House 4270

WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE

2026 REGULAR SESSION

Introduced

House Bill 4270

By Delegate D. Smith

[Introduced January 14, 2026; referred to the Committee on Government Organization then the Judiciary]

A BILL to amend and reenact §64-9-1 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to authorizing the Department of Agriculture to promulgate a legislative rule relating to select plant-based derivatives and select plant-based derivative products of hemp and kratom.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

ARTICLE 9. Authorization for miscellaneous boards and agencies to promulgate legislative rules.

§64-9-1. Department of Agriculture.

The legislative rule filed in the State Register on July 25, 2025, authorized under the authority of §19-12E-7 of this code, modified by the Department of Agriculture to meet the objections of the Legislative Rule-Making Review Committee and refiled in the State Register on December 4, 2025, relating to the Department of Agriculture (select plant-based derivatives and select plant-based derivative products of hemp and kratom, 61 CSR 30), is authorized.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Department of Agriculture to promulgate a legislative rule relating to select plant-based derivatives and select plant-based derivative products of hemp and kratom.

This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.