
Committee
To House Judiciary
lower
Feb 13, 2025
Committee
To House Legal Services
lower
Feb 12, 2025
Committee
To House Judiciary
lower
Feb 12, 2025
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
Feb 12, 2025
Committee
To Judiciary
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor

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