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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 ...
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The West Virginia Senate is the upper house of the West Virginia Legislature. There are seventeen senatorial districts. There are seventeen senatorial districts. Each district has two senators who serve staggered four-year terms.
Members of the 86th West Virginia Senate. District Up Senator Party Since Residence Home Cty. [a] Counties represented [2] 1: 2026 Laura Chapman: Republican 2022 ...
The 85th West Virginia Legislature was a meeting of the West Virginia Legislature whose membership consisted of those elected in the 2020 legislative elections.It lasted through two several month long regular sessions and seven special sessions in 2021 and 2022, ending with the 2022 legislative elections and the convening of the 86th Legislature.
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]
The lower house is the West Virginia House of Delegates and the upper house is the Senate. The West Virginia Legislature is a citizen's legislature or part-time legislature. The West Virginia Constitution imposes a limit of 60 calendar days the length of the regular session. Regular sessions of the Legislature commence on the second Wednesday ...
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