
Dear Friends,
At long last, the 2025 session has begun! I am excited to be back in Richmond, working to continue our progress from last year expanding economic opportunity, improving community safety, and supporting excellence in public education. It is truly the honor of a lifetime to represent our district in the General Assembly. My team and I are ready to tackle this year’s legislation head on and to advocate for working families!
During the legislative session, I will release weekly newsletters detailing my legislative portfolio, major bills that are impacting our community, and overall developments in state government.
Current Situation in Richmond
This year’s session began in an unprecedented manner. On Wednesday, January 8th, the General Assembly met to convene the 2025 session and fulfill the body’s constitutional responsibilities. Due to Winter Storm Blair, there have been major issues with Richmond’s water system causing the body to go “at ease” until clean water is restored. No legislative business including subcommittee, committee, or floor sessions will take place, in the meantime.
If you had a planned meeting with my office, my staff is working to reschedule those meetings. This situation is a reminder of the difficulties families who are precariously housed face on a regular basis. My hope is that the session will allow us to address the affordable housing crisis and rising costs overall.
Current Legislative Portfolio
I am excited to share some of the bills that I have filed so far! Each bill is attached with a link to their page on the Virginia Legislative Information System (LIS) website where you can follow each bill as they make their way through the General Assembly.
Health Care:
Directs each school board to consider developing and implementing policies for permitting any public school student in the school division to schedule and participate in telehealth services on school property during regular school hours with parental permission. While telehealth access benefits everyone, it is especially helpful to communities where patients have to drive a long distance for care.
Education:
This bill requires the Department of Education to establish an index of each training in which any public elementary and secondary school teacher in the Commonwealth is required to participate, to allow us to better understand the frequency, subject and total hours we expect our educators to spend on annual training.
Increases the financial support the state provides to local school divisions to support English language learners. This bill also requires the Department of Education to develop and implement a data collection process related to English language learner expenditures, student English proficiency levels, and to identify other options to support English language learners.
Requires the Department of Education to conduct a baseline audit of each education preparation program compliance with requirements of the Virginia Literacy Act to ensure our new teachers are ready to teach reading.
Gun Violence Prevention:
This bill requires that parents of students who are assessed as at-risk of suicide be given information regarding existing safe firearm storage laws. Firearm based suicides make up more than 50% of youth suicides and this bill would provide a further spread of critical information to counter youth suicides.
Good Governance:
Increases various dollar amounts relating to wills, estates, trusts, fiduciaries, guardianships of minors, and guardianships of incapacitated persons to reflect the change in the Consumer Price Index.
Stipulates that a clerk of a circuit court will not assess separate recording and indexing fees for one document, such as a record of a mortgage.
Affordable Housing:
Allows localities to negotiate affordable assisted living housing, allowing lower income elderly people more opportunity to live in an assisted living facility.
Voting Rights:
Gives a local option to expand early voting hours This option makes it easier for local governments to go beyond the established minimum for early voting to best suit their communities.
Pictures from Session!
Arriving in Richmond

Beginning of the 2025 Legislative Session

On the House Floor

How My Office Can Help You
Navigating state agencies can be confusing and difficult at times. As your delegate, I can help you communicate with state agencies such as the Virginia Employment Commission (VEC), Departments of Taxation, Social Services, Transportation, and more! I can also submit inquiries with those agencies on your behalf and help you engage with the state agency you need. There are limits to what I can do, however. For example, I am unable to expedite cases or force state agencies to favor your inquiry, provide legal advice or recommend a specific attorney, intervene with judicial issues, overturn decisions, or be involved with matters involving private businesses.
Whether you want to bring an issue to my attention, need my office’s assistance, or want to invite me to a community event, please reach out! If there is any way I can assist you, please let me know here: https://atoosareaser.com/help/.
Come Visit Me In Richmond!
If you or your group are coming to Richmond to speak to legislators, see the floor session, or stop in for a day trip, come by my office! My staff and I would enjoy speaking with you about ideas for improving our community and addressing concerns facing our region!
With session resuming this week, the best ways to get in contact with my office is through the district email (DelAReaser@house.virginia.gov) and the phone number for the Richmond office ((804) 698-1027).
Yours in Service,

Atoosa Reaser (she/her)
Virginia House of Delegates
District 27 (Eastern Loudoun)
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