WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE
2025 REGULAR SESSION
Introduced
Senate Bill 72
By Senator Maynard
[Introduced February 12, 2025; referredto the Committee on Health and Human Resources]
A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding a new section, designated ยง18-5-22f, relating to requiring public schools to notify parents when dispensing contraceptives to minors; and providing a definition.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
## ARTICLE 5. COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION.
(a) A public school located within this state shall provide parental notification when it dispenses a contraceptive to a minor.
(b) For the purposes of this section "contraceptive" means a drug or device approved by the Food and Drug Administration to prevent pregnancy.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require public schools to notify parents when dispensing contraceptives to minors. The bill provides a definition.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.