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2020 SESSION
Senate Local Government
MEMBERSHIP
Lewis (Chair), Hanger, Stanley, Favola, DeSteph, Dunnavant, Chase, McPike, Howell, Spruill, Morrissey, Pillion, Bell, Hashmi, Kiggans
MEETS
Monday, 9:00 a.m., Senate Room 3, Capitol
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- HB 106 Numbering on buildings; civil penalty.
- HB 150 Derelict residential buildings; civil penalty.
- HB 166 Hearing notice by localities; timely notice related to planning or zoning matter to newspaper, etc.
- HB 168 Brodnax, Town of; amending charter, reduces number of town councilmen.
- HB 171 Bluefield, Town of; amending charter, relating to town council, mayor, and town powers.
- HB 284 Removal of dangerous roadside vegetation; local option.
- HB 345 Scottsville, Town of; amending charter, staggered elections for town council and other officers.
- HB 370 Zoning appeals, board of; dual office holding.
- HB 406 Local government revenues and expenditures; comparative report, filing date.
- HB 441 Middleburg, Town of; amending charter, clarification of powers and duties of mayor, council, etc.
- HB 464 Virginia Beach, City of; amending charter, council members.
- HB 505 Zoning appeals, board of; writ of certiorari.
- HB 515 Urban county executive form of government; board of social services.
- HB 549 Overgrown vegetation; local authority.
- HB 554 Zoning; wireless communications infrastructure.
- HB 558 Micro-business; enhancement of participation in local procurement.
- HB 564 Cheriton, Town of; amending charter, town elections.
- HB 585 Comprehensive plan; certain localities to promote transit-oriented development.
- HB 629 Blacksburg, Town of; amending charter, public hearings.
- HB 654 Clean energy projects; authorizes DMME to sponsor a statewide financing program.
- HB 655 Solar photovoltaic projects; special exceptions for any project.
- HB 656 Solar energy projects; national standards.
- HB 657 Comprehensive plan; solar facilities review.
- HB 696 Local human rights ordinances; sexual orientation and gender identity.
- HB 726 Comprehensive plan; adoption or disapproval by governing body.
- HB 738 County board of supervisors; presiding officers, terminology.
- HB 742 Unmanned aircraft; political subdivision may regulate take-off and landing of system, etc.
- HB 749 Norfolk, City of; amending charter, employees of officers, vagrants.
- HB 760 Annual local audit; enforcement mechanism, civil penalty.
- HB 846 Elkton, Town of; amending charter, town boundaries, council meetings.
- HB 875 Grass; local ordinance on cutting.
- HB 929 Subdivision plats; certain approved final plats shall remain valid indefinitely, etc.
- HB 938 Courthouse; relocation or expansion.
- HB 998 Flood plain; adoption of ordinances.
- HB 1064 Richmond, City of; amending charter, residency of council members.
- HB 1101 Affordable housing; certain localities allowed to adopt dwelling unit ordinances.
- HB 1105 Affordable housing; adds City of Charlottesville to list of localities with authority to provide.
- HB 1107 Charlottesville, City of; amending charter, city organization.
- HB 1186 Disposal of solid waste fees; Russell County.
- HB 1232 Vacant building registration; Town of Timberville.
- HB 1233 Dayton, Town of; amending charter, organizational and technical changes.
- HB 1267 Land bank entities; planning district commissions.
- HB 1369 Land bank entities; conflict of interests.
- HB 1385 Insurance benefits; certain retired employees of political subdivisions.
- HB 1492 Parksley, Town of; amending charter, mayor and six members of council shall be elected in November.
- HB 1534 Town taxes; collection by county.
- HB 1537 War memorials for veterans; removal, relocation, etc.
- HB 1565 Blackstone, Town of; amending charter, advisory referendums.
- HB 1572 Front Royal, Town of; industrial development authorities.
- HB 1585 Altavista, Town of; discounted water and sewer fees.
- HB 1611 Dublin, Town of; highway maintenance projects.
- HB 1616 Hopewell, City of; amending charter, issuance of bonds.
- HB 1655 Landowners; sale of certain property by locality, tax delinquent property.
- HB 1675 Solar energy facilities; definitions, siting agreement with host locality.
- HB 1688 Cemeteries; grass cutting on land used for interment of human remains.
- HB 1720 Abingdon, Town of; amending charter, updates town's boundary descriptions.
- HB 1734 Winchester, City of; amending charter, relating to school board.
- SB 96 Norfolk, City of; amending charter, employees of officers, vagrants.
- SB 183 War memorials for veterans; removal, relocation, etc.
- SB 193 Single-use plastic and expanded polystyrene products; local prohibition, local tax.
- SB 198 Disposable plastic shopping bags; local option.
- SB 225 Removal of dangerous roadside vegetation; local option.
- SB 244 Bluefield, Town of; amending charter, relating to town council, mayor, and town powers.
- SB 257 Brodnax, Town of; amending charter, reduces number of town councilmen.
- SB 281 Scottsville, Town of; amending charter, staggered elections for town council and other officers.
- SB 284 Charlottesville, City of; amending charter, city organization.
- SB 292 Zoning appeals, board of; dual office holding.
- SB 314 Grandfathering certain nonconforming use; removes certain requirement.
- SB 329 Disposal of solid waste fees; Russell County.
- SB 340 Overgrown vegetation; local authority.
- SB 349 Insurance benefits; certain retired employees of political subdivisions.
- SB 360 Water, sewerage, and drainage; standards for installation by developer, policies for reimbursement.
- SB 454 Blacksburg, Town of; amending charter, public hearings.
- SB 465 Volunteer or nonprofit organizations, certain; donation by locality of in-kind resources.
- SB 528 Richmond, City of; amending charter, residency of council members.
- SB 541 Middleburg, Town of; amending charter, clarification of powers and duties of mayor, council, etc.
- SB 588 Localities; authority to levy taxes.
- SB 589 Zoning administrators; notice of decisions and determinations.
- SB 597 Elkton, Town of; amending charter, town boundaries, council meetings.
- SB 631 Abandoned and stolen shopping carts; local regulation.
- SB 647 Zoning; development approvals.
- SB 649 Town taxes; collection by county.
- SB 676 Hampton, City of; alcoholic beverage control licensees.
- SB 690 Dayton, Town of; amending charter, organizational and technical changes.
- SB 726 Richmond Metropolitan Transportation Authority; change in membership.
- SB 746 Comprehensive plan; adoption or disapproval by governing body.
- SB 787 Hampton Roads Regional Arena Authority; created, financing of a Hampton Roads arena and facility.
- SB 803 Attorneys for the Commonwealth; compensation and collection of fees.
- SB 826 Water and sewer service charges; tenant or lessee.
- SB 834 Affordable housing; certain localities allowed to adopt dwelling unit ordinances.
- SB 869 Hearing notice by localities; timely notice related to planning or zoning matter to newspaper, etc.
- SB 870 Solar photovoltaic projects; special exceptions for any project.
- SB 875 Solar energy projects; national standards.
- SB 900 Virginia Beach, City of; amending charter, council members.
- SB 941 Local government meetings; rescheduling a meeting due to weather, etc.
- SB 961 Hopewell, City of; amending charter, issuance of bonds.
- SB 977 Local governing body meetings; public comment during a regular meeting at least quarterly.
- SB 1036 Blackstone, Town of; amending charter, advisory referendums.
- SB 1084 Abingdon, Town of; amending charter, updates town's boundary descriptions.