Advocates' Voices Heard in Hundreds of New Laws

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People who suffered sexual abuse as a minor will have 20 years to file a lawsuit in Virginia, and those in abusive dating relationships will find it easier to get a restraining order beginning Friday, when dozens of laws approved by the General Assembly this year go into effect.

Amid the more publicized measures - such as a mandatory 5 percent contribution by state employees to their pension fund, accompanied by a 5 percent pay raise - are those less talked-about, such as new measurement requirements for selling shelled oysters.

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Advocates' Voices Heard in Hundreds of New Laws

But regardless of how many Virginians actually will be affected by each new law, the approved legislation represent...

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