VACo has released its 2026 Preliminary Legislative Program, which was drafted through VACo’s steering committee process. The document includes a host of important and timely proposed policy statements including language pertaining to K-12 education funding,
VACo has released its 2026 Preliminary Legislative Program, which was drafted through VACo’s steering committee process. The document includes a host of important and timely proposed policy statements including language pertaining to K-12 education funding,
The 2020 General Assembly will consider several bills that would limit and restrict local land use authority to address impacts due to the placement and
On January 27, HB 1446 (Aird) was struck at the request of the patron in the House Education Committee. The bill, as originally written, would
A bill introduced by Delegate Wendy Gooditis seeking to authorize local governments to restrict nutrient credit usage in their localities has been continued to the
A worrisome bill requiring drastic new reporting requirements for the discharge of deleterious substance into state waters was heavily amended in subcommittee on Monday night
A bill seeking to ban hydraulic fracturing, better known as “fracking,” in certain parts of the Commonwealth has passed the full Senate by a 26-13
Having already passed the Senate Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources Committee and the Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee by unanimous votes, SB 849 (Mason) continued
VACo Executive Director Dean Lynch welcomed Delegate Terry Kilgore to the County Pulse Podcast to talk about the 2020 General Assembly Session. The two Scott
SB 800 (Lewis), which advances the expiration date of the state-mandated 80 percent tax exemption from Machinery and Tool Tax (M&T) for utility-scale solar projects
VACo is working with legislators in both chambers and both parties on legislation to provide parity between city and county taxing authority, a long-standing priority
Two sets of VACo-supported peer-to-peer vehicle rental bills have been introduced in the General Assembly and will be heard by their respective committees soon. SB
HB 727 (Hope) mandates that all 911 Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) provide training and equipment to every dispatcher in telecommunicator cardiopulmonary resuscitation instruction (TCPR)
Two bills seeking to study and address certain chemical contaminants in Virginia’s drinking water have survived their first subcommittee hearings and will now move forward
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