Virginia House Speaker Eileen Filler-Corn gavels in the session to an empty Virginia House of Delegates chamber after a Zoom Legislative session. Filler-Corn is leading this week's bill to move up adult-use legalization from 2024 to 2021. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File) RICHMOND, VA — Virginia’s House speaker on Friday said she supports moving up the date for legalizing adult recreational use of marijuana in Virginia to this summer, a key change pushed by advocates who have sharply criticized legislation approved by lawmakers last month that would delay legalization until 2024. The law currently delays legalization until 2024, because…why, exactly? Democratic Speaker Eileen Filler-Corn announced on Twitter that she will back an amendment to the bill with a July 1 legalization date.