Sen. Petersen, Del. LeMunyon to Host Town Hall

State Sen. Chap Petersen (D-34th) and Del. Jim LeMunyon (R-67th) are holding a town hall meeting Thursday to speak with their constituents' before the start of the 2013 General Assembly session in Richmond.

The meeting will be held at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the Sully Government Center, 4900 Stonecroft Blvd. in Chantilly. The event is free and open to the public and no RSVP is required.

"...before I go to Richmond, I want to hear about what issues are important to you," LeMunyon wrote on his website in a message about the meeting. 

LeMunyon, elected in 2009, serves on the following committees: Counties, Cities and Towns, Education and General Laws.

So far LeMunyon prefiled HJ565, a resolution that makes application to the U.S. Congress to call an amendment convention for the purpose of proposing a constitutional amendment that requires a balanced federal budget. The full text of the bill is here.

You can follow LeMunyon on Facebook and Twitter.

Petersen served in the House of Delegates from 2002-06 and was elected to the state Senate in 2007. He serves on the following committees: Privileges and Elections, Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources, and General Laws and Technology.

Among the bills prefiled by Petersen is SJ269, one that would restore voting rights of Virginia's convicted felons. You can read more about his proposal here. You can follow Petersen on Twitter and Facebook.