Relating to executive branch reorganization

SB 452 reorganizes West Virginia's executive branch by merging the Department of Economic Development into the Department of Commerce and abolishing the Department of Arts, Culture, and History (transferring its functions to the Department of Tourism). Starting July 1, 2025, new hires and employees moving positions in the Department of Commerce, Department of Homeland Security (excluding State Police), and Department of Tourism will be placed in a "classified exempt service system," exempting them from state grievance procedures. The bill also redesignates the Division of Economic Development under Commerce, corrects department titles in the code, and grants the Tourism Secretary authority over transferred sections and commissions. This directly affects state employees in these departments by changing their personnel classification and grievance rights.