WEST virginia legislature
2024 regular session
Enrolled
Committee Substitute
for
Senate Bill 503
By Senators Grady, Taylor, Maynard, Roberts, Deeds, Azinger, and Rucker
[Passed March 8, 2024; in effect 90 days from passage]
AN ACT to amend and reenact §18B-20-5 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to prohibiting state institutions of higher education from discriminating against student organizations which limit membership to those persons who adhere to the organization’s sincerely held beliefs, comply with the organization’s standards of conduct, and further the organization’s mission, expression, or purpose.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
A state institution of higher education may not deny a religious, political, or ideological student organization any benefit or privilege generally available to other student organizations, or otherwise discriminate against the organization based on a requirement of the organization that its leaders and members:
(1) Affirm and adhere to the organization’s sincerely held beliefs;
(2) Comply with the organization’s standards of conduct; and
(3) Further the organization’s mission, expression, or purpose.