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2018 SESSION

18105749D
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 31
Offered January 22, 2018
Amending and readopting Rule 82 of the Rules of the House of Delegates, pertaining to restrictions on the admittance to the House gallery during the daily sessions of members of the general public carrying firearms.
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Patron-- Murphy
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RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, That Rule 82 of the Rules of the House of Delegates is amended and readopted as follows:

V. Conduct of Business.

Hall of the House of Delegates.

Rule 82. The Hall of the House of Delegates shall be used for no other purpose than the sessions of the House and for meetings of the committees and members of the legislature on public affairs except by vote of the House or the Rules Committee or with the approval of the Speaker during the interim or when the House is not convened at any time during a session of the General Assembly.

No member of the general public carrying a firearm shall be permitted in the House gallery during the time beginning one hour before the convening of each daily session and ending one hour after the adjournment of such session.