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Legislation

The project's tracker of Anti-LGBTQ+ bills, 2022 to 2026, with their status and action histories from LegiScan.

Bill data comes from LegiScan, licensed CC BY 4.0, and is used here in modified form. Each bill is listed once, in the year the tracker records it.

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Tracked bills
BillTitleStage reportedLatest action
WV HB42332024Non-binary not permitted on birth certificatesPassed / adoptedLatest action:
WV HB43572024To prohibit public university names for gender affirming careIntroducedSession adjournedLatest action:
WV HB43872024Relating to nondiscrimination at institutions of higher educationIntroducedSession adjournedLatest action:
WV HB44212024Prohibit drag shows from being performed in front of minors and to prohibit people from dressing in drag when reading aloud during story time in schools.IntroducedSession adjournedLatest action:
WV HB45792024To prohibit punishment for teachers who refuse to use pronouns inconsistent with a child’s sexIntroducedSession adjournedLatest action:
WV HB48062024Require bathroom use in schools based upon biological sexIntroducedSession adjournedLatest action:
WV HB48572024Banning Medicaid and CHIP from paying for child and adult transgender surgeriesIntroducedSession adjournedLatest action:
WV HB48842024Allowing healthcare workers to refuse to perform procedures related to sex reassignment or gender identity transitioning for religious or conscientious objecti…IntroducedSession adjournedLatest action:
WV HB48982024Relating to foster or adoption parents sincerely held religious or moral beliefs regarding sexual orientation or gender idenityIntroducedSession adjournedLatest action:
WV HB49222024Establish cause of action upon violation of prohibition of providing gender reassignment or gender altering medication to minorIntroducedSession adjournedLatest action:
WV HB49232024Establishing parental requirements regarding gender reassignment surgery or gender altering medications for minor childIntroducedSession adjournedLatest action:
WV HB50362024Creating the Parents' Bill of RightsIntroducedSession adjournedLatest action:
WV HB50412024Relating to life at conceptionIntroducedSession adjournedLatest action:
WV HB51842024Inmates in WV jails must be housed based on biological sexIntroducedSession adjournedLatest action:
WV HB51872024Remove hormone blockers from transgender codeIntroducedSession adjournedLatest action:
WV HB52402024Eliminate woke, anti-women words from state governmentIntroducedSession adjournedLatest action:
WV HB52432024Relating to Women’s Bill of RightsPassed one chamberSession adjournedLatest action:
WV HB52972024Relating to prohibiting pubertal modulation and hormonal therapy when provided to assist in a gender transitionPassed one chamberSession adjournedLatest action:
WV HB53162024Adding exceptions to Article 7B of Chapter 55 of this code to which the provisions of Article 7B shall no longer applyIntroducedSession adjournedLatest action:
WV HB54422024Free to Speak ActIntroducedSession adjournedLatest action:
WV HB54842024Relating to age appropriate instruction in health educationIntroducedSession adjournedLatest action:
WV HB56152024Prohibiting contracts with companies that use illegal meansIntroducedSession adjournedLatest action:
WV HB56162024Prohibiting contracts, affiliations or employment of entities that support actions counter the the US Constitution and West Virginia ConstitutionIntroducedSession adjournedLatest action:
WV HB56562024Relating to protecting and advancing the substantial public policies of this stateIntroducedSession adjournedLatest action:
WV SB1942024Prohibiting gender transition surgeries, treatments, and therapies to minorsIntroducedSession adjournedLatest action:
WV SB1952024Protecting minors from exposure to indecent displays of sexually explicit natureIntroducedSession adjournedLatest action:
WV SB1972024Prohibiting obscene materials in or within 2,500 feet of WV schoolsIntroducedSession adjournedLatest action:
WV SB2242024Prohibiting certain funding and involvement or attendance of minors to drag showsIntroducedSession adjournedLatest action:
WV SB2372024Criminalizing engaging in adult cabaret performance where it may be viewed by minorIntroducedSession adjournedLatest action:
WV SB3222024Relating to crime of sexual assaultIntroducedSession adjournedLatest action:
WV SB5152024Prohibiting public schools from requiring students to participate in sexual orientation instructionIntroducedSession adjournedLatest action:
WV SB5172024Requiring biological sex on birth certificates to be male or femaleIntroducedSession adjournedLatest action:
WV SB6012024Creating WV Women's Bill of RightsPassed one chamberSession adjournedLatest action:
WV SB8702024Restoring Sanity ActIntroducedSession adjournedLatest action:
WV SR172024Recognizing Riley Gaines as ambassador for Independent Women's Forum and advocate for women's equality in sportsPassed / adoptedLatest action:
WV HB20072023Prohibiting certain medical practicesPassed / adoptedLatest action:
WV HB29722023To prohibit public university names for gender affirming careIntroducedSession adjournedLatest action:
WV HB29982023Non-binary not permitted on birth certificatesIntroducedSession adjournedLatest action:
WV HB30012023To prohibit punishment for teachers who refuse to use pronouns inconsistent with a child’s sexIntroducedSession adjournedLatest action:
WV HB30972023Banning Medicaid and CHIP from paying for child and adult transgender surgeriesIntroducedSession adjournedLatest action:
WV HB31762023Prohibit drag shows from being performed in front of minors and to prohibit people from dressing in drag when reading aloud during story time in schools.IntroducedSession adjournedLatest action:
WV HB31832023Child Protection ActIntroducedSession adjournedLatest action:
WV HB35032023Relating to nondiscrimination at institutions of higher educationIntroducedSession adjournedLatest action:
WV SB1032023Prohibiting certain funding and attendance of minors to drag showsIntroducedSession adjournedLatest action:
WV SB2522023Prohibiting obscene materials in or within 2,500 feet of WV schoolsIntroducedSession adjournedLatest action:
WV SB2532023Criminalizing engaging in adult cabaret performance where it may be viewed by minorIntroducedSession adjournedLatest action:
WV SB2782023Protecting minors from exposure to indecent displays of sexually explicit natureIntroducedSession adjournedLatest action:
WV SB6922023Relating to gender reassignment medical services for minorsIntroducedSession adjournedLatest action:
WV SB6972023Prohibiting gender transition surgeries, treatments, and therapies to minorsIntroducedSession adjournedLatest action:
WV HB21712022Vulnerable Child Protection ActIntroducedSession adjournedLatest action:

A stage is where the bill stood in its legislature, as LegiScan reports it. Passing one or both chambers does not make a bill law, and a law is not always enforceable: see the policy areas and the court sources they cite. “Passed / adopted” follows LegiScan's status and can include resolutions. A session's adjournment does not by itself show that a bill failed.