{"bill":{"bill_key":"WV-HB4356-2026","title":"Relating to permitting persons to refuse to participate in a irreversible transition surgery","side":"anti","state":"WV","year":2026,"status_cat":"failed","ls_status":"introduced","summary":"Relating to permitting persons to refuse to participate in a irreversible transition surgery","notes":"Failed 3rd reading deadline 3/4/26; Health care workers can't be made to assist in gender affirming medical care","types_str":"Religious Exemptions: Medical|Gender Affirming Care Ban","sponsor_mix":"R","url":"https://legiscan.com/WV/bill/HB4356/2026","url_kind":"legiscan","source":"legiscan","special":0,"bluebook":{"cite":"H.B. 4356, 87th Leg., 2d Reg. Sess. (W. Va. 2026), http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4356&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill.","short":"W. Va. H.B. 4356."}},"same_key":[],"sponsors":[{"name":"Adam Burkhammer","party":"R","state":"WV","district":"HD-064","is_primary":true,"href":"/people/ls-22814"}],"citations":["WV:16-5EE-1","WV:30-3-20"],"text":{"available":true,"credit":"Bill data and text from LegiScan (legiscan.com), licensed CC BY 4.0 and used in modified form. LegiScan does not endorse the Trans Data Initiative.","versions":[{"role":"intro","label":"As introduced","chars":1729}]}}