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** Wiley’s Richmond Roundup - The 2025 General Assembly is Busy!
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** Week 3 (January 20-24)
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Dear Friends,

We call odd year sessions in Richmond the “short session,” but there’s nothing short about the days we’re putting in here. We’re one week from the halfway point, and my team and I are working fast and furious to make sure your voice is heard.

The news wasn’t all good, though. We learned this week that Virginians are about to be on the hook for some $450 million in higher power bills this year as our utilities struggle to keep up with the “clean” energy demands of the Virginia Clean Economy Act. Under that 2020 law, Dominion and Appalachian Power must meet specific targets for wind and solar power production. And just as we warned them five years ago, it’s not feasible to do that without passing costs on to the ratepayers.

Those missed targets trigger “deficiency payments,” which the utilities can simply tack onto bills. The end result is your power bill goes up, and there’s nothing you or state regulators can do about it. Our Republican team is working hard with the Governor to find a solution to stop these hikes, but Democrats have thus far refused to budge.

Members of Winchester Professional Firefighters, L3401, were in Richmond this week lobbying on behalf firefighters across Virginia.

I am excited to share that I am co-patron on a Constitutional Amendment for food freedom. HJ452 Proposes an amendment to the Constitution of Virginia that declares the right of the people to acquire the food of their choice from the source of their choice shall not be infringed. Delegate Freitas is leading the charge on this initiative, but I am ready to do my part to help bring this amendment forward.
Full Text of HJ452 ([link removed])

Representatives from the National Federation of the Blind


** Community Spotlight: Healthcare & Mental Health
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Representatives from Sinclare Health

This week, several representatives from healthcare agencies visited my office. There’s no doubt, regardless of the positive work we’ve done, there’s still more to do to improve healthcare in our region. One step I’m taking is proposing HB1552, which would allow critical access hospitals to utilize any number of swing beds without obtaining a certificate of public need, subject to the limitations of federal law. Under current law, critical access hospitals may only use up to 10 percent of beds as swing beds.
Full Text of HB1552 ([link removed])


** Stay up to date!
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