VACo has released its 2026 Legislative Program, which was adopted by membership on November 11 at the Annual Business Meeting. The 2026 Legislative Program was drafted through VACo’s steering committee process. The document has a host
VACo has released its 2026 Legislative Program, which was adopted by membership on November 11 at the Annual Business Meeting. The 2026 Legislative Program was drafted through VACo’s steering committee process. The document has a host
VACo supports Senator Emmett Hanger’s bill, SB 1328 (Hanger), which seeks to tweak the current Stormwater Local Assistance Fund (SLAF) program to provide greater assistance
VACo opposes HB 2736 (Hugo) and SB 1783 (Boysko), which are identical and are refilings of similar bills defeated during the 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, and
VACo spoke in opposition to HB 1877 (Convirs-Fowler) that would require year-round adult education programs to be provided by local school divisions. The bill was
A series of Eminent Domain bills were heard last week with three passing the Senate and heading to the House to be heard. Senator Chap
HB 2792 (Tran) and SB 1779 (Ebbin) establishes a six-year pilot program that allows a locality to use excess energy generated by a renewable energy
HB 2222 (O’Quinn), which would permit local school boards to display advertising material on the school buses, advanced out of the House Education Committee by
SB 1430 (Obenshain) and SB 1431 (Obenshain) mandate FOIA and COIA training for local elected officials by December 31,2019, and thereafter biennially. SB 1430 requires
VACo spoke in support of SB 1138 (Favola) that would allow local school boards that have applied to be designated as a School Division of
Bills to allow counties authority to levy cigarette taxes were unsuccessful in both chambers on January 16 – albeit narrowly in a subcommittee of House
A pair of Constitutional amendments, HJ 676 (Filler-Corn) and SJ 278 (Reeves), provide that one motor vehicle owned by a veteran of the U.S. armed
LINK TO THE 2019 GENERAL ASSEMBLY EDITION | PART 1 VACo Lobbyists Joe Lerch and Chris McDonald join Executive Director Dean Lynch to talk about
VACo supports legislation seeking to create the Virginia Grocery Investment Fund (VGIF), which was introduced in House and Senate committees to varying results on January
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