The House of Delegates and Senate debated topics ranging from voter access to contraception ahead of “crossover,” the point by which all legislation aside from the budget must clear its original

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.

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

The Virginia Senate has approved a bill to legalize regulated sales of recreational marijuana, three years after the state legalized cannabis possession for adults.

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's General Assembly reached "crossover" day on Tuesday, marking the halfway point when bills move from one chamber to the next. Why it matters: Democrats, with their slight majority, have once again predictably killed dozens of Republican proposals,

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.