Virginia's quirkiest bills: Porn tax, fungi and more

The ones headed to Gov. Spanberger:

🚫 If the governor signs it, it'll soon be illegal to livestream while driving in Virginia. (Violators who crash while doing it could be subject to a $450 fine.)

🎬 Movie theater chains statewide will be required to show a minimum number of films a week that have subtitles/open captioning if the governor signs the legislation.

The ones continued until next year:

🐝 Legislation that would've made the brown-belted bumblebee the official state native pollinator.

🍄 A bill creating an official Fungi Task Force dedicated to studying the state's myriad of fungi.

🐕 A bill dubbed the "dog walking tax" by conservative media that would've expanded the sales tax to include some services (like dog walking).

💸 A bill that would've created a new income tax bracket (10%) for folks who earn more than $1 million (aka, the "millionaire tax").

🚗 Bills hoping to study how to end the car tax — meaning this won't be the year Virginia eliminates it.

🍆 A "porn tax" bill, which would've added a 10% tax to the gross receipts of adult websites.