Abstract
The 2024 General Assembly session followed a transformative election cycle. Democrats regained full control of the General Assembly after two years of split legislative power, thwarting Governor Glenn Youngkin’s efforts to secure a Republican trifecta. Redistricting drove unprecedented turnover, with more than one-third of lawmakers joining their respective chambers as newcomers in 2024. The remade General Assembly was the youngest in recent memory and the most diverse in Virginia history. These changes brought uncertainty and promises of cooperation, but the session soon descended into familiar partisan polarization. Governor Youngkin vetoed a record number of bills, while Democrats voted down many of Youngkin’s priorities. Still, in moments of bipartisanship, the Governor and the General Assembly came together to address pressing challenges facing the Commonwealth. This article surveys some of the session’s legislative successes related to firearm restrictions, higher education admissions, casino development, mental health services, overdose intervention, marriage rights, prison oversight, and payment to student athletes.
The other articles in this issue cover the following topics in depth: the data center industry, criminal record clearance, the right to contraception, vicarious liability of employers, economic development initiatives, and charity care policy.
Recommended Citation
Ryan Pokorny & Tucker Weiser,
New Dominion, Old Tricks: A Review of Virginia's 2024 General Assembly Session,
28
Rich. Pub. Int. L. Rev.
23
(2024).
Available at:
https://scholarship.richmond.edu/pilr/vol28/iss2/1