Most new laws that were passed by the 2015 General Assembly and signed by the Governor will go into effect on July 1, 2015. Virginia’s Division of Legislative Services has outlined these new laws in their In Due Course publication. To see the list of these new laws, please visit their website at http://dls.virginia.gov/pubs/idc/idc15.pdf.
As the 2015 Session of the General Assembly is drawing to a close, I want to give you an update on my legislation. Eight of my bills have passed both the House and Senate and they are;
HB 1567 – dealing with delinquent property tax; multijurisdictional sale
HB 1570 – Unlicensed, unregistered family day care homes
HB 1956 – Hospital guidelines for patients who are deaf or hard or hearing
HB 2173 – Real Property Tax, waiver of delinquent taxes
HB 2177 – Certificate of Public Need
HB 2276 – Standard diploma; career and technical education credentials; exemption
HB 2318 – High School …
This week we made it to crossover in the General Assembly, the deadline for consideration of legislation that started in the House. All bills passed in either Chamber will now be considered by the other Chamber. I am pleased to report that seven of my bills have passed the House of Delegates and are now before the Senate.
At the start of session I told you that I would support policies to reform K-12 education, make government work more efficiently, make higher education …
Delegate Bobby Orrock’s End of January Update
Now that the General Assembly is moving along and cross-over will be upon us shortly, I want to give you an idea of some of the legislation before us. Committee meetings are well underway and legislation dealing with jobs creation, improving education, energy, health care, veterans, transportation, and budget proposals are all high on everyone’s agenda.
A steadying economy is increasing revenues by approximately 6.8% year to date. …
FROM DELEGATE ORROCK:
Hello from the Capitol and my legislative office here in Richmond. First, I want to wish all of you a very “Happy and Healthy New Year” and again thank you for allowing me to serve and represent you from the 54th District. It is a great honor that you have put your trust in me and I will do my utmost to serve you, the people of the 54th District and the Commonwealth of Virginia to the best of my ability.
Session is in …
Delegate Orrock previewed the 2015 Virginia General Assembly Session on Town Talk on News Talk 1230/WFVA with Ted Schubel. Click here to hear the interview.
https://soundcloud.com/tschubel6/bobbyorrock
As the 2015 Virginia General Assembly draws near, I am considering legislation to introduce. The Session will start January 14, 2015. As I have done in the past, I am considering bills that will make the lives of my constituents and Virginia’s citizens better. I am looking to submit bills that will focus on items such as ethics reform, improving public K-12 education and/or make higher education more accessible, improving transportation, land owners rights and pro-business, job creating legislation. I’d be very interested in hearing …
Delegate Bobby Orrock Session Update: Reconvened Session
April 24, 2014
Yesterday was the “Veto Session” where the General Assembly reconvened to take action on the bills that the Governor amended or vetoed.
There were three of the sixty such bills that I had heard the most comments and concerns from folks in my district. The first was SB377 introduced by Senator Bryce Reeves. It establishes a process to be administered by the Department of State Police so that firearm dealers can find out whether a firearm …
I am pleased to announce that the Governor has signed several bills that I introduced during the 2014 General Assembly Session. These new laws will go into effect on July 1, 2014. These laws pertain to agritourism, immunizations, the Board of Pharmacy, dams, veterinarians, and animal shelters among other issues. To learn more information about these bills, please see my “Your Delegate” page on my website at https://bobbyorrock.net/your-delegate/.
http://www.passthebudgetterry.com/
The single most difficult issue dealing with budget negotiations is that the Senate has inserted in their budget the requirement that we would have to expand Obamacare by the expansion of Medicaid. The House and Senate last year agreed that this issue would be best addressed by a bi-partisan legislative commission that would also be able to find ways to make the program more effective and efficient. Unfortunately, this year the Senate and the Governor have so far said that they will hold the budget …