WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE
2023 REGULAR SESSION
Introduced
House Bill 2497
By Delegates Kimble, Phillips, McGeehan, Kirby, Horst, Burkhammer, C. Pritt, Mazzocchi, Fast and Ridenour
[Introduced January 11, 2023; Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Resources then Education]
A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §18B-14-12, relating to prohibiting colleges and universities in West Virginia from requiring the COVID-19 vaccine or booster shots associated with the COVID-19 vaccine as a prerequisite for attending in-person classes.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
No college or university in West Virginia may require a student to take the COVID-19 vaccine, or booster shot associated with the COVID-19 vaccine, as a prerequisite for attending in-person classes.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to prohibit colleges and universities in West Virginia from requiring the COVID-19 vaccine or associated booster shot as a prerequisite for attending in-person class.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.