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Who will make decisions on VOP’s key issues?

Legislation on increasing the minimum wage and predatory lending will go through the House Commerce and Labor Committee and the Senate Commerce and Labor Committee.

House Commerce and Labor

  • Meets Tuesday and Thursday, 1/2 hour after adjournment, in House Room D
  • Members: Morgan (Chair), Callahan, Hargrove (Vice Chair), Tata, Purkey, Kilgore, Byron, Ware (of Powhatan), Dudley, Griffith, Nixon, Suit, Hugo, Abbitt, Plum, Johnson, Jones (of Richmond City), Joannou, Melvin, Alexander, Sickles, McClellan.

Senate Commerce And Labor

  • Meets Monday, 2:00 p.m., in Senate Room B
  • Members: Wampler (Chair); Colgan; Saslaw; Chichester; Miller; Norment; Stosch; Stolle; Potts; Edwards; Williams; Watkins; Wagner; Newman; and Rerras.

Tax Reform measures will go through the House Finance Committee and the Senate Finance Committee.

House Finance

  • Meets Monday, 8:30 a.m., and Wednesday, 1/2 hour after adjournment, in House Room D
  • Members: Purkey (Chair), Orrock (Vice Chair), Ware (of Powhatan), Welch, Nixon, Byron, Lingamfelter, Cole, O’Bannon, Janis, Hugo, Cline, Frederick, Gear, Johnson, Melvin, Hull, Watts, Hall, Shannon, Lewis, Caputo.

Senate Finance

  • Meets Tuesday and Wednesday, 8:30 a.m., in Senate Room B,
  • Members: Chichester (Chair); Colgan; Lambert; Wampler; Stosch; Houck; Hawkins; Howell; Saslaw; Stolle; Quayle; Norment; Potts; Hanger; and Watkins.

Senator Ken Stolle’s budget amendment on training for law enforcement (biased-based policing) will go through the House Appropriations Committee and the Senate Finance Committee.

House Appropriations

  • Meets Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 1/2 hour after adjournment, in the Appropriations Room
  • Members: Callahan (Chair), Putney (Vice Chair), Morgan, Tata, Hamilton, Ingram, May, Sherwood, Cox, Wardrup, Reid, Landes, Jones (of Suffolk), Hogan, Abbitt, Phillips, Spruill, Scott (of Fairfax), Joannou, Brink, Ware (of Roanoke City), Howell (of Norfolk), BaCote, Dance.

Senate Finance

  • Meets Tuesday and Wednesday, 8:30 a.m., in Senate Room B
  • Members: Chichester (Chair); Colgan; Lambert; Wampler; Stosch; Houck; Hawkins; Howell; Saslaw; Stolle; Quayle; Norment; Potts; Hanger; and Watkins.