The proposal, which requires approval from the state’s General Assembly, comes ahead of the beginning of the state’s legislative session next month. It also comes ahead of next year’s gubernatorial race in the state, in which Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears (R) looks likely to face off ...
Virginia Legislative Session Got off to a Noisy Start
December 27, 2024Tom Pappert Legislation filed ahead of the upcoming legislative session in Virginia would require the commonwealth to use security paper and watermarks on absentee ballots. House Bill 1566, submitted last week by Delegate W. Chad Green (R-Seaford), would require all ballots request...
leading to a lively debate in last year’s legislative session over whether to override some local permit denials for solar projects – and if so, how to ensure the localities still have some say. Though none of the legislative
As of Tuesday’s “crossover day,” the deadline for each chamber to pass any non-budget bill that the other may consider, more than a thousand bills have survived that deadline in our state’s unusually short legislative session. They include a raft of gun-control measures, some of ...
He argued the dynamics at play during this year’s legislative session were pretty surprising. Not only did we not know what Youngkin would do with the dozens of gun bills that made it to his desk before he formally announced his vetoes, but the way those proposals got through the legislat...
December 30, 2024 vascope A state senator has introduced a bill for the upcoming legislative session that would require social services to ask about immigration status when someone is applying for benefits. Politics Going against Trump, Miyares urges SCOTUS to uphold TikTok ban December 30, 202...
During the legislative session, representatives made amendments to add about $2,500 to the budget, raising it from $231,481.75 to $233,981.75. Amendments included adjustments for transportation funding, law school representative discretionary funds and funding for community iftars. ...
December 3, 2024 vascope Politics Top Stories Senate blocks Youngkin appointees January 25, 2025 vascope Politics Top Stories Republican efforts to amend the VCEA fail in House subcommittee January 23, 2025 vascope Politics Top Stories Skill games legislation finds a second chance in the ...
Both the 2022 and 2023 legislative sessions saw political gridlock over how the then-politically divided General Assembly should fill commissioner vacancies. Democrats opened this session in full control of both chambersafter November's elections,giving them the leeway to advanc...