Related bills that would allow the Commissioner of Social Services to create and enforce corrective action plans for local departments that fail to administer public assistance or child welfare services and to centralize child protective
Related bills that would allow the Commissioner of Social Services to create and enforce corrective action plans for local departments that fail to administer public assistance or child welfare services and to centralize child protective
HB 633 (Carr) would have expanded the current authority of any locality to reduce the speed limit to less than 25 miles per hour, but
HB 1010 (Durant) would impose new restrictions on the local budget process by requiring a referendum if growth in real estate assessments would generate more
Budget proposals are being considered by the House Appropriations Committee and Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee; both are scheduled to report their respective budgets on
Legislation enacted by the 2021 General Assembly created the Virginia Overtime Wage Act, which was intended to allow workers to pursue overtime claims against their
SB 764 (Barker) and HB 1290 (Hayes) as originally drafted would require every public body, including local governments, to report to the Chief Information Officer
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
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