2026 Regular Session
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DOCX: SB353 INTR.docx
West Virginia Legislature
2026 REGULAR SESSION
Introduced
Senate Bill 353
BY Senator Rucker
[Introduced January 15, 2026; referred
to the Committee on the Judiciary]
A BILL to amend and reenact §64-9-1 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to authorizing the Board of Optometry to promulgate a legislative rule relating to licensure by reciprocity.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
ARTICLE 9. Authorization for miscellaneous boards and agencies to promulgate legislative rules.
§64-9-1. Board of Optometry.
The legislative rule filed in the State Register on July 23, 2025, authorized under the authority of §30-8-6 of this code, modified by the Board of Optometry to meet the objections of the Legislative Rule-Making Review Committee and refiled in the State Register on September 18, 2025, relating to the Board of Optometry (licensure by reciprocity, 14 CSR 08), is authorized.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Board of Optometry to promulgate a legislative rule relating to licensure by reciprocity.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.