2026 Regular Session
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West Virginia Legislature
2026 REGULAR SESSION
Introduced
Senate Bill 282
BY Senator Rucker
[Introduced January 15, 2026; referred
to the Committee on the Judiciary]
A BILL to amend and reenact §64-6-1 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to authorizing the Fire Commission to promulgate a legislative rule relating to the fire code.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
ARTICLE 6. Authorization for Department of homeland security to promulgate legislative rules.
§64-6-1. Fire Commission.
The legislative rule filed in the State Register on June 3, 2025, authorized under the authority of §15A-11-3 of this code, modified by the Fire Commission to meet the objections of the Legislative Rule-Making Review Committee and refiled in the State Register on October 6, 2025, relating to the Fire Commission (fire code, 87 CSR 01), is authorized.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Fire Commission to promulgate a legislative rule relating to the fire code.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.