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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 ...
10th West Virginia legislature [Wikidata] January 16, 1872. February 29, 1872. West Virginia Constitution of 1872 [citation needed] 11th West Virginia legislature [Wikidata] November 19, 1872. December 1873.
The West Virginia Senate is the upper house of the West Virginia Legislature. There are seventeen senatorial districts. Each district has two senators who serve staggered four-year terms. Although the Democratic Party held a supermajority in the Senate as recently as 2015, Republicans now dominate in the chamber, and hold 31 seats to the ...
Meeting place. House of Delegates Chamber. West Virginia State Capitol. Charleston, West Virginia. Website. www.wvlegislature.gov. The West Virginia House of Delegates is the lower house of the West Virginia Legislature. Only three states— Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia—refer to their lower house as the House of Delegates.
In the 2014 elections, the GOP took control of the state legislature for the first time in 80 years, and it took one of West Virginia's two U.S. Senate seats and all three U.S. House districts. [7] In the 2016 elections, the Republicans held on to their seats and made gains in the State Senate and gained three statewide offices. [8] [9]
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 ...
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.
West Virginia Legislature Homepage. WV House of Delegates District Map This page was last edited on 8 July 2023, at 03:50 (UTC). Text is available under the ...