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Welcome to the 2024 General Assembly session!

By: Cindy Cunningham

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 ….

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VAPLAN @vaplan.bsky.social 5 days

Aw gee, I'm really going to miss his annual floor speech(es) about how "pro-life" he is and how glad he is that his mom *made the choice* not to get an abortion when she was pregnant with him.

j/k, good riddance!

Brandon Jarvis

Nick Freitas announces retirement from House of Delegates

www.virginiascope.com/nick-freitas...
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VAPLAN @vaplan.bsky.social 1 week

I have to say, this governor is FOUR YEARS INTO THE JOB, and STILL making countless sloppy mistakes in his vetoes and amendments. You'd think he'd have gotten the hang of it by now, as much practice as he has.
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VAPLAN @vaplan.bsky.social 1 week

Not sure why Youngkin subs (his) language from the Right to Contraception Act into Sen Carroll Foy & bills mandating insurance COVER contraceptive drugs & devices w/o co-payment or co-insurance.

Access & affordability are not the same.
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VAPLAN @vaplan.bsky.social 1 week

Youngkin's proposed amendments to the only substantive data center siting bill (HB1601 & SB1449) water it down so far it dribbles right into the stream (that the data centers are possibly polluting). He makes it a local option bill, not a requirement, AND adds a re-enactment. 🗑️
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VAPLAN @vaplan.bsky.social 1 week

Unlike the GOP senators (and some Dems) who wouldn't support the license plate reader bill until a) the massive expansion of their use to highways was subject to re-enactment, and b) the days the data could be kept was reduced, Gov Youngkin is a-okay with the House version.