Virginia House and Senate pass flurry of bills

Virginia’s legislative session is halfway over. Here’s how housing bills fared in the General Assembly
Tuesday marked the deadline for crossover, when bills that have passed one chamber head over to the other for a vote. Legislators voted on a number of housing bills designed to lessen
Virginia House and Senate pass flurry of bills at session’s midpoint
Before anything gets to the governor’s desk, each House bill has to be considered by the Senate and vice versa. All of it has to be wrapped up by the time the session ends Feb. 22.
Cannabis sales bills clear Virginia legislature, face likely Youngkin veto
Virginia’s legislature has once again approved legislation to create a regulated and taxed cannabis marketplace, and with both chambers backing identical measures, the proposal is all but certain to reach Gov.
House lawmakers take up more than 300 bills on Crossover Day in Virginia
Crossover Day is the date on the General Assembly calendar when the House of Delegates and the Senate of Virginia have to finish work on all the legislation their members introduced this session.
Virginia Democrats pass partisan legislation during crossover
Tuesday was crossover in Virginia’s legislature, the last day the chambers can consider their own legislation. From Wednesday on, the House of Delegates can only consider Senate bills and vice versa.
Virginia lawmakers call on Youngkin to talk to Trump about federal workers
Efforts by the new Trump administration to slash and relocate the federal work force, as well as cut federal spending, could ...
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House Speaker orders bipartisan look at federal fallout in Virginia
Portsmouth, is appointing an emergency committee of state legislators to assess the potential effect on Virginia's economy ...
Virginia Attorney General says Virginia Beach would benefit from 3 at-large council seats
Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares issued a letter Jan. 30 on city’s election system to address questions posed by Virginia Beach Mayor Bobby Dyer. The mayor asked the attorney general ...
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Proposed Virginia budget includes one-time rebate for residents; teachers, state employees could see bonuses
Among the top-level proposals in both versions of the budget is providing over $1 billion in tax relief through a one-time rebate for all Virginians.
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General Assembly Democrats say Youngkin, GOP ignore Virginia
General Assembly Democrats gathering to review the legislature’s actions as of Crossover, the session midpoint, said Gov.
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Virginia moves to protect economy from federal workforce crisis
With the federal government slashing its workforce and attempting to freeze billions in funding, Virginia lawmakers are ...
Here's what Virginia lawmakers passed on Crossover Day
Virginia marked the halfway point of the 2025 legislative session. Hundreds of bills met their fate on Tuesday, but here are a few that passed.
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Full Virginia Senate to debate the state's campaign finance laws today for first time in decades
Is the General Assembly for sale to the highest bidder? Critics of Virginia's lax campaign finance laws worry that big money ...
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Virginia: Here is where 20 key issues stand at Crossover
Tuesday was the deadline for the House and Senate to complete work on their own bills. Expect some defeated or vetoed measures to resurface as issues in the fall campaigns.