West Virginia State Scorecard

SB474 Eliminate DEI (passed 31 to 2 on 4/13/2025). Eliminates diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs, trainings, activities, offices, and officers from primary and secondary schools and institutions of higher education.

SB154 Prohibiting Gender-identity Education (passed 82 to 17 on 4/11/2025). Prohibits public schools from providing gender-identity instruction, prohibits school from providing false or misleading information to parents, and requires parental notification of any student request to affirm a gender different from their biological sex.

SB225 Federal Law-enforcement Authority (passed 33 to 0 on 4/11/2025). Amends West Virginia law to authorize commissioned rangers of the National Park Service to enforce state laws, allowing independent investigation, arrest, search, and seizure for any offense under state law in the National Park System.

HCR102 Article V Convention (rejected 49 to 49 on 4/10/2025). Urges Congress to call a “convention of states” to propose “Amendments to the Constitution of the United States to create fiscal responsibility by and within the federal government.”

SB627 Carbon Capture in State Parks (passed 26 to 5 on 4/9/2025). Removes the prohibition against leasing state-owned lands designated as state parks for underground carbon capture and sequestration.

SB627 Carbon Capture in State Parks (passed 73 to 24 on 4/4/2025). Removes the prohibition against leasing state-owned lands designated as state parks for underground carbon capture and sequestration.

Delegate Henry Dillon’s (R-Wayne) amendment to HB2777 Educational Freedom (rejected 3 to 91 on 3/31/2025). Repeals West Virginia’s compulsory school attendance for children, educational status and learning progress reporting requirements for students.

SB460 Child Vaccine Exemption (rejected 42 to 56 on 3/24/2025). Expands exemptions to West Virginia’s compulsory childhood vaccination requirements by permitting religious and philosophical exemptions, and prohibiting schools or childcare centers from excluding exempted children from extracurricular activities or events.

HB2129 Parents' Bill of Rights (passed 32 to 1 on 3/24/2025). Enacts the “Parents’ Bill of Rights,” which affirms the fundamental right of parents to direct the upbringing, education, care, healthcare, and mental health of their minor children; and provides for injunctive relief against violations.

SB487 Clean Voter Rolls (passed 84 to 9 on 3/17/2025). Updates the systematic purging program for removing ineligible voters from active voter rolls by decreasing the period of voting inactivity from four to two years.