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Quick Facts
Personal Details

Caucuses/Former Committees

Former Member, Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Committee, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates

Former Chair, Health, Welfare and Institutions Committee, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates

Former Member, Rules Committee, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates

Former Member, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources #1, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates

Former Member, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources #3, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates

Former Chair, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources #4, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates

Former Member, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates

Former Member, Subcommittee on Finance #1, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates

Former Member, Subcommittee on Finance #2, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates

Former Member, Subcommittee on Health, Welfare and Institutions #3, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates

Former Chair, Subcommittee on Health, Welfare and Institutions #4, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates

Former Member, Subcommittee on Rules #1, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates

Former Chair, Subcommittee on Standards of Conduct, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates

Former Member, Subcommittee on Studies, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates

Education

  • MEd, Agriculture Education, Virginia State University, 1984-1989
  • BS, Agriculture Education, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1974-1978
  • Attended, Germanna Community College, 1975-1976

Professional Experience

  • MEd, Agriculture Education, Virginia State University, 1984-1989
  • BS, Agriculture Education, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1974-1978
  • Attended, Germanna Community College, 1975-1976
  • Radio Announcer, WFLS Radio, 1988-present
  • Agriculture Education Instructor, Spotsylvania High School, 1978-present
  • Cardiac Technician, Ladysmith Volunteer Rescue Squad, 1973-present

Political Experience

  • MEd, Agriculture Education, Virginia State University, 1984-1989
  • BS, Agriculture Education, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1974-1978
  • Attended, Germanna Community College, 1975-1976
  • Radio Announcer, WFLS Radio, 1988-present
  • Agriculture Education Instructor, Spotsylvania High School, 1978-present
  • Cardiac Technician, Ladysmith Volunteer Rescue Squad, 1973-present
  • Delegate, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates, District 54, 1989-present
  • Candidate, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates, District 54, 2019

Former Committees/Caucuses

Former Member, Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Committee, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates

Former Chair, Health, Welfare and Institutions Committee, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates

Former Member, Rules Committee, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates

Former Member, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources #1, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates

Former Member, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources #3, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates

Former Chair, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources #4, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates

Former Member, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates

Former Member, Subcommittee on Finance #1, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates

Former Member, Subcommittee on Finance #2, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates

Former Member, Subcommittee on Health, Welfare and Institutions #3, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates

Former Chair, Subcommittee on Health, Welfare and Institutions #4, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates

Former Member, Subcommittee on Rules #1, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates

Former Chair, Subcommittee on Standards of Conduct, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates

Former Member, Subcommittee on Studies, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates

Current Legislative Committees

Member, Advisory Board on Teacher Education and Licensure

Member, Commission on Disability

Member, Commission on Legislative Audit and Review

Member, Commission on Major Employment and Investment (MEI) Project Approval

Member, Commission on Rappahannock River Basin

Member, Finance Committee

Member, Health, Welfare and Institutions Committee

Member, Privileges and Elections Committee

Member, Subcommittee on Finance #2

Member, Subcommittee on Finance #3

Member, Subcommittee on Gubernatorial Appointments

Member, Subcommittee on Health

Member, Subcommittee on Local Government Fiscal Stress

Member, Subcommittee on Redistricting

Member, Subcommittee to Evaluate Tax Preferences

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

  • MEd, Agriculture Education, Virginia State University, 1984-1989
  • BS, Agriculture Education, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1974-1978
  • Attended, Germanna Community College, 1975-1976
  • Radio Announcer, WFLS Radio, 1988-present
  • Agriculture Education Instructor, Spotsylvania High School, 1978-present
  • Cardiac Technician, Ladysmith Volunteer Rescue Squad, 1973-present
  • Delegate, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates, District 54, 1989-present
  • Candidate, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates, District 54, 2019
  • Deacon/Trustee, Bethany Baptist Church, present
  • Member, Fredericksburg Area Chamber of Commerce
  • Member, Fredericksburg Area Habitat for Humanity Advisory Board, present
  • Trustee, Ladysmith Volunteer Rescue Squad, present
  • Board Member, Moss Free Clinic, present
  • Board Member, Spotsylvania Regional Medical Center, present
  • Trustee, Spotsylvania Volunteer Rescue Squad, present
  • Hunter Safety Instructor, Virginia Game Commission, present
Policy Positions

Orrock's campaign website highlights the following issues:

Cutting Wasteful Spending & Balancing the Budget

Bobby believes that the government must live within its means and fights to hold the line on the state budget's growth. He is the most senior member of the House's Finance Committee, and strives to maintain high standards for government services like public safety and education, while maintaining a balanced budget WITHOUT raising taxes: in 2017 that meant solving a $1.2 billion budget shortfall but, along with his Republican colleagues, Bobby balanced the Commonwealth's budget and did not raise your taxes. As Chair of the Joint Legislative Audit & Review Commission (JLARC), he is charged with ensuring state agencies are effectively and efficiently spending your tax dollars. Bobby is serious about these agencies being accountable, and in 2016 JLARC uncovered the grossly negligent spending of millions of dollars of Virginians' hard-earned taxes by the Virginia Economic Development Partnership—an agency whose job and economic figures were cited time and time again by Governor McAuliffe.

Protecting Virginia From Illegal Aliens & Helping Those Who Come Here Legally

Bobby strongly opposes sanctuary city policies, and has voted many times to protect Virginians from violent aliens who come here illegally by defunding localities that adopt these dangerous policies. He has fought to require law enforcement to determine every arrestee's citizenship status, and also to halt state universities from accepting and harboring illegal aliens. Nonetheless, Bobby recognizes the value that LEGAL immigrants bring to our country and the Commonwealth. In fact, as Chairman of the Health, Welfare, and Institutions Committee, Bobby sought to require the Dept. of Social Services to use already allocated money to provide these legal immigrants with the advice and support needed to integrate into Virginia and pursue their American Dream.

No Medicaid Expansion Without Reforms

Having seen the problems experienced by states that opted to expand Medicaid based on unreliable promises of reimbursement from Washington, Bobby and House Republicans have and will continue to fight to ensure Virginia does not expand Medicaid. As Chairman of the Health, Welfare & Institutions Committee, Bobby works hard to encourage competition among healthcare providers in Virginia through steps like reforming the Certificate of Public Need laws: actions that provide free-market solutions that will reduce costs, promote innovation and increase access.

Reducing The Tax Burden On Hard-Working Virginians

Bobby has worked to reduce taxes on hard-working Virginia families. He has supported legislation that would reduce the sales tax on food, eliminate the hurtful estate tax, increase the per-child tax credit for educational purposes, and create long-term tax credits for health insurance for senior citizens.

Reforming & Expanding Education

As a public school teacher of 38 years, Bobby knows what our schools need, and he views education as the gateway to jobs and opportunities for all children in the Commonwealth. In 2017, he voted for an additional $13 million toward K-12 education while increasing local school divisions' flexibility in allocating the funds. He supported a 2% pay increase for public school teachers which will take effect in 2018. Additionally, he voted to establish the Online Virginia Network to make it easier, more convenient, and more affordable for non-traditional college students to complete degrees at George Mason University or Old Dominion University.

Fighting to Preserve Our Second Amendment Rights

As a lifelong gun owner and hunter, Bobby cherishes our Second Amendment rights. He supports the rights of gun owners to have concealed carry permits and when Attorney General Mark Herring sought to restrict those rights, Bobby fought with his Republican colleagues to pass measures to ensure Virginians can still protect themselves. Bobby also understands the importance of and promotes the safe handling of firearms, and as a certified Virginia Department of Farm and Inland Fisheries hunting safety instructor, he seeks to educate others about gun safety.

Defending Virginia Values & Protecting the Unborn

Bobby has supported voluntary prayers in schools, ensuring prayer at public meetings and posting the motto “In God We Trust” in public buildings. Bobby is 100% pro-life, and believes in protecting the unborn by supporting parental notification for minors who seek abortions, opposing state funding of abortions and partial-birth abortions, and in 2017 was co-patron of a bill that would have halted the abortion of babies so developed that they can feel pain.

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