diff --git a/openstates/wv/__init__.py b/openstates/wv/__init__.py
index faccc4e05c..1baa3c6a92 100644
--- a/openstates/wv/__init__.py
+++ b/openstates/wv/__init__.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
          },
         {'name': '2015-2016',
          'start_year': 2015, 'end_year': 2016,
-         'sessions': ['2015', '2016'],
+         'sessions': ['2015', '2016', '20161S'],
          }
         ],
     'session_details': {
@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@
         '2016': {'display_name': '2016 Regular Session',
                  '_scraped_name': '2016'
                  },
+        '20161S': {'display_name': '2016 First Special Session',
+                 '_scraped_name': '2016',
+                 'type':'special',
+                 '_special_name': '1X'
+                 },
     },
     'feature_flags': ['subjects', 'influenceexplorer'],
     '_ignored_scraped_sessions': [
diff --git a/openstates/wv/bills.py b/openstates/wv/bills.py
index 978f4c33b4..daee0bd8ea 100644
--- a/openstates/wv/bills.py
+++ b/openstates/wv/bills.py
@@ -51,9 +51,18 @@ def scrape(self, chamber, session):
             orig = 's'
 
         # scrape bills
-        url = ("http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/"
+        if (self.metadata['session_details'][session]['type'] == 'special'):
+            url = ("http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/"
+               "Bills_all_bills.cfm?year=%s&sessiontype=%s"
+               "&btype=bill&orig=%s" 
+               % (self.metadata['session_details'][session]['_scraped_name'],
+               self.metadata['session_details'][session]['_special_name'],
+               orig))
+        else:
+            url = ("http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/"
                "Bills_all_bills.cfm?year=%s&sessiontype=RS"
                "&btype=bill&orig=%s" % (session, orig))
+               
         page = lxml.html.fromstring(self.get(url).text)
         page.make_links_absolute(url)
 
@@ -67,8 +76,14 @@ def scrape(self, chamber, session):
                              link.attrib['href'])
 
         # scrape resolutions
-        res_url = ("http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/res_list.cfm?"
-                   "year=%s&sessiontype=rs&btype=res") % session
+        if (self.metadata['session_details'][session]['type'] == 'special'):
+            res_url = ("http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/res_list.cfm?year=%s&sessiontype=%s&btype=res" 
+                % (self.metadata['session_details'][session]['_scraped_name'], 
+                self.metadata['session_details'][session]['_special_name']))
+        else:
+            res_url = ("http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/res_list.cfm?year=%s&sessiontype=rs&btype=res" 
+                   % (self.metadata['session_details'][session]['_scraped_name']))
+                   
         doc = lxml.html.fromstring(self.get(res_url).text)
         doc.make_links_absolute(res_url)