Victory Alert: Property Rights Amendment Passes VA Senate!

Victoria Cobb, President Tuesday, February 22, 2011 Victory Alert: Property Rights Amendment Passes Senate! This afternoon, the Virginia Senate passed by a 35-5 vote a proposed amendment to the Virginia Constitution that would protect private property rights and curb the government’s power of eminent domain. After four years of trying to pass this important legislation, with twists and turns, near-deaths, deaths, resurrections, and last minute defeats in previous General Assembly sessions, today's vote was deceptively overwhelming yet historic in importance. Now the resolution, HJ 693, goes back to the House of Delegates since it was changed from the version that...