Following a lengthy House Judiciary Committee meeting and discussion regarding House Bill 401, which would establish the Natural Gas Horizontal Wells Control Act, the bill was reported to the House floor, read a second time and advanced to third reading with amendments pending and a general right to amend.
Also, a message from the Senate regarding that body’s passage of Senate Bill 4001, which pertains to the regulation of oil and gas wells, was taken up for immediate consideration and the bill was read a first time and advanced to second reading.
The House is adjourned until tomorrow, Wednesday, December 14th, 2011 at 10 a.m.
Members of the House of Delegates held a brief floor session to announce committee meeting times for further discussion of the Marcellus Shale legislation, 
The body received the Senate Judiciary’s committee report with its recommendation for the passage of
Members of both the West Virginia House of Delegates and West Virginia state Senate met Sunday, December 11th, 2011 at 5:00 p.m. to begin the work of the 4th Extraordinary Session of the 80th West Virginia Legislature in 2011. 
Senators introduced 
The Senate confirmed all of the Governor’s appointments during a brief morning floor session that concluded the 3rd Special Session of 2011.
Senator Jeffrey V. Kessler was elected Senate President Monday evening by 28-5 vote with one senator absent and not voting. Kessler becomes Senate President after serving the Senate for the last 10 months in the role of Acting Senate President. West Virginia Supreme Court Justice Margaret Workman swore him into office on the Senate floor.
Former Logan County Commissioner Art Kirkendoll was appointed by Governor Earl Ray Tomblin to serve the one year remaining on his term in the West Virginia Senate. Governor Tomblin was required to resign his seat in the Senate following his election as Governor. 
The Legislature convened its 3rd Extraordinary Session of the year at Noon on Sunday to receive the 
The Silver Haired Legislature is meeting October 25–27 in Charleston and came to the Capitol and the House of Delegates Chamber for their annual conference.
The West Virginia Silver Haired Legislature (SHL) is a model legislature, composed of 134 representatives 60 years of age or older, who are elected every two years from throughout the state by their peers. There is a representative in the SHL from each of the state’s 55 counties. Through this program older adults learn about the legislative process and work toward identifying solutions to common problems facing the state.