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SB961 • 2026
Relating to rule-making policies
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Relating to rule-making policies
To Finance
Committee substitute reported, but first to Finance
To Judiciary
Introduced in Senate
To Judiciary then Finance
Filed for introduction
Relating to rule-making policies
SB 961 Text skip navigation SENATE PRESIDENT SENATORS COMMITTEES VIDEO/AUDIO DISTRICT MAPS SENATE CLERK SENATE RULES HOUSE SPEAKER DELEGATES COMMITTEES VIDEO/AUDIO DISTRICT MAPS HOUSE CLERK HOUSE RULES HOUSE STAFF JOINT INTERIM COMMITTEES LEGISLATIVE ADMINISTRATOR LEGISLATIVE SERVICES DIVISION PUBLIC INFORMATION LEGISLATIVE AUTOMATED SYSTEMS DIVISION LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR'S OFFICE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION & RESEARCH DIVISION POST AUDIT DIVISION BUDGET DIVISION REGULATORY AND FISCAL AFFAIRS DIVISION CLAIMS COMMISSION CRIME VICTIMS RULE-MAKING REVIEW SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS JUDICIAL COMP. COMMISSION JOINT RULES STAFF INFO BILL STATUS BILL STATUS BILL TRACKING STATE LAW WEST VIRGINIA CODE ACTS OF THE LEGISLATURE CODE OF 1931 WV CONSTITUTION US CONSTITUTION REPORTS AGENCY REPORTS AGENCY GRANT AWARDS PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS POST AUDITS EDUCATIONAL CITIZEN’S GUIDE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM PAGE PROGRAM PUBLICATIONS PHOTO GALLERY CAPITOL HISTORY HOW A BILL BECOMES LAW CONTACT SENATE ROSTER HOUSE ROSTER PUBLIC INFO. NEWS RELEASES HELPFUL LINKS sb961 sub1 Senate Bill 961 History OTHER VERSIONS - Introduced Version | | Email Key: Green = existing Code. Red = new code to be enacted WEST virginia legislature 2026 regular session Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 961 By Senators Willis and Thorne [Reported February 20, 2026, from the Committee on the Judiciary] A BILL to amend and reenact §29A-3-20 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to rule-making policies; providing that for every new rule proposed, at least two prior rules be identified for repeal; and eliminating the 2017 and 2020 reports to the Legislative Rule-Making Review Committee. Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia: ARTICLE 3. RULE MAKING. §29A-3-20. Executive review of agency rules, guidelines, policies, and recommendations. (a) All executive agencies with rule-making authority shall: (1) Review and evaluate all state rules, guidelines, policies, and recommendations under their jurisdiction that have similar federal rules, guidelines, policies, and recommendations; (2) Determine whether the state rules, guidelines, policies and recommendations are more stringent than federal counterparts; (3) Provide for a comment period for all rules, guidelines, policies, and recommendations; and (4) Submit a report to the Joint Committee on Government and Finance and the Legislative Rule-Making Review Committee on or before November 1, 2017, which shall include: (A) A description of the state rules, guidelines, policies and recommendations that are more stringent than federal counterparts; and (B) Comments received from the comment period provided for in subdivision (3) of this subsection. (b) Within four years of the enactment of this law, each executive agency with rule-making authority shall review all of its rules and determine whether the rules should be continued without change, modified or repealed. On or before July 1, 2020, each agency shall submit a report to the Legislative Rule-Making Review Committee which includes the following information for each rule under the agency’s jurisdiction: (1) A description of the rule; (2) A determination of whether the rule should continue without change, be modified or repealed; and (3) The reasoning for said determination. (b) Unless prohibited by law, whenever an executive agency publicly proposes for notice and comment or otherwise promulgates a new rule, it shall make a good faith effort to identify at least two existing rules that may be considered for repeal by the legislature in accordance with §29A-3-1a and §29A-3A-2a of this code. Bill Status | Bill Tracking | Legacy WV Code | Bulletin Board | District Maps | Senate Roster | House Roster | Live | Blog | Jobs | Links | Home This Web site is maintained by the West Virginia Legislature's Office of Reference & Information. | Terms of Use | Webmaster | © 2026 West Virginia Legislature ** Print On Demand Name: Email: Phone: