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]

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.

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Title

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

Sponsors


History

DateChamberAction
2024-02-14SenateTo Judiciary
2024-02-14SenateReported do pass, but first to Judiciary
2024-01-23SenateTo Education
2024-01-23SenateIntroduced in Senate
2024-01-23SenateTo Education then Judiciary
2024-01-23SenateFiled for introduction

Subjects


Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
18529New CodeSee Bill Text

West Virginia State Sources


Bill Comments

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