The General Assembly shall meet in regular session on the second Wednesday in January of each year. It shall sit at the Capitol in the City of Richmond, but may adjourn to any other place.
The General Assembly may, by joint resolution, direct the holding of such session or sessions in the Restored Capitol at Williamsburg, Virginia, as to it may seem proper.
Code 1919, § 294; 1934, p. 99; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 22.
Structure Code of Virginia
Chapter 1 - General Assembly and Officers Thereof
§ 30-1. Time and place of meeting of General Assembly
§ 30-2. Meeting at place appointed by Governor
§ 30-3. How convened in extra session
§ 30-6. Privilege of members, clerks and clerks' assistants, and Lieutenant Governor from arrest
§ 30-7. Members, clerks, assistants, etc., subject to arrest for criminal offenses
§ 30-8. Member must obey writ of habeas corpus
§ 30-9. Privilege of members for words spoken or written
§ 30-10. Attendance of witnesses; production of evidence
§ 30-11. Who to administer oaths to witnesses
§ 30-12. Duties of officers of each house
§ 30-14. Clerk to be Keeper of the Rolls; other duties
§ 30-14.01. Certifying copy of act; fee
§ 30-14.1. Enrollment of act to codify the laws; printing and distribution
§ 30-14.2. Reenrollment of bills amended in accordance with recommendations of Governor
§ 30-14.3. Keeper of the Rolls authorized to correct typographical errors, etc., in legislation
§ 30-15. Index to Senate journal
§ 30-15.1. Deputy clerks of the Senate; certification of records
§ 30-15.1:1. Use of Senate armorial bearings; penalty
§ 30-15.2. Distribution of Code, supplements and replacement volumes to members of Senate
§ 30-16. Books and maps of committees; original bills
§ 30-16.1. Correction of misspellings in bills and resolutions already introduced
§ 30-17. Alteration, secretion or destruction of pending bills or resolutions
§ 30-19. How Constitution amended
§ 30-19.03:1.2. Unemployment compensation bills affecting net revenues of the Commonwealth
§ 30-19.03:2. Legislative summaries
§ 30-19.1:7. Bills related to the Virginia Retirement System; impact statements
§ 30-19.1:9. Duration of state boards and commissions
§ 30-19.1:11. Legislation that creates or renews tax credits
§ 30-19.1:13. Racial and ethnic impact statements for criminal justice legislation
§ 30-19.3. Prefiling of bills and resolutions
§ 30-19.5. Supervisory control of Division of Legislative Services
§ 30-19.8. Collection of information by legislative study groups; policy
§ 30-19.8:1. Due dates for legislative reports
§ 30-19.8:2. Absences on legislative commissions
§ 30-19.9. Distribution of information on proposed constitutional amendments to voters
§ 30-19.10. Distribution of information on proposed questions to be submitted to voters