Virginia House lawmakers voted mostly on party lines to end qualified immunity, the latest in a series of bills that aim to hold police accountable for wrongdoing in the wake of the police killing of George Floyd.

Virginia House committee moves forward a bill to require the state health department to publish detailed data on outbreaks.

A statewide code of conduct for officers, a ban on chokeholds, and a ban on firing at most moving vehicles: Virginia lawmakers are preparing to overhaul policing.

A bill introduced today in Maryland would legalize the use and possession of marijuana for anyone over 21 and allow the state to regulate and tax it.

The Maryland House of Delegates passed legislation that would reverse a 2012 court ruling that found pit bulls to be “inherently dangerous.”

Virginia legislators voted down a bill that would penalize drivers who wantonly throw open their doors into traffic, a practice cyclists refer to as being “doored.”

The Virginia House of Delegates this week gave approval to a bill that would allow the Old Dominion to create its own currency, but you should rest easy knowing that Dave Matthews won’t be on it.

Though the Virginia House of Delegates recently voted against appointing gay Richmond prosecutor Tracy Thorne-Begland to a District Court judgeship, the Post reports that lawyers at Richmond’s five largest firms are pushing to have him appointed instead by Circuit Court judges.

The next Tim Tebow could come out of Virginia, and legislators in the Old Dominion want to make sure that he doesn’t miss the chance to play football.

In yet another update to one of our Morning Roundup notes, the Maryland House of Delegates just voted to send the bill allowing same-sex marriage back to the Judiciary Committee. The Post notes that this is “an acknowledgment by supporters that it did not have sufficient votes to pass on the floor” and it likely kills the bill for another year….