West Virginia House of Delegates

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The West Virginia House of Delegates is the lower house of the West Virginia State Legislature, the state legislature of West Virginia. 100 Members make up the legislature and meet at the State Capitol in Charleston. All members are elected to two year terms.

Session Length

Regular sessions of the Legislature begin on the second Wednesday in January of each year and last for 60 consecutive days. However, in the year a governor is inaugurated a 30-day recess is taken after the first day of the session to allow the governor time to prepare his legislative agenda, including a proposed state budget, for the coming year. In this case, the legislators return on the second Wednesday in February to meet for 60 consecutive days. On the first day of the 60-day session, members of both the Senate and the House hold a joint session in the House Chamber at which the governor presents his legislative program along with the state’s budget bill. Speaking before the full body in what is called the “State of the State Address,” the governor proposes suggestions as to what key issues he believes the legislators should act on during the session.

Any regular session may be extended by concurrent resolution adopted by a two-thirds vote of members elected to each house. If the session is extended, legislators cannot act on any measures except business stated in the concurrent resolution. The governor must by proclamation, extend the session if the budget bill shall not have been acted upon three days prior to the constitutional expiration of the session[1]

Make-up of the house

Affiliation Members
Image:Bluedot.png Democratic Party 71
Image:Reddot.png Republican Party 29
Total 100

Current members

District Representative Party Residence
1 Patrick McGeehan Image:Reddot.png Republican Chester
1 Randy Swartzmiller Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
2 Timothy Ennis Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Wellsburg
2 Roy Givens Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Wellsburg
3 Talmadge Hutchins Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Wheeling
3 Orphy Klempa Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Wheeling
4 Michael Ferro Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
4 Scott Varner Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Moundsville
5 David Pethtel Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Hundred
6 William Romine Image:Reddot.png Republican
7 Lynwood Ireland Image:Reddot.png Republican
8 Everette Anderson Image:Reddot.png Republican Parkersburg
9 Larry Border Image:Reddot.png Republican Davisville
10 Thomas Azinger Image:Reddot.png Republican Vienna
10 John Ellem Image:Reddot.png Republican Washington
10 Daniel Poling Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
11 Robert Ashley Image:Reddot.png Republican Spencer
12 Mitch Carmichael Image:Reddot.png Republican Ripley
13 Dale Martin Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Poca
13 Brady Paxton Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Poca
14 Troy Andes Image:Reddot.png Republican Hurricane
14 Patti Schoen Image:Reddot.png Republican Hurricane
15 Kevin Craig Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Huntington
15 Carol Miller Image:Reddot.png Republican Huntington
15 James Morgan Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Huntington
16 Douglas Reynolds Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Wayne
16 Kelli Sobonya Image:Reddot.png Republican Barboursville
16 Dale Stephens Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Huntington
17 Richard Thompson Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
17 Don Perdue Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Prichard
18 Larry Barker Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Madison
19 Greg Butcher Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Chapmanville
19 Jeff Eldridge Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Harts
19 Ralph Rodighiero Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Logan
19 Josh Stowers Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
20 Steven Kominar Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Kermit
21 Harry White Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Gilbert
22 Daniel Hall Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Bolt
22 Linda Lee Phillips Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
23 Clifton Moore Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
24 John Shott Image:Reddot.png Republican Bluefield
25 John Frazier Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
25 Thomas Porter Image:Reddot.png Republican
26 Gerald Crosier Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
27 Virginia Mahan Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Elton
27 Rick Moye Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Crab Orchard
27 Linda Sumner Image:Reddot.png Republican Beckley
27 Sally Matz Susman Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Beckley
27 William Wooton Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
28 Thomas Campbell Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Lewisburg
28 Denny Canterbury Image:Reddot.png Republican Ronceverte
29 William Louisos Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
29 David Perry Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
29 Margaret Staggers Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
30 Bonnie Brown Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Charleston
30 Nancy Guthrie Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Charleston
30 Barbara Hatfield Image:Bluedot.png Democrat South Charleston
30 Mark Hunt Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Charleston
30 Douglas Skaff, Jr. Image:Bluedot.png Democrat South Charleston
30 Sharon Spencer Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Charleston
30 Danny Wells Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Charleston
31 Carrie Webster Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Charleston
32 Tim Armstead Image:Reddot.png Republican Elkview
32 Patrick Lane Image:Reddot.png Republican Cross Lanes
32 Ronald Walters Image:Reddot.png Republican Cross Lanes
33 David Walker Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
34 Brent Boggs Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Gassaway
35 Sam Argento Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Mount Nebo
36 Joseph Talbott Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Webster Springs
37 William Hartman Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
37 Mike Ross Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Coalton
38 Margaret Smith Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
39 William Hamilton Image:Reddot.png Republican Buckhannon
40 Mary Poling Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Moatsville
41 Samuel Cann, Sr. Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Clarksburg
41 Ronald Fragale Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Clarksburg
41 Richard Iaquinta Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Clarksburg
41 Timothy Miley Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Clarksburg
42 Michael Manypenny Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Grafton
43 Michael Caputo Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
43 Linda Longstreth Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
43 Timothy Manchin Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Fairmont
44 Robert Beach Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Morgantown
44 Barbara Fleischauer Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Morgantown
44 Charlene Marshall Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Morgantown
44 Alex Shook Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
45 Larry Williams Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Tunnelton
46 Stanley Shaver Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Tunnelton
47 Harold Michael Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Moorefield
48 Allen Evans Image:Reddot.png Republican Dorcas
49 Robert Schadler Image:Reddot.png Republican Keyser
50 Ruth Rowan Image:Reddot.png Republican
51 Daryl Cowles Image:Reddot.png Republican Berkeley Springs
52 Craig Blair Image:Reddot.png Republican Martinsburg
53 Jonathan Miller Image:Reddot.png Republican Inwood
54 Walter Duke Image:Reddot.png Republican Martinsburg
55 John Overington Image:Reddot.png Republican Martinsburg
56 Robert Tabb Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Kearneysville
57 John Doyle Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Shepherdstown
58 Tiffany Lawrence Image:Bluedot.png Democrat

House Committees

The West Virginia House has 19 standing committees:

References

  1. "West Virginia House of Delegates" Citizens Guide, March 13, 2009

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