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§ 30-1. Time and place of meeting of General Assembly - The General Assembly shall meet in regular session on the...
§ 30-2. Meeting at place appointed by Governor - If the General Assembly cannot safely meet at the place...
§ 30-3. How convened in extra session - Whenever two-thirds of the members of both houses of the...
§ 30-4. Civil proceedings for or against members, clerks or clerks' assistants, or the Lieutenant Governor during session - Any action, suit or other civil proceeding, either in favor...
§ 30-5. Continuance or time for filing pleading, etc., where party or attorney is connected with General Assembly or Division of Legislative Services - Any party to an action or proceeding in any court,...
§ 30-6. Privilege of members, clerks and clerks' assistants, and Lieutenant Governor from arrest - During the session of the General Assembly, and for five...
§ 30-7. Members, clerks, assistants, etc., subject to arrest for criminal offenses - Any member of the General Assembly, any clerk thereof or...
§ 30-8. Member must obey writ of habeas corpus - Any court or judge awarding a writ of habeas corpus,...
§ 30-9. Privilege of members for words spoken or written - No member or former member of the General Assembly shall...
§ 30-10. Attendance of witnesses; production of evidence - When the Senate or House of Delegates, a joint committee...
§ 30-11. Who to administer oaths to witnesses - The oaths to be taken by any witness examined before...
§ 30-12. Duties of officers of each house - The several officers of each house of the General Assembly...
§ 30-13. Other duties of Clerk of House of Delegates; publication of proposed amendments to Constitution - In addition to such duties as may be prescribed by...
§ 30-14. Clerk to be Keeper of the Rolls; other duties - The Clerk of the House of Delegates shall be the...
§ 30-14.01. Certifying copy of act; fee - The Clerk of the House of Delegates shall charge for...
§ 30-14.1. Enrollment of act to codify the laws; printing and distribution - The provisions of § 30-14, concerning the manner and method...
§ 30-14.2. Reenrollment of bills amended in accordance with recommendations of Governor - The Clerk of the House of Delegates in his capacity...
§ 30-14.3. Keeper of the Rolls authorized to correct typographical errors, etc., in legislation - The Keeper of the Rolls of the Commonwealth is authorized...
§ 30-14.4. Deputy clerks of the House of Delegates; certification of acts and resolutions of the General Assembly and other records - The Clerk of the House of Delegates as Keeper of...
§ 30-15. Index to Senate journal - The Clerk of the Senate shall, at the end of...
§ 30-15.1. Deputy clerks of the Senate; certification of records - The Clerk of the Senate may appoint deputy clerks, for...
§ 30-15.1:1. Use of Senate armorial bearings; penalty - The armorial bearings adopted by the Senate of Virginia as...
§ 30-15.2. Distribution of Code, supplements and replacement volumes to members of Senate - The Virginia Code Commission shall, with moneys from the contingent...
§ 30-16. Books and maps of committees; original bills - It shall be the duty of the Clerk of the...
§ 30-16.1. Correction of misspellings in bills and resolutions already introduced - The Clerk of the Senate and the Clerk of the...
§ 30-17. Alteration, secretion or destruction of pending bills or resolutions - If any person shall fraudulently erase, alter, secrete or destroy...
§ 30-18. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1972, c. 582.
§ 30-19. How Constitution amended - Any amendment or amendments to the Constitution may be proposed...
§ 30-19.01. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1984, c. 202.
§ 30-19.03. Estimates to be prepared for legislation affecting local government expenditures and revenues - Whenever any legislative bill requiring a net additional expenditure by...
§ 30-19.03:1. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2010, c. 410, cl. 2.
§ 30-19.03:1.2. Unemployment compensation bills affecting net revenues of the Commonwealth - A. The Virginia Employment Commission, in consultation with the Department...
§ 30-19.03:1.3. Evaluations to be prepared for legislation increasing or beginning regulation of an occupation - A. For the purposes of this section, "regulation" means any...
§ 30-19.03:2. Legislative summaries - Any legislative summary associated with a bill, joint resolution or...
§ 30-19.04. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2003, c. 1032, cl. 2, effective January...
§ 30-19.05. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2003, cc. 757 and 758, cl. 2,...
§ 30-19.1. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2010, c. 410, cl. 2.
§ 30-19.1:2. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2003, c. 1032, cl. 2, effective January...
§ 30-19.1:3. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2010, c. 410, cl. 2.
§ 30-19.1:4. Increase in terms of imprisonment or commitment; fiscal impact statements; appropriations for operating costs - A. The Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission shall prepare a fiscal...
§ 30-19.1:5. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2000, cc. 825 and 833.
§ 30-19.1:6. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2010, c. 410, cl. 2.
§ 30-19.1:7. Bills related to the Virginia Retirement System; impact statements - In accordance with a joint resolution that establishes a schedule...
§ 30-19.1:8. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1999, c. 572.
§ 30-19.1:9. Duration of state boards and commissions - After January 1, 2003, all bills creating an advisory board,...
§ 30-19.1:10. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2005, cc. 860, 889, cl. 2.
§ 30-19.1:11. Legislation that creates or renews tax credits - No bill proposing to add a new state tax credit...
§ 30-19.1:12. Executive orders; impact statements by the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission - A. At the request of the chairman of any committee...
§ 30-19.1:13. Racial and ethnic impact statements for criminal justice legislation - A. As used in this section: "Disparities" means the difference...
§ 30-19.2. Inspection of certain state facilities by, or orientation for, members and future members of the General Assembly - (1) Inspections may be made of the grounds, buildings, and...
§ 30-19.3. Prefiling of bills and resolutions - A. 1. Any member or member-elect of the next regular...
§ 30-19.4. Secretaries and administrative assistants for officers and members of General Assembly; staff personnel for standing committees - The General Assembly shall provide for the employment of secretaries...
§ 30-19.5. Supervisory control of Division of Legislative Services - Supervisory control of the Division of Legislative Services shall be...
§ 30-19.6. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1986, c. 156.
§ 30-19.7. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1990, c. 485.
§ 30-19.8. Collection of information by legislative study groups; policy - It shall be the policy of the Commonwealth that each...
§ 30-19.8:1. Due dates for legislative reports - A. Legislative commissions, councils, and other legislative bodies required to...
§ 30-19.8:2. Absences on legislative commissions - The absence of any appointed nonlegislative citizen member from three...
§ 30-19.9. Distribution of information on proposed constitutional amendments to voters - When a proposed amendment is to be submitted to the...
§ 30-19.10. Distribution of information on proposed questions to be submitted to voters - Whenever a statewide referendum on a matter other than a...