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The Brief. New laws in Virginia take effect on January 1, 2025. Notable new laws include minimum wage increase, changes to the Virginia Human Rights Act, and retirement savings plans for all ...
Title page to the Code of 1819, formally titled The Revised Code of the Laws of Virginia. The Code of Virginia is the statutory law of the U.S. state of Virginia and consists of the codified legislation of the Virginia General Assembly. The 1950 Code of Virginia is the revision currently in force.
The Constitution of Virginia is the foremost source of state law. Legislation is enacted by the General Assembly, published in the Acts of Assembly, and codified in the Code of Virginia. State agency regulations (sometimes called administrative law) are published in the Virginia Register of Regulations and codified in the Virginia ...
Abortion in the U.S. state of Virginia is legal up to the end of the second trimester of a pregnancy. [1] Before the year 1900, abortion remained largely illegal in Virginia, reflecting a widespread trend in many U.S. states during the 19th and early 20th centuries. Abortion was viewed as a criminal act and subject to state laws that prohibited it.
Feb. 28—No longer bills waiting to be signed. The following measures that passed during the 2024 legislative session have been signed into law by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham: More money for housing.
The Repeal Act (HB 2491) was a 2019 bill proposed in Virginia by Delegate Kathy Tran that would have repealed some of the state's restrictions on abortion.The bill would have reduced the number of physicians required to approve a third-term abortion (from three to one), and lowered the threshold for that approval to the requirement that there be a medical reason for the abortion, from the ...
Cannabis in Virginia is legal for medical use and recreational use. The first medical marijuana dispensary opened in August 2020, [1] and adult recreational use became legalized in July 2021. [2] [3] In April 2020, Virginia Governor Ralph Northam approved a bill to decriminalize simple marijuana possession, which took effect July 2020. In ...
On February 25, 2021, it passed the state Senate with unanimous support from Democrats and unanimous opposition by Republicans. [ 15 ] On March 31, 2021, Governor Ralph Northam ( D ) gave the bill preliminary approval, though suggested technical amendments that the General Assembly had to approve before the measure became law.