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West Virginia HB3319

PRONOUNSINTRODUCED

Restoring Sanity Act

The purpose of this bill is to establish the Restoring Sanity Act; prohibit 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 any employee certain concepts; prohibit a state institution of higher education and an employee of a state institution of higher education 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 concepts are factual and accurate or must be held as a belief of the student or employee; provide that county board and public charter school employees are not required to use student's preferred pronoun when referring to the student if the preferred pronoun is not consistent with the student's biological sex; prohibit a state institution of higher education from establishing, sustaining, supporting, or staffing a diversity, equity, and inclusion officer or office; and declare 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 opinions.

Legislative Session

active

2025 Regular Session

Selected quotes

The Legislature finds that: (a) County board and public charter school employees should never be compelled to affirm a belief with which they disagree.

County board and public charter school employees are not: (1) Required to use a student’s preferred pronoun when referring to the student if the preferred pronoun is not consistent with the student’s biological sex; (2) Civilly liable for using a pronoun that is consistent with the biological sex of the student to whom the teacher or employee is referring, even if the pronoun is not the student’s preferred pronoun; and (3) Subject to an adverse employment action for not using a student’s preferred pronoun if the student’s preferred pronoun is inconsistent with the student’s biological sex.

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History

DateAction
2025-03-12Filed for introduction
2025-03-12To Education then Judiciary
2025-03-12Introduced in House
2025-03-12To House Education