WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE 2025 REGULAR SESSION Introduced Senate Bill 402 By Senator Woodrum [Introduced February 13, 2025; referredto the Committee on the Judiciary] A BILL to amend and reenact §64-9-1 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to authorizing the Real Estate Commission to promulgate a legislative rule relating to consideration of prior criminal convictions in initial license eligibility determination. 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 9, 2024, authorized under the authority of §30-1-24 of this code, relating to the Real Estate Commission (consideration of prior criminal convictions in initial license eligibility determination, 174 CSR 07), is authorized. NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Real Estate Commission to promulgate a legislative rule relating to consideration of prior criminal convictions in initial license eligibility determination. Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.