2011 Legislative Session
The 2011 Regular Session will convene on Wednesday, January 12, 2011.
Prefiled legislation for the 2011 Regular Session is now available on the Legislative Information system (LIS). Preliminary
session deadlines are available in the Meeting and Events section of our homepage.
The Virginia House of Delegates and Senate of Virginia daily floor sessions for the upcoming 2011 Regular Session will be available to the public through streaming video on this website.
New Exhibits at the Capitol and Library of Virginia
Beginning December 13, the Virginia State Capitol is hosting an exhibit entitled "The Struggle to Decide: Virginia's Secession Crisis," in conjunction with an exhibit at the Library of Virginia, "Union or Secession: Virginians Decide." These exhibits, which are focused on the Virginia Convention of 1861 held in the capital city of Richmond, will allow visitors the opportunity to learn about some of the key participants and important issues involved in the debates over the question of whether or not Virginia would remain in the Union or join the Confederacy. In addition, visitors may take a free tour of the Capitol specifically tailored to highlight the Virginia Convention's fateful decision to cast a vote for secession and the building’s role as the home of the Congress of the Confederate States of America. Guided tours are approximately one hour; groups larger than 50 will be divided.
Civics Summit 2010 - November 8, 2010
The Commission on Civics Education hosted a one-day Civics Summit on November 8, 2010, for division personnel and teachers who work with students in Civics and Economics and Virginia and United States Government.
Monday, November 8, 2010
8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
State Capitol, Senate Room 3
Richmond, VA 23219
Virginia House and Senate are now on Twitter
The Virginia House of Delegates and the Senate of Virginia now have Twitter accounts, VAHouse and VASenate. The first tweets from the Virginia General Assembly were
during the Special Session on August 19, 2009. Future Virginia General Assembly Twitter accounts will be tagged under #Virginia#Legislature.
Contacting Your Legislator
As a citizen of the Commonwealth of Virginia, one of your greatest responsibilities is to elect the legislators to represent you in the Virginia General Assembly. There are a number of online resources available on the Virginia General Assembly website to assist you in taking an active role in the legislative process:
Know who your legislators are and how to contact them. If you don't know who represents you, find out by using Who's My Legislator. Due to this widely used online service, calling the 800 number for Constituent Viewpoint has been eliminated. Who's My Legislator gives you the ability to email your Delegate, Senator as well as contact information for your representatives in the US House of Representatives and US Senate.
In addition, a biographical page on each delegate and senator is available from the General Assembly's homepage.
Contact your representative about a particular issue before the Legislature takes action on it. Using the Legislative Information System, you can track legislation and review committee agendas prior to a meeting. You can even testify before committees on issues important to you.
Capitol Virtual Tour Website
The General Assembly has released a state of the art virtual tours website that brings Virginia's State Capitol to the citizens of Virginia. The website provides online tours of both the Capitol Grounds and the Capitol Building. Visitors to this interactive website will have the ability to explore areas on their own or view video presentations.
Please note the virtual tours website requires the Adobe Flash Player. You can download the Flash Player at the Adobe
website at no charge. If you do not have the Flash Player plug-in installed, you will be prompted to install it before any content is shown.
For visitors with special needs: An accessible segment of this website has been
created for those visitors who use technology other than standard web browsers to
view web content.
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