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WV HB2406
Bill
Status
2/18/2025
Primary Sponsor
Kathie Crouse
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AI Summary
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Prohibits all state offices, departments, boards, and commissions from using what the bill defines as "exclusionary, sexist language" in official government business
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Mandates replacing terms like "pregnant people," "birthing person," "chestfeeding," and "menstruating person" with alternatives such as "pregnant women," "birth mom," "breastfeeding," and "women"
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Requires "breast milk" instead of "human milk" and "breast fed" instead of "body fed" or "person fed" in all official documents, websites, literature, and in-person communications
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Bans use of alternative spellings like "womxn" or "womyn," requiring "woman" instead
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Takes effect June 1, 2025
Legislative Description
Eliminate woke, anti-women words from state government
Finance and Administration
Last Action
To House Health and Human Resources
2/17/2025