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The clerk confirmed the motion was properly moved and seconded; the chair called for voice votes and the motion was agreed to. The subcommittee then approved a motion to adjourn and ended its session.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Constitutional Amendments Subcommittee Tuesday, Jan 28, 2025 6:54 AM - 7:36 AM","oneSentenceSummary","The subcommittee passed, by voice, a motion to pass House Joint Resolution 501 by for the day and then adjourned; no patron appearance or debate was recorded.","taxTitle","2025 Legislature VA, Virginia","taxId",77687,"location","Virginia","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":44,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6367434,"Subcommittee tables proposal to enshrine right-to-work in Virginia Constitution, 5–3",729,1726000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2158766-0202bad9827a2f20ddb282340f8461ff&start=1726&end=2455","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2158766-0202bad9827a2f20ddb282340f8461ff/thumbnail_1726000.jpg","/articles/6367434/Virginia/Subcommittee-tables-proposal-to-enshrine-right-to-work-in-Virginia-Constitution-53","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6367434-383e5d11898bc266c7cbceed6966ff82/orig.mp4?Expires=1770543462&Signature=JyDYlAEQ3lA67p7N5U7qMoPhPH2rgslJR4MaqwRgWCQ4Xtpfp9QbTDhWOznmI0liMvkCH3J4M8SqLMqLpXYetPdgaDU4UmHwdeXzdbb96PgOU9Nfw-WbyVgX5qHhPlMDXI4TyVZ~20NbEu~iRPGGnthbF4TUhz84VdH0tob-eN76~7RQ7JX3siZfPpq0M5Mzh90ylnbWKtj0lPpD1cxa6va5B1jtRXW9LgO4jRhfbgbnyU54vM8C0m63b-QVn2la1nOxACTFuDKFqrxe~WhqDjExj65vdWdfEaBf8didldxoZjfJcvffTke9PWbSW9iiz5-RQbc2boBnBHZIllxz2w__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The House Privileges and Elections constitutional amendment subcommittee voted 5–3 to table House Joint Resolution 492, a measure to make Virginia’s right-to-work rule part of the state constitution, after more than an hour of testimony from business groups and labor organizations.

Sponsor Delegate C. O’Quinn told the committee the amendment would put the state’s existing right-to-work law into the constitution and said doing so would provide certainty to employers considering long-term investments in the commonwealth. “I think this would give [businesses] that certainty,” O’Quinn said.

Supporters included Brian Slater, who identified himself as Secretary of Labor. Slater argued the amendment would preserve competitiveness: “Right to work and ensuring this, in the Constitution ensures that there are more businesses coming to Virginia paying more taxes, hiring more people who pay more taxes, and growing the revenue of the Commonwealth,” he said. Brett Vassy of the Virginia Manufacturers Association said right-to-work ensures neutrality for workers, telling the committee, “Right to work is not a right not to be union. It is a right to neutrality.”

Labor unions, education and trades groups uniformly opposed the proposal. Doris Krause Mays of the Virginia AFL-CIO reminded members that Virginia voters defeated a similar constitutional amendment in 2016 and urged the committee to preserve an environment in which workers can organize free of intimidation. Jason Parker of the Virginia State Building Construction Trades Council said the largest economies are not right-to-work states and questioned the practical benefits of embedding the rule in the constitution.

Delegate Price invoked historical context and concerns about racial impacts in his remarks before moving to table the resolution; Chair Price’s motion to table was seconded and the clerk recorded the motion as adopted on a roll call vote of 5–3. Committee members did not advance an alternate measure at the meeting.

The subcommittee recorded testimony from a range of business and labor organizations and public commenters but did not provide a roll-call list of individual votes beyond the 5–3 tally. With the tabled vote, HJ492 will not move forward from this subcommittee at this time.","House Joint Resolution 492, which would place Virginia’s existing right-to-work law into the state constitution, was tabled 5–3 after public testimony that split business and labor groups. Supporters said the change would provide certainty for employers; opponents cited the 2016 referendum and worker protections.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6367439,"Subcommittee tables proposed ‘food choice’ constitutional amendment after divided testimony",1191,525000,1716000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2158766-0202bad9827a2f20ddb282340f8461ff&start=525&end=1716","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2158766-0202bad9827a2f20ddb282340f8461ff/thumbnail_525000.jpg","/articles/6367439/Virginia/Subcommittee-tables-proposed-food-choice-constitutional-amendment-after-divided-testimony","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6367439-d588568ae4e01503915ff48a39bee381/orig.mp4?Expires=1770543462&Signature=ZhGJsl3Jo3Zisf6Y83tBn9leELhVEJfS6gjGhKjaUdv8OBM4RqDNtS2paoqxhhAF7HZScgvdQXBCSkx02sxoSpeZdFHoN3ObO39gOJUNxmyMWxH7F9YEqQ9WTimxfEbaub~h8B~Ia9ZGQKQI3-fWXBs6YmtgghNE18nJn3IzgHMsKK0kY2nfXQpQ1lTnFvCub5PfZYRrQVavIe5tDlEq9sqemZ8yJAbFKQt9-SogZD13VT~gRiT3MJtSqWMz0OS~3xKIDOmQCAkTZmOTDitpAWY0572DzL~Zmse9qIE0TKZJ8-Okblangtfsp8GuxlheYe7JLgegclUfebWLdP5Vng__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The House Privileges and Elections constitutional amendment subcommittee at its first meeting heard hours of testimony and voted 5–3 to table House Joint Resolution 452, a proposed constitutional amendment that would add a right “to acquire food of their choice from the source of their choice with mutual consent.”

Sponsor Delia Freitas, the bill’s patron, told the committee the amendment was intended to establish a broad, constitutional principle protecting people’s ability to buy, grow or raise food and trade it by mutual consent. “What this would do is it would add, to section 15B food choice to the Virginia Constitution that the right of the people to acquire food of their choice from the source of their choice with mutual consent shall not be infringed,” Freitas said.

Supporters — including small-scale producers and consumers — said the amendment would protect access to minimally processed and locally produced foods and give buyers legal assurance when purchasing directly from farmers. Garrett Bridal of Orchard Hill Farm said the change “doesn’t really change the system that I’m working underneath, the cottage food laws, but it really does open up for the consumer to find what they’re looking for, where they’re looking for. And it gives them a little bit of emotional and legal security.” Several commenters described health or dietary needs that led them to seek direct purchases from producers.

Agribusiness and commodity groups voiced strong opposition, saying the amendment could undermine Virginia’s current inspection and food-safety framework. Jake Taber of the Virginia Farm Bureau said the organization opposed the resolution because it “could jeopardize the current inspection and food safety framework that we think currently exists and helps instill consumer confidence in our farm products.” Jim Riddell of the Virginia Cattlemen’s Association similarly told the committee, “We need to prioritize food safety and food security to our consumers, and we have guardrails in place at this time that do that.”

Other testimony included a medical and public-health framing: a commentator cited Centers for Disease Control and Prevention figures while urging greater access to whole foods, and multiple consumers described disabilities or health problems they said required access to specific foods.

Committee members debated the scope of a one-sentence constitutional change and whether the matter should be handled in statute. Delegate David Reid moved to lay the resolution on the table; the clerk recorded the motion as adopted on a roll call vote of 5–3. The clerk also reported the committee had received “numerous written comment over 10 pages, in both support and opposition,” and six people had been registered to testify online.

The tabling vote pauses consideration; the committee did not adopt any alternative language or refer the measure to another committee at the meeting.","The House Privileges and Elections constitutional amendment subcommittee tabled House Joint Resolution 452, which would add a constitutional right to acquire food “from the source of their choice,” after public testimony that split small producers and consumer advocates from agriculture and food-safety groups. The motion to table passed 5–3.","actionData","errors"]

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