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(The Center Square) – The Virginia House Public Safety Committee voted 21-0 on Friday to advance a bill restricting private management of prisons and jails unless approved by The General Assembly.
The Virginia General Assembly is the legislative body of the Commonwealth of Virginia, the oldest continuous law-making body in the Western Hemisphere, and the first elected legislative assembly in the New World. It was established on July 30, 1619. [1] [2]
Youngkin has so far acted on 632 of the 1,046 bills sent to him by lawmakers at the end of the 2024 General Assembly session. As of Friday the governor has signed 521 pieces of legislation ...
“With this legislation, the General Assembly would be directing the VDOE to withhold federally required information from parents, educators and communities on how their children’s schools are ...
It was the first time Democrats held both houses of the General Assembly and the governorship since the 147th General Assembly in 1993. A special session was called by Governor Ralph Northam for August 18, 2020 to make budget cuts and pass bills for criminal justice reform, racial justice, affordable housing and COVID-19 protections. The ...
The part-time General Assembly adjourned its regular session earlier this month and will meet again in Richmond for a one-day session April 17 to consider Youngkin’s proposed amendments to legislation. They could also attempt to override one or more vetoes, a move that requires a 2/3 vote of both chambers, which are only narrowly controlled ...
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Dozens of pieces of gun-related legislation that advocates say will bolster public safety are winding their way through Virginia's Democratic-controlled General Assembly, including a measure that ...