COVID. A Legislature + A Rules of Procedure Fight = A remote Legislature

The state: Virginia

The rules fight happened where? Not at the Capitol, but at meeting with spaced-out desks in VCU’s Siegel Center

What prevailed? Remote legislative sessions and remote committee hearings.

Concerns about remote convening? Disproportionately impacts rural members who do not have broadband access

Virginia Mercury | Virginia House will legislate the special session remotely after contentious rule changes