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West Virginia Senate adopts three House concurrent resolutions, schedules adjournment
Summary
The West Virginia Senate adopted House Concurrent Resolutions 1, 2 and 3, agreeing to raise joint assemblies for election returns and the governor's address and approving adjournment until Feb. 12, 2025, then recessed to attend the joint assemblies.
The West Virginia Senate adopted three House concurrent resolutions on the floor and recessed to permit joint assemblies, the Senate announced during its session.
House Concurrent Resolution 1, which raises a joint assembly "to open and publish election returns," and House Concurrent Resolution 2, which extends an invitation to the governor to deliver an address and raises a joint assembly, were both taken up by unanimous consent after the clerk of the House communicated the messages to the Senate. The clerk read each resolution and, after no objections were heard, the presiding officer declared each resolution adopted.
House Concurrent Resolution 3, providing for an adjournment of the legislature until Feb. 12, 2025, was likewise taken up by unanimous consent and declared adopted. After the resolutions were adopted, Senator from Lewis moved that the Senate recess until five minutes following the conclusion of the joint assemblies; the motion carried and the presiding officer declared the Senate in recess.
The actions were procedural: requests for immediate consideration included dispensation of committee reference, the clerk read the resolutions aloud, and the clerk was instructed to communicate the Senate's actions back to the House. No recorded roll-call vote totals or individual vote records were provided in the transcript; each adoption was announced by voice as adopted. The transcript records the routine procedural language, including the presiding officer's announcement, "I declare the resolution adopted," following each voice vote.
The measures are housekeeping and scheduling actions: HCR 1 concerns convening a joint assembly to open election returns; HCR 2 invites the governor to deliver an address and raises a joint assembly; HCR 3 sets the legislature's adjournment date to Feb. 12, 2025. The Senate then recessed to permit members to attend the joint assemblies and planned to reconvene five minutes after those assemblies concluded.
