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This bill creates the West Virginia Women's Bill of Rights, which establishes clear legal definitions for biological sex and provides guidelines for how sex-based classifications should be understood and applied in West Virginia state law. The bill defines "woman" as an adult human female, "man" as an adult human male, and stipulates that sex is determined at birth as either male or female, with only two sexes recognized. It requires that state agencies and public institutions classify individuals based on biological sex for data collection, anti-discrimination purposes, and in maintaining single-sex environments like bathrooms, locker rooms, athletics, and shelters. The bill replaces the term "gender" with "sex" in existing laws and emphasizes that sex is objective and fixed, and cannot be substituted with concepts like gender identity. It also clarifies that while individuals with differences in sex development (intersex conditions) exist, they do not constitute a third sex and must be accommodated consistent with state and federal law. The bill aims to bring clarity and uniformity to sex-based classifications while maintaining the ability to provide separate spaces and protections for males and females when biologically appropriate.

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