West Virginia Legislature

2023 REGULAR SESSION

Introduced

Senate Bill 375

By Senator Woodrum

[Introduced January 20, 2023; 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 Athletic Commission to promulgate a legislative rule relating to regulation of mixed martial arts.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

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

§64-9-1. Athletic Commission.

The legislative rule filed in the State Register on July 27, 2022, authorized under the authority of §29-5A-3a of this code, modified by the Athletic Commission to meet the objections of the Legislative Rule-Making Review Committee and refiled in the State Register on October 20, 2022, relating to the Athletic Commission (regulation of mixed martial arts, 177 CSR 02), is authorized.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Athletic Commission to promulgate a legislative rule relating to regulation of mixed martial arts.

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