162nd Virginia General Assembly | |||||
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Overview | |||||
Term | January 12, 2022 – | ||||
Senate of Virginia | |||||
Members | 40 | ||||
President of the Senate | Lt. Gov. Winsome Sears (R) | ||||
Senate Majority Leader | Dick Saslaw (D) | ||||
Senate Minority Leader | Tommy Norment (R) | ||||
Party control |
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Virginia House of Delegates | |||||
Members | 100 | ||||
Speaker of the House | Todd Gilbert (R) | ||||
House Majority Leader | Terry Kilgore (R) | ||||
House Minority Leader | Don Scott (D) | ||||
Party control |
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The 162nd Virginia General Assembly, consisting of members who were elected in both the House election in 2021 and the Senate election in 2019, convened on January 12, 2022. The legislature is the first since the 156th Assembly ended in 2012 to be of divided party control, with Republicans again controlling the House of Delegates and Democrats holding the Senate. [1]
On November 14, 2021, the incoming Republican majority in the House unanimously nominated Delegate Todd Gilbert (R-Shenandoah) for Speaker of the House of Delegates and Delegate Terry Kilgore (R-Scott County) for Majority Leader. Both confirmations by the full body are pending as of 15:00, Wednesday, November 8, 2023 ( UTC ). [2]
For the third consecutive time since the beginning of the 160th Assembly in 2018, a record number of women are serving in the legislature: 34 in the House and 11 in the Senate, with the House having seen an increase of four women from the 161st Assembly.
The Senate of Virginia has 10 Standing Committees and a Committee on Rules.
Committee | Chair | Ranking Minority Member |
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Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources | Chap Petersen | Emmett Hanger |
Commerce and Labor | Dick Saslaw | Tommy Norment |
Judiciary | John S. Edwards | Tommy Norment |
Education and Health | Louise Lucas | Stephen Newman |
Finance and Appropriations | Janet Howell | Tommy Norment |
General Laws and Technology | George Barker | Frank Ruff |
Local Government | Lynwood Lewis | Emmett Hanger |
Privileges and Elections | Creigh Deeds | Jill Vogel |
Rehabilitation and Social Services | Barbara Favola | Emmett Hanger |
Rules | Mamie Locke | Tommy Norment |
Transportation | Dave Marsden | Stephen Newman |
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