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,
HB 1051 (Watts), legislation that modernizes the Communications Sales and Use Tax (CSUT) to reflect the present-day telecommunications world, has been placed on the docket
SB 405 (McDougle) substantially limits the ability of local-elected officials to determine how wireless infrastructure is incorporated into their communities, and effectively removes citizen input
HB 1051 (Watts) was scheduled for consideration in House Finance Committee’s Subcommittee #2 on January 24, but was delayed until next week. (As General Assembly
VACo opposes SB 440 (Wexton) that seeks to exempt elected local school boards from receiving prior authorization from the local governing body prior to instituting
VACo supports SB 902 (Lucas), which makes it a local option to provide a property tax exemption for larger utility-scale solar facilities. The Senate Finance
SB 37 (Stanley), the Virginia Grocery Investment Fund and Program (VGIF), reported out of the Senate Finance Committee with a unanimous vote on January 24.
SB 523 (Obenshain) requires the Department of Elections to obtain photographs of registered voters from the Department of Motor Vehicles and make those photographs available
VACo supports SB 108 (Lucas), which provides that an order of publication for the enforcement of a lien for taxes owed on real property that
The House Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Committee’s Subcommittee #3 unanimously recommended HB 377 (Bulova) and HB 925 (Bulova) for reporting by a 10-0 vote.
VACo spoke on the floor of the House Education Committee’s Subcommittee #2 on January 24 in opposition to HB 224 (Krizek) due to significant local
As reported in an earlier Capitol Contact, SB 342 (Peake) requires that the state fully compensate localities or regional authorities for the costs of housing
SB 14 (Petersen) changes the current law to require that only the county attorney or if there is no county attorney, the county clerk receive service
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