[image: lwv msn logo.png] Let's MAKE SOME NOISE, League members! HB 5243 https://www.wvlegislature.gov/bill_status/bills_history.cfm?INPUT=5243&year=2024&sessiontype=RS has passed the House 87-12. It now heads to the Senate. Don't give up. Make your Senators https://wvecouncil.org/wv-legislature/senate/ know how bad this bill is for West Virginians.

*Other harmful bills cruising through the Legislature*:

SB 515 https://www.wvlegislature.gov/bill_status/bills_history.cfm?INPUT=515&year=2024&sessiontype=RS approved by Senate Education Committee to force schools to out transgender students. Referred to Senate Judiciary Committee https://wvecouncil.org/wv-legislature/senate-judiciary-committee/.

HB 4233 https://www.wvlegislature.gov/bill_status/bills_history.cfm?INPUT=4233&year=2024&sessiontype=RS would ban non-binary from birth certificates. Passed the House 93-5; now headed to the Senate Health & Human Resources Committee https://wvecouncil.org/wv-legislature/wv-senate-health-and-human-resources/ .