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West Virginia lawmakers also voted to provide $183 million to the state agency tasked with caring for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, but not until after considerable ...
West Virginia's Republican-dominated Legislature pushed forward a slate of contentious bills Wednesday that would arm teachers, allow people to sue libraries over books that offend them and ...
The West Virginia Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of West Virginia. A bicameral legislative body, the legislature is split between the upper Senate and the lower House of Delegates. It was established under Article VI of the West Virginia Constitution following the state's split from Virginia during the American Civil War ...
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Bills then undergo committee review and three readings in the house of origin and then the other house of the state legislature. [2] An unusual feature of the West Virginia legislative process is that revenue bills can originate in either house. [1] The state constitution also prohibits multiple subjects in a single bill. [1]
Natasha Stone of Fairness West Virginia characterized the bill as fear-mongering, similar to bathroom bills that came before it. Stone said that, "Bill 3293 was just the newest way to attack trans people. Trans kids aren’t a danger. House Bill 3293 is a solution in search of a problem." [6]
The bill was formally passed by the West Virginia Legislature in March 2023, banning puberty blockers, hormone therapy, and surgery for transgender minors, except in cases of "severe dysphoria" as diagnosed by at least two physicians. [51] The Governor of West Virginia officially signed the bill into law - goes into effect from January 1, 2024.
The West Virginia Democratic Party is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the U.S. state of West Virginia. Although West Virginia was historically one of the most Democratic-voting states in the nation, the party has gradually lost ground in the state in the 21st century. It currently holds no elected statewide offices, no congressional ...