Thursday's General Assembly Schedule

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Today’s Sponsor: Freedom Virginia

Freedom Virginia's 'Get Ahead’ agenda is centered around ensuring Virginia is more fair and affordable for hardworking people by making corporations and the ultra-wealthy pay their fair share, just as the middle class does.

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Here is the General Assembly schedule for Thursday.

• 7:00 AM

  House Health and Human Services-Behavioral Health

  (Agenda) (View Meeting)

• 7:30 AM

  Senate Finance and Appropriations-Health and Human Resources

  (Agenda) (View Meeting)

• 7:30 AM

  House Counties, Cities and Towns-Subcommittee #2

  (Agenda) (View Meeting)

• 7:30 AM

  Hampton Roads Caucus

• 8:00 AM

  Aviation and Aerospace Caucus

• 8:00 AM

  House Health and Human Services

  (Agenda) (View Meeting)

• House Health and Human Services-Health Professions

  Immediately upon adjournment of the House Committee on Health and Human Services (Agenda) (View Meeting)

• 8:00 AM

  House Public Safety-Public Safety

  (Agenda) (View Meeting)

• 8:15 AM

  Press Conference with Legal Aid Justice Center CANCELLED

• 8:30 AM

  Senate Education and Health

  (View Meeting)

• 9:00 AM

  Press Conference - Senator Jennifer Carroll Foy - Topic: Care in Action CANCELLED

• 9:00 AM

  House Transportation

  (Agenda) (View Meeting)

• 9:30 AM

  Senate Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources-Rural Affairs

  (View Meeting)

• 10:00 AM

  Press Conference: HB1699 Tax Exemption Confederacy organizations, and

  HJ2 Constitutional amendment; qualifications of voters, right to vote, persons not entitled to vote House Briefing Room, Room 209, General Assembly Building

• 11:00 AM

  House Democratic Caucus

• 11:00 AM

  House Republican Caucus

• 11:15 AM

  Senate Democratic Caucus

• 11:15 AM

  Senate Republican Caucus

• 12:00 PM

  House Convenes

• Senate Transportation

  15 minutes after adjournment of the Senate (View Meeting)

• Senate Education and Health-Public Education

  1/2 hour after adjournment of the Senate (View Meeting)

• House Labor and Commerce

  1/2 hour after adjournment of the House (Agenda) (View Meeting)

• House Labor and Commerce-Subcommittee #2

  Immediately upon adjournment of the House Committee on Labor and Commerce (Agenda) (View Meeting)

• House Labor and Commerce-Subcommittee #3

  Immediately upon adjournment of the House Labor and Commerce Subcommittee #2 (Agenda) (View Meeting)

• House General Laws

  1/2 hour after adjournment of the House (Agenda) (View Meeting)

• House General Laws-Housing/Consumer Protection

  Immediately upon adjournment of the House Committee on General Laws (Agenda) (View Meeting)

• House General Laws-Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process

  2 hours after adjournment of the House Committee on General Laws (Agenda) (View Meeting)

• 3:00 PM

  Senate Finance and Appropriations-Education

  (Agenda) (View Meeting)

• 3:30 PM

  House Health and Human Services-Social Services

  (Agenda) (View Meeting)

• 4:00 PM

  House Public Safety-Firearms

  (Agenda) (View Meeting)

• 4:00 PM

  Senate Finance and Appropriations-Resources

  (Agenda) (View Meeting)

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Second Sponsor: VHHA

Representatives from hospitals and health systems across Virginia are in Richmond today to visit with lawmakers at the General Assembly and share their perspective on the important work of hospitals and the opportunities and challenges they face. Virginia hospitals provide essential health services and medical treatment to patients and families in need 24/7/365. The contribute more than $62 billion to the state economy, accommodate millions of emergency department visits, and serve patients and families day-after-day. Virginia hospitals also fund Medicaid expansion, which has helped hundreds of thousands of low-income adults gain access to care. Read more about the great things hospitals do in the Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association’s 2025 Annual Report on Community Benefit.

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