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HB5339 • 2026

Prevent public school districts or supervisors from taking adverse action against public school employees for expressing opinions on social media or in public.

Prevent public school districts or supervisors from taking adverse action against public school employees for expressing opinions on social media or in public.

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Dillon
Last action
2026-02-09
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H To House Education 02/09/26
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Prevent public school districts or supervisors from taking adverse action against public school employees for expressing opinions on social media or in public.

Prevent public school districts or supervisors from taking adverse action against public school employees for expressing opinions on social media or in public.

What This Bill Does

  • Prevent public school districts or supervisors from taking adverse action against public school employees for expressing opinions on social media or in public.

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  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-02-09 H

    To House Education

  2. 2026-02-09 H

    Introduced in House

  3. 2026-02-09 H

    To Education

  4. 2026-02-09 H

    Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

Prevent public school districts or supervisors from taking adverse action against public school employees for expressing opinions on social media or in public.

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WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE
2026
REGULAR SESSION
Introduced
House Bill 5339
By Delegate Dillon
[Introduced February 09, 2026; referred to the Committee on Education]
A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding a new section, designated §18A-2A-2, relating to prohibiting retaliation toward school employees for opinions expressed on social media.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

ARTICLE 2A. teachers bill of rights.

§18A-2A-2. Prohibition of retaliation toward school employees for opinions expressed on social media.

No public school district nor supervisor shall take adverse action against a public school employee for expressing opinions on social media or otherwise in public. Allegations of slander or libel against an employee shall not be addressed by disciplinary or job action.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to prohibit retaliation toward school employees for opinions expressed on social media.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.

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