The civic record
Read. Follow. Verify.West Virginia Senate Bill 961 requires agencies to identify two existing rules for repeal for every new rule proposed
Last action · February 20, 2026: To FinanceSponsors: Tom Willis and 2 others
Track this bill to get notified when it advances a stage. One tap to stop, anytime.
What This Bill Proposed
West Virginia Senate Bill 961 requires executive agencies to identify at least two existing rules for repeal whenever they propose a new rule, and eliminates past agency reporting requirements to the Legislative Rule-Making Review Committee.
State executive agencies must find and recommend two current regulations for elimination every time they initiate a new rule, altering how regulations are maintained across all state departments.
- West Virginia's Chapter 29A governs the state's Administrative Procedures Act, which dictates how executive branch agencies propose, review, and adopt administrative rules. context
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.
executive agencies with rule-making authority
Executive agencies must identify at least two existing rules for repeal whenever they propose a new rule.
Legislative Rule-Making Review Committee
The committee is relieved of receiving the specific 2017 and 2020 agency reports previously mandated by statute.
Key Facts
You don't have to trust us. Each fact below is taken straight from the official document - click any one to see the exact passage, highlighted in the original.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does an executive agency have to do when proposing a new rule under this bill?
Does this bill remove any past reporting requirements?
What else do you want to know?
News Coverage
Follow the record
Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in Senate committee.
Procedural history
6 actions- Feb 20, 2026SenateCommitteeTo Finance
- Feb 20, 2026SenateCommittee substitute reported, but first to Finance
- Feb 17, 2026SenateCommitteeTo Judiciary
- Feb 17, 2026SenateIntroducedIntroduced in Senate
- Feb 17, 2026SenateCommitteeTo Judiciary then Finance
- Feb 17, 2026SenateIntroducedFiled for introduction
Version history
Only one version on file - nothing to compare yet. As later stages (committee substitute, engrossed, enrolled) are captured, the redline appears here.
View official text →Lobbying Activity
No state lobbying filings in our records match this bill. Federal lobbying reports (LDA) cover Congress, so they are not listed on state bills.
Full breakdown
Who this bill affects and the strongest case for and against it, written only from the bill’s own text.
Sponsors
Connected Entities
Sources
www.wvlegislature.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 60)
- Controversy45Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz25Current news / social attention level
Publisher tools