Bill Text: VA HR20 | 2024 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Commending the Council of State Governments Southern Office.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2024-01-22 - Bill text as passed House (HR20ER) [HR20 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2024-HR20-Enrolled.html
WHEREAS, the Council of State Governments Southern Office is hosting its 78th Southern Legislative Conference in July 2024; and
WHEREAS, the Council of State Governments Southern Office (CSG South) is a nonpartisan, nonprofit member organization that serves the Southern legislatures of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; and
WHEREAS, combining regionally based state leadership and perspective with national-level resources, CSG South provides Southern legislators and government staff with a wide variety of programs and services that facilitate regional cooperation and encourage the exchange of information; and
WHEREAS, in pursuit of this mission, CSG South has convened the Southern Legislative Conference for the past 77 years, cultivating decades of fellowship and cooperation between the Southern states; and
WHEREAS, the 78th Southern Legislative Conference will convene in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, at The Greenbrier from July 21–25, 2024; and
WHEREAS, more than 1,500 Southern legislators, government staff, and their families will gather to discuss policy matters specifically affecting Southern states to bridge commonalities and discuss solutions for current policy trends, challenges, and opportunities; and
WHEREAS, all legislative, executive, and judicial officials of the Commonwealth are encouraged to attend the 78th Southern Legislative Conference in 2024; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, That the Council of State Governments Southern Office hereby be commended on the occasion of the 78th Southern Legislative Conference; and, be it
RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to the Council of State Governments Southern Office as an expression of the House of Delegates' admiration for the organization's important contributions to regional cooperation between governments in the Southern United States.
