# Joe Funkhouser
Public lawmaker profile for the Negotiate The Future policy tracker.
Profile URL: https://negotiatethefuture.org/policy-tracker/lawmakers/25665
Party: R
Role: Rep
States: WV
Tracked bills: 2
Latest activity: 2026-02-02
Summary: Joe Funkhouser is a tracked R Rep in WV with 2 public bills. Focus areas include 1 AI, 1 Privacy bills. Latest tracked bill: HB5034 Relating to biometric privacy.
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## Tracked bills (2)
### HB5034 — Relating to biometric privacy
URL: https://negotiatethefuture.org/policy-tracker/WV/2026/HB5034
Jurisdiction: WV
Session year: 2026
Status: Introduced
Categories: Privacy
Updated: 2026-02-02
Text available: yes

### HB4496 — To force any media/internet creator providing artificial intelligence created videos to have an identifying marker that allows viewers to know that the video is not real.
URL: https://negotiatethefuture.org/policy-tracker/WV/2026/HB4496
Jurisdiction: WV
Session year: 2026
Status: Introduced
Categories: AI
Updated: 2026-01-19
Text available: yes