During the General Assembly session, the final stop visitors on a tour of the Virginia State Capitol make is the Old House Chamber. However, when the General Assembly is not in session, visitors are taken to the chamber of the House of Delegates. The House has met in the chamber since it was added to the original State Capitol during the renovations of 1904 to 1906. The 100 members of the House are elected for two year terms. The membership elects the Speaker of the House, who presides over each session. Unlike Congress, attendance is mandatory when the General Assembly is in session.
At each of the 100 desks in the House chamber are a microphone, internet access, an electrical outlet. in addition, there are buttons which vote 'yea' or 'nay', one that Delegates press to abstain from voting due to a conflict of interest, one to inform the Speaker of the member's desire to speak, and one to summon a page.
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