WHEN Virginiaâs General Assembly, the oldest continuous legislative body in the Western Hemisphere, meets for its regular session on Wednesday, state senators will be socially distancing at the Science Museum of Virginia in Richmond, while the 100 delegates will once again be meeting online.
To keep the House Zoom session manageable, delegates were limited to offering just seven bills each instead of the usual 15, as lawmakers will have just 30 days during the 2021 âshort sessionâ to wade through hundreds of bills.
Lawmakers are expected to act on a number of criminal justice reform measures, including a bill patroned by Del. Joseph Morrissey, DâRichmond, that would impose a moratorium on executions in the commonwealth, but only until a joint legislative subcommittee conducts a study and issues a report.