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Del. Matt Lohr announced today that he will vacate his seat as the delegate representing the 26th House district to become the new commissioner of the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS).
Lohr, 38, was elected to his third term last November. McDonnell will set a special election to fill his seat in the [...]

Del. Matt Lohr has been appointed Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Agriculture in Richmond. WSVA reports:
As Chair, Lohr will be responsible for setting the legislative agenda for issues that relate to agriculture, chairing all meetings, and directing the proposed legislation [for the state of Virginia].

General Assembly is back in session in Richmond, and Sen. Mark Obenshain and Del. Matt Lohr have introduced some familiar-looking bills. For Lohr, his HB393 abortion clinic bill looks an awful lot like 2008’s HB894. Obenshain is still working to redefine the triggerman rule, which Kaine vetoed more than once, but McDonnell will likely sign [...]

The DNR ran a short story today about a debate on taxes and transportation funding between Del. Matt Lohr and challenger Gene Hart. If there is interest among readers for an hburgnews Q&A featuring these two candidates, leave your questions in the comments, and I’ll contact the candidates once we’ve compiled a list of your [...]

When Del. Matt Lohr introduced his midwife regulation bill, it was initially met by opposition from midwives, and stirred controversy on hburgnews. But a story in yesterday’s NVDaily reports:
Lohr said the bill is motivated by a desire to protect mothers and children, and was brought to him by Dr. Catherine Slusher, an obstetrician and gynecologist [...]

Delegate Matt Lohr has introduced two bills to the House of Delegates that may limit the practices of Certified Professional Midwives. HB 2163 is an amendment to § 54.1-2957.9. This amendment would require midwives to give informed disclosure to their clients about the risk of home delivery.
The second bill, HB 2167, would require the Board [...]

The 2009 General Assembly session hasn’t officially begun yet, but prefiled bills have already come rolling in on Richmond Sunlight. Del. Matt Lohr has resubmitted his annexation moratorium bill. The “new” bill is identical to a previous bill that was voted down in committee in 2008, and another that was vetoed by Gov. Kaine in [...]

Virginia Foundation for Research and Economic Education (FREE), a business interest association in Richmond, recently released their report card for all legislators in the state. According to the “powerful business coalition,” Del. Matt Lohr scored a 63 in cumulative business rating, a 56 rating for this year’s session, and an 87% on the 2008 Voter [...]

Sen. Mark Obenshain’s SB542, which was drafted “to prohibit any group providing abortions from also providing information or course materials on human sexuality or sexually transmitted diseases” in schools, was mentioned in today’s DNR article about tolls on 81. SB542 was killed in the State Senate yesterday, along with two other abortion-related bills.