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Jada Mairin Samitt, a Richmond community member and environmental conservation advocate, died on January 30, 2026, while working as a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration fishery observer

Graduated from Deep Run High School in Glen Allen and earned a degree in natural resources with a concentration in ecology from the University of Vermont's Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources

Worked for A.I.S., Inc. in Dartmouth, Massachusetts, collecting ecological data and recording fishing regulation violations aboard the fishing vessel Lily Jean out of Gloucester, Massachusetts

The General Assembly formally notes her passing with sadness and directs the Clerk of the House of Delegates to present a copy of the resolution to her family