House 4289

West Virginia Legislature

2026 REGULAR SESSION

Introduced

House Bill 4289

BY Delegate D. Smith

[Introduced; referred

to the Committee on.]

A BILL to amend and reenact §64-9-1 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to authorizing the Board of Funeral Service Examiners to promulgate a legislative rule relating to funeral directors, embalmers, apprentices, courtesy card holders, and funeral establishment requirements.

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 Funeral Service Examiners.

The legislative rule filed in the State Register on July 25, 2025, authorized under the authority of §30-6-6 of this code, modified by the Board of Funeral Service Examiners to meet the objections of the Legislative Rule-Making Review Committee and refiled in the State Register on September 10, 2025, relating to the Board of Funeral Service Examiners (funeral directors, embalmers, apprentices, courtesy card holders, and funeral establishment requirements, 6 CSR 01), is authorized.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Board of Funeral Service Examiners to promulgate a legislative rule relating to funeral directors, embalmers, apprentices, courtesy card holders, and funeral establishment requirements.

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