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Introduced Session

A BILL to amend and reenact §5A-11-1, §5A-11-3, §5A-11-7, §5B-2-17, §5B-2-20, §5B-2I-7, §5B-9-1, §9-4B-7, §9-4C-11, §11-21-12i, §16-5P-3, §16-29D-7, §16-36-1, §16-36-2, §16-40-7, §16-40-8, §17-4A-1, §17-4A-2, §17-4A-3, §29-24-2, §29-24-5, §29-24-7, §29-24-8, and §29-24-9 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, to amend the code by adding a new section, designated §44-16-7, and to repeal §5A-11-2, §5A-11-4, §5A-11-5, §5A-11-6, §5B-1B-1, §5B-1B-2, §5B-1B-3, §5B-1B-4, §9-4B-1, §9-4B-2, §9-4B-3, §9-4B-4, §9-4C-1, §9-4C-2, §9-4C-3, §9-4C-4, §9-4C-5, §9-4C-6, §9-4C-7, §9-4C-8, §16-5M-1, §16-5M-2, §16-5M-3, §16-5P-7, §16-5P-8, §16-5U-1, §16-5U-2, §16-5U-3, §16-5BB-1, §16-22A-4, §16-29B-31, §16-33-2, §16-33-5, §16-36-3, §16-40-6, §16-61-1, §16-61-2, §16-61-3, §17-2E-10, §18-10Q-1, §18-10Q-2, §18-10Q-3, §18-10Q-4, §18-10Q-5, §22-11A-1, §22-11A-4, §22-11A-6, §22-11A-7, §24-6-15, §29-24-3, §29-24-4, and §49-2-913, relating to reforms to numerous unnecessary, expired, overly-large, or outdated boards and commissions; shifting several tasks, duties, responsibilities, or funds of these outdated or unnecessary boards and commissions to other agencies or entities; eliminating the Public Land Corporation and vesting its property to the Division of Natural Resources; eliminating the Public Land Corporation Board of Directors and shifting its powers and duties to the Director of the Division of Natural Resources; eliminating the West Virginia Motorsport Committee and shifting its powers and duties to the Tourism Advisory Council; eliminating the West Virginia Uncrewed Aircraft Systems Advisory Council and transferring its duties to the Division of Economic Development; repealing the Southern West Virginia Lake Development Study Commission Act; changing the composition of the Tourism Advisory Council; eliminating the Flatwater Trail Commission and shifting its powers and duties to the Tourism Advisory Council; repealing the Physical/Medical Practitioner Provider Medicaid Enhancement Board; repealing the General Medicaid Enhancement Board; repealing the Dentist Medicaid Enhancement Board; repealing the Ambulance Service Provider Medicaid Enhancement Board; repealing the Facility Providers’ Medicaid Enhancement Board; removing language referencing the repealed West Virginia Appraisal Control and Review Commission; repealing the Interagency Council on Osteoporosis; repealing the West Virginia Council on Aging; repealing the Interagency Council on Arthritis; repealing the Workgroup to Study Adverse Childhood Experiences; repealing the Hearing Impairment Testing Advisory Committee; repealing the Working Group on Hospice Services in West Virginia; eliminating the Advisory Committee on State Health Care Rules but keeping the authority of the Secretary of the Department of Human Services to promulgate legislative rules; repealing the Breast and Cervical Cancer Detection and Education Program Coalition; repealing the Advisory Committee on Needlestick Injury Prevention Rules but keeping the authority of the Commissioner of the Bureau of Public Health to promulgate legislative rules; repealing the Advisory Council on Statewide Birth Defects Information System; repealing the State Advisory Coalition on Palliative Care Work Group; repealing the Taskforce on Infrastructure Deployment Clearinghouse; eliminating the Complete Streets Advisory Board but keeping the Complete Streets Program under the authority of the Division of Highways; repealing the Employment First Taskforce; repealing the Carbon Dioxide Sequestration Pilot Program and Working Group; repealing the Commission to Implement NG911 in West Virginia; eliminating the Technology-Related Assistance Revolving Loan Fund for Individuals with Disabilities Board and shifting its powers and duties to the Division of Rehabilitation Services; repealing the Trusts for Children with Autism and the West Virginia Children with Autism Trust Board but allowing qualifying trust established on or prior to December 31, 2026 to continue with the same qualifications; repealing the Juvenile Justice Reform Oversight Commission; modifying or eliminating various reports of affected boards and commission; and general cleanup and technical changes in affected sections.

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Roger Hanshaw (R)*, 

Communicated to Senate (on 03/04/2026)

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