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.

Delegate Bobby Orrock Newsletter 1

We are underway here in Richmond with the 2020 Session and I’d like to share with you all some updates!

I have been named to three committees, on which I am excited to serve:

Finance
Health, Welfare and Institutions
Privileges and Elections

I have introduced a number of bills and posted summaries of each under the “Your Delegate” tab of my website.

Also, I successfully withdrew HB 192 from consideration after valued feedback from many of you. Please continue to share your comments and concerns with me so that I may …

The following nine House bills that I introduced have been signed into law by the governor:

HB 1625: addresses appropriate care of animals with regard to exposure to extreme weather;

HB 1626: further defines the state ban on animal fighting with a presumption against tethered fowl;

HB 1627: directs the Commissioner of the Department of Social Services to prioritize resources for inspecting child welfare agencies along four criteria;

HB 1679: clarifies taxation of all-terrain vehicles, mopeds an road motorcycles;

HB 1826: forbids advertisement for marijuana sales by anyone other …

Delegate Bobby Orrock

January 2018 Update

Dear Constituent,

Happy New Year to all! I also want to thank you for putting your trust in me again this past election by allowing me to serve you as your delegate from the 54th district in the Virginia General Assembly. It is a great honor and privilege to be able to serve you, and all the people of Virginia.
The 2018 General Assembly session officially convened on January 10th at 12 noon. It started with Republican Delegate Kirk Cox being unanimously elected …

Tomorrow, the new laws passed by the General Assembly and signed by the Governor this session will go into effect. A summary of all of them is available here:
http://dls.virginia.gov/pubs/idc/idc17.pdf

However, I’ve highlighted a couple that may be of interest below:

•State Budget
The budget includes no tax increases, eliminates all of the Governor’s fees such as the restaurant inspection fee and shellfish inspection fee; all the while providing a 3% salary increase for state employees and faculty, a 2% raise for all state-supported local employees, and a 2% …