---
type: "Bill"
title: "Non-binary not permitted on birth certificates"
description: "Non-binary not permitted on birth certificates"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 4233"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4233 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health", "Records and Papers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pritt, C."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-10"
last_action: "2024-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/03e4bd38-a2bc-4bba-aa74-4292c1034276"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4233&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "ce86628b42d654f52dc9811810739566616d8f1d3f582845c4df65d9b81223e3"
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 4233 (2024) — Non-binary not permitted on birth certificates

## 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=hb4233%20sub.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=4233)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4233%20sub%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=4233)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4233%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=4233)

## Votes

- Passage — **33–1** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **93–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pritt, C. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-10** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-10** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-10** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-01-10** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-06** By substitute, do pass
- **2024-02-07** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-07** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-08** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-09** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-09** Passed House (Roll No. 136) `passage`
- **2024-02-09** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-02-13** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-02-13** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-13** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-23** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-24** On 1st reading
- **2024-02-24** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-26** On 2nd reading
- **2024-02-26** Laid over on 2nd reading 2/26/2024
- **2024-02-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-28** On 3rd reading
- **2024-02-28** Laid over on 3rd reading 2/28/2024
- **2024-02-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-29** Passed Senate (Roll No. 320) `passage`
- **2024-02-29** Communicated to House
- **2024-02-29** Completed legislative action
- **2024-03-01** House received Senate message
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/21/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-21** To Governor 3/21/2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/21/2024 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/27/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/24 `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/27/24 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-22** Chapter 217, 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/03e4bd38-a2bc-4bba-aa74-4292c1034276`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).