VIPMOAA LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE:

CHAIRPERSON: Cleta Puckett  okbltmca@gmail.com

Legislative Activism
Through the support of the Chapter’s Legislative Committee, the chapter has maintained an active and aggressive legislative agenda over the years which has helped spur passage of important legislation at both the Federal and State level.

NATIONAL

Working in concert with MOAA National’s Government Relations office, the chapter endorses significant Legislative objectives being pursued by:

• Interacting with Virginia’s two State Senators and Representatives from the Congressional Districts within the chapter’s geographic boundaries by visiting their  District offices or issuing invitations to speak at a monthly chapter event.
• Encouraging chapter members to personally communicate with legislators via mail or e-mail.
• Creating a chapter “E-mail Net” which allows instant communication capability for alerting chapter members about “late-breaking” activities which require action.
• Supporting the Virginia Council of Chapters’ annual “Congressional Luncheon” held in the Washington, D.C. area.

STATE LEVEL

• The chapter has been extremely active over the years in supporting the Virginia Council of Chapters (VCOC) which is made up of representatives of all MOAA chapters throughout Virginia. Several chapter members have held elected office on the Council over the years.

Stay abreast of MOAA's legislative activities and advocacy efforts at the TAKE ACTION CENTER

Joint Leadership Council of Veterans Service Organizations

The mission of the Joint Leadership Council of Veterans Service Organizations (the JLC) is to provide advice and assistance to the Governor, General Assembly and the Department of Veterans Services (DVS) on matters of concern to the veterans community and provides a conduit of information to and from the veterans service organizations on policy and legislation, pending and enacted, as well as information on existing services.

The JLC is composed of one representative from each qualifying veterans service organization (VSO), to be appointed by the Governor, and the Commissioner of the Department of Veterans Services and the Chairmen of the Board of Veterans Services and the Veterans Services Foundation or their designees, who shall serve as nonvoting ex officio members.

The 2026 intiatives have been identified.The policy papers for each initiative can be found on the JLC website at:

 https://www.dvs.virginia.gov/about-us/boards-foundations/joint-leadership-council-of-veterans-service-organizations 

Scroll down more than half way to see the 6 initiatives and the links to the policy papers.