The Joint Rules Committee of the Virginia General Assembly approved nominations to multiple state boards during a meeting, confirming nominees to the Advisory Committee on Business Development and Marketing, the Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority, the Committee on International Trade, the Commonwealth Innovation Partnership Authority and the State Council for Interstate Adult Offender Supervision.

The approvals secure nonlegislative citizen appointments and one legislative-branch representative for terms beginning in July 2025, ensuring the named vacancies will be filled before the start dates specified on the agenda.

Committee members moved and approved the slates by voice vote with no roll-call tallies recorded. The advisory committee on business development and marketing received five nominees for four-year terms beginning July 1, 2025: John Kilgore, Matthew David Rowe, Curry Roberts, Gregory Hitchen and Paige Reid. The committee approved the slate after a motion to “move those nominations.”

The committee also confirmed two nominees to the Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority for four-year terms beginning July 1, 2025: Richard Harold and Steven Stone. A separate motion approved two nominees to the Committee on International Trade, Michael Ligon and David White, for four-year terms beginning July 1, 2025.

For the Commonwealth Innovation Partnership Authority, the House selection of Christopher Long for a four-year citizen member term beginning July 1, 2025, was moved and approved by the committee.

Finally, the committee approved the nomination of Amigo Wade as a representative to the State Council for Interstate Adult Offender Supervision to serve a term coincident with his term of office beginning July 2025. The committee recorded that the Division of Legislative Services (DLS) will prepare a draft resolution for the General Assembly to confirm that appointment.

There was no substantive debate recorded on any of the nomination items; each motion was followed by the customary voice vote—"all those in favor say aye"—and the chair announced the nominees approved. The meeting concluded with a motion to adjourn and the committee rising.