West Virginia Legislature 2025 REGULAR SESSION Introduced House Bill 2289 By Delegate D. Smith [Introduced ; referred to the Committee on] 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 select plant-based derivatives and select plant-based derivative products. Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia: ## ARTICLE 9. Authorization for miscellaneous boards and agencies to promulgate legislative rules. The legislative rule filed in the State Register on August 15, 2024, authorized under the authority of §19-12E-12 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 December 3, 2024, relating to the Department of Agriculture (select plant-based derivatives and select plant-based derivative products, 61 CSR 30), is authorized. NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Department of Agriculture to promulgate a legislative rule relating to select plant-based derivatives and select plant-based derivative products. This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.