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Wins and losses in the 2023 Virginia General Assembly session

six people stand on a street in Richmond

Even with the short session, Appalachian Voices’ capitol team had a lot to keep track of, with a number of bills we were hoping to convince legislators to support — and quite a few we were hoping to convince them to vote down.

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Bipartisan bill prohibiting the use of cyanide in mining heads to House of Delegates for consideration

HB 1722, a bill that would prohibit the use of cyanide in industrial mineral mining operations, was reported with overwhelming bipartisan support to the full House of Delegates by the House Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Committee. 

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