West Virginia House of Delegates

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The West Virginia House of Delegates is the state’s popularly elected legislative chamber responsible for introducing and voting on laws alongside the West Virginia Senate.

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Label Occurrences
West Virginia House of Delegates canonical 6

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative body ⓘ
lower house of state legislature ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction West Virginia state law ⓘ
authorityDerivedFrom Constitution of West Virginia ⓘ
budgetaryPower originates appropriations bills ⓘ
buildingLocatedOn Kanawha River (vicinity of capitol) ⓘ
linked to: Kanawha River
canImpeach yes ⓘ
canOverrideVeto yes ⓘ
coequalBranchWith West Virginia Senate ⓘ
coLegislativeChamber West Virginia Senate ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
currentSpeakerParty Republican Party (as of 2024) ⓘ
linked to: Republican Party
electionType popular vote ⓘ
electorate registered voters of West Virginia ⓘ
establishedInJurisdiction West Virginia ⓘ
hasCommitteeSystem yes ⓘ
hasUpperHouse West Virginia Senate ⓘ
hasWebsite https://www.wvlegislature.gov/House.cfm ⓘ
houseLeaderTitle Speaker of the House of Delegates ⓘ
impeachmentRole brings articles of impeachment against certain state officials ⓘ
isBicameral yes ⓘ
isUnicameral no ⓘ
jurisdiction State of West Virginia ⓘ
linked to: West Virginia
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
legislativeChamberType lower house ⓘ
legislatureNumberOfHouses 2 ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Charleston, West Virginia ⓘ
mainFunction introducing state legislation ⓘ
oversight of the executive branch of West Virginia ⓘ
passing the state budget ⓘ
voting on state laws ⓘ
meetsFrequency annually ⓘ
meetsIn West Virginia State Capitol ⓘ
meetsInPlenaryChamber House chamber of the West Virginia State Capitol ⓘ
membersRepresent legislative districts in West Virginia ⓘ
numberOfMembers 100 ⓘ
partOf West Virginia Legislature ⓘ
presidingOfficerTitle Speaker of the House of Delegates ⓘ
redistrictingResponsibility participates in legislative redistricting ⓘ
responsibleFor enacting state statutes ⓘ
proposing constitutional amendments (with Senate) ⓘ
sessionType regular session ⓘ
special session ⓘ
state West Virginia ⓘ
supervises state agencies through hearings and investigations ⓘ
termLength 2 years ⓘ
vetoOverrideRequirement two-thirds majority of members elected ⓘ
votingSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

West Virginia → lowerHouse → West Virginia House of Delegates ⓘ
West Virginia Legislature → hasPart → West Virginia House of Delegates ⓘ
West Virginia Legislature → lowerHouse → West Virginia House of Delegates ⓘ
West Virginia Senate → coLegislativeBody → West Virginia House of Delegates ⓘ
West Virginia State Capitol → houses → West Virginia House of Delegates ⓘ
Government of West Virginia → hasComponent → West Virginia House of Delegates ⓘ