Bill Watch List / 2025 Session

Updated: 3/11/2025 2:13 PM

SUPPORT:

• HB2384 – Moving through House Committees – Constitutional Carry Act. Allows individuals aged 18 to 20 to carry a concealed weapon without a permit, similar to the current rights of individuals 21 years and older.
• HB2446 – Moving through House Committees – Protects the Second Amendment by defining actions that infringe on the right to bear arms, outlining constitutional limits on such infringements, declaring those actions void, and providing remedies for violations under federal law.
• HB2592 – Moving through House Committees – Declares all future federal, state, and local laws (that violate the state or federal constitutions) regarding firearms as invalid and unenforceable, sets penalties for attempting to enforce these laws, and requires the West Virginia Attorney General to defend citizens against federal firearm-related prosecutions.
• SB469 – Moving through Senate Committees – Constitutional Carry Act. Allows individuals aged 18 to 20 to carry a concealed weapon without a permit, similar to the current rights of individuals 21 years and older. (Companion to HB2425)

• HB2212 – Moving through House Committees – Prevents medical liability claims from being filed against healthcare providers in cases involving abortion or gender identity treatments.
• HB2352 – Moving through House Committees – Requires that a woman seeking an abortion be informed of risks and offered an ultrasound 48 hours prior to the abortion before she gives consent.
• HB2461 – Moving through House Committees – Prohibiting use or sale of abortifacients. (Abortion inducing drugs.)
• HB2712 – Moving through House Committees – Removes abortion exceptions for rape and incest. (Companion to SB51)
• HB2733 – Moving through House Committees – Requires that a woman receive detailed information 24 hours prior about the risks, gestational age, and alternatives to abortion, and be given the option to view or decline an ultrasound. It also includes information about reversing a chemical abortion and offering alternatives like hospice care if the baby has a disability or is non-viable.
• HB2793 – Moving through House Committees – Bans billboards in West Virginia state limits that advertise abortion availability in neighboring states.
• SB17 – Moving through Senate Committees – Fetal Heartbeat Act. Bans abortions once a fetal heartbeat is detected.
• SB97 – Moving through Senate Committees – West Virginia Chemical Abortion Prohibition Act. Makes chemical abortions illegal.
• SB608 – Moving through Senate Committees – Removes abortion exceptions for rape and incest. (Companion to SB51) (Companion to SB51)

• HCR58 – Moving through House Committees – RESOLUTION. Expresses that the West Virginia House of Delegates’ position that unborn children are legal and constitutional persons entitled to equal protection under the law.

• HB2757 – Moving through House Committees – Creates mandatory sentences and penalties for related offenses, mandates restitution for victims, and requires the Attorney General to identify terrorist groups, with severe penalties for members or associates of those groups.

• HB2456 – Moving through House Committees – Provides funding for pregnancy help organizations while prohibiting funding to abortion industry organizations.

• HB2218 – Moving through House Committees – Sets penalties for tampering with or changing the results of medical cannabis testing.
• SB444 – Moving through Senate Committees – Mandates a three-year prison sentence for possessing Schedule I or II drugs.
• SB580 – Moving through Senate Committees – Increases the penalty for felony distribution of a controlled substance classified in Schedule I or II which is a narcotic drug or methamphetamine; and increaseS the penalty for drug delivery resulting in death.

• HB2071 – Moving through House Committees – Allows parents or guardians to exempt their child from sexual orientation and gender identity instruction in public schools.
• HB2087 – Moving through House Committees – Allows taxpayers to review online curriculum and instructional materials adopted by school boards and lets anyone file a complaint.
• HB2164 – On First Reading in the House – Authorizes local school boards, public charter schools, and private or religious schools to employ school security officers.
• HB2554 – Moving through House Committees – Requires all high school students in West Virginia to pass both a civics examination and the United States Naturalization Examination before they can graduate.
• HB2681 – Moving through House Committees – Requires all students to be taught how to properly handle, fold, treat, honor, display, and retire the American flag.
• SB94 – Moving through Senate Committees – Requires human growth and development education to be added to school curriculum.
• SB154 – Passed Senate – Moving through House Committees – Allows parents or guardians to exempt their child from sexual orientation and gender identity instruction in public schools.
• SB201 – Moving through Senate Committees – Anti-Racism Act. Prohibits schools and education officials from forcing students or staff to adopt certain concepts, such as “A person is racist just because of their race,” or “A person is responsible for the actions of others in their race.”
• SB280 – On Second Reading in the Senate – Requires the official US motto, “In God We Trust,” to be displayed in all public elementary, secondary and schools of higher education.
• SB424 – Moving through Senate Committees – Restoring Sanity Act. Bans certain educational practices in public K-12 schools and state colleges by limiting teaching on race and gender topics, restricting the use of preferred pronouns, and preventing the creation of DEI offices.

• SB521 – Laid over on 2nd reading 3/10/2025 – Requires elections for judges, justices, magistrates, and school board members to be partisan, sets rules for ballot design.

• HB2834 – Moving through House Committees – Requires each county school board to implement a one-minute period of silence in every classroom each day, allowing students to personally choose whether to meditate, pray, or engage in other quiet activities (Companion to SB80)
• SB80 – Moving through Senate Committees – Requires each county school board to implement a one-minute period of silence in every classroom each day, allowing students to personally choose whether to meditate, pray, or engage in other quiet activities. (Companion to HB2834)

• SB431 – Moving through Senate Committees – Increases penalties for indecent exposure to protect minors from sexually explicit performances, particularly involving transvestite or transgender displays.

• HB2578 – Moving through House Committees – Increases the total number of children allowable for informal family child care.

• HB2427 – Moving through House Committees – Permits the concealed carry of firearms on Capitol grounds for individuals with concealed carry licenses.
• SB48 – Moving through Senate Committees – Creates a mobile training team for school safety, and allows school teachers and administrators to carry concealed weapons as “school protection officers.”
• SB445 – Moving through Senate Committees – Allows West Virginia legislators and staff with concealed carry permits to carry firearms in the Capitol, as long as they register with Capitol Police.
• SB481 – Moving through Senate Committees – Permits off-duty law enforcement officers to possess concealed firearms within public schools and at public school events.

• HB2369 – Moving through House Committees – Limits parents to three chances to fix issues of abuse or neglect, ensuring quicker decisions about children’s placements.

• HB2151 – Moving through House Committees – Requires publicly-funded medical schools to provide education on abortion pill reversal, treatment of ectopic pregnancies, and miscarriage management.
• HB2631 – Moving through House Committees – Requires all medical treatment providers to provide patients with oral information regarding all possible treatment options, risks, complications, and side effects prior to receiving informed consent for any medical intervention.
• SB87 – Moving through Senate Committees – Allows pregnancy help centers receive funding for things like equipment and training, not just for services.

• HB2574 – Moving through House Committees – Prohibits discriminatory practices at public higher education institutions, specifically targeting the use of diversity statements, mandatory diversity training, and the creation of diversity, equity, and inclusion offices.

• HB2777 – Moving through House Committees – Removes the requirement to submit certain evidence for home-schooled children, such as: the provider showing proof of a high school diploma, equivalent, or a degree/certificate from an accredited institution, and proof of the child taking and passing tests.

• HB2006 – On Second Reading in the House – Clearly defines male and female within West Virginia state law to implement protections for single-sex spaces such as restrooms, changing rooms, and sleeping quarters.
• HB2033 – Moving through House Committees – Protects adoptive and foster parents from being forced to support government policies on sexual orientation or gender identity if those policies go against their religious or moral beliefs.
• HB2072 – Moving through House Committees – Allows healthcare providers to refuse involvement in sex reassignment or gender transition treatments if it goes against their religious or personal beliefs.
• HB2127 – Moving through House Committees – Clarifies laws on sex discrimination, gender equality, and services based on sex, defines key terms such as “woman,” “man,” “girl,” and “boy,” and affirming that sex is biological and fixed, not based on gender identity.
• HB2153 – Moving through House Committees – Protects adoptive and foster parents from being forced to support government policies on sexual orientation or gender identity if those policies go against their religious or moral beliefs.
• HB2403 – To House Health and Human Resources – Makes it illegal to use hormone therapy as a means of medical treatment for minors.
• HB2466 – Moving through House Committees – Prohibits physicians from providing hormone therapy and irreversible gender reassignment surgery for minors.
• HB2962 – Moving through House Committees – Mandates that the sex of an individual at birth shall not be changed on the original birth certificate as a result of a sex change surgery, and mandates that changing the sex on driver’s licenses, id cards, or instruction permits can only be done with medical documentation or a court order.
• SB279 – Moving through Senate Committees – Bans gender transition surgeries and treatments for minors.
• SB299 – Passed Senate – Moving through House Committees – Prohibits the administration of gender-altering medications and gender reassignment surgeries to minors.
• SB456 – Passed House and Senate – Clearly defines male and female within West Virginia state law to implement protections for single-sex spaces such as restrooms, changing rooms, and sleeping quarters.

• HR6 – Moving through House Committees – Asserts there are only two biological sexes, male and female, and views transgenderism as a condition needing psychological evaluation, not affirmation of gender identity.

• HB2070 – Moving through House Committees – Parents’ Bill of Rights. Guarantees parents’ basic rights to make decisions about their children’s upbringing, education, health care, and mental health. (Companion to HB2129) (Companion to HB2129) (Companion to SB655)
• HB2129 – Passed House – Sent to Senate – Parents’ Bill of Rights. Guarantees parents’ basic rights to make decisions about their children’s upbringing, education, health care, and mental health. (Companion to HB2070) (Companion to HB2070) (Companion to SB655)
• HB2372 – Moving through House Committees – Parents’ Bill of Rights. Guarantees parents’ basic rights to make decisions about their children’s upbringing, education, health care, and mental health.
• HB2609 – Moving through House Committees – Enhances parental control over children’s internet use by requiring developers to require parental approval for software downloads by children under 16.
• SB229 – Moving through Senate Committees – Protects children conceived from sexual assault and their survivors by preventing contact with the perpetrator, allowing parental rights to be terminated for the perpetrator, and requiring continued child support.
• SB286 – Moving through Senate Committees – Facilitates access to a minor’s health care records by parents or legal guardians without requiring consent from the minor.

• HB2396 – Moving through House Committees – Removes the exemption that protects bona fide schools, public libraries, and museums from criminal liability related to the distribution and display of obscene material to minors.
• HB2689 – Moving through House Committees – Requires pornography websites to utilize age verification methods to prevent minors from accessing content.
• SB27 – Moving through Senate Committees – Clarifies the felony of exhibiting “obscene matter” to a minor by including any sexually graphic material shown to a minor with the intent to seduce them.
• SB198 – Passed Senate – Moving through House Committees – Makes it a crime to create, produce, distribute, or possess AI-generated child pornography, even if no real minor is shown.
• SB276 – Moving through Senate Committees – Makes it a criminal offense for a person to engage in an adult cabaret performance where it may be viewed by a minor.
• SB278 – Moving through Senate Committees – Prohibits obscene materials in or within 2,500 feet West Virginia schools.
• SB507 – Moving through Senate Committees – Prohibits drag shows from being performed in front of minors and in public places such as schools or libraries.

• SB539 – Moving through Senate Committees – Removes the criminal liability exemptions for bona fide schools, public libraries, and museums related to the distribution and display of obscene matter to minors.

• HB2526 – Moving through House Committees – Prohibits public school students from using restrooms or changing areas that do not align with the gender they were assigned at birth.
• HB2545 – Moving through House Committees – Allows corporal punishment (spankings) in public schools by the school principal.

• HB2424 – Moving through House Committees – Requires a full legislative vote regarding all Gubernatorial declarations of a state of preparedness or state of emergency, removing the Governor’s power for shutdown.

• HB2517 – Moving through House Committees – Prohibits any mandates that require vaccination for school attendance, employment, or access to state-regulated facilities.
• HB2732 – Moving through House Committees – Allows for religious exemptions for compulsory immunizations, including: chickenpox, hepatitis-b, measles, meningitis, mumps, diphtheria, polio, rubella, tetanus and whooping cough.
• SB108 – Moving through Senate Committees – Allows private schools to voluntarily require or offer immunization for students, rather than mandating it by law.
• SB250 – Moving through Senate Committees – Provides a religious exemption to school vaccine requirements.
• SB289 – Moving through Senate Committees – Allows exemptions to vaccination requirements for religious and philosophical reasons.
• SB460 – Passed Senate – Moving through House Committees – Allows vaccine exemptions for medical, religious, and philosophical reasons, and prevents schools from discriminating against those who use them.
• SB466 – Moving through Senate Committees – Removes mandatory vaccinations in West Virginia, making them voluntary, and ensures parents of newborns receive vaccination information.

• HB2005 – Moving through House Committees – Eliminates diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, training, activities, offices, and officers from the state’s executive branch, schools, and higher education institutions.
• SB474 – Moving through Senate Committees – Eliminates diversity, equity, and inclusion training, activities, offices, and officers from the executive branch, primary and secondary schools, and institutions of higher education in West Virginia.

OPPOSE:

• SJR12 – Moving through Senate Committees – Establishing the right to reproductive freedom (including abortion) as a permanent part of the state constitution, making it difficult to change or remove.

• HJR25 – Moving through House Committees – RESOLUTION: Guarantees the right to reproductive freedom, including abortion.

• HB2854 – Moving through House Committees – Removes certain substances from schedule I of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act, including marihuana, Psilocybin, and Tetrahydrocannabinols.
• HB2887 – Moving through House Committees – Legalizes the personal use and possession of cannabis by adults.
• SJR3 – Moving through Senate Committees – Constitutional Amendment. Allows citizens to possess up to two ounces or four cannabis plants for personal use.

• HJR27 – Moving through House Committees – RESOLUTION. Proposes an amendment to the State Constitution that would legalize cannabis possession.

• HB2907 – Moving through House Committees – Prohibits civil rights violations based on disability, gender identity, or sexual orientation, excludes constitutionally protected speech or associations as evidence in most criminal prosecutions, and provides sentencing alternatives for offenders.

• HB2763 – Moving through House Committees – Adds “sexual orientation” and “gender identity” to the Human Rights Act and Fair Housing Act, prohibiting discrimination in employment, public accommodations, and housing.

• HB2902 – Moving through House Committees – Expands discrimination actions before the Human Rights Commission to employers with two or more employees, includes independent contractors in the definition of “employee,” and extends the filing period for such claims to three years.

WATCH:

• HB2650 – Moving through House Committees – Allows individuals with a concealed carry license to carry a concealed handgun on the grounds of primary or secondary schools.