by Luke Torian | Sep 29, 2020 | Press Releases
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Reworked biennial budget funds criminal justice reform; education and health care priorities RICHMOND, VA – On Tuesday the Virginia House of Delegates passed House Bill 5005 by a vote of 58-40. House Appropriations Chair Luke Torian issued the...
by Luke Torian | Sep 25, 2020 | Press Releases
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE RICHMOND, VA – On Friday the House Appropriations Committee reported House Bill 5005. Changes to the biennial budget, originally passed in March, were necessary to account for the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and for criminal justice...
by Luke Torian | Aug 24, 2020 | Press Releases
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE House Bill 5103 will fund the November 3 elections as a separate appropriations bill RICHMOND, VA – On Monday the House Appropriations Committee reported House Bill 5103 by a vote of 13-9. The bill, sponsored by Vice Chair Mark Sickles, is a...
by Luke Torian | Aug 18, 2020 | Press Releases
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE RICHMOND, VA – In response to Governor Northam’s announcement of a projected $2.7 billion revenue shortfall for the Fiscal Year 2021-2022 biennium at a joint meeting of the House Appropriations, House Finance, and Senate Finance and...
by Luke Torian | Jul 23, 2020 | Press Releases
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New law protects patients from surprise debt after treatment by out-of-network providers RICHMOND, VA – On Thursday afternoon Governor Northam held a ceremonial signing of new legislation protecting Virginians from “balance billing” which was...
by Luke Torian | Jul 9, 2020 | Press Releases
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WOODBRIDGE, VA – House Appropriations Chair Luke Torian is responding today to Governor Northam’s release of the Fiscal Year 2020 year-end Virginia revenue report. The Governor announced a year-end revenue shortfall smaller than had been...
