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2022 Virginia General Assembly Session

Back in Richmond

April 8, 2022 by Creigh Deeds

The 2022 Special Session that convened on Monday is not so special.
At the end of the 2022 Regular Session of the General Assembly, we had not reached an agreement on a budget. For that reason, we knew a special session was coming. There is nothing magic about the start date.

The budget is currently in the hands of the conference committee, which is made up of senior legislators from the Senate and House, Democrats and Republicans. The main sticking point on the budget is on the revenue side. There is about a $2.8 billion difference between the money that the House and Senate spend on core services. The Senate budget uses the surplus in revenue to provide tax relief and give raises to teachers, state troopers and sheriff deputies, and invest in services like mental health and education. The House uses one-time money to make baseline investments and provides more tax relief. [Read more…]

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Filed Under: Virginia General Assembly 2022 Tagged With: Senate procedures, state parks, Virginia budget, Virginia gas tax, Virginia General Assembly Special Sessions, Virginia transportation funding

Final Week of the 2022 Session

March 15, 2022 by Creigh Deeds

The 2022 Session of the Virginia General Assembly adjourned on Saturday, March 12. This has been an exhausting eight and a half weeks. The days have been long, and the news has not always been pleasant. We saw several recurrent themes this year. [Read more…]

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Week 8 of the 2022 Session

March 5, 2022 by Creigh Deeds

The session is rapidly winding down as we move towards our final week. The budget is the primary issue still in dispute, with a $2.8 billion difference between the House and the Senate versions. Closing this gap seems insurmountable, but a couple of scenarios seem possible. [Read more…]

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Filed Under: Virginia General Assembly 2022 Tagged With: campaign finance laws, conservation and environmental protection, judicial appointments, Senate procedures, Virginia budget

Week 7 of the 2022 Session

February 25, 2022 by Creigh Deeds

Throughout the last few months people have been sure to tell me how they thought the so-called surplus Virginia enjoys ought to be spent – more money for education, more money for our beautiful state parks, more money for transportation projects, more money for human services like mental health, more money for healthcare, and the list goes on. I’ve consistently advised people that we will have to find a path forward that resolves the demand of the Governor for tax cuts with the need for funding other priorities. [Read more…]

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Filed Under: Virginia General Assembly 2022 Tagged With: conservation and environmental protection, health care costs, Higher Education funding, K-12 funding, mental health policy and funding, Sales taxes, State employee compensation, state parks, Virginia budget

Week 6 of the 2022 Session

February 18, 2022 by Creigh Deeds

On Tuesday, we reached crossover. With the exception of the budget, the House of Delegates can only consider bills originating in the Senate and the Senate can only consider House bills. There were some momentous votes this past week. [Read more…]

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Filed Under: Virginia General Assembly 2022 Tagged With: Covid masking requirements, local control, promoting economic growth, Sales taxes, Senate procedures, Virginia budget

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