Compare WV SB 424 (2025) and WV SB 870 (2024)

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WV SB 424 (2025)WV SB 870 (2024)
WEST virginia legislature 2025 regular session Introduced Senate Bill 424 By Senator Rucker [Introduced February 13, 2025; referred to the Committee on Education; and then to the Committee on the Judiciary] A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a newWEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE 2024 REGULAR SESSION Introduced Senate Bill 870 By Senator Rucker [Introduced February 19, 2024; referred to the Committee on Education; and then to the Committee on the Judiciary] A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new
by adding thereto a new section, designated §18-2-9b; to amend said code by adding thereto a new section, designated §18-5-29; to amend said code by adding thereto a new article, designated §18B-1G-1, §18B-1G-2, §18B-1G-3, §18B-1G-4, and §18B-1G-5; and to amend said code by adding thereto two new sections, designated §18B-14-5 and §18B-14-6, all relating to Restoring Sanity Act; relating to nondiscriminationby adding thereto a new section, designated §18-2-9b; to amend said code by adding thereto a new section, designated §18-5-29; to amend said code by adding thereto a new article, designated §18B-1G-1, §18B-1G-2, §18B-1G-3, §18B-1G-4, and §18B-1G-5; and to amend said code by adding thereto two new sections, designated §18B-14-5 and §18B-14-6, all relating to Restoring Sanity Act; relating to nondiscrimination
prohibiting a school district, a public charter school, the West Virginia Board of Education, the West Virginia Department of Education, or any employee of the aforementioned entities from providing instruction in, requiring instruction in, making part of a course, or requiring a statement or affirmation byprohibiting a school district, a public charter school, the West Virginia Board of Education, the West Virginia Department of Education, or any employee of the aforementioned entities from providing instruction in, requiring instruction in, making part of a course, or requiring a statement or affirmation by
or requiring a statement or affirmation by any employeeor requiring a statement or affirmation by any employee
from requiring a student or employee to take instruction in, or include in the curriculum of any required course, or require a statement or affirmation by any student or employee that certain specified concepts are factual and accurate or must be held as a belief of the student or employeefrom requiring a student or employee to take instruction in, or include in the curriculum of any required course, or require a statement or affirmation by any student or employee that certain concepts are factual and accurate or must be held as a belief of the student or employee
student’s preferred pronoun when referring to the student if the preferred pronoun is not consistent with the student’s biological sexstudent’s preferred pronoun when referring to the student if the preferred pronoun is not consistent with the student’s biological sex
of higher education from establishing, sustaining, supporting, or staffing a diversity, equity, and inclusion officer or officeof higher education from establishing, sustaining, supporting, or staffing a diversity, equity, and inclusion officer or office
the policy of the state that the administrations of state institutions of higher education, and their administrative units, be officially neutral with regard to certain widely contested opinionsthe policy of the state that the administrations of state institutions of higher education, and their administrative units, be officially neutral with regard to certain widely contested opinions
with regard to certain widely contested opinions. Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be addedwith regard to certain widely contested opinions. Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added