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The West Virginia Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of West Virginia. A bicameral legislative body, the legislature is split between the upper Senate and the lower House of Delegates. It was established under Article VI of the West Virginia Constitution following the state's split from Virginia during the American Civil War ...
Bills then undergo committee review and three readings in the house of origin and then the other house of the state legislature. [2] An unusual feature of the West Virginia legislative process is that revenue bills can originate in either house. [1] The state constitution also prohibits multiple subjects in a single bill. [1]
86th West Virginia legislature 2023 November 8, 2022: House, Senate [5] 87th West Virginia legislature 2025 ... Lists of United States state legislative sessions;
West Virginia's Republican-dominated Legislature pushed forward a slate of contentious bills Wednesday that would arm teachers, allow people to sue libraries over books that offend them and ...
The bill was signed into law in April 2021 by West Virginia Gov Jim Justice [3] and was subsequently challenged in Federal Court. On January 5, 2023, Federal Judge Joseph Goodwin of the United States District Court, ruled that the bill was constitutional. [4]
Unlike most state senates, the West Virginia Senate can introduce revenue bills. [1] Bills must undergo three readings in each house before being sent to the governor. [1] Bills are drafted by the Office of Legislative Services or legislative staff counsel, reviewed by the sponsor of the bill and submitted for introduction. [2]
Below is a table of West Virginia's state senate district boundary maps, presented chronologically. All redistricting events that took place in West Virginia in 1863 and between 1901 and the current boundaries as of August 2024 are shown.
West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice's family is millions of dollars behind on payments to employees' health insurance fund at their financially beleaguered hotel, putting workers' coverage at risk ...