Virginia’s New 2025 Laws: more age restrictions, more tiny homes, cocktails-to-go and more! Brian and Andy discussed new laws in Virginia that took effect on July 1st. They started with new age restrictions and discussion on responsibility thresholds before looking at new rules in housing policies, social media regulations for child influencers, cell phone bans, cocktails-to-go, and pedestrian safety, while also examining unintended privacy implications of well-intentioned health data protection laws. T
- Age of Responsibility:
- HB 1946/SB 1060. Vaping ban for those under 21: People under the age of 21 can’t have products intended for smoking tobacco or hemp;
- HB 2493. Gaming; fantasy contests; age restrictions. The law increases from 18 years of age to 21 years of age the minimum age an individual must be to participate in fantasy contests.
- Child influencers: Parents or guardians who are making money off content online that involves kids will have to set earnings aside for those children in a trust account. Those child influencers will get access to the money when they turn 18.
- HB 2533. Local comprehensive plan; tiny homes; accessory dwelling units.
- Cocktails-to-go: The law makes a previous policy permanent that allows restaurants and other licensed businesses to deliver wine, beer and cocktails to-go through third-party deliver providers.
- SB 1416. Drivers to stop for pedestrians; vulnerable road users; penalties. The law makes it a traffic infraction if a driver operating a motor vehicle fails to stop for pedestrians and makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor if such traffic infraction results in the serious bodily injury or death of a vulnerable road user lawfully crossing a highway.
- Protection of reproductive or sexual health information: A new law will give people stronger privacy protections for consumers' reproductive and sexual health information. Businesses operating in Virginia may not obtain, sell or share "personally identifiable reproductive or sexual health information" without that person's consent, according to the Virginia State Legislative Information System.
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