We have filed 14 bills and 5 resolutions this session and I’ve been busy fighting for each of them in committee and even on the House Floor! Click on the bill numbers below to see a copy of the full text of the bill and to track its progress through the General Assembly.

Bill Number	Purpose of the Bill	Status
HB 486	Makes a technical change for a mixed-beverage license for the Old Price’s Fork Elementary School redevelopment into apartments and a brewpub.	Passed the House, 92-6
HB 634	Allows for two-way video testimony by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in preliminary and sentencing court hearings	Passed the House, 98-0
HB 489	Closes loophole to help counties and towns collect delinquent vehicle property taxes and license fees	House vote on Monday
HB 1075	Punishes poachers who disrespect private property rights and law-abiding hunters	House debates on Monday
HB 710	Establishes the Office of the Children’s Ombudsman because our current system lacks independent oversight.	Passed General Laws Subcommittee #1. Awaiting referral to Committee on Appropriations
HB 488	Amendment to the Charter of the Town of Blacksburg	Passed Counties, Cities, & Towns Subcommittee #3. Awaiting hearing in Counties, Cities, & Towns full Committee
HB 1187	Increases protections for landowners throughout the surveying process for natural gas pipeline projects	Awaiting hearing in Commerce & Labor Subcommittee #3
HB 1188	Pipeline Leak Prevention and Containment Act, requiring standards for natural gas lines that mirror oil pipeline standards	Awaiting hearing in Agriculture, Chesapeake, & Natural Resources Committee

I’m honored and proud to now serve on both the House Committee on Education and the House Committee on Science & Technology.

Click the links below to learn more about my fellow committee members, the bills we’ve voted on, and to watch live video of committee proceedings.

So many of you from the New River Valley have come to Richmond to meet with my staff and me and discuss policy priorities. I’ve enjoyed meeting with students from Virginia Tech and Radford University and teachers from Radford City and Giles, Montgomery, and Pulaski County schools. It’s also been great to see members of Blacksburg Town Council and Radford City Council as well as representatives of our local unions and largest employers.

    

If you will be in the Richmond area and would like to schedule a meeting, please contact me at DelCHurst@house.virginia.gov. I would love to see you!

I hope to see you all at my upcoming Town Hall meetings. Like my page on Facebook to find more information about time, place, and location!

Thank you all for your continued support. It is an honor to represent you in Richmond. I hope that you’ll continue to reach out to me with feedback as the General Assembly session continues. And as always, please let me know if I can ever be of assistance to you.

Super Bowl LII Prediction: Eagles 27, Patriots 21 Go Birds!

Yours in service,