WV SB515 | 2024 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 12-0)
Status: Introduced on January 23 2024 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2024-02-14 - To Judiciary
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on January 23 2024 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2024-02-14 - To Judiciary
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Summary
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.
Title
Prohibiting public schools from requiring students to participate in sexual orientation instruction
Sponsors
History
| 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 |
