Virginia House of Delegates opens, hears prayer and calendar update, approves adjournment to reconvene tomorrow at 10 a.m.

The Virginia House of Delegates convened in Richmond and opened the short session with an invocation delivered by the clerk, identified in the transcript as G. Paul Nardo, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance led by a delegate recorded as 'Delegate Harry.'

The clerk announced that a pro forma calendar is available to members and the public online and that the next day’s calendar will include approximately "173 measures for Senate bills" on second reading (to be considered on third reading), "83 uncontested House bills," and "86" measures on the regular calendar. These counts were given by the clerk in the chamber and recorded in the session transcript.

During routine business, a motion was made that when the House adjourns it reconvene tomorrow at 10:00 a.m.; the motion was put and recorded as agreed to. Later the motion "that the House do now adjourn" was moved and agreed to. The transcript identifies Delegate Douglas Herring in connection with the adjournment motions.

At the opening prayer, the clerk spoke directly: "Good Lord, forgive us," asking for forgiveness and for members "to turn our hearts towards you and spare thy people," remarks recorded verbatim in the session transcript.

The House adjourned and is scheduled to reconvene tomorrow at 10:00 a.m.

Notes on names and transcript wording: the session transcript identifies the prayer leader as "the honorable g Paul Nardo, clerk of the Virginia House of Delegates, Richmond" and the pledge leader as "the delegate from Alexandria, delegate Harry." The transcript also references "Alexander" in connection with Delegate Douglas Herring; the record contains inconsistent place-name renderings. Where the transcript gives only a first name or inconsistent place names, the article reflects the recording’s wording rather than introducing an unverified correction.