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Virginia voters, aside from electing candidates for public office on Nov. 2, will be deciding on three proposed amendments to the Virginia Constitution.
Two of the amendments do not appear to be controversial, but a third—which would allow the General Assembly to limit the introduction of legislation in short legislative sessions—has drawn opposition from two Loudoun legislators.
The amendment would allow the legislature, by approving a resolution, to restrict the introduction of bills in 30-day legislative sessions, which are held in odd-numbered years (the assembly meets for 60 days in even-numbered years).
The proposal, which has been approved by both the House of Delegates and the Virginia Senate in two consecutive sessions, is meant to curtail the increasing amount of legislation introduced in the 30-day sessions, according to state Sen. Howard P. Anderson (D-Halifax), who sponsored the amendment in the Senate.
Anderson said in an interview Monday that the intent of the state Constitution, adopted in 1971, was to restrict the 30-day sessions to state budget amendments and to emergency legislative matters. But he said the intent “was not being carried out.”
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