The Honorable S. Chris Jones, Chairman

Welcome
(last updated March 7, 2016 at  11:50 AM) 

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  • Committee Approved Budget Amendments are now available on the State Budget website (2/23/16)
    • Committee Approved Amendments to House Bill 29 (Jones) - PDF Version
    • Committee Approved Amendments to House Bill 30 (Jones) - PDF Version
  • Chairman Jones' Remarks to the House on HB 29 and House Bill 30 (2-25-16) - Remarks

2016 Session Budget Conference Meetings Notice

The members of the Joint Conference Committee on the Budget Bill, House Bills 29 and 30, have been appointed.  Beginning today, March 2, 2016, meetings involving the budget conferees will be taking place at various times and can occur any time between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and midnight.  Meeting locations are typically either on the 9th or 10th floor committee rooms in the General Assembly Building.

For further information, please contact either the House Appropriations Committee staff at (804) 698-1590 or the Senate Finance Committee staff at (804) 698-7480.

House Budget Conferees

  • S. Chris Jones (R-Suffolk)
  • R. Steven “Steve” Landes (R-Augusta)
  • M. Kirkland "Kirk" Cox (R-Colonial Heights)
  • John M. O’Bannon, III (R-Henrico)
  • Thomas A. “Tag” Greason (R-Loudoun)
  • Luke E. Torian (D-Prince William)

Senate Budget Conferees

  • Thomas K. Norment, Jr. (R-District 3)
  • Emmett W. Hanger, Jr. (R-District 24) ·
  • Janet D. Howell (D-District 32)
  • Richard L. Saslaw (D-District 35)
  • Stephen D. Newman (R-District 23) ·
  • Frank M. Ruff, Jr. (R-District 15)
  • Frank W. Wagner (R-District 7)

 

Meetings

2016 Session Meetings:
 (agendas will be posted as soon as they are available)

Unless otherwise noted, all full committee meetings are held 1/2 hour after adjournment of the House of Delegates and are held in the Appropriations Room on the 9th Floor of the General Assembly Building. 

March 7, 2016 - Monday

  • Appropriations - 2:00 PM  

 

 

2016 Session Organizational Materials

 

About Us

The Appropriations Committee, one of 14 standing Committees of Virginia's House of Delegates, has jurisdiction over state budget matters. We hope you will find the Committee's web site useful and choose to visit it any time you have a question about the Committee, its subcommittees, or the state budget.  

The Appropriations Committee usually meets monthly during the interim and every other day of the Session upon adjournment of the full House to discuss budget matters. In addition, the Committee has eight standing Subcommittees which meet once or twice a week during the Session.  Some of the Committees' major responsibilities include:

  • Examine revenue and expenditure assumptions in the Governor's introduced budget
  • Set funding priorities for the Commonwealth Consider requests by House members to amend (change) the introduced budget
  • Make recommendations for budgetary changes based on priorities of the Committee  

Virginia has a biennial budget which is adopted by the General Assembly in the even-numbered years and amended by the Assembly in the odd-numbered years.  Please click on the following links for more information about the Executive Budget Process or the Legislative Budget Process.  Also visit the Department of Planning and Budget's frequently asked questions  webpage for an overview of Virginia's budget. 

 

2016 Bill Tracking

Regular Session

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