After being shunted from the Sub-Committee of the House Courts of Justice Committee late yesterday afternoon to the docket of Sub- Committee 2 of the House Militia, Police and Public Safety Committee early this morning, the bill was presented very ably by Sen. George Barker of Alexandria, and spoken in support of by the usual lineup of witnesses, with no one speaking against.
Del. Shuler of Blacksburg moved to Report the bill, but the motion FAILED TO GET A SECOND from the other three members of the committee (all rural Republicans) — Chairman Cline of Lexington, Gilbert of Woodstock, and Poindexter of Glade Hill — so it goes into the books as LEFT IN COMMITTEE.
Technically, not as bad as Passed by Indefinitely, Defeated on a Motion to Report, or Tabled, but dead for this session, nonetheless.
Thanks to Sen. Barker for an excellent job of patroning the bill before a sub-committee consisting entirely of rural or small town representatives, and to all who made contacts in support of the bill.
Til next year, when we go again!
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Senator George Barker’s 39th Senate District does not include any part of the City of Alexandria. Rather, Senator Barker represents parts of southern Fairfax County and northern Prince William County. His home office is in zip code 22310 which is commonly known as the Franconia area of Fairfax County. Only the U.S. Postal Service persists in labeling this zip code, and several other southeast Fairfax County zip codes, as “Alexandria”. Thus, the article above should be corrected to read “Sen. George Barker of Fairfax County”.