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West Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 557: Requiring Child Protective Services workers to wear body-worn cameras

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 557 is a bill introduced in the West Virginia Senate on January 21, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Requiring Child Protective Services workers to wear body-worn cameras. Primary sponsor: Laura Chapman (Republican). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (January 21, 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 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Laura ChapmanPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate1
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