Bill Status - 2023 Regular Session
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There are 36 bill(s) regarding Human Rights
| Bill | Title | Status | Committee | Step | Last Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SB 11 | Prohibiting excessive government limitations on exercise of religion | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/11/23 |
| SB 33 | Prohibiting certain divisive acts or concepts from schools, state agencies and any groups receiving state funding | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 01/11/23 |
| SB 55 | WV Freedom of Conscience Protection Act | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/11/23 |
| SB 121 | Creating Student Journalist Press Freedom Protection Act | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 9, 2023) | ||
| SB 169 | Requiring certain movie theaters to provide open captioning during certain showings | Pending | Senate Economic Development | Committee | 01/13/23 |
| SB 655 | Parents' Bill of Rights | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 02/16/23 |
| SB 696 | Prohibiting unlawful discriminatory practices covered by Human Rights Act and Fair Housing Act | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 02/20/23 |
| HB 2036 | Allow Religious Exemptions for vaccines | Pending | House Health and Human Resources | Committee | 02/22/23 |
| HB 2043 | Creating a Small Business and Minority Populations Economic and Workforce Development Taskforce | Pending | House ECON | Committee | 01/11/23 |
| HB 2074 | Places of worship may not be shut down by state of emergency | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/11/23 |
| HB 2092 | To clarify that impermissible discrimination includes discrimination based on certain hair textures and styles | Pending | House Government Organization | Committee | 01/11/23 |
| HB 2105 | Right to travel bill | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/11/23 |
| HB 2125 | Eliminating the Human Rights Commission | Pending | House Government Organization | Committee | 01/11/23 |
| HB 2266 | Adding “sexual orientation” and “gender identity” to the categories covered by the Human Rights Act and WV Fair Housing Act | Pending | House Workforce Development | Committee | 01/11/23 |
| HB 2290 | Relating to unlawful discriminatory practices in categories covered by the Human Rights Act and the Fair Housing Act | Pending | House Workforce Development | Committee | 01/11/23 |
| HB 2293 | Life at Conception Act of 2023 | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/11/23 |
| HB 2312 | Relating to abortions after detection of an unborn child’s heartbeat | Pending | House Health and Human Resources | Committee | 01/11/23 |
| HB 2368 | Provide for fines for hospitals that do not allow at least one visitor | Pending | House Health and Human Resources | Committee | 01/11/23 |
| HB 2391 | To create a bill to designate February 3 as “Freedom Day,” to memorialize the February 3, 1865 Act by the Legislature that abolished slavery in West Virginia. | Pending | House Government Organization | Committee | 01/11/23 |
| HB 2398 | Requiring the Human Rights Commission, when investigating a complaint of discrimination, to specifically include an examination of the intent of the person | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/11/23 |
| HB 2423 | Prohibit “divisive concepts” from schools, state agencies and any groups receiving state funding | Pending | House Workforce Development | Committee | 01/11/23 |
| HB 2424 | Creating the Unborn Infants Wrongful Death Act | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/11/23 |
| HB 2440 | To Protect Newborn Genetic Privacy Rights | Pending | House Health and Human Resources | Committee | 01/11/23 |
| HB 2474 | Establishing the West Virginia Religious Freedom Restoration Act | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/11/23 |
| HB 2478 | West Virginia Religious Freedom Restoration Act | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/11/23 |
| HB 2481 | Increasing the state minimum wage | Pending | House Workforce Development | Committee | 01/11/23 |
| HB 2492 | Relating to forbidding excessive government limitations on exercise on religion | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/11/23 |
| HB 2843 | Relating to statute of limitations for discrimination | Pending | House Workforce Development | Committee | 01/19/23 |
| HB 2877 | Relating to the definition of employer for sexual harassment purposes | Pending | House Workforce Development | Committee | 01/20/23 |
| HB 2976 | Creating the Keep Roe Reversed Forever Act | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/24/23 |
| HB 3042 | Relating to forbidding excessive government limitations on exercise of religion | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (May 29, 2023) | ||
| HB 3118 | Creating the Parents' Bill of Rights | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/10/23 |
| HB 3128 | Requiring open captions in movie theaters within the State of West Virginia to accommodate the deaf and hard of hearing | Pending | House Health and Human Resources | Committee | 01/27/23 |
| HB 3225 | The Healthy and Safe Workplace Act | Pending | House Workforce Development | Committee | 02/02/23 |
| HB 3326 | Relating to Privacy of Social Care information | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/15/23 |
| HB 3455 | Relating to a patient’s right to choose physician | Pending | House Health and Human Resources | Committee | 02/14/23 |