WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE

2026 REGULAR SESSION

Introduced

Senate Bill 730

By Senators Rucker, Azinger, Helton, Rose, and Tarr

[Introduced February 3, 2026; referred
to the Committee on Health and Human Resources; and then top the Committee on Finance]

A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding a new section, designated §9-3-7, relating to program requirements of the Bureau for Family Assistance.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

ARTICLE 3. APPLICATION FOR AND GRANTING OF ASSISTANCE.

§9-3-7. Program requirements.

The Bureau for Family Assistance shall implement the following requirements on or before January 1, 2027:

(1) Reducing the error rate to at or below six percent; and

(2) Prohibiting persons living in the United States illegally from obtaining supplement nutrition benefits.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to set forth program requirements for the Bureau for Family Assistance to come into federal compliance with the One Big Beautiful Bill.

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