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Senior Statesmen recap the latest Virginia General Assembly session
Senior Statesmen recap the latest Virginia General Assembly session By Dominga Murray | May 12, 2021 at 8:03 PM EDT - Updated May 12 at 9:05 PM
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - With many politicians aiming toward the November general election, state legislators are evaluating their own results from this past General Assembly session.
On the second Wednesday of each month, the Senior Statesmen of Virginia hold a meeting. On Wednesday, May 12, Senator Creigh Deeds (D-25th District), Delegate Rob Bell (R-58th District), and Delegate Sally Hudson (D-57th District) were part of the group that talked about legislative accomplishments.
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Governor Northam Acts on Budget, Remaining Bills from 2021 Special Session
RICHMOND Governor Ralph Northam took action today on several important pieces of legislation, concluding his review of bills passed by the General Assembly during the 2021 special session. Newly-signed laws include measures to ensure schools provide safe, in-person learning opportunities for students during the pandemic, ban firearms at polling locations, extend eviction protections, and provide paid sick leave to home health care workers. Governor Northam also proposed several minor amendments to the state budget.
In total, Governor Northam took action on 552 bills and did not veto any legislation from the 2021 special session.
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam speaks during an unveiling ceremony for Rumors of War, a statue by artist Kehinde Wiley, at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts on December 10, 2019, in Richmond, Virginia. | Zach Gibson/Getty Images
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam has signed two bills into law that allow health insurance plans offered through the state-based exchange to include abortion coverage.
House Bill 1896, which was sponsored by Delegate Sally Hudson, and Senate Bill 1276, sponsored by state Sen. Jennifer McClellan, were signed by Northam on Friday.
The legislation removed a restriction in the Code of Virginia that prohibited health insurance “sold or offered for sale through an exchange established or operating in the Commonwealth” to cover abortions unless the abortion was performed because of a life-threatening medical emergency to the mother or “when the pregnancy is the result of an alleged act of rape or incest.”