by Jackie Nunnery
RICHMOND—Some of the first bills to come out of the General Assembly’s 2026 session were signed by Gov. Abigail Spanberger on February 6.
The four proposed constitutional amendments—providing a fundamental right to reproductive freedom; automatically restoring a convicted felon’s right to vote upon release; affirming the right to marry and make a marriage between two individuals; and giving the General Assembly the power to modify one or more congressional districts outside of the standard 10-year cycle should any other state choose to redistrict—will officially go to voters. The civil rights amendments will be on the November ballot while the redistricting amendment will be on an April 21 ballot.
Another election-related bill, Senate Bill 57, introduced by Sen. Schuyler VanValkenburg, would put Virginia back in the Electronic Registration Information Center consortium, a 26-state partnership designed…
