HB 2006 West Virginia House of Delegates · 2025 Regular Session

Defining Men and Women

West Virginia's HB 2006 defines "sex," "male," and "female" in state law based on biological characteristics observed at birth, stating there are only two sexes. It specifies that "female" refers to individuals with reproductive anatomy for producing ova, and "male" refers to those with anatomy for producing sperm, while clarifying that intersex individuals ("DSD conditions") do not constitute a third sex. The bill aims to preserve single-sex spaces like women's restrooms, changing rooms, and domestic violence shelters by requiring state institutions to classify people based on this biological definition. It explicitly states the law cannot be enforced in conflict with the *Grimm v. Gloucester School Board* court ruling, which protects transgender students' access to facilities matching their gender identity.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Feb 18, 2025 Last action Mar 3, 2025

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Introduced Version → Committee Substitute · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill was amended to add a new section (5-32-9) on severability and update the bill's descriptive title to include additional provisions like domestic violence shelters, public schools, and data collection. The core definitions and protections for single-sex spaces remain substantially the same, though some formatting and navigation elements from the legislative website were removed.

Scope change

The scope remains focused on defining sex and protecting single-sex spaces in state law, with no change to the fundamental applicability of the bill across state agencies and institutions.

DEFINITION

Added a new Section 5-32-9 on severability, ensuring that if any part of the bill is found unconstitutional, the remaining provisions stay in effect.

TITLE

Updated the bill's title to more comprehensively describe its provisions, including domestic violence shelters, public schools, institutions of higher education, correctional institutions, and sex-based data collection.

TECHNICAL

Removed website navigation links, contact forms, and footer content that were part of the original legislative webpage but not part of the actual bill text.

Cleaned up formatting inconsistencies and removed extraneous website elements while preserving the substantive legislative language.

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Committee

Feb 26, 2025

Lower · Passed

By substitute, do pass

lower

Feb 18, 2025

Committee

To House Judiciary

lower

Feb 18, 2025

Introduced

Introduced in House

lower

Feb 18, 2025

Committee

To Judiciary

lower

1 primary · 9 co-sponsors