General Assembly; establishing an inaugural committee.
HJ 31 creates a committee to organize the General Assembly's inaugural event. This procedural bill establishes the committee structure but does not change laws or directly affect constituents. It focuses solely on administrative planning for the opening session.
Bill status
passed both
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
House of Delegates Passage
Apr 2026
Senate Passage
Jan 2026
Governor
Introduced Jan 13, 2026
Last action Apr 1, 2026
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The bill transitioned from an 'Introduced' draft to an 'Enrolled' final version, marking its official passage by both the House and Senate. The substantive policy content regarding the establishment of an inaugural committee, its membership composition, and its duties remained unchanged. The primary differences are formatting adjustments, such as centering the title and correcting a typo in the status label.
TECHNICAL
The document header was reformatted to center the session year and status, and the status label was corrected from 'ENROLLE D' to 'ENROLLED'.
The specific bill number '26104474D' and the pre-filing date were removed from the header section.
The text of the resolution was reflowed and split across multiple lines for the final enrolled version, but the legal meaning and wording of the committee's composition and duties are identical to the original draft.
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
6
Key actions
3
Committee
0
Apr 1, 2026
Lower · Passed
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ31ER)
lower
Jan 15, 2026
Upper · Passed
Agreed to by Senate by voice vote
upper
Jan 15, 2026
Lower · Passed
Agreed to by House by voice vote
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Charniele Herring
DDemocratic
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