Bill Text: WV SB291 | 2026 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Insurance Commission rule relating to advertisement of accident and sickness insurance

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced) 2026-01-15 - To Finance [SB291 Detail]

Download: West_Virginia-2026-SB291-Introduced.html

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West Virginia Legislature

2026 REGULAR SESSION

Introduced

Senate Bill 291

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 Commission to promulgate a legislative rule relating to the advertisement of accident and sickness insurance.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

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

§64-7-1. Insurance Commission.

The legislative rule filed in the State Register on July 22, 2025, authorized under the authority of §33-2-10 of this code, relating to the Insurance Commission (advertisement of accident and sickness insurance, 114 CSR 10), is authorized.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Insurance Commission to promulgate a legislative rule relating to the advertisement of accident and sickness insurance.

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