Source: The Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37638-2004Jul8.html

On July 9, 2004 The Washington Post reported, "Virginia Gov. Mark R. Warner (D) on Thursday called a rare special session of the General Assembly to unravel legislation that mistakenly granted the state's private employees the right to time off on weekends. In his second such proclamation this year, Warner said he 'does hereby summon the members of the Senate and House of Delegates, constituting the General Assembly of Virginia, to meet in special session.' This time, the session is 'for the sole purpose of considering legislation to reinstate the exemptions to the day of rest laws.' The state's 140 lawmakers will return to the Capitol on Tuesday at noon... Tuesday's session probably will last only a few hours as lawmakers convene to revoke a law that requires employers to grant non-managerial workers a weekend day off or be subject to fines and a requirement to triple the workers' pay. Legislators accidentally resurrected the obsolete law during their extended 2004 General Assembly session as they were trying to rid the state code of outdated provisions known as blue laws."