The 162nd Virginia General Assembly, consisting of members who were elected in both the House election in 2021 and the Senate election in 2019, convened on January 12, 2022. The legislature is the first since the 156th Assembly ended in 2012 to be of divided party control, with Republicans again controlling the House of Delegates and Democrats holding the

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Membership

On November 14, 2021, the incoming Republican majority in the House unanimously nominated Delegate

Todd Gilbert Christopher Todd Gilbert (born October 19, 1970) is an American politician currently serving as Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates. He has been a Republican member of the Virginia House of Delegates since 2006, representing the 15th distr ...

(R- Shenandoah) for Speaker of the House of Delegates and Delegate

Terry Kilgore Terry Gene Kilgore (born August 23, 1961) is an American attorney and politician. A Republican, he was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates in 1993, and became chair of the Commerce and Labor committee in 2008. He graduated with a B.A. fro ...

(R- Scott County) for Majority Leader. Both confirmations by the full body are pending as of . For the third consecutive time since the beginning of the 160th Assembly in 2018, a record number of women are serving in the legislature: 34 in the House and 11 in the Senate, with the House having seen an increase of four women from the 161st Assembly.

Leadership

Senate

* Senate Majority Leader:

Dick Saslaw Richard Lawrence Saslaw (born February 5, 1940) is an American politician serving as Majority Leader of the Senate of Virginia since 2020. A member of the Democratic Party, he served in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1976–80, then was el ...

(D) * Senate Minority Leader:

Tommy Norment Thomas Kent Norment Jr. (born April 12, 1946) is an American politician serving as the Minority Leader of the Senate of Virginia. He has served in the Virginia General Assembly since 1992. A Republican, he represents the 3rd district of the Virg ...

(R) * Senate Majority Caucus Chair: Mamie Locke (D) * Senate President pro-tempore: L. Louise Lucas (D) * Senate Majority Caucus Vice Chair:

Scott Surovell Scott Anthony Surovell (born August 21, 1971) is an American politician serving as a member of the Virginia Senate, representing the 36th district, which encompasses portions of Fairfax, Prince William and Stafford counties, roughly following ...

(D) * Senate Majority Caucus Vice Chair for Policy:

Jeremy McPike Jeremy Scott McPike (born September 19, 1975) is an American politician from Virginia. A member of the Democratic Party, McPike is the member of the Virginia Senate, who has represented the 29th district since the 2015 election. Jeremy McPike ...

(D) * Senate Majority Caucus Secretary:

Jennifer McClellan Jennifer Leigh McClellan (born December 28, 1972) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the Virginia state senator from the 9th district since 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, she was previously elected to the Virginia House of ...

(D) * Senate Majority Caucus Treasurer: Ghazala Hashmi (D) * Senate Majority Whips:

Barbara Favola Barbara A. Favola (born June 21, 1955) is an American politician from the Commonwealth of Virginia. A Democrat, she has served in the Senate of Virginia since 2011, representing the 31st District, encompassing portions of Arlington, Fairfax, a ...

(D) and

Lionell Spruill Lionell Spruill Sr. (born December 28, 1946, in South Norfolk, now Chesapeake, Virginia) is an American politician. A Democrat, Spruill has represented the 5th district of the Virginia Senate since 2017. Between 1994 and 2016, he was a member of ...

(D) * Senate Majority Sergeant at Arms:

Jennifer Boysko Jennifer Barton Boysko (born November 16, 1966) is an American politician from the Commonwealth of Virginia. She represents the 33rd district in the Virginia Senate. Previously, she represented the 86th district in the Virginia House of Delegat ...

(D) * Clerk: Susan Clarke Schaar

Committee chairs and ranking members

The Senate of Virginia has 10 Standing Committees and a Committee on Rules.

House of Delegates

* Speaker:

(R) * House Majority Leader:

(R) * House Majority Caucus Chair:

Kathy Byron Kathy J. Byron (born September 5, 1953) is an American politician. Since 1998 she has been a Republican member of the Virginia House of Delegates, representing the 22nd district in the Virginia Piedmont, consisting of parts of Bedford, Campbell ...

(R) * House Majority Whip:

Jay Leftwich James Asbury Leftwich, Jr. (born December 11, 1962) is an American politician from Virginia. A member of the Republican Party, Leftwich is a member of the Virginia House of Delegates for the 78th district. Leftwich was a member of the Chesapea ...

(R) * House Minority Leader: vacant * House Minority Caucus Chair:

Charniele Herring Charniele LeRhonda Herring ( ; born September 25, 1969) is an American politician. She has served in the Virginia House of Delegates since 2009, representing the Virginia's 46th House of Delegates district, 46th district, made up of portions of th ...

* House Minority Treasurer:

Betsy Carr Betsy Brooks Carr (born July 27, 1946) is a member of the Virginia House of Delegates, representing the 69th district, which includes part of Richmond and Chesterfield County. She served on the School Board in Richmond, Virginia, from 2006 to ...

* House Minority Whip: Alfonso Lopez * House Minority Secretary:

Marcus Simon Marcus Bertram Simon (born July 1, 1970) is an American lawyer and politician from Virginia. A member of the Democratic Party, Simon is the member of the Virginia House of Delegates for the 53rd district, which includes Falls Church and parts ...

* House Minority Vice Chair for Operations:

Jeion Ward Jeion Antonia Ward (born January 6, 1954) is an American politician of the Democratic Party. Since 2004 she has been a member of the Virginia House of Delegates. She represents the 92nd district in the city of Hampton Hampton may refer to: ...

* House Minority Vice Chair for Outreach: vacant * House Minority Sergeant at Arms: Elizabeth Guzman * Clerk: G. Paul Nardo

References

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