THE POLICY LANDSCAPE
Rights, restrictions & the places between.
WV HB5440 (2026)
Allowing healthcare workers to refuse to perform procedures related to sex reassignment or gender identity transitioning for religious or conscientious objection
Anti-LGBTQ+
- Jurisdiction
- West Virginia
- Session
- 2026 Regular Session
- Stage reported
- Introduced Session adjourned
- First recorded action
- Latest action
- : Filed for introduction
- Record retrieved
Bill types
As labelled in the project's tracker.
Religious Exemptions: Medical
Links
- LegiScan record(opens another site)
- Official legislature page(opens another site)
- Introduced text(opens another site)
- Bill page on this site
Recorded actions
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| House | Filed for introduction | |
| House | To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary | |
| House | Introduced in House | |
| House | To House Health and Human Resources |
Legislative status and legal enforcement are different. See the policy areas and the court sources they cite for enforcement.
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