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

American Recyclable Plastic Bag Alliance

Atlantic Coast Athletic Clubs

Centers for Non Profit Excellence

Copper Development Association Inc

Curo Group

Directional Signing Program LLC

DoorDash Food Delivery

General Cigar Co Inc

Global Business Alliance

Great Wolf Lodge

Hampton Roads Towing Alliance

Hand & Stone Massage and Facial Spa

I-81 TRIP Operators

Institute for Advanced Learning and Research Foundation

InTown Suites

Japanese Classics LLC

Kingspan Insulation LLC

KSMA LLC

Lennar Corp

Lucid USA Inc

Massage Envy

National Marine Manufacturers Assn

Orvis

Qualtrics LLC

Rock Central LLC

Sugar Creek Capital LLC

Twisted-USA LLC

Universal Storage Containers LLC

Va Asian American Store Owners Assn

Va International Raceway

Va Paddlesport Assn

Virginia Maryland and Delaware Association of Broadband Cooperatives

Virginia Public Media

Virginia Skill Alliance LLC

Weyerhaeuser Company

Healthcare

Alexion Pharmaceuticals

Aveanna Healthcare

BetterMed Urgent Care

BioIQ

BrightSpring Health Services

Cognosante

Emergent Biosolutions

Gainwell Technologies LLC

GetInsured

Grafton Integrated Health Network

Healthcare Distribution Alliance

Phlow Corporation

ReAlta Life Sciences

Recovery Centers of America

SecureHealth

Sickle Cell Association of Virginia

Virginia Telehealth Network

Technology

Amplitude9 LLC

Civix

GCOM Software

IDEMIA

Image API LLC

L3Harris Technologies

Pegasystems Inc

Quality Technology Services LLC

RedMane Technology LLC

Verify4

Energy

Berkshire Hathaway Energy GT&S

BP America

Cleanchoice Energy Shared Services

Combined Heat and Power Alliance

Electrification Coalition Foundation

Energix EPC US LLC

Metallurgical Coal Producers Assn PAC

SolAmerica Energy LLC

The PJM Power Providers Group

US Energy Storage Assn

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

Action Now Initiative LLC

Center for Death Penalty Litigation

Eastern Atlantic States Council - Carpenters

Families Against Mandatory Minimums

Freedom Virginia

International Corporate Accountability Roundtable

Justice Forward Virginia PAC

National Employment Law Project

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

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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.