West Virginia SB 456 (2025) — Defining "men" and "women"
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source Enrolled Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source sb456 hfa akers 3-6 _1 adopted adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source sb456 hfa akers 3-6 _1 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source sb456 hfa akers 3-6 _1adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source sb456 hfat akers 3-6 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source sb456 sfa martin 3-11 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source sb456 sfat martin 3-11 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source
Votes
PASSAGE — 87– (pass) · lower
PASSAGE — 90– (pass) · lower
Passage — 32– (pass) · upper
Smith — primary (person)
Woelfel — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2025-02-13 Filed for introduction filing2025-02-13 To Judiciary referral-committee2025-02-13 Introduced in Senate introduction2025-02-13 To Judiciary referral-committee2025-02-26 Committee substitute reported2025-02-27 On 1st reading2025-02-27 Read 1st time reading-12025-02-28 On 2nd reading2025-02-28 Read 2nd time reading-22025-03-03 On 3rd reading2025-03-03 Read 3rd time reading-32025-03-03 Passed Senate (Roll No. 52) passage2025-03-03 Ordered to House2025-03-04 House received Senate message2025-03-04 Introduced in House introduction2025-03-04 Reference dispensed2025-03-04 Immediate consideration2025-03-05 On 1st reading, Special Calendar2025-03-04 Read 1st time reading-12025-03-05 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar2025-03-05 Postponed on 2nd reading, Special Calendar, until 3/6/20252025-03-06 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar2025-03-06 Read 2nd time reading-22025-03-06 Amendment reported by the Clerk2025-03-06 Amendment adopted (Voice vote)2025-03-06 Amendment reported by the Clerk2025-03-06 Amendment rejected (Voice vote) amendment-failure2025-03-07 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar2025-03-10 Read 3rd time reading-32025-03-07 Passed House (Roll No. 37) passage2025-03-07 Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)2025-03-07 Communicated to Senate2025-03-11 House Message received2025-03-11 Senate amends House amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 89)2025-03-11 Senate requests House to concur2025-03-11 House received Senate message2025-03-11 House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 49)2025-03-11 Completed legislative action2025-03-12 House Message received2025-03-12 To Governor 3/12/2025 executive-receipt2025-03-12 Approved by Governor 3/12/2025 executive-signature2025-03-13 Approved by Governor 3/12/2025 - Senate Journal executive-signature2025-03-18 To Governor 3/18/2025 - House Journal executive-receipt2025-03-18 Approved by Governor 3/18/2025 - House Journal executive-signature2025-08-08 Chapter 202, Acts, Regular Session, 2025 became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01 ; origin ocd-bill/5e2169dc-61c2-467d-bc87-26f8c8659a91. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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