---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allowing teachers in public schools to discuss scientific theories"
description: "Allowing teachers in public schools to discuss scientific theories"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 280"
citation: "West Virginia SB 280 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education (K12)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Grady"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 46
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-11"
last_action: "2024-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c1cebb63-e0e6-4565-9a89-50c3e1b23e30"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=280&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "5d6df2805929ae2d966c1949665dafa5b77917e53d8b43a8987ab940de6fd812"
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 280 (2024) — Allowing teachers in public schools to discuss scientific theories

## 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=sb280%20sub1.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=280)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb280%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=280)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb280%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=280)
4. **Move the previous question adopted (Roll No. 742)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/2024/RS/votes/house/00742.pdf)
5. **sb280 h jud am _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/com_amends/sb280%20h%20jud%20am%20_1%20adopted.htm)
6. **sb280 hfat fast 3-7 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/sb280%20hfat%20fast%203-7%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **89–9** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **31–2** (pass) · upper
- PREVIOUS QUESTION — **77–20** (pass) · lower
- HFA YOUNG 3-7 #2 — **18–78** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Grady — primary (person)
- Azinger — cosponsor (person)
- Deeds — cosponsor (person)
- Phillips — cosponsor (person)
- Roberts — cosponsor (person)
- Stuart — cosponsor (person)
- Tarr — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-11** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-11** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-11** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-01-11** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-17** Committee substitute reported
- **2024-01-18** On 1st reading
- **2024-01-18** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-01-19** On 2nd reading
- **2024-01-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-01-23** On 3rd reading
- **2024-01-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-01-23** Passed Senate (Roll No. 49) `passage`
- **2024-01-23** Ordered to House
- **2024-01-29** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-01-29** To Education then Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-29** To House Education `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-19** With amendment, do pass, but first to Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-19** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-05** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **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 (Voice vote) `amendment-failure`
- **2024-03-07** Amendment rejected (Roll No. 605) `amendment-failure`
- **2024-03-07** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2024-03-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-08** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-09** Move the previous question adopted (Roll No. 742)
- **2024-03-09** Passed House (Roll No. 743) `passage`
- **2024-03-09** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2024-03-09** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-03-09** House Message received
- **2024-03-09** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 526)
- **2024-03-09** Communicated to House
- **2024-03-09** Completed legislative action
- **2024-03-09** House received Senate message
- **2024-03-14** To Governor 3/14/2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/14/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/14/2024 - 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 103, 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/c1cebb63-e0e6-4565-9a89-50c3e1b23e30`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).