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Committee backs bill to bar state devices from apps or AI owned by listed ‘countries of concern’
Summary
Senate Bill 694 would prohibit state‑owned or leased internet‑capable devices from downloading or accessing apps, websites, channels or AI owned by entities in specified foreign 'countries of concern'; the committee reported the bill to the full Senate with referral to Judiciary.
The Senate Committee on Government Organization voted to report Senate Bill 694 to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass and to refer the bill first to the Judiciary Committee under its original double committee reference.
Committee counsel explained that SB 694 would create a new article in Chapter 5 of the West Virginia Code, Article 32, requiring state agencies, their employees and contractors to prohibit state‑owned or leased internet‑capable devices (for example computers, laptops or cell phones) from downloading or accessing any app, channel,…
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