The 2026 General Assembly convened on January 14 and began hearing legislation shortly after completing the traditional first-day organizational business. Newly elected legislators took their seats, and both the House and the Senate adopted a
The 2026 General Assembly convened on January 14 and began hearing legislation shortly after completing the traditional first-day organizational business. Newly elected legislators took their seats, and both the House and the Senate adopted a
Legislation seeking to reform Virginia’s predominant mixed beverage license law has made it past the halfway mark in this General Assembly Session and is ready
SB 1130 (Locke) originally required each school resource officer (SRO) to be trained and certified by the Virginia Center for School and Campus Safety, which
HB 1822 (Bulova), which seeks to broaden the applicability of Water Quality Improvement Fund (WQIF) grants as well as enact new reporting requirements for WQIF
As previously reported, many localities face significant challenges in raising enough funds to undertake capital school construction or renovation projects. According to a 2013 report,
Delegate Michael Webert’s bill authorizing loans and grants for agricultural best management practices has advanced to the House floor where it’s now expected to pass.
The Virginia Grocery Investment Fund (VGIF) has effectively been killed for the year, as neither the House nor Senate budget proposals released February 3 included
HB 2755 (Fariss), which seeks to make it easier to preserve open-space lands, has advanced out of the House Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Committee
Senator Emmett Hanger’s rural stormwater bill, SB 1328 (Hanger), unanimously passed the Senate late last week and will now be heard in the House of
VACo opposes HB 2364 (Knight), which adds “weddings” to the definition of “Agritourism Activity” under Code of Virginia § 3.2-6400. This is the section of
VACo President Tim Reeves kicked off the 2019 County Government Day by encouraging more than 200 County Officials to “make our presence known by boldly
On January 28, House Appropriations Committee Vice-Chairman Steve Landes announced that the House of Delegates budget to be released on Sunday will include a 5
A problematic school security bill, HB 2734 (Bourne) that would have resulted in heavy costs to localities, was defeated Monday night. HB 2734 was intended
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