Both the House and Senate have completed their respective budgets. As anticipated each body rejected the others budget over sizable differences. The matter is now in the hands of the Committee of Conference (see below).
As far as we are concerned, both budget do not differ dramatically. However, the House version of the budget supports a 2% raise for CO’s and state employees, effective July 2019. The Senate does not, but ads language for a 2% pay raise if the FY18 revenues forecast are achieved. Neither budget incorporates our other initiatives (i.e. unfunded/underfunded and CDP amendments).
Therefore, please contact your legislator immediately and request that they contact members of the conference committee in support the House version of the budget AND that our additional budget amendments (see 2018 Legislative Agenda above) for unfunded/underfunded positions and CDP be included.
It is particularly important that each of the “conferees” identified below be contacted directly.
House Budget Conferees
- S. Chris Jones (R-Suffolk)
- Chris Peace (R-Hanover)
- Barry Knight(R-Virginia Beach)
- Scott Garrett (R-Lynchburg)
- Mark Sickles(D-Fairfax)
- Luke E. Torian (D-Prince William)
Senate Budget Conferees
- Thomas K. Norment, Jr. (R-District 3)
- Emmett W Hanger Jr. (R-District 24)
- Janet D. Howell (D-District 32)
- Richard L. Saslaw <(D-District 35)
- Stephen D. Newman (R-District 23)
- Frank M Ruff,Jr. (R-District 15)
- Frank W. Wagner(R-District 7)
Remember, “If you don’t ask, you don’t get!”