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West Virginia SB663

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Creating Fair Access to Financial Services Act

The purpose of this bill is to create the Transparency and Accountability in Financial Services Act; provide a short title; set forth legislative declarations; provide definitions; requiring transparency upon request and prohibiting discrimination; establish enforcement provisions; provide for severability; and clarify relevant consumer protection provisions.

Legislative Session

active

2025 Regular Session

Selected quotes

"Discriminate in the provision of financial services" means utilizing a social credit score to directly or indirectly decline to provide full and equal enjoyment in the provision of financial services, and includes refusing to provide, terminating, or restricting financial services. [...] "Social credit score" means any analysis, rating, scoring, list, or tabulation that evaluates any of the following: [...] (D) Failure or refusal to conduct any type of racial, diversity, or gender audit or disclosure or to provide any sort of quota, preference, or benefit based, in whole or in part, on race, diversity, or gender; (E) Failure or refusal to facilitate or assist employees in obtaining abortions or gender transition services;

Links

View bill on LegiScan

Calendar

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2025-03-2615:00HearingSenate Judiciary Committee Room, 208 WestSenate Judiciary Committee Meeting
2025-03-1214:00Hearing451-MSenate Banking and Insurance Committee Meeting

History

DateAction
2025-04-01House received Senate message
2025-04-01Introduced in House
2025-04-01To Judiciary then Finance
2025-04-01To House Judiciary
2025-03-31Read 3rd time
2025-03-31Passed Senate (Roll No. 248)
2025-03-31Ordered to House
2025-03-29On 3rd reading
2025-03-29Laid over on 3rd reading 3/29/2025
2025-03-28On 2nd reading
2025-03-28Read 2nd time
2025-03-27Committee substitute for committee substitute reported
2025-03-27Immediate consideration
2025-03-27Read 1st time
2025-03-13Committee substitute reported, but first to Judiciary
2025-03-13To Judiciary
2025-03-04Filed for introduction
2025-03-04To Banking and Insurance then Judiciary
2025-03-04Introduced in Senate
2025-03-04To Banking and Insurance