---
type: "Bill"
title: "Protecting belief-based student organizations from certain types of discrimination"
description: "Protecting belief-based student organizations from certain types of discrimination"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 503"
citation: "West Virginia SB 503 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education (K12)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Grady"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 41
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-19"
last_action: "2024-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e911bc2f-5db0-42f1-bc08-10d33cca08b9"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=503&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "571241b068dce49470675bde57dc66619a183d51fac70008ac5f06cf086cb08f"
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 SB 503 (2024) — Protecting belief-based student organizations from certain types of discrimination

## Version chain

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

1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb503%20sub1.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=503)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb503%20sub1%20eng.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=503)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb503%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=503)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb503%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=503)
5. **sb503 sfa grady _1 2-26 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/sb503%20sfa%20grady%20_1%202-26%20adopted.htm)
6. **sb503 sfat grady _1 2-27 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/sb503%20sfat%20grady%20_1%202-27%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- HFA HORNBUCKLE 3-7 — **14–80** (fail) · lower
- HFA HAMILTON 3-7 — **14–78** (fail) · lower
- PASSAGE — **88–10** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **31–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Grady — primary (person)
- Azinger — cosponsor (person)
- Deeds — cosponsor (person)
- Maynard — cosponsor (person)
- Roberts — cosponsor (person)
- Rucker — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-19** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-19** To Education then Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-22** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-01-22** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-26** Reported do pass, but first to Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-26** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-24** Committee substitute reported
- **2024-02-24** Immediate consideration
- **2024-02-24** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-26** On 2nd reading
- **2024-02-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-27** On 3rd reading with right to amend
- **2024-02-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-27** Floor amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2024-02-27** Passed Senate (Roll No. 282) `passage`
- **2024-02-27** Title amendment adopted
- **2024-02-27** Ordered to House
- **2024-02-29** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-02-29** To House Education `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-05** Do pass
- **2024-03-06** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-03-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-03-07** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-03-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-07** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2024-03-07** Amendment rejected (Roll No. 607) `amendment-failure`
- **2024-03-07** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2024-03-07** Amendment rejected (Roll No. 608) `amendment-failure`
- **2024-03-08** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-03-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-08** Passed House (Roll No. 663) `passage`
- **2024-03-08** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-03-08** Completed legislative action
- **2024-03-09** House Message received
- **2024-03-13** To Governor 3/13/2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/13/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/13/2024 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-22** Approved by Governor 3/22/2024 `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/22/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/22/2024 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-23** Chapter 154, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e911bc2f-5db0-42f1-bc08-10d33cca08b9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).