2009 Legislative Session
The 2009 Regular Session adjourned sine die Saturday, February 28, 2009. The Reconvened Session will convene on Wednesday, April 8, 2009 at 12 noon.
House and Senate video during session
The House of Delegates and the Senate of Virginia offer live streaming video and audio of floor sessions. The broadcasts begin when each body convenes, which is usually 12 noon.
Links to the live session streams with helpful information about a day's session can be found below.
Contacting Your Legislator
As a citizen of the Commonwealth of Virginia, one of your greatest responsibilities is to help elect the legislators
who represent all Virginians. 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, you
can find out by using Who's
My Legislator. 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.
"Beyond Jamestown" exhibit now in Capitol Extension
The Beyond Jamestown exhibit, installed in the Capitol's
Extension in January 2009 and on display through 2009, enlightens Capitol visitors on Virginia Indian history.
Virginia Indian longhouse on display in the Capitol extension.
Visitors of all ages enjoy crawling into a longhouse,
complete with log benches and a "fireplace," to view pre-colonial items: tools, a dugout canoe, a recreated one-room school, and the work of contemporary
Virginia Indian artists and photographs, all of which offer a retrospective history of the Virginia tribes.
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