On February 12, the Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee voted unanimously (15-0) to carry over to 2027, SB 228 (Surovell), which proposes a number of changes to Code, including limiting the sovereign immunity of local
On February 12, the Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee voted unanimously (15-0) to carry over to 2027, SB 228 (Surovell), which proposes a number of changes to Code, including limiting the sovereign immunity of local
SB 430 (Van Valkenburg) proposes to make “any type of residential use that is permitted in a locality” a permitted use on any parcel, except
SB 697 (Van Valkenburg) requires localities to permit utility-scale solar and energy storage facilities as a “special exception” per 15.2-2288.8 of Virginia Code and to
HB 1001 (Tran) / SB 374 (Boysko), in their current form, would undermine the existing local option local governments have to engage in collective bargaining
HB 1085 (Rasoul) and SB 243 (McPike) would require municipal wastewater and drinking water plants to monitor PFAS (also known as “forever chemicals”) levels in
Several bills of interest to local government have been submitted and considered in the House Finance and Senate Finance and Appropriations Committees. HB 639 (Sullivan)
As previously reported, VACo supports HB 107 (Sullivan) as this bill would create the Electric Vehicle Rural Infrastructure Program and Fund. The Program and Fund
On January 23, the Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee reported SB 14 (McPike) on a bipartisan vote of 10-4. As previously reported, SB 14 would
Two bills have been introduced that would require significant changes to the local tax collection process. Although the bills are generally understood to have been
SB 304 (Salim) and HB 900 (Srinivasan) mandate all localities permit accessory dwelling units (ADUs) as an accessory use in residential zoning districts. The legislation
HB 220 (Orrock) would establish a new protocol for an unexpected vacancy of the licensed operator position for water treatment facilities and wastewater treatment facilities.
SB 644 (Perry) would clarify that the upgrading of unpaved secondary roads includes improvements other than paving. The bill states that the improvements that could
SB 14 (McPike) would permit any county or city to impose an additional local sales and use tax of up to 1 percent, if initiated
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