HomeMy WebLinkAboutI. A. General Assembly Update 2.11.20252025 General Assembly
Week 5 update
Brent McKenzie, Legislative Affairs Director
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2025 General Assembly Update
Today’s update:
•Status of Legislative Agenda items
•Legislation of interest
Goal of today’s presentation is to provide an update on the General
Assembly session.
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Status of Legislative Agenda items
Code Amendments Bill & Patron Status
Property Title Report in Eminent
Domain Proceedings
HB 1690 Delegate Convirs-Fowler HB1690 passed the House unanimously and now heads to the Senate
for a hearing
Should be heard in Senate Courts Committee on Wednesday
afternoon
Zero Waste Awareness Week HJ 446 Delegate Feggans Passed House 57-39
Should be heard in the Senate Rules Committee later this week
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Policy Priorities
Policy Priorities Bill #Summary Update
Affordable Housing HB1701 Housing Opportunity Tax Credit –Increasing the
annual threshold and the extending the sunset
Passed House 94-3
Economic
Development
HB1616 Workforce Development for Offshore Wind Industry Passed House 57-41
Education SB1307 Local authority to call for a referendum on a 1% sales
tax for school construction
Passed the Senate 27-13
Flooding and
Stormwater
SB1337; HJ434 Commonwealth to study state support for local CSRM
projects
SB1337 passed Senate 38-0
HJ434 passed the House 69-27
Transportation HB2466 Hampton Roads Interstate Highway Corridor created,
etc.; sales & use tax
Passed House 58-40
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10:1 Legislation
10-1 Legislation Bill & Patron Update
10-1 Charter
Amendment
Delegate Convirs-
Fowler
HB1687
Charter; City of
Virginia Beach
Passed the House 69-26-1 (required 2/3 to pass)
Passed Senate Local Government 8-7
10-1 General Law Delegate Askew
HB1990
Election of certain
governing bodies;
conversion to single-
member districts.
Senator Rouse
SB814
Election of certain
governing bodies;
conversion to single-
member districts.
Passed the House 54-42 and now heads to the Senate
Passed Senate Local Government 8-7
Passed the Senate 20-18 and now heads to the House
Passed the House Privileges and Elections Sub-Committee 5-3
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Legislation of Interest
Legislation Bill #Summary Update
License Plate Readers HB2724 Creates framework for how license plate reader
technology can be used by law enforcement
Passed House 59-39
Failed to report out of Senate Courts Committee
was reconsidered and passed by for the day.
Should be heard again on Wednesday.
Zoning; civil penalties
for certain repeat
violations in Planning
District 23 (Hampton
Roads)
SB992 Enhanced civil penalties for repeat violations involving
nonpermitted commercial uses; (i) $200 for the initial
violation, (ii) $1,000 for a second violation, and (iii)
$1,500 for a third or subsequent violation, not to exceed
an aggregate amount of $4,200
Passed Senate 39-0
Should be heard in the House Counties, Cities,
and Towns Subcommittee #2 on Friday
HB 2036 street takeover HB2036 Expands reckless driving to include street takeovers and
exhibition driving
Passed House 84-12
Memorial Bridge HB1793 Captain Matthew "Chevy" Chiaverotti Memorial Bridge;
designates bridge over I-264 in VA. Beach.
Passed House 99-0
Should be heard in Senate Transportation
Committee on Thursday
Solar Interconnection
Grant program
HB2113 Assist local governments with the costs associated with
the interconnection of solar facilities to the grid
Passed House 68-30
Tree Canopy Fund HB2630 Allows localities by ordinance to establish a tree canopy
fund to collect, maintain, and distribute fees collected
from developers that cannot provide for full tree canopy
requirements where the development project is situated
Passed House 63-35
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Discussion & Questions