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
HB 277 (Coyner) amends the standards for credentialing of a “certified recovery residence” to require disclosure to “each prospective resident whether the recovery residence is
HB 873 (Greenhalgh) as originally drafted would require every local school board to enter into a collaborative agreement with their corresponding local law-enforcement agency to
The Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee again considered a partial repeal of the sales tax on groceries this morning. The proposed bill failed to report,
On February 1, VACo spoke in support of SB 363 (Stuart) and SB 512 (Suetterlein), which would have reestablished the distribution of $20 million of
SB 620 (Cosgrove), which would impose new restrictions on the local budget process, was passed by indefinitely in the Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee this
SB 620 (Cosgrove) would impose new restrictions on the local budget process by requiring a referendum if growth in real estate assessments would generate more
On January 28, by a vote of 5-3, the House Finance Committee’s Subcommittee #3 laid three school construction local financing bills on the table, effectively
During the 2020 Special Session, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the legislature passed a measure to extend to July 1, 2022, any local land
VACo needs your assistance in analyzing the impact of SB 764 (Barker) and HB 1290 (Hayes). We encourage you to consult with your Information Technology
HB 615 (Roem), which passed a subcommittee of House General Laws and will be recommended to the full committee on February 1, provides that no
In addition to the requests made by VACo, VML, and partner organizations that were discussed in the January 21 edition of County Connections, a number
On January 26, the House Education Committee’s Early Childhood/Innovation Subcommittee met and unanimously recommended to report by a vote of 8-0 HB 879 (Rasoul). This
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