The West Virginia House of Delegates convened for the second session of the 87th Legislature at noon today.
First, letters of resignation and appointment were read. Then a quorum was established.
The rules were suspended to adopt House Resolutions 1 and 2.
House Resolution 1 amends House Rule 32 to allow the Speaker to recognize a member by name; however, members in debate cannot address one another by name. The resolution also amends Rule 82 to allow the motion to discharge to be tabled.
Two amendments to HR 1 were offered and rejected. The first amendment would have required a registered vote for the motion to table a discharge motion. This amendment was rejected with 27 in favor and 68 opposed. The second amendment would have required the video streaming and video archiving of legislative floor sessions and committee meetings. This amendment was rejected with 20 in favor and 75 opposed.
Additionally, rules were suspended to adopt House Concurrent Resolutions 1 and 2.
House Concurrent Resolution 1 invites the Governor to address the Legislature for the State of the State.
House Concurrent Resolution 2 amends Rule 31 of the Joint Rules relating to infrastructure naming resolutions.
Resolutions introduced can be found here.
Bills introduced can be found here.
Committee Meetings, Today, January 14
- Education 2 p.m. in House Chamber
Committee Meetings, Tomorrow, January 15
- Finance at 9 a.m. in Room 460M
- Judiciary at 9 a.m. in Room 410M
- Gov. Org. at 1 p.m. in Room 215E
- Education at 2 p.m. in Room 432M
- Energy & Public Works at 3 p.m. in Room 410M
- The House is in recess until 6:30 p.m.
