West Virginia House Bill HB2317

West Virginia 2025 Regular Session

• Introduced: 2/12/25
• Refer: 2/12/25

Caption

Relating to authorizing the Real Estate Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board to promulgate a legislative rule relating to requirements for licensure and certification

Summary

HB2317 authorizes the Real Estate Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board to promulgate a legislative rule governing requirements for licensure and certification. The bill does not itself create new licensing standards in statute; instead, it approves a previously filed and revised administrative rule, identified as 190 CSR 02, after the rule was modified to address objections from the Legislative Rule-Making Review Committee. In practical terms, the bill gives legal effect to the board’s rule on how appraisers are licensed and certified in West Virginia. This type of measure is typically used to confirm that an agency’s regulatory framework may take effect, allowing the board to administer professional qualification requirements under the authority already provided in state law.

Impact

The bill amends §64-9-1 of the Code of West Virginia to authorize one specific legislative rule of the Real Estate Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board. Its effect is to validate the board’s rulemaking on licensure and certification requirements for real estate appraisers, thereby affecting applicants, licensed appraisers, and the board’s enforcement and administrative processes. It does not appear to change the underlying statutory licensing scheme directly, but it does enable the agency’s detailed regulatory standards to operate as part of state law.

Sentiment

The available context suggests little controversy and a generally routine, procedural posture. Because the bill simply authorizes a revised legislative rule after committee review, it appears to be a standard administrative approval measure rather than a policy debate with competing viewpoints. No votes or committee transcripts were provided, so there is no evidence of significant opposition or public controversy in the materials supplied.

Contention

The only notable point of contention implied by the text is that the rule had previously drawn objections from the Legislative Rule-Making Review Committee and was then modified and refiled before authorization. That suggests the main issue was technical compliance or rule wording rather than disagreement over the policy goal itself. No specific stakeholders, such as appraisers, licensing applicants, or consumer groups, are identified in the record provided as opposing the measure.