As the first day of the General Assembly Session draws near the names of Committee chairman and subcommittee chairman have been released. With retirements and incumbent members losing their re-election bid, there was a lot of anticipation on who would be named chairman of the committees. Below is a listing of the committee chairman, as well as the subcommittee chairman.

House Committee Chairman:

Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources: Ed Scott

Appropriations: S. Chris Jones

Education: Steve Landes

Finance: R. Lee Ware

General Laws: Todd Gilbert

Science & Technology: Barbara Comstock

Transportation: Tom Rust

Commerce & Labor: Terry Kilgore

Courts of Justice: Dave Albo

Counties, Cities & Towns: Riley Ingram

Health, Welfare & Institutions: Robert Orrock

Militia, Police & Public Safety: Scott Lingamfelter

Privileges & Elections: Mark Cole

 

House Committee Vice-Chairman:

Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources: Charles Poindexter

Appropriations: Steve Landes

Education: Brenda Pogge

Finance: Tim Hugo

General Laws: Chris Peace

Science & Technology: Rich Anderson

Transportation: Ron Villanueva

Commerce & Labor: Kathy Byron

 Courts of Justice: Rob Bell

Counties, Cities & Towns: Danny Marshall

Health, Welfare & Institutions: John O’Bannon

Militia, Police & Public Safety: Tommy Wright

Privileges & Elections: Jackson Miller