Delegate Betsy Carr (D-Richmond)

Party Democratic Photo of Betsy Carr
District 69: County of Chesterfield (part); City of Richmond (part) [map]
Took Office January 2010
Next Election November 2013
Committees Finance, General Laws, Transportation
Website betsycarr.org
Copatroning Habits 64% of bills she copatroned were introduced by Democrats. Of all of the copatrons of her bills, 64% of them are Democrats. Of all of the copatrons of all of the bills that she also copatroned, 53% of them are Democrats.
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News Headlynes: NBC4 Washington - Top Stories: Lawmakers Sour ...

February 3, 2012
Lawmakers Sour on New VA State Song. Feb 3rd 2012, 19:44. This week, Richmond Delegate Betsy Carr's proposal for a new state song, "At Home in Virginia," was shot down in committee.

Attempt to Make Bluegrass Tune New Virginia State Song Fails ...

February 3, 2012
It's hard to make it in the music world, and it's even harder to make it as a state song. This week, Richmond Delegate Betsy Carr's proposal for a new state song, "At Home in Virginia," was shot down in committee. Carr's bill read: Whereas ...

Richmond Chapter Sweeps through General Assembly Building ...

February 2, 2012
Jimmie Massie; John O'Bannon; Roxann Robinson; Joe Morrissey; Manoli Loupassi (member of House Commerce and Labor); Betsy Carr; John Cox, Chris Peace; Delores McQuinn; Jennifer McClellan (member of House Commerce and Labor); ... Del. O'Bannon asked questions of the Entrust representative, intrigued by its mission-based, Baptist membership. Sean O'Hara invited the delegate to talk to his congregation about joining. Del. O'Bannon also expressed ...

Legislative Update 2-1-12 | Virginia Bicycling Federation

February 2, 2012
Lopez' following too closely bill with Del. Betsy Carr, the second D on the committee, absent so we had only 6 sub comm members, 5 Rs & 1 D, present. After Del. Lopez gave a good presentation, Del. Garrett (the MD from Lynchburg, ... Lopez, as a brand new delegate patroning his very first bills, took his defeat hard, and wasn't happy, but I commended him on a nice job of carrying the bill, and advised him not to take the defeat personally, as it probably wouldn't be ...

Courts committee has questions on Rules of Evidence

January 27, 2012
Manoli Loupassi, R-Richmond and Del. Betsy Carr, D-Richmond. UVa law professor Kent Sinclair outlined the process leading up to the current Rules, speaking on behalf of the Boyd-Graves Conference recommendation to ...
Recent Mentions in the Media

NBC4 Washington: Attempt to Make Bluegrass Tune New Virginia State Song Fails

February 3, 2012
This week, Richmond Delegate Betsy Carr's proposal for a new state song, "At Home in Virginia," was shot down in committee. The bluegrass-inflected ditty is an homage to all things Commonwealth. Here's a little sample of the lyrics: You can check the ...

William and Mary News: Students advocate for W&M on 'Road to Richmond'

January 27, 2012
Students advocate for W&M on 'Road to Richmond'That component is something that Antonio Elias '09, now a legislative assistant for Delegate Betsy Carr (D-69 th ), said that he learned when he participated in Road to Richmond as a student at William & Mary. ?During the session it's all about ...

The Virginian-Pilot: Nonpartisan redistricting bill fails in Virginia House

January 24, 2012
Del. Betsy Carr's bill, HB831, would have established a seven-member commission appointed by the state Supreme Court to redraw state and congressional district lines after every Census and submit the maps to the General Assembly, which would still ...

Below is a randomly assembled series of clips of some of Betsy Carr’s briefer remarks on the floor of the house.

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