About Floor Actions
Agendas
The Senate and House Agendas include all scheduled calendars. Additional calendars, messages. or other items may be added to the Agenda during the daily session and may not always appear on the Agenda displayed here.
The Secretary of the Senate prepares a legislative calendar or agenda each day reflecting the matters to be considered during the floor session. The agenda includes committee reports, bills that have been “laid over” or “special ordered” from a prior session, bills on third reading, and other items of interest.
In the House of Delegates, the Office of the Chief Clerk prepares individual calendars for each committee report, bills on third reading, or other items of legislative business to be considered at the floor session.
Proceedings
Both chambers hold their sessions in the morning, except for Monday when floor sessions convene at 8:00 p.m. On Tuesday through Thursday, session begins at 10:00 a.m. On Friday, the Senate and the House usually convene around 11:00 a.m. except during the final weeks of session when the schedule reverts to 10:00 a.m. on Friday. Additional late afternoon, night, and weekend sessions are sometimes required by both houses.
Order of Business:
- Call to order.
- Reading of the journal.
- Presentation of petitions, memorials, and other papers.
- Presentation of orders.
- Introduction of bills and resolutions.
- Introduction of House Resolutions.
- Unfinished business.
- Reports of standing committees.
- Reports of select committees.
- Laid over bills.
- Special orders of the day.
- Third reading calendars.
- Introduction of visitors.
- Adjournment.