---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to repealing the prohibition against the use of certain words"
description: "Relating to repealing the prohibition against the use of certain words"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 2905"
citation: "West Virginia HB 2905 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rohrbach"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-03"
last_action: "2021-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c668ecc-de3e-46c9-9d14-7f97023eafe0"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2905&year=2021&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "dca96f8ebaaae0ecf401d17f7870b601ac3d5499ca1b6863e4fb9ab3c9fe0713"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wv"]
---

# West Virginia HB 2905 (2021) — Relating to repealing the prohibition against the use of certain words

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2905%20ENR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2905)
2. **Originating in Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2905%20ORG.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2905)

## Votes

- Passage — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rohrbach — primary (person)
- Barnhart — cosponsor (person)
- Forsht — cosponsor (person)
- Pack, L. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-03-03** Originating in House Health and Human Resources
- **2021-03-03** Do pass
- **2021-03-04** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-04** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-03-05** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-08** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-03-08** Passed House (Roll No. 102) `passage`
- **2021-03-08** Communicated to Senate
- **2021-03-09** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-03-09** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-09** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-18** Reported do pass, with title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-19** On 1st reading
- **2021-03-19** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-03-22** On 2nd reading
- **2021-03-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-23** On 3rd reading
- **2021-03-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-03-23** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 178) `passage`
- **2021-03-23** Senate requests House to concur
- **2021-03-24** House received Senate message
- **2021-03-25** House concurred in Senate title amendment
- **2021-03-25** Passed House (Roll No. 273) `passage`
- **2021-03-25** Communicated to Senate
- **2021-03-25** Completed legislative action
- **2021-03-26** House Message received
- **2021-03-31** To Governor 3/30/21 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-31** To Governor 3/30/21 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-30** To Governor 3/30/21 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-05** Approved by Governor 4/5/21 - Senate Journal
- **2021-04-05** Approved by Governor 4/5/21 `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-06** Approved by Governor 4/5/21 - House Journal
- **2021-05-20** Chapter 57, Acts, Regular Session, 2021

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1c668ecc-de3e-46c9-9d14-7f97023eafe0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).