WVLA is excited to announce Library Legislative Day for 2026! As we have previously stated, we will not be setting up displays in the Capitol Rotunda this year. Instead, we will be having an educational and advocacy day where WVLA members who are experienced in legislative operations will provide tours of the Capitol building and lead groups in attending committee hearings and the House and Senate sessions.
We will meet on Monday, February 23, 2026, at 8:30 a.m. inside the lobby of the Culture Center, and then we will walk over to the Capitol together and have an orientation to the building. Depending on the number of attendees, we will divide into smaller groups to attend committee hearings (some of the hearing rooms are small) and tour the building. We will continue in two groups to attend the House and Senate sessions together to observe the business of the day. WVLA will provide attendees with a box lunch in the Governor’s Conference Room before we attend more committee hearings in the afternoon.
We hope to fill the committee rooms and chambers with librarians and advocates to make our presence known, and so that we can see our individual libraries’ Delegates and Senators in action.
We encourage all librarians to attend this day, whether or not you have experience in advocacy, and to learn how the legislative process works. We hope to partner with and mentor those of you who have less experience and may have questions. We have also requested approval from the State Library for continuing education credits for attendees!
Please register for the event at the following link by February 16 so that we can plan our groups and order lunch for you: https://wvla.wildapricot.org/event-6532121
We hope to see you at the Capitol in February!
