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    • About Us
      • About Us
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      • 2025 Annual Meeting
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    • Residents
      • RAS-ACS
      • Travel Grant Program
      • Poster Session
      • RAS Community Engagement
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      • The Issues
      • Stop the Bleed
      • Lobby Day
      • ACS Hill Day
    • Committees
      • Committee on Trauma
      • Commission on Cancer
      • Military Committee
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  • About Us
    • About Us
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    • VA-ACS Membership
  • EVENTS
    • 2025 Annual Meeting
    • Annual Meeting Agenda
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    • 2025 Virtual Posters
    • Product Theaters
    • Past meetings
  • Residents
    • RAS-ACS
    • Travel Grant Program
    • Poster Session
    • RAS Community Engagement
  • Advocacy
    • The Issues
    • Stop the Bleed
    • Lobby Day
    • ACS Hill Day
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    • Committee on Trauma
    • Commission on Cancer
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2024 MSV LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES

 The Medical Society of Virginia has released its 2024 Legislative Preview. Click below to learn more!

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ACS State Legislative Tracking Dashboard

Take a look at the ACS dashboard of bills and issues that we are tracking in Virginia. This is a live link with links to other  issue specific dashboards that will update as new bills are added or bills move along the process. 

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State advocacy resources

Participating in advocacy activities can seem a bit confusing, especially if surgeons have never done so.  Questions arise as to how to do it, what to say, and where further information may be obtained on numerous state legislative and regulatory issues of interest. To learn about the many facets of grassroots advocacy, and to utilize the plethora of web-based information on state-related issues, check out the following. 


Surgeons as Advocates: A SurgeonsVoice Handbook for Advocacy


What Is Advocacy?


How to Start


Developing a Strategy


Grassroots Advocacy


A Guide to In-District Meetings


Tracking Legislation


State Legislation Tracked by the College


State Grassroots Advocacy on SurgeonsVoice


State Legislative Priorities




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