Making rules and regulations of PSC subject to legislative rule-making review procedures
SB 612 amends West Virginia law to require the Public Service Commission's (PSC) rules and regulations to undergo the same legislative review process as other state agency rules. Currently, PSC rules are exempt from this review; the bill removes that exemption. This change directly affects the PSC, which regulates utilities like gas, water, and electricity, by subjecting its rulemaking to legislative oversight. The key mechanism is amending §24-1-7 of the code to eliminate the existing exemption for PSC rules from legislative review procedures.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
House of Delegates Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 26, 2025
Last action Mar 11, 2025
Floor votes · Senate Mar 10, 2025
How they voted
29–3
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 33
Mar 10, 2025
D
Democratic2
100% Yea
R
Republican31
87% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
16
Key actions
2
Committee
3
Mar 11, 2025
Committee
To House Energy and Public Works
lower
Mar 11, 2025
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
Mar 10, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (Roll No. 87)
upper
Mar 5, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported do pass
upper
Feb 26, 2025
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
Feb 26, 2025
Committee
To Judiciary
upper
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Mike Stuart
RRepublican
Co
Jay Taylor
RRepublican
Co
Kevan Bartlett
RRepublican
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