Del. Mike Mullin, D-Newport News, discusses the collapse of legislation on mandatory minimum sentences. RICHMOND â The General Assembly on Monday formally capped a COVID-19-complicated session that featured landmark action on issues ranging from the death penalty to future marijuana legalization. Here are 26 reasons why the session mattered. Abortion The House and Senate backed legislation to remove the ban on abortion coverage on the stateâs health care exchange. Booze Lawmakers backed restaurantsâ ability to sell cocktails to-go through July 1, 2022. The legislation is a first step toward making permanent a temporary pandemic provision that has allowed restaurants to sell cocktails to-go since April.