VACo urges continued opposition to HB 1263 (Tran) / SB 378 (Surovell), which would curtail local authority and create substantial local fiscal impact by imposing mandatory collective bargaining for local governments if a group employees
VACo urges continued opposition to HB 1263 (Tran) / SB 378 (Surovell), which would curtail local authority and create substantial local fiscal impact by imposing mandatory collective bargaining for local governments if a group employees
HB 307 (Freitas) Virginia Freedom of Information Act; estimated charges for records. Provides that a public body subject to the Virginia Freedom of Information Act shall make
HB 1010 (Durant) has passed in significantly amended form relative to its original version. As introduced, the bill would have imposed new restrictions on the
On February 25, legislation giving local governments additional voter referendum approved revenue raising authority was laid on the table in the House Finance Committee’s Subcommittee
On February 24, legislation that would have required each local school board to employ at least one school resource officer or one school security officer
A bill mandating that rooftop solar installations be exempt from local taxation was amended to limit its scope and application so as to lessen its
SB 507 (Lewis) would have required local governments prospectively electing enhanced retirement benefits to use the 1.85 percent multiplier for determining the annual retirement allowance
Legislation setting up a regulatory framework for marijuana sales passed the Senate last week on a 21-18 vote. The bill was heard in a subcommittee
The House and Senate debated and passed their respective versions of the budgets for the upcoming biennium as well as amendments to the current biennium
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HB 1841, introduced by Delegate Mark Keam, was enacted into law pursuant to the 2021 Special Session of the Virginia General Assembly (see Chapter 130
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