The 2013 Virginia General Assembly session began on January 9, 2013 and will continue
for 45 days. Here you can keep up with the bills that are being proposed,
voted on, and the few that ultimately become law.
Blog
4/03/2013 by VCU Capital News Service
RICHMOND – During the final hours of Wednesday’s reconvened session, the General Assembly approved a state budget that boosts funding for Virginia’s public schools next year.
4/03/2013 by VCU Capital News Service
RICHMOND – The Senate on Wednesday upheld Gov. Bob McDonnell’s veto of legislation to boost efforts to establish a tourist train between Tazewell County and Bramwell, W.Va.
3/29/2013 by VCU Capital News Service
The Organization of Virginia Homeschoolers celebrated its 20th anniversary while providing introductory information for interested attendees and a new perspective for home-schooling parents and students.
3/24/2013 by VCU Capital News Service
RICHMOND – Gov. Bob McDonnell has signed into law legislation to expand the list of prohibited chemicals used in making synthetic marijuana and other designer drugs.
3/17/2013 by VCU Capital News Service
Virginia schools must provide extra help to students in kindergarten and first and second grades who do poorly on diagnostic reading tests, under legislation that Gov. Bob McDonnell signed into law in recent weeks.
3/02/2013 by VCU Capital News Service
A tourist train soon could be chugging its way through historic and scenic Tazewell County and across the state line to Bramwell, W.Va.
