WV-SB456-2025
West Virginia · SB 456 · 2025
Defining "men" and "women"
Anti-LGBTQ+Enacted
- Bill key
- WV-SB456-2025
- State
- West Virginia
- Session
- 2025
- Introduced
- Last recorded status
- passed
- Citation (Bluebook)
- S.B. 456, 87th Leg., 1st Reg. Sess. (W. Va. 2025) (enacted), http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=456&year=2025&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill.
- Short citation
- W. Va. S.B. 456.
- Topics
- Tags
Summary
Defining "men" and "women"
Curator notes
IWV's "Stand with Women Act" an expansion of their so-called "Women's Bill of Rights" with domestic violence shelter segregation, prison placement, and academic trans bathroom bans emphasized and developed, and AGAB taken as sex on govt. documents. aka "The Riley Gaines Act"
Sponsors
| Name | Party | Office | District | Role |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Randy Smith | Republican | Senator | SD-014 | Primary sponsor |
| Mike Woelfel | Democratic | Senator | SD-005 | Co-sponsor |
Model-bill lineage
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Bill text
- As introduced (14,902 characters)
- As enrolled or final (17,883 characters)
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