December 5, 2023 RICHMOND, VA – Today, Speaker-designee Don Scott announced he has selected Delegate Marcia “Cia” Price to chair the House Privileges and Elections Committee in the 2024 General Assembly Session. Delegate Price will be the first Black woman to chair the committee. In 2021, Price carried HB 1890, the Voting Rights Act of Virginia, which…
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December 4, 2023 Rasoul Named Chair As Lawmakers Gather in Richmond for the 2023 VA Education Summit RICHMOND, VA – Today, Speaker-designee Don Scott announced he has selected Delegate Sam Rasoul to chair the House Education Committee in the 2024 General Assembly Session. Del. Rasoul has served in the House of Delegates since 2014. He is also a…
Watts to Chair Finance Committee; Hope to Chair Courts of Justice Committee November 29, 2023 RICHMOND, VA – Today, Speaker-designee Don Scott announced he has selected Delegate Vivian Watts to chair the House Finance Committee. Del. Watts previously chaired the Committee in the 2020 and 2021 Legislative Sessions and currently serves as a ranking minority member…
November 21, 2023 Del. Jeff Bourne and Attorney Jeffrey Breit Named Co-Chairmen of Speaker Transition Team PORTSMOUTH, VA – Today, Virginia House of Delegates Speaker-designee Don Scott announced that Delegate Jeff Bourne and Jeffrey Breit will lead the transition team for the Office of the Speaker. Breit and Bourne will work closely with outgoing Speaker Todd…
November 21, 2023 JEION WARD AND MARK SICKLES NAMED HOUSE COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN, COMMITTEES RENAMED Ward to Chair Labor and Commerce; Sickles to Chair Health and Human Services RICHMOND, VA – Today, Speaker-designee Don Scott announced he has selected Delegate Jeion Ward to chair the House Committee on Labor and Commerce, formerly known as the Commerce and…
November 20, 2023 Democrats in Both Chambers Introduce Legislation to Address Minimum Wage, Gun Violence Epidemic, Restoration of Rights, and Abortion Access RICHMOND, VA – As prefiling opened for the 2024 General Assembly Session today, Democrats in the Virginia House and Senate introduced two bills and two joint resolutions aimed to address the priority issues facing…
November 14, 2023 Torian Named Chair as Lawmakers Gather in Richmond for Finance Meetings RICHMOND, VA — Today, Speaker-designee Don Scott announced he has selected Delegate Luke Torian to chair the House Appropriations Committee in the 2024 General Assembly Session. Del. Torian previously served as Chairman of the Committee in the 2020 and 2021 Legislative…
November 11, 2023 Virginia House Democrats Elect Caucus Leadership, Charniele Herring Named Majority Leader and Kathy Tran named Caucus Chair Richmond, VA – After winning the Majority in the House of Delegates Tuesday, the House Democratic Delegates and Delegates-elect met on Saturday to elect caucus leadership. Making history, Delegate Don Scott became the first African-American to be nominated…
November 8, 2023 Democrats Win Majority in the House of Delegates Following Tuesday’s Elections RICHMOND, VA – Last night, the Virginia House Democratic Caucus declared victory over MAGA extremism and flipped the House of Delegates blue. While there are still outstanding ballots in a few districts across the Commonwealth, Michael Feggans declaratively won the 51st…
October 24, 2023 THE VIRGINIA HOUSE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS RELEASES ADS WARNING VIRGINIANS OF THE DANGERS OF MAGA EXTREMISM Richmond, VA – Today, 21 days since MAGA Republicans ousted their own Speaker, the Virginia House Democratic Caucus announced its latest ad warning Virginians that the same Republican chaos plaguing Congress could be coming to the Commonwealth if the Republicans…