Overview
- The day-one directives order agencies to propose cost reductions, create a cross-agency health financing task force, and review housing regulations and permitting to accelerate development.
- One order rescinds former Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s 2025 EO 47 encouraging 287(g) cooperation with ICE, refocusing state and local law enforcement on core public safety duties.
- Another establishes an Economic Resiliency Task Force to coordinate statewide responses to federal workforce cuts, funding losses, tariffs and immigration policy impacts.
- In her first State of the Commonwealth address, Spanberger sought statewide paid family and medical leave, guaranteed paid sick days, expanded child care subsidies and a $15 minimum wage, and signaled intent to reenter RGGI.
- Republican leaders objected that the agenda could override local zoning and foreshadow aggressive redistricting, and they criticized reliance on new panels instead of immediate policy changes.