republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2025/sb-154.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibiting sexual orientation instruction in public schools"
description: "Prohibiting sexual orientation instruction in public schools"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 154"
citation: "West Virginia SB 154 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education (K12)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Grady"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 46
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-02-12"
last_action: "2025-08-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a25d59c1-64d3-4095-8b96-945e965b412e"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=154&year=2025&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "441af32f2caba117ea0a69ab22a27e443f503dd3a3f65f7eccef73be36dd4dab"
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 154 (2025) — Prohibiting sexual orientation instruction in public schools

## 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=sb154%20sub1.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=154)
2. **Committee Substitute for the Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb154%20sub2.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=154)
3. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb154%20sub2%20enr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=154)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb154%20intr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=154)
5. **sb154 h edu am _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/com_amends/sb154%20h%20edu%20am%20_1%20adopted.htm)
6. **sb154 hfat ellington adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/floor_amends/sb154%20hfat%20ellington%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **33–1** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **82–17** (pass) · lower
- HFA YOUNG 4-10 #1 — **11–88** (fail) · lower
- DISPENSE 2ND REFERENCE TO JUDICIARY — **74–13** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Grady — primary (person)
- Deeds — cosponsor (person)
- Hart — cosponsor (person)
- Helton — cosponsor (person)
- Roberts — cosponsor (person)
- Rucker — cosponsor (person)
- Tarr — cosponsor (person)
- Thorne — cosponsor (person)
- Willis — cosponsor (person)
- Woodrum — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-12** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-02-12** To Education then Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-12** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2025-02-12** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-21** Committee substitute reported, but first to Judiciary
- **2025-02-21** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-28** Committee substitute for committee substitute reported
- **2025-03-03** On 1st reading
- **2025-03-03** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2025-03-04** On 2nd reading
- **2025-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-03-04** Floor amendment rejected (Voice vote)
- **2025-03-05** On 3rd reading
- **2025-03-05** Laid over on 3rd reading 3/5/2025
- **2025-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-03-06** Passed Senate (Roll No. 66) `passage`
- **2025-03-06** Ordered to House
- **2025-03-10** House received Senate message
- **2025-03-10** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2025-03-10** To Education then Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-10** To House Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-02** Markup Discussion
- **2025-04-08** With amendment, do pass, but first to Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-08** 2nd reference dispensed (Roll No. 420)
- **2025-04-09** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2025-04-09** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2025-04-10** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2025-04-11** On 3rd reading with right to amend, Special Calendar
- **2025-04-11** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2025-04-11** Placed at foot of 3rd Reading
- **2025-04-11** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2025-04-11** Amendment rejected (Roll No. 550) `amendment-failure`
- **2025-04-11** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2025-04-11** Passed House (Roll No. 551) `passage`
- **2025-04-11** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2025-04-11** Communicated to Senate
- **2025-04-12** House Message received
- **2025-04-12** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 598)
- **2025-04-12** Communicated to House
- **2025-04-12** Completed legislative action
- **2025-04-21** To Governor 4/21/2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-12** To Governor 4/21/2025 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-12** To Governor 4/21/2025 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-30** Approved by Governor 4/30/2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-12** Approved by Governor 4/30/2025 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2025-08-08** Chapter 83, Acts, Regular Session, 2025 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a25d59c1-64d3-4095-8b96-945e965b412e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).