Keep a tab on the Virginia General Assembly

January 15, 2007 · Filed Under Uncategorized 

I ran across a great resource when visiting the Bored Young Professional weblog for the first time. One of the contributors who uses the moniker “JMUDUKE” introduced Richmond Sunlight.

Richmond Sunlight is a fantastic website program by the Virginia Interfaith Center and created by Waldo Jaquith. It features the ability to track all the bills and actions introduced in the current Virginia General Assembly as a whole or by the delegate or senator. They put it best on their website when they say-

Lobby your senator, keep up with your delegate, find out what bills could affect your life and make your voice heard. It’s easy, it’s fast, and it’s fun. Fully buzzword compliant, Richmond Sunlight demystifies the often-baffling process of how a bill becomes law, giving you a say in it, every step of the way. This year’s General Assembly session begins on January 10, and is slated to run through February 24. Legislators are currently pre-filing bills in advance of the session.

JMUDUKE continues with-

This site removes any excuse for being uninformed about what the government of the Commonwealth is doing on your behalf. Websites like Richmond Sunlight and the Virginia Public Access Project bring the process right to your fingertips and allow a user to jump into the legislative fray armed with all the information necessary to influence the process. Here’s hoping that our legislators realize that tools like this make it even easier for the public to watch what they are actually getting done in Richmond.

Here are a few topics you can quickly jump to and view relevant legislation being proposed-

Many many kudos to the Virginia Interfaith Center and Waldo Jaquith for putting this great project together!

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One Response to “Keep a tab on the Virginia General Assembly”

  1. Waldo Jaquith on January 16th, 2007 10:15 am

    Thanks for the mention! I hope you find the site useful.

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