WV HB5442 | 2024 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on February 5 2024 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2024-02-05 - To House Education
Pending: House Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on February 5 2024 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2024-02-05 - To House Education
Pending: House Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Summary
The purpose of this bill is to prohibit adverse disciplinary or employment action in public schools for employees and students who refuse to give their pronouns or who refuse to call a person by a name or title that is inconsistent with that person's sex, provides definitions, and provides for a right to private cause of action for violations of this act.
Title
Free to Speak Act
Sponsors
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
---|---|---|
2024-02-05 | House | To House Education |
2024-02-05 | House | Introduced in House |
2024-02-05 | House | To Education then Judiciary |
2024-02-05 | House | Filed for introduction |
Subjects
Code Citations
Chapter | Article | Section | Citation Type | Statute Text |
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18 | 34 | 1 | New Code | See Bill Text |
18 | 34 | 2 | New Code | See Bill Text |
18 | 34 | 3 | New Code | See Bill Text |
2 | 2 | 10A | New Code | See Bill Text |