Bill Text: WV SB288 | 2026 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Insurance Commissioner rule relating to fingerprinting requirements for applicants for insurance producer license and insurance adjuster license

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced) 2026-01-15 - To Finance [SB288 Detail]

Download: West_Virginia-2026-SB288-Introduced.html

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West Virginia Legislature

2026 REGULAR SESSION

Introduced

Senate Bill 288

BY Senator Rucker

[Introduced January 15, 2026; referred

to the Committee on Finance]

A BILL to amend and reenact §64-7-1 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to authorizing the Insurance Commissioner to promulgate a legislative rule relating to fingerprinting requirements for applicants for insurance producer license and insurance adjuster license.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

ARTICLE 7. Authorization for Department of revenue to promulgate legislative rules.

§64-7-1. Insurance Commissioner.

The legislative rule filed in the State Register on April 16, 2025, authorized under the authority of §33-12-37 of this code, relating to the Insurance Commissioner (fingerprinting requirements for applicants for insurance producer license and insurance adjuster license, 114 CSR 02A), is authorized.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Insurance Commissioner to promulgate a legislative rule relating to fingerprinting requirements for applicants for insurance producer license and insurance adjuster license.

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