West Virginia bill blocking 'critical race theory' teaching misses deadline

CHARLESTON — With Friday the de facto deadline to move bills out of committees and with the West Virginia House of Delegates gaveling out until Monday, a bill to deal with concepts and teachings derived from critical race theory didn’t make it out of its final committee.

The House Judiciary Committee moved Friday evening to turn House Bill 4011, the Anti-Stereotyping Act, into a study resolution and bring it back for consideration during the 2023 legislative session in a 13-9 vote.

HB 4011 sat near the bottom of the committee’s agenda since 9 a.m. Friday as lawmakers worked through 15 bills and resolutions that saw lengthy debates break out over livestock trespassing, disclosure of certain information by online marketplaces, and whether to call a convention of states to amend the U.S. Constitution.

Sunday is the final day for bills to come out of committees in the house of origin, but both the House of Delegates and state Senate adjourned until Monday, effectively making Friday the final day to move bills out of committees. With the House gaveling out at 6:30 p.m., the House Judiciary Committee resumed its meeting afterward.

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(Parkersburg News and Sentinel)