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Today, as Republicans in a Virginia State Senate committee voted to codify and expand the ability of state funded agencies to discriminate, Senator Adam Ebbin (D- Alexandria) stood up for adoption equality.

Today, on the Senate Floor, Senator Chap Petersen attacked Senate Republicans for supporting legislation designed to impose "waiting periods" before Virginians can exercise their constitutional right to vote by receiving an absentee ballot.

Governor Bob McDonnell announced today that the Commonwealth Transportation Board sold more than $124 million in refunding bonds at a true interest cost of 1.38 percent, saving $25.8 million over the next 16 years.

Governor McDonnell announced today that the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management is moving forward with the next step in offshore wind energy development off the Virginia coast.

Today, the full Senate defeated by a vote of 25-14 the bill by Senator Mark Obenshain (R-Harrisonburg) bill to require political party affiliation to be listed on ballots in local elections.

State Senator Adam Ebbin, colleagues in the Virginia state legislature and the Attorney General came together today to renew their commitment to fight human trafficking in Virginia.

Today the Senate of Virginia passed SB 464 sponsored by Senator Ralph Northam (D-Norfolk) which will permit hunting on Sundays on private land in Virginia.

The Justice Department today announced that it has entered into a comprehensive settlement agreement that will transform the Commonwealth of Virginia’s system for serving people with developmental disabilities, including intellectual disabilities, and will resolve violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Yesterday the Senate of Virginia passed Senator Chap Petersen's Cost Effective Public Buildings Act (SB160) which requires state agencies and institutions to use energy efficient protocols, such as LEED building designs, in new construction and renovation.

Legislation introduced by Senators Adam Ebbin, (D-Alexandria), and A. Donald McEachin (D-Henrico), will be heard before the Virginia Senate’s Committee on General Laws and Technology on Monday, Jan. 30th.