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West Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 696: Permitting women's wrestling in certain public schools

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 696 is a bill introduced in the West Virginia Senate on February 2, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Permitting women's wrestling in certain public schools. Primary sponsor: Hamilton. It lists 2 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (February 2, 2026): To Education.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
HamiltonPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Vince DeedsCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate10
Ryan WeldCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate1

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. To Education
  2. Introduced in Senate
  3. To Education
  4. Filed for introduction

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source