Senate 336

West Virginia Legislature

2026 REGULAR SESSION

Introduced

Senate Bill 336

BY Senator Rucker

[Introduced January 15, 2026; referred

to the Committee on the Judiciary]

A BILL to amend and reenact §64-7-1 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to authorizing the Division of Financial Institutions to promulgate a legislative rule relating to residential mortgage lenders, brokers, and loan originators.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

ARTICLE 7. Authorization for Department of Revenue to promulgate legislative rules.

§64-7-1. Division of Financial Institutions.

The legislative rule filed in the State Register on July 24, 2025, authorized under the authority of §31-17-3 of this code, modified by the Division of Financial Institutions to meet the objections of the Legislative Rule-Making Review Committee and refiled in the State Register on September 10, 2025, relating to the Division of Financial Institutions (residential mortgage lenders, brokers, and loan originators, 106 CSR 05), is authorized.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Division of Financial Institutions to promulgate a legislative rule relating to residential mortgage lenders, brokers, and loan originators.

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