HB5680

West Virginia HB5680 establishes a regulatory sunset and zero-based review system to limit administrative agencies.

West Virginia HB5680 creates a comprehensive regulatory sunset and zero-based review system. It mandates automatic expiration of all administrative rules unless renewed. Agencies must justify every rule under a zero-based standard, meaning no rule is presumed necessary. The bill creates the West Virginia Regulatory Review and Sunset Commission to oversee the process. The commission will evaluate renewal petitions, develop burden-measurement standards, and recommend mass repeal legislation. The Legislature retains authority to repeal any class of rules.