A bill died in the House that would have banned political donations from Dominion Energy
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Today’s General Assembly Schedule
9:00 a.m.Senate Finance and Appropriations; Shared Committee Room B, Pocahontas Building (committee info) (View Meeting and/or Register to Speak Virtually)
9:00 a.m.House Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources; House Room 3, The Capitol (Provide Comment) (committee info)
12:00 p.m.Senate Convenes; Senate Chamber, The Capitol
12:00 p.m.House Convenes; House Chamber, The Capitol
15 min aftHouse Appropriations - Commerce, Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee; Shared Committee Room, Pocahontas Building - 15 minutes after adjournment of House (sub-committee info)
Adj CANRHouse Appropriations - Elementary and Secondary Subcommittee; Shared Committee Room, Pocahontas Building - Immediately upon adjournment of the Commerce, Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee (sub-committee info)
Adj EleSubHouse Appropriations - General Government and Capital Outlay Subcommittee; Shared Committee Room, Pocahontas Building - Immediately upon adjournment of the Elementary and Secondary Education Subcommittee (sub-committee info)
Adj GG subHouse Appropriations; Shared Committee Room, Pocahontas Building - Immediately upon adjournment of General Government and Capital Outlay Subcommittee (committee info)
1/2 hr aftSenate General Laws and Technology; Senate Room 3, The Capitol - 1/2 hour after adjournment (View Meeting and/or Register to Speak Virtually) (committee info)
1/2 hr aftSenate Judiciary; Senate Room A, Pocahontas Building - 1/2 hour after adjournment (View Meeting and/or Register to Speak Virtually) (committee info)
1/2 hr aftHouse Courts of Justice - Subcommittee #1; House Room 3, The Capitol - 1/2 hour after adjournment of House (Provide Comment) (sub-committee info)
15 min aftHouse Courts of Justice - Subcommittee #2; House Room 1, The Capitol - 15 minutes after adjournment of House (Provide Comment) (sub-committee info)
1/2 hr aftHouse Finance; House Committee Room, Pocahontas Building - 1/2 hour after adjournment of House (Provide Comment) (committee info)
Adj JudSenate Judiciary - Criminal Law Subcommittee; Senate Room A, Pocahontas Building - Immediately upon adjournment of Judiciary Committee (View Meeting and/or Register to Speak Virtually) (sub-committee info)
4:00 p.m.House Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources - Agriculture Subcommittee; House Room 2, The Capitol (Provide Comment) (sub-committee info)
4:00 p.m.House Transportation - Subcommittee #3 Highway Safety and Policy; 6th Floor Speaker's Conference Room, Pocahontas Building (Provide Comment) (sub-committee info)
5:00 p.m.House Education - Early Childhood/Innovation Subcommittee; House Committee Room, Pocahontas Building (Provide Comment) (sub-committee info)
The House Privileges and Elections Committee killed a bill from Del. Lee Ware (R) on Wednesday morning that would have banned contributions from public utility companies like Dominion Energy.
Governor Glenn Youngkin has signaled that he would possibly support the bill banning contributions from Dominion after the energy company funded a company that attacked him during the campaign.
Youngkin’s inaugural committee, however, received $50,000 from Dominion.
Youngkin also hired former McGuire Woods executive Richard Cullen to be his top counselor for the administration. McGuire Woods is the only company based in Richmond that could give Dominion a competition for influence within state politics.
Cullen has close ties to Dominion, historically, being the brother-in-law of former CEO Tom Farrell. Prior to his death in 2021, Farrell was one of the most powerful individuals in Virginia politics.
The state Senate killed a similar proposal already.
The Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee will be taking up several pieces of legislation this morning, but two involve referendums
SJ 1 from Sen. Mamie Locke (D) will automatically restore the right to vote for felons upon their release from incarceration. This is the second reading for this proposed amendment. “A person who has been convicted of a felony shall not be entitled to vote during any period of incarceration for such felony conviction, but upon release from incarceration for that felony conviction and without further action required of him such person shall be invested with all political rights, including the right to vote. Currently, in order to be qualified to vote a person convicted of a felony must have his civil rights restored by the Governor or other appropriate authority.”
The bill to put this on the November ballot for a referendum is also up in this committee today.
SJ 5 from Sen. Adam Ebbin (D) would repeal Virginia’s unconstitutional ban on same-sex marriage. It would repeal the constitutional provision defining marriage as only a union between one man and one woman
The bill to put this on the November ballot for a referendum is also up in this committee today.
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The Senate Judiciary subcommittee will be taking up several pieces of legislation today as well
SB 310 - from Sen. Adam Ebbin (D) would make it a class 5 felony to build or possess ghost guns
SB 440 - From Sen. Jennifer Boysko would amend the definition of hazing to include the reckless or intentional act of causing another person to suffer severe emotional distress through outrageous or intolerable conduct when the severe emotional distress was caused by the outrageous or intolerable conduct. The bill also makes the crime of hazing a Class 5 felony if such hazing results in death or serious bodily injury to any person.
SB 493 - from Sen. Jennifer McClellan (D) would provide that any person 18 years of age or older who knowingly transmit sexually explicit visual material by computer or other electronic means to another person 18 years of age or older when such other person has not requested or consented to the transmittal of such material or has expressly forbidden the transmittal of such material is subject to a civil penalty of not more than $250 for a first offense and not more than $500 for a second offense or subsequent offense.
Students Hide As 'Unthinkable' Situation Unfolds - Daily News-Record
By KELLEN STEPLER
Bridgewater College freshman Tyler Crew was sitting in history class Tuesday afternoon, preparing to take a quiz. Then, he heard gunshots.
The quaint, picturesque Rockingham County private college went into lockdown Tuesday afternoon when a gunman shot and killed campus police officer John Painter and campus security officer J.J. Jefferson. Police took the suspect, later identified as Alexander Wyatt Campbell, 27, whose last known address was in Ashland, into custody at 2 p.m.
Governor Glenn Youngkin responds to shooting at Bridgewater College
“My heart is broken tonight by the tragic loss of two officers at Bridgewater College today,” Youngkin said in a statement Tuesday. “These officers were dedicated to protecting the students and faculty of the college and I have ordered that the flags of the United States of America and the Commonwealth of Virginia be flown at half-staff tomorrow to honor their memory and courageous efforts. The First Lady and I ask Virginians to keep their family, friends, and the Bridgewater community in your thoughts and prayers during this difficult time.”
Family says a prisoner’s pardon has been rolled back by Youngkin administration - WAVY
by: Regina Mobley
On the last day of the Northam administration, a local family learned a 46-year-old Williamsburg man, Ransom Ronnie Grandel, was granted a pardon via online records.
They thought he would soon return home. But three weeks later, they learned state officials say he really wasn’t pardoned, and for now, he will remain in prison.
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