The Senate Judiciary Committee advanced bills targeting transgender West Virginians and drag performances. It also pulled a bill that would have forbidden state entities from engaging in any discussion of sexual orientation and gender identity.
Senate Bill 1037 would reinstate the death penalty as a possible punishment for people convicted of first-degree murder with aggravating circumstances.
Some lawmakers expressed concern that SB 927 would unfairly take away local control.
House Bill 4587 would prohibit state funds, including student aid, from going to “low-earning” degree programs.
Senate Bill 879, introduced by the only Latino woman in the Legislature, is not the first sign that elected officials want the office gone.
Black people are significantly more likely to be committed to psychiatric hospitals against their will.
But will it finally pass?
