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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Local government actions related to comprehensive plans, etc.; approval process. [SB-721]
Local government actions related to comprehensive plans, local planning commissions, subdivision plats and site plans, and zoning ordinances; approval process. Makes several changes to local government land use approval processes, including (i) prohibiting use of the comprehensive plan as the basis, in whole or in part, for the disapproval of a site plan that is otherwise in conformity with duly adopted standards, ordinances, and statutes and (ii) allowing automatic approval of certain land use applications rather than a right to petition the circuit
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Sponsored by: Sen. Tammy Brankley Mulchi
Continued To 2025 In Local Government (15-y 0-n) on 01/29/2024
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Short-term rental property; locality's ability to prohibit lessee or sublessee operator. [HB-1461]
Short-term rental property; locality's ability to prohibit lessee or sublessee operator. Prohibits a locality from barring an operator, as defined in existing law, from offering such property as a short-term rental solely on the basis that the operator is a lessee or sublessee of such property, provided that the property owner has granted permission for its use as a short-term rental. The bill adds an attestation that the property owner has granted such permission if the operator is a lessee or sublessee to the information that an operator must
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Sponsored by: Rep. Candi Mundon King
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0700) on 04/08/2024
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Zoning ordinances; amendments or special exceptions to ordinances. [HB-1459]
Zoning ordinance and amendments thereto; special exceptions; appeal. Clarifies that a claim (i) challenging the procedures employed or (ii) stating a decision is void ab initio for any reason relating to a local governing body's final decision on a proposed zoning ordinance, or on an amendment of or special exception to such ordinance, only be filed within 30 days of such decision in a circuit court having jurisdiction of the land. The bill provides that the provisions of the bill are declarative of existing law and are effective retroactively to
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Sponsored by: Rep. David Owen
Failed To Report (defeated) In Counties, Cities And Towns (10-y 10-n) on 02/09/2024
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Library boards; adds King & Queen County to list of localities that are not required to establish. [HB-1430]
Local library boards; King and Queen County. Adds King and Queen County to the list of localities that are not required to establish a library board.
Sponsored by: Rep. M. Keith Hodges
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0486) on 04/04/2024
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Virginia Public Procurement Act; public works contracts, project labor agreements. [HB-1440]
Virginia Public Procurement Act; public works contracts; project labor agreements. Removes the statutory authority for any public body, including any state or local government, when engaged in procuring products or services or letting contracts for construction, manufacture, maintenance, or operation of public works, to require bidders to enter into or adhere to project labor agreements on the public works projects.
Sponsored by: Rep. William Wiley
Left In General Laws on 02/13/2024
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State sales and use tax; distribution based on population of cities and counties ages 5 to 19. [HB-1444]
Distribution of state sales and use tax based on the population of cities and counties ages five to 19 and for the state's share of Standards of Quality basic aid payments.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vivian Watts
Left In Appropriations on 02/13/2024
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Deputy sheriffs; minimum number funded by Compensation Board. [HB-1416]
Funding for deputy sheriffs. Provides that the minimum number of deputies funded by the Compensation Board shall be one deputy per 1,500 persons or one deputy for every 25 square miles, whichever is greater. Under current law, the funding is fixed at one deputy per 1,500 persons only. The provisions of the bill apply to counties and cities without a police force.
Sponsored by: Rep. Wren Williams
Left In Appropriations on 02/13/2024
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Historic structures; civil penalty for demolition. [HB-1415]
Civil penalty for demolition of historic structures. Authorizes any locality to adopt an ordinance establishing a civil penalty for the razing, demolition, or moving of a building or structure that is located in a historic district or that has been designated by a governing body as a historic structure or landmark in violation of an ordinance that no such building or structure shall be razed, demolished, or moved without the approval of a review board. The bill provides that such civil penalty shall not exceed the market value of the property as
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Sponsored by: Rep. Delores McQuinn
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0835) on 04/17/2024
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Real property tax; notice of rate and assessment changes. [SB-677]
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: Sen. Tara Durant
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0014) on 03/08/2024
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Local economic development; commitments. [SB-669]
Local economic development commitments. Provides that any economic development commitments that are affirmatively stated in a public meeting shall be binding, reflected in any agreement with the locality, and enforceable through a judicial relief action.
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Stuart
Passed By Indefinitely In Finance And Appropriations (11-y 4-n) on 02/07/2024
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Voter satellite offices; standards and guidelines for determining number and location. [HB-1408]
Voter satellite offices; standards and guidelines for determining number and location. Directs the Department of Elections to develop standards and guidelines for local governing bodies to utilize when determining the number of voter satellite offices to be established in a county or city for a general election and the relative locations of such satellite offices. The bill specifies that such standards and guidelines must take into account the county's or city's registered voter population and the density and distribution of such population within
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Sponsored by: Rep. Dan Helmer
House Sustained Governor's Veto on 04/17/2024
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Russell County Industrial Development Authority; appointments. [HB-1410]
Russell County Industrial Development Authority; appointments. Clarifies that the board of supervisors of Russell County may appoint nine members to its industrial development authority, which shall consist of two members from the governing body of a town that has used its borrowing capacity to borrow $2 million or more for industrial development and such other members as the board of supervisors shall agree upon. Under current law, two of the members must come from a town that has used its borrowing capacity to borrow $2 million or more for industrial
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Sponsored by: Rep. Israel O'Quinn
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0483) on 04/04/2024
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Affordable housing; creates framework for localities to preserve housing. [HB-1398]
Preservation of affordable housing; definitions; civil penalty. Creates a framework for localities to preserve affordable housing by exercising a right of first refusal on publicly supported housing, defined in the bill. The bill authorizes localities to implement an ordinance that requires an owner to accept a right of first refusal offer by the locality or qualified designee, defined in the bill, in order to preserve affordable housing for a period of not less than 15 years. The bill requires that any locality adopting such an ordinance to preserve
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Sponsored by: Rep. Marcia Price
House Sustained Governor's Veto on 04/17/2024
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Clerks' offices; days of operation, clerks' authority to close office. [HB-1396]
Days of operation of clerks' offices; clerks' authority to close office. Allows the clerk of the circuit court of any county or city to close the clerk's office on (i) Christmas Eve; (ii) any day or portion of a day that the Governor declares as a holiday for state employees; and (iii) any day or portion of a day on which the Governor, Supreme Court, or Judicial Council authorizes state offices to be closed. Under current law, the clerk may only close the clerk's office once a judge authorizes such clerk to do so in these circumstances.
Sponsored by: Rep. Patrick Hope
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0482) on 04/04/2024
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Local government; employee insurance programs. [HB-1392]
Local government employee insurance programs. Authorizes any locality to include in its group life, accident, and health insurance programs any person to whom coverage could be extended under the provision of current law that sets out who may be covered under a private group accident and sickness insurance policy.
Sponsored by: Rep. Rodney Willett
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0481) on 04/04/2024
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Manufactured Home Lot Rental Act; manufactured home park, notice of sale and relocation expenses. [HB-1397]
Manufactured Home Lot Rental Act; manufactured home park; notice of sale and relocation expenses. Increases from $2,500 to $5,000 the relocation expenses a landlord shall provide to a manufactured home owner if a rental agreement is terminated due to the sale of the manufactured home park to a buyer that is going to redevelop the park and change its use. The bill also removes the distinction made to provide $3,500 in relocation expenses for manufactured parks located in Planning District 8. Manufactured Home Lot Rental Act; manufactured home park;
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Sponsored by: Rep. Paul Krizek
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0833) on 04/17/2024
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Historic preservation; filing of a historic designation application. [HB-1395]
Historic preservation. Provides that the filing of a building permit or demolition application shall stay a locality from issuing any permit to raze or demolish a historic landmark, building, or structure until 30 days after the rendering of the final decision of the governing body of the locality pursuant to a historic preservation ordinance. Historic preservation. Provides that the filing of a building permit or demolition application shall stay a locality from issuing any permit to raze or demolish a historic landmark, building, or structure
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Sponsored by: Rep. Patrick Hope
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0752) on 04/08/2024
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Firearms; workplace rules of localities. [HB-1386]
Firearms; workplace rules of localities. Provides that any locality that adopts an ordinance prohibiting the public carrying of firearms shall not have workplace rules that are less restrictive than such ordinance. Firearms; workplace rules of localities. Provides that any locality that adopts an ordinance prohibiting the public carrying of firearms shall not have workplace rules that are less restrictive than such ordinance.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kelly Convirs-Fowler
House Sustained Governor's Veto on 04/17/2024
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Zoning ordinances; adequate public facilities. [SB-652]
Zoning ordinances; adequate public facilities. Allows a locality to determine the timing of development by considering the adequacy of public facilities when making zoning decisions. The bill provides that a locality that makes a determination of inadequate facilities may reject or defer a rezoning application based solely on that determination.
Sponsored by: Sen. Glen Sturtevant
Passed By Indefinitely In Local Government (13-y 2-n) on 01/22/2024
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Terrorism hoax incident, etc.; reimbursement of expenses incurred to localities. [SB-656]
Reimbursement of expenses incurred in responding to terrorism hoax incident, bomb threat, malicious activation of fire alarm, or false emergency communication to emergency personnel. Allows a locality that has an ordinance requiring any person over 18 years of age convicted of false emergency communication to emergency personnel to reimburse such locality at the time of sentencing or in a separate civil action to bill a flat fee of $2,500 or a minute-by-minute accounting of actual costs incurred. The bill also allows a locality that has an ordinance
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Sponsored by: Sen. Creigh Deeds
Stricken At Request Of Patron In Local Government (15-y 0-n) on 01/29/2024