The five Democrats on the state Senate finance committee voted against the upper chamber’s amendments to the two-year state budget yesterday because of its lack of Medicaid expansion in compliance with the Affordable Care Act.
The state Senate Education and Health Committee has killed a bill that would expand the use of armed school resource officers in Virginia’s public schools.
A bill that would make the mandatory ultrasound requirement for women seeking abortions optional was killed abruptly during a poorly attended, last minute state Senate committee meeting yesterday.
The Virginia Senate has passed a bill that would give Henrico and Chesterfield counties the authority to levy a meals tax if approved by a unanimous vote of their local board of supervisors.
