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 ….
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; ….
Yesterday Governor Youngkin presented his budget proposal, a map of his priorities and values, his and the VAGOP’s. It creates a $3.5 billion loss of ….
2022 General Assembly Session begins this Wednesday! Virginia Progressive Legislative Alert Newsletter Sunday, January 9, 2022 After two ….
by Chesterfield County Commonwealth’s Attorney, Scott Miles We have a lot of pent-up demand for progressive legislative action from our new majority, including the ERA, ….
The week after crossover is usually budget week—when the House and Senate present to the floor the full set of amendments to the governor’s introduced ….
Crossover week is a weird one—Monday and Tuesday are endlessly long floor sessions, engrossing and passing bills to send across the hall. The rest of ….
Next Tuesday is the last day for the House and Senate to take any action on bills (other than the budget) that originate in their own ….
As we approach crossover, it seems like a good time to check in on where we are on a large number of alcohol-related, marijuana, and ….
Despite Mother Nature trying to hold up the legislative session by dumping a massive snowstorm and bitter cold temperatures late last Sunday, the legislators still ….
The first full week of the 2026 legislative session included swearing in new legislators from special election wins, subcommittees and full committees having organizational meetings, and ….
The 2026 legislative session began Wednesday; a huge new class of legislators (mostly Democratic!) was sworn in, with a few more to trickle in from special ….
Every year VAPLAN’s legislative tracking culminates in a scorecard, ranking legislators from most “progressive” to least, across policy areas. We score votes on dozens of ….
Today was the final day of the 2025 legislative session; but before they adjourned THIS session, the House met as part of the (ongoing) 2024 Special ….
Everyone in the General Assembly is showing signs they’re feeling the stress of the disturbing and destructive events going on across the river in DC. ….