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 545 (Watts) and SB 218 (Marsden) exclude wages, salaries and other benefits paid by a staffing firm to an independent contractor working on behalf
HB 1389 (Robinson) and SB 706 (Chafin) are companion bills that amend the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) by excluding as trade secrets the types
SB 675 (Chafin) and HB 1215 (Kilgore) allow local school boards and local governing bodies to elect to have all their employees and retirees, as
HB 27 (Ware) requires local fiscal impact bills to be introduced no later than the first calendar day of the regular session of the General
HB 3 (Robert Bell) and HJR 1 (Robert Bell) were reported on a 10-9 vote in the House Privileges and Elections Committee on January 29.
VACo worked to defeat SB 5 (Stanley) in today’s Senate Finance Committee meeting. SB 5 would have had a negative fiscal impact on localities. The
HB 1358 (Fariss) requires all active sanitary landfills that hold a Title V operating permit issued by the Virginia Air Pollution Control Board and are
HB 214 (LeMunyon) requires dissolving the existing Joint Subcommittee to Evaluate Tax Preferences and creates a new joint subcommittee to evaluate all state and local
HB 1037 (Rasoul) prohibits the use of direct recording electronic machines (DREs) in elections on and after July 1, 2017. The governing bodies of counties
HB 1305 (Miller) provides a Retail Sales and Use Tax exemption for machinery, tools, and equipment used by a public service corporation to generate energy
Many bills targeting the equalization of city/town and county taxes through specific excise taxes adopted locally have been proposed but most measures have been or
HB 1389 (Robinson) and SB 706 (Chafin) are companion bills that amend the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) by excluding as trade secrets the types
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