West Virginia legislation · 2025 Regular Session
West Virginia HB3504: Relating to protecting critical infrastructure; and defining terms
Status: Passed both chambers, April 28, 2025
What the bill says
An act to amend and reenact §61-10-34 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to protecting critical infrastructure; and defining terms. CHAPTER 61. CRIMES AND THEIR PUNISHMENT ARTICLE 10. CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC POLICY. §61-10-34. Critical Infrastructure Protection Act; prohibiting certain acts, including trespass and conspiracy to trespass against property designated a critical infrastructure facility; criminal penalties; and civil action. (a) This section may be referred to as the "West Virginia Critical Infrastructure Protection Act". (b) For purposes of this section: "Criti.
From the enrolled text, April 11, 2025:
AN ACT to amend and reenact §61-10-34 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to protecting critical infrastructure; and defining terms. CHAPTER 61. CRIMES AND THEIR PUNISHMENT ARTICLE 10. CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC POLICY. §61-10-34. Critical Infrastructure Protection Act; prohibiting certain acts, including trespass and conspiracy to trespass against property designated a critical infrastructure facility; criminal penalties; and civil action. (a) This section may be referred to as the "West Virginia Critical Infrastructure Protection Act". (b) For purposes of this section: "Critical Infrastructure" means systems and assets, whether physical or virtual, so vital to the United States of America or the State of West Virginia that the incapacity or destruction of such systems and assets would have a debilitating impact on security, national economic security, state economic security, national public health or safety, state public health or safety, or any combination of those matters, whether such systems or assets are in operation or are under any state of construction. "Critical infrastructure facility" means one of the (2) An electrical power generating facility, substation, switching station, electrical control center or electric power lines, and associated equipment infrastructure; (3) A chemical, polymer, or rubber manufacturing facility; (4) A water intake structure, water treatment facility, wastewater treatment plant, or pump station; (5) A natural gas compressor station; (6) A liquid natural …