WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE
2024 REGULAR SESSION
Introduced
House Bill 5141
By Delegate C. Pritt
[Introduced January 25, 2024; Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Resources then the Judiciary]
A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia,1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §18B-14-5, relating to requiring state institutions of higher education to accept vaccine exemptions for religious, medical, or right or conscience.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
All state institutions of higher education shall accept vaccine exemptions for religious, medical, or right of conscience for any student attending or living on campus.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require state institutions of higher education universities to accept exemptions to vaccinations in addition to the medical exemptions.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.