West Virginia Legislative Process
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Introduction > Legislative Process > Policy Making > Committee System > Bill Becomes Law > Take the Test > Resources
Guide > During Session > Senate Committees > House Committees > Guide to Committee System
House Committees
House of Delegates
The House of Delegates describes within its formal rules the jurisdictions of its standing committees. Those descriptions are summarized below.
House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources
Addresses issues and bills generally relating to agriculture and natural resources, including: production and marketing; animal industry and health, commercial feed, fertilizer and pesticides; dairy, poultry and livestock products, game and fish; forests and wildlife; parks and recreation; and water resources and reclamation.
House Committee on Banking & Insurance
Addresses issues and bills generally relating to banking and insurance, including: regulation and control of all types of insurance, securities and exchanges.
House Committee on Constitutional Revision
Addresses issues and bills relating to constitutional conventions as well as proposed revisions of the Constitution of the United States or the Constitution of West Virginia.
House Committee on Education
Addresses issues and bills generally relating to education in our state's public schools and institutions of higher learning, including: boards of education, administration and control of schools; textbooks and curricula, vocational education and rehabilitation; employment and tenure of teachers; and libraries.
House Committee on Finance
Addresses issues and bills generally relating to taxes and revenue, including: increasing and/or decreasing the revenue or fiscal liability of the state: collection of taxes and other revenue; annual and supplemental appropriations; and financial claims against the state.
House Committee on Government Organization
Addresses issues and bills generally relating to the executive department of state government, including: creation, consolidation and abolition, as well as duties and functions, of the state's departments, commissions, boards, offices and agencies.
House Committee on Health & Human Resources
Addresses issues and bills generally relating to public health and welfare, including: mental health-, public and private hospitals and similar institutions, prevention and control of communicable and infectious diseases; poison and narcotics; correctional and penal institutions; and public assistance and relief.
House Committee on Industry & Labor/Economic Development & Small Business
Addresses issues and bills generally relating to employment and establishment of industry, including: labor standards and statistics; mediation and arbitration of labor disputes; wages and hours of labor; child labor; and safety and welfare of employees.
House Committee on the Judiciary
Addresses issues and bills generally relating to civil and criminal judicial proceedings, including: state and local courts; crimes and their punishments; domestic relations and family law; revision and codification of state statutes; and other matters not properly referred to another standing committee.
House Committee on Pensions & Retirement
Addresses issues and bills generally relating to the continuous study and investigation of public retirement systems, including: federal and non-federal plans available to public employees, and all aspects of pension planning, operation and stability.
House Committee on Political Subdivisions
Addresses issues and bills generally relating to counties, districts and municipalities, including: division of the state into Senate and House of Delegates districts; and division of the state into districts for representation in the United States Congress.
House Committee on Roads and Transportation
Addresses issues and bills generally relating to roads and transportation, including: highways, public roads, railways, airways, canals and waterways; motor vehicle administration, registration and licensor of operators, and traffic regulations.
House Committee on Rules, chaired by the Speaker of the House
Addresses issues generally relating to the House's rules, joint orders, orders of business and parliamentary procedure, including setting each session day's calendar of items to be addressed. Also responsible for practical administration of House business, including staff employees and office services, furnishings, equipment and supplies.
House Committee on Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security
Addresses issues and bills generally relating to our state's military veterans, including: benefits and bonuses-, memorials and memorial funding: and the state veterans' home.
