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 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

Crossover Day is the date on the General Assembly calendar when the House of Delegates and the Senate of Virginia have to finish work on all the legislation their members introduced this session.

Tuesday was crossover in Virginia’s legislature, the last day the chambers can consider their own legislation. From Wednesday on, the House of Delegates can only consider Senate bills and vice versa.

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