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Read. Follow. Verify.West Virginia authorizes Board of Pharmacy legislative rule on licensure and practice
Last action · January 30, 2026: To House JudiciarySponsor: Doug Smith
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What This Bill Proposed
West Virginia authorizes the Board of Pharmacy to a relating to the licensure and practice of pharmacy, following modifications made to meet legislative committee objections.
Enables the Board of Pharmacy to enforce specific administrative rules governing professional licensure and practice requirements for pharmacists in the state.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Board of Pharmacy
Receives legislative authorization to promulgate its modified legislative rule regarding licensure and practice.
pharmacists
Subject to the licensure and practice standards established under the newly authorized administrative rule.
Key Facts
- Authorizes the legislative rule filed by the Board of Pharmacy in the State Register.
- The rule relates to the licensure and practice of pharmacy (15 CSR 01).
- Incorporates modifications made by the Board of Pharmacy to meet objections of the Legislative Rule-Making Review Committee.
- Amends and reenacts §64-9-1 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931.
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This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
6 actions- Jan 30, 2026HouseCommitteeTo House Judiciary
- Jan 30, 2026HouseDo pass, but first to Judiciary
- Jan 14, 2026HouseCommitteeTo House Government Organization
- Jan 14, 2026HouseIntroducedIntroduced in House
- Jan 14, 2026HouseCommitteeTo Government Organization then Judiciary
- Jan 14, 2026HouseIntroducedFiled for introduction
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 25)
- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz15Current news / social attention level
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