WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE

2026 REGULAR SESSION

Introduced

House Bill 4330

By Delegate D. Smith

[Introduced January 14, 2026; referred to the Committee on Energy and Public Works]

A BILL to amend and reenact §64-10-1 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to authorizing the Division of Natural Resources to promulgate a legislative rule relating to defining terms used in hunting and trapping.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

ARTICLE 10. Authorization for Department of commerce to promulgate legislative rules.

§64-10-1. Division of Natural Resources.

The legislative rule filed in the State Register on March 31, 2025, authorized under the authority of §20-1-7 of this code, relating to the Division of Natural Resources (defining terms used in hunting and trapping, 58 CSR 46), is authorized.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Division of Natural Resources to promulgate a legislative rule relating to defining terms used in hunting and trapping.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.