The Virginia House Committee on General Laws held its inaugural 2026 session meeting, which consisted entirely of member introductions, opening remarks from Chair Paul E. Krizek on the committee's history, and an informational orientation presentation by the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation (DPOR). No bills were considered and no legislative votes were taken.
“Licensing at DPOR is based on the principle of minimum competency, so the goal is to ensure that an individual can practice safely and competently without causing harm to the public, not to elevate professional status or restrict competition by preventing qualified newcomers from entering a field.”
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Sign in to subscribeGood afternoon. The meeting in the House Committee of General Laws will now come to order and the members will answer the roll call by recording their attendance on electronic voting machine. We have a quorum. It's present 20 members here. The two members that are not here, we have. We have. They have notified me and they have our permission to miss the meeting. Before we start, as this is the very first meeting of the 2026 session, I just wanted to welcome everybody and let all of the delegates introduce themselves and tell us what district they're representing and maybe a little 10 or 20 seconds about why they're happy to be on this committee. We'll start with. We'll start down. Where do we want to start? Let's start with Marcus Simon. All right. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Delegate Marcus Simon. I represent the 13th House of Delegates district, which is the Falls Church and Falls Church areas of Fairfax County. My day job is as a real estate attorney. So I very much enjoy working on the housing subcommittee. Hope to be able to continue that work going forward. And yeah, I really enjoyed being on House…
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