Committees

It is my privilege to serve on the following standing committees:
 
PRIVILEGES AND ELECTIONS: (member since 1998)
 
This committee considers matters concerning voting; apportionment and redistricting of state legislative and congressional district boundaries; constitutional amendments; elections; elected officeholders; and nominations and appointments to any office or position in the Commonwealth, except judges and justices of the Commonwealth. The subcommittee on which I serve as Vice Chair is;

 

APPROPRIATIONS: (member since 2002)
 
Virginia has a biennial budget which is adopted by the General Assembly in even numbered years and amended in odd number years. The House Appropriation Committee has jurisdiction over state budget matters. It is composed of 24 members appointed by the Speaker of the House and has nine subcommittees. I have the opportunity to serve on the following subcommittees;

The responsibilities of these committees include:

 

GENERAL LAWS: Chairman (member since 2000)
 
General Laws considers matters concerning alcoholic beverage sales and licensure requirements; emblems of the Commonwealth; cemeteries; conflict of interest, except those concerning members of the judiciary or the legal profession; consumer affairs; fire protection; Freedom of Information Act; housing, to include the Landlord-Tenant Act, Condo Association Act, and Property Owners Associations; inter-or intra-government relations, including inter-and instra-state compacts and agreements; libraries; gambling, to include lotteries, casino and pari-mutuel wagering; professions and occupations, except the health and legal professions; organization of state governmental bodies (agencies, boards, departments, etc); veterans' affairs; and matters not specifically referable to other committees.