Lobbying Newcomers
This year's pandemic-shortened General Assembly session has seen fewer companies and other groups that for the first time hired lobbyists to represent their interests. The 111 new lobbying clients are the fewest since the 2018 session.
Number of New Lobbying Clients
New Lobbying Clients - May 2020 to January 2021
Business
Healthcare
Technology
| Amplitude9 LLC |
| Civix |
| GCOM Software |
| IDEMIA |
| Image API LLC |
| L3Harris Technologies |
| Pegasystems Inc |
| Quality Technology Services LLC |
| RedMane Technology LLC |
| Verify4 |
Energy
Insurance/Finance
| American Retirement Association |
| Blackshire Advisors |
| Capitol Bridge LLC |
| CNA Financial Corp |
| Equifax |
| Merit International Inc |
| Mutual of Omaha |
| OneMain Financial |
| Truist Financial |
Labor/Social Justice
Pot Legalization
| Curaleaf Holdings Inc |
| Golden Piedmont Labs |
| Metrc LLC |
| TheraTrue Inc |
| Trulieve Inc |
| Weedmaps |
Interest Groups
| Appalachian Citizens' Law Center |
| CA Human Services |
| Friends of the Rappahannock |
| North Fund |
| Public Citizen |
| Virginia Interfaith Power & Light |
Government
| City of Fredericksburg |
| County of Greene |
| Piedmont Regional Jail Authority |
| Rapidan Service Authority |
| Virginia Municipal Drinking Water Assn |
Education
| Blue Ridge Autism and Achievement Center |
| Cadence Education |
| Collegiate School of Richmond |
| Early Care and Education Consortium |
| Plan Bee Academy |
Source: Lobbyist registrations from the Virginia Conflict of Interest and Ethics Advisory Council.
Note: Data above shows the number of clients that registered lobbyists between May 1 and January 31 and that have never lobbied before in Virginia. VPAP categorized companies and organizations by topic area.
Feb. 3, 2021