The House Appropriations and Senate Finance and Appropriations Committees met on Sunday to report their respective budget proposals. Further details on both budgets will be available later today, and VACo will be providing more analysis
The House Appropriations and Senate Finance and Appropriations Committees met on Sunday to report their respective budget proposals. Further details on both budgets will be available later today, and VACo will be providing more analysis
VACo supports SB 136 (Favola) / HB 283 (Minchew) / HB 533 (J. Bell), which authorize the local governing body to be able to require
HB 1250 (Wilt) and SB 673 (Hanger) have passed in the chambers where the bills were introduced. These are companion measures that integrate components of
HB 1340 (Hodges) was intended to address the “donut hole” problem in localities subject to the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act by requiring the Department of
SB 468 (Wagner) unanimously passed the Senate. As amended, SB 468 allows localities imposing stormwater utility fees to establish public-private partnership programs with financial incentives
SB 706 (Chafin) was withdrawn by the patron for any further consideration during the current legislative session. SB 706 would have amended the Freedom of
HB 66 (Byron) establishes a program that would award grants to certain individuals who complete eight hours of community service and who subsequently complete a
Contact your Senator to AMEND LINE 93 from “May” to “Shall” on SB 416 (Vogel) VACo Members – please call or email your Senator now
SJR 6 (Obenshain) was defeated in the Senate on a 21-19 vote. This measure would have granted the Board of Education authority, subject to criteria
The House Appropriations Committee and the Senate Finance Committee will deliberate budget details and will report out their respective amendments to HB 29 (S. Jones)
Committee action on HB 1293 to take place Friday morning VACo Members – please call or email your Delegates on the House Counties, Cities and
SB 735 to be heard today at 1:30pm VACo Members – please call or email your Senators on the Local Government Committee to oppose SB735
SB 746 to be heard Monday at 8am VACo Members – please call or email your Senators on the Courts of Justice Committee to oppose
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