2023 General Assembly Session

  • Session: 2023 General Assembly
  • Latest Update: November 22, 2022
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Summary

We entered the 2023 legislative session knowing that it would be challenging – and it was. But the hard work of our team, our partners, and supporters like you resulted in many crucial legislative wins! Here are the highlights:

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King v. Youngkin

The ACLU of Virginia, Protect Democracy, and WilmerHale on the behalf of plaintiffs Tati Abu King and Toni Heath Johnson filed a first-of-its-kind lawsuit in federal court challenging the Virginia Constitution’s felony disenfranchisement provision. The case, filed in the Eastern District of Virginia, claims that Virginia is in violation of the 150-year-old federal law that established the terms of Virginia’s readmission to representation in the United States Congress after the Civil War.