RICHMOND (November 12, 2025)—The Virginia Association of Counties (VACo) recognized the Class of 2025 – the third graduating class of the revamped Virginia Certified County Supervisors’ Program – during VACo’s 91st Annual Conference. The Virginia
RICHMOND (November 12, 2025)—The Virginia Association of Counties (VACo) recognized the Class of 2025 – the third graduating class of the revamped Virginia Certified County Supervisors’ Program – during VACo’s 91st Annual Conference. The Virginia
SB 800 (Lewis) advances the sunset date of the state-mandated 80% tax exemption from Machinery and Tool Tax (M&T) for utility-scale solar projects greater than
SB 188 (Peake) seeks to enhance the current process by which bills are reviewed for potential fiscal impacts on local governments. SB 188 would require
SB 189 (Peake) requires that the state compensate local jails for the cost of housing state-responsible inmates (individuals who have been convicted of a felony
A bill has been introduced in the House that could help localities take advantage of creative clean energy financing mechanisms. HB 654 (Mugler) authorizes the
Several bills have been introduced to provide additional flexibility in the use of Children’s Services Act (CSA) funding to support youths with high-level needs in
The Senate Local Government Committee postponed for a week a vote on SB 589 (Hanger), which requires zoning administrators to provide notice of all decisions
A bill restricting a locality’s use of pesticides for certain bug infestations has been introduced for a second year. HB 1204 (Tran) seeks to prohibit
A bill introduced by Senator Monty Mason pertaining to the use of nonagricultural fertilizers was heard today in the Senate Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
VACo’s VACo Executive Director Dean Lynch and Lancaster County Supervisor Jason Bellows discuss the start of the 2020 General Assembly Session and issues of interest
The House and Senate adopted the procedural resolution governing the schedule for the 2020 General Assembly session on January 10, 2020. Key dates for the
The first day of the 2020 General Assembly session was marked by historic changes, as Virginia’s first female Speaker of the House, Delegate Eileen Filler-Corn;
(ITALIC indicates new member to committee) AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION, AND NATURAL RESOURCES Petersen (Chair), Hanger, Ruff, Obenshain, Stuart, Marsden, Stanley, Lewis, Suetterlein, Mason, McClellan, Favola, Morrissey,
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