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West Virginia SB456

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Defining "men" and "women"

The purpose of this bill is to define and preserve single-sex spaces in this state.

Legislative Session

active

2025 Regular Session

Selected quotes

Common sex-based words have endangered women's rights and resources and have put the existence of private, single-sex spaces in jeopardy, thereby necessitating clarification of certain terms used in this code. [...] Personal privacy is a natural instinct rooted in biological realities, including the facts that males alone have the biological capability to impregnate women and that males are, on average, physically larger and stronger than women. The state should protect spaces where women have been traditionally afforded privacy and safety from acts of abuse, harassment, sexual assault, and violence committed by men, just as the state should protect women and girls' natural desire to avoid exposing their bodies to males with whom they have limited, if any, relationships.

(1) A "woman" is an adult human of the female sex, and a "man" is an adult human of the male sex. [...] (2) A "girl" is a human female who is a legal minor, and a "boy" is a human male who is a legal minor: Provided, That the use of the term "girl" or "boy" in reference to the participation of a high-school-aged individual in a school or extracurricular program in accordance with the laws of the state shall not be understood to exclude the participation of a student who is legally an adult. [...] (3) A "mother" is a female parent of a child or children. [...] (4) A "father" is a male parent of a child or children. [...] (5) A "female", when this term is used in reference to a natural person, is an individual who naturally has, had, will have through the course of normal development, or would have but for a developmental anomaly, genetic anomaly, or accident, the reproductive system that at some point produces, transports, and utilizes ova for fertilization. [...] (6) A "male", when this term is used in reference to a natural person, is an individual who naturally has, had, will have through the course of normal development, or would have but for a developmental anomaly, genetic anomaly, or accident, the reproductive system that at some point produces transports, and utilizes sperm for fertilization.

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History

DateAction
2025-03-18To Governor 3/18/2025 - House Journal
2025-03-18Approved by Governor 3/18/2025 - House Journal
2025-03-13Approved by Governor 3/12/2025 - Senate Journal
2025-03-12House Message received
2025-03-12To Governor 3/12/2025
2025-03-12Approved by Governor 3/12/2025
2025-03-11House Message received
2025-03-11Senate amends House amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 89)
2025-03-11Senate requests House to concur
2025-03-11House received Senate message
2025-03-11House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 49)
2025-03-11Completed legislative action
2025-03-10Read 3rd time
2025-03-07On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
2025-03-07Passed House (Roll No. 37)
2025-03-07Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
2025-03-07Communicated to Senate
2025-03-06On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
2025-03-06Read 2nd time
2025-03-06Amendment reported by the Clerk
2025-03-06Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
2025-03-06Amendment reported by the Clerk
2025-03-06Amendment rejected (Voice vote)
2025-03-05On 1st reading, Special Calendar
2025-03-05On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
2025-03-05Postponed on 2nd reading, Special Calendar, until 3/6/2025
2025-03-04House received Senate message
2025-03-04Introduced in House
2025-03-04Reference dispensed
2025-03-04Immediate consideration
2025-03-04Read 1st time
2025-03-03On 3rd reading
2025-03-03Read 3rd time
2025-03-03Passed Senate (Roll No. 52)
2025-03-03Ordered to House
2025-02-28On 2nd reading
2025-02-28Read 2nd time
2025-02-27On 1st reading
2025-02-27Read 1st time
2025-02-26Committee substitute reported
2025-02-13Filed for introduction
2025-02-13To Judiciary
2025-02-13Introduced in Senate
2025-02-13To Judiciary