SR 131 — Commending the Honorable Judith Williams Jagdmann.

SESSION INTRODUCEDENROLLED 23105246DSENATE IRESOLUTION SENAOfferedNO. February 15, 2023 N Commending the Honorable Judith Williams Jagdmann.

––––––––––131 TE Patrons––Dunnavant,Commending Barker, Bell, Boysko, Chase, Cosgrove, Deeds, Ebbin, Edwards, Favola, R Hackworth, Hanger, Hashmi, Lewis, Marsden, Mason, McClellan, McDougle, McPike, Morrissey, O Newman, Norment, Obenshain, Peake, Petersen, Reeves, Rouse, Ruff, Spruill, Stanley, Stuart, Suetterlein and Surovell D WHEREAS, the Honorable Judith Williams Jagdmann,Jagdmann. an esteemed and respected commissioner of U the State Corporation Commission, served in that capacity for almost 17 years;

andN WHEREAS,Agreed Judyto Jagdmannby wasthe electedSenate, asFebruary the21, 33rd2023 CommissionerR ofO the State Corporation CCommission, Commissionserved (SCC) by the General Assembly in 2006that andcapacity wasfor reelectedalmost in17 2012years; and 2016;

andandissioner Eof L WHEREAS, Judy Jagdmann adaptedwas toelected as the unique33rd challengesCommissioner of workingthe forState theCorporation SCC,L whichCommission is(SCC) anby independentthe departmentGeneral ofAssembly statein government2006 withand delegatedwas administrativereelected andin judicial2012 powers;and 2016;

and moreindependent thandepartment 37of years;state government with delegated administrative and judicial powers;

andnnand E WHEREAS, Judy Jagdmann has had a long and distinguished career, serving the Commonwealth for WHEREAS,D priormore tothan joining37 theyears; SCC, the General Assembly unanimously elected Judy Jagdmann as the 43rd Attorney General of Virginia in January 2005, filling a vacancy in the office;

and WHEREAS, prior to joining the SCC, the General Assembly unanimously elected Judy Jagdmann as theWHEREAS, Judy Jagdmann served as the Deputy Attorney General for the Office of the Attorney General's Civil Litigation Division from 1998 to 2005, where she supervised the operations of sectors specializing in trial, real estate, land use and construction, employment law, antitrust and consumer litWHEREAS, Judy Jagdmann served as counsel to the SCC from 1985 to 1998, representing the R department and its staff on securities and utility matters;

and 3 WHEREAS, Judy Jagdmann has taught regulatory and utility matters as an adjunct professor at the E University of Virginia School of Law;

and WHEREAS,R Judy Jagdmann received her undergraduate degree in history from the University of Virginia and received a law degree from the University of Richmond;

andandfrom the University of WHEREAS, Judy Jagdmann earned the respect of her fellow state utility regulators throughout the United States, who elected her to serve as president of the National Association of Regulatory Utility CommissionersComWHEREAS, fromduring 2021her tolong 2022,tenure theof firstservice Virginianas toCommissioner serveof inthe thatSCC, prestigiousJudy nationalJagdmann position;wasposition;

and WHEREAS, during her long tenure of service as Commissioner of the SCC, Judy Jagdmann was regarded by all parties and persons who appeared before the department as a fair, intelligent, hard-working, and even-handed regulator and judge, one who listened to all sides of every issue and :who never forgot that in all matters and cases the SCC's most important job was to advocate for and defRESOLVED by the Senate of Virginia, That the Honorable Judith Williams Jagdmann hereby be commended for her judicial acumen and her long and exemplary career in public service;

32and, whobe neverit forgotRESOLVED thatFURTHER, inThat allthe mattersClerk andof cases the SCC'sSenate mostprepare importanta jobcopy wasof tothis advocateresolution for andadmiration 34for defRESOLVEDher byoutstanding theservice Senatewith of Virginia, That the HonorableState JudithCorporation WilliamsCommission Jagdmannand herebybest bewishes 35 commended for her judicialcontinued acumensuccess. and her long and exemplary career in public service;

and, be it 36 RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the Senate prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to the Honorable Judith Williams Jagdmann as an expression of the Senate of Virginia's admiration for her outstanding service with the State Corporation Commission and best wishes for her continued success.