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This law was first created in 2003. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 633<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2005, chapter 758<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":199713,"object_type":"law","relational_id":69976,"identifier":"30-168.1","token":"30\/18\/30-168.1","url":"\/30-168.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/30-168.1\/","token":"30\/18\/30-168.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Membership; terms; vacancies; chairman and vice-chairman; quorum; meetings","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 30-168.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Commission shall consist of 18 legislative members. Members shall be appointed as follows: eight members of the Senate, to be appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules; and 10 members of the House of Delegates, of whom three shall be members of the House Committee on Health and Human Services, to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Delegates in accordance with the principles of proportional representation contained in the Rules of the House of Delegates.\n\t\tMembers of the Commission shall serve terms coincident with their terms of office. Members may be reappointed. Appointments to fill vacancies, other than by expiration of a term, shall be for the unexpired terms. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointments.\n\t\tThe Commission shall elect a chairman and vice-chairman from among its membership. A majority of the members shall constitute a quorum. The meetings of the Commission shall be held at the call of the chairman or whenever the majority of the members so request.\n\t\tNo recommendation of the Commission shall be adopted if a majority of the Senate members or a majority of the House members appointed to the Commission (i) vote against the recommendation and (ii) vote for the recommendation to fail notwithstanding the majority vote of the Commission.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nMEMBERSHIP; TERMS; VACANCIES; CHAIRMAN AND VICE-CHAIRMAN; QUORUM; MEETINGS (\u00a7\n30-168.1)\n\nThe Commission shall consist of 18 legislative members. Members shall be\nappointed as follows: eight members of the Senate, to be appointed by the Senate\nCommittee on Rules; and 10 members of the House of Delegates, of whom three\nshall be members of the House Committee on Health and Human Services, to be\nappointed by the Speaker of the House of Delegates in accordance with the\nprinciples of proportional representation contained in the Rules of the House of\nDelegates.\n\t\tMembers of the Commission shall serve terms coincident with their terms of\noffice. Members may be reappointed. Appointments to fill vacancies, other than\nby expiration of a term, shall be for the unexpired terms. Vacancies shall be\nfilled in the same manner as the original appointments.\n\t\tThe Commission shall elect a chairman and vice-chairman from among its\nmembership. A majority of the members shall constitute a quorum. The meetings of\nthe Commission shall be held at the call of the chairman or whenever the\nmajority of the members so request.\n\t\tNo recommendation of the Commission shall be adopted if a majority of the\nSenate members or a majority of the House members appointed to the Commission\n(i) vote against the recommendation and (ii) vote for the recommendation to fail\nnotwithstanding the majority vote of the Commission.\n\nHISTORY: 2003, c. 633; 2005, c. 758.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}