Virginia House of Delegates Committees List

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Agriculture Chesapeake and Natural Resources

Chair: Ware, R. L.
Vice Chair: Marshall, Daniel W.
Meeting Time: Wednesday 8:30 a.m.
Location: House Room 3
Susan Armentrout
(804) 698-1948
sarmentrout@house.virginia.gov 		DLS Staff
Anissa Cottrell, Attorney; Nathan Smith, Legal Analyst
Cottrell (804) 698-1814; Smith (804) 698-1840
acottrell@dls.virginia.gov; nsmith@dls.virginia.gov

Appropriations

Chair: Knight, Barry D.
Vice Chair: Austin, Terry L.
Meeting Time: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday ½ hour after adjournment
Location: Shared Committee Room - Pocahontas Building

Staff Contact
Carla Karnes (Appropriations Staff); Josh Kaplan (Attorney DLS); Keelin Cronin (Attorney DLS)
804-698-1590 (Karnes), 804-698 - 1817 (Kaplan), 804-698-1832
jkaplan@dls.virginia.gov, kcronin@dls.virginia.gov

Commerce and Energy

Chair: Byron, Kathy J.
Vice Chair: Kilgore, Terry G.
Meeting Time: Tuesday and Thursday 1/2 hr after adjournment of House
Location: House Committee Room
Terry Lynn
(804) 698-1546
tlynn@house.virginia.gov 		DLS Contact
Tom Stevens , Sr. Attorney; Marvi Ali, Attorney; Sarah Kinzer, Attorney
(804) 698-1821 (Stevens); (804) 698-1816 (Ali) ; (804) 698-1838 (Kinzer)
tstevens@dls.virginia.gov, mali@dls.virginia.gov, skinzer@dls.virginia.gov

Communications, Technology and Innovation

Chair: Brewer, Emily
Vice Chair: Edmunds, James E.
Meeting Time: Monday 10:00 a.m.
Location: House Room 3
Robert Asplund
(804) 698-1947
basplund@house.virginia.gov 		DLS Contact
Nikhil Edward, Attorney
(804) 698-1865
nedward@dls.virginia.gov

Counties Cities and Towns

Chair: Hodges, M. K.
Vice Chair: Morefield, James W.
Meeting Time: Friday 9:00 a.m.
Location: Shared Committee Room
Claude Harrison
(8004) 698-1941
charrison@house.virginia.gov 		DLS Staff
Jeff Sharp, Sr. Attorney; Anissa Cottrell, Attorney
(804) 698 - 1864 (Sharp); 804 698-1814 (Cottrell)
jsharp@dls.virginia.gov; acottrell@dls.virginia.gov

Courts of Justice

Vice Chair: Adams, Leslie R.
Meeting Time: Monday, Wednesday and Friday 1/2 hr after adjournment of House
Location: House Room 3
Annie Johnson and Kayleigh Hall
(804) 698-1542 (Johnson); (804) 698-1544 (Hall)
ajohnson@house.virginia.gov, khall@house.virginia.gov 		DLS Contact
Britt Olwine, Attorney, Troy Hatcher, Attorney, Shannon Heard
(804) 698 - 1815 (Olwine), (804) 698-1829 (Hatcher), (804) 698 - 1831 (Heard)
bolwine@dls.virginia.gov, thatcher@dls.virginia.gov, sheard@dls.virginia.gov

Education

Vice Chair: Avoli, G. John
Meeting Time: Monday and Wednesday 8:00 a.m.
Location: House Committee Room
Becky Cottrell
(804) 698-1945
bcottrell@house.virginia.gov 		DLS Contact
Ryan Brimmer
(804) 698-1820 Brimmer
rbrimmer@dls.virginia.gov

Finance

Chair: Robinson, Roxann L.
Vice Chair: Fowler, Hyland F.
Meeting Time: Monday and Wednesday 1/2 hr after adjournment of House
Location: House Committee Room
Grace Fischbach
804-698-1946 (Fischbach)
gfischbach@house.virginia.gov 		DLS Contact
Josh Kaplan, Attorney & Keelin Cronin, Attorney
(804) 698 - 1817(Kaplan): (804) 698-1832 (Cronin)
jkaplan@dls.virginia.gov, kcronin@dls.virginia.gov

General Laws

Chair: Leftwich, James A.
Vice Chair: Wright, Thomas C.
Meeting Time: Tuesday and Thursday 1/2 hr after adjournment of House
Location: House Room 3
George Cain
(804) 698-1940
gcain@house.virginia.gov 		DLS Contact
Ashley Binns, Attorney; Joanne Frye, Attorney; Rebecca Shultz
804-698-1812 (Binns); 804-698-1868 (Frye); 804-698-1863; (Schultz)
abinns@dls.virginia.gov, jfrye@dls.virginia.gov; rschultz@dls.virginia.gov

Health, Welfare and Institutions

Chair: Orrock, Robert D.
Vice Chair: Head, Christopher T.
Meeting Time: Tuesday and Thursday 8:30 a.m.
Location: House Committee Room
Susan Slough
(804) 698-1547
sslough@house.virginia.gov 		DLS Contact
Chandler Brooks, Attorney & Hannah Yates, Attorney
Brooks (804) 698-1843; Yates (804) 698-1873
cbrooks@dls.virginia.gov; hyates@dls.virginia.gov

Privileges and Elections

Chair: Ransone, Margaret B.
Vice Chair: O'Quinn, Israel D.
Meeting Time: Friday 9:00 a.m.
Location: House Room 3
Karen Gilmore
(804) 698-1545
kgilmore@house.virginia.gov 		DLS Contact
Meg Lamb, Sr. Attorney
(804) 698-1822
mlamb@dls.virginia.gov

Public Safety

Chair: Wilt, Tony O.
Vice Chair: Fariss, C. M.
Meeting Time: Friday 8:00 a.m.
Location: House Committee Room
Cathy Hooe
(804) 698- 1541
chooe@house.virginia.gov 		DLS Contact
Taylor Mey
(804) 698 - 1870
tmey@dls.virginia.gov

Rules

Chair: Gilbert, C. Todd
Meeting Time: On the Call of the Chair
Location: House Room 1
G. Paul Nardo; Cathy Hooe
(804) 698-1541 (Hooe)
chooe@house.virginia.gov 		DLS Contact
Amigo Wade, Director, Lily Jones, Manager Legislative Reference Center
(804) 698 - 1862 (Wade), (804) 698-1888 (Jones)
awade@dls.virginia.gov, ljones@dls.virginia.gov

Transportation

Chair: Austin, Terry L.
Vice Chair: La Rock, David A.
Meeting Time: Tuesday and Thursday 8:30 a.m.
Location: House Room 3
Robert Asplund
(804) 698-1947
basplund@house.virginia.gov 		DLS Contact
Emma Buck, Attorney
(804) 698 - 1818
ebuck@dls.virginia.gov

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