Several bills related to local taxation were heard this week in the House Finance Committee. Admissions taxes HB 550 (Anderson) and its companion bill, SB 400 (Diggs), would allow James City County and York County
Several bills related to local taxation were heard this week in the House Finance Committee. Admissions taxes HB 550 (Anderson) and its companion bill, SB 400 (Diggs), would allow James City County and York County
As has previously been detailed in Capitol Contact as well discussed as at the recent VACo Legislative Day, Governor Northam introduced several funding initiatives in
A problematic bill that mandates local governments supplement their public defenders’ salaries narrowly passed the House of Delegates and is ready to be heard by
HB 1131 (Jones), HB 1434 (Jones) and SB 762 (Barker), SB 763 (Barker) are bills that extend a state mandate to exempt utility-scale solar projects
Legislation seeking to create a comprehensive framework for peer-to-peer vehicle rentals passed the Senate on February 11 by a 40-0 vote. Peer-to-peer vehicle rentals involve
Under current law, wind turbine projects with more than 25 megawatts (MW) in generating capacity may be taxed locally at a rate that exceeds the
Legislation, which has advanced from the House and the Senate, proposes adding several types of cancer to the list of illnesses presumed to be incurred
Members of the “money committees” have been meeting in informal workgroups this week in advance of the House Appropriations Committee and Senate Finance and Appropriations
A bill introduced by Delegate Steve Heretick relating to local government’s power to issue summonses has cleared it’s first hurdle in the Senate, reporting out
On February 11, two different bills raising the minimum wage in Virginia passed the House and the Senate. HB 395 (Ward) cleared the House, 55-45,
SB 854 (Petersen) sought to create the Virginia Urban Agriculture Advisory Council as an advisory council in the executive branch of state government. The purpose
HB 582 (Guzman) mandates that Counties, as employers, are required to engage in collective bargaining with employees if only 30% of employees petition to form
HB 785 (Watts and Kilgore) and SB 588 (Hanger), which make major progress in providing additional tools for counties to raise revenue, crossed another milestone
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