West Virginia legislation · 2026 Regular Session
West Virginia HJR41: Amending section 22 of article VI thereof, relating to amending the annual 60-day regular session provisions to provide every other year for a 30-day session for the sole purpose of passing a state budget, and every other year a 60-day general law session in which any legislation may be considered
Status: Introduced, February 17, 2026
What the bill says
A concurrent resolution adopted by a two-thirds vote of the member elected to each house. Any regular session may be extended by a concurrent resolution adopted by a two-thirds vote of the members elected to each house determined by yeas and nays and entered on the journals." Resolved further, That in accordance with the provisions of article eleven, chapter three of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, such amendment is hereby numbered "Amendment 1" and designated as the " Get the Do-nothing Legislature Out of Town and Save Taxpayers Some Money Amendment"" and the purpose of the propo.
From the introduced text, February 17, 2026:
a concurrent resolution adopted by a two-thirds vote of the member elected to each house. Any regular session may be extended by a concurrent resolution adopted by a two-thirds vote of the members elected to each house determined by yeas and nays and entered on the journals." Resolved further, That in accordance with the provisions of article eleven, chapter three of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, such amendment is hereby numbered "Amendment 1" and designated as the " Get the Do-nothing Legislature Out of Town and Save Taxpayers Some Money Amendment"" and the purpose of the proposed amendment is summarized as follows: "To change the length of the 60 day legislative session to 30 days every other year, with the sole purpose of 30-day sessions being passage of a state budget." NOTE: The purpose of this resolution is to amend the constitution to save the state taxpayers by shorting the length of every other session from 60 days to 30 days. Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.