HR 1 West Virginia House of Delegates · 2025 Regular Session

Adopting the Rules of the House of Delegates

HR 1 adopts the official rules for the West Virginia House of Delegates' 87th Legislature, establishing procedures for electing officers (like Speaker and Clerk), maintaining order during sessions, and handling votes. It details the Speaker's duties, including calling the House to order, preserving decorum, and announcing vote results. This procedural bill sets internal operational guidelines for House proceedings but does not create new policy or affect external stakeholders.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Feb 2025

House of Delegates Passage

Feb 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 8, 2025 Last action Feb 12, 2025

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MINOR

This change swaps the order of the two bill versions listed in the navigation links, moving 'Committee Substitute' to the top and 'hr1 sub - copy' to the bottom. This is a purely cosmetic formatting adjustment that affects how users navigate to different versions of the bill but does not alter any substantive policy, scope, or legal content.

TECHNICAL

The order of version labels in the navigation section was reversed, placing 'Committee Substitute' before 'hr1 sub - copy'.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the House of Delegates by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Feb 12, 2025

Lower · Passed

Adopted by House (Voice vote)

lower

Feb 12, 2025

Amended

Amendment rejected (Voice vote)

lower

Feb 12, 2025

Introduced

Amendment reported by the Clerk

lower

Feb 12, 2025

Lower · Passed

By substitute, do pass

lower

Jan 8, 2025

Committee

To House Rules

lower

Jan 8, 2025

Introduced

Introduced in House

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors