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
Senate
A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the el ...
.
Membership
On November 14, 2021, the incoming Republican majority in the House unanimously nominated Delegate
Todd Gilbert (R-
Shenandoah) for
Speaker of the House of Delegates and Delegate
Terry Kilgore (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 who served as Majority Leader of the Senate of Virginia between 2020 – 2024, when he declined to run for reelection. A member of the Democratic Party, he served in the ...
(D)
* Senate Minority Leader:
Tommy Norment (R)
* Senate Majority Caucus Chair:
Mamie Locke (D)
* Senate President pro-tempore:
L. Louise Lucas (D)
* Senate Majority Caucus Vice Chair:
Scott Surovell (D)
* Senate Majority Caucus Vice Chair for Policy:
Jeremy McPike (D)
* Senate Majority Caucus Secretary:
Jennifer McClellan (D)
* Senate Majority Caucus Treasurer:
Ghazala Hashmi (D)
* Senate Majority Whips:
Barbara Favola (D) and
Lionell Spruill (D)
* Senate Majority Sergeant at Arms:
Jennifer Boysko (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:
Todd Gilbert (R)
* House Majority Leader:
Terry Kilgore (R)
* House Majority Caucus Chair:
Kathy Byron (R)
* House Majority Whip:
Jay Leftwich (R)
* House Minority Leader: vacant
* House Minority Caucus Chair:
Charniele Herring
* House Minority Treasurer:
Betsy Carr
* House Minority Whip:
Alfonso Lopez
* House Minority Secretary:
Marcus Simon
* House Minority Vice Chair for Operations:
Jeion Ward
* House Minority Vice Chair for Outreach: vacant
* House Minority Sergeant at Arms:
Elizabeth Guzman
* Clerk: G. Paul Nardo
References
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