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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Local tax; penalties and interest. [SB-294]
Local tax; penalties and interest. Requires localities to apply voluntary payments made by a taxpayer to the tax return that accompanies such payment. The bill provides that no interest will accrue on any unpaid balances 90 days after the date on which a taxpayer files an application for correction by the locality, an administrative appeal, or an application to court for meals taxes, until such appeal is resolved. The bill creates notice procedures prior to a locality making a levy on property due to delinquent tax payments.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bill DeSteph
Passed By Indefinitely In Finance And Appropriations (10-y 5-n) on 02/06/2024
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Data centers; noise abatement. [SB-288]
Data centers; noise abatement. Provides that any local government land use application required for the siting of a data center shall be approved only in accordance with certain notice and noise abatement requirements. The bill provides that residents within a half-mile radius of the parcel shall receive notice of the proposed data center and that the data center operator shall hold two neighborhood meetings. The bill requires a data center operator to design and build the data center to incorporate sound mitigation methods sufficient to prevent
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Sponsored by: Sen. Danica Roem
Failed To Report (defeated) In Local Government (7-y 8-n) on 01/29/2024
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Energy, Department of; building standards for certain local buildings. [SB-245]
Department of Energy; building standards for certain local buildings. Requires the Department of Energy, upon request, to provide technical assistance to localities, subject to available budgetary resources, as localities implement mandates related to onsite renewable energy generation, energy storage, and resilience standards for construction or renovation of certain public buildings. The bill also makes several technical and clarifying changes to the existing statute, in part by defining or redefining existing terms found in the statute.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeremy McPike
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0706) on 04/08/2024
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Gas-powered leaf blowers; local prohibition or regulation, civil penalty. [SB-305]
Local prohibition or regulation of gas-powered leaf blowers; civil penalty. Provides that any locality may by ordinance prohibit or regulate the use of gas-powered leaf blowers. The bill provides that the ordinance may include provisions for a civil penalty and that the funds from such civil penalties may be used by the locality to assist with the purchase of nonprohibited leaf blowers by residents and local businesses.
Sponsored by: Sen. Saddam Salim
Continued To 2025 In Local Government (11-y 4-n) on 02/05/2024
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Local planning commission; action on proposed plats, site plans, and development plans. [SB-296]
Local planning commission; action on proposed plats, site plans, and development plans; residential use. Requires local planning commissions to use the same approval process for residential development projects as is currently required for commercial development projects.
Sponsored by: Sen. Schuyler VanValkenburg
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0346) on 04/02/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Zoning; development and use of accessory dwelling units. [SB-304]
Zoning; development and use of accessory dwelling units. Requires a locality to include in its zoning ordinances for residential zoning districts accessory dwelling units, or ADUs, as defined in the bill, as a permitted accessory use. The bill requires a person to seek a permit for an ADU from the locality, requires the locality to issue such permit if the person meets certain requirements enumerated in the bill, and restricts the fee for such permit to $250 or less. The bill prohibits the locality from requiring rear or side setbacks for the ADU
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Sponsored by: Sen. Saddam Salim
Continued To 2025 With Substitute In Counties, Cities And Towns By Voice Vote on 02/23/2024
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Building service employees; public contracting. [SB-247]
Building service employees; public contracting. Permits any county, city, or town in the Commonwealth to provide for certain requirements concerning incumbent and successor building service employers, defined in the bill, by local ordinance or resolution. For example, such local ordinance or resolution may require that successor building service employers retain incumbent employees during a transition period of 90 days. Under the bill, building service employees are those who perform work in connection with the care or maintenance of property, services
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer Boysko
Continued To 2025 In Finance And Appropriations (11-y 4-n) on 02/12/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Dillon Rule; joint subcommittee to study. [SJR-18]
Study; joint subcommittee; Dillon Rule; report. Creates a 13-member joint subcommittee for a one-year study of the Dillon Rule and its impact on Virginia's localities.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ghazala Hashmi
Continued To 2025 In Rules By Voice Vote on 02/02/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Military centered community zones; localities may establish, by ordinance, one or more zones. [HB-619]
Military centered community zones; local designation. Allows localities to establish, by ordinance, one or more military centered community zones, defined in the bill as a community that has a significant presence of military personnel living or working in the designated area and where such presence drives, or has the potential to drive, significant economic activity. The bill provides that a locality, or another political subdivision acting on behalf of the locality, may offer unique benefits to businesses looking to locate within a zone for the
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Sponsored by: Rep. Marcia Price
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0298) on 04/02/2024
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Siting of energy facilities; approval by the State Corporation Commission. [HB-636]
Siting of energy facilities; approval by State Corporation Commission. Establishes a procedure under which an electric utility or independent power provider (applicant) is able to obtain approval for a certificate from the State Corporation Commission for the siting of an energy facility rather than from the governing body of a locality. Under the bill, applicants are authorized to submit an application to the Commission if (i) the locality fails to timely approve or deny an application; (ii) the application complies with certain requirements for
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Sponsored by: Rep. Richard Sullivan
Continued To 2025 In Labor And Commerce By Voice Vote on 02/08/2024
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Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; enforcement by localities. [HB-597]
Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; enforcement by localities. Provides that if a condition exists in a rental dwelling unit that constitutes a material noncompliance by the landlord with the rental agreement or with any provision of law that, if not promptly corrected, constitutes a fire hazard or serious threat to the life, health, or safety of tenants or occupants of the premises, a locality may institute an action for injunction and damages to enforce the landlord's duty to maintain the rental dwelling unit in a fit and habitable condition,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Marcia Price
Governor: Vetoed By Governor on 05/17/2024
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Residential dwelling units; rentals for 30 consecutive days or longer. [HB-634]
Residential dwelling units; rentals for 30 consecutive days or longer. Prohibits a locality from enacting or enforcing an ordinance that bans the rental of residential dwelling units for 30 consecutive days or longer. The bill allows a locality by ordinance to regulate such rental if such regulations (i) are reasonable and (ii) do not exceed the requirements for an owner-occupied residential property or a residential property rented for a lease term of 12 months or more in the same zoning district.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marcus Simon
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0300) on 04/02/2024
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Resilient VA Revolving Fund; projects located in locality having low community resilience rating. [HB-673]
Resilient Virginia Revolving Fund; projects; low-income geographic areas; nature-based solutions. Provides that the Department of Conservation and Recreation shall give additional weight to projects located in low-income geographic areas and projects that incorporate nature-based solutions when distributing loans or grants from the Resilient Virginia Revolving Fund to particular local governments. Resilient Virginia Revolving Fund; projects; low-income geographic areas; nature-based solutions. Provides that the Department of Conservation and Recreation
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Sponsored by: Rep. Vivian Watts
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0816) on 04/17/2024
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Sales and use tax, local; additional tax authorized in all counties & cities to support schools. [HB-600]
Additional local sales and use tax to support schools; referendum. Authorizes all counties and cities to impose an additional local sales and use tax at a rate not to exceed one percent with the revenue used only for capital projects for the construction or renovation of schools if such levy is approved in a voter referendum. Under current law, only Charlotte, Gloucester, Halifax, Henry, Mecklenburg, Northampton, Patrick, and Pittsylvania Counties and the City of Danville are authorized to impose such a tax.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Bloxom
Left In Finance on 02/13/2024
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Assistant attorneys for the Commonwealth; Compensation Board to provide for every county and city. [HB-672]
Assistant attorneys for the Commonwealth; Compensation Board. Provides that the Compensation Board shall provide for employing at least one compensated assistant to the attorney for the Commonwealth in every county and city where the attorney for the Commonwealth devotes his full time to his duties and does not engage in the private practice of law. Under current law, the Compensation Board has discretion in determining if a county or city needs to employ any compensated assistants to the attorney for the Commonwealth.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholas Freitas
Left In Counties, Cities And Towns on 02/13/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Zoning; certified recovery residence. [HB-646]
Zoning; certified recovery residence. Requires that a locality's zoning ordinances for all purposes shall consider a certified recovery residence in which individuals with substance use disorder reside as residential occupancy by a single family. The bill specifies that no conditions more restrictive than those imposed on residences occupied by persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption shall be imposed on such certified recovery residence.
Sponsored by: Rep. Carrie Coyner
Continued To 2025 In Counties, Cities And Towns By Voice Vote on 02/09/2024
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Real property tax; notice of rate and assessment changes. [HB-639]
Real property tax; notice of assessment changes. Provides that in certain localities, in the event that the total assessed value of real property would result in an increase of one percent or more in the total real property tax levied, the notice of assessment changes shall state the tax rate that would levy the same amount of real estate tax as the previous year when multiplied by the new total assessed value of real estate.
Sponsored by: Rep. Richard Sullivan
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0142) on 03/26/2024
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Local fiscal distress; determination by Auditor of Public Accounts, state intervention. [HB-655]
Local fiscal distress; determination by Auditor of Public Local fiscal distress; determination by Auditor of Public Accounts; state intervention. Sets out a procedure for determining when localities are in fiscal distress, as defined in the bill, and when state intervention may be necessary. The bill requires the Auditor of Public Accounts to develop criteria for a preliminary determination that a locality may be in fiscal distress. The bill also requires the Director of the Department of Planning and Budget to identify any amounts remaining unexpended
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Sponsored by: Rep. Carrie Coyner
Read Third Time And Defeated By House (43-y 55-n) on 02/13/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Elections, local; locality may by ordinance shift the timing of the election. [HB-668]
Timing of local elections. Provides that a locality may by ordinance shift the timing of the election of members of the local governing body from an even year to an odd year by extending the existing terms of local governing body members by one year. Such change may occur only after a public hearing and a majority vote of the governing body.
Sponsored by: Rep. Daniel Marshall
Left In Privileges And Elections on 02/13/2024
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Legal notices; locality to advertise on their website. [SB-200]
Advertisement of legal notices; website. Allows a locality to advertise legal notices on the locality's website instead of, or in addition to, publishing such notices in a newspaper having general circulation in the locality.
Sponsored by: Sen. J.D. Diggs
Continued To 2025 In Local Government (13-y 2-n) on 01/22/2024