West Virginia Legislature

2026 REGULAR SESSION

Introduced

Senate Bill 319

BY Senator Rucker

[Introduced January 15, 2026; referred

to the Committee on Judiciary]

A BILL to amend and reenact §64-9-1 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to authorizing the Department of Agriculture to promulgate a legislative rule relating to exempted dairy farms and milk and milk products processing.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

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

§64-9-1. Department of Agriculture.

The legislative rule filed in the State Register on March 6, 2025, authorized under the authority of §19-11E-8 of this code, modified by the Department of Agriculture to meet the objections of the Legislative Rule-Making Review Committee and refiled in the State Register on August 20, 2025, relating to the Department of Agriculture (exempted dairy farms and milk and milk products processing, 61 CSR 40), is authorized.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Department of Agriculture to promulgate a legislative rule relating to exempted dairy farms and milk and milk products processing.

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