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.
This year, the ACLU of Virginia prioritized bills that would reduce racial disparities in our criminal legal system and expand voting rights across the Commonwealth. A number of our priority bills are moving forward in the legislature, including the following:
Raising the felony larceny threshold from $500 to $1,000 in a positive step toward our goal of raising the threshold to at least $1,500: SB 788 (Sen. Jennifer McClellan)
Fixing Fishback to allow the more than 300 people sentenced by juries who weren’t told about Virginia’s abolition of parole to have an opportunity for parole
