 Luke Torian to be the first African-American House Appropriations Chair in state history.This is the first time that an African-American delegate will chair a House committee since William P. Robinson Jr. (D-Norfolk) chaired the Transportation Committee in 1998 and was co-chairman of the panel in 1998, according to House Clerk G. Paul Nardo.The Senate of Virginia has 10 Standing Committees and a Committee on Rules.