Each year during the General Assembly session, the ACLU of Virginia works to support legislation that expands or protects our civil liberties and fights against bills that infringe on our freedoms. The ACLU of Virginia tracks hundreds of bills each session.
The 2023 legislative session is going to be just as challenging. We will do whatever it takes to block the bills that seek to roll back the progress we have made. At the same time, we will be proactively pushing several bills – some new, and some we and our partners have been working on for years.
The 2022 legislative session is officially over and if you'd like to see where things ended up, you can view and interact with our 2022 General Assembly End-of-Session Report.
In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic and the police killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Marcus-David Peters,
The tragic murders of Breonna Taylor, George Floyd and Marcus-David Peters, and the recent protests across the country, show there is an urgent need for fundamental change in policing. We must reimagine and transform the role of police in our society and invest in prevention over punishment.
The following report on our priority legislation and bills we supported shows the groundbreaking impact this session will have on Virginia, as well as the work still left to do.
Crossover for the 2020 General Assembly session was midnight on Feb. 11. Crossover in the General Assembly is the last day for bills to be heard in the House of Delegates and the Senate before they cross over to the opposite chamber and start the process all over again.