1. THIS WEEK AT A GLANCE
Both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate are in August District Work Periods, meeting only in brief pro forma sessions with no legislative floor business or committee votes scheduled. Action this week shifts primarily to state capitals, where state legislatures—most notably Virginia and Kentucky—are holding active interim joint committee hearings, workgroup meetings, and oversight board sessions covering housing, water policy, health services, and municipal government affairs.
2. FLOOR VOTES EXPECTED
No Floor votes expected this week from Federal.
3. COMMITTEE HEARINGS THIS WEEK
No Federal Committee meetings are scheduled for this week.
4. Statehouse
Virginia
Monday, August 17
10:00 AM — Booker T. Washington Joint Commemorative Commission (Senate Room A, Room 305, General Assembly Building)
10:00 AM — Task Force on Maternal Health Data and Quality Measures (House Room C, Room 206, General Assembly Building)
12:00 PM — Administrative Law Advisory Committee (Senate Room C, Room 311, General Assembly Building)
1:00 PM — Joint Commission to Oversee the Transition of the Commonwealth into a Cannabis Retail Market (Senate Room B, Room 306, General Assembly Building)
2:00 PM — Autism Advisory Council (House Room B, Room 205, General Assembly Building)
Tuesday, August 18
8:30 AM — DEQ State Air Pollution Control Board (Bank of America Building, 3rd Floor Conference Room, Richmond)
9:00 AM — Virginia Housing Commission - Local Rent Regulation Workgroup (Senate Room C, Room 311, General Assembly Building)
10:00 AM — Virginia Housing Commission (House Room B, Room 205, General Assembly Building)
10:00 AM — Commission on Youth Advisory Group: Study on the Office of the Children's Ombudsman (Patrick Henry Building, Conf. Room 1)
10:00 AM — Commission to Study the History of the Uprooting of Black Communities by Public Institutions of Higher Education (House Room C, Room 206)
10:00 AM — Virginia Minority Business Commission (Senate Room A, Room 305, General Assembly Building)
12:00 PM — Chesapeake Bay Commission (VCU Rice Rivers Center, Walter L. Rice Education Building, Charles City)
1:00 PM — Virginia Code Commission (House Room C, Room 206, General Assembly Building)
1:00 PM — Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Commission (House Room B, Room 205, General Assembly Building)
1:00 PM — Energy Commission of Virginia - Subcommittee 1: Oversight of Utility Mergers & NextEra Acquisition of Dominion Energy (Senate Room B, Room 306)
1:30 PM — Commission on Youth Advisory Group: Review of Funding for Children's Advocacy Centers (Patrick Henry Building, East Reading Room)
Wednesday, August 19
8:30 AM — Joint Rules Committee (House Room B, Room 205, General Assembly Building)
9:30 AM — Joint Meeting of Senate Finance & Appropriations, House Appropriations, and House Finance Committees (House Room A, Room 008)
1:00 PM — Joint Subcommittee on Tax Policy (House Appropriations Room, Room 1200, General Assembly Building)
1:00 PM — Virginia Housing Commission - Fees in Residential Rental Agreements Workgroup (Virtual Meeting)
Thursday, August 20
10:00 AM — State Water Commission (Senate Room A, Room 305, General Assembly Building)
10:00 AM — Public Body Procurement Workgroup (House South Subcommittee Room, Room 210, General Assembly Building)
10:00 AM — Commission on Women's Health - Life Experiences Subcommittee (Senate Room C, Room 311, General Assembly Building)
10:00 AM — Joint Subcommittee on Recurrent Flooding (Virtual Meeting)
1:00 PM — Virginia FOIA Advisory Council - Remedies Subcommittee (Virtual Meeting)
3:00 PM — Autonomous Driving Work Group (Virtual Meeting)
Kentucky
Tuesday, August 18
9:00 AM ET — Interim Joint Committee on Local Government (Annex Room 149)
Agenda: Property taxation issues with Bullitt County Clerk; county government priorities; transfer of property upon death (2026 RS SB 34).
11:00 AM ET — Interim Joint Committee on State Government (Annex Room 154)
Agenda: 2027 BR 106 (Restoring Census citizenship question); Campaign Finance Electronic Reporting System; voter roll maintenance; Jefferson County Clerk updates.
1:00 PM ET — Interim Joint Committee on Health Services (Annex Room 149)
Agenda: Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics; State of Rural Healthcare; Rural Hospital Loan Program; consideration of dental, physical therapy, and Medicaid regulations.
2:30 PM ET — Public Pension Oversight Board (Annex Room 154)
Agenda: Investment/cash flow/legislative updates for Judicial Form Retirement, KPPA, and Teachers' Retirement System; actuarial audit recommendations.
Wednesday, August 19
11:00 AM ET — Interim Joint Committee on Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection (Annex Room 154)
Agenda: Fire Truck Attenuator Systems; Radcliff Veterans Center HVAC project updates.
1:00 PM ET — Interim Joint Committee on Families and Children (Annex Room 149)
Agenda: Presentation on the Ohio Department of Children and Youth; Kentucky Center for Grieving Children and Families; discussion on Foster Care Adoptions.
3:00 PM ET — Commission on Race & Access to Opportunity (Annex Room 129)
Agenda: Simmons College Second Chance Pell Program; West End Opportunity Partnership update.
Thursday, August 20
1:00 PM ET — Capital Projects and Bond Oversight Committee (Annex Room 131)
Agenda: Postsecondary P3 project delivery (Univ. of Louisville / Univ. of Kentucky); Department of Fish & Wildlife Riverbend property acquisition; Infrastructure Revolving Fund & Cleaner Water Program grants; debt issuance reports.
5. Sources
[House Majority Leader Weekly Schedule: majorityleader.gov]
[Senate Hearings & Meetings: senate.gov/committees/hearings_meetings.htm] [House Bills This Week: docs.house.gov/floor]
[Kentucky General Assembly: https://legislature.ky.gov/pages/index.aspx]
[Virginia General Assembly: https://lis.virginia.gov/]
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