It’s hard to believe we’ve been doing this for SEVEN YEARS already, but it’s true, this is our 7th annual VAPLAN scorecard. Congratulations to freshman Delegate ….
Category: 2024 Session
Sine die is Latin for “without day,” and is used in legalese to mean “indefinitely.” There are multiple ways to pronounce this (sin-ay-dee-ay, sigh-knee-die, seen-ay-dee-ay), ….
The final week of (regular) session is ahead. It’s pretty apparent that the budget negotiations will not be completed before they need to adjourn sine ….
Last weekend the House and Senate budget committees presented their amendments to the (Governor’s) introduced budget bills. By the end of this week, the House ….
This was crossover week, when the House had to take any action on House bills, and the Senate had to take any action on Senate ….
This was the last week before crossover. All bills that will make it to the other chamber had to be heard in committee this week. The ….
Things are starting to move along in week four, as bills with fiscal impacts need to be in the money committees by now in order ….
We’re keeping an eye on interesting bills and hot topics; keeping an eye on the freshmen delegates and senators as they pass their first bills; ….
The General Assembly got down to business this week, with lots of committee and subcommittee work and very short floor sessions. Democrats quickly disposed of ….
Welcome to the 2024 General Assembly session! With Democrats controlling both the House and the Senate by narrow margins, and a GOP Governor, it’ll be ….