Don't kid yourselves folks. The Republicans in Virginia - such that there are any Republicans in Virginia - wanted this to happen. The member of the Virginia Senate's Courts of Justice committee (that voted on these bills) are: DEMOCRAT Edwards Saslaw Lucas Deeds Petersen Surovell McClellan Boysko Morrissey REPUBLICAN Norment Obenshain McDougle Stuart Stanley Chafin All of those democrats were up for re-election in 2019. Only ONE OF THEM had a Republican challenger. Edwards had no Republican challenger. He won with 65% of the vote. An independent got 33% of the vote. Saslaw had no challenger. He won with 92% of the vote. Write-ins got 7% of the vote. Lucas had no challenger. She won with 92% of the vote. Write-ins got 7% of the vote. Deeds had no Republican challenger. He He won with 67% of the vote. An independent got 32% of the vote. Petersen had no challenger. He won with 91% of the vote. Write-ins got 9% of the vote. Surovell had no challenger. He won with 92% of the vote. Write-ins got 8% of the vote. McClellan had no Republican challenger. He won with 80% of the vote. A Libertarian got 19% of the vote. Boysko had a Republican challenger (the only one!). She won with 64% of the vote. The Republican got 35% of the vote. McClellan had no Republican challenger. He won with 63% of the vote. An Independent got 34% of the vote. Election results: https://results.elections.virginia.gov/vaelections/2019%20November%20General/Site/GeneralAssembly.html