Virginia has repealed the ultrasound requirement before an abortion, as well as the 24-hour waiting period. Northam signed this bill yesterday.

Virginia also just banned housing & employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation & gender identity.

Virginia has also now adopted automatic voter registration. When Northam signed, made VA 17th state with such a law.

This is the first session with a Dem majority in decades, & we're waiting on fate of a number of other major bills in coming hours. More here as news comes in.

NEW: Virginia will no longer suspend driver's licenses for people who have unpaid court debt. This affects many hundreds of thousands people, cutting off their access to employment, transportation, and more.

Thsi is #SB1, which Northam signed today.

NEW: Virginia just increased the threshold at which theft is a felony rather than a misdemeanor to $1,000 (from $500).

Another new law says prosecutors need court approval to try a 14/15-year old as an adult. (Many other states have gone further with this: 16/17-year olds too.)

NEW: Virginia has ended the requirement that voters provide an excuse if they want to vote absentee!

This bill ( #HB1) began moving months ago (it was just signed by Northam), but obviously it has a whole new significance during this pandemic.