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West Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 525: Establishing pilot program for use of mobile devices in child abuse and neglect investigations

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 525 is a bill introduced in the West Virginia Senate on January 20, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Establishing pilot program for use of mobile devices in child abuse and neglect investigations. Primary sponsor: Vince Deeds (Republican). It lists 4 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (January 20, 2026): To Health and Human Resources.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 5

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Vince DeedsPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate10
Amy GradyCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate4
Mark MaynardCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate6
Rollan RobertsCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate9
Patricia RuckerCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate16

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. To Health and Human Resources
  2. Introduced in Senate
  3. To Health and Human Resources then Finance
  4. Filed for introduction

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source