Governor Youngkin signed his first bill into law today

Also an update on the timeline of what the governor plans to do with SB 739

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The rundown

• Republicans delivered the bill to Governor Youngkin that will make masks optional in schools across Virginia

• Governor Youngkin signed his first bill into law on Monday. Find out what it will do immediately.

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SB 739, the bill to remove mask mandates in schools, has now passed in both the House of Delegates and the state Senate

Democrats in the House of Delegates tried and failed to prevent the bill that would remove the ability of localities to implement mask mandates in their school districts.