The House of Delegates and Senate debated topics ranging from voter access to contraception ahead of “crossover,” the point by which all legislation aside from the budget must clear its original

Before anything gets to the governor’s desk, each House bill has to be considered by the Senate and vice versa. All of it has to be wrapped up by the time the session ends Feb. 22.

The Virginia Senate has approved a bill to legalize regulated sales of recreational marijuana, three years after the state legalized cannabis possession for adults.

Tuesday marked the deadline for crossover, when bills that have passed one chamber head over to the other for a vote. Legislators voted on a number of housing bills designed to lessen