City of Alexandria, Virginia
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MEMORANDUM
DATE: FEBRUARY 10, 2014
TO: THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL
FROM: RASHAD M. YOUNG, CITY MANAGER /s/
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Update on the 2014 General Assembly Session. (No. 3)
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ISSUE: Update on the 2014 General Assembly Session (No. 3)
RECOMMENDATION: That City Council receive this report.
DISCUSSION: The 2014 General Assembly has now passed the halfway point, both chronologically and figuratively. On Thursday, February 6, the General Assembly completed the 30th day of the 60-day Session. By the end of Tuesday, February 11, the House will have completed action on all House bills, and the Senate on all Senate bills. For the rest of the Session, the House will consider only Senate bills, and the Senate will consider only House bills, with a few exceptions such as the budget. Both the House and the Senate will also receive conference reports with recommendations on bills that were passed in different forms in the two houses. As of February 9, of the 1,944 bills that were introduced, 792 have passed the House or the Senate. The rest are either awaiting action on the House or Senate floor, or have already died.
There are also 561 House and Senate resolutions under consideration. These stand a greater chance of being passed by the House and Senate, since the vast majority of them are either commending resolutions or memorial (death) resolutions.
Adjournment of the 2014 Session is March 8, less than a month away.
City Package. The following bills seek the enactment of proposals addressed in the City's legislative package. Attachment 1 is a more detailed status report on city package bills.
* House Bill 328 and Senate Bill 321 are Charter bills, introduced at the City's request to (1) allow the City Attorney to serve as counsel to the School Board with the concurrence of City ...
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