Compare WV HB 2574 (2025) and WV HB 3503 (2023)
The introduced text of these two bills, side by side, with the wording they share.
- WV HB 2574 (2025) · West Virginia · 2025 · Failed
- WV HB 3503 (2023) · West Virginia · 2023 · Failed
2,132 shared 8-word phrases found in the introduced text of these two bills.
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| WV HB 2574 (2025) | WV HB 3503 (2023) |
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| WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE 2025 REGULAR SESSION Introduced House Bill 2574 By | WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE 2023 REGULAR SESSION Introduced House Bill 3503 By |
| Introduced February 18, 2025; referred to the Committee on Education then the Judiciary] A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended by adding thereto a new section, designated §18B-4-11, relating to nondiscrimination at institutions of higher education. Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia: ARTICLE 4. GENERAL ADMINISTRATION. §18B-4-11. Nondiscrimination. (a) Admissions and employment -- (1) For purposes of this section, "diversity statement" means any written or oral statement discussing an applicant’s or candidate’s: (A) Race, sex, color, ethnicity, gender identity, or sexual orientation; (B) Views on, experience with, or contributions to: diversity, equity | Introduced February 14, 2023; Referred to the Committee on Education] A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended by adding thereto a new section, designated §18B-4-11, relating to nondiscrimination at institutions of higher education. Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia: ARTICLE 4. GENERAL ADMINISTRATION. §18B-4-11. Nondiscrimination. (a) Admissions and employment -- (1) For purposes of this section, "diversity statement" means any written or oral statement discussing an applicant’s or candidate’s: (A) Race, sex, color, ethnicity, gender identity, or sexual orientation; (B) Views on, experience with, or contributions to diversity, equity |
| inclusion; marginalized groups; anti-racism; social justice; intersectionality | inclusion; marginalized groups; anti-racism; social justice; intersectionality |
| C) Views on or experience with the race, sex, color, ethnicity, gender identity, or sexual orientation of students and co-workers; or (D) Level of support for any theory or practice supporting differential treatment of any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, gender, ethnicity, gender identity, or sexual orientation. (2) No diversity statement shall ever be required or solicited as part of an admissions process, employment application process, hiring process, contract renewal process, or promotion process; or as a condition of participation in any administrative or decision-making function of any public institution of higher education. (3) No public institution of higher ed… | C) Views on or experience with the race, sex, color, ethnicity, gender identity, or sexual orientation of students and co-workers; or (D) Level of support for any theory or practice supporting differential treatment of any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, gender, ethnicity, gender identity, or sexual orientation. (2) No diversity statement shall ever be required or solicited as part of an admissions process, employment application process, hiring process, contract renewal process, or promotion process; or as a condition of participation in any administrative or decision-making function of any public institution of higher education. (3) No public institution of higher ed… |
| For avoidance of doubt, nothing in this law shall be construed to: (A) Prevent an applicant or candidate from providing, on his or her own initiative, any diversity statement; (B) Prevent an institution from requiring or soliciting from applicants and candidates any information regarding: (i) The self-described content or purpose of their academic research or creative works; (ii) Their self-described pedagogical approaches or experience with students; or (iii) Their compliance with any anti-discrimination or civil rights law, any other law, or the State or U.S. Constitution; or (C) Prohibit bona fide qualifications based on sex which are conducive to the normal operation of an institution o… | For avoidance of doubt, nothing in this law shall be construed to: (A) Prevent an applicant or candidate from providing, on his or her own initiative, any diversity statement; (B) Prevent an institution from requiring or soliciting from applicants and candidates any information regarding: (i) The self-described content or purpose of their academic research or creative works; (ii) Their self-described pedagogical approaches or experience with students; or (iii) Their compliance with any anti-discrimination or civil rights law, any other law, or the State or U.S. Constitution; or (C) Prohibit bona fide qualifications based on sex which are conducive to the normal operation of an institution o… |
| Does not mean: (I) An office staffed exclusively by licensed attorneys (except for paralegal and secretarial support) and certified by the attorney general of the state as operating with the sole and exclusive mission of ensuring legal compliance with the institution’s obligations under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, as amended, the Americans with Disabilities Act, as amended, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, as amended, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, applicable court order, or other applicable state and federal law; (II) An academic department as traditionally understood, that is, a unit of the institution generally run by teaching and research faculty; (… | Does not mean: (I) An office staffed exclusively by licensed attorneys (except for paralegal and secretarial support) and certified by the attorney general of the state as operating with the sole and exclusive mission of ensuring legal compliance with the institution’s obligations under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, as amended, the Americans with Disabilities Act, as amended, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, as amended, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, applicable court order, or other applicable state and federal law; (II) An academic department as traditionally understood, that is, a unit of the institution generally run by teaching and research faculty; (… |
| Does not mean: (I) Any full-time or part-time employee who is a licensed attorney and whose sole job duties related to diversity, equity, and inclusion are to ensure compliance with the institution’s obligations under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, as amended, the Americans with Disabilities Act, as amended, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, as amended, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, applicable court order, or other applicable state and federal law; (II) Any faculty member while engaged in teaching, research, the production of creative works, the dissemination of their research and creative works, other traditional academic duties, or advising a registered… | Does not mean: (I) Any full-time or part-time employee who is a licensed attorney and whose sole job duties related to diversity, equity, and inclusion are to ensure compliance with the institution’s obligations under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, as amended, the Americans with Disabilities Act, as amended, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, as amended, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, applicable court order, or other applicable state and federal law; (II) Any faculty member while engaged in teaching, research, the production of creative works, the dissemination of their research and creative works, other traditional academic duties, or advising a registered… |
| Public institutions of higher education, the council, the commission, and the governing boards of the exempted schools may not expend any appropriated funds or otherwise expend any funds derived from bequests, charges, deposits, donations, endowments, fees, grants, gifts, income, receipts, tuition, or any other source to: (A) Engage in diversity, equity, and inclusion activities; (B) Establish, sustain, support, or staff a diversity, equity, and inclusion office; or (C) Contract, employ, engage, or hire an individual to serve as a diversity, equity, and inclusion officer. (4) Neither the council nor the commission may expend any funds for diversity, equity, and inclusion activities at the c… | Public institutions of higher education, the council, the commission, and the governing boards of the exempted schools may not expend any appropriated funds or otherwise expend any funds derived from bequests, charges, deposits, donations, endowments, fees, grants, gifts, income, receipts, tuition, or any other source to: (A) Engage in diversity, equity, and inclusion activities; (B) Establish, sustain, support, or staff a diversity, equity, and inclusion office; or (C) Contract, employ, engage, or hire an individual to serve as a diversity, equity, and inclusion officer. (4) Neither the council nor the commission may expend any funds for diversity, equity, and inclusion activities at the c… |