1. THIS WEEK AT A GLANCE
Congress enters a quiet week as both the House and Senate are out for recess and pro forma sessions, with no floor votes scheduled in either chamber. However, state legislatures across Kentucky and Virginia feature active committee calendars covering critical issues, including Kentucky's state of the judiciary and agricultural policies, alongside Virginia's technology, crime, and energy commissions. Additionally, a key Department of Defense public comment period regarding overseas elections closes next Monday, November 9.
2. FLOOR VOTES EXPECTED
No Floor votes are expected this week during the week of November 2.
3. COMMITTEE HEARINGS THIS WEEK
No Committee Hearings are expected this week during the week of November 2.
4. STATEHOUSE THIS WEEK
Kentucky (General Assembly)
Wednesday, Nov 4 (2:00 PM ET): Government Contract Review Committee meeting in Annex Room 131.
Thursday, Nov 5 (9:00 AM ET): Interim Joint Committee on Agriculture meeting to discuss 2027 Regular Session legislative issues (featuring Agriculture Commissioner Jonathan Shell and Kentucky Farm Bureau leadership) and receive an update on Agriculture Exemption License Numbers.
Thursday, Nov 5 (11:00 AM ET): Interim Joint Committee on Judiciary meeting featuring Supreme Court Chief Justice Debra Hembree Lambert on the State of the Judiciary, a jail survey presentation from the Judicial Commission on Mental Health, and consideration of 27 RS BR 270 (Vehicular Homicide).
Thursday, Nov 5 (1:00 PM ET): Interim Joint Committee on Natural Resources and Energy meeting to receive updates from Electric Cooperatives and the Energy Planning and Inventory Commission (EPIC), alongside a presentation on conductive distraction/de-escalation devices.
Virginia (General Assembly)
Monday, Nov 2 (2:30 PM ET): Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Commission (History of Lynching Work Group virtual meeting).
Wednesday, Nov 4: Meetings for the Joint Commission on Technology and Science (10:00 AM), Joint Subcommittee on Recurrent Flooding (10:00 AM), Commission on Women's Health (1:00 PM), Behavioral Health Commission (2:00 PM), and Manufacturing Development Commission (2:00 PM).
Thursday, Nov 5: Hearings hosted by the Energy Commission of Virginia (10:00 AM), Virginia Disability Commission (10:00 AM), Commission on Civic Education (10:00 AM), Virginia State Crime Commission (1:00 PM), Virginia Code Commission (1:00 PM), Health Insurance Reform Commission (2:00 PM), and Northern Virginia Transportation Commission (6:00 PM & 7:00 PM).
Friday, Nov 6 (12:00 PM ET): Commission to Study the History of the Uprooting of Black Communities by Public Institutions of Higher Education (Subcommittee on African American Displacement).
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]
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