Legislative Agencies

Agencies & Commissions

The Constitution of Virginia allows the General Assembly to establish administrative agencies and commissions to support the legislative process.

Legislative Services

The Division of Legislative Services (DLS) is the legislative branch agency created statutorily by the General Assembly to provide nonpartisan legal and general research services to members of the General Assembly and its standing committees in the Senate of Virginia and The Virginia House of Delegates.

More Legislative Agencies

Virginia Housing Commission

Behavioral Health Commission

Brown v. Board of Education Scholarship Awards Committee

Capitol Square Preservation Council

Chesapeake Bay Commission

Coal and Energy Commission

Code Commission

Commission on Youth

Crime Commission

Commission on the Virginia Alcohol Safety Action Program

Commission on Unemployment Compensation

Disability Commission

Freedom of Information Advisory Council

Joint Commission on Health Care

Joint Commission on Technology and Science

State Water Commission