Rockingham County Republican Committee

Governor Northam's Veto Session

 

Apr 28, 2021, Virginia AG's Office Vows Report on Parole Board Probe Will Be Independent, Virginia Mercury

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Apr 23, 2021 Legislators Reflect on Hybrid Virtual General Assembly Session, Daily News Record

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Apr 22, 2021, After two Sessions and with Elections Looming,  Filler-Corn Says Democrats Have Delivered and Republicans are "Stuck", Virginia Mercury

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Apr 10, 2021, Virginia Senate Rejects Northam's Push to Include Part-time Workers in Retirement Savings Program, Virginia Mercury

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Apr 10, 2021, Brownies, Revenge and a Doctor's Touch: Inside the Close Vote to Legalize Marijuana in Virginia, Virginia Mercury

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Apr 7, 2021, Virginia Lawmakers Approve Parole Board Changes, Money for Investigation of Inspector General's Office Probe, Virginia Mercury

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Governor Northam's Actions on Bills Passed by the Legislature

 

Mar 31, 2021, Governor Northam Signs 14 Bills into Law Last Minute, ABC8News

 

Mar 26, 2021, Governor Northam Signs More New Bills Into Law, WFXR-TV

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Mar 19, 2021, Governor Northam Signs More of This Year's Bills Into Law, Associated Press

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Mar 12, 2021, Governor Northam Signs 80 BIlls into Law, WHSV

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Issues for the 2021 General Assembly Session
 

Mar 17, 2021, Virginia Proved Models Wrong with Dramatic Drop in COVID-19 Cases. But Experts Still Worry About Spring, Virginia Mercury

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Extended Session

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Mar 17, 2021, Virginia Republicans Take Aim at Democrats over Abortion Expansion, Washington Free Beacon

[New insurance exchange policy sparks taxpayer-funded abortion debate]

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Mar 16, 2021, Did Virginia Lawmakers Accidentally Vote to Authorize Skill Games for Another Year?, Virginia Mercury

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Mar 11, 2021, Push to End Marijuana Prohibition This Year Instead of 2024 Hinges on Northam, Virginia Mercury

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Feb  27. 2021, Virginia General Assembly Approved Electric Vehicles Rebate Program, But Leaves It Unfunded, Virginia Mercury

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Feb 27,. 2021, Virginia Lawmakers Pass Bill Legalizing Marijuana, but Not Until 2024, Virginia Mercury

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Feb 27, 2021, Virginia Lawmakers Voter to Forgive $18 Million in Unemployment Insurance Overpayments, Virginia Mercury

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Feb 26, 2021, Virginia Legislature Passes Bill to Seal Thousands of Criminal Records, Virginia Mercury 

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Feb 26, 2021, Virginia Commits to Tabulating  Virginia's Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Virginia Mercury

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Regular Session

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Feb 22, 2021, Virginia Senate Approves Higher Education Bills that Ban the Box, Identify Enslaved Laborers, and Require Greater Transparency from Boards, Richmond Times-Dispatch

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Feb 20, 2021, Northam Urges 5% Raises for Teachers, 3.5% Raises for State Workers, Richmond Times Dispatch

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Feb 15, 2021, Virginia Senate Democrats Kill Utility Rate Reform Bills, Associated Press

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Feb 5, 2021, Virginia Legislature is a Procedural Vote Away from Abolishing Death Penalty, Virginia Mercury

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Feb 5, 2021, Va. Senate Rejects Bill to Require Background Checks to Rent Guns, Virginia Mercury

 

Feb 5, 2021, Virginia Lawmakers Vote to Legalize Marijuana, but House and Senate Have to Agree on Details, Virginia Mercury 

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Feb 4, 2021, Legislators Consider Ending Mandatory Minimum Sentences, Daily News Record

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Feb 4, 2021, Gov. Northam Calls for Additional 2021 General Assembly Session, WAVY TV

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Feb 4, 2021, Rebates are Key to Democrats Transportation Electrification Package, Paying for Them is a Harder Nut to Crack, Virginia Mercury

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Feb 3, 2021,  Virginia House Leaders Block Delegate's Efforts to Force Vote on Right-to-Work Repeal, Virginia Mercury

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Feb 2, 2021, Virginia Lawmakers Push to Make Parole Board More Transparent, WSLS

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Jan 28, 2021, House Passes DMV Bills Aimed at Those With Disabilities, Daily News Record

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Jan 27, 2021, Virginia Democrats New Gun Bills include Background Checks at Shooting Ranges, Ban on 'Ghost' Guns, Virginia Mercury

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Virginia Lawmakers Consider 'Advanced Recycling' - What exactly is it?, Virginia Mercury

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Jan 25, 2021, General Assembly Briefs: Habitual Offender, Pets in the Cars, Suicide as Crime, Richmond TImes-Dispatach

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Jan 23., 2021, Legislators Seek Strategies to Lure Data Centers to Southwest Virginia, Richmond Times-Dispatch

[House data centers in dormant mines]

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Jan 22, 2021, Virginia Senate Repeals Ban on Abortion Coverage Through State Exchange, Virginia Mercury

 

Jan 22, 2021, Marijuana Legalization Clears Key Senate Panel, Richmond Times-Dispatch

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Jan 21, 2021, After Tiebreaker, Virginia Senate Passes Bill Moving Local Elections to November, Virginia Mercury

 

Jan 20, 2021, Virginia Lawmakers Begin to Take Up Dozens of Election Bills Amid Swirl of Conspiracies, Virginia Mercury

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Jan 14, 2021, Northam Pushes For Legalization of Marijuana in State of the Commonwealth, WHSV 

 

Jan 14, 2021, Virginia Department of Health Issues New Guidance for Opening Schools, WHSV

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Jan 4, 2021, Northam's Budget Would Guarantee Transgender Health Services for Medicaid Enrollees, Virginia Mercury

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Jan 4, 2021 An Early Look at Climate and Energy Bills in Upcoming 2021 General Assembly Session, Virginia Mercury

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Dec 25, 2020, Undocumented Immigrants Can Soon Drive Legally, but Mistrust, Privacy Concerns Persist, Richmond Times Dispatch

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Dec 24, 2020, Lawmakers Propose Fixes for Virginia's Beleaguered Unemployment Insurance Program, Virginia Mercury

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Dec 23, 2020, Wilt Bill Targeting BMPs, Tax Credits Gets Second Chance, Daily News Record

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Dec 22, 2020, Northam Halts Payroll Tax Increase Tied to Pandemic Layoffs, Virginia Mercury

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Dec 22, 2020, Virginia Isn't Quite Ready to Put a Ring on the Transportation and Climate Initiative, Virginia Mercury

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Dec 21, 2020, Hoping to Vaccinate Millions Against COVID-19, Officials Seek to Expand Virginia's Healthcare Force, Virginia Mercury

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Dec 18, 2020, Stronger Financial Incentives Spur a Big Jump in Stream Fencing Among Virginia's Livestock Farmers, Virginia Mercury

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Dec 17, 2020, Northam's Sunny Budget Rewrite Roils Republicans with his Proposed Court of Appeals Expansion, Virginia Mercury

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Dec 4, 2020, Legislators: 2021 Session Will Be Different, Daily News Record

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Dec 3, 2020, Del Runion to File Solar, Health Care Legislation, Daily News Record

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Dec 1, 2020, Valley Legislators Meet for Pre-Session Breakfast, Daily News Record

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Nov 21, 2020, Eight Big Decisions Facing Virginia Lawmakers as They Debate Marijuana Legalization, Virginia Mercury

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 Rockingham Republicans

Are Chief Patrons of the Following Bills

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Apr 3, 2021, Northam Signs Locally Sponsored Bills into Law, Daily News Record

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Mar 2, 2021, Valley Lawmakers See Half Their Bills Approved, Daily News Record

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Delegate C. Todd Gilbert (15th District)

•  HB 2205 Voting; repeals provision relating to voting after registration records close

• HB2209 Absentee voting; signature match; provisional ballot status

• HB 2231 Group Violence Intervention Board and Division of Group Violence Intervention; established, report

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Delegate Tony Wilt (26th District)

• HB 1763 Tax Credit, agricultural best management practices

• HB 2182 Traumatic brain injury, definition

• HB 2183 Small Businesses; Dept of SBSD to publish its website, a resource to assist businesses

• HB 2184 Pandemic Remediation Task Force; established, report

• HJ 513 Constitutional Amendment; executive power, state of emergency, special session (first reference)

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Delegate Chris Runion (25th District)

• HB 1886 Electronic titling; definition of "fleet"

• HB 1949 County executive form of governments; local budgets

• HB 2028 Absentee ballots; witness requirement, printed name and residence address

• HB 2197 Individuals with intellectual and development disabilities; DMAS to study use of virtual support, etc.

• HB 2215 Small agricultural generators; definition, manufacturers license

• HJ 540 Commending Frank Tamberrino

• HJ 581 Celebrating the Life of Karl David Stoltzfus, Sr.

• HR 221 Rockingham Cooperative; commending its 100th Anniversary

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Delegate Rob Bell (58th District)

• HB 1960 Vehicle registration; special communication needs indicator

• HB 1961 Special identification cards; application by guardian

• HB 2230 Supported decision-making agreements; DBHDS to develop and implement a program, etc

• HB233 Orders of restitution; docketed on behalf of victim, enforcment

• HB 2236 Behavioral health docket; transfer of supervision

• HB2277 Children with disabilities; certain, one-year high school extensions permitted

• HB2301 Department of Medical Assistance Services, therapeutic day treatment

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Senator Mark Obenshain (26th District)

• SB 1104 Parole, notice and certification, monthly reports

• SB 1123 Will contest; presumption of undue influence

• SB 1124 Execution of wills; witnesses to a will required to be disinterested, definition

• SB 1125 Parole Board; notice of parole of prisoner to victim

• SB 1193 Dairy Producer Margin Coverage Premium Assistance Program; established

• SB 1194 Produce safety; sunset

• SB 1195 Motor vehicle insurance; underinsured motor vehicle

• SB 1297 Emergency order for adult protective services; acts of violence, force, or threat

• SB 1369 Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity; definitions; small business

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Senator Emmett W. Hanger, Jr. (24th District)

• SB 1162 Tax credit; agricultural best management practices

• SB 1163 Agricultural equipment; establishes a refundable individual and corporate income tax credit

• SB 1164 Advanced recycling; not considered solid waste management, definition

• SB 1326 Local cigarette taxes; regional cigarette tax boards

• SB 1354 Chesapeake Bay; wastewater treatment; Enhanced Nutrient Removal Certainty Program

• SB 1355 Rapidan Service Authority; withdrawl of a member

• SB 1435 Electronic execution of estate planning documents; Uniform Electronic Wills Act

• SB 1436 Department of Health; Eligible Health Care Provider Reserve Directory

• SB 1437 Promises to appear afer the issuance of a summons

• SB 1438 Combined transient occupancy and food and beverage tax; technical amendments

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