Dear Constituent,

As we begin the second full week of our short session, the focus is on hearing proposed legislation and doing the real work of the assembly.  Members had until last Friday to introduce bills, so now all measures have been added to the mix and the Speaker is in the process of assigning the bills to the respective committees to be heard.  There are approximately 1600 House bills to be considered.

My schedule will be especially busy for the next 2 weeks.  During this period …

Dear Constituent,

We’ve just completed the first week of the 2023 General Assembly Session, and I wanted to provide a quick update on what’s been happening in Richmond. This is our “short session”, lasting 45 days, until February 25th, therefore things will be moving at a rapid pace.

My colleagues and I in the House of Delegates are working hard on behalf of the people of Virginia.  We have already seen legislation working to ensure that our schools remain high quality, teach children how to think not …

Greetings from our state capitol.  As we approach the end of our 2022 session, I am advising you of the status of legislation that I introduced this year.  All bills in both bodies must be resolved in their respective bodies by Saturday, March 12, 2022.

Of the 17 bills I introduced, 10 have passed the House and the Senate, 1 was incorporated in another Delegate’s bill, 2 were carried over to the 2023 session for further consideration, and 1 is being addressed through agency directive.  Below …

Greetings from your State Capitol.  My update this week will focus on the House Budget that we adopted last week.

The House budget includes the largest education allocation in Virginia history, a 15% increase over the previous budget.  Within this spending is the State’s share of a 4% raise for teachers this year and an additional 1% percent bonus in each year of the biennium.  It also establishes a $2 billion loan fund for school construction and renovation.  Further, it includes additional funding to hire new …

Greetings from your state capitol.  We have reached the half-way point of our 2022 legislative session.  As of Tuesday, February 15, all House bills had to be acted on and sent to the Senate or the measures were dead for this year.  In this update I will highlight several legislative actions and report on several specific bills on which I received a large number of contacts.

One measure has passed both the House and the Senate and been signed by the Governor.  This bill will require …

Greetings from our state capitol.  As we approach the mid-point of our 2022 session, I will advise you of the status of legislation I introduced this year.  All bills in both bodies must be resolved in their respective bodies by Tuesday, February 15, 2022.

Of the 17 bills I introduced, 11 will be sent to the Senate, 1 was incorporated in another Delegates bill, 2 were carried over to the 2023 session for further consideration, and 1 is being addressed through agency directive.  Here are more …

Greetings from your state capitol!  As we are in the middle of week 3, the pace has increased dramatically.  Each of the past 3 days has had me in the Capitol by 6:30 a.m., and I haven’t left the past 2 evenings until after 7 p.m.  My days are filled with hearing bills in subcommittee and committee meetings, presenting my bills, attending floor sessions, and meeting with citizens as much as possible.  With the new majority this session, the workload has increased as I now …

We’ve just completed the first week of the 2022 General Assembly Session, and I wanted to provide a quick update on what’s been happening in Richmond.

My colleagues and I in the House of Delegates are working hard on behalf of the people of Virginia. On Saturday, I was honored to be part of the inauguration of our new Governor, Glenn Youngkin, Lt. Governor, Winsome Sears, and Attorney General, Jason Miyares. For the first time in 8 years, we will have a Republican in each of …

Let me first say that I hope you and yours are well since I missed holding our customary meetings in 2020 due to the COVID pandemic. On the positive side, the social isolation may have caused us all to focus on our families, friends, and general well-being.

This short session of General Assembly will soon end, and it has been one for the history books. Our House of Delegates is the only legislative body in the country that has met 100% virtually, and that …

I would like to share with you all my first newsletter of the 2020 Session! I’ve taken the time to recap the first two weeks here in Richmond and I hope you’ll give it a read.

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