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Members shall be appointed as follows: six 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; four members of the Senate to be appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules; two nonlegislative citizen members with significant experience or expertise in women’s or maternal health policy to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Delegates; and three nonlegislative citizen members with significant experience or expertise in women’s or maternal health policy to be appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules. Nonlegislative citizen members shall be citizens of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Unless otherwise approved in writing by the chair of the Commission and the respective Clerk, nonlegislative citizen members shall only be reimbursed for travel originating and ending within the Commonwealth of Virginia for the purpose of attending meetings.\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. Legislative members and nonlegislative citizen members may be reappointed. However, no nonlegislative citizen member 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. 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This law was first created in 2025. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 572<\/a> and 580<\/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":200951,"object_type":"law","relational_id":80016,"identifier":"30-448","token":"30\/69\/30-448","url":"\/30-448\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/30-448\/","token":"30\/69\/30-448","dublin_core":{"Title":"Membership; terms; vacancies; chair and vice-chair","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 30-448","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Commission shall consist of 15 members that include 10 legislative members and five nonlegislative citizen members. Members shall be appointed as follows: six 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; four members of the Senate to be appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules; two nonlegislative citizen members with significant experience or expertise in women’s or maternal health policy to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Delegates; and three nonlegislative citizen members with significant experience or expertise in women’s or maternal health policy to be appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules. Nonlegislative citizen members shall be citizens of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Unless otherwise approved in writing by the chair of the Commission and the respective Clerk, nonlegislative citizen members shall only be reimbursed for travel originating and ending within the Commonwealth of Virginia for the purpose of attending meetings.\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. Legislative members and nonlegislative citizen members may be reappointed. However, no nonlegislative citizen member 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. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointments.\n\t\tThe Commission shall elect a chair and vice-chair from among its membership, who shall be members of the General Assembly.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nMEMBERSHIP; TERMS; VACANCIES; CHAIR AND VICE-CHAIR (\u00a7 30-448)\n\nThe Commission shall consist of 15 members that include 10 legislative members\nand five nonlegislative citizen members. Members shall be appointed as follows:\nsix members of the House of Delegates to be appointed by the Speaker of the\nHouse of Delegates in accordance with the principles of proportional\nrepresentation contained in the Rules of the House of Delegates; four members of\nthe Senate to be appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules; two nonlegislative\ncitizen members with significant experience or expertise in women’s or\nmaternal health policy to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Delegates;\nand three nonlegislative citizen members with significant experience or\nexpertise in women’s or maternal health policy to be appointed by the\nSenate Committee on Rules. Nonlegislative citizen members shall be citizens of\nthe Commonwealth of Virginia. Unless otherwise approved in writing by the chair\nof the Commission and the respective Clerk, nonlegislative citizen members shall\nonly be reimbursed for travel originating and ending within the Commonwealth of\nVirginia for the purpose of attending meetings.\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. Legislative members and nonlegislative citizen\nmembers may be reappointed. However, no nonlegislative citizen member shall\nserve more than four consecutive two-year terms. The remainder of any term to\nwhich a member is appointed to fill a vacancy shall not constitute a term in\ndetermining the member’s eligibility for reappointment. Vacancies shall be\nfilled in the same manner as the original appointments.\n\t\tThe Commission shall elect a chair and vice-chair from among its membership,\nwho shall be members of the General Assembly.\n\nHISTORY: 2025, cc. 572, 580.","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}}