republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2025/sb-299.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Modifying WV regulations on pubertal modulation, hormonal therapy, and gender reassignment"
description: "Modifying WV regulations on pubertal modulation, hormonal therapy, and gender reassignment"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 299"
citation: "West Virginia SB 299 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rose"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 49
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2025-02-12"
last_action: "2025-08-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e7dfbe71-e39f-4082-8ba3-3e19f481de9d"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=299&year=2025&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "a2933736ec0ea054502dccaac31592c8947f3b17af3a319647eac38cbf5082f8"
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 299 (2025) — Modifying WV regulations on pubertal modulation, hormonal therapy, and gender reassignment

## 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=sb299%20sub1.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=299)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb299%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=299)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb299%20intr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=299)
4. **Motion for previous question adopted (Roll No. 569)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/2025/RS/votes/house/00569.pdf)
5. **Motion to move to 3rd with restricted right to amend adopted (Roll No. 483)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/2025/RS/votes/house/00483.pdf)

## Votes

- PREVIOUS QUESTION — **60–37** (pass) · lower
- H HHR AM #1 — **26–70** (fail) · lower
- HFA Flanigan 4-10 #1 REVISED — **28–71** (fail) · lower
- ADVANCE TO 3RD — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- DISPENSE 2ND REFERENCE — **82–15** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **32–2** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **86–12** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rose — primary (person)
- Barrett — cosponsor (person)
- Bartlett — cosponsor (person)
- Hart — cosponsor (person)
- Rucker — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Thorne — cosponsor (person)
- Willis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-12** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-02-12** To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-12** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2025-02-12** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-19** Reported do pass, but first to Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-19** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-03** Committee substitute reported
- **2025-03-04** On 1st reading
- **2025-03-04** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2025-03-05** On 2nd reading
- **2025-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-03-06** On 3rd reading
- **2025-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-03-06** Passed Senate (Roll No. 67) `passage`
- **2025-03-06** Title amendment adopted
- **2025-03-06** Ordered to House
- **2025-03-10** House received Senate message
- **2025-03-10** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2025-03-10** To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-10** To House Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-07** Markup Discussion
- **2025-04-09** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-09** Immediate consideration
- **2025-04-09** 2nd reference dispensed (Roll No. 422)
- **2025-04-09** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2025-04-10** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2025-04-10** Motion to move to 3rd with restricted right to amend adopted (Roll No. 483)
- **2025-04-11** On 3rd reading with restricted right to amend, Special Calender
- **2025-04-11** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2025-04-11** Placed at foot of 3rd reading
- **2025-04-11** Postponed on 3rd reading, Special Calendar, until 4/12/2025
- **2025-04-12** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2025-04-12** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2025-04-12** Committee amendment rejected (Roll No. 567)
- **2025-04-12** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2025-04-12** Amendment withdrawn (Voice vote)
- **2025-04-12** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2025-04-12** Committee amendment rejected (Roll No. 568)
- **2025-04-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-12** Motion for previous question adopted (Roll No. 569)
- **2025-04-12** Passed House (Roll No. 570) `passage`
- **2025-04-12** Communicated to Senate
- **2025-04-12** Completed legislative action
- **2025-04-12** House Message received
- **2025-04-17** To Governor 4/17/2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-12** To Governor 4/17/2025 - Senate 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 48, 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/e7dfbe71-e39f-4082-8ba3-3e19f481de9d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).