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Members shall be appointed as follows: three members of the Senate, to be appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules; five members of the House of Delegates, to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Delegates in accordance with the principles of proportional representation contained in the Rules of the House of Delegates; five nonlegislative citizen members, one of whom is a researcher at the university level, three of whom are representatives from community organizations working toward ending hunger, and one of whom is a nutritionist, to be appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules; and six nonlegislative citizen members, one of whom is a researcher at the university level, one of whom is a representative of the Secretary of Health and Human Services, two of whom are representatives from community organizations working toward ending hunger, one of whom is a high school junior or senior student representative from a public school, and one of whom is a board-certified physician, to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Delegates. Nonlegislative citizen members of the Commission shall be citizens of the Commonwealth.\n\t\tLegislative members of the Commission shall serve terms coincident with their terms of office. Nonlegislative citizen members shall be appointed for a term of two years. Appointments to fill vacancies, other than by expiration of a term, shall be for the unexpired terms. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointments. All members may be reappointed.\n\t\tNo Senate member shall serve more than two consecutive four-year terms, no House member shall serve more than four consecutive two-year terms, and no nonlegislative citizen member appointed by the Speaker of the House of Delegates or the Senate Committee on Rules shall serve more than four consecutive two-year terms. The remainder of any term to which a member is appointed to fill a vacancy shall not constitute a term in determining the member’s eligibility for reappointment.\n\t\tThe Commission shall elect a chairman and vice-chairman from among its membership, who shall be members of the General Assembly. A majority of the members shall constitute a quorum. The meetings of the Commission shall be held at the call of the chairman or whenever the majority of the members so request.\n\t\tNo recommendation of the Commission shall be adopted if a majority of the House members or a majority of the Senate members appointed to the Commission (i) vote against the recommendation and (ii) vote for the recommendation to fail notwithstanding the majority vote of the Commission.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":286925,"text":"The Commission shall have a total membership of 19 members that shall consist of eight legislative members and 11 nonlegislative citizen members. Members shall be appointed as follows: three members of the Senate, to be appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules; five members of the House of Delegates, to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Delegates in accordance with the principles of proportional representation contained in the Rules of the House of Delegates; five nonlegislative citizen members, one of whom is a researcher at the university level, three of whom are representatives from community organizations working toward ending hunger, and one of whom is a nutritionist, to be appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules; and six nonlegislative citizen members, one of whom is a researcher at the university level, one of whom is a representative of the Secretary of Health and Human Services, two of whom are representatives from community organizations working toward ending hunger, one of whom is a high school junior or senior student representative from a public school, and one of whom is a board-certified physician, to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Delegates. 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This law was first created in 2024. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 296<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":200895,"object_type":"law","relational_id":80130,"identifier":"30-431","token":"30\/67\/30-431","url":"\/30-431\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/30-431\/","token":"30\/67\/30-431","dublin_core":{"Title":"(Expires July 1, 2027) Membership; terms; quorum; meetings","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 30-431","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Commission shall have a total membership of 19 members that shall consist of eight legislative members and 11 nonlegislative citizen members. Members shall be appointed as follows: three members of the Senate, to be appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules; five members of the House of Delegates, to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Delegates in accordance with the principles of proportional representation contained in the Rules of the House of Delegates; five nonlegislative citizen members, one of whom is a researcher at the university level, three of whom are representatives from community organizations working toward ending hunger, and one of whom is a nutritionist, to be appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules; and six nonlegislative citizen members, one of whom is a researcher at the university level, one of whom is a representative of the Secretary of Health and Human Services, two of whom are representatives from community organizations working toward ending hunger, one of whom is a high school junior or senior student representative from a public school, and one of whom is a board-certified physician, to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Delegates. Nonlegislative citizen members of the Commission shall be citizens of the Commonwealth.\n\t\tLegislative members of the Commission shall serve terms coincident with their terms of office. Nonlegislative citizen members shall be appointed for a term of two years. Appointments to fill vacancies, other than by expiration of a term, shall be for the unexpired terms. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointments. All members may be reappointed.\n\t\tNo Senate member shall serve more than two consecutive four-year terms, no House member shall serve more than four consecutive two-year terms, and no nonlegislative citizen member appointed by the Speaker of the House of Delegates or the Senate Committee on Rules shall serve more than four consecutive two-year terms. The remainder of any term to which a member is appointed to fill a vacancy shall not constitute a term in determining the member’s eligibility for reappointment.\n\t\tThe Commission shall elect a chairman and vice-chairman from among its membership, who shall be members of the General Assembly. A majority of the members shall constitute a quorum. The meetings of the Commission shall be held at the call of the chairman or whenever the majority of the members so request.\n\t\tNo recommendation of the Commission shall be adopted if a majority of the House members or a majority of the Senate members appointed to the Commission (i) vote against the recommendation and (ii) vote for the recommendation to fail notwithstanding the majority vote of the Commission.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n(EXPIRES JULY 1, 2027) MEMBERSHIP; TERMS; QUORUM; MEETINGS (\u00a7 30-431)\n\nThe Commission shall have a total membership of 19 members that shall consist of\neight legislative members and 11 nonlegislative citizen members. Members shall\nbe appointed as follows: three members of the Senate, to be appointed by the\nSenate Committee on Rules; five members of the House of Delegates, to be\nappointed by the Speaker of the House of Delegates in accordance with the\nprinciples of proportional representation contained in the Rules of the House of\nDelegates; five nonlegislative citizen members, one of whom is a researcher at\nthe university level, three of whom are representatives from community\norganizations working toward ending hunger, and one of whom is a nutritionist,\nto be appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules; and six nonlegislative citizen\nmembers, one of whom is a researcher at the university level, one of whom is a\nrepresentative of the Secretary of Health and Human Services, two of whom are\nrepresentatives from community organizations working toward ending hunger, one\nof whom is a high school junior or senior student representative from a public\nschool, and one of whom is a board-certified physician, to be appointed by the\nSpeaker of the House of Delegates. Nonlegislative citizen members of the\nCommission shall be citizens of the Commonwealth.\n\t\tLegislative members of the Commission shall serve terms coincident with their\nterms of office. Nonlegislative citizen members shall be appointed for a term of\ntwo years. Appointments to fill vacancies, other than by expiration of a term,\nshall be for the unexpired terms. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner\nas the original appointments. All members may be reappointed.\n\t\tNo Senate member shall serve more than two consecutive four-year terms, no\nHouse member shall serve more than four consecutive two-year terms, and no\nnonlegislative citizen member appointed by the Speaker of the House of Delegates\nor the Senate Committee on Rules shall serve more than four consecutive two-year\nterms. The remainder of any term to which a member is appointed to fill a\nvacancy shall not constitute a term in determining the member’s\neligibility for reappointment.\n\t\tThe Commission shall elect a chairman and vice-chairman from among its\nmembership, who shall be members of the General Assembly. A majority of the\nmembers shall constitute a quorum. The meetings of the Commission shall be held\nat the call of the chairman or whenever the majority of the members so request.\n\t\tNo recommendation of the Commission shall be adopted if a majority of the\nHouse members or a majority of the Senate members appointed to the Commission\n(i) vote against the recommendation and (ii) vote for the recommendation to fail\nnotwithstanding the majority vote of the Commission.\n\nHISTORY: 2024, c. 296.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}