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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Photo-monitoring system for traffic signals; retired law-enforcement officials to review violations. [SB-73]
Photo-monitoring system for traffic signals; proof of violation; retired law-enforcement officials. Allows a locality to employ a retired sworn law-enforcement officer, as defined in the bill, to review photographs, microphotographs, videotape, or other recorded images produced by the locality's traffic light signal violation monitoring system or traffic control device violation monitoring system. The bill allows such review to serve as prima facie evidence of the facts contained therein.
Sponsored by: Sen. Christie New Craig
Left In Transportation on 03/04/2024
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Law-enforcement officers; minimum qualifications for positions of chief of police, etc. [SB-69]
Minimum qualifications for law-enforcement officers; citizenship; waiver. Allows individuals who have been granted Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to qualify for the positions of chief of police, police officer of a locality, deputy sheriff, jail officer, and law-enforcement officer. Current law allows only citizens of the United States to qualify for the named positions.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer Boysko
Senate Sustained Governor's Veto on 04/17/2024
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Local animal cruelty registries; any locality may establish, etc., a computerized registry. [HB-62]
Local animal cruelty registries. Allows any locality to establish an animal cruelty registry for public access on the website of such locality or its local police department. The bill provides that such registry may include the names and relevant information of persons convicted of certain felony offenses for animal cruelty and that a person on such registry may request removal of his name after 15 years, provided that he has no additional felony convictions of an animal cruelty offense. The bill directs that all costs relating to a locality's animal
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Sponsored by: Rep. Hyland Fowler
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0712) on 04/08/2024
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Community revitalization fund; expanding use for all localities. [SB-49]
Community revitalization fund; expanding use for all localities. Expands the current provisions of law allowing for the establishment of a community revitalization fund for the purpose of preventing neighborhood deterioration to apply to all localities. Currently, only the City of Richmond is authorized to establish such a fund.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mamie Locke
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0701) on 04/08/2024
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Vacant buildings; registration. [SB-48]
Vacant buildings; registration. Permits any county, city, or town to require, by ordinance, the owner of any building that has been vacant for at least 12 months and (i) that meets the definition of "derelict building" in relevant law, (ii) that meets the definition of "criminal blight" in relevant law, or (iii) in which a locality has determined a person is living without the authority of the owner to register such building annually. Under current law, any city and certain towns are permitted to require the owner of any building that has been vacant
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Sponsored by: Sen. Mamie Locke
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0616) on 04/08/2024
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Virginia Regional Industrial Facilities Act; Planning Districts 13 and 14. [HB-59]
Virginia Regional Industrial Facilities Act; Planning Districts 13 and 14. Adds Planning Districts 13 (Southside) and 14 (Commonwealth Regional Commission) to the list of areas where localities may create a regional industrial facility authority that contains a town and only one city or county rather than at least two cities or counties. Virginia Regional Industrial Facilities Act; Planning Districts 13 and 14. Adds Planning Districts 13 (Southside) and 14 (Commonwealth Regional Commission) to the list of areas where localities may create a regional
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Sponsored by: Rep. Thomas Wright
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0167) on 03/28/2024
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Photo speed monitoring devices; location. [HB-20]
Photo speed monitoring devices; location. Authorizes the governing body of any county, city, or town to provide by ordinance for the placement and operation of photo speed monitoring devices in any location deemed necessary by the locality for the purposes of recording violations resulting from the operation of a vehicle in excess of the speed limit. The bill provides the same requirements for such devices, information collected from such devices, and any enforcement actions resulting from information collected from such devices as current law applies
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Sponsored by: Rep. Fernando Martinez
Continued To 2025 In Transportation By Voice Vote on 02/06/2024
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Motor sports facilities; local incentives. [SB-17]
Motor sports facilities; local incentives. Allows a locality that is home to a motor sports facility, as defined in relevant law, in the Commonwealth to propose local incentives that address the economic conditions within such locality and will help stimulate real property improvements and new job creation. The bill allows a locality to establish eligibility criteria for local incentives that are different from the current criteria required by relevant law. Motor sports facilities; local incentives. Allows a locality that is home to a motor sports
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Sponsored by: Sen. Glen Sturtevant
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0572) on 04/05/2024
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Children's advocacy centers; definitions, investigations by local departments of social services. [SB-12]
Children's advocacy centers; definitions; investigations by local departments of social services. Replaces the term "child advocacy center" with "children's advocacy center" and defines such term. The bill provides that if it is determined during a human trafficking assessment that a forensic interview of the child is needed, such interview may be conducted by a children's advocacy center within the jurisdiction; however, if the interview cannot be completed within 14 days, the forensic interview may be conducted by a children's advocacy center
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Sponsored by: Sen. Barbara Favola
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0779) on 04/17/2024
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Assault firearms & certain ammunition, etc.; purchase, possession, sale, transfer, etc., prohibited. [HB-2]
Purchase, sale, transfer, etc., of assault firearms and certain ammunition feeding devices prohibited; penalty. Creates a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person who imports, sells, manufactures, purchases, or transfers an assault firearm, as that term is defined in the bill, and prohibits a person who has been convicted of such violation from purchasing, possessing, or transporting a firearm for a period of three years from the date of conviction. The bill provides that an assault firearm does not include any firearm that is an antique firearm, has
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Sponsored by: Rep. Vivian Watts
House Sustained Governor's Veto on 04/17/2024
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Assault firearms & certain ammunition, etc.; purchase, possession, sale, transfer, etc., prohibited. [SB-2]
Purchase, sale, transfer, etc., of assault firearms and certain ammunition feeding devices prohibited; penalty. Creates a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person who imports, sells, manufactures, purchases, or transfers an assault firearm, as that term is defined in the bill, and prohibits a person who has been convicted of such violation from purchasing, possessing, or transporting a firearm for a period of three years from the date of conviction. The bill provides that an assault firearm does not include any firearm that is an antique firearm, has
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Sponsored by: Sen. Adam Ebbin
Senate Sustained Governor's Veto on 04/17/2024
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Sales and use tax, local; additional tax authorized in counties & cities to support schools. [SB-14]
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. The bill removes the requirement that such a tax must have an expiration date on either (i) the date of the repayment of any bonds or loans used for such capital projects or (ii) a date chosen by the governing body. Under current
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer Boysko
Senate Sustained Governor's Veto on 04/17/2024
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Child day programs; use of office buildings, waiver of zoning requirements. [SB-13]
Early childhood care and education; child day programs; use of office buildings; waiver of zoning requirements. Permits any locality to by ordinance provide for the waiver of any requirements for zoning permits for the operation of a child day program in an office building, as defined by the bill, provided that such facility satisfies the requirements for state licensure as a child day program.
Sponsored by: Sen. Barbara Favola
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0263) on 03/28/2024
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Orange County; authorization to establish department of real estate assessment, etc. [SB-9]
Department of real estate assessment; Orange County. Authorizes Orange County to establish a department of real estate assessment and to enter into an agreement with a contiguous county or city to establish a joint department of real estate assessment. Under current law, real estate assessments are made by the commissioner of the revenue, except in Accomack, Goochland, James City, and Powhatan Counties, and among those, only James City and Powhatan Counties may enter into an agreement to establish a joint department of real estate assessment. Department
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Sponsored by: Sen. Bryce Reeves
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0570) on 04/05/2024
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Town of Leesburg Parking Authority; created. [HB-5]
Town of Leesburg Parking Authority. Authorizes the creation of the Town of Leesburg Parking Authority. The bill grants to the Authority various powers, including the authority to construct, operate, and lease parking facilities, contract with outside entities, issue revenue bonds and revenue refunding bonds, and acquire property. The bill also exempts the Authority from taxation.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Reid
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0265) on 04/02/2024
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Plastic bag tax; distribution to towns. [HB-4]
Plastic bag tax; distribution to towns. Provides that any town located within a county that has imposed a disposable plastic bag tax shall receive a distribution of revenues collected by the county based on the local sales tax distribution formula for appropriations to towns. The bill requires that towns use such revenues for the same purposes allowable for a county or city.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Reid
House Sustained Governor's Veto on 04/17/2024
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Local enforcement action; willful disregard for applicable law, damages. [SB-1495]
Local enforcement action; willful disregard for applicable law; damages. Provides that any person against whom an enforcement action is carried out by a locality, of any ordinance or regulation, where the enforcement action was based upon a willful disregard for applicable law, regulation, or ordinance, shall be entitled to an award of compensatory damages and to an order remanding the matter to the locality and may further be entitled to reasonable attorney fees and court costs. Local enforcement action; willful disregard for applicable law; damages.
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Sponsored by: Sen. Scott Surovell
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0553) on 03/26/2023
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Casino gaming; eligible host localities. [SB-1543]
Casino gaming; eligible host localities.
Sponsored by: Sen. Dave Marsden
Stricken At Request Of Patron In General Laws And Technology (15-y 0-n) on 01/25/2023
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Casino gaming; eligible host localities. [HB-2499]
Casino gaming; eligible host localities.
Sponsored by: Rep. Wren Williams
Stricken From Docket By General Laws (22-y 0-n) on 01/24/2023
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Recycling and waste disposal; unpaid fees, lien. [SB-1505]
Recycling and waste disposal; unpaid fees; lien. Authorizes a locality to recover unpaid charges, including interest, for recycling and waste disposal services. The bill provides that if such charges are combined with real estate taxes, that such action shall constitute a lien against the property identified in the billing, ranking on a parity with liens for unpaid taxes, and authorizes localities to combine billings for recycling and waste disposal charges with billings for water or sewer charges, stormwater charges, real property tax assessments,
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Sponsored by: Sen. John Edwards
Failed To Report (defeated) In Local Government (7-y 8-n) on 01/30/2023