Relating to college campus safety, the official text

WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE

         2026 REGULAR SESSION

                   ENROLLED

            Committee Substitute
                         for

           House Bill 4592

           BY DELEGATES HORNBY, HOLSTEIN, J. CANNON,
      CROUSE, BROWNING, DEAN, RIDENOUR, STEPHENS, AND

                                  MCGEEHAN
         [Passed March 14, 2026; in effect 90 days from

                        passage (June 12, 2026)]
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1 AN ACT to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding a new section,

2   designated §18B-4-5c, relating to requiring state institutions of higher education to

3   create safety mapping; providing a format therefor; setting forth requirements for sharing

4   data; requiring approval by certain entities; setting effective date; and providing that data

5   does not constitute a public record.

    Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

    ARTICLE 4. GENERAL ADMINISTRATION.

    §18B-4-5c. Standardized campus safety mapping data.

1   (a) Each state institution of higher education shall create standardized campus safety

2 mapping data that at a minimum, requires that mapping data:

3   (1) Be in formats that conform to, integrate with, and are accessible within software

4 platforms used in local public safety answering points and by the city, county, state, and federal

5 public safety agencies that could provide emergency services on campus without requiring the

6 purchase of additional software or payment of fees to access the data;

7   (2) Be in formats capable of being printed, shared electronically, and, if requested, digitally

8 integrated into interactive mobile platforms in use;

9   (3) Be viewable and printable from open-source document or image viewers;

10  (4) Be oriented to true north and include a fixed grid with consistent "x" and "y" coordinates;

11  (5) Have its accuracy verified by the entity producing the data through an on-site walk-

12 through of the campus buildings and grounds;

13  (6) Include accurate floor plans overlaid on current, verified aerial imagery of each

14 campus building;

15  (7) Include site-specific labeling for all campus buildings, such as room names, hallway

16 designations, exterior doors, stairwell numbers, and the locations of hazards, critical utility

17 controls, key boxes, automated external defibrillators, and trauma kits and campus grounds,

18 including parking areas, athletic fields, surrounding roads, and neighboring properties;

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19      (8) Include the requirement that future updates or modifications to the campus mapping

20 data conform to and integrate with software platforms used by the relevant public safety agencies;

21 and

22      (9) Be created, stored, and maintained exclusively within the United States for the entire

23 duration of the mapping process and thereafter to ensure security of the data.

24      (b) The campus safety mapping data prepared pursuant to subsection (a) shall be

25 provided to local first response agencies including police, fire, emergency medical services

26 (EMS), and any other local entities the institution determines should be consulted in accordance

27 with this article. The data shall be provided at no cost and made permanently available to such

28 entities.

29      (c) In preparing campus safety mapping data, state institutions of higher education shall

30 consult and receive approval from the primary law enforcement agency serving and supporting

31 the institution. These shall include, but are not limited to, county, city, or municipal police

32 departments, or Sheriff's Department, prior to procurement to ensure campus mapping data

33 meets the requirements in this section.

34      (d) Any data obtained and maintained pursuant to the provisions of this section may not

35 be subject to disclosure pursuant to the provisions of §29B-1-1 et seq. of this code.

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              The Clerk of the House of Delegates and the Clerk of the Senate hereby

         certify that the foregoing bill is correctly enrolled.
         ...............................................................

              Clerk of the House of Delegates
                           ...............................................................
                                        Clerk of the Senate

         Originated in the House of Delegates.
         In effect 90 days from passage.

                                       ...............................................................
                                          Speaker of the House of Delegates
                                                           ...............................................................
                                                                     President of the Senate
                                                        __________

              The within is ................................................ this the...........................................
         Day of ..........................................................................................................., 2026.

                                                                   .............................................................
                                                                                         Governor

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