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,
Bills to allow counties authority to levy cigarette taxes were unsuccessful in both chambers on January 16 – albeit narrowly in a subcommittee of House
A pair of Constitutional amendments, HJ 676 (Filler-Corn) and SJ 278 (Reeves), provide that one motor vehicle owned by a veteran of the U.S. armed
LINK TO THE 2019 GENERAL ASSEMBLY EDITION | PART 1 VACo Lobbyists Joe Lerch and Chris McDonald join Executive Director Dean Lynch to talk about
VACo supports legislation seeking to create the Virginia Grocery Investment Fund (VGIF), which was introduced in House and Senate committees to varying results on January
VACo spoke in support of HB 1724 (Krizek) on the floor of the House Education Committee’s Subcommittee #2 on January 16. The bill establishes a
HB 1649 (Fowler) and SB 1594 (Dunnavant) allow all localities to make voluntary boundary line adjustments using Geographic Information System (GIS) surveys. This streamlined process
VACo spoke in opposition to HB 1710 (Krizek) on the floor of the House Education Committee’s Subcommittee #2 on January 16. The bill instructs the
Delegate David Bulova’s Water Quality Improvement Fund (WQIF) and Stormwater Local Assistance Fund (SLAF) began its journey through the 2019 session in the House Committee
VACo spoke in favor of SB 1040 (Peake), which would require the state to compensate local jails in accordance with the actual cost of housing
SB 1127 (Favola), introduced at VACo’s request, would provide counties with the same taxing authority currently granted to cities and towns, effective July 1, 2020.
Changes made by the 2016 General Assembly to Virginia’s law on cash and in-kind proffers has severely limited the ability of localities to address the
The Senate Commerce and Labor Committee referred to the Senate Finance Committee two pieces of legislation impacting worker’s compensation for firefighters and other public safety
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