RICHMOND – House Majority Leader Charniele Herring and Chairman of the Public Safety Committee, Del. Patrick Hope, have released the following statements on gun violence prevention legislation that reported from the committee this morning. “Last November, Read more…
RICHMOND—Today, the Virginia House of Delegates Courts of Justice Committee reported the Reproductive Health Protection Act to the floor; the bill reported from committee on a 12-9 party-line vote. House Bill 980 – which was introduced by Read more…
The Commonwealth set to become the 38th State to Ratify the Amendment RICHMOND – Today, the Virginia House of Delegates voted to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, which will give women the same recognition as men Read more…
Richmond–Majority Leader-elect Charniele Herring has appointed key leadership positions within the House Democratic Caucus. The whips and policy chairs will help guide the new Democratic majority through the 2020 legislative session as well as long-term Read more…
Richmond – As pre-filing for the 2020 session opened on Monday, House Democrats filed several bills that will set the tone for their first session as a majority in two decades. The House Democratic Caucus Read more…
RICHMOND — Virginia House Democrats are saddened to hear of the passing of the former Delegate from Hampton, Dr. Mary Christian. Dr. Christian served as Dean of Hampton University’s school of education and was the Read more…
RICHMOND — After winning a 55-45 seat majority in the House of Delegates on Tuesday, Democratic delegates and delegates-elect met on Saturday to elect caucus leadership. In a history-making vote, Delegate Eileen Filler-Corn became the first woman to Read more…
RICHMOND – On Election Day 2019, Democrats flipped control of the Virginia House of Delegates for the first time since 1999. As of Friday night, Democrats have officially won six seats previously held by Republicans, Read more…
Richmond – Virginia Republicans have doubled down on their long history of opposing reproductive rights. In 2012 they tried to force women to undergo invasive transvaginal ultrasounds. They implemented TRAP laws designed to restrict access Read more…
RICHMOND – Republican challenger to Delegate Elizabeth Guzman (D-Dale City) has sent attack mail that, ironically, criticizes a Fauquier County safety initiative of making students less safe. The bill Jordan cites in his ad is HB1289, Read more…