GOP-led legislation will make it easier for veterans to obtain commercial driver’s licenses, their spouses to be licensed as a physician assistants, and exempts a spouse of a disabled veteran from paying property tax on their primary residence.
During the 2019 General Assembly session, House Republicans worked hard to send a message to would-be animal abusers.
“I truly have been blessed to be able to serve my country, my state, and my city, and I pray that I leave the House of Delegates just a little better than I found it eight years ago,” said Delegate Gordon Helsel following his retirement.
In Virginia, 33 percent of residents identify as politically conservative, with 24 percent claiming the liberal ideology, and 37 percent calling themselves political moderates.
House Republicans will move forward with giving the two women who accused Lt. Governor Justin Fairfax of sexual assault a chance to be heard, as they requested. Democrats have declined to participate in the bipartisan process proposed by Speaker Cox.
During the 2019 General Assembly session, lawmakers headed off a list of alterations to rectify the woeful conditions within the Commonwealth’s foster care network.
Virginia Democratic Senator Tim Kaine sets forth legislation abridging the Second Amendment.
Days before the legislature adjourns, Democrats rejected calls for a bipartisan panel to investigate two claims of sexual assault against Lt. Governor Justin Fairfax. The eleventh-hour move would run out the clock, depriving the General Assembly of an avenue to investigate the claims.
With absentee voting beginning 45 days before an election, new bipartisan, bicameral legislation would create a seven-day window for in-person, no-excuse absentee voting.
From dancing at the “Holiday Inn on Franklin Street” to “having a toddy on the floor,” Delegate Riley Ingram’s retirement speech is one for the books.
