WV HB5006

Secondary sources such as legal treatises, scholarly publications, textbooks, and other explanatory texts do not constitute the law or public policy of West Virginia

Secondary sources may only serve as persuasive authority when their adoption would create, eliminate, expand, or restrict a cause of action, right, or remedy, or when the matter is not addressed by existing West Virginia law

Circuit courts may certify questions of law to the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia on legal issues of first impression involving the creation, elimination, expansion, or restriction of causes of action, rights, or remedies

Creates new Article 4 (Statutes) in Chapter 2 of the West Virginia Code with sections §2-4-1 and §2-4-2