See What We're Tracking in the 2023 Legislative Session

Every Legislative session we track hundreds of bills and resolutions. This year you can see all the legislation we are following. Our tracking list will be updated daily to reflect newly introduced legislation, the progress of introduced bills, and amendments to bills that may change their effect or our position on the bill. You can find more information about specific bills on the West Virginia Legislature's website. Be sure to check back regularly for more in-depth descriptions of key bills as well.

Follow any of these bills by entering the bill number here.

Chamber and Type	Number	Title	Our Position	Explanation
HB	2002	Relating to providing support for families	Amendments Needed	This bill provides new parents with $4,000. It also provides funding to family support organizations. However, the current bill limits funding to organizations that do not follow best practices and that may promote religion. The ACLU would like to see funding go to organizations with evidence-based practices, and opposes funding religious organizations.
HB	2003	Providing early childhood assistant teachers and systems of support to help students achieve grade level literacy and numeracy by end of third grade	Support	This bill provides a system of supports and support staff to help ensure by the end of grade 3 all students have achieved literacy. It makes special accommodations for students with disabilities. The ACLU supports providing more supports and services in schools, particularly for at-risk youth.
HB	2004	Prevent the use of payment card processing systems for surveillance of Second Amendment activity and discriminatory conduct	Neutral	This bill limits the ability to disclose financial information based on the type of constitutionally-protected activity that is being monitored. The ACLU will monitor and assess this legislation with an eye towards preventing unmerited surveillance.
HB	2006	Relating to reorganizing the Department of Health and Human Resources	Neutral	This bill reorganizes DHHR. The ACLU is neutral on reorganizing or breaking up DHHR. However, we will monitor all legislation related to this to ensure there is no interruption or loss of quality in essential human services, and to ensure that this follows a thoughtful and transparent process.
HB	2007	Prohibiting certain medical practices	Oppose	This bill prohibits certain gender affirming care for minors. The ACLU supports allowing physicians and patients to follow best medical practices for gender affirming care.
HB	2008	Requiring local entities to enforce immigration laws	Oppose	This bill prohibits local governments from creating rules to limit local law enforcement from enforcing or cooperating with federal immigration enforcement. This limits local control and promotes a cruel discriminatory immigration system.
HB	2009	Relating to the authority and obligations of the Governor and Legislature when in declared states of preparedness and emergency	Amendments Needed	This bill modifies the emergency powers act by requiring more specific findings for certain emergency declarations and actions, requiring legislative notice and approval for prolonged emergencies, and reiterating that emergency orders cannot circumvent constitutional rights. The ACLU supports the protection of rights, and the expansion of a transparent democratic process. However, thi bill is different from similar legislation in that it creates a blanket prohibition on closing religious institutions. The government should not interfere with the operation of religious institutions, however there may be exigent situations, where it is appropriate, so this prohibition is too broad.
HB	2016	Relating to confidential childcare records	Support	This bill allows various agencies and facilities to share confidential records with each other for providing services for a child. Lack of continuity of care is one problem in our system and this will help to address that issue.
HB	2018	Permitting the managed care case coordinator to attend the multidisciplinary team meeting	Support	This bill allows case coordinators to be part of multidisciplinary team meetings. Ensuring that a person with familiarity of care can help provide more informed decisions for kids who are justice-impacted.
HB	2019	Making Delta-8 and Delta-7 controlled substances	Oppose	This bill says that any manufacture, distribution, or possession synthetic versions of any substance found in Schedule I or II of WV's Controlled Substance Act is a felony. The ACLU opposes the expansion of the War on Drugs.
HB	2023	To expand funding for school safety use CARES and infrastructure funds	Oppose	This bill uses CARES act funds for school safety features. Schools should not be fortresses or prisons. Too often enhanced security bolsers the school-to-prison pipeline. Funds should be used to provide more supports and services for students.
HB	2027	Require and make mandatory the full involvement of local law enforcement in the person-to-person presentation of an eviction notice	Oppose	This bill would require a law enforcement officer to deliver eviction notices. The ACLU opposes the expansion of law enforcement duties.
HB	2028	Establish quick response teams to work with drug users who are arrested	Amendments Needed	This bill requires the development of quick response teams to narcotics overdoses. The current language requires work in recovery facilities or jails. This language should be expanded so as not to limit requiring people to be incarcerated or committed to work with a team.
HB	2033	Relating to unsafe real property	Amendments Needed	This bill allows local government officials to identify and recommend for removal properties deemed to be a public nuisance. Although there is a notice requirement, it is a very short notice for what may constitute a substantial taking. The use of a governing body also raises the potential for misuse.
HB	2035	Providing tax credits for hiring those in recovery for substance abuse	Support	This bill provides tax credits for employers who hire people in substance abuse recovery. People recovering from substance abuse face many barriers, and the ACLU supports removing or mitigating barriers to full social participation.
HB	2036	Allow Religious Exemptions for vaccines	Oppose	This bill would provide broad use of religious objections to vaccines in public employment, schools, and higher education institutions. The ACLU supports religious freedom, and recognizes that in some instances religious objections can outweigh the basis for vaccine mandates. However, this language is too broad and does not allow a proper balance.
HB	2037	Create a prison work pilot program	Support	This bill would allow a prison work pilot program that, upon completion would allow participants to get a 20% reduction in their sentence. This is a bill the aims to reduce sentences and encourage rehabilitation.
HB	2038	Refer instances of election fraud to the attorney general for prosecution	Oppose	This bill allows the Secretary of State to refer cases of election fraud to the Attorney General if a local prosecutor declines to take the case. Bona fide voter fraud should be investigated and prosecuted. However, the Attorney General is a much more political position and should not be able to pick and choose a prosecutor.
HB	2041	Authorize municipal courts to request the suspension of a driver's license of a person who does not pay outstanding fees and costs	Oppose	This bill allows a person's licence to be suspended for unpaid fines and fees. Removing a person's ability to commute makes them less likely to be able to pay fees. The proliferation of fines and fees is one of the ways poverty is criminalized.
HB	2043	Creating a Small Business and Minority Populations Economic and Workforce Development Taskforce	Support	This bill creates a task force to help foster economic development and entrepreneurship in minorities in West Virginia. The ACLU supports efforts to help undo larger system barriers to persisting inequities.
HB	2044	Creating a litigation practice license for social workers	Support	This bill creates a license for social workers to work in child abuse and neglect cases to help arrange and coordinate supports and services to reduce removals and out-of-home placements.
HB	2045	Dividing pretrial detention jail costs between arresting authorities	Support	This bill shifts the financial burden of pretrial detention onto the jurisdiction that conducted the arrest. This creates a financial incentive not to over-arrest, and to find alternatives to pre-trial detention.
HB	2046	Permitting a licensed physician to grant a medical exemption from the required immunizations for a child to enter a school or a state-regulated child care center	Oppose	This bill changes the process to get a waiver from mandatory vaccines and removes some vaccines from the mandatory list. Reducing vaccines makes schools more dangerous and inaccessible for medically fragile children who cannot be vaccinated.
HB	2052	Prohibit businesses from having licenses revoked for not requiring masks	Oppose	This bill would prohibit businesses from losing their licences under an emergency order that required the use of facemasks. During the COVID-19 pandemic facemasks helped allow immunocompromised people to access goods and services in a dangerous world. This also undercuts the ability to act in unforeseen crisis.
HB	2053	Require governmental meetings to have agendas posted on websites three days prior to the meeting	Support	This bill requires government meetings to have agendas posted online three days prior to the meeting. This provides adequate time and notice of important issues.
HB	2056	Relating to requiring a parolee or probationer found to have suffered with addiction to participate in a support service.	Oppose	This bill requires parolees and probationers who are found to have a history of substance abuse to participate in a treatment program as a condition of their release. This does not consider whether the abuse was recent, or if substance abuse treatment is necessary or available. Requirements such as this should be individually tailored.
HB	2058	Relating to requiring a court to verify certain conditions are met before a child who has been removed from a home may be returned to that home.	Oppose	This bill requires that parents are successfully completing a substance abuse treatment program prior to reunification with children. This bill creates a barrier to the underlying goal of reunification. Matters should be resolved on a case-by-case basis that considers all circumstances, rather than creating blanket requirements.
HB	2067	Firearm Protection Act	Oppose	This bill prohibits state officials or firearms dealers from following any federal firearms law. This is a direct violation of the Supremacy Clause of the Constitution.
HB	2071	Taxation With Representation Act	Oppose	This bill allows people who live outside municipalities to vote in municipal elections if they pay fees for municipal services. This distorts the votes of actual residences of the jurisdiction, and is likely to dilute minority votes.
HB	2072	Relating generally to forfeiture of contraband	Support	This bill ends the practice of civil asset forfeiture. Instead a person must be convicted or a crime in order for their property to be taken by the government.
HB	2074	Places of worship may not be shut down by state of emergency	Oppose	This bill prohibits closing places of worship during declared emergencies. As a general rule places of worship should not be interfered with, however this proposal could interfere with appropriate, narrowly tailored circumstances.
HB	2080	To amend the laws relating to overtaking and passing school buses in West Virginia	Oppose	This bill allows a citation and charge to be issued to the owner or licensee of a vehicle instead of the operator. The ACLU opposes penalizing people who have not committed any crime.
HB	2085	Affordable broadband access for seniors, low income, and disabled persons due to fixed, minimum, or moderate incomes	Support	This bill provides affordable broadband for people with disabilities, among others. Internet access is increasingly important and ensuring access for people with disabilities is an important equitable outcome.
HB	2089	To make Juneteenth a paid holiday for all state workers	Support	This bill would make Juneteenth a paid state holiday. This is a small step towards acknowledging the racial harms in our country and celebrating the end of an institution antithetical to our Nation's values.
HB	2090	All state buildings and rest areas within WV have sharp containers	Support	This bill requires state buildings to have sharps containers. This stigmatize people with medical conditions that require injectable medications.
HB	2091	Decriminalization and legalization of cannabis with a taxing mechanism to bring more revenue to the state	Support	This bill would legalize cannabis. The ACLU supports ending the War on Drugs.
HB	2092	To clarify that impermissible discrimination includes discrimination based on certain hair textures and styles	Support	This bill clarifies that racial discrimination includes discrimination on the basis of hair styles and textures. The ACLU strongly supports this clarification.
HB	2096	Repeal right to work	Support	The ACLU opposed the "Right to Work" law. We support the repeal of that law.
HB	2097	Creation of a Higher Education Prison Task Force	Support	This bill creates a task force to study the higher education services in correctional facilities, and to make recommendations to improve services. Providing education is a way to facilitate reentry.
HB	2100	Medical Facility Protection Act	Oppose	This bill prohibits impeding or hindering someone from entering a facility that provides medical services. However, the language is too broad and could be used to prohibit other protected expressive actions.
HB	2101	Relating to obtaining an appropriate gender marker for state documents	Support	This bill would allow people to get state documents that are consistent with their gender identity. The ACLU supports this.
HB	2102	End qualified immunity	Support	This bill ends qualified immunity for law enforcement officers. The ACLU supports proposals that allow people to seek justice for misconduct and abuse.
HB	2104	Right to keep and bear arms	Oppose	This bill prohibits state officials or firearms dealers from following any federal firearms law. This is a direct violation of the Supremacy Clause of the Constitution.
HB	2105	Right to travel bill	Support	This bill prohibits emergency orders from preventing West Virginians from entering or leaving the state. The right to travel and move are essential freedoms.
HB	2108	Prohibit parents from being restricted from monitoring virtual public education classrooms	Oppose	This bill prohibits schools from restricting parents from monitoring virtual classrooms. While parents should generally be able to monitor virtual classrooms, this raises issues where the restriction may be related to privacy protections for other students.
HB	2109	Requiring the Public Employees Agency and other health insurance providers to provide mental health parity	Support	This bill requires PEIA to cover certain mental and behavioral health services at the same rate as other services. The ACLU supports greater access to health services
HB	2110	Creating a domestic violence registry	Oppose	This bill create a registry of people who have multiple convictions for domestic violence. The public would be able to make inquiries about individuals. The ACLU opposes the use of registries.
HB	2111	Increasing access to contraceptive drugs, devices, and procedures	Support	This bill requires insurance plans to cover contraceptive drugs and procedures, and requires that people be able to receive a 12-month supply of medication.
HB	2112	Create a Police Officer's Bill of Rights	Oppose	This bill creates a number of rights for a law enforcement officer, including employment restrictions and misconduct investigations. Notably the bill creates a variety of barriers to finding and enforcing accountability against law enforcement officers. The ACLU believes in due process protections for law enforcement officers. But bills like these often go beyond that to create procedural and practical barriers to accountability.
HB	2113	Modifying the criminal penalties imposed on a parent, guardian or custodian for child abuse	Oppose	This bill increases the penalties for the crimes of child abuse and neglect and provides enhancements for multiple convictions. While preventing abuse and neglect are important aims, the ACLU opposes the creation of harshing sentencing laws which lead to mass-incarceration.
HB	2114	Allowing the concealed carry of firearms on and in Capitol grounds	Oppose	This bill allows for concealed carry in the Capitol. The presence of firearms can provide a chilling effect on people's ability to engage in protected political speech.
HB	2122	Relating to custodial interrogation of a child	Support	This bill provides minimum procedural requirements for questioning children by police. It also limits the admissibility of statements given when procedures are not followed, the ACLU supports robust due process protections, particularly for children.
HB	2125	Eliminating the Human Rights Commission	Oppose	This bill would eliminate the WV Human Rights Commission and stop state support for local human rights commissions. It would allow claimants to take a case to circuit court instead. The ACLU opposes this because the human rights commission provides an expedited and easier venue to have important issues of civil rights heard.
HB	2129	Relating to extended supervision for certain drug offenders	Oppose	This bill would require up to 10 years of extended supervision for certain drug offenses. Extended supervision is an expensive, invasive, system that often drags people back to incarceration for minor issues or technical violations. The ACLU opposes this legislation.
HB	2131	Prohibiting payroll deductions to electioneering organizations	Oppose	This bill makes it harder for organizations that represent groups, including organized labor to collect fees and dues. This is meant to limit collective political speech.
HB	2133	Granting tax credits for parents and legal guardians whose children are in a homeschooling program or private school	Oppose	This bill creates a tax credit for parents with children who are being home schooled or private schooled. Although this program is different than an education tax credit, which is limited to education-related expenses, the ACLU concerns that this allows state funds to be channeled into religious programs remains with.
HB	2140	Relating to insurance coverage for breast cancer screening	Support	This bill provides standards and requirements for insurance coverage of breast cancer screenings. The costs of these screenings disproportionately falls on women, and providing coverage helps to level the playing field as well as provide an important public health service.
HB	2141	Creating the Police Partnering with Communities Act	Support	This bill creates a financial incentive for police to live in economically distressed areas where they work. The bill is designed to address a concern that the people policing disadvantaged communities do not have strong ties to the community and that can make violence more common. The ACLU supports efforts to address police violence.
HB	2142	Providing for the reintegration of inmates in correctional facilities	Support	This bill requires the Division of Corrections to work with residents in correctional facilities to get documents such as birth certificates and drivers licences, if eligible. Not having these documents is often a barrier people encounter upon reentry and the ACLU supports effort to address this.
HB	2143	Screening for adverse childhood experiences	Support	This bill requires insurers to cover screenings for adverse childhood experiences. This experiences have been linked to a number of negative outcomes including justice involvement. Screening can help identify at-risk youth and connect them with supports and services prior to that point.
HB	2145	Be Exceptional Starting Today Act	Support	This bill would create a regime to legalize and regulate cannabis. The ACLU supports ending the War on Drugs.
HB	2150	Requiring parents or guardians to participate in programs for juveniles in an out-of-home placement	Oppose	This bill requires that parents or guardians participate in programs as part of a child removal or out-of-home placement. The ACLU strongly supports efforts to reduce removals and increase reunification. We recognize that this often requires cooperation with supports and services to the whole family. However, such decisions should be made on a case-by-case basis, and not established as a blanket rule.
HB	2151	Relating to accessories to a crime	Support	This bill reduces the charges and sentencing for family members and others who are considered accessories after the fact to a crime. This helps to reduce over-incarceration, particularly for people who were not directly engaged in criminal activity.
HB	2155	Defend the Guard Act	Support	This bill prohibits the WV National Guard to be deployed to a foreign combat zone without a congressional declaration of war. The ACLU supports relying on the constitutional requirement that we have Congressional declarations of war.
HB	2162	Require medical malpractice insurers to establish a separate insurance pool for doctors who conduct abortions	Oppose	This bill would require insurers to provide a separate pool for physicians who provide abortions. The bill also prohibits insurance premiums to be lower than they would be otherwise. This bill makes it harder for medical providers who perform abortions to get insurance coverage. The ACLU would oppose this in any circumstance, but providers now are only performing emergency procedures so this law would be even more dangerous.
HB	2164	Stop Social Media Censorship Act	Oppose	This bill creates a private cause of action for social media removing or blocking any content promoting a religious or political viewpoint. The ACLU recognizes the growing importance of social media as a public platform. However, social media companies are private corporations that have a right to monitor and control the content on their sites.
HB	2172	Allow local governments to hold property owners more accountable for upkeep of buildings	Oppose	This bill allows local government officials to identify and recommend for removal properties deemed to be a public nuisance. Although there is a notice requirement, it is a very short notice for what may constitute a substantial taking. The use of a governing body also raises the potential for misuse.
HB	2181	To establish a state animal abuse register	Oppose	This bill would create a registry for people convicted of animal abuse. They must register annual and pay fees. This creates additional legal obligations on people long after they have served their sentence. These obligations can bring people back into the criminal system.
HB	2182	To acknowledge that the mental health of higher education students is of paramount importance, and due to a variety of issues	Support	This bill requires public institutions of higher education to make a plan to identify and treat students with mental health needs. The ACLU recognizes mental and behavioral health services often help divert at-risk people from the legal system. So the ACLU supports expansion of these services.
HB	2184	Permitting election day registration of voters	Support	This bill allows voter to register to vote on election day. The ACLU supports removing barriers to voting, and voter registration deadlines are a barrier.
HB	2189	To create the "Protection of Property from Warrantless Searches Act."	Support	The bill recodifies and strengthens warrant requirements for search and seizure on private property. The ACLU supports these protections.
HB	2190	Relating to eligibility for workers' compensation benefits by requiring blood test after traumatic injury to determine intoxication	Oppose	This bill requires a blood test of any person involved in a workplace injury. Refusal to consent to the blood test renders the person ineligible for Worker's Compensation. Requiring blood samples is an invasion of privacy, and the mere fact that the person was in an accident is not sufficient cause to merit this invasion.
HB	2192	Relating to health insurance for living organ donors	Support	This bill prohibits insurers from denying coverage or services on the basis of being an organ donor. The ACLU recognizes the importance of access to medical care regardless of medical status.
HB	2196	To remove opioid treatment programs from requiring a certificate of need	Support	This bill removes a moratorium on medication-assisted treatment programs, and adds opioid addiction treatment services back into the exemptions from the certificate of need program. We support the expansion of treatment options as an alternative to relying on incarceration.
HB	2201	State Living Donor Protection Act	Support	This bill prohibits insurers from denying coverage or services on the basis of being an organ donor. The ACLU recognizes the importance of access to medical care regardless of medical status.
HB	2202	Creating the WV Community Development Equity Fund	Support	This bill directs the West Virginia Economic Development Authority to assist African-American and minority business ownership. The ACLU supports efforts that help to undo racial disparities.
HB	2204	Increasing criminal penalties for certain crimes against houses of worship	Oppose	This bill creates enhanced sentences for crimes against houses of worship. While the ACLU supports robust protections of the right to worship freely, the ACLU opposes increasing sentences to achieve this aim. Furthermore, existing state and federal laws already provide protections for targeting religions.
HB	2210	Require all registered voters to produce a photo ID to vote in all public office elections	Oppose	This bill requires voters to have a photo ID to vote. Voter ID laws address a virtually non-existent threat of in-person voter fraud, while making it substantially harder for marginalized people to vote.
HB	2214	Require special elections to be held same day as primary or general election	Support	This bill requires special elections to be held on the same day as other statewide elections. This makes it easier for people to know when elections are, and to participate.
HB	2215	Require all public contracts be publicly advertised	Support	This bill requires any public entity that enters into a contract to make the contract public. The ACLU supports transparency.
HB	2217	Relating to natural immunity or antibodies to any illness to be treated as equal or better to vaccine induced immunity	Oppose	This bill provides that any person who has been infected by an illness or treated with antibodies is to be considered vaccinated for any legal purpose. This bill in contrary to existing science and health standards and puts people who cannot be vaccinated at risk in a variety of settings where certain vaccines are legitimately required.
HB	2218	Distracted Driving Act	Oppose	This bill enhances penalties, including adding jail time for using devices while driving. The ACLU opposes expanding the use of incarceration.
HB	2219	Relating to permitting medical cannabis to be dispensed in edible form	Support	This bill allows medical cannabis to be dispensed in edible form. The ACLU supports reducing the criminalization of cannabis.
HB	2225	Requiring each county school board to employ at least one full time school nurse	Support	This bill requires every public school to have a nurse. Providing appropriate health and support services is an essential part of making a safe and supportive learning environment.
HB	2226	Make criminal invasion of privacy a felony	Oppose	This bill amends West Virginia's "revenge porn" law to increase the penalties. The ACLU opposes expanding the use of incarceration.
HB	2229	Increasing transparency in the apportionment process for congressional and legislative districts	Support	This bill requires legislative redistricting go through a series of public hearing around the state, and provide better notice about the maps that are going to be used. The ACLU supports a more transparent, less partisan process for drawing legislative districts.
HB	2233	Make all state inmates regardless of sex members of the state convict road force	Support	The ACLU opposes any sex-based discrimination. However the ACLU has concerns about prison labor.
HB	2235	Relating to the juvenile justice reform oversight committee	Support	This bill requires a state-created committee reviewing juvenile justice reforms to calculate cost savings and make recommendations for cost savings into further reforms and investment in infrastructure to support reforms.
HB	2236	Removing the one-time limit on the expungement of certain criminal convictions	Support	Currently people petitioning for expungement may only petition once. This removes that cap. Once a person has served their sentence, they should have an opportunity to rebuild their life. This is a way to ensure they have that ability.
HB	2238	Relating to the cultivation of medical cannabis	Support	This bill expands the forms in which medical cannabis can be distributed and allows for people with a medical cannabis card to grow small amounts at home. The ACLU supports removing restrictions on cannabis.
HB	2239	Creating the Independent Redistricting Commission of the Joint Committee on Government and Finance	Support	This bill would create an independent redistricting commission as part of the redistricting process. The ACLU supports independent redistricting and removing political influence from the drawing of political districts.
HB	2241	Relating to education to children and adults housed in correctional facilities and regional jails	Support	Currently the state is required to provide education to incarcerated people, but the requirement is contingent on funding. This bill removes the contingent of funding, making it an absolute requirement. This is part of establishing an emphasis on rehabilitative services.
HB	2243	Creating a process by which voters may recall a county ordinance in a special election	Oppose	This bill requires counties to hold special elections on duly passed legislation if 15% of the voters signs a petition. While the ACLU supports democracy, this is mechanism that may chill popular legislation for fear of costs of challenges.
HB	2244	Providing a process by which a city may hold an election to recall an ordinance	Oppose	This bill requires municipalities to hold special elections on duly passed legislation if 15% of the voters signs a petition. While the ACLU supports democracy, this is mechanism that may chill popular legislation for fear of costs of challenges.
HB	2246	Relating to unlawfully using electronic communication devices while driving	Oppose	This bill enhances penalties, including adding jail time for using devices while driving. The ACLU opposes expanding the use of incarceration.
HB	2247	Relating to reorganizing the Department of Health and Human Resources	Neutral	This bill would reorganize DHHR. The ACLU will monitor this to ensure that proper procedures and policies are put in place to ensure that essential services are not interrupted.
HB	2251	Increasing penalties sexual offenses	Oppose	This bill increases the penalties for certain sexual offenses, primarily by making all sentences determinate. The ACLU opposes measures that will increase mass incarceration.
HB	2252	Relating to establishing criminal penalties for human trafficking	Oppose	This bill increases the penalties for human trafficking offenses, by making all sentences determinate. The ACLU opposes measures that will increase mass incarceration.
HB	2261	Relating to the special community development school pilot program	Support	This bill provides more support and technical expertise for an existing pilot program to provide more educational services to minority and underachieving students.
HB	2262	Permitting certain felons to work in licensed behavioral health facilities	Support	This bill would let certain non-violent felons work in behavioral health facilities. The ACLU supports removing barriers to reentry after a criminal sentence.
HB	2264	Establishing the Minority Health Advisory Team	Support	The bill creates a team to provide advice on improving health and social determinants of health to minority communities that continue to experience health disparities. The ACLU supports proactive efforts to reduce racial disparities.
HB	2265	Prohibiting the private ownership or operation of a prison	Support	This bill prohibits the private ownership or operation of prisons. Private prisons create a financial incentive to incarcerate people, so the ACLU fully supports ensuring that this does not happen.
HB	2266	Adding "sexual orientation" and "gender identity" to the categories covered by the Human Rights Act and WV Fair Housing Act	Support	This bill would ensure that people cannot be discriminated against in housing, employment, and public accommodations on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. The ACLU strongly supports these needed protections.
HB	2267	Authorizing possession and smoking of medical cannabis by approved persons	Support	This bill permits the possession and smoking of cannabis flowers under a valid medical cannabis card. The ACLU supports removing restrictions and criminalization of cannabis.
HB	2276	Issuing identification documents to homeless individuals residing at homeless shelters	Support	This bill provides identification cards to people in homeless shelters. State-issued ID's are required for many things, and fees can be a barrier to access.
HB	2280	Relating to the criminal offense of desecration of graves and vandalizing cemeteries	Neutral	This bill adds community service to the sentence for desecration of graves. The ACLU supports the use of alternatives to incarceration and restorative measures. However these should be in lieu of incarceration, not in addition to incarceration.
HB	2286	Making expungement of records for certain defendants found not guilty or have had charges dismissed to occur without petitioning the court	Support	This bill provides that a person who is found not guilty of a criminal charge or has a charge dropped or dismissed has their record automatically expunged unless challenged by the prosecutor. Even unsubstantiated charges can be a barrier for people in a variety of ways. Expunging those records is a common sense way to protect the rights of people who have not been found guilty of a crime.
HB	2287	Requiring sharps containers in all state buildings and facilities where the public is allowed	Support	This bill requires state buildings to have sharps containers. This stigmatize people with medical conditions that require injectable medications.
HB	2289	Authorizing civil damages for any person who was subject to an intentionally false report made to law enforcement	Support	This bill allows people to sue if someone calls the police to harass them or based on discriminatory reasons. This bill protects against the practice of "swatting" as well as to find remedies for people who use the police to engage in racial harassment. It does not add criminal penalties.
HB	2290	Relating to unlawful discriminatory practices in categories covered by the Human Rights Act and the Fair Housing Act	Support	This bill would ensure that people cannot be discriminated against in housing, employment, and public accommodations on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. The ACLU strongly supports these needed protections.
HB	2293	Life at Conception Act of 2023	Oppose	This bill seeks to redefine life as beginning at conception. This assertion creates a number of legal obligations and barriers that create unrealistic obligations on the state and on pregnant people.
HB	2294	Allow guns to be carried on capitol grounds	Oppose	This bill would allow firearms on Capitol Grounds. This public space is often used for public demonstrations, and allowing firearms can having a chilling effect on free speech.
HB	2301	Expanding felony hate crime protections to individuals on the basis of perceived or actual sexual orientation	Support	This bill would ensure that people cannot be discriminated against in housing, employment, and public accommodations on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. The ACLU strongly supports these needed protections.
HB	2312	Relating to abortions after detection of an unborn child's heartbeat	Oppose	This bill would prohibit abortions after a heartbeat is detected. A similar law has already been passed, nonetheless, the ACLU remains staunchly opposed to any restrictions to abortion.
HB	2318	Relating to certification of a patient's eligibility for medical cannabis	Support	This bill amends the Medical Cannabis Act and allows a physician to prescribe medical cannabis for any condition that where the physician believes cannabis will help, replacing a specific list of conditions. The ACLU supports expanding medical options to more patients.
HB	2319	Relating to drug testing of legislators	Oppose	This bill would create drug testing of legislators. The ACLU opposes suspicionless drug testing.
HB	2321	Require an ultrasound prior to abortion	Oppose	This bill requires an ultrasound prior to an abortion. The bill has been made obsolete by recently enacted abortion laws, however the ACLU still opposes this as a restriction on abortion.
HB	2322	Provide for crime of impersonating non-public persons on social media	Oppose	This bill creates a crime in impersonating any person who is not a public figure. The language is overly-broad and constitutes an infringement on the freedom of expression. Additionally, the harms in this bill can be addressed through civil litigation without criminal charges, which are excessive.
HB	2323	Relating to creating the refugee information act	Oppose	This bill would require DHHR to meet regularly to provide the Legislature with very specific information about refugees in the state. This bill invades the privacy of refugees.
HB	2326	Prohibit state funding for any organization that performs abortions	Oppose	This money prohibits any state money to go to any organization that performs abortions or benefit plan that covers abortion. This is an attempt to disincentive providers from offering abortion services, reducing access. Furthermore, in WV, abortions are now only legal under extreme circumstances, such as life threatening situations.
HB	2328	Faithless Elector law	Amendments Needed	This bill creates criminal penalties for "faithless electors" or electors in the electoral college who vote against the popular will. The ACLU opposes the electoral college and sees faithless electors as even less democratic, the ACLU also opposes the creation on new crimes.
HB	2329	Ban civil asset forfeiture unless person convicted	Support	This bill bans the practice of civil asset forfeiture, and requires a criminal conviction to forfeit any property. The ACLU opposes civil asset forfeiture and supports efforts to end the practice.
HB	2330	Prohibit electronic ballots	Oppose	West Virginia allows a small subset of voters to vote by electronic ballot. This bill would eliminate this process of voting. The ACLU opposes removing ways to make the ballot more accessible.
HB	2332	Prohibit county clerk from charging or prohibiting person from taking pictures of public documents	Support	This bill ensures that if a member of the public comes to the location of a public document and seeks to photograph the document, they are not charged. This is the minimum that should be expected to ensure there are not barriers to public information.
HB	2335	Establish the WV Constitution and the WV Code as the primary law in WV	Oppose	This bill states that no constitutional or legal system is superior to that of West Virginia and any attempt to establish another is chargeable as treason. This is a direct violation of the Supremacy Clause.
HB	2336	Requiring local entities to enforce immigration laws	Oppose	This bill prohibits local governments from creating rules to limit local law enforcement from enforcing or cooperating with federal immigration enforcement. This limits local control and promotes a cruel discriminatory immigration system.
HB	2343	Grant automatic expungement of criminal records in certain instances	Support	The bill allows certain criminal records to be automatically expunged, establishes a process to identify and expunge those records and sets procedures to unseal records in certain circumstances. The ACLU supports efforts that reduce the collateral consequences of involvement with the legal system.
HB	2345	Relating to automatic voter registration	Oppose	This bill requires any entity that registers a voter to require express permission to do so. This completely undoes any automatic voter registration procedures and re-establishes an unnecessary barrier to voting.
HB	2347	Establishing the Anti-Stereotyping Act	Oppose	This bill singles out material related to diversity, equity, and inclusion and requires that schools and educators follow unnecessarily burdensome steps to advertise the course material that is being used. It further limits trainings on these topics, although it does contain some exceptions. While this bill is different than other bills targeting discussions of racism and systemic inequity, in practice it still creates barriers to addressing these topics..
HB	2350	Granting full time employees of county boards of education three months of paid leave following the birth of a child	Support	This bill provides for paid family leave for school personnel. The ACLU supports paid family leave.
HB	2351	Establishing a tax credit for businesses who hire, promote and develop women and minorities into executive, professional or administrative role	Support	This bill provides a $200 tax credit for businesses who but minorities and women in certain roles. The ACLU supports efforts to overcome systemic inequities.
HB	2352	Relating to living anatomical gift	Support	This bill clarifies that if a living person chooses to give an organ as a gift, only that person can choose to do so. It also clarifies informed consent.
HB	2355	Establishing a pilot program to develop school-based mental and behavioral health services	Support	This bill sets a pilot program to combine mental or behavioral health services that are offered in a school with diverting kids who misbehave away from the traditional disciplinary system into the health services. The ACLU supports constructive approaches to disciplinary issues.
HB	2358	Making it a misdemeanor for a person to knowingly allow a felony drug offense to be committed on his or her property	Oppose	This bill creates a new crime if a property owner is aware that felony crimes are committed on their property and does not call law enforcement. The ACLU opposes new crimes. Additionally this will likely lead to prejudicial and unnecessary calls to law enforcement.
HB	2360	Collecting a tax from manufacturers and distributors of opium and opiate drugs to be used for funding addiction and prevention	Support	This bill requires a tax to be collected from pharmaceutical manufacturers and distributors to fund addiction recovery. This is a non-punitive way to address addiction and substance abuse.
HB	2363	To require a moment of silence at the beginning of school each day in the state	Neutral	This bill would require schools to provide a moment of silence at the beginning of each school day. The ACLU is opposed to time designated for prayer, but has no position with a silence for an unspecified purpose. The ACLU will monitor.
HB	2366	Require cameras in all classrooms	Oppose	This bill would require cameras in all classrooms. Cameras create a surveillance state that could subject youth to scrutiny for typical youth behavior and will likely exacerbate disparities in school discipline.
HB	2367	Providing options to vaccinations and mask requirements as a condition to entry of schools	Oppose	This bill would remove all vaccine and mask requirements for entry into public schools. The ACLU does not support blanket vaccine requirements. However removing all vaccine requirements creates an unsafe environment for students who are medically at-risk, and deprives them of their right to enjoy a public education.
HB	2374	Make appointment process for Congressional seats the same as that for the US Senate	Support	This bill allows the Governor to appoint a replacement in the case of an absence in the US House of Representatives and subsequently call a special election. This provides a process to ensure there is full representation in Congress.
HB	2379	Allow women to work on inmate road crews	Support	The ACLU opposes any sex-based discrimination. However the ACLU has concerns about prison labor.
HB	2386	Ban sanctuary cities in West Virginia	Oppose	This bill bans sanctuary cities, or local ordinances that prohibit or limit law enforcement enforcing federal immigration laws. Sanctuary city ordinances help to protect people from racial discrimination and enable crime survivors to report crimes to police.
HB	2389	Provide for a special driver's license for those with physical disabilities	Oppose	This bill establishes license plates and driver's' licenses that give notice that an individual has a physical disability. The ACLU believes people with disabilities should not have to publicly advertise their conditions in order to receive fair and equitable treatment.
HB	2390	The Forming Open and Robust University Minds (FORUM) Act	Oppose	This bill requires universities to provide funds and benefits to student organizations, including organizations that may violate university nondiscrimination policies.
HB	2391	To create a bill to designate February 3 as "Freedom Day," to memorialize the February 3, 1865 Act by the Legislature that abolished slavery in West Virginia	Support	This bill would require the Governor to recognize the day that the WV Legislature abolished slavery. The ACLU supports formal recognition of a significant step in basic civil rights.
HB	2392	Relating to assault with bodily fluids	Oppose	This bill would create a new misdemeanor offense. The ACLU opposes the creation of new crimes, particularly when the same behavior can be addressed through existing criminal and civil statutes.
HB	2397	Modifying the definition of child abuse or neglect to exclude accidental injury	Support	This bill clarifies that child abuse and neglect does not include accidents that happen under reasonable care. This is a good clarification that protects people from unnecessary prosecution.
HB	2398	Requiring the Human Rights Commission, when investigating a complaint of discrimination, to specifically include an examination of the intent of the person	Oppose	This bill would add an intent requirement to discriminatory acts under the Human Rights Act. This would making it harder to prove discrimination, frustrating the purpose of the Human RIghts Act.
HB	2403	Relating to penalties for conspiracy to commit murder	Oppose	This bill enhances penalties for conspiracy to commit any homicide as part of a conspiracy to commit a crime against the state. The ACLU opposes increasing sentence lengths.
HB	2404	Relating to repayment of legal services when payment is made by the state for public defender services	Oppose	This bill requires Public Defender Services to obtain a order to garnish the wages of any person who is provided a public defender. The proliferation of new fees is one of the ways that people are unable to escape the criminal legal system.
HB	2406	Relating to licensure for polygraph examiners	Oppose	This bill would remove state licensure requirements for polygraph examiners. Polygraphs are a tricky and sometimes unreliable source that is often used to deprive people of their most basic liberties. The ACLU opposes any attempt to relax the standards of this profession.
HB	2410	Establish the Commission on American History Enrichment	Support	This bill would create a commission that would review curriculum and material regarding West Virginia Native American history. The ACLU believes the history and contributions of indigenous people have long been minimized and excluded and this is an important step to rectifying that.
HB	2411	To establish cultural competency training for teachers obtaining or renewing a teaching license in West Virginia	Support	This bill would require that teachers receive some training in cultural competency. Better cultural competency can make classrooms for equitable and less discriminatory.
HB	2414	Placing notation on driver's license or ID cards regarding certain cognitive disabilities	Neutral	This bill allows people with cognitive disabilities to request a marker on certain state-issued ID's. The ACLU has concerns about coercing people into having to disclose disabilities, and the presumption that people would not be treated appropriately without self-identification. However, because this program is voluntary, the ACLU will monitor this legislation.
HB	2415	Ban the Box Act	Support	This bill prohibits public employers from asking about an applicant's criminal background or history. These bills can help prevent collateral consequences which keep justice-impacted people from re-entering society.
HB	2419	Relating to removing the Certificate of Need moratorium on opioid treatment facilities	Support	This bill ends the moratorium on granting certificates of need to opioid treatment programs. This expands treatment options which is important for people with substance use disorder and as an alternative to incarceration.
HB	2420	Establishing of the West Virginia Public Participation Act	Support	This bill is aimed at providing recourse for lawsuits that are designed to frustrate or intimidate parties speaking out on matters of public importance. This type of litigation, known as strategic litigation against public participation allows parties with money to weaponize the legal system to limit first amendment activity. The ACLU supports this step to protect free speech.
HB	2423	Prohibit "divisive concepts" from schools, state agencies and any groups receiving state funding	Oppose	This bill purports to ban racial stereotyping. However, the language of the bill also prohibits important and necessary discussions in workplaces and in curriculum regarding the racial history of the United States, implicit bias, and privilege.
HB	2424	Creating the Unborn Infants Wrongful Death Act	Oppose	This bill redefines a fetus as a person and allows for a cause of action for harm to the fetus. These laws are largely used to perpetuate a legal myth of fetal personhood. They can create situations that infringe on the right of pregnant people and even put them in legal peril.
HB	2427	Establishing the status of beds when an intermediate care facility for individuals with intellectual disabilities closes	Support	This bill helps to ensure that when an intermediate care facility closes there are still beds for people who need a supportive living environment. The ACLU supports ensuring this protection exists.
HB	2431	Relating to the Ryan Brown Fund	Amendments Needed	This bill directs opioid settlement money into the Ryan Brown Fund. The bill also limits what programs and services can receive funds from the Ryan Brown Fund. The ACLU supports investing in treatment and prevention, but supports a larger "menu" of options.
HB	2432	Increasing the penalties for exposure of governmental representatives to fentanyl or any other harmful drug	Oppose	This bill creates a new crime if a government agent or representative is deliberately or accidentally exposed to fentanyl. This is a redundant and excessive criminal charge that increases mass incarceration while doing nothing to change behaviors or protect public safety.
HB	2435	To strengthen anti-hazing laws and policies for Pre-K to Grade 12	Neutral	This bill requires schools to adopt specific anti-hazing policies. The ACLU agrees that hazing constitutes significant concerns. Unaddressed, it violates a school's duty to provide a safe and supportive environment. However, this could also increase the school-to-prison pipeline, so the ACLU will monitor this legislation.
HB	2437	Relating to fetal body parts	Oppose	Although this bill is largely made inconsequential by the recent abortion ban, the ACLU supports the full range of reproductive rights and opposes efforts to limit access to reproductive healthcare. This bill significantly limits access to abortion through a ban once a so-called "fetal heartbeat" is detected, limits what medical emergencies would qualify for an abortion, and spreads dangerous myths about abortions.
HB	2440	To Protect Newborn Genetic Privacy Rights	Support	This bill will provide limits on genetic testing and the sharing of genetic information of newborns without parental consent. The ACLU supports protecting biological data.
HB	2441	Reentry Task Force	Support	This bill would create a specialized task force to examine issues related to reentry after a criminal conviction. The task force would address issues of recidivism, and continuity of services. The ACLU supports this effort.
HB	2444	Provide wardens with ability to use inmates to perform work in the upkeep local cemeteries	Support	This bill allows work-release programs in local cemeteries. The ACLU supports expanding work-release options. For the reason we support this legislation. However we remain concerned about involuntary labor and opposed to using earned money to pay for incarceration.
HB	2447	Create a CARE FOR ALL line	Support	This bill would create a hotline to help people connect with services and service providers who are competent and supportive of different races, sexual orientations, and gender identities. Access to supportive care is often a problem for people in these communities, and the ACLU supports efforts to establish better care.
HB	2460	Providing online privacy protection laws for children under 18 years of age	Support	This bill limits the operators of websites that are designed for or that are targeted to children from collecting certain personal information. It also provides prohibitions against disclosure of information that is collected. The ACLU supports attempts to strengthen privacy protections online.
HB	2461	Video and audio recordings in self-contained classrooms	Oppose	This bill requires video and audio recording in classrooms, continuous monitoring, and access to recordings at the request of any person. Students are not suspects and should not be continuous monitoring. It limits their privacy and will likely result in an increase in unnecessary referrals to the school disciplinary system and legal system.
HB	2462	Relating to reasonable force in defense of self, real and personal property	Oppose	This bill makes it easier for a person to use lethal force based on subjective fears without facing consequences. Repeatedly these laws have been disproportionately used to justify the murder of Black Americans. The ACLU opposes these laws.
HB	2464	Limitations to solitary confinement to 3 days per every 2 weeks	Support	This bill provides some limitations on the use of solitary confinement. Solitary confinement is a cruel form of punishment with demonstrable harms. The ACLU supports the elimination of this tactic as a punitive measure and substantial limitations on its use as as a safety measure.
HB	2470	Creating a youth advisory council for civic engagement	Support	This bill creates a council to explore ways to increase civic and social engagement in youth. The ACLU supports taking a proactive approach to civic engagement which ensures a robust democracy and fosters community.
HB	2471	Relating to the suspension of driver's license for unpaid tickets	Oppose	This bill reinstates the practice of suspending licenses for unpaid fines and fees. This is a way that poverty is criminalized and only sets people up to fall deeper into the legal system.
HB	2472	To add additional members to the West Virginia Parole Board	Support	This bill adds more people to the Parole Board. This can help to alleviate the backlog in parole hearings and expedite the process of releasing eligible people.
HB	2473	To permit the limited use of juvenile records in grievance proceedings regarding employees of the Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation when such records prove relevant	Neutral	This bill clarifies the process or disclosure and use of juvenile records in employee grievances. The proposal amends recently-enacted laws which significantly limit other forms of public scrutiny. The ACLU takes no position on the proposed changes but will monitor the proposal to advise other ways to increase transparency while protecting the privacy of juveniles.
HB	2474	Establishing the West Virginia Religious Freedom Restoration Act	Oppose	This bill allows businesses and individuals to claim a religious objection to otherwise legal requirements. In practice these bills allow discrimination under the guise of religious freedom. The ACLU opposes this misinterpretation of religious freedom.
HB	2477	Relating to the financial responsibility of inmates in relation to civil awards	Oppose	This bill expands the obligations that the Division of Corrections can pay on behalf of an inmate from monies taken from the inmate.
HB	2482	Relating to social determinants of health	Support	This bill creates an advisory body to take a more holistic look at health, factors that influence health, and disparities in health care and health outcomes with the intent of reducing disparities by addressing underlying factors. The ACLU supports this proactive and wholistic approach to health disparities.
HB	2487	Relating to designation of social workers in the Department of Health and Human Services	Support	This bill creates a program to have social workers work in schools to provide early identification and support to at-risk youth and their families. The ACLU recognizes identification and intervention as a vital part of reducing the use of the legal system for children.
HB	2488	Providing school days to register and transport students to vote	Support	This bill requires schools to create a day to allow eligible students to vote. The ACLU supports efforts in increased access to the democratic process.
HB	2492	Relating to forbidding excessive government limitations on exercise on religion	Oppose	This bill allows businesses and individuals to claim a religious objection to otherwise legal requirements. In practice these bills allow discrimination under the guise of religious freedom. The ACLU opposes this misinterpretation of religious freedom.
HB	2494	Requiring high school students to pass a test on the US Constitution to graduate from high school	Support	This bill requires that at some point between grades 9-12 a student must pass a test to developed by the State Board of Education on the US Constitution. As defenders of the Constitution and advocates for civic participation, the ACLU supports this initiative.
HB	2495	Allowing private school students to play public school sports in some instances	Oppose	This bill would allow private and parochial school students to participate on public school sports and activities. Absent a funding mechanism, this requires schools to spend money and resources on students that they receive no funding for. This is particularly problematic in light of recent laws which provide a financial incentive to leave the public school system, further draining public education funds.
HB	2496	Requiring that any doctor performing an abortion must be board-certified in obstetrics and gynecology	Oppose	This bill would require the provider of an abortion to be a certified OB-GYN. This is an restriction on a medical procedure that is not consistent with medical practices and simply creates an unnecessary barrier.
HB	2497	Prohibit requiring Covid-19 vaccine or booster shot to attend in person classes at colleges and universities	Oppose	This bill would prohibit colleges and universities to require a Covid-19 vaccine. The ACLU believes that Covid-19 vaccine mandates are permissible in many settings where the unvaccinated pose a risk to others, including schools and universities, hospitals, restaurants and bars, workplaces and businesses open to the public.
HB	2498	To require medication-assisted treatment programs to have written policies concerning community relations	Oppose	This bill requires medication-assisted treatment programs to have a specific policy regarding community relations, and to publish a legal advertisement before opening. While it is always advisable to establish good community relations this is a burden on a medical provider based on the conditions they serve.
HB	2499	Relating to dangerous crimes against children	Oppose	This bill prohibits mercy or early release for certain offenses. This creates an undue punitive barrier which increases mass incarceration without accounting for individual circumstances.
HB	2500	Establishing criteria for the government's adoption of new and emerging surveillance technologies while ensuring privacy protections for individuals	Support	This bill would create a state position and board to review new technologies. Safeguards would have to be implemented before the technology could be used by a governmental entity. The ACLU supports these safeguards.
HB	2501	Require hospitals with no ASL interpreter on staff provide technology for hearing or speech impaired patients to communicate	Support	This bill requires healthcare facilities to have technology or staff to communicate with hearing impaired patients. The ACLU supports efforts to ensure access to basic and essential health care regardless of disability.
HB	2505	Creating the Supported Decision-Making Act	Support	This bill provides a form and process for people with certain disabilities to name others to help in making decisions about medical care and others. The bill lays out procedural safeguards to prevent coercion and abuse. The ACLU supports this as a means for people with disabilities to live with in the least restrictive setting while still receiving voluntary support.
HB	2514	Increasing penalties for putting objects on highways	Oppose	This bill creates new penalties for putting or leaving debris on the highway that results in injury or wreck. The ACLU opposes the creation of new crimes that result in incarceration.
HB	2517	Medical Insurance Policy Owner's Notification Act	Oppose	This bill requires that a medical insurance holder be notified of any controlled substance prescribed to any member. This is a violation of medical privacy.
HB	2527	Relating to revising the criminal code generally	Oppose	This bill rewrites the criminal code. While some unnecessarily long sentences are reduced, others are increased. Moreover, the bill amends the code to make all sentences determinate. In practice, this increases the length of incarceration for many people. For this reason, the ACLU opposes this bill.
HB	2533	Relating to a permanent windshield placard to be valid for the duration of the applicant's life	Support	This bill allows for permanent disability placards in some instances. This removes a barrier for people with disabilities to continue to be recertified.
HB	2536	Permitting physicians to provide exemption certificates relating to required immunizations	Oppose	This bill changes the process to get a waiver from mandatory vaccines and removes some vaccines from the mandatory list. Reducing vaccines makes schools more dangerous and inaccessible for medically fragile children who cannot be vaccinated.
HB	2541	Add licensure requirement on substance use disorder inpatient provider facilities	Neutral	This bill requires certain substance abuse facilities to be licensed to operate. The ACLU supports ensuring that recovery facilities provide safe, effective care. However, we have concerns about using licensure to limit availability of treatment or to limit the locations in which people with disabilities can reside. The ACLU will monitor this legislation for those issues.
HB	2543	Develop a licensure process for recovery residences or other residential settings that present as a location where substance use disorder recovery can be facilitated	Oppose	This bill creates a licensing and appeals process for addiction recovery residences. The requirements are strict enough to become barriers to licensure of programs and subsequently barriers on housing on the basis of disability status.
HB	2545	Require a study on homelessness be conducted by the Bureau for Behavioral Health	Amendments Needed	This bill requires a study on homelessness. In general, the ACLU would support efforts to study and address an issue like unhoused people. However, this bill emphasizes studying stigmatizing factors such as relocation of other states, disease status, and policies that may attract unhoused people. The ACLU will support studies to better understand the drivers of homelessness or to serve the needs of unhoused people.
HB	2546	Require Substance Use Disorder inpatient providers to offer patients transportation to certain places upon discharge	Oppose	This bill requires substance abuse providers to transport eligible patients out of state upon completion of their program and limits Medicaid eligibility on the basis of previous residency. WV should not be limiting help on the basis of a person's previous residence. The burden of providing transportation is a significant barrier for providers offering a vital service for our communities.
HB	2547	Relating to the criminal forfeiture process act	Support	This bill ends the process of civil asset forfeiture and requires a criminal conviction to forfeit property.
HB	2549	Permit teachers in K-12 schools be authorized to carry concealed firearms as a designated school protection officer	Oppose	This bill will likely do little to promote school safety. However, force is often disproportionately applied to people of color and people with disabilities and it is likely this would result in the potential for school employees to use lethal force against a student.
HB	2555	Relating to death penalty for first degree murder	Oppose	This bill would establish the death penalty in WV. The ACLU opposes the death penalty.
HB	2557	Make appointment process for Congressional seats the same as that for the US Senate	Neutral	This bill modifies the timing for special elections for filling seats in the House of Representatives. The bill does not make any other substantive changes nor normalize the process.
HB	2558	Permitting religious exemptions for compulsory immunizations	Oppose	This bill would provide broad use of religious objections to vaccines in public employment, schools, and higher education institutions. The ACLU supports religious freedom, and recognizes that in some instances religious objections can outweigh the basis for vaccine mandates. However, this language is too broad and does not allow a proper balance.
HB	2559	Prohibiting mask mandates by the State of West Virginia	Oppose	The bill would prohibit the state or any subdivision to require masks or face covering. The government should not generally require colothing or covering. However, in specific health emergencies, this may be the least restrictive measure to allow other activity while protecting public health. This prohibition is too broad.
HB	2560	To require cameras in every classroom and room where children are present	Oppose	This bill creates an unfunded mandate for every classroom to have video recording, and to keep these records for a year. The ACLU opposed the expansion of the surveillance state.
HB	2561	Clarifying the announcement form and eligibility requirements for becoming a candidate for election to a public office	Support	This bill helps to clarify and formalized procedures to ensure that a candidate is qualified for office before running for election. It also helps to provide clarity for voters by setting a timeframe where a candidate can't be removed.
HB	2562	Provide for a special drivers license for those with physical disabilities	Oppose	This bill establishes license plates and driver's' licenses that give notice that an individual has a physical disability. The ACLU believes people with disabilities should not have to publicly advertise their conditions in order to receive fair and equitable treatment.
HB	2563	Provide that someone guilty of a crime where victim was a police officer in performance of duties is eligible for parole	Oppose	This bill makes a person eligible for parole if a victim of their offense was a law enforcement officer. This will unnecessarily increase incarceration, and denies people a fair chance to have all circumstances considered.
HB	2567	Relating to felony trespassing	Oppose	This bill increases trespassing from a misdemeanor to a felony. The ACLU opposes increasing penalties.
HB	2572	To create the Protection of Shared Physical and Digital Property from Warrantless Searches Act	Support	This bill clarifies the warrant requirements for digital property. It limits the use of 3rd party warrants and provides a process to challenge those warrants.
HB	2573	To create the Criminal Forfeiture Act	Support	This bill ends the process of civil asset forfeiture and requires a criminal conviction to forfeit property.
HB	2574	Relating to warrantless entry of private lands	Support	This bill limits under what circumstances a law enforcement officer may enter private land without a warrant. The ACLU supports providing 4th amendment protections.
HB	2756	Relating to the controlled substance monitoring database; and adding the reporting of medical marijuana to the database	Oppose	This bill would require all medical cannabis prescriptions to be entered into the Controlled Substances Monitoring Database. Cannabis is still illegal at the federal level, and this bill would put medical cannabis users in legal jeopardy.
HB	2577	Revoke spending authority for money used by an agency in support of a challenge to WV law	Oppose	This bill prohibits political subdivisions and state agencies from using their budget to challenge a law. Agencies and subdivisions have insight and interests that can and should be considered by the legislature.
HB	2591	To ensure party affiliation is consistent with candidate's voter registration	Oppose	This bill prohibits a person from filing to run for office if their stated party differs from their party registration. This is a violation of the freedom of association.
HB	2594	Relating to the death penalty for first degree murder	Oppose	This bill establishes the death penalty in West Virginia. The ACLU opposes the death penalty.
HB	2603	Relating to vaccination and mask requirements	Oppose	This bill removes all requirements for masks and vaccines. We support people's rights to make healthcare decisions, but where such decisions can impact public health at large and the ability of immunocompromised and medically at-risk people to avail themselves of public services, the government interest may be legitimate, narrowly tailored, and the least restrictive means.
HB	2615	The Genealogical Record Integrity Act of 2023	Oppose	This bill would require children to take their father's last name. The Government has no business inserting itself into family relations in this way.
HB	2619	Amending Hope Scholarship eligibility	Oppose	This bill modifies the Hope Scholarship to expand eligibility. The ACLU opposed the creation of the Hope Scholarship as a drain on public education funds, and a means to funnel public money to religious institutions. The ACLU opposes expanding the program for the same reasons.
HB	2622	Relating to no child in the State of West Virginia should be admitted into the general classroom of a public school in WV unless they can speak basic English and meet the same expectations of non-special education students who are native English speakers	Oppose	This bill prohibits students from attending a public school if they do not speak English. Public schools have a legal and constitutional obligation to educate all children.
HB	2624	To implement trauma-informed practices in schools	Support	This bill requires schools to develop and implement trauma-informed trainings and practices. These practices can help recognize kids who have experienced trauma and decrease interaction with the disciplinary and legal systems.
HB	2626	Creating the Katherine Johnson and Dorothy Vaughan Fair Pay Act	Support	This bill limits employers' abilities to inquire about prior salary and protects employees in discussing salaries among colleagues. These practices have been shown to reduce unfair pay practices that affect women and minorities.
HB	2629	Relating to criminal trespass	Support	This bill clarifies that the trespass statute does not affect legally and constitutionally-protected activity. It also removes the maximum fine for trespassing with a weapon and an intent to harm others.
HB	2636	To provide that out of school suspensions be considered "excused" absences	Support	This bill clarifies that an suspension cannot be used against a student for a truancy charge. No person should face consequences for the consequences imposed by the state.
HB	2752	Non-Profit Transparency and Accountability Act	Oppose	This bill would subject any nonprofit agency that receives state or federal funds to FOIA laws. Disbursement of state funds is subject to FOIA, and citizens can and should ensure that funds are allocated appropriately, however, non-governmental organizations are due higher privacy rights.
HB	2756	Relating to the controlled substance monitoring database; and adding the reporting of medical marijuana to the database	Oppose	This bill would require all medical cannabis prescriptions to be entered into the Controlled Substances Monitoring Database. Cannabis is still illegal at the federal level, and this bill would put medical cannabis users in legal jeopardy.
HB	2763	To provide for an updated definition of first degree murder on a law enforcement officer	Oppose	This bill removes the element of premeditation from first degree murder if the victim is certain state workers. The ACLU opposes removing the element of premeditation from a first degree murder charge.
HB	2765	Authorizing certain ambulance crew members, firefighters, rescue squad members and emergency service personnel to carry firearms	Oppose	This bill allows certain first responders to carry firearms in the performance of their duty. Firearms are unnecessary for the purposes of their job duties and increase the risk of extra-judicial killings.
HB	2766	To clarify when inmates may receive "good time" or time served	Oppose	This bill limits the people who can receive "good time" credit to reduce a period of incarceration. This would increase sentence lengths and drive up incarceration.
HB	2770	Expanding the eligibility requirements for private investigator and security guard license	Support	This bill removes a collateral consequence of prior convictions by removing a prohibition on licensure solely on the basis of the past conviction
HB	2771	Removing marijuana as a tested substance from the screening requirements	Support	This bill would remove cannabis as a tested substance for workplace drug testing. The ACLU opposes suspicionless drug testing broadly, and particularly supports this change.
HB	2773	Create the Education Tax Credit	Oppose	This bill creates an education tax credit. The ACLU opposes education tax credits as a way to funnel public money into religious institutions.
HB	2778	To create curriculum transparency in public schools	Support	This bill modifies laws allowing parents to inspect curriculum by requiring the curriculum to be posted on the school or county board of education website, or to be updated within 30 days of any change. The bill allows parents to request to inspect additional instructional material. This bill creates a reasonable balance between providing transparency and allowing teachers and schools to do their jobs, and adapt curriculum as necessary.
HB	2782	Require all municipal elections be held on the same election day in November that other state elections are on	Support	This bill requires municipal elections to be held on the same day as state elections. This makes it easier for voters to know when elections are taking place and to participate.
HB	2784	Relating to duty to prosecute	Oppose	This bill removes the core principle of prosecutorial discretion by requiring criminal prosecutions. It also requires keeping files on defendants when there is insufficient evidence to prosecute.
HB	2786	Objective Reality in Government Act	Oppose	This bill would require all laws to be backed by objective material facts. While this is a laudable goal, it is unenforceable. Furthermore, the bill incorrectly states that one material fact is a biological basis for identity.
HB	2790	WV Historical Monument Preservation and Restoration Act	Oppose	This bill significantly increases barriers to removing or renaming historical monuments. While content neutral, it is a response to attempts to remove monuments to the Confederacy and slavery.
HB	2795	To update the definition of libel in West Virginia	Oppose	This law creates a misdemeanor offense of libel. Libel has traditionally been a civil matter, and the ACLU opposes the creation of new crimes.
HB	2792	Relating to Election Runoff	Support	This bill would allow for runoff elections in certain non-partisan elections where no candidate receives a majority of the vote. The ACLU supports elections that can better represent people's interests.
HB	2793	Relating to mental health treatment for inmates	Neutral	This bill clarifies that people in incarceration can be involuntarily hospitalized. People experiencing a mental health crisis should not be treated in a jail or prison. However, the ACLU has concerns about the use of involuntary hospitalization as well. The ACLU will monitor this legislation.
HB	2799	Impose criminal liability and penalties upon purchasers of goods for delivery who refuse to return rejected goods to the vendor after the purchaser has had their purchase money reimbursed	Oppose	This bill creates criminal penalties for defrauding vendors through reimbursement schemes. The ACLU opposes creating new crimes when the behavior can be addressed through existing law.
HB	2801	Relating to Social Media privacy and educational institutions	Support	This bill prohibits educational institutions from forcing a student to give a password or access to a personal social media account. The ACLU supports the privacy rights of students.
HB	2803	Remove felonies from reason to disqualify from voting	Support	This bill allows people who have been pardoned, finished a period of incarceration, or who are on probation or parole to vote. The ACLU supports expanding voting rights.
HB	2806	Relating to an occupational limited license	Support	This bill allows people who have had their driver's licenses suspended for a non-driving criminal offense to obtain a license for the limited purpose of traveling to and from work. Ath ACLU opposes licensure suspension as a form of punishment for non-vehicular crimes, and this bill is a step in the right direction of removing a collateral consequence of this policy.
HB	2809	Relating to protections for workers at state health care facilities who report unsafe patient care or unsafe patient conditions	Support	This bill creates whistleblower protections for reporting unsafe conditions and practices in state run medical facilities. The ACLU supports expanding government accountability. Additionally, people in hospitals are often more vulnerable and should be given particular protection.
HB	2810	Relating to data disposal protection	Support	This bill sets basic guidelines for the protection and disposal of personal identifying information held by corporations. The ACLU supports ensuring privacy rights.
HB	2811	Permitting anyone over 65 to vote absentee	Support	This bill clarifies that anyone over 65 is eligible to vote absentee. The ACLU supports this clarification, which ensures eligible voters have this option.
HB	2816	Any judgment by a mayor, any individual exercising the mayor's functions, the police court judge, or municipal judge of city be obligated to the Model Rules of Judicial Conduct.	Support	This bills requires anyone who is acting as a judge to impose criminal or civil sanctions to act in accordance with judicial ethics. This is an important safeguard against arbitrary abuses of power.
HB	2823	Allowing for Religious Exemptions of Vaccine Requirements in Primary and Secondary Schools	Oppose	This bill would provide broad use of religious objections to vaccines in public employment, schools, and higher education institutions. The ACLU supports religious freedom, and recognizes that in some instances religious objections can outweigh the basis for vaccine mandates. However, this language is too broad and does not allow a proper balance.
HB	2825	Relating to prohibiting mask mandates	Oppose	This bill prohibits state or local officials or private entities from requiring masks. While the government should generally not require any item or article like a mask, a strict prohibition may be a barrier to the least restrictive means of protecting public health.
HB	2827	Make public charter schools eligible for Safe Schools Funds	Neutral	This bill allows safe school funds to go to charter schools. The ACLU has concerns about the use of public money to fund private education, and the growth of school security measures which subject students to surveillance and harsh discipline. The ACLU will monitor this bill for those issues.
HB	2837	Relating to intentionally fleeing or attempting to flee in a vehicle from a law-enforcement officer, probation officer, or parole officer	Oppose	This bill increases criminal penalties for fleeing from an officer. The ACLU opposes increasing criminal penalties.
HB	2838	Litterbug Act	Oppose	This bill seeks to address littering and illegal dumping by requiring the placement of cameras. The ACLU opposes the expansion of the surveillance state.
HB	2843	Relating to statute of limitations for discrimination	Support	This bill amends the Human Rights Act to cover more employers and the give people more time to bring a claim. The ACLU supports these changes.
HB	2844	Relating to anti-discrimination protections for independent contractors	Support	This bill amends the Human Rights Act to cover independent contractors. The ACLU supports expanding the protections in that Act.
HB	2846	To limit the amount of ballot propositions.	Neutral	This bill allows political parties to submit proposals for legislation or resolutions onto a primary ballot. It is unclear what impact this would have. The ACLU will monitor this legislation.
HB	2847	To impose a life sentence on fentanyl dealers	Oppose	This bill would create a life sentence for people who distribute fentanyl. The ACLU opposes increasing sentence lengths.
HB	2850	Clarifying general education teachers' entitlements for the general education classroom that provide academic support for students identified as having an exceptionality whose least restrictive environment remains the general education classroom.	Support	This bill ensures that teachers have an aide when students with exceptional needs are placed in the general education classroom. An explicit purpose of the bill is to put students in a non-segregated, least restrictive setting, which the ACLU supports.
HB	2851	Relating to legalizing cannabis production, sales and adult consumption	Support	This bill would legalize and regulate cannabis. The ACLU supports ending cannabis prohibition.
HB	2855	Relating to election reform	Support	This bill removes signature matching to validate ballots, enables no-excuse absentee voting and allows absentee ballots to be placed in drop boxes. The ACLU supports these measure to improve access to voting.
HB	2857	The purpose of this bill is to give a 10-day right to appeal to the Supreme Court of Appeals a Secretary of State decision to not certify a candidacy.	Support	This bill gives the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals original jurisdiction over a refusal to certify a candidate, and limits the time for appeal to 10 days. This ensures a speedy and absolute resolution to questions of whether a candidate is eligible to run for office. This provides predictability to voters.
HB	2863	Creating a homeless education coordinator for county schools	Support	This bill creates a position to oversee and coordinate education services for students who do not have permanent or stable housing. The ACLU supports providing supports and services to at-risk youth.
HB	2866	Provisions for election observers during any election and at any voting or ballot-reviewing and ballot-counting location within West Virginia	Amendments Needed	This bill creates a process for political parties to nominate and have observers at all parts of the electoral process to ensure a transparent and fair process. We support increased transparency, but recognize there is a need to protect poll workers and voters from intimidation.
HB	2869	Relating to law enforcement warrant for third party information	Support	This bill limits the ability of police to procure records from telecommunications companies without a warrant. The ACLU supports enforcing warrant requirements.
HB	2877	Relating to the definition of employer for sexual harassment purposes	Support	This bill expands the Human Rights Act to cover more employers and adds protections for independent contractors. The ACLU supports expanding nondiscrimination problems.
HB	2883	Making a supplemental appropriation from the Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund	Oppose	This bill would put the majority of the state's remaining Covid recovery money into economic development and not into the communities most impacted by covid.
HB	2884	Requiring a minimum of 7 year term in state prison for conviction of distributing controlled substances	Oppose	This bill imposes a mandatory minimum sentence of 7 years of incarceration for any crime of delivery or possession with intent to deliver. The ACLU opposes mandatory minimums.
HB	2885	Relating to life at conception	Oppose	This bill seeks to redefine life as beginning at conception. This assertion creates a number of legal obligations and barriers that create unrealistic obligations on the state and on pregnant people. The bill additionally tries to statutorily deny recognition of people who are intersex, transgender, and non-binary.
HB	2890	The purpose of this bill is to modify student discipline	Amendments Needed	This bill provides guidelines for removing disruptive students from a classroom, and utilizing in-school suspensions before out-of-school suspensions. It also requires teachers and school board members to develop a uniform tiered disciplinary system with specific examples. The ACLU supports developing uniform and predictable disciplinary measures and scaled sanctions. However, appropriate disciplinary reforms also require interventions to provide at-risk students supports to develop appropriate behavior.
HB	2892	Relating to the Disconnection of Residential Utility during a State of Emergency	Support	This bill would prevent the discontinuation of utilities to residents during a state of emergency and sets forth the policies for any deferred bills. The ACLU supports ensuring people have access to basic needs during times when they may not be able to maintain financial obligations and when other exigent conditions are present.
HB	2897	Permit registered voters to vote an absentee ballot by mail in all circumstances	Support	This bill allows voters to vote by absentee ballot without an excuse. The ACLU supports no-excuse absentee voting.
HB	2901	State may not participate in or join the national school board association	Oppose	This bill would prohibit WV from joining or participating in the National School Board Association. This restricts the freedom of association and limits a resource for state educators.
HB	2903	Library boards who make decisions on books must have ideological equality	Oppose	This bill requires library board members to have ideological equity. Ideological equity is a vague and unenforceable requirement.
HB	2916	Relating to terrorism	Oppose	This bill redefines and radically expands the definition of terrorism, allowing a number of activities to be labeled as terrorism and organizations to be labeled as terrorist organizations. This poses a substantial threat to the freedom of association.
HB	2919	To ban adult-oriented stores from operating physical locations in West Virginia	Oppose	This bill would prohibit any number of "adult-oriented businesses" from operation in West Virginia. This is censorship.
HB	2920	To prohibit the distribution of smoking devices as part of a harm reduction program	Oppose	This bill prohibits any smoking devices as part of a harm reduction program. The ACLU supports harm reduction and opposes measures to prohibit evidence-based best practices.
HB	2921	Establish a memorial at the Capitol for the unborn whose lives were lost.	Oppose	This bill would create a memorial to the unborn. This is an endorsement of an extremist message that vilified the personal choice to have an abortion.
HB	2923	To modify exemptions from criminal liability to include a distinction for biological lessons regarding reproduction.	Oppose	This bill would limit the scope of sexual education and prohibits libraries from providing this material. The ACLU supports libraries as a source of information, and believe that wider conversations around sex, sexuality and gender are not obscene but are important conversations to have.
HB	2924	Cap the number of MAT facilities to 20 overall, with a limit of one per county	Oppose	This bill would limit the number of addiction recovery facilities in WV. The ACLU supports creating more recovery options, not fewer.
HB	2926	To modify parenting if father encouraged an abortion	Oppose	This bill changes the presumption of equal parenting where one partner encourages the other to obtain an abortion. The ACLU opposes punishing free speech.
HB	2931	Convention of states delegates have penalties for deviating from what they were sent to convention for	Oppose	This bill creates harsh criminal penalties for deviating from the topic at an Article V Convention of the States. The ACLU opposes the use of a Convention of the States to amend the Constitution, and a law like this may be nullified by the process while creating a false sense of security.
HB	2932	Bill to fund armed veterans at our schools	Oppose	This bill would allow armed security at public schools. Research has shown that security do not prevent major incidents, but increase the likelihood of minor incidents including the expansion of the school to prison pipeline.
HB	2933	Increase in fines and criminal penalties when an employer fails to maintain employment records of an unauthorized employee	Oppose	This bill significantly increases the penalty for employing an unauthorized person. The ACLU opposes raising criminal penalties.
HB	2936	Establishing privacy regarding medical treatments	Oppose	This bill prohibits anyone from being required to utilize or disclose any medical treatment. While the ACLU supports privacy, this prohibition is too broad and could threaten legitimate reasons to disclose medical statuses.
HB	2940	Establishing the Anti-Stereotyping Act	Oppose	This bill states that it limits requiring or coercing people to hold certain stereotypes or that such stereotypes exist. In practice, the bill would make it harder to have legitimate discussions about the impact of race, racism, and other forms of discrimination.
HB	2944	Relating to DNA collection requirements in abortion cases relating to rape or incest	Oppose	This bill establishes procedures to collect evidence from a person who gets an abortion under the exceptions for rape and incest. Forcing a person to have to undergo these examinations is another barrier to abortion.
HB	2947	Relating to mandatory drug testing of all classes of employees in K through 12 schools	Oppose	This bill would require drug testing for educators. The ACLU opposes suspicionless testing.
HB	2950	Exempting certain hygiene products from sales tax	Support	This bill exempts menstrual products from sales tax. The ACLU supports removing financial barriers that disproportionately affect women.
HB	2951	Removing certain drugs from schedule one	Support	This bill would remove cannabis and psilocybin from Schedule I of the Controlled substances Act. The ACLU supports ending the War on Drugs.
HB	2952	Creating online voters' guide	Support	This bill would create a guide for voters. This will help make voting easier and more transparent.
HB	2957	Create camera assisted enforcement of speeding in active work zones	Oppose	This bill allows traffic cameras to be used to identify and issue civil citations for speeding in active work zones. The ACLU has serious concerns about the proliferation of cameras. Even seemingly neutral and desirable enforcement such as traffic laws can result in disparate treatment, and often result in enforcement that is inconsistent with general public practice. While this bill does contain good safeguards such as prohibiting fully automatic systems for traffic enforcement, and a robust due process, the ACLU remains opposed to this legislation.
HB	2962	Second Look Sentencing Act	Support	This law allows judicial officials to modify a sentence after 10 years of incarceration. This reduces incarceration by being able to reexamine circumstances that may have changed.
HB	2963	Prohibit Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation from making inmates pay co-payment for medical or dental service by a doctor or nurse	Support	This bill prohibits charging inmates copays. Fees and expenses incurred during incarceration can be a major barrier to reentry. Additionally the state takes on the obligation of providing adequate medical care when it incarcerates people.
HB	2964	Relating to online privacy protection for minors	Support	This bill limits the operators of websites that are designed for or that are targeted to children from collecting certain personal information. It also provides prohibitions against disclosure of information that is collected. The ACLU supports attempts to strengthen privacy protections online.
HB	2965	To create a pilot project of tiny homes	Support	This bill would require a pilot project of "tiny homes" to be needs-based residences for at-risk populations. The ACLU supports providing supports for at risk individuals.
HB	2966	To create a tax incentive to landlords who allow a first time or second chance housing of homeless individuals, justice impacted persons, assault victims, veterans, and adults who age out of the foster care system.	Support	This bill gives landlords a tax incentive to allow residency by certain at-risk populations The ACLU supports ensuring stable housing.
HB	2970	Creating the equitable right to expungement	Support	This bill allows people who successfully complete a pretrial diversion program or deferred adjudication to file for expungement of their record after completion of the program. The ACLU supports measures that promote the use of alternatives to incarceration and reduce collateral consequences.
HB	2971	Access to Rehabilitation Act	Support	This bill clarifies that people in correctional facilities can access reading material without financial barriers. The ACLU supports giving access to information.
HB	2972	To prohibit public university names for gender affirming care	Oppose	This bill prohibits state university-affiliated hospitals from providing gender-affirming care. Gender affirming care is an evidence-based and live-saving medical treatment.
HB	2974	Creating the West Virginia Native American Tribes Unique Recognition, Authentication, and Listing Act	Neutral	This bill creates a process to authenticate Indigenous groups in West Virginia and sets the benefits of state recognition. The ACLU supports indigenous rights and will monitor this legislation.
HB	2976	Creating the Keep Roe Reversed Forever Act	Oppose	This bill would restrict state funding to any organization that provides or advocates for abortion. The ACLU supports free speech rights and abortion rights.
HB	2979	Establishing an animal abuser registry	Oppose	This bill would establish a registry for people convicted of animal abuse. The ACLU opposes the use of registries.
HB	2980	Removing bona fide schools, public libraries, and museums from the list of exemptions from criminal liability relating to distribution and display to minor of obscene matter	Oppose	This bill would remove exemptions for schools, museums, and libraries in the general law prohibiting exposing minors to obscene matter. This is an attempt to expand censorship, and the ACLU opposes censorship.
HB	2981	Prohibit the sheriff's department from posting mug shot photos for an arrest	Support	This bill prevents mugshots from being published if without a conviction. Mugshots often lead to stigma and additional consequences. The ACLU supports this protection.
HB	2983	Relating to cruelty to animals	Amendments Needed	This bill provides clear definitions for various elements of cruelty to animals, enhances penalties and creates a registry. The ACLU supports the creation of clear rules that allow for predictability. The ACLU opposes increasing criminal penalties. The ACLU opposes the use of registries.
HB	2984	Relating to establishing a program for camera assisted speed enforcement in active school zones in this state	Oppose	This bill allows for traffic cameras in school zones. The ACLU has serious concerns about the proliferation of cameras. Even seemingly neutral and desirable enforcement such as traffic laws can result in disparate treatment, and often result in enforcement that is inconsistent with general public practice. While this bill does contain good safeguards such as prohibiting fully automatic systems for traffic enforcement, and a robust due process, the ACLU remains opposed to this legislation.
HB	2991	Establishing the crime of torture	Oppose	This bill would create a new crime. The elements for the new crime are all included in other criminal charges. The bill explicitly states that the new crime can be charged in addition to other crimes. The ACLU opposes the creation of new crimes where existing ones are sufficient.
HB	2997	To make the HOPE Scholarship applicable to all children	Oppose	This bill modifies the Hope Scholarship to expand eligibility. The ACLU opposed the creation of the Hope Scholarship as a drain on public education funds, and a means to funnel public money to religious institutions. The ACLU opposes expanding the program for the same reasons.
HB	2998	Non-binary not permitted on birth certificates	Oppose	This bill would prohibit people from being able to get accurate birth certificates to correctly list their gender. The ACLU supports accurate IDs.
HB	3000	Universities must accept religious, medical, or right of conscience exemptions to taking vaccinations	Oppose	This bill requires institutions of higher learning to accept any excuse for refusing a vaccine. Universities have a legal obligation to provide a safe, accessible learning environment, and should be able to balance that obligation and the needs of immunocompromised and medically-fragile people with the objections of others.
HB	3001	To prohibit punishment for teachers who refuse to use pronouns inconsistent with a child's sex	Oppose	This bill would prevent civil liability or adverse employment actions for a teacher who misgenders a student. Teachers have a legal obligation to provide a safe, supportive learning environment, and bullying a child is a contradiction of that obligation. This would also put the state in conflict with federal law.
HB	3002	To create a crime to send someone abortion pills through the U.S. mail	Oppose	The bill prohibits the distribution of certain medications through the mail. The ACLU supports safe, accessible medication.
HB	3003	Stop practice of medicine by telehealth for abortion prescriptions	Oppose	This bill would expand the prohibition of abortion medication by telehealth to also cover abortion services. The ACLU supports access to abortion.
HB	3004	Relating to transferred right of self-defense to a person who engages an active shooter on school grounds	Oppose	This bill establishes a right to use a firearm and lethal force against a school shooter for the general public. The bill also allows up to a $50,000 reward for neutralizing a school shooter. This will incentive people with firearms to overreact to situations and make a shooting situation more dangerous.
HB	3006	West Virginia Critical Infrastructure Protection Act	Oppose	This bill creates a sentence enhancement for copper theft, and explicitly encourages asset forfeiture. The ACLU opposes sentence enhancements and asset forfeiture.
HB	3008	Relating to clarifying the uniform statewide deadline for electronically submitted voter registration	Support	This bill clarifies that electronic voter registration can be received until midnight on the deadline. This expands, marginally, the window for voter registration.
HB	3009	Relating to voting rights of formerly incarcerated individuals	Support	This bill allows people on felony probation and parole to be able to vote. The ACLU supports voting rights.
HB	3010	Relating to medical marijuana	Oppose	This bill removes protections for medical cannabis users against their employers and landlords and replaces those protections with protections for the employers and landlords. The ACLU believes people should not face discrimination based on their medical treatment.
HB	3014	Require Correctional Facilities to provide free feminine hygiene products	Amendments Needed	This bill requires correctional facilities to provide menstrual products to female inmates. The ACLU supports providing menstrual products but recognizes that some people who are not recognized as female also menstruate.
HB	3018	Establishing that 18 is the age of consent and removing the ability of an underage person to obtaining a consent to marry through their parents, legal guardians, or by petition to the circuit court	Oppose	This bill prohibits marriage under 18. The ACLU believes the right to marry is a fundamental right, and any attempt to restrict it must be very narrow and based on specific circumstances.
HB	3020	To mandate that the Secretary of State to utilize the Electronic Registration Information Center	Support	This bill mandates that WV utilize the Electronic Registration Information Center to verify voter registration. The ACLU recognizes ERIC as a credible voter verification system.
HB	3025	Relating to DNA data maintained for law enforcement purposes	Oppose	This bill expands from whom DNA can be collected and stored. The ACLU believes that restrictions on the use of biometric information need to be tighter, not looser.
HB	3030	Creating the Paid Parental Leave Pilot Program	Support	This bill would create a pilot program for paid family leave. The ACLU supports paid family leave.
HB	3033	Create Intergenerational Poverty Task Force	Support	This bill creates a task force to make recommendations regarding intergenerational poverty. The board includes a number of stakeholders, including representatives of civil rights organizations. The ACLU views poverty as a civil liberties issue and supports looking holistically at intergenerational poverty.
HB	3034	To create a Parolee Drivers Permit	Support	This bill allows a program to give drivers permits to people on parole. This removes another collateral consequence to incarceration.
HB	3035	Relating generally to high-quality education programs and school operations	Oppose	This bill provides a system of supports and support staff to help ensure by the end of grade 3 all students have achieved literacy. It makes special accommodations for students with disabilities. The ACLU supports providing more supports and services in schools, particularly for at-risk youth.
HB	3038	Add unborn persons to the definition of driving under the influence and causing injury or death to an unborn person.	Oppose	This bill would add fetal loss to the crime of DUI resulting in death. It also significantly increases criminal penalties. The ACLU opposes increasing criminal penalties.
HB	3042	Establishing the West Virginia Religious Freedom Restoration Act	Oppose	This bill allows businesses and individuals to claim a religious objection to otherwise legal requirements. In practice these bills allow discrimination under the guise of religious freedom. The ACLU opposes this misinterpretation of religious freedom.
HB	3043	To require a blood draw/blood test after a motor vehicle accident to determine impairment of those involved.	Oppose	This bill requires a blood draw after a motor vehicle accident. Blood draws are a significant invasion of privacy and the existence of an accident without any additional information is not sufficient to create suspicion to merit this level of invasiveness.
HB	3049	To create the American Campuses Act	Neutral	As amended in the House Education Committee this bill utilizes federal guidance to prohibit certain countries from establishing programs in WV universities. The ACLU will continue to monitor this legislation, but changes alleviate some concerns.
HB	3052	Creating small business and minority populations economic and workforce development taskforce	Support	This bill would create a task force to examine issues regarding workforce inclusion and participation, with an emphasis on minority populations. The ACLU supports taking proactive steps to improving outcomes for marginalized populations.
HB	3061	Relating to updating the authority of the Foster Care Ombudsman	Support	This bill protects certain foster care records in juvenile court proceedings. Evidence is often gathered by prosecution to impose harsher sentences on children. The ACLU supports reasonable protections on evidence that can be misused in such a way.
HB	3081	To abolish felony murder charge in West Virginia	Support	This bill would eliminate felony murder, where a person may be charged with murder if another person dies in the commission of a felony. Felony murder charges are unnecessary enhancements that punish people excessively for unintended consequences.
HB	3086	Men's Equality Act	Support	This bill requires PEIA to cover 100% of a vasectomy or other male sterilization. The ACLU supports increasing access to reproductive healthcare.
HB	3089	Tax credits for employers providing child care	Support	This bill provides a tax incentive for employers that offer child care services. Lack of childcare is often a barrier to work that falls disproportionately on poor and marginalized populations. The ACLU supports creating incentives to provide this service.
HB	3097	Banning Medicaid and CHIP from paying for child and adult transgender surgeries	Oppose	This bill prohibits CHIP and Medicaid for paying for certain gender affirming therapies for minors. Physicians and patients should make medical decisions, not politicians.
HB	3099	To establish a grant program for colleges that take steps to establish themselves as Student Basic Needs campuses	Support	This bill provides a grant for colleges that provide programs to support nutrition and other basic necessities for low income students. Secondary expenses to higher education are another barrier for low-income individuals and families that can perpetuate systemic inequities, and this legislation aims to reduce that barrier.
HB	3100	Requiring medical insurance providers to include infertility services in their policies	Support	This bill requires insurance carriers to provide coverage for infertility services. The ACLU supports increasing access to reproductive healthcare.
HB	3103	To eliminate the restriction to carry a firearm on the state capitol complex grounds	Oppose	This bill allows for concealed carry in the Capitol. The presence of firearms can provide a chilling effect on people's ability to engage in protected political speech.
HB	3106	Add Kratom to list of schedule I controlled substances	Oppose	This bill adds Kratom to schedule I of the list of controlled substances. The ACLU opposes criminalizing substances as a means of regulation and control.
HB	3115	To allow the development of a specialized intermediate care facility for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities	Amendments Needed	This bill would establish long-term care facilities for people with disabilities that need long-term managed care but do not acute hospital settings. The bill lays out the basic outlines of these facilities, including providing segregated space if a person needs to be separated, and permissive language to help advocates find less restrictive settings. The ACLU supports providing a range of care and support options. However, facilities such as these need more specific guidelines to protect individuals and a more proactive role in ensuring that less restrictive settings are found.
HB	3118	Creating the Parents' Bill of Rights	Oppose	This bill sets out in broad terms that strict scrutiny will be applied to any law or regulation regarding education or the access of education. While the ACLU supports the rights of parents to be involved in education and to make choices for their children, the application of this law would undermine appropriate control of the education system.
HB	3121	Creating the Stop Our Scourge Act of 2023	Oppose	This bill would classify fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction. This is an escalation in the failed war on drugs.
HB	3127	Requiring state entities, local entities and law enforcement agencies to cooperate with the enforcement of immigration laws	Oppose	This bill requires local governments to comply with federal immigration laws, prohibits local policies regarding immigration enforcement, and creates a civil cause of action against local governments for failure to take immigration action. This undermines prosecutorial discretion, endangers crime victims who may not come forward if they or a family member is not documented, and creates a impetus for local governments to harass people who fit stereotypes of immigrants.
HB	3128	Requiring open captions in movie theaters within the State of West Virginia to accommodate the deaf and hard of hearing	Support	This bill would require cinemas of a sufficiently large size to offer a specified number of screenings with closed captioning. The ACLU supports accommodations for people with disabilities.
HB	3132	Increasing penalties for Corruption	Oppose	This bill increases the criminal penalties for certain corrupt practices. The ACLU opposes increasing criminal penalties.
HB	3137	Prohibiting Illegal Alien Human Smuggling	Oppose	This bill expands the definition of human trafficking to include transportation of undocumented persons. This bill will increase the likelihood of discrimination against people perceived to be immigrants.
HB	3139	To allow for modification of a family court order involving drugs in certain circumstances	Support	This bill requires that parenting plans that are modified for substance use disorder to be restored upon successful completion of a program. This incentives recovery and works to maintain family contact.
HB	3142	Provide that family court can order certain services	Neutral	This bill allows a family court judge to order parties to a proceeding to go through any program offered by DHHR. This may be used to create additional and unnecessary conditions, or it may be a way to provide supports and services as opposed to worse consequences and outcomes. The ACLU will monitor this legislation to better understand safeguards.
HB	3143	Allow for religious exemptions for getting vaccinations	Oppose	This bill would provide broad use of religious objections to vaccines in public employment, schools, and higher education institutions. The ACLU supports religious freedom, and recognizes that in some instances religious objections can outweigh the basis for vaccine mandates. However, this language is too broad and does not allow a proper balance.
HB	3144	No vaccine mandate for schools	Oppose	This bill would remove all mandated vaccines for access to public education. Vaccines ensure that schools are safe for students who are medically fragile and who are immunocompromised. The ACLU opposes removing all requirements.
HB	3146	Establishing in West Virginia Code, the contents of the Uniform Public Meetings During Emergencies Act	Support	This bill establishes rules for open meetings during declared emergencies. The rules proposed provide transparency and notice rules that the ACLU support.
HB	3157	Relating to clarifying the duties, functions, prohibitions and restrictions applicable to the West Virginia Fusion Center	Support	This bill reforms the WV Fusion Center, it limits intelligence gathering, and provides more protections for information gathering. Fusion centers constitute a significant threat to privacy rights and government surveillance. The ACLU supports limiting the power of fusion center.
HB	3158	To make certain acts of panhandling and soliciting unlawful	Oppose	This bill would prohibit panhandling and require a license for certain types of solicitations. This is a violation of free speech.
HB	3160	Providing that records of Department of Health and Human Services of sustained and nonsustained allegations of child abuse or neglect are preserved	Support	This bill creates a tiered system for abuse and neglect cases and establishes a timeframe for keeping records based on that system. This creates a scaled approach, and a balance between creating a longitudinal record without over burdening a person with charges.
HB	3161	Relating to state recognition of Native American tribes	Neutral	This bill creates a process to authenticate Indigenous groups in West Virginia and sets the benefits of state recognition. The ACLU supports indigenous rights and will monitor this legislation.
HB	3176	Prohibit drag shows from being performed in front of minors and to prohibit people from dressing in drag when reading aloud during story time in schools	Oppose	This bill defines drag shows as adult-oriented businesses and prohibits them in certain venues. Drag shows are an art form and are not obscene. Laws like this amount to censorship.
HB	3181	Relating to when a warrant, capias for arrest is dismissed when charges are dismissed	Support	This bill states that if a person has an arrest warrant, and the underlying criminal charges are dismissed, than the arrest warrant will be dismissed too. This will reduce unnecessary arrests and incarceration.
HB	3182	Relating generally to mental health treatment	Support	This bill makes several changes to the involuntary commitment law. It allows law enforcement officers besides sheriffs to make arrests and transport individuals, it allows people to be held in mental health facilities, and it limits who can apply for commitment.
HB	3183	Child Protection Act	Oppose	This bill invokes religious rationale to prohibit gender affirming care. This denies youth life-saving medical care. It also is a violation of the principles of freedom from religion.
HB	3184	WV Medical Information Confidentiality and Anti-Discrimination Act	Oppose	This bill prohibits the government or any agency from obtaining medical status, including vaccination status, or coercing any medical care. The ACLU supports privacy and bodily autonomy, however this goes to far and would prohibit legitimate exceptions.
HB	3185	Transparency in Government Act	Oppose	This bill requires candidates for office to list political affiliation, even for non partisan offices and restricts family members from being the majority of an elected body. These provisions increase the partisanship of elections and restrict voter choice.
HB	3187	Relating to requirements imposed on social media companies to prevent corruption and provide transparency of election-related content made available on social media websites	Oppose	This bill limits information that can be placed on social media around elections. The ACLU opposes restricting speech.
HB	3190	Amending the definition of "minor"	Oppose	This bill changes the definition of minor to include people who are purported to be underage. This holds people criminally liable for a state of mind rather than a criminal act.
HB	3199	Relating to removing the requirement that an ectopic pregnancy be reported	Support	This bill clarifies that ectopic pregnancies are not reported as abortions. This is protection for people who have non viable pregnancies.
HB	3207	To prohibiting the use of electronic tracking devices	Support	This bill creates a misdemeanor if a person plants a tracking device on a child who is the subject of an abuse and neglect investigation. While the ACLU typically opposes the creation of new crimes, this bill is narrow and is balanced against legitimate privacy interests.
HB	3208	Automatic CPS expungement if an individual is not found to have committed abuse and neglect by court order	Support	This bill provides an automatic expungement for people who have been cleared of child abuse and neglect charges. A person should not carry the stigma of a charge for which they were not convicted.
HB	3216	Funding EMS and School Resource Officers through marijuana tax	Oppose	This bill would divert money from the Medical Cannabis fund that currently goes to law enforcement to go to school security, including school resource officers. The ACLU opposes the use and expansion of the school resource officer program.
HB	3221	To extend the Hope Scholarship to Preschool	Oppose	This bill would expand the Hope Scholarship to preschools. The Hope Scholarship is a school voucher program which diverts state money into private and parochial schools. The ACLU opposes the use of state money to support religious organizations.
HB	3225	The Healthy and Safe Workplace Act	Support	This bill would address workplace harassment and bullying. It provides more protections for workers from bias and discrimination. The ACLU supports creating more equitable and welcoming workplaces.
HB	3247	Relating to abuse and or neglect of individuals with an intellectual and or developmental disability	Support	This bill sets up a system to better report and track abuse and neglect of disabled adults. The ACLU supports proactive measures to protect vulnerable populations.
HB	3252	Prohibiting banks and payment networks from tracking firearm-related data and outlining penalties	Support	This bill prohibits banks and financial institutions from refusing to process or to track firearms purchases. The ACLU believes people should not be subject to surveillance based on constitutionally-protected activity.
HB	3255	Relating to granting parolees driving permits	Support	This bill allowed parolees who have a suspended drivers licence for unpaid fees and fines to receive a permit. It also allows parties to vote. The ACLU supports both of these proposals.
HB	3257	Relating to infant and maternal mortality	Support	This bill requires perinatal centers to provide implicit bias training and requires better data tracking of maternal mortality. The purpose of the bill is to address significant disparities in maternal mortality. The ACLU supports taking proactive steps to address these disparities.
HB	3260	Genetic Information Privacy Act	Support	This bill requires DNA testing companies to provide clear information about how information will be shared, and ot require specific consent for it. The ACLU supports these privacy protections.
HB	3267	To allow elected officials to carry a concealed weapon if they have a valid concealed carry permit in government buildings	Oppose	This bill would allow legislators to carry firearms in the Capitol. Citizens have a right to petition their lawmakers, and knowing they are armed will child this basic right.
HB	3271	Relating to increasing monitoring of special education classrooms	Oppose	This bill would add audio monitoring to recently added video monitoring of segregated classrooms for special needs students. The ACLU opposes this monitoring because it subjects the students to enhanced surveillance and encourages the use of segregated education.
HB	3275	Relating to private prisons	Oppose	This bill would allow for private prisons to operate in West Virginia. The ACLU opposes private prisons.
HB	3276	Relating to requiring video cameras in certain special education classrooms	Oppose	This bill would expand the camera program to requires cameras in all classrooms that provide instruction to nonverbal students. The ACLU opposes the expansion of surveillance of students.
HB	3277	Establishing the Family and Medical Leave Insurance Benefits Act	Support	This bill would create a paid family leave. The ACLU supports paid family leave.
HB	3284	Relating to the use of unmanned aircraft systems by law enforcement	Oppose	This bill provides restrictions on the use of unmanned aircraft. While the bill does outline some privacy protections for individuals, a significant portion of the bill is dedicated to protecting corporate interests from private investigation, inspection, or journalism, by claiming the airspace above. The ACLU supports privacy protections, but also the freedom of the press.
HB	3287	Providing that records of Department of Health and Human Services of sustained and nonsustained allegations of child abuse or neglect are preserved	Support	This bill creates a tiered system for abuse and neglect cases and establishes a timeframe for keeping records based on that system. This creates a scaled approach, and a balance between creating a longitudinal record without over burdening a person with charges.
HB	3293	Relating generally to identifying and educating exceptional children exhibiting indicators or diagnosed with dyslexia or dyscalculia	Support	This bill requires schools to screen for, identify, and appropriately support students with dyslexia. The ACLU supports greater supports for students, particularly students with disabilities.
HB	3298	Prohibiting civil rights violations based on disability, gender identity or sexual orientation	Support	This bill adds disability, gender identity, and sexual orientation to classes protected from discrimination. The ACLU supports these protections.
HB	3302	To recognize unborn child as distinct victim in a DUI causing death	Oppose	This bill would treat an embryo as a person if there is pregnancy loss in a DUI. This perpetuates the legal fiction of fetal personhood.
HB	3306	Relating to the organizational structure of the Office of Drug Control Policy	Neutral	This bill puts the Office of Drug Control Policy outside the purview of DHHR. It also creates a task force on sober living homes. The ACLU will monitor this legislation for its impact on providing housing options for people.
HB	3316	To create a domestic violence registry	Oppose	This bill would create a registry for people who are convicted of domestic violence charges. The ACLU opposes registries.
HB	3320	Requiring the West Virginia Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to provide an inmate with one physical copy of their birth certificate and social security card upon release	Support	This bill requires the Division of Corrections to provide people with a copy of their social security card and birth certificate upon release from incarceration. These documents are often necessary to help a person reenter society successfully and this will help ease that transition.
HB	3323	Relating to Drivers License Address Requirements	Support	This bill allows a person without a permanent address to obtain a driver's' licence. The current requirement serves as a barrier to people experiencing homelessness, and lack of a licence make make it harder to escape that situation.
HB	3326	Relating to Privacy of Social Care information	Support	This bill provides a scheme to ensure privacy between various governmental, and private entities to share information but still protect privacy more broadly. This can help to create a balance between sharing information to help individuals, while protecting the information from wider disclosure.
HB	3337	Prohibiting additional drug and alcohol treatment facilities and services in a certain county	Oppose	This bill would require substance abuse treatment centers to go thrive the certificate of need if there are already 150 treatment beds in the county. This limits treatment options.
HB	3338	Relating to sentencing for prohibited acts with a firearm	Oppose	This bill creates sentence enhancements for violation of various drug crimes while in possession of a firearm. The ACLU opposes sentence enhancements.
HB	3339	Protection of minors from harmful material on internet	Oppose	This bill requires certain websites offered adult content to develop and implement an age verification system. This imposes a censorship regime that may impact free speech.
HB	3346	Mental Hygiene Reform Act	Neutral	This bill would provide specialized mental health commissioners with expertise in various common causes for mental hygiene petitions. This may result in a more nuanced and appropriate assessment of individuals. However, it can also be used to streamline commitment. The ACLU will monitor this legislation.
HB	3353	Relating to the limitations on the financial relationships with foreign entities that have values antithetical to those of the State of West Virginia	Oppose	This bill would prohibit WV from entering into business relationships with corporations who also have business relationships or operations with certain foreign countries. This restriction is national origin discrimination. Additionally, these decisions should be guided by the federal government.
HB	3355	To criminalize joyriding of a bulldozer or heavy equipment	Oppose	This bill creates a new crime for the unauthorized use of heavy machinery. This could already be charged under other criminal statutes so this is an unnecessary new criminal law.
HB	3358	Exemption from marriage and license participation	Oppose	This bill would allow officials, including public officials, opt out of marriage ceremonies or licenses if they claim a religious or conscientious objection. This would allow public officials to deprive people of a fundamental right.
HB	3360	Creating an office of the Inspector General within the Department of Homeland Security	Oppose	This bill creates an Inspector General within Homeland Security to oversee operations and conduct investigations. The Inspector General is hired by, and reports to the Secretary of Homeland Security. This does not create reliable independent investigations.
HB	3361	Relating to the allocation of federal funds to county commissions and certain municipalities	Support	This bill would use a portion of federal ARPA money to benefit economically disadvantaged communities. The ACLU is supporting community partners in ensuring this money is being used to address structural and systemic disparities.
HB	3362	To make an attack on a K-9 officer a felony	Oppose	This bill would create sentence enhancements if a person assaults a police canine. The ACLU opposes sentence enhancements.
HB	3366	Creating the State Property Protection Act	Oppose	This bill creates significantly enhanced penalties for trespass and vandalism. This bill is designed to target unhoused and is a way to further criminalize poverty.
HB	3369	Creating a School Safety Unit within the Division of Protective Services	Oppose	This bill gives the Division of Protective Services a new charge of protecting school safety. Notably officers are given full law enforcement powers. The ACLU opposes the expansion of surveillance and law enforcement into schools.
HB	3375	Relating to addressing School Discipline in Public Schools	Support	This bill requires public access and legislative reporting to the state discipline plan. The ACLU supports transparency, however advocates for more robust action in addressing discipline issues in the schools.
HB	3378	Preserving and protecting the right to keep and bear arms	Oppose	This bill attempts to invalidate federal rules and regulations on firearms. This is a violation of the supremacy clause.
HB	3379	Providing DMV with certain medical information related to mental or physical disabilities as it relates to the ability of a person to drive safely	Oppose	This bill requires any medical provider with knowledge of certain medical conditions to provide that information to the DMV. This is overly broad and will result in unnecessary sharing of medical records. Additionally there are not enough safeguards of medical information once it is shared.
HB	3381	Make it a felony to kill a canine officer	Oppose	This bill would make it a felony to kill or assault a law enforcement animal. The ACLU opposes creating new crimes.
HB	3383	Youth Mental Health Protection Act	Support	This bill would prohibit the harmful practice of "conversion therapy" on minors. This practice has been rejected by nearly every medical organization as harmful to LGBTQ people, and the government has a legitimate interest in prohibiting it.
HB	3393	Prohibiting the delivery of unsolicited absentee ballot applications to any person who has not specifically requested one from the county clerk	Oppose	This bill prohibits distributing absentee ballot applications without the request of the voter. This makes it more difficult to encourage voter participation, and could be problematic in an emergency situation.
HB	3399	Increasing the tax credit for employers providing child care for employees	Support	This bill increases the tax credit for employers who offer child care services. Lack of child care can be a barrier that perpetuates systemic inequities and the ACLU supports efforts to lessen that barrier.
HB	3400	Firearm Industry Nondiscrimination Act	Oppose	This bill would prohibit West Virginia from doing business with any corporate entity that takes part in a boycott of energy companies. This is a prohibition on protected political expression.
HB	3401	Relating to negligent homicide	Oppose	This bill adds simple negligence to statute covering reckless driving resulting in death. It also expands the harm to include pregnancy loss. These expansions will result in unnecessary incarceration.
HB	3403	Providing a tax credit for employers with childcare facilities	Support	This bill creates a tax credit for employers that offer child care centers. Lack of child care can be a barrier that perpetuates systemic inequities and the ACLU supports efforts to lessen that barrier.
HB	3411	To create an initiative to provide minorities and males with an incentive to join the public education field	Support	This bill creates a fund and framework to encourage underrepresented groups to enter the education field. The ACLU supports finding ways to address systemic disparities.
HB	3414	Limiting recovery on claims for abuse in the State's school system	Oppose	This bill would limit the amount of damages that could be awarded if someone sues the schools. This prevents equitable results and reduces the disincentive to prevent harm.
HB	3415	Maternal Health and Family Support Act	Support	This bill creates training and support and services to help pregnant and postpartum people. The ACLU supports this as a way to address systemic disparities.
HB	3419	Relating to wages of persons with disabilities	Support	This bill creates a competitive wage scheme for people with disabilities. It helps to strike a balance between ensuring they can get hired, but also get fairly compensated.
HB	3436	Restricting foreign ownership of land and other interests in the State of West Virginia	Oppose	This bill discriminates against foreign firms on the basis of national origin.
HB	3445	Relating generally to probation and parole	Support	This bill provides good time credits to people on community supervision. This is a way to incentive reentry and reduce the collateral consequences of incarceration.
HB	3448	Relating generally to probation officer field training	Support	This bill would provide standardized training for probation officers. Providing more training and standardized training may help to prevent unnecessary harms.
HB	3449	Allowing recordings of closed meetings, and release in certain circumstances	Support	This bill would allow some closed meetings to be recorded. They would remain confidential unless a majority chose to make the recording public. This allows more transparency.
HB	3453	Consumer Data Protection Act	Support	This bill sets guidelines for use of consumer information. It requires public policies, and provides that consumers can request to see their data, remove their data, or opt out of third party sharing without loss of service. The ACLU supports protecting consumer data.
HB	3454	Modifying the criminal penalties for overtaking or passing a stopped school bus	Support	This bill limits the ability to incarcerate a person who passed a school bus to situations where a law enforcement officer actually saw the driver of the vehicle. The helps to prevent situations where a person who as not operating the vehicle could face incarceration for someone else.
HB	3457	Provide voters with the ability to identify and verify their ballot cast in a statewide election	Support	This bill would provide voters with a unique identifying number to be able to review ballots and ensure their ballot had been cast and counted.
HB	3458	To create the Behavioral Health Reform and Innovation Council	Support	This bill would create a council to assess mental and behavioral health services and needs in the State. The ACLU supports ensuring better access and services that provide medical care, and can prevent incarceration and be an alternative to incarceration.
HB	3461	Relating to funding programs that supply feminine products and programs in the state	Support	This bill would create a fund to provide funding to for menstrual products in various state institutions. The ACLU supports ensuring everyone has access to menstrual products.
HB	3462	Relating generally to identifying and educating exceptional children exhibiting indicators or diagnosed with dyslexia or dyscalculia	Support	This bill requires schools to screen for, identify, and appropriately support students with dyslexia. The ACLU supports greater supports for students, particularly students with disabilities.
HB	3463	To study ADA accessibility of the State Capitol	Support	This bill would require a study of disability access to the WV Capitol. Lack of access means people with disabilities have less ability than others to speak with their representatives. Reviewing this is a good step towards more equity.
HB	3472	Returning a woman's right to choose	Support	This bill would remove abortion restrictions. The ACLU supports reproductive rights.
HB	3477	WV Emergency and Crisis Response Act	Oppose	This bill restricts the Governor's power during declared emergencies. While the ACLU has and maintains reservations about the use of emergency powers, this bill is too restrictive and does not allow appropriate and necessary flexibility.
HB	3479	Creating requirements for use of unmanned aircraft	Oppose	This bill restricts the usage of drones of certain industrial cities and could be used to limit transparency and journalism.
HB	3480	Enact the West Virginia Consumer Financial Privacy Act of 2023	Amendments Needed	This bill creates some consumer privacy protections and requires opt-in for sharing consumer information. However the bill's definitions are too broad and protections against lawsuits are too broad.
HB	3483	Approve the creation of the West Virginia First Foundation	Neutral	This bill formally adopts the memorandum of understanding as part of the opiate settlement. The ACLU is monitoring this settlement and will participate in ensuring money is used in appropriate ways, and not to expand incarceration.
HB	3491	To increase criminal penalty for shooting at or killing a uniformed police officer	Oppose	This bill would create a sentence of life without mercy for intentionally killing a police officer while on duty. The ACLU opposes increasing criminal penalties.
HB	3493	Relating to prohibiting certain foreign ownership of agricultural land	Oppose	This bill would prohibit China or certain Chinese entities from owning agricultural land. This is national origin discrimination.
HB	3495	To modify certain election laws, early voting laws, and absentee voting laws	Amendments Needed	These bill makes minor changes to several provisions of the absentee voting law. Some changes, such as allowing ballot applications to be received up to midnight on the day of the deadline, the ACLU supports. Other language, such as increasing criminal penalties, the ACLU opposes.
HB	3496	To create the Responsible Fatherhood Act	Amendments Needed	This bill would create public-private partnerships to help fathers. A problematic provisions allows state funds to go to religious organizations, which the ACLU oppose.
HR	3497	To prohibit rank choice voting in West Virginia	Oppose	This bill prohibits the use of ranked choice voting. Ranked choice voting is not currently used in any election and would have to be created by law. The ACLU supports models of voting that can better reflect voter preferences.
HR	3498	Relating to the Consumer Data Protection Act and establishing a framework for controlling and processing personal data in the State	Support	This bill provides a framework for protecting consumer data in corporations. It require transparent policies, allows consumers to review data, and opt out of data sharing. The ACLU supports providing greater consumer data protections.
HB	3502	Bifurcating the ethics commission	Neutral	This bill would create a separate Legislative Ethics Commission to review and address potential ethics violations by legislators. The ACLU will continue to review and monitor this legislation for appropriate transparency, due process, and independence.
HB	3503	Relating to nondiscrimination at institutions of higher education	Oppose	This bill would prohibit a wide array of diversity, equity, and inclusion policies, in state universities. The ACLU opposes prohibiting attempts to address disparities. The ACLU also opposes the restrictions on speech.
HB	3506	Relating to infant and maternal mortality	Support	This bill aims to address maternal mortality through trainings and data collection. The ACLU supports taking proactive steps to address disparities.
HB	3507	Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders Insurance Coverage Protection Act	Support	This bill requires all new insurance plans to cover mental health and substance abuse treatment issues. The ACLU support expanding access to these services.
HB	3531	Relating to issuance of restricted license	Support	This bill removes a provision to revoke a license for failure to pay child support and allows for a limited driver's license upon payment of a fee. By providing provisional licenses people have the opportunity to earn money to provide earnings.
HB	3535	Prohibiting the transportation and incarceration of political prisoners in West Virginia	Oppose	This bill would prohibit the federal government to incarcerate or transport in or through WV any person who was arrested as part of the January 6th riots. This is a violation of the Supremacy Clause.
HB	3537	Relating to granting the Intermediate Court of Appeals jurisdiction to hear certified questions	Oppose	This bill bypasses the normal judicial process for certain legal issues. This limits judicial independence and despite the bills stated intent, could create more judicial backlogs.
HB	3545	Expiring funds to the Treasurer's Office - American Rescue Plan Low-income Assistance Program	Amendments Needed	This bill would allocate $300 million of ARPA funds into low income community development programs to address systemic inequity. However more control needs to go to ensure efficient and transparent use of the money.
HB	3551	Provide for criminal history record restrictions for certain persons	Support	This bill provides a limited situation in which criminal records can be be restricted. The ACLU supports efforts to reduce the collateral consequences of incarceration.
HB	3561	Relating generally to creating the Joint Legislative Committee on Civic Life	Oppose	This bill would create an "Institute" on civil life that would allocate state funds to nonprofits. Priority would be given to organizations that promote "traditional cultural values". This is thinly veiled code for organizations that promote a particular political viewpoint. Consequently, this amounts to a form of viewpoint discrimination.
HB	3562	Relating to the West Virginia Fusion Center	Support	This bill limits the powers of the West Virginia Fusion Center and provides independent reporting and oversight. The ACLU has significant concerns about the expansion of Fusion Centers, and support these reforms.
HJR	4	Amend the state Constitution to give the people the powers of initiative, referendum and recall	Oppose	This proposed Constitutional amendment would give West Virginia citizens the power to hold a referendum on passed legislation and to recall elected officials. With proper safeguards, the ACLU supports to expansion of direct democracy. However, as currently written, this would create a chilling effect for legislators whereby a relatively small group of voters could create upheaval, confusion, and cost.
HJR	5	Allowing an elected state official to be a government employee or employee of a public school, college, or university	Support	This bill allows for state employees to seek an ethics waiver to hold elected office. The ACLU believes that many people in public service can bring valuable insight to the legislative body without a conflict of interest.
HJR	11	Initiative, Referendum and Recall	Amendments Needed	This proposed Constitutional amendment would give West Virginia citizens the power to hold a referendum on passed legislation and to recall elected officials. With proper safeguards, the ACLU supports to expansion of direct democracy. However, as currently written, this would create a chilling effect for legislators whereby a relatively small group of voters could create upheaval, confusion, and cost.
HJR	19	Providing Term Limits for certain Constitutional Officers	Oppose	This bill creates term limits for Constitutional Officers. The ACLU opposes term limits.
HJR	21	Amending Constitution to allow for possession, manufacture and sale of cannabis	Support	This proposed constitutional amendment would legalize cannabis.
HJR	22	To allow certain state employees the eligibility to a seat in the legislature	Support	This proposed constitutional amendment would allow certain state employees to hold elected office. The ACLU supports allowing more people to get involved in the democratic process.
HJR	25	Relating to the right to refuse any medical treatment, injection, device, vaccine or prophylactic	Oppose	This proposed constitutional amendment would prohibit the state from requiring vaccinations or any other medical treatment. The ACLU believes vaccines mandates may be an appropriate exercise of state power in certain situations.
HR	1	Adoption of the House Rules	Amendments Needed	This resolution contains the Rules for the House of Delegates. Notably, the rules have been changed to limit each member to speaking only once during debate. This limits the opportunity for robust debate, particularly by restricting the opportunity for rebuttal.
HR	14	Disband the FBI and other politicized intelligence and law enforcement agencies.	Neutral	This bill calls for disbanding the FBI and ATF. While the ACLU is not opposed to disbanding law enforcement agencies, we do not support the rationale provided.
HR	15	Proclaiming that the State of West Virginia supports admitting Washington, D.C. into the Union as a state of the United States of America	Support	This resolution would show support for DC statehood. The ACLU supports DC statehood.
HR	37	Proposing to Congress that a convention of states be called	Oppose	This resolution urges congress to call a convention of the states. The ACLU opposes using a convention of the states to amend the Constitution.
SB	3	Requiring parental notification of school-based dispensaries of contraceptives to minors	Oppose	This bill requires schools to notify parents if they provide any contraceptive medication or device to a student. This is both a violation of student privacy and will reduce the use of contraceptives.
SB	5	Requiring parental notification of minors being prescribed contraceptives	Oppose	This bill requires parental notification for any prescribed contraception. This is both a violation of patient privacy and will reduce the use of contraceptives.
SB	8	Clarifying that tenancy includes persons who reside in sober living home	Neutral	This bill defines individuals who are in sober living homes as tenants, and would grant them tenants rights. The ACLU supports this as a way to protect a sometimes-vulnerable population without stigmatizing or limiting housing options. However, the ACLU remains concerned about the use of this bill as written to interfere with best-practices in these facilities, and will push for a more appropriate balance.
SB	9	WV Monument and Memorial Protection Act of 2023	Oppose	This bill significantly increases barriers to removing or renaming historical monuments. While content neutral, it is a response to attempts to remove monuments to the Confederacy and slavery.
SB	11	Prohibiting excessive government limitations on exercise of religion	Oppose	This bill allows businesses and individuals to claim a religious objection to otherwise legal requirements. In practice these bills allow discrimination under the guise of religious freedom. The ACLU opposes this misinterpretation of religious freedom.
SB	16	Local Government Labor and Consumer Marketing Regulatory Limitation Act	Oppose	This bill would prohibit certain employee and consumer protections by local jurisdictions. Notably, the bill would prohibit local jurisdictions from limiting the use of criminal history. The ACLU supports "Ban the box" and similar legislation and would oppose attempts to prohibit its use.
SB	21	Requiring certain documents that contain wage records be considered confidential	Oppose	This bill would state that certain wage and compensation information submitted to the state by private contractors cannot be disclosed publicly. This robs the public of important information in understanding the business practices of state contractors.
SB	22	Local Government Labor and Consumer Marketing Regulatory Limitation Act	Oppose	This bill would prohibit certain employee and consumer protections by local jurisdictions. Notably, the bill would prohibit local jurisdictions from limiting the use of criminal history. The ACLU supports "Ban the box" and similar legislation and would oppose attempts to prohibit its use.
SB	23	Fetal Heartbeat Act	Oppose	This bill prohibits abortion after the detection of fetal cardiac activity. Although a similar law has already passed, the ACLU stands opposed to restrictions on abortion.
SB	24	Relating to long-term care and substance abuse treatment	Support	This bill calls for the creation of a new long-term substance abuse facility. The ACLU supports the expansion of treatment options.
SB	30	Transferring child welfare enforcement responsibilities to WV State Police	Oppose	This bill would take all responsibilities for child welfare that are currently performed by DHHR and transfer them to the State Police. The involvement of law enforcement is more likely to result in escalation of situations and the unnecessary criminal charges.
SB	33	Prohibiting certain divisive acts or concepts from schools, state agencies and any groups receiving state funding	Oppose	This bill purports to ban racial stereotyping. However, the language of the bill also prohibits important and necessary discussions in workplaces and in curriculum regarding the racial history of the United States, implicit bias, and privilege.
SB	38	Eliminating restrictions on voting rights for formerly incarcerated individuals	Support	This bill allows people on felony probation and parole to be able to vote. The ACLU supports voting rights.
SB	41	Establishing minimum student enrollment for school aid formula	Support	This bill creates a minimum for support for schools. This is an important step in providing a thorough and efficient education as required by the WV Constitution.
SB	44	Requiring certain municipalities pay for incarceration of inmates	Support	This bill requires municipalities to pay the costs for incarceration. This helps to disincentivize law enforcement and judicial officials from using incarceration for low-level offenses.
SB	49	Establishing criminal offense for being under influence of controlled substance unless specifically prescribed	Oppose	This bill makes it a crime to consume or be under the influence of a controlled substance without a prescription. This law would allow law enforcement to conduct highly invasive searches of people on minimal evidence.
SB	53	Relating to DNA data maintained for law enforcement purposes	Oppose	This bill expands from whom DNA can be collected and stored. The ACLU believes that restrictions on the use of biometric information need to be tighter, not looser.
SB	55	WV Freedom of Conscience Protection Act	Oppose	This bill allows businesses and individuals to claim a religious objection to otherwise legal requirements. In practice these bills allow discrimination under the guise of religious freedom. The ACLU opposes this misinterpretation of religious freedom.
SB	57	Requiring political action committee to disclose contributors' names and addresses to Secretary of State	Oppose	This bill requires contributors to political action committees to disclose the names and addresses of individual donors. This conflicts with the freedom of association and the right to anonymous speech.
SB	63	Relating to wages and salary under Parental Leave Act	Support	This bill creates paid family leave for state employees who have worked more than 1 year, and unpaid family leave for state employees who have worked less than 1 year. The ACLU supports paid family leave.
SB	67	Requiring DHHR file petition to terminate parental rights under certain circumstances	Oppose	This bill requires DHHR to file for the termination of parental rights where there are two instances of abuse or neglect. These decisions should be made on a case by case basis.
SB	68	Relating to use of force, including deadly force, in defense of self, real, and personal property	Oppose	This bill makes it easier for a person to use lethal force based on subjective fears without facing consequences. Repeatedly these laws have been disproportionately used to justify the murder of Black Americans. The ACLU opposes these laws.
SB	69	Patrolman Cassie Johnson Memorial Act	Oppose	This bill establishes the death penalty in West Virginia. The ACLU opposes the death penalty.
SB	70	Permitting special registration plates for persons with medical conditions that cause erratic behavior	Oppose	This bill establishes license plates that give notice that an individual a condition that may cause erratic behavior. The ACLU believes people with disabilities should not have to publicly advertise their conditions in order to receive fair and equitable treatment.
SB	72	Modifying definition of sexual contact	Support	This bill removes an exception to the sexual assault statute for spouses. The ACLU believes even in marriages consent must be given for sexual contact.
SB	74	Providing for substantial deference to State Superintendent's interpretations of school laws	Neutral	This bill requires local school boards and the Employee Grievance Board to give deference to statutory interpretations of the State Superintendent. The ACLU will monitor this legislation to ensure that a proper balance in statutory interpretation, uniformity of laws, and freedom of political interference is achieved.
SB	83	Authorizing tactical medical professionals to carry firearms	Oppose	This bill would allow medics who are attached to law enforcement units to carry and use firearms and to have criminal and civil liability protection like law enforcement. This is another step in the militarization of police.
SB	88	Permitting medical marijuana be prescribed in edible form	Support	This bill allows medical cannabis to be dispensed in edible form. The ACLU supports reducing the criminalization of cannabis.
SB	90	Amending penalty of simple possession of marijuana from misdemeanor crime to civil violation	Support	This bill decriminalizes simple possession of cannabis, with a maximum fine of $25. The ACLU supports any legislation that moves towards the end of the War on Drugs.
SB	92	Providing compensation to victims of abusive lawsuits	Oppose	This bill would create financial penalties if a lawsuit is dismissed for lack of cause or withdrawn. This creates a barrier to people being able to avail themselves of the legal system. The ACLU opposes this bill.
SB	93	Prohibiting teaching of divisive acts and critical race theory in public schools	Oppose	This bill purports to ban racial stereotyping. However, the language of the bill also prohibits important and necessary discussions in workplaces and in curriculum regarding the racial history of the United States, implicit bias, and privilege.
SB	99	Relating to meetings among county boards of education	Support	This bill sets forth basic procedures including transparency procedures for any attempt to consolidate county boards of education. Without taking a position of consolidating county boards of education, the ACLU supports creating a transparent process.
SB	103	Prohibiting certain funding and attendance of minors to drag shows	Oppose	This bill prohibits taking children to drag shows. Drag shows are an art form that are not inherently obscene, and cannot be regulated in the manner prescribed by this legislation. Furthermore, the language is overly-broad and could be applied to performances outside of drag shows.
SB	108	Requiring certain probationers to participate in work release program and spend six months in work release center	Oppose	The bill would require probationers who served 10 or more years to participate in a work-release program prior to release. Notwithstanding probationers who may of an advanced age or have a disability that would prevent work, the ACLU opposes additional requirements that could result in delaying release.
SB	112	Relating to financial institutions engaged in boycotts of firearms companies	Oppose	This bill would prohibit West Virginia from doing business with any corporate entity that takes part in a boycott of energy companies. This is a prohibition on protected political expression.
SB	114	Prohibiting abortion coverage in certain qualified health care plans	Oppose	This bill prohibits insurers from covering abortion care. The ACLU opposes any restrictions in access to abortion, but as abortion in WV is effectively limited to emergency services, this prohibition would prevent people from getting care for medical emergencies.
SB	115	Providing procedure for WV to select delegates to Article V Convention	Oppose	This bill provides certain policies and procedures for the selection and recall of delegates to a convention under Article V of the Constitution. The ACLU opposes the use of a Convention of the States to amend the Constitution. Among other reasons, it is unclear that laws like the one proposed here would be enforceable.
SB	116	Collecting and analyzing statistical information pertaining to terminating pregnancies under Medicaid Program	Oppose	This is an invasive bill that requires the government not only to collect data on abortions, but information information on the reason for the abortion. This is an invasion of privacy, and unnecessary since the passage of Amendment 1.
SB	120	Requiring registered sex offenders pay annual fee	Oppose	This bill would require people on the sex offender registry to pay an annual fee. The ACLU opposes the use of registries. Moreover, fees such as the one proposed in this bill are collateral consequences that make it harder to reenter society.
SB	121	Creating Student Journalist Press Freedom Protection Act	Support	This bill restates that student publications and student journalists are free from undue censorship. The ACLU supports the freedom of the press and the freedom of expression for students.
SB	123	Creating enhanced penalties for fleeing officer	Oppose	This bill adds sentence enhancements for second offenses of fleeing from an officer. The ACLU opposes sentence enhancements.
SB	124	Authorizing child sexual abuse and sexual violence prevention program and in-service training in child sexual abuse prevention	Support	This bill provides for age appropriate instruction in recognizing and preventing sexual abuse, and provides an opt out. The ACLU supports providing more information to help with prevention and early detection of abuse.
SB	125	Safeguarding concealed carry permit holder's information	Support	This bill prohibits public disclosure of concealed carry permit holders, and requires single-entry queries in the case of a law-enforcement investigation. The ACLU supports these privacy protections.
SB	126	Reorganizing DHHR	Neutral	This bill reorganizes DHHR. The ACLU is neutral on reorganizing or breaking up DHHR. However, we will monitor all legislation related to this to ensure there is no interruption or loss of quality in essential human services, and to ensure that this follows a thoughtful and transparent process.
SB	128	Clarifying authority of Governor and Legislature to proclaim and declare state of emergency and preparedness	Amendments Needed	This bill modifies the emergency powers act by requiring more specific findings for certain emergency declarations and actions, requiring legislative notice and approval for prolonged emergencies, and reiterating that emergency orders cannot circumvent constitutional rights. The ACLU supports the protection of rights, and the expansion of a transparent democratic process. As amended the bill removes any over houses of worship. While interference with religious practices should be extremely limited, religious institutions should also not receive preferential treatment.
SB	129	Limiting gubernatorial authority to spend certain federal funds without appropriation of Legislature	Support	This bill reduces the amount of federal money the Governor can spend without legislative approval. The Legislature is the proper body for making and approving expenditures.
SB	130	Anti-Racism Act of 2023	Oppose	This bill purports to prohibit claims of superiority or inferiority of certain groups. In practice, it limits important discussions of race, sex, and religion in classrooms.
SB	135	Relating to Uniform Controlled Substances Act	Oppose	This bill creates a criminal penalty for not contacting emergency services if someone is having a drug-related emergency. The ACLU opposes the creation of new crimes.
SB	137	Clarifying offenses of kidnapping and unlawful restraint	Support	This bill more clearly and narrowly defines the elements of kidnapping and unlawful restraint. More clear elements reduce the prosecutorial abuse.
SB	139	Requiring each county BOE to ensure all its meetings are open to public through in-person attendance and broadcast live on its website	Amendments Needed	This bill expands the transparency for county board of education meetings. The ACLU supports the expanded transparency, however, the state must allocate funds to ensure boards have the staff and technological infrastructure to comply with these requirements.
SB	144	Regulating schools for students with disabilities	Support	This bill creates a licensure and regulation process for private schools specifically designed for students with disabilities. While the ACLU opposes segregating students with disabilities from the general populace, if a student chooses to attend a private institution specializing in disabilities, the ACLU supports ensuring some minimum standards of support are present.
SB	147	Creating pilot program for recovery residences in Cabell County	Support	This bill strikes to find a balance between the rights of residents in recovery housing, while ensuring that the housing can provide adequate, evidence based services. This bill works as a pilot in Cabell County. The ACLU supports the balance drawn in this legislation and the pragmatic approach of applying it to one county first.
SB	149	Exempting certain organizations from property taxation	Oppose	This bill expands the exemption on property taxes on churches to parochial schools and other non-profit entities on church property. This treats religious institutions different than other institutions.
SB	152	Moving state primaries to August	Neutral	This bill would place the state primary elections in August. The ACLU will monitor the progress and intent of this legislation for impact on democratic participation.
SB	153	WV Chemical Abortion Prohibition Act	Oppose	This bill makes it a crime to provide a medical abortion without an in-person physical examination. It also provides liability to companies if their product is found in wastewater. This is a restriction on abortion access, and the ACLU opposes such restrictions.
SB	156	Relating to modernization of procedures for voting in public elections	Support	This bill removes signature matching to validate ballots, enables no-excuse absentee voting and allows absentee ballots to be placed in drop boxes. The ACLU supports these measure to improve access to voting.
SB	158	Prohibiting person under age of 18 from entering into marriage	Oppose	This bill prohibits marriage under 18. The ACLU believes the right to marry is a fundamental right, and any attempt to restrict it must be very narrow and based on specific circumstances.
SB	163	Relating to absentee voting	Support	This bill provides for no-excuse absentee voting. The ACLU supports this measure to increase access to voting.
SB	167	Legalizing cannabis production, sales, and adult consumption	Support	This bill would legalize and regulate cannabis. The ACLU supports ending cannabis prohibition.
SB	169	Requiring certain movie theaters to provide open captioning during certain showings	Support	This bill would require certain large cinema operators to offer some closed caption showings. The ACLU supports legislation that supports that promotes greater access for people with disabilities.
SB	170	Increasing transparency in apportionment process for congressional and legislative districts	Support	This bill requires legislative redistricting go through a series of public hearing around the state, and provide better notice about the maps that are going to be used. The ACLU supports a more transparent, less partisan process for drawing legislative districts.
SB	172	Increasing number of members on WV Parole Board	Support	This bill increases the number of people on the Parole Board. It also requires that some members have degrees in various fields such as sociology and psychology. These changes will address the backlog and bias against potential parolees to reduce incarceration.
SB	175	Requiring medical insurance providers to include infertility services in their policies	Support	This bill requires insurers to provide infertility services. Access to these services is as vital to reproductive health as is access to abortion.
SB	178	Adding grievance and appellate procedures for individuals participating in DMV safety and treatment program	Support	This bill creates an appeal and grievance process for people going through the DMV safety and treatment program. This provides additional due process protections for people who have lost the privilege to drive.
SB	181	Creating Closed Captioning Act	Support	This bill requires TV broadcasters to have a closed captioning option. The ACLU supports this as expanding services for people with hearing disabilities.
SB	182	Prohibiting discriminatory practices by financial institution or government entity against firearms manufacturers	Oppose	This bill would prohibit West Virginia and local governments from doing business with any corporate entity that takes part in a boycott of energy companies. This is a prohibition on protected political expression.
SB	183	Creating Natural Resources Anti-Commandeering Act	Oppose	This bill would prevent WV law enforcement from enforcing, or assisting in the enforcement of any federal law related to natural resources. This is a clear violation of the supremacy clause.
SB	184	Declaring sale and manufacture of firearms essential business during declared emergency	Oppose	This bill seeks to prevent any additional regulation on gun owners, distributors, or manufacturers during any declared emergency, riot, or insurrection. While the ACLU recognizes that emergency orders must be narrowly tailored and should not infringe of constitutional freedoms, this prohibitions in this legislation are too broad.
SB	186	Repealing WV Workplace Freedom Act	Support	This bill repeals legislation that makes it harder for labor organizations to collect resources and use them for advocacy. The ACLU supports this attempt to expand speech and association rights.
SB	195	Creating Ready-to-Use Glucagon Rescue Therapies for Schools Act	Support	This bill creates law to ensure that schools have the proper resources and training to handle certain diabetic emergencies. The ACLU supports proactive steps to protect people with different medical conditions.
SB	196	Creating Substance Abuse Intervention Act	Oppose	This law allows extended involuntary commitment for substance abuse. It also expands the criteria to cover a reasonable suspicion that someone will become a risk to themselves or others.
SB	197	Creating Paid Parental Leave Pilot Program	Support	This bill creates a paid parental leave program. The ACLU supports paid leave programs.
SB	203	Modifying minimum requirements for motor vehicle alcohol and drug test and lock systems	Support	This bill modifies the the vehicle lock program, it removes a minimum use requirement and allows people to reinstate it.
SB	208	Relating to criminal justice training for all law-enforcement and correction officers regarding individuals with autism spectrum disorders	Support	This bill modifies a section on law enforcement training for autism disorder to require the training every three years. The ACLU supports more training as one element of police reform.
SB	211	Relating to permanent windshield placard to be valid for duration of applicant's life	Support	This bill allows for permanent disability placards in some instances. This removes a barrier for people with disabilities to continue to be recertified.
SB	216	Requiring all schools to instruct students on Holocaust and other genocides	Support	This bill requires all schools to provide instruction on the Holocaust and other genocides. The ACLU supports ensuring that people are informed about the history and legacy of bigotry.
SB	223	Permitting Legislature to file suit in limited circumstances against Executive branch to faithfully execute laws passed	Support	This bill allows the legislature to sue the executive branch when the executive is not implementing a duly enacted law. The Constitution gives the executive discretion in how laws are implemented, but when a law is blatantly disregarded, this provides a remedy.
SB	224	Establishing revocation of authority for spending by agency in support of challenge to WV law	Oppose	This bill prohibits political subdivisions and state agencies from using their budget to challenge a law. Agencies and subdivisions have insight and interests that can and should be considered by the legislature.
SB	225		Oppose	This bill adds Kratom to schedule I of the list of controlled substances. The ACLU opposes criminalizing substances as a means of regulation and control.
SB	228	Mandating extended supervision for persons convicted of stalking and related felonious acts	Oppose	This bill requires between 10-50 years of extended supervision for a person convicted of a stalking offense. Prolonged supervision risks reinvolvement in the legal system for minor and technical violations, while creating additional obstacles to everything from housing to employment, to familial life.
SB	232	Creating study group to make recommendations regarding diversion of persons with disabilities from criminal justice system	Support	This bill creates a task force to make recommendations for adults and kids with disabilities to be diverted from the legal system into other support systems. The bill recognizes the over-representation of people with disabilities in the legal system.
SB	234	Clarifying uniform statewide deadline for electronically submitted voter registration applications	Support	This bill clarifies that electronic voter registration can be received until midnight on the deadline. This expands, marginally, the window for voter registration.
SB	235	Relating to voting rights of formerly incarcerated individuals	Support	This bill grants voting rights to people on probation and parole. The ACLU believes voting is a fundamental right.
SB	239	Requiring Commissioner of Human Services to engage certain providers and leaders to study homeless demographic	Amendments Needed	This bill requires a study on homelessness. In general, the ACLU would support efforts to study and address an issue like unhoused people. However, this bill emphasizes studying stigmatizing factors such as relocation of other states, disease status, and policies that may attract unhoused people. The ACLU will support studies to better understand the drivers of homelessness or to serve the needs of unhoused people.
SB	242	Relating to residential substance use disorder service programs	Oppose	This bill creates a licensing and appeals process for addiction recovery residences. The requirements are strict enough to become barriers to licensure of programs and subsequently barriers on housing on the basis of disability status.
SB	243	Requiring substance use disorder inpatient providers to provide transportation to patients	Oppose	This bill requires substance abuse providers to transport eligible patients out of state upon completion of their program and limits Medicaid eligibility on the basis of previous residency. WV should not be limiting help on the basis of a person's previous residence. The burden of providing transportation is a significant barrier for providers offering a vital service for our communities.
SB	251	Displaying official motto of United States in public schools and institutions of higher education	Oppose	This bill seeks to force every public school to display the motto "In God We Trust". While the national motto has been upheld as Constitutional, as a matter of public policy, it still shows endorsement for a specific religious viewpoint.
SB	252	Prohibiting obscene materials in or within 2,500 feet of WV schools	Oppose	This bill redefines obscene material to include any inclusion of transgender individuals, among other expansions of the definition. It then creates an unnecessary and unconstitutionally broad buffer around any school property for a blanket prohibition against obscene material. There are numerous legal problems with this proposed legislation, not least of which is the abhorrent idea that a person could be deemed obscene on the mere basis of their identity.
SB	253	Criminalizing engaging in adult cabaret performance where it may be viewed by minor	Oppose	This bill creates a definition of "adult cabaret" performance and profits such performances where they can be viewed by minors. The definition is overly broad and encompasses protected expressive activity. The bill is otherwise redundant.
SB	255	Prohibiting discrimination against patients for declining or delaying vaccines	Oppose	This bill restricts healthcare providers from treating unvaccinated patients different than others and restricts providers from encouraging vaccines. This is an overbroad restriction on free speech and interferes with a provider's ability to protect other patients.
SB	261	Eliminating suspension of driver's license for failure to pay court fines and costs	Support	This bill ends the practices of suspending a driver's' license for unpaid fines and fees. The ACLU supports ending this practice as it often leaves people less able to earn money and criminalizes poverty.
SB	274	Third Grade Success Act	Support	This bill provides a system of supports and support staff to help ensure by the end of grade 3 all students have achieved literacy. It makes special accommodations for students with disabilities. The ACLU supports providing more supports and services in schools, particularly for at-risk youth.
SB	277	WV Native American Tribes Unique Recognition, Authentication, and Listing Act	Neutral	This bill creates a process to authenticate Indigenous groups in West Virginia and sets the benefits of state recognition. The ACLU supports indigenous rights and will monitor this legislation.
SB	278	Protecting minors from exposure to indecent displays of sexually explicit nature	Oppose	This bill expands the definition of obscene material to include, among other things, transgender people. It also increases penalties for exposure to obscene material. The ACLU strongly opposes both of these provisions.
SB	279	Increasing protection for minor victims of human trafficking	Oppose	This bill removes the presumption that minors in sex work are victims. The ACLU opposes this.
SB	282	Creating WV Guardian Program	Oppose	This bill allows veterans to provide armed security for schools. The ACLU opposes the militarization of schools and the use of private school security.
SB	288	Relating to Sexual Assault Examination Network	Oppose	This bill establishes procedures to collect evidence from a person who gets an abortion under the exceptions for rape and incest. Forcing a person to have to undergo these examinations is another barrier to abortion.
SB	289	Establishing Minority Health Advisory Team	Support	The bill creates a team to provide advice on improving health and social determinants of health to minority communities that continue to experience health disparities. The ACLU supports proactive efforts to reduce racial disparities.
SB	291	Eliminating restriction to carry firearm on State Capitol Complex grounds	Oppose	This bill allows for concealed carry in the Capitol. The presence of firearms can provide a chilling effect on people's ability to engage in protected political speech.
SB	292	Health Care Sharing Ministries Freedom to Share Act	Oppose	HCSMs are a form of health coverage in which members - who are typically recruited because they share religious beliefs - contribute monthly payments to cover the qualified expenses of other members. Health shares do not have to comply with the consumer protections of the Affordable Care Act, provide limited benefits for their members, and do not guarantee payment for medical claims. HCSMs jeopardize health people through deceptive marketing practices and systemic failure to provide necessary products and services. By exempting them from state law, too, HCSMs in WV would be virtually unregulated and unaccountable.
SB	296	Uniform Public Meetings During Emergencies Act	Support	This bill lays out uniform rules and procedures for virtual meetings of public bodies during declared emergencies where in-person meetings are prohibited or not practical. The law lays out recording votes and ensuring public access and participation. The ACLU supports ensuring that this transparency and public participation is protected.
SB	299	Creating new misdemeanor offense of unlawful entry, occupation or retention of real property	Oppose	This bill creates an offense of unlawful entry. The aim of the bill is clearly meant and people who are experiencing homelessness. The ACLU opposes criminalizing poverty.
SB	301	Relating to Community Crime Prevention Act	Oppose	This bill requires all new driver's license applicants to be cross checked against the National Crime Information Center. The NCIC is a flawed database that has a high error rate.
SB	304	Increasing criminal penalty for fentanyl	Oppose	The bill removes the intent element in fentanyl crimes and increases penalties. The ACLU opposes increasing criminal penalties.
SB	422	Requiring public schools to publish curriculum online at beginning of each new school year	Support	This bill modifies laws allowing parents to inspect curriculum by requiring the curriculum to be posted on the school or county board of education website, or to be updated within 30 days of any change. The bill allows parents to request to inspect additional instructional material. This bill creates a reasonable balance between providing transparency and allowing teachers and schools to do their jobs, and adapt curriculum as necessary.
SB	433	Establishing requirements for state board and local education agency to screen for dyslexia	Support	This bill requires schools to screen for, identify, and appropriately support students with dyslexia. The ACLU supports greater supports for students, particularly students with disabilities.
SB	434	School Safety Act	Oppose	This bill authorizes teachers to carry firearms. The ACLU opposes this as unlikely to protect students while likely to create more tragedy.
SB	459	Clarifying residency requirements for voter registration	Oppose	This bill would reduce the types of IDs that a voter could use to vote. The ACLU opposes the voter ID law and opposes narrowing the list of acceptable ID's.
SB	466	Prohibiting financial institutions from discriminating against firearms businesses	Support	This bill prohibits financial institutions from refusing to do business with firearms industries due to ideological differences. This is a restriction on the freedom of conscious.
SB	472	Creating criminal offense of indecent exposure in front of minors	Oppose	This bill enhances the penalty for indecent exposure if it is in front of a minor. The ACLU opposes sentence enhancements.
SB	479	Expanding certain insurance coverages for pregnant women	Support	This bill requires Medicaid to cover doula services. The ACLU supports expanding reproductive options.
SB	484	Clarifying terms and offense of human smuggling	Oppose	This bill creates a crime of human smuggling which involves the commercial transportation of non-citizens. The ACLU opposes the creation of new crimes when behavior can be addressed under existing code.
SB	489	Requiring BOE provide free feminine hygiene products in grades six through 12	Amendments Needed	This bill requires schools to provide menstrual products to "female" students in grades six through twelve. The ACLU supports providing menstrual products but would like to see more inclusive language and the availability of products for students who may be menstrating prior to grade six.
SB	490	Patrol Officer Cassie Marie Johnson Memorial Act	Oppose	This bill creates a crime of intentionally obstructing various public officials that results in the death of a public official. The penalty is 15 years. The ACLU opposes the creation of new crimes an excessive sentences.
SB	495	Providing correctional institutions and juvenile facilities video and audio records be confidential	Support	This bill corrects a law passed in 2022 that excessively limited the transparency of certain records. This bill provides a more appropriate degree of transparency while protecting the privacy of individuals who may be identified by such records.
SB	509	Requiring that free feminine hygiene products be provided to female prisoners	Amendments Needed	This bill requires correctional facilities to provide menstrual products to female inmates. The ACLU supports providing menstrual products but recognizes that some people who are not recognized as female also menstruate.
SB	517	Medical Ethics Defense Act	Oppose	This bill would prohibit employers from taking corrective action against medical practitioners who refuse to provide any medical service because of a religious or moral objection. This law would allow people to discriminate against patients for any number of reasons.
SB	524	Relating to family planning services	Amendments Needed	This bill increases access to a number of reproductive healthcare options by requiring local health departments to offer contraception, lowering the age to access contraception, and requiring insurances to cover certain sterilization procedures. However, the bill becomes coercive by only requiring coverage of sterilization and not reversals.
SB	532	Creating new crime of soliciting minor	Oppose	This bill creates a new felony of soliciting a minor. The definition is overly broad and incorporates acts covered by existing law.
SB	535	Creating religious and philosophical exemptions for school attendance vaccines	Oppose	This bill would provide broad use of religious objections to vaccines in public employment, schools, and higher education institutions. The ACLU supports religious freedom, and recognizes that in some instances religious objections can outweigh the basis for vaccine mandates. However, this language is too broad and does not allow a proper balance.
SB	537	Eliminating marital exception to criminal prosecution of sexual assault offenses	Support	This bill clarifies that marriage is not a defense to charges of sexual assault. The ACLU agrees that marriage does not mean sacrificing bodily autonomy.
SB	540	Creating misdemeanor offense of willfully urinating or defecating in public	Oppose	This bill creates a crime for urinating or defecating in public. This law would be used to punish homeless people and people in poverty who don't have regular access to restrooms.
SB	550	Requiring state entities, local entities and law enforcement agencies to enforce immigration laws	Oppose	This bill prohibits local governments from creating rules to limit local law enforcement from enforcing or cooperating with federal immigration enforcement. This limits local control and promotes a cruel discriminatory immigration system.
SB	552	Relating to abortion	Oppose	This bill modifies a section of code dealing with informed consent. It requires WV to publish inaccurate information about certain medications, and removes liability protections for physicians. The ACLU opposes further stigmatizing reproductive healthcare with inaccurate information.
SB	558	Prohibiting law enforcement agencies from posting booking photographs of certain criminal defendants on social media	Support	This bill limits the ability for law enforcement agencies to post photos of criminal defendants except in certain situations. Photos can be stigmatizing even if a person is never charged or convicted of a crime. The state should not exercise its power in a way that places unnecessary stigma on people.
SB	565	Firearm Industry Non-Discriminations Act	Amendments Needed	This bill prohibits financial institutions from refusing to do business with individuals and firearms industries due to ideological differences. While we agree businesses should not discriminate against individuals based on constitutionally protected rights, in other ways this is a restriction on the freedom of conscious.
SB	572	Codifying common law cause of action on public nuisance	Neutral	This bill deals with public nuisance actions. The ACLU has revisited it's opinion as is taking no position.
SB	584	Removing rape and incest exception to obtain abortion in WV	Oppose	This bill removes rape and incest exceptions for abortions. The ACLU supports reproductive rights and opposes restrictions on those rights.
SB	592	Providing tax credit to corporations for existing employer-provided child care facilities	Support	This bill would create a financial incentive for employers to provide child care. This is an equity issue that helps to remove a barrier to work and civic participation.
SB	599	Requiring moment of silence at beginning of each school day	Neutral	The bill requires schools to provide a moment of silence at the beginning of school days. So long as this moment is not explicitly used for prayer this does not raise issues, however, the ACLU will monitor this legislation to ensure there are proper safeguards against religious coercion.
SB	604	Authorizing DHS to establish Office of Inspector General	Oppose	This bill creates an Inspector General within Homeland Security to oversee operations and conduct investigations. The Inspector General is hired by, and reports to the Secretary of Homeland Security. This does not create reliable independent investigations.
SB	606	Exempting ad valorem property tax on property used for divine worship, educational, and charitable purposes	Oppose	This bill provides a tax benefit to parochial schools. The ACLU opposes giving benefits to religious organizations that are not given to non-religious organizations.
SB	614	Extending jurisdiction of School Safety Unit	Oppose	This bill gives the Division of Protective Services a new charge of protecting school safety. Notably officers are given full law enforcement powers. The ACLU opposes the expansion of surveillance and law enforcement into schools.
SB	619	Allowing teachers in public schools to teach intelligent design	Oppose	This bill would allow schools to teach intelligent design. Intelligent design is an inherently religious belief, and instruction in intelligent design violates the First Amendment.
SB	620	Increasing maximum number of registered voters per precinct and distance between polling places	Oppose	This bill would reduce the number of polling places in elections and make polling places further apart. This will make it harder for people to vote, particularly people with limited mobility and transportation.
SB	624	Clarifying offense of vehicular homicide	Oppose	This bill increases the penalties for reckless driving resulting in death, and adds a new misdemeanor for negligent driving resulting in death. The ACLU opposes increasing sentences and creating new crimes.
SB	626	Increasing penalties for operating house of prostitution	Oppose	This bill increases penalties for operating a facility where illegal sex work occurs. It also adds new penalties for customers and enhanced penalties if the sex worker is a victim of human trafficking. The ACLU opposes the criminalization of sex work and bills that create new crimes and enhance penalties.
SB	630	Creating offense of knowingly and willfully obstructing social service worker	Oppose	This bill creates an enhanced sentence for obstructing a social service worker, resulting in their death. The ACLU opposes enhanced penalties.
SB	632	Prohibiting mandatory COVID-19 or other experimental vaccines for school attendance	Oppose	This bill allows individuals to opt out of all vaccine requirements on the basis of a religious or moral objection. This may create environments where it is unsafe for immunocompromised and medically fragile children to avail themselves of public education. For this reason, the exemptions are too broad.
SB	633	Requiring prompt appearances for persons detained on capiases	Support	This bill sets time limits for initial appearances for people arrested pursuant to a capias warrant. This remedies a problem where such people are often held in jail for excessive periods of time.
SB	637	Fair Access to Financial Services Act	Oppose	This bill purports to protect free speech and expression by prohibiting financial institutions from making social, political, or environmental decisions regarding their business practices. In doing so, the state actually restricts expressive activity of a non-state actor.
SB	645	Prohibiting laws requiring person to receive or use medical products	Oppose	This law prohibits any coercive state action for any medical treatment. This is exceptionally broad and would create numerous problems, not least of which is creating public spaces that would be dangerous for medically fragile people.
SB	653	Allowing group of affiliated voters to become recognized political party	Support	This bill would expand ways that a group can be formally recognized as a political party. The ACLU supports providing more opportunities to hear from more voices in the democratic process.
SB	654	Requiring cooperation with child support enforcement as condition for public assistance	Oppose	This bill would deny public assistance to people who are delinquent on child support payments. Punishing people in poverty with more poverty is counterproductive and will lead to worsening economic disparities.
SB	655	Parents' Bill of Rights	Oppose	This bill sets out in broad terms that strict scrutiny will be applied to any law or regulation regarding education or the access of education. While the ACLU supports the rights of parents to be involved in education and to make choices for their children, the application of this law would undermine appropriate control of the education system.
SB	656	Verifying legal employment status of workers to governmental agencies	Oppose	This bill would require governmental agencies, contractors and subcontractors to verify the eligibility of employees through the E-Verify system. E-Verify is a problematic system that often incorrectly flags people in a discriminatory manner.
SB	659	Clarifying juvenile competency determination process extends to status offenders	Support	This bill allows children charged with status offenses to also have competency reviewed. This is a good protection to ensure that, no matter how small the issue, we are not unjustly penalizing people who are not competent to know that they did wrong.
SB	660	Establishing aggravated felony offense of reckless driving resulting in death	Oppose	This bill creates enhanced penalties for reckless driving resulting in death. The ACLU opposes creating enhanced penalties.
SB	666	Placing cap on maximum penalty that may be imposed for first-degree robbery	Oppose	This bill increases the amount of time a person can serve for robbery. The ACLU opposes increasing criminal penalties.
SB	673	Providing voters with ability to identify and verify their ballot cast	Support	This bill would provide voters with a unique identifying number to be able to review ballots and ensure their ballot had been cast and counted.
SB	674	Providing statutory recognition and appointment of board members for WV First Foundation	Neutral	This bill formally adopts the memorandum of understanding as part of the opiate settlement. The ACLU is monitoring this settlement and will participate in ensuring money is used in appropriate ways, and not to expand incarceration.
SB	679	Requiring Office of Inspector General to promulgate rules concerning location of forensic group homes	Oppose	This bill would prohibit certain group homes to be located in proximity to schools. People should not face discrimination in housing on the basis of their medical condition.
SB	681	Clarifying that juvenile competency determination process extends to status offenders	Support	This bill allows children charged with status offenses to also have competency reviewed. This is a good protection to ensure that, no matter how small the issue, we are not unjustly penalizing people who are not competent to know that they did wrong.
SB	682	Requiring municipal elections to be held on same day as statewide elections	Support	This bill would require municipal elections to be held on the same day as statewide elections. This would make it easier for voters to know when elections are being held and would increase voter participation.
SB	686	Youth Mental Health Protection Act	Support	This bill would prohibit the harmful practice of "conversion therapy" on minors. This practice has been rejected by nearly every medical organization as harmful to LGBTQ people, and the government has a legitimate interest in prohibiting it.
SB	692	Relating to gender reassignment medical services for minors	Oppose	This bill would prohibit gender affirming care and would force school officials to "out" children to their parents. This both denies life-saving healthcare and forces children into dangerous situations.
SB	695	Increasing penalties for sexual assault against minors	Oppose	This bill increases penalties for certain sexual crimes to life without parole. The bill also adds in sterilization as a potential part of a sentence. The ACLU opposes life without parole sentences and coerced sterilization.
SB	696	Prohibiting unlawful discriminatory practices covered by Human Rights Act and Fair Housing Act	Support	This bill would add protections against discrimination in housing and employment. The ACLU supports providing these protections.
SB	697	Prohibiting gender transition surgeries, treatments, and therapies to minors	Oppose	This bill prohibits gender affirming care, and prohibits any mental health counseling unless it is conversion therapies. These provisions are dangerous and discriminatory.
SB	725	Requiring runoff elections for judicial candidates	Support	This bill would allow for runoff elections for the Supreme Court of Appeals. Runoffs can help to ensure that people are not elected to office with a small plurality vote and encourage voters to vote for top-choice candidates, rather than politically expedient candidates. This provides more viewpoints in the democratic process.
SB	727	Providing reports to DMV on mental and physical disabilities for driver's license	Oppose	This bill requires any medical provider with knowledge of certain medical conditions to provide that information to the DMV. This is overly broad and will result in unnecessary sharing of medical records. Additionally there are not enough safeguards of medical information once it is shared.
SJR	3	Constitutional Officer Term Limit Amendment	Oppose	This proposed constitutional amendment limits constitutional officers to 3 consecutive terms. The ACLU believes term limits rob voters of candidates they like and can be achieved through democratic participation.
SJR	9	Right to medical freedom amendment	Oppose	This proposed constitutional amendment would establish a right to refuse any medical treatment and would establish that a person could not be denied access to any public accomodation for their refusal. The ACLU supports the rights of bodily autonomy. The State can, and should retain the ability to provide safe spaces for all citizens through public health measures.
SR	1	Adopting Rules of Senate	Amendments Needed	This resolution contains the Rules for the Senate. Notably it prohibits any recording device or photography for any Senate proceeding. The ACLU opposes this lack of transparency.