West Virginia Senate Bill 515

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 12-0)
Status: Introduced on January 23 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-02-14 - To Judiciary
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

The purpose of this bill is to prohibit a public school student from being required to participate in instruction related to sexual orientation and gender identity if a parent, custodian, or guardian of the student objects in writing; require each public school to afford the parent, custodian, or guardian of a child subject to instruction with respect to sexual orientation and gender identity advance written notification of such instruction and of their right to exempt the child from participation; prohibit a public school and the county board employees assigned to the school from knowingly giving false or misleading information to the parent, custodian, or guardian of a student regarding the student's gender identity or intention to transition to a gender that is different than the sex listed on a student's official birth certificate or certificate issued upon adoption if the certificate was issued at or near the time of the student's birth; require a public school employee to report a student's request for an accommodation that is intended to affirm the student's gender identity from a person employed by the public school to an administrator employed by the county board and assigned to the school; and require the administrator to report the student's request to the student's parent, custodian, or guardian.

Prohibiting public schools from requiring students to participate in sexual orientation instruction

Sen. Amy Nichole Grady [R]	Sen. Randy Smith [R]	Sen. Jay Taylor [R]	Sen. Rollan Roberts [R]
Sen. Eric Tarr [R]	Sen. Mike Stuart [R]	Sen. Vince Deeds [R]	Sen. Robert Karnes [R]
Sen. Mark Maynard [R]	Sen. Mike Azinger [R]	Sen. Jack Woodrum [R]	Sen. Patricia Rucker [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-02-14	Senate	To Judiciary
2024-02-14	Senate	Reported do pass, but first to Judiciary
2024-01-23	Senate	To Education
2024-01-23	Senate	Introduced in Senate
2024-01-23	Senate	To Education then Judiciary
2024-01-23	Senate	Filed for introduction

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
18	5	29	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=515&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill
Text	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb515%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=515