New Laws Take Effect July 1

Extends the sunset from July 1, 2022 to July 1, 2024 on prior legislation that allowed the delivery of alcoholic beverages from licensed businesses for off-premises consumption.

Scales back sweeping overtime pay protections that the General Assembly passed last year. Workers who prove an employer knowingly failed to pay overtime can seek double the back pay, down from triple. Some, like live-in domestic workers and agricultural laborers, would lose their protection.

Prohibits employers from taking action against employees who miss work to attend eviction proceedings.

Permits banks in the Commonwealth to provide virtual currency custody services so long as the banks have appropriate measures in place to manage the associated risks.

Prohibits refusal to insure individuals based on their status as an organ or bone marrow donor.

Creates a civil action for sending explicit images electronically to another person without consent. The images shall be considered a trespass and the sender shall be liable to the recipient of the intimate image for actual damages or $500, whichever is greater.

Requires that school principals report to law enforcement certain enumerated acts that may constitute a misdemeanor offense and report to the parents of any minor student who is subject to the offense that the incident has been reported to law enforcement.

Requires the Department of Education to put in place policies that ensure parental notification of sexually explicit content in instructional material and that schools provide an alternative content option for students whose parents request it.

Requires the Council on Higher Education to post certain consumer-related metrics (including average student debt, graduation rates and average wages of graduates) for all state colleges and universities.

Establishes several parameters to allow for the compensation and representation of an intercollegiate student-athlete related to the use of such student's name, image or likeness.

Prohibits anyone involved in a Governor's schools' admissions process to discriminate based on race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin.

Establishes mandates at institutions of higher education to provide new member hazing prevention training for all organizations where hazing might occur.

Requires general registrars of each locality to report to the Department of Elections the results of absentee ballots from each precinct in their respective locality.

Increases the maximum penalty for campaigns for advertisements or telephone calls that expressly advocate against a candidate from $10,000 to $25,000.

Martinsville must ensure approval of its voters to revert from a city to a town through a referendum.

Prohibits gaming businesses from using the phrase "Virginia is for Bettors" in an advertisement with a violation subject to a civil penalty of up to $50,000.

Prohibits organizations qualified to conduct Texas Hold'em poker tournaments from conducting Texas Hold'em games with no predetermined end time and players wagering real money.

A governor's orders issued under the state's Emergency Services and Disaster Law will remain in effect for only 45 days.

Allows healthcare professionals licensed in other states to provide telehealth behavioral health services in Virginia.

Removes the state's Board of Pharmacy registration requirement for purchasing medical cannabis and the medical cannabis license fee of $50. Those seeking the license must still obtain approval from a registered practitioner for medical cannabis.

Requires hospitals to screen all uninsured patients to determine if they are eligible for Medicaid, state medical assistance or the hospital's financial assistance plan. A hospital cannot engage in extraordinary collection actions to recover debts for medical services until the hospital has properly screened the patient.

Permits hunting on Sunday as long as it takes place more than 200 yards from a place of worship.

Authorizes local law enforcement agencies, campus police departments, and the Department of State Police to use facial recognition technology for certain authorized uses.

Prohibits the establishment of a quota that requires law-enforcement officers to make a specific number of arrests or issue a specific number of summonses.

Provides that no criminal investigative file may be released to anyone other than the victim, the victim's immediate family, or the victim's parent or guardian without notice to the family. Provides the family 14 days to file an injunction to prevent the release of records.

Eliminates the prohibition on selling, bartering, giving, furnishing, or possessing with the intent of selling, bartering, giving or furnishing a switchblade.

Delayed implementation of 'Marcus Alert' by one year for all localities and made it optional for localities with less than 40,000 people. 'Marcus Alert' is a system to involve mental health professionals when first responders answer calls involving persons suffering a behavioral health crisis.

Prohibits persons riding bicycles, electric personal assistive mobility devices, electric scooters or electric skateboards from riding two abreast in a way that may slow traffic and requires them to move into single-file formation.

Prohibits a person from parking a vehicle not capable of receiving an electric charge or not in the process of charging in a space clearly marked as reserved for charging electric vehicles.